"What happened?"
Han Sen pointed at the mushrooms above Gu Qingche and Elysian Moon's heads.
Gu Qingche shook her head and said, "I told you, I am not a modern person. I am an ancient Qi Gong."
"Is it because of your lifespan?"
Han Sen's heart jumped. Gu Qingche was like him. She had entered the crystallizer control room and reversed time there. Thousands of years had passed, and when she came out, she was already in the modern world.
Gu Qingche should have been dead a long time ago if she had to calculate the time she had spent in the game.
Gu Qingche nodded and then shook her head. "It is because of my lifespan. But it's not what you think. It's not because I entered the crystallizer control room."
"Then why?" Han Sen asked with confusion.
Gu Qingche and Elysian Moon looked at each other, and then Elysian Moon said, "It is because of me."
Han Sen looked at Elysian Moon and didn't say anything. He wanted her to continue, as this was beyond his comprehension.
Elysian Moon didn't know what to say. She moved her lips, but no words came out. Gu Qingche said, "Let me do the talking."
Han Sen looked at Gu Qingche. He didn't know what was going on between the two of them.
A long time ago, he was interested in the relationship between Gu Qingche and Elysian Moon. Gu Qingche was an ancient human Qi Gong, and Elysian Moon was a spirit from a sanctuary. They were of different races, but they looked exactly the same. Han Sen was curious about their relationship.
Gu Qingcheng said, "The Qi Gong I am practicing is called the Sword Fairy Picture. According to the ancient Qi Gong theory, you need to visualize your own Primordial Spirit and turn it into a Sword Fairy Picture. That way, you can achieve the ultimate Sword Fairy Way."
"Elysian Moon is the Sword Fairy Picture you created?" Han Sen looked at Gu Qingche with shock.
But Gu Qingcheng shook her head and said, "Elysian Moon is an Elysian spirit, and she is very special. Because of an accident, she combined with the sword fairy I visualized in the Sword-Fairy Picture. Our fates are now intertwined."
Han Sen looked at Gu Qingche and Elysian Moon. He didn't know what kind of accident it was, to connect a human Qi Gong and a spirit's fates together.
"Didn't I tell you that I'm different from other spirits? My spirit stone isn't in the spirit statue. It's on me. I was lying to you. My spirit stone has already become one with her." Elysian Moon pointed at Gu Qingcheng as she spoke.
"Does that have anything to do with your deaths?" Han Sen asked.
Gu Qingcheng nodded and said, "Our situation is complicated. I am a human, and I have combined with a spirit stone. My soul has become very strong, and I have a spirit body.
I took Elysian Moon's spirit stone, and she relied on my Sword Fairy Picture. Her body changed, too. We are both a part of each other, but not completely. "
"After our bodies were reconstructed in the sanctuary, the connection between us was almost severed. We thought the influence between us was over, and we could live as individuals. But after this period of contact, the connection between us has grown stronger. It's even stronger than before."
Elysian Moon's face looked ugly, and she said, "This effect is causing our bodies to change drastically. We are evolving very quickly. As long as we have enough energy to support us, our strength can increase very quickly. We were happy about this, but we gradually realized that this transformation is not just about us becoming stronger. It's about our bodies growing faster."
When Han Sen heard this, his face changed. "Are you saying you're getting old quickly?"
"Something like that, but it's not accurate. Based on our current speed, if we keep this up, we'll die in a year or a few months." Gu Qingcheng nodded.
"Have you found a way to fix this?" Han Sen thought back to what Bao 'er had said, and he had a few guesses.
Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon nodded. Elysian Moon said, "We have been researching this problem for a while now. We have done many experiments, and we have discovered that we are like a whole. We aren't complete on our own, so our genes are flawed. That is why we are aging so quickly. But it's not really that fast. It's more like we are growing up."
Gu Qingcheng said, "Let's put it this way. If we were ordinary humans with a lifespan of a hundred years, we would be like mosquitoes.
Now, we're like mosquitoes. From birth to death, we only have one or two weeks to live.
The only way to fix this is for me and Elysian Moon to combine. That way, we can fix the flaws in our genes. Our complete state will allow us to live longer than ordinary humans. "
"Can you two combine into one?" Han Sen looked at Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon with confusion.
When Elysian Moon was a spirit, Han Sen could imagine her possessing Gu Qingcheng's body.
But now, they were both living people. Han Sen couldn't believe they could combine into one.
"I would rather not, but we have discovered that we have the power to do so. But if we do that, we will become one person. Our personalities will combine." Elysian Moon's face looked glum.
Han Sen now understood why they were conflicted. As a creature with emotions, no one wanted to be a part of another creature. They all wanted to be independent.
But now, they had to become a part of each other. If they didn't, they would die. That was a very annoying thing to do.
It seemed that their previous struggle was to determine who would be the dominant consciousness of the body in the future.
But the reality was far crueler than he could have imagined. Gu Qingcheng coldly said, "We have thought of a way that doesn't require combining personalities. We kill the other person first, then combine with their body. That way, there will only be one personality left, and there won't be a combination."
Han Sen looked at Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon. He hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
"Do you really want to do that?" Han Sen sighed. In this situation, he didn't know how to persuade Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon.
"We don't want to do that, but we don't have a choice. Rather than both of us dying, it would be better for one of us to live," Elysian Moon said coldly.
"Even if you combine into one, the personalities might not combine," Han Sen said.
"No, they will. We've already tried." Elysian Moon shook her head with certainty.
"How?" Han Sen looked at the two of them with confusion.
Elysian Moon and Gu Qingcheng didn't say anything. They just looked at each other. Then, Han Sen's mouth opened wide. He saw Elysian Moon and Gu Qingcheng walk closer to each other. Their beautiful faces came closer, and their red lips touched.