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Chapter 1021 - 673 Dangerous Idea

Chapter 1021: Chapter 673 Dangerous Idea

After injecting the holy healing potion, Chen Yu’s mental state recovered greatly.

Her mind’s defenses, which the Xuan City queen had forcefully breached, were also rapidly mending under the effects of the potion.

However, to deceive the Xuan City queen, Xiao Nan had layered Chen Yu’s body with many negative effects.

So much so that, even after the queen’s mental essence departed,

Chen Yu still suffered from stiff limbs, a trembling body, and severe hypothermia.

At this moment, she sat on the bed, bundled up in several layers of thick quilts, exposing only her head and hands, and held a bowl of hot water to fend off the cold.

"Uh... drink more hot water." Li Changhe offered a typical straight-man comment, unsurprisingly.

Xiao Nan gave him a disdainful look.

Chen Yu’s face was still flushed, and she dodged Li Changhe’s gaze, intentionally or otherwise.

Although her mind had been occupied by the Xuan City queen, and control of her body had been taken away,

she remained fully conscious and ready to resist the intruder at any moment.

She could also feel what her own body was doing.

’Oh my god...’ Recalling the suggestive position and the hastened heartbeat just before, Chen Yu wished she could drown in the bowl of hot water, her face burning with shame.

She had actually... leaned against him once again. And she could even see her own reflection in the pupils of his eyes.... Even though she had stopped thinking about it...

The scenes of herself on the verge of death amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, relying on him in the same manner, feeling his heartbeat and body temperature, flashed through her mind.

Gazing into his eyes, deep as ancient wells and filled with sorrow, he used Xiao Nan’s name to utter certain words...

In the end, she died peacefully in his arms.

This was the deepest secret in Chen Yu’s heart. If possible, she would take this secret to the grave.

But just now, the Xuan City queen had reenacted this scene.

This turned Chen Yu’s face scarily red. Especially when she saw Xiao Nan draping more quilts over her, the heavy guilt weighed on her as if the quilt itself was laden with guilt. Chen Yu felt it would be easier to accept death.

Fortunately, during this awkward moment, Qiu Wentian spoke up, "Chen Yu, you have the highest energy attribute among the four of us. Even you couldn’t resist the mental occupation? As far as I know, even players with an energy attribute of 15—an extreme limit—couldn’t mentally occupy you, right?"

Mental occupation was actually a very difficult technique to execute unless there was a vast gap in strength, making it unlikely to succeed and with a very low success rate.

After all, powerful mental strength entering another person’s body carried great risks, and it could very well lead to mutual destruction.

As someone with a high energy attribute, Chen Yu should have been an expert in this regard.

Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief internally and quickly regained the composure befitting a member of the Strategy Group, "I know what you all are worried about. This Xuan City queen indeed has very strong mental strength and can even affect a large number of other individuals’ mental strength as auxiliary. But it’s not enough to overpower me and occupy my body. Just now... I merely met the conditions for her occupancy."

Hearing this, Li Changhe and the others sighed in relief. If the Xuan City queen could occupy their bodies at will, Li Changhe would have to abandon the mission.

"Conditions?" Li Changhe repeated the question.

"Hmm..." Chen Yu lowered his gaze and said, "At the beginning, my perception followed the river channels deep into a very vast space. At the same time, I found multiple consciousness links there. That was the Hive Consciousness. Then I was discovered, and the queen’s powerful consciousness collided with mine. Although my mental strength was formidable, I did not fall into a disadvantage at first. I planned to quickly erase my traces so that she couldn’t track me."

This was a very decisive choice. After being discovered, Chen Yu planned to withdraw swiftly and disrupt the pursuit, achieving the goal of hiding his identity.

"Unfortunately, the mental perception that had entered that space mysteriously lost any resistance. Just like that, the Xuan City queen’s mental force followed my perception and attacked my mental world," Chen Yu said softly. "And my mental world didn’t put up an effective resistance. In the end, as you all saw, I was suppressed in the depths of my mental world, my body occupied."

"The mental strength that entered that space lost its resistance?" Xiao Nan said, "Does it mean that we can only be possessed when our psychic perception enters it?"

"Mm, it seems to be the case so far. And as you all know, spiritual possession is a dangerous thing. Had my mental world fought back, I wouldn’t have been so passive," Chen Yu said. "But she invaded most of my mental world as if she were strolling in her own backyard, and took over my body. Perhaps she did not want to risk it, or perhaps she did not want to antagonize you all, she did not try to attack my mental mainframe. So, she did not obtain my memories. Of course, had she really attacked, I might have been able to turn defeat into victory. I still have quite a few cards to play. However, that would mean a complete fallout with Xuan City, and clearly it’s not the time yet. So, I didn’t make a move."

As he said this, Chen Yu glanced at Li Changhe unconsciously.

And he silently mused, ’After all, that place was the burial ground of a great Demigod...’

"Considering the information that the Xuan City queen cannot leave the Inner City, the space you mentioned is very likely to be beneath the Inner City," Li Changhe pondered. "And in that space, the queen can freely take over the bodies of outsiders?"

"No, she cannot take over at will. This is not hypnosis, but inserting her own consciousness into another body. If the other party’s mental world is not large, or say, the psychic energy attribute is not high, it would only burn out their brain. The Xuan City queen would also get hurt. So, to have our bodies taken over, there should be three conditions."

"First, the mental strength or the person has to enter the Inner City or the space underneath it. I speculate that there’s some kind of domain there aiding the Xuan City queen."

"Second, the psychic energy attribute has to be high, at least 12 or above. Otherwise, even the Xuan City queen would get hurt. Let’s not rule out the resistance of divine creatures to her ability."

"Third... This ability should only be effective on females," Chen Yu concluded.

"Wait, how did you come to your last conclusion?" Qiu Wentian asked, "Could it be I overlooked something?"

"From the previous conversation we overheard from Great Tang, we know that this is not their first visit to Xuan City. They might have taken action during the previous grand sacrifices," Xiao Nan reflected for a moment and said, "They might have encountered similar incidents, which is why there isn’t a single female in their team. They are aware of Xuan City people’s special attack against males, yet they still bring male warriors because it is to avoid being spiritually possessed."

"Right, that’s the basis of my deduction too," Chen Yu nodded.

Upon learning of Xuan City’s special attack against males, the Great Wall officials arranged for three female players.

Why would the Second Empire do the opposite?

The answer is, they would rather face special attacks than risk spiritual possession.

Qiu Wentian nodded with understanding and then, turning to look at Li Changhe, he said, "They’re so clever, do you guys feel the pressure during normal times?"

"Hmph, I’m also very clever, okay?" Li Changhe responded indifferently.

"Pfft, shameless!" Qiu Wentian mocked.

Li Changhe coughed and concluded, "In summary, the problem we face now is that the other side has special damage abilities against males and the ability to possess females spiritually. It’s a pity, if the Xuan City queen dares to possess me spiritually, I’d treat Old Lead to a good meal."

Old Lead has a remedy for such fanciful troubles, and makes sure the other party is careful ’Next Time Be Careful’.

"Um, actually..." Xiao Nan turned back to look at Li Changhe, saying with an expectant tone, "There are ways to deal with it."

"Don’t joke, girl, I’ve already told you the Xuan City queen only targets females..." Li Changhe’s words stopped abruptly, his face changing.

Quickly stepping back a few paces, he looked terrified.

"Drop that dangerous idea right now!"