Chapter 3139: Changes in Spatial Perception
Anyone with eyes could see that these photos were items, but whether they were ownerless items or ones attached to the instance site, neither Xu Huo nor Upstairs dared to touch them easily. The reason was simple: if they were easy to take, they wouldn’t still be here to this day.
“Could these photos also be part of the Battle Angel?” Upstairs joked.
Xu Huo didn’t say anything. Photos like these could be seen in many places, sometimes with the same people, sometimes with different ones. But they always started with Carmen and the Field family members. Calling them parts of the Battle Angel was a stretch, since the Battle Angel was a humanoid item.
After wandering for a while, this space, like the dark corridor before, seemed different everywhere but was actually just going in circles.
Given this situation, it was unclear how many such spaces existed in this instance site. After all, the site was broken, with no pattern to follow—it could be many incomplete, repeating spaces.
No wonder such a seemingly small site had yet to yield all the Battle Angel’s remains.
Of course, it was also possible that the Battle Angel had fallen into other district spaces after breaking apart. But since the Field family publicly stated this was the main site, they might as well assume they were telling the truth.
However, after going through these two spaces, aside from not finding the Battle Angel, they hadn’t encountered any energy left behind by suspected Super Players either. At least it wasn’t as dangerous as before—no statues suddenly popping up.
Upstairs relaxed a bit. “Even if we can’t get out, at least it’s safer here.”
“Not necessarily,” Xu Huo said. “We and that statue entered at almost the same time. We’re in the dining room, but the statue is gone.”
“Could it be that the spatial channel was unstable and separated us?” Upstairs guessed.
“That’s possible,” Xu Huo said. “But in a Super Instance site, there’s probably no place that’s absolutely safe.”
If there was no statue, there would likely be something else. And if it had to be something else, it might as well be the statue—at least they were old acquaintances.
Upstairs realized this too, and the heart he’d just set down lifted again. “Let’s find a place to rest for a while.”
Only after resting could they handle unexpected situations.
Xu Huo nodded, and the two turned back to the dining room. But this wasn’t the same dining room as before. The leftover food on the table was gone, and the decorations were different. The previous dining room had no photos, but here, a photo was hung directly opposite the head seat, enlarged. No matter where you stood in the room, it felt like you were locking eyes with the person in the photo.
Upstairs rubbed his eyes. “I’ve seen too many. I can barely recognize Mr. Carmen’s face anymore.”
“It’s not that you can’t recognize him,” Xu Huo said. “Mr. Carmen’s face in that photo is constantly changing. It’s already mixed with other people’s features.”
“Don’t look anymore. What if you end up walking into it?”
Upstairs wanted to say that was impossible, but thinking of the players in those photos, he wondered if they had really entered them. If so, were they all careless or greedy enough to try taking the photo?
There had to be another reason.
Upstairs averted his gaze, pulled a chair to the side, and sat down—daring not to look, but also daring not to ignore it. So he stayed to one side, keeping an eye on the photo’s movements.
Xu Huo casually chose a seat and closed his eyes to rest. After passing through the earlier gravity-distorted area and obtaining the game item “Gravity Field,” his spatial perception had subtly changed compared to before.
Previously, space felt static in his perception. Now, he sensed that spatial power was faintly rotating. But this difference wasn’t very obvious—like throwing a stone into water. If you stood on the shore, you could clearly see the ripples. But if you were in the water itself, or even within one of the ripples, the fluctuation was hard to detect, and you couldn’t tell if it was a new wave or the water’s original undulation.
This was an extremely subtle change. The first few times, he thought it was his imagination, because whenever he casually noticed it and tried to focus, the feeling disappeared.
But after several attempts, he gradually began to distinguish the difference.
Perhaps the site’s peculiarity had heightened his perception. Space itself existed within a gravitational field. According to the broader concept of a gravitational field, space wasn’t static—it was constantly changing. And the gray vortex he’d seen earlier, combined with the energy field formed by “Gravity Field” around him, was slowly changing according to a certain pattern.
The spatial power that players could perceive was more refined and minuscule, making it impossible to detect large-scale shifts in spatial power. It was like standing on the ground, unable to feel that the earth beneath your feet was also constantly moving.
This Super Instance site was broken, so he occasionally sensed energy fluctuations from certain gaps that were distinctly different from some spatial channels. But this difference was only relative—meaning it wasn’t entirely synchronized with the instance site.
He speculated this might be a manifestation of connecting to different spaces—different gravitational fields appearing in the same site due to spatial links.
However, based on the site’s stability and the amplitude of energy fluctuations, the closer the fluctuations, the more likely the space behind the gap was similar to the instance site’s state—that is, an environment suitable for player survival.
He wondered if such a space could be entered…
Xu Huo opened his eyes and looked at Upstairs, who had stood up. “What are you doing?”
Upstairs was staring at the painting on the wall. At Xu Huo’s words, he suddenly jolted, snapping awake. He reflexively leaped back several steps, grabbed the dining table, and gasped for breath, speaking incoherently: “I don’t know… with my mental power… it shouldn’t…”
He paused mid-sentence, then looked up at Xu Huo, who was still sitting in his original spot, finding it hard to believe.
He was very strong in mental evolution. Being in the same space as the photo was unwise, but he had chosen to trust himself. Now he had fallen for it, while Xu Huo was completely unaffected…
Xu Huo pointed his chin at the chair beside him, signaling him to sit. “Rest a bit more, then we’ll leave.”
Upstairs wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out food and water from his bag, and said, “I noticed you didn’t bring any food. Want some?”
Xu Huo had brought two packs of biscuits, but he didn’t refuse his temporary companion’s kindness.
The two ate in silence. Then they heard two sets of chaotic footsteps approaching from outside. A second later, two players rushed into the dining room. Ignoring Xu Huo and Upstairs, they directly sealed the entrance with an instrument. But as the barrier rose, several tangents cut through without obstruction, not only shredding the barrier but also sweeping through everything in the dining room!