Lin Yi was startled at those words; what Tian Bufan said seemed to make sense...

Humanity is the foundation of negotiation.

Have you ever seen anyone negotiate with cold rules?

Even Night Watchman 02 could only negotiate because he had a bit of humanity.

As they spoke, Tian Bufan suddenly began to slow down.

"It's about here."

He gradually came to a stop.

Strangely enough, in this kind of distorted layers, even slowing down to stop steadily is quite laborious.

The whole layer seems like liquid; moving through it feels like crawling in a snot pond, not just a little uncomfortable.

After stopping, it gets much better, and the entire layer gradually becomes eerily calm, like a lake surface.

When the layer completely stabilized, Tian Bufan said: "Old Lin and I will handle the puppet materials."

Kuai Hongji spoke first: "Then I'll be responsible for handling extraordinary materials."

"They're everywhere; don't stray too far from us. Once done, come find us directly," Tian Bufan reminded.

"Understood," Kuai Hongji nodded.

As the two slightly separated, Tian Bufan had Lin Yi use Perception to filter materials in the Corpse Bone Forest in the same manner.

Soon, after they picked a batch of materials, Kuai Hongji returned with some extraordinary materials.

Lin Yi immediately took control of Tian Bufan's body, starting to construct the puppet.

Whether it was due to the layer's problem or because Lin Yi was now "skilled," he found building puppets here seemed much simpler than in normal layers.

A Faceless Puppet was quickly built, and Kuai Hongji handed over a Tomato; once Lin Yi stuffed it into the puppet's chest cavity, it was considered "powered on."

Tian Bufan directly infiltrated his will into it, and upon Lin Yi perceiving it, he promptly followed suit.

"Old Lin, are you there?" the third puppet spoke, emitting Tian Bufan's voice, then spoke again, this time adopting Lin Yi's voice, "Here."

"Let's go," Tian Bufan said, then controlled the third puppet, stepping toward a twisted direction.

As the third puppet moved, the surrounding layer lines fluctuated again, and Tian Bufan and Kuai Hongji behind him blurred like blocked by a water screen, seemingly with only a small range around the third puppet as relatively stable space; a few steps away the area would again become distorted like that.

Lin Yi found it hard to imagine what it might look deeper in the layers, filled with Star Moon Night-like whirlpool mysteries, and what layer depth they might be at.

Moving in such an environment really makes it hard not to get lost.

In no time, the third puppet broke free from the twisted layer, arriving at the realm where the Big Snake resided.

"I'm here to negotiate the terms!" Tian Bufan shouted upon landing.

Yet what welcomed him was the puppet's collapse and the will's retreat.

...

Layer Rift, beside the Corpse Bone Forest.

Tian Bufan did a sit-up and raised his cheek again.

"Still here, Old Lin?"

"Yes, still here..." Lin Yi responded, "But we've already scrapped three puppets. If this keeps up, will I have time to go eat at the Cafeteria?"

Tian Bufan paused, then said: "Speaking of eating, your main body can move freely!"

"Huh?" Lin Yi was a bit taken aback, "But don't I still have to accompany you into the Layer Rift here?"

"But that doesn't affect your main body's movement!" Tian Bufan said, "If that's the case, what will you do tonight? When your will penetrates, will your main body stay in place waiting for death?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, so what you mean is..." Lin Yi confirmed again, "Tonight my main body plays big escape in the campus, and the will penetrates again to support you?"

"Won't my mobility be drastically reduced?"

"It surely will be, but once I'm asleep in the dormitory, I'll penetrate your body and steer it with your remaining will," Tian Bufan said, "Besides, more accurately, you only need to support Maozi and Kuai Kuai."

"Alright then..." Lin Yi murmured, "Why do I have a feeling of repeatedly logging in and boosting accounts... Aren't we like a studio?"

"Don't think too much about nonsense." Tian Bufan said, rubbing his brow.

"Is there a problem?" Kuai Hongji asked upon witnessing this.

"Yes." Tian Bufan nodded, "It annihilated us three times."

"If it were me, it probably wouldn't just be three times, thirty times might be possible," Kuai Hongji said calmly.

Tian Bufan glanced at Kuai Hongji, then at his pack: "How many Tomatoes are left?"

"A little over twenty, didn't quite keep track," Kuai Hongji replied, "Some Zealots' Tomatoes are subpar quality, I threw them away."

"Then let's keep playing with it twenty more times," Tian Bufan said.

The fourth puppet was quickly built, and Tian Bufan continued his departure.

"If all the Tomatoes run out, do we retreat?" Lin Yi asked.

"Not necessarily, what the Tomatoes provide, many things here can offer," Tian Bufan said, "Tomatoes are kept mainly to familiarize with constructing puppets; as for the number of times, even if over the years the Corpse Bone Forest has amassed nearly endless puppet resources, we cannot play here forever."

"Layers are layers after all; staying too long will make you forget the way back, being stuck here endlessly."

The fourth puppet arrived at the "designated location," Tian Bufan started calling the Big Snake.

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