This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 65 Strange Illusion, Enhanced Will

"Ye Yang, tell me, what exactly is your 'plan'?"

Babata asked questions while piloting the spaceship.

however……

"Uh—ah—this is—"

Ye Yang suddenly collapsed to the ground, his whole body tense, as if he was enduring extremely intense pain.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Babata was puzzled at first, then shocked. He had just scanned Ye Yang's body with his wristband and discovered that some unknown mutation was taking place deep within every cell of his body!

"Ye Yang! Ye Yang! What's wrong? What happened?!"

Babata grew anxious, but Ye Yang did not respond when he asked. Ye Yang just stared with wide eyes and gritted his teeth, the veins in his arms almost popping out. He was clearly using all his consciousness to fight against the excruciating pain.

"Zanbi, what just happened? How did Ye Yang suddenly become like this?"

Babata looked at Zambi with urgent eyes.

However, Zambi also looked bewildered. His gaze towards Ye Yang was filled with awe and worry. He replied, "I don't know either. Master was just sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. I don't know what happened, but he suddenly collapsed to the ground in pain."

"Useless!" Babata became even more anxious as he saw blood seeping from Ye Yang's body.

But he doesn't know what happened to Ye Yang, so he doesn't dare to deal with it casually.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch—it hurts so much!!!"

Ye Yang didn't have many thoughts left in his mind.

He could feel a large amount of 'energy' surging into his soul amidst this endless pain, constantly changing it.

At the same time, his consciousness was being gradually eroded and dissolved by this change, and under the influence of extreme pain, he was getting closer and closer to collapse...

But Ye Yang didn't know that if he collapsed and gave up at this moment, and just fell into a coma, would his consciousness disappear forever?

I might become a living dead.

So he could only grit his teeth and refuse to give up, trying his best to survive this sudden soul mutation!

Ye Yang didn't need to guess to be certain that this sudden situation in his soul was definitely caused by the effect of the first layer of the "Tai Xu Refining Spirit Method" in the nascent form of true meaning.

As for what the outcome will be... it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to keep thinking while he's in pain, so how can he have time to think about these things?

As for the idea of ​​simply passing out now, and if it succeeds, everyone will be happy; if it fails, he can use Fate Points to revive and try again... Ye Yang didn't even have time to entertain such thoughts!

He had never died in a dungeon, so subconsciously, that option wasn't on his mind.

then……

"It hurts so much... When will it end...?"

"How much longer?"

"I……"

"Damn it! Damn this difference in the laws! Why does it hurt so much?!"

Ye Yang roared in pain, but he could no longer speak clearly, so neither Babata nor Zanbi could understand what he was saying.

Only sobs.

He didn't know how much time had passed... but Ye Yang finally felt slightly better. The pain hadn't lessened; in fact, it was gradually intensifying. However, he was slowly getting used to enduring this pain and finally had some extra capacity for thought.

"Babata...don't worry about me...you just keep sailing, it's nothing, it'll be over soon..."

With great effort, Ye Yang uttered these words, then closed his eyes and continued to fight back the pain deep within his soul.

"I can immediately exit the clone and return my consciousness to my original body... but I'm afraid that if I rest, I'll break down completely and won't be able to withstand this kind of pain anymore."

The thought popped into Ye Yang's mind that "it would be better to withdraw his consciousness from the instance and take a break for a while," but he quickly dismissed it.

It's like being in a cold winter day; you can tolerate the temperature before getting into bed, but once you're under the covers... you never want to get out again.

"What will my soul become?"

The inability to see the progress bar was indeed agonizing, so Ye Yang focused his attention on the strange phantom that had appeared in his mind.

What was originally a phantom resembling a miniature planet has now solidified considerably, but remains pitch black.

"Hurry, hurry up and condense!"

"Once it's all condensed, it'll be over, and I won't feel any pain anymore..."

With this thought in mind, Ye Yang endured the pain while staring at the tiny spherical phantom.

It's like being stuck in someone else's Wi-Fi in the freezing cold, watching the download progress bar slowly advance...

Torment and anticipation.

One day, two days, three days... Ye Yang had become numb and lost all sense of time.

The pain in my soul is increasing more and more slowly, and is gradually stabilizing.

He grew more and more accustomed to the pain, and could even occasionally open his eyes to catch a glimpse of what Babata and the others were doing.

Five days later...

"Ye Yang, we're safe for now. After shaking off the two fleets that the Anzac family deployed in the Great Beta system, we've entered a sparsely populated area and are getting further and further away from the Silver Blue Empire's territory. No one will stop us ahead of us. However, that B9-class spaceship is still relentlessly following us."

Babata whispered in Ye Yang's ear.

He knew that Ye Yang was enduring the pain in his soul with all his might, so he dared not communicate with Ye Yang directly through spirit, and could only speak to Ye Yang in his ear.

Ye Yang nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Then, six days, seven days, eight days... a month quickly passed.

Inside the spaceship, Ye Yang sat calmly.

"How are you now?" Babata asked with concern.

"The changes in my soul are still ongoing. I feel that the spherical phantom has only solidified less than one-tenth of its original size... Fortunately, the intense pain deep within my soul has become very slow intensifying, and I can now endure it while doing other things."

Ye Yang grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"You can still laugh! You almost scared me to death!" Babata said with a displeased look.

"Guess what changes have occurred in me?" Ye Yang blinked his right eye and asked with a smile.

"What? Has your mental power reached the Eternal level?" Babata looked at Ye Yang suspiciously.

"How is that possible?" Ye Yang was speechless and quickly shook his head, saying, "I am still a sixth-level planetary-level mentalist. The change I'm referring to is in my consciousness and will."

Consciousness and will are important for both illusionists and controllers.

This is even more important for illusionists.

The Meteorite Star inheritance includes a simple method to determine one's level of consciousness; however, determining one's will is much more difficult.

"How much?" Babata asked curiously.

"My consciousness has reached the ninth level of the planetary level," Ye Yang said with a smile. "And my will... although there's no way to determine that, I'm certain it has reached the level of the eternal level!"

"That's quite amazing indeed." Babata nodded, but didn't seem particularly happy.

In the universe, many gifted individuals possess powerful talents, but compared to Ye Yang's planetary-level talent that has crossed the threshold of the Fire Origin Law, they pale in comparison.

This change was merely icing on the cake for Ye Yang.

As for his will... Ye Yang had been in so much pain for the past month, rolling around on the floor inside the spaceship, and Babata had seen it all.

It is not surprising that one's will undergoes a transformation and is greatly enhanced.

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