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Seeing this, Shang Jianyao asked with perseverance:

"How did you lose your body? You died of old age naturally, or were you deceived by others and gave up on your own initiative?"

Hendrick's forehead visibly twitched twice.

At this time, Jacob answered for him:

"Hendrick was the unluckiest one.

"He didn't give up his body, and it's been less than 20 years since he entered the 'New World'. It was only because of the disaster that he became a purely spiritual life."

"Disaster?" Shang Jianyao has always been professional in the support.

Perhaps because he knew that Jacob was in poor health and weak, Hendrick did not ask him to do it for him, and said to himself:

"A major earthquake scattered my people and buried my body in the ruins."

"What a pity." Shang saw Yao's empathy.

This is a natural disaster, and no one can do anything about it.

Jacob put the glass of turquoise lemon margarita in front of Hendrick, and sighed:

"If Hendrick had been in Dust, the problem wouldn't have been as bad, and the ability to interfere with matter should have saved his life when the building collapsed."

"This is destiny." Hendrick and Shang Jianyao said in unison.

The two immediately looked at each other, the former was slightly surprised, while the latter looked surprised, as if he had found his half-brother.

"I have a question." Shang Jianyao said with concern, "After drinking, how do you pay for it? With the number of residents in the 'New World', there shouldn't be a mature currency system, right?"

Jacob sighed and said:

"I don't need to pay for drinking here, but the amount of human consciousness obtained each time is limited, so it must be restrained, and not every time."

Clap, clap, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

He praised with an aria:

"You have a lofty sentiment that is dedicated to benefiting others rather than yourself."

Jacob smiled:

"I also have benefits. If I encounter an attack, Hendrick and the others will definitely help me without hesitation. Otherwise, they will lose a stable source of human consciousness."

Shang Jianyao let out an "oh" and said honestly:

"Discussing this topic always makes me feel like we're the devil, trading human souls."

"In a sense, that's true." Jacob didn't hide anything.

Hendrick squinted his eyes, took a sip of the lemon margarita, and said with a blank expression:

"We are devils, obeying order and rules, while some are devils, unscrupulous."

Shang Jianyao's thinking has jumped to another place:

"Is the 'New World' very chaotic, and there are often various attacks?"

Hendrick looked at the cocktail in front of him and said in a deep voice:

"Unless there is massive unrest, the executives won't care what we're doing.

"It's like a place of exile for consciousness, where chaos and disorder are the main themes."

Jacob continued:

"Only by finding suitable companions and joining forces can we obtain a stable life. Otherwise, we may be defeated and imprisoned by others and become a battery for whatever we want."

When he said this, he glanced at Shang Jianyao, as if evaluating whether this guy was suitable for joining his team.

"Battery?" Shang Jianyao clapped again, "This description is very accurate!"

He laughed for a few seconds, and suddenly became filled with righteous indignation:

"The rumors about the 'new world' on the dust are all false!

"It is said that the land here is fertile, the sun is bright, that children are happy, adults are happy, that there are no barren, monsters, infections, distortions, and all kinds of dangerous things, all of which are false!"

In fact, every antiquities scholar, relic hunter, and historical researcher who has not yet entered the "corridor of the soul" believes that the new world is illusory and does not exist at all, and it is just a kind of good expectation of people.

"I suspect that the rumors of the 'New World' were spread by the executives, so that every awakened person who can enter the 'Spirit Corridor' will come here as their life goal." Hendrick's expression is not very good.

He gulped down the lemon margarita, as if trying to forget the pain of the past.

"Then he was exiled and imprisoned." Shang Jianyao cooperated with him to complete the rest of the words.

Having said that, he said "ah":

"Almost forgot to ask one thing.

"How do I go back to the dust? I remember a lot of 'New World' folks going back occasionally."

Hendrick's face became more and more gloomy, and he kept his mouth tightly shut, not answering.

Jacob glanced at him and said slowly:

"While your body is still there, you can pray to a certain executive to obtain the projection of the gate and return briefly."

"Short?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Jacob nodded, and explained very weakly:

"Essentially, it is a complete return, but the executive who answers your prayers will be imprinted on your consciousness. If you refuse to come back after the application period, you will be forcibly dragged into the 'new world' and become the executive food."

"Then who should I pray to?" Shang Jianyao showed a embarrassed expression.

There are too many choices on the Zhutian Zhisui Blessing Map!

Jacob is quite candid:

"I personally rely on the power of 'Bodhi', who is the most compassionate and merciful."

"Oh." Shang Jianyao had a whim, "Can I apply for five days of return each time, and apply once a week?"

Hendrick was almost amused, he took another sip of Lemon Margarita and said:

"The premise for the executives to respond to you is that your application has sufficient reasons."

