Chapter 261: Chapter 261

Su Malie struggled, and soon, her delicate hands were chafed purple-red by the restraints.

"SOB SOB SOB, don’t come over!" Su Malie yelled.

After half a year of Jing Shu’s efforts and a two-month bottleneck, the Magic Cube Space had finally upgraded to the 7th level today. Jing Shu had no time to explore its new functions, new land, or new areas.

Jing Shu struggled but couldn’t break free. Fatty truly thought highly of them, using iron chains to bind them. Right now, not only was Jing Shu’s life in danger, but someone was also trying to take advantage of her.

Just as Jing Shu subtly glanced towards the monitor, considering how to eliminate Fatty without being detected by the surveillance, Fatty suddenly stopped!

Of course, it wasn’t a change of heart on Fatty’s part. Instead, as he approached, he stepped on the horrifying insects that were chewing on Da Mao’s flesh and bones! Like ants, these insects then swarmed onto his body and started to bite.

Sometimes I truly feel Su Malie’s luck is terrifyingly good, Jing Shu thought. In such a desperate situation, all sorts of things can happen. Surely the goddess of luck is looking after Su Malie. Then again, perhaps it’s inevitable. Da Mao’s death attracted the insects, and anyone stepping on them would certainly get bitten.

Fate... it’s truly a mysterious thing.

Fatty slapped at his legs, bawling, "Damn it! Gouzai, Da Lv, Shou Rou, come quickly and help me!"

Four subordinates who were still working outside ran in. They quickly stripped off their clothes and started swatting at the insects on Fatty.

But the insects of the apocalypse were unlike those from before. Having evolved through the harsh selection of their environment, these insects had become the most lethal, pouncing on anything edible.

Soon, the five men were in complete disarray. Fatty cursed loudly while stomping fiercely. Together, they crushed many insects, and blood already flowed from their wounds.

Just when the group thought the insects were dealt with, several snakes slithered out from the base of the wall. They flicked their snake tongues, twisted their slender bodies, and initiated a new battle between man and snake...

Su Malie screamed. She hoped the snakes would bite all the men to death, yet she also prayed they wouldn’t come near her. Soon, her wish was granted.

Snake: Dear V8 Guest, your wish has been received.

Eventually, the snakes were either shot, killed with shovels, or slapped to death, each meeting a different end. However, the men didn’t even have time to bleed out the poison from their bites before they started to stagger, losing all strength to resist.

The Five-step Snake, known as one of the deadliest serpents, didn’t earn its reputation lightly—especially not these, which had been nourished by the Spiritual Spring in Jing Shu’s Magic Cube Space for so long!

Su Malie cheered from the side. "Kill them! Wait, the Key! Where’s the Key that locks us up?"

Key: Dear V8 Guest, your wish has been received.

Jing Shu bowed her head and closed her eyes, using the true ability of her seventh-tier Magic Cube Space for the first time.

Indeed, if the abilities of the sixth-tier Magic Cube Space had been sealed, then reaching the seventh tier was like unsealing it, releasing its true powers.

Jing Shu finally understood why her consciousness had been blurred and her mind foggy before the Magic Cube Space upgraded. She had been completely caught in an Illusion, unable to distinguish reality from dreams. This was because the ability derived from her seventh-tier Magic Cube Space was to inflict a severe perceptual disorder—Illusions—upon creatures within its domain.

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Jing Shu also understood why she felt a strong compulsion to wake up at 4 a.m. every day to practice with the Magic Cube; it was all due to the Magic Cube’s new ability.

At the same time, Jing Shu realized that the Magic Cube Space’s previous abilities must have been unsealed, allowing this new ability to evolve—an ability she desperately needed.

Previously, she had to spend half a year living alongside the Bees to control them. She also had to feed the fat chicken a large amount of Spiritual Spring to establish a master-servant relationship. These were the methods she used before her Illusion ability was unsealed.

She had been with the Five-step Snakes for two months without establishing a relationship and still couldn’t control them, which greatly disappointed Jing Shu.

But from now on, having advanced her Magic Cube Space to the seventh tier, Jing Shu no longer worried about these issues.

As Jing Shu understood it, her current Magic Cube Space could now directly allow her to implant suggestions and cause perceptual disorders in the creatures within. It was essentially like telling them: Jing Shu is your master; you must obey Jing Shu.

Therefore, right after the Magic Cube Space upgraded, Jing Shu immediately established a connection with the snakes within it, able to receive their feedback and directly command them. They slithered from the base of the walls to fight fiercely with the men, ultimately ending in mutual destruction. Yes, Jing Shu mused, if they hadn’t all perished, wouldn’t it be suspicious for those snakes to have spared Su Malie and me?

Previously, she could only unilaterally suggest the snakes bite someone but couldn’t command how they should attack or fight. That former ability could only be called ’suggestion’; now, it had escalated to ’control.’

Now, after the upgrade, Jing Shu could not only control these snakes but also receive feedback on their actions and even see through their eyes. Using them as Scouts to explore paths would be extremely useful—far more flexible and effective for surveillance than any camera.

This is the Illusion ability, causing cognitive disorders in the creatures of the Magic Cube Space. It might sound like a trivial power, but it’s actually incredible. It feels like I am the master of everything within this space!

As for the real world that overlapped with the Magic Cube Space, Jing Shu naturally couldn’t be so brazen as to directly control people. However, she could inflict minor cognitive disorders on them, influence them with suggestions, and produce momentary Illusions.

So... she activated the Magic Cube Space’s Illusion ability. This made Fatty, who had the Key, hallucinate that his only path to survival was to reach Su Malie. And so... Fatty stumbled, fell onto Su Malie, successfully dropped the Key, and then collapsed. Su Malie thus obtained the Key with ease.

The ability to create Illusions, even if just for a moment or to influence a minor decision, is incredibly powerful, Jing Shu thought. It’s definitely one of my trump cards now. In critical moments, this kind of Illusion can be life-saving; it can even influence so many things.

The monitor broadcast the recent scene.

"So, that’s how it is," Lin Yi remarked, tapping the table rhythmically. After several months with her, he had come to understand this young lady’s uncanny abilities. He had even, out of disbelief, subjected her to a horrifying elevator ordeal. Yet, even in that supposedly fatal situation, she had emerged unscathed. He had set an ambush for her with a gun, but she had still effortlessly escaped.