Day by day in the infinite game

The sky is clear, the wind is sunny, and the blue sea is sparkling under the sunlight.

Occasionally, a fish jumps up from the sea surface and dives back into the sea, stirring up a wave of gentle waves and releasing the vitality of life.

No matter how you look at it, it is beautiful and refreshing.

However, a loud exclamation suddenly sounded not far away, breaking the tranquility.

The few people sent by Takahashi to catch the octopus all overturned, and Takahashi himself was also "caught" tightly in the tentacles of the octopus and could not move.

The hawksbill turtle, who was secretly watching the battle, finally let go of his worries when he saw this.

In fact, after the scream just now, Takahashi and the others were speechless.

At this moment, the octopus has transformed into a juggler. With its tentacles, it skillfully throws several players with evil intentions into the sky, catches them, and then throws them again, repeatedly.

The successive feelings of weightlessness intensified the inner panic of several people. Then they accidentally looked down and saw the large octopus playing with them between its tentacles. When they met the eyes full of ridicule and emotional humanity, they were all overly frightened.

I can't even hum anymore.

"That's it? It's too unchallenging." The octopus shook its head at the hawksbill turtle that swam over to watch the show, with a look of displeasure on its face.

Thinking that even though they had malicious intentions, they failed to succeed, so it would just give them a small punishment and teach them a lesson. It threw a few people onto the inflatable boat where they came from, and then pulled the hawksbill turtle and left in a graceful manner.

Takahashi and the others seemed to be immersed in a dream, feeling dizzy for a long time before slowly regaining their strength and getting up.

…

When Tang Qinqin received the signal from the source of life, he and his friends were watching the octopus vividly reenact the process of toying with Takahashi and the others.

She stepped aside and unleashed her psychic powers to contact the source of life.

"I have something to ask of you."

As soon as he touched the source of vitality, a very deep voice sounded in Tang Qinqin's ears.

But she vaguely felt that the voice sounded a bit inconsistent.

"I have a very close relationship with the planet itself. I already know your special identity. According to my observation, you still care about the future of this world."

"I have an old illness that has never been cured. Recently, there have been many 'internal and external troubles', which have added to my injuries. My ability can only recover 1/3 of its peak period. If I only rely on seclusion to recuperate, I will not be able to continue to protect this world for a long time.

"

"I want to ask you one thing. Find as many spiritual energy stones as possible for me. It will speed up the recovery of my injuries and will also be of great benefit to the vitality of all things on the planet in the future."

"What is the spirit stone? What are its characteristics?" Tang Qinqin asked.

As the controller of life on a planet, the source of vitality can directly order humans to do things.

However, its attitude is very humble, and its words are mostly respectful.

Tang Qinqin felt a little distressed, but also respected it more.

"I give you a trace of vitality. Once you encounter the spiritual energy stone, it will remind you."

The source of vitality bounced a trace of life over.

Tang Qinqin carefully put it away.

"Do you need us to do anything for you while you are recuperating?"

she asked again.

The source of vitality chuckled.

"No need to worry, I still have some ability to protect myself."

"Remember, where there are aura stones, you will feel a strong sense of vitality. The more well-protected the ecological environment is, the more aura stones will exist."

…

Takahashi and the others, who had been teased mercilessly by the octopus, pushed each other and gradually approached.

When they saw the familiar octopus, they all subconsciously felt a chill running down their backs.

Takahashi didn't dare to make a mistake, and kept his head buried in silence and said: "You can't see me, you can't see me."

The originally coy octopus looked calm and calm.

"Takahashi, you have done things that are harmful to the collective interests several times without repentance. Now you are trying to attack your brother. What are your intentions?"

"I'm just very interested in the new animal players. It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

He still wanted to maintain his arrogant attitude, but the octopus beside him continued to put pressure on him, and he didn't even dare to straighten his back.

As concerned about his height as he is, he also has a little-known "weakness", which is his fear of heights.

As he bounced back and forth from the octopus's tentacles, flying up and down, he was too frightened to open his eyes.

All the exclamations were choked in the throat, unable to shout or swallow.

Only the heart beating tightly in his chest made him feel that he was still alive.

Now he has no desire for revenge for the shadow and fear that the octopus has brought to him. It is possible that his expression will change for a long time.

…

The scientific research vessel Jiaolong began to move forward continuously.

According to the original plan, it was to arrive at the Antarctic and collect data samples before returning, but with the mission of the "Aura Stone", another navigation mission was added, heading to the North Pole.

"Aura Stone, I think, may be a substance rich in aura that existed at the beginning of life on the planet. Later, due to the movement of the planet's crust, the change of times and other factors, it gradually disappeared and was hidden in the world."

Tang Qinqin expressed his guess.

She put a trace of life given by the source of vitality on the detector she put in the sea to detect whether there was a spiritual stone on the seabed.

Planets that are rich in aura and have given birth to life generally have relatively strong self-healing capabilities. Unless they suffer a devastating blow, they can slowly recover on their own.

However, in recent years, some greedy humans have frequently harmed the land under their feet without any scruples, putting pressure on the source of life one after another, turning its injuries into chronic illnesses that it cannot take care of itself.

When approaching Antarctica, the temperature of the sea water has become very cold, and the hawksbill turtle and octopus have to bid farewell to the players in tears for the time being.

Takahashi got off the ship early when he passed a supply point. He didn't know about the Spirit Stone. Before they knew what the Spirit Stone was, the players were very tight-lipped and would not reveal anything.

"We are about to arrive at the scientific research station in Antarctica. The climate here is very cold. Everyone should take measures to keep warm and try not to act alone."

The old crew member worriedly warned everyone again.

The Jiaolong has not sailed into the frozen sea yet, but everyone can already see a lot of ice floes floating on the sea, icebergs and glaciers standing in the distance, and even the unique species of Antarctica - penguins in black and white suits.

Seeing it with your own eyes is a different feeling than just seeing it in books.

At this time, the players all ran to the deck with excitement to see the real-life penguins.

At this time, Tang Qinqin felt a weak response from the seabed detector.

It's a spiritual stone!