"I thought there was a bug that could be exploited." Shang Jianyao sighed, making no effort to hide it.

Without waiting for Jacob and Hendrick to respond, he asked jumping thinking:

"Except for the missing Cass, who else has entered that tower and come out alive?"

Jacob said before that he didn't know, but Hendrick showed a hesitant expression.

After a few seconds, he squinted his eyes, looked at Shang Jianyao for a while and said:

"I heard that those who live near the tower have gone in, and many times."

"You mean?" Jacob seemed to remember something.

Hendrick nodded:

"'Deputy Dean', 'Charlie', 'Professor Li', 'Doctor' and others."

"Old friend!" Shang Jian Yao clapped his hands excitedly, "I'll visit them later."

"They're not friendly," Jacob reminded.

"Then let them be friendly." Shang Jianyao was full of confidence.

Jacob and Hendrick looked at each other and chose to remain silent at the same time.

Seeing that Yao didn't give them a chance to enjoy peace, Shang asked instead:

"Do you know Wu Meng?"

"This man..." Jacob hesitated to speak.

"What happened to him?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Hendrick finished the glass of lemon margarita, closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a few seconds and said:

"He's dangerous, more so than normal 'New World' inhabitants like us."

"I doubt whether he has found the secret of the elders, although he should not have entered that tower." Jacob added.

Shang Jian Yao said "Oh":

"What about 'truth', have you heard of it?"

The expressions of Jacob and Hendrick changed at the same time.

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Shang Jianyao seemed unable to understand other people's faces, and asked Jacob and Hendrick:

"He seems very powerful, you seem to be afraid of him?"

After a few seconds, Jacob, who had a relatively better personality, said weakly:

"'Truth' is also in that tower, but he comes out every now and then."

He used the "he" in Honghe language that represents gods.

"Is he equivalent to Zhisui or not Zhisui?" Shang Jianyao asked along the way.

Hendrick said with a hesitant expression:

"Every time he comes out, one or two awakened people will die."

"However, we have not personally experienced the extent of His strength, so we cannot give you an accurate answer." Jacob added.

Shang Jian Yao said "oh oh" twice:

"The old people generally don't leave the tower?"

"They don't need to go out of the tower to extract the consciousness of every resident here and respond to different prayers." Jacob's face showed awe, and his voice was a little lower, "Of course, I have never seen or heard of it." It was said that the Executioners would leave the Tower."

"That's it." Shang Jian Yao sighed, "They are not close enough to the people, and they don't know how to have fun with the people."

Hendrick squinted at the guy for a few seconds:

"The sheep don't want to live with the lions either."

Seeing that Yao didn't answer this sentence, Shang Jian's thoughts jumped to another place:

"Our bodies on the dusty soil, if no one provides liquid food, nutrient needles, and nutrient solutions, will we slowly starve to death? Or can the extracted human consciousness feed back the body and maintain the most basic biological activity?"

This is common sense among the strong in the "New World". Hendrick glanced at the weak Jacob and said in a deep voice:

"The body without supplements will accelerate its decline, and it will no longer be able to restore your spirit normally, and your consciousness will also become weak.

"Under such circumstances, you can only rely on sucking the consciousness of the people around you to maintain your own mental stability. This will indeed give your body a certain amount of feedback, allowing it to maintain the weakest biological activity, as if every cell has entered hibernation .”

"But what if there are no humans in the surrounding area?" Shang Jianyao asked further.

"Then you can only try to gain human consciousness here." Hendrick said coldly, "If this doesn't work, your body will die first, and your consciousness will soon dissipate."

"Just close?" Shang Jianyao was puzzled.

Jacob sighed and said with a smile:

"The executives will not waste this kind of consciousness and let it die by itself."

"I understand." Shang Jianyao clasped his right fist and slapped his left palm and said, "It's the same as when we find that some food is about to expire, we will eat it quickly."

Without waiting for Jacob and Hendrick to respond, he offers a counterexample:

"But I have a friend. There has been no human beings in the surrounding area for 40 to [-] years, and it is someone's battery. The body is still alive, but it is close to the state of a mummified corpse."

This friend refers to Yan Hu.

"Impossible." Jacob and Hendrick denied in unison, but one spoke softly and lacked strength, while the other made an accent.

"That's the truth." Shang Jian Yao spread his hands.

Hendrick said coldly:

"This can only show that he is not someone's battery. Someone is providing him with human consciousness on a regular basis. Although the frequency may be very low and the number is not large, it is enough to maintain his most basic state of existence."

"Why did that guy do that?" Shang Jianyao was puzzled.

Hendrick did not answer, and said directly: