Chapter 189

Chapter 189

It wasn’t a very good plan.

But it was the only effort they could make right now.

“Then what do we do if we run into the others? Mu Xin and Shi Chen aside, Xia Zeqin is dangerous. And we don’t know what’s going on with the other three right now either.” Yellow Hair frowned, clearly not thrilled.

Of course he trusted Jian Fan, but even immortals made mistakes. What if they were just that unlucky and really did run into those people?

When that time came, without their skills, they wouldn’t even have the ability to fight back. Were they supposed to brawl with them bare-handed? Their skills might be useless most of the time, but in a real fight, they would still help a little.

The point Yellow Hair raised was indeed something that needed careful consideration.

Since someone objected, Jian Fan naturally wouldn’t force the issue. If he pressured them, it would only create cracks in their temporary team.

“Then we wait a little longer,” Jian Fan said.

They couldn’t keep avoiding the problem forever, but hiding for a while wasn’t out of the question.

No one objected to that.

Jian Fan then looked at Qin Nan again and asked, “Do you have any other thoughts?”

“Me? No.” Qin Nan shook his head. Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, “Why don’t you give me a starting point? I’ll see if I can follow that line of thought.”

Jian Fan considered it, then replied, “An antidote. A way to break the illusion.”

Qin Nan mulled it over. It wasn’t really something he came up with himself, just the common methods used in movies and TV shows. There were only a few possibilities.

“First, rely on yourself,” Qin Nan said. If an illusion appeared and there was no antidote, then the test was of the person trapped inside it. In that case, getting out could only depend on the person themselves. As for the second possibility… “If there is an antidote, then there’s a good chance it’s near the poison.”

As soon as he said that, Qin Nan was the first to look toward the sea of flowers.

Jian Fan and the others looked over as well.

“How about… we try them one by one?” Qin Nan suggested cautiously.

Jian Fan gave a soft “Mm,” then stepped forward and directly picked one of each type of flower. The others followed suit.

For the first attempt, they used the simplest method: everyone held a bouquet.

Jian Fan walked at the very front. He went straight to the doorway, stepped forward, and exited the greenhouse, sweeping his gaze over the surroundings.

Good. It was still the original environment. He immediately turned around and went back in. Qin Nan and the others also glanced outside. Seeing that nothing had changed, they lined up and returned to the greenhouse.

“If holding them doesn’t work, then… eat them?” Qin Nan felt rather guilty as he made that suggestion.

What if the flowers were poisonous?

However, before anyone else could respond, Jian Fan had already neatly plucked off a petal and stuffed it into his mouth.

Qin Nan froze.

Big Shot, is it really okay to be that direct?

“Aren’t you afraid it’s poisonous?” Qin Nan asked.

Jian Fan looked at Qin Nan and said, “Under normal circumstances, would you eat these?”

Qin Nan immediately shook his head.

Because they wouldn’t eat them, there was no point in the Realm of Death setting these flowers and plants to be poisonous. It would be an invalid setup.

Of course, nothing was absolute. But in the Realm of Death, if they were always timid and hesitant, then wanting to solve the world’s mystery, obtain Points, and leave would be nothing more than a fool’s dream.

That said, Jian Fan didn’t eat them all at once.

He casually picked off a petal, bit into it a few times, and then started walking toward the door.

There was still no change.

Jian Fan picked up a second flower. Seeing this, Qin Nan thought for a moment, then also went to pick one. They could test them together and speed things up.
Yet Qin Nan had only just picked a flower when Jian Fan stepped forward and pressed down on his wrist. “I’ll do it alone.”

“Doing it alone is too slow,” Qin Nan said.

“If it’s poisonous, then only one person will get hurt,” Jian Fan explained.

Qin Nan was speechless for a moment. “If that’s the case, you should let one of the rest of us test it. If something happens to you, I think our chances of getting out will drop by at least half.”

Jian Fan said nothing.

That was true, but who would willingly take a risk for the team?

Qin Weiyi? He wouldn’t. Lu Jing? Qin Weiyi wouldn’t agree to it. Yellow Hair? Mu Xin? No. Perhaps they could cooperate, perhaps they could refrain from betraying one another, but to truly make a selfless sacrifice was obviously impossible.

So Jian Fan couldn’t be bothered with the unnecessary gesture. In any case, he had long since gotten used to relying on himself.

From Jian Fan’s silence and everyone else’s, Qin Nan seemed to understand something.

He felt a little sad, but he had no choice but to acknowledge the reality before them. If the one suggesting this hadn’t been Jian Fan, but Qin Weiyi or Yellow Hair instead, would Qin Nan himself be willing to take that risk for everyone?

It seemed he couldn’t say yes either.

He could trust Jian Fan completely, but he couldn’t completely trust the others.

The Realm of Death magnified the wariness between people to its utmost limit, summoning all the selfishness hidden deep inside everyone’s hearts.

No one owed anyone anything. For the sake of survival, selfishness wasn’t all that hard to accept. But Qin Nan suddenly thought of something. If they carried this mindset with them, survived a dozen or twenty-odd worlds, finally earned enough Points, and returned from the Realm of Death to the real world, what would become of them afterward?

Their long experience in the Realm of Death would undoubtedly change the way they thought.

By then, would they still be able to trust anyone?

Qin Nan found the thought terrifying.

Even if they survived to the very end, it was entirely possible that they would change from ordinary people who had once harbored kindness into selfish, deeply suspicious paranoids convinced everyone was out to get them.

He didn’t dare imagine living like that.

Qin Nan began warning himself inwardly. Though the Realm of Death was filled with danger at every turn, he absolutely could not abandon all of his bottom lines here. Otherwise, the consequences would be even more terrifying.

His gaze swept over everyone. He wanted to say this out loud, but even if he did, and everyone believed him, then what?

They still had a very long road ahead. Even Qin Nan himself couldn’t make an absolute promise.

While he was lost in thought, Jian Fan had already tried two more kinds of petals.

There was still no result.

Inside, the flowers planted in large quantities came in five varieties.

Jian Fan picked a petal from the final type of flower, and a slight heaviness settled in his heart.

If this one still didn’t work…

Jian Fan did not let the thought continue. He shoved the petal directly into his mouth, chewed it up, swallowed, and walked toward the doorway again.

Everyone held their breath as they watched Jian Fan. Even Qin Nan, after coming back to himself from those frightening thoughts, looked at Jian Fan with nervous anticipation.

Some things were still too far away. Right now, they couldn’t even afford to think about clearing this world.

If they couldn’t break through this illusion, then for them, it would undoubtedly be an extremely terrifying thing.

Qin Nan could only place his hopes on Jian Fan.

And the answer was about to be revealed.

Jian Fan had already stepped through the doorway. He raised his head and looked around.