Chapter 1934 Copycat
This was the plan that Rui had devised when he realized that the Divine Doctor had gone to the Garden of Salvation. The moment he realized that they needed to enter the Garden of Salvation, he knew that they could not find it through physical search.
After all, that was why the Divine Doctor chose such an intricate and elaborate plan to extract all the fear from the Forest of Fear.
It was all for the sake of entering the Garden of Salvation.
Rui didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel.
The Divine Doctor's solution was ingenious, and Rui would most likely have arrived at the same solution himself. The difference, of course, was the execution. While the Divine Doctor used his medical and pharmaceutical ingenuity to create extremely potent fear hallucinogens containing the full power of the Forest of Fear, Rui decided to employ one of his own personal strengths and talent: hypnosis.
Creating a technique that induced fear was not easy; however, it was within his capabilities. If he wanted to generate a fear of death, he needed to hypnotize them to believe that they truly were dying. He needed to plant the very sensations of death in the subconscious mind of the target.
This was an environment that would kill normal humans just based on how naturally harsh it was, let alone its powerful ecosystem. However, that worked in his favor for getting into the Garden of Salvation. After all, it meant that his need for a safe haven was much stronger than that of Martial Seniors like Rui and Kane.
If that was the case, it certainly increased his probability of getting in since he certainly wasn't faking his need for a safe haven; the madman was genuinely in grave danger.
Of course, he was immortal, so his soul wasn't in danger, only his brain and body. The Divine Doctor had been killed many times, yet he just appeared over and over as if his soul could actively transfer from vessel to vessel.
Unfortunately, Rui and Kane could not astrally detach from their body and latch on to another one; thus, they faced actual death.
Thus, in hindsight, it could be said that they were even crazier than the Divine Doctor because they could actually die while the bottom line for him was soul-transferring to a new body and being forced to start over again.
Even as they sprinted through the enormous forest, Rui could not help but feel jealous that they had to actually face the risk of death while the Divine Doctor basically had a save point and could go all over again if he were to meet death.
Unfortunately, Rui was desperate. Finding the Divine Doctor had easily become one of the most challenging non-martial undertakings of his life. Even Chairman Deacon had not been such an annoying thorn in his side.
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