I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 444 - 47: What Must Come Will Always Come (Part 2)

It’s like seeing a flower by the roadside and casually picking it as you walk by; this behavior is essentially no different.

Gu Mo gently shook his head and retracted the spiritual will that had been widely dispersed.

There were only rats in the sewers, no hidden monsters among the crowd, the spiritual qi in the atmosphere was extremely thin, and in the hospital, at the moment of death, the emotional aura and spiritual wavelength rapidly dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye... There was nothing, no world of miracles and magic.

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Gu Mo looked at the shopping street ahead and said in a relaxed tone, "This is it, Kikyo... By the way, if there’s anything you like, please don’t hesitate with me."

Of course, that’s what he said, but he knew it wouldn’t have much effect. The Witch never seemed to want anything; unless something caught her curiosity while shopping, she would glance at it, but she seldom lingered. Often, it was only because of Gu Mo’s insistence that he managed to buy her something.

Kikyo nodded lightly, returning from her thoughts to reality, and gazed at the bustling shopping street before her, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

Just recently, the streets of Tokyo had already struck her as very prosperous, hard to imagine for such modernization, and yet this city in front of her once again left her somewhat stunned... She hadn’t noticed it much last night, given she was somewhat distracted at the time, so it wasn’t until now that she truly felt all of this.

"This is also a big city, and it’s been over twenty years. Plus, the era we visited before was a time period just after the bubble burst, so it was relatively depressed and low-spirited..." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

As if sensing her confusion, Gu Mo explained.

The two stood beside the entrance of the shopping street, watching the crowd coming and going. Many people seemed unaware of their presence, as if they were standing in a psychological blind spot of the passersby, an easily forgotten corner in the subconscious, leading to people directly ignoring their presence.

This was an inspiration Gu Mo gained from his "inconspicuous" trait, coupled with group mental interference. With only a slight adjustment, they could make those affected overlook their presence.

As long as there were no interactions or attracted attention.

Then, until before that point, they were "invisible" on the psychological and attentional level of most irrelevant people around them... In essence, it was slightly more sophisticated than the previous straightforward method of forcibly disrupting thoughts, reflecting Gu Mo’s increasing proficiency in mind power.

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...

Although Penglai Island was Gu Mo’s domain, it was still not a place he could directly teleport into by switching interfaces.

Unlike a game where you can switch from the big map to your own personal space with a simple click...

The system had indeed provided a range of bespoke upgrades for these improvement needs, such as using Kaguya’s Mirror of Life as upgrade material to allow Penglai Island to further integrate the enclosed space behind the mirror, expanding the island’s space while also improving the convenience of access.

—According to the system’s instructions, it unlocks the ability to teleport through mirrors.

Naturally, Gu Mo chose to use the Mirror of Life as the island’s upgrade material, after all, it was already severely damaged, and its value as a normal piece of equipment was essentially gone. What he was interested in was the special space connected behind the mirror. However, being able to integrate it into the island through the system’s rules of power was undoubtedly better.

It’s just that...

The upgrade material was placed, and the confirm button was clicked.

But instead of the expected immediate completion of the modifications, a progress bar appeared before him...

Alright, it seems that the upgrades and renovations of the home still require time, and in such a situation, Gu Mo could only temporarily continue using the previous method of going to the island... which was letting the island appear relatively offshore, then heading there himself, which was really quite inconvenient.

There is also another issue...

—The island’s Time Barrier.

This Great Barrier shrouding the entire island and the nearby sea area was not without its drawbacks. Although it could wonderfully protect the island, it also caused a discrepancy in time flow speed between the island and the outside world. By Penglai Island’s time, the Clanging Cauldron stops once a day each year, during which the barrier disappears, and the island reemerges...

The phenomenon observed from the outside was that Penglai Island emerged once every fifty years...

A year on the island equaled fifty years in the outside world, meaning staying on the island for two years would cause a century to pass outside, such an exaggerated time flow proportion... this place was indeed a perfect spot to wait for a game’s release.

Gu Mo could adjust the barrier, including changing the barrier’s fixed reboot cycle, freely opening and closing the barrier according to his own will, and so on; all these he could do, except for adjusting the phenomenon of time flow speed difference caused by the Great Barrier or affecting the specific ratio.

Because this was the intrinsic nature of the Time Barrier; its basic performance was decided from the time it was initially set down.

Therefore, having no alternative, Gu Mo could only temporarily close the Time Barrier after reaching the island... as long as the island stayed away from the coastline, there weren’t any significant issues being in the vast ocean. After all, aside from the Great Barrier, Penglai Island was not without other protective measures.