All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

Chapter 139 Sleepwalking?

The pain, the excruciating pain, the kind of pain that felt like a shattered bone all over his body, jolted Yang Fei out of his daze.

I can't feel my body, or even my own breath. I feel like I'm in a completely dark space, with no sense of reality about the outside world.

"I—" Yang Fei tried to speak, but he received no response. His thoughts even seemed to stagnate, unable to keep up with his own pace of thought, and the meaning he wanted to express would inadvertently be cut off.

"Damn it!" After thinking for a long time, Yang Fei's consciousness finally caught up with the rhythm, and his self-awareness began to become clearer. However, he still could not feel the outside world and had no control over his body.

"What's going on? Wasn't I defending the city?" After an unknown amount of time, Yang Fei's mind cleared up a bit, and he remembered some things. He was clearly defending against the monsters' siege, so what happened?

Had his defense failed? That shouldn't be the case! Not only do he have no memory of that, but even if he failed, why didn't he return directly to Azure Star? All Azure Star inhabitants aged 18 to 38 have three chances; even if he failed, he should have returned directly to Azure Star. Why is he "here"?

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Also, what kind of place is "this"?

Since there was no feedback from the outside environment, Yang Fei was unsure if this was a place, so he could only use "this" to refer to it.

Furthermore, although I cannot control my body, I should still have a body. After all, the pain, like the shattering of bones all over my body, is still reminding me intermittently that my physical condition is probably quite bad.

"I—" After a while, taking advantage of the lull in the pain, Yang Fei tried again to give his body the command to speak, but there was still no response, as if he really had no body.

"Ouch~" The pain came again, and this feeling constantly reminded me that I should still have a body. Moreover, why can I only feel the pain in my body but not control it?

He could not feel anything—sight, touch, or smell—only endless darkness and waves of intense pain. To be precise, it wasn't darkness, because black is a color, and Yang Fei had truly lost those functions.

It was just a void of darkness, but the pain was definitely there. That's just ridiculous, isn't it?

"Abyss Projection!" After a while, Yang Fei, unable to bear it any longer, activated his awakened talent after trying various methods to no avail. This talent was imprinted in his soul and was considered part of his soul's memory.

Even outside the tower defense world, one can activate it directly through the connection of their soul.

The pain subsided, and Yang Fei felt his body again—the body that was still fully engaged in battle on the sky island. Moreover, Yang Fei knew very well that with just a thought, he could return to that body and completely break free from his current state.

But Yang Fei didn't want to leave for the time being; he needed to figure out what was going on! How did he get here without his knowledge? What exactly happened?

Without figuring out all of this, Yang Fei was very worried about returning to this place. If he woke up with a clear mind, that would be one thing, but Yang Fei would probably think it was a little joke played on him by the mastermind behind the tower defense world.

After all, he was a beta tester and needed to test various new mechanisms. It was understandable that Yang Fei was being watched. Moreover, he had a way to go back. As the person behind the game, he could just accept defeat since the damage wouldn't be significant.

But don't forget, when you woke up this time, you had no cognition at all. You slowly regained consciousness and recalled everything again, which is terrifying. This no longer falls into the category of "little jokes".

Based on previous experience, it is inferred that when one activates the Abyss Projection, one's consciousness will leave the body, and the body will gradually disappear from the real world as one's consciousness moves away.

Although he couldn't directly observe his own body with his consciousness, Yang Fei was able to recognize and even feel his body during this process, and he could also control it to react.

Now, Yang Fei wanted to use this characteristic to confirm the state of this body and see what was going on, why he could feel pain but didn't have any real sense of his body. Yang Fei was really curious.

Next, he needed to figure out where he was, so he could be prepared if he were to appear here again. Finally, he needed to figure out why he was here and how he got here. This was the most fundamental and important question, but Yang Fei had a feeling that this question might not have an answer, which is why this important question of principle appeared at the end.

It's not that I don't think about it, don't ponder it, or don't try to understand it; it's just that I wouldn't know the answer to this question. Sometimes, thinking about it is pointless, just like those treasure chest monsters.

Therefore, Yang Fei could only try his best to solve the problem, and if he couldn't, he would have to give up.

In this cultivation world where power resides within oneself, it's best not to try to understand or be curious about things beyond one's own capabilities. Because curiosity can sometimes truly be deadly.

Recalling the feeling of his consciousness being split before, Yang Fei tried to transfer part of his consciousness to this body. Currently, his consciousness was still on the Sky Island body. If all went well, he should be able to "see" or "feel" the existence of this body, just like before.

Unfortunately, Yang Fei couldn't "sense" this body at all. Well, that's a bit inaccurate. Based on his previous feelings about this body, it should be said that this body no longer possesses the concept of "sense." To put it bluntly, it can't respond to external stimuli.

So we're back to square one. I feel pain, but I can't use my body. Even with my talent that allows me to surpass my sixth sense, I still can't use my body. What's going on?

"Fire! The Divine Tree is on fire! Help!" An unknown shout bypassed his hearing and exploded directly in Yang Fei's mind. It wasn't one of the languages ​​Yang Fei understood, but he clearly understood its meaning.

"Divine Tree, unable to use my body, yet the pain keeps coming—" Various clues connected in Yang Fei's mind, and Yang Fei began to understand that his body here seemed to have become a tree.

That makes sense. The inability to access the body doesn't mean the tree can't access its own body, but rather that animals and plants respond completely differently to external stimuli. It's wrong to keep using animal or human perception to access the tree's body.