This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1307 - 578 - _2

Mu You controlled the Black Angel, wielding the Green Hornet Sting in one hand and a flashing sleeve blade popping out from his other arm, weaving through the mechanical beings, his dual weapons slashing through them as easily as cutting vegetables.

The Medicinal Plant Gatherer was casting all sorts of white and black Magic without any restraint, sustained by the Vaccine. Now, he was practically in a state of infinite Magic Power, without any worry about energy depletion.

The two, one using mechanical weapons and the other using Magic, slaughtered through the mechanical beings like tigers among sheep, virtually without any rival.

"So that’s how it is, if energy is used excessively in a short time, exceeding the recovery ability of the Vaccine, it will additionally consume lifespan," said the Medicinal Plant Gatherer during the battle. While unleashing massive bursts of Magic, he also kept an eye on his condition, quickly confirming that his lifespan was continuously dropping at a slow rate.

"Oh?" Mu You frowned upon hearing this, but quickly figured it out.

Even if those microorganisms in the Vaccine could generate Magic Power, energy could not possibly come out of nowhere. Previously, Taurus had told them that the microorganisms consumed vitality to produce Magic Power, and this consumption of vitality, in the beings of the Star Spirit World, would manifest as a shortening of lifespan. Therefore, those who were vaccinated naturally had their lifespan depleted at twice the rate of normal people.

But this was only under peaceful circumstances when Magic Power was not excessively consumed. If a vaccinated person were in intense combat, unreservedly expending energy outside, and this rate of energy output exceeded the microorganisms’ speed of generating Magic Power, the microorganisms had to speed up Magic Power production. This would lead to an accelerated depletion of vitality within the organism, which externally, would appear as a significant additional loss of lifespan over a short period.

Therefore, even if a Mage had been vaccinated, they couldn’t truly become an infinite Magic-firing artillery. The Magic Power that exceeded their recovery power would convert into a depletion of lifespan. In other words, they were exchanging their lifespan for Magic Power.

"What’s the ratio approximately?" asked Mu You.

"With our current intensity of combat, roughly ten minutes will consume about one year of lifespan," estimated the Medicinal Plant Gatherer.

"Ten minutes, huh... That’s somewhat acceptable..." Mu You nodded.

Both of them were undoubtedly operating at full power, especially the Medicinal Plant Gatherer whose Magic Wand was casting Magic almost non-stop. In the past, such relentless casting would have overwhelmed even the most powerful Magic users, causing them to faint. Now, their combat efficiency was at least twice as high as under normal circumstances!

And to unleash over three times the combat efficiency, the cost was merely one year of lifespan every ten minutes. For people of their standing, this undoubtedly seemed like a profitable deal.

"How much lifespan do you still have, Chun Li?" Mu You suddenly remembered Chun Li.

Though it appeared that he was controlling the combat armor, the energy was being extracted from Chun Li, meaning that his unbridled outburst was also consuming Chun Li’s lifespan.

He and the Medicinal Plant Gatherer were lavish enough not to mind such a consumption of life, but that didn’t mean everyone could afford to be so extravagant. It could be problematic if they accidentally exhausted Chun Li’s lifespan.

"Oh, don’t worry, I have a lot of lifespan left, over 3000 years!" Chun Li responded quite richly.

"That much?" Mu You was surprised.

Although Pandas have a longer lifespan than the Human Race, they still weren’t considered immortal; their basic lifespan is also just between a few hundred years. They usually live underground with no warfare, thus no source of lifespan. How could she have accumulated so much?

"Because the mechanical beings regularly distribute lifespan to us based on our ’evaluation’, and there are no places in Eden to consume lifespan, I gradually accumulated it... Moreover, it’s said that just before entering the Sleep Pods, if one’s lifespan is less than 5000 years, the mechanical beings will top it up to 5000 years before starting the hibernation," explained Chun Li.

"Oh?" Mu You raised his eyebrow, realising that entering the Sleep Pods was essentially walking into death, yet the mechