Chapter 1265: Sea of Misery
Dr. Jia started with a jolt. The grey river beneath his feet had transformed into a soft marsh, already submerging him to his knees. The others had noticed the change immediately and took off with their Talents. Gao Yang conjured a flat Absolute Barrier like a golden flying carpet, allowing those with no flying Talents to climb up.
They hadn't withheld the warning intentionally. They assumed Dr. Jia had noticed and was merely conducting an impromptu experiment on the marsh's properties—entirely plausible for him, especially with Hong Xiaoxiao's hairpin as insurance.
“You terrible people! Why didn’t you warn me?!” Dr. Jia struggled, but the more he did, the deeper he sank. Now, the grey marsh had reached his waist.
“Farewell!”
“Farewell!”
“Farewell!”
Parry hovered above Dr. Jia’s head.
“You damn bird! Just...wait!” Dr. Jia raged and swung his arms around when only his head remained outside the marsh. “Help! I’m the resident genius. Without me, you would never get any answer...”
No one stepped in.
Their reasoning was simple: since Dr. Jia was now sinking in the marsh due to his own carelessness, he might as well act as a guinea pig. And there was no need to waste a precious reset chance.
Once he was more or less completely submerged, Qing Ling turned to Gao Yang, who gave her a nod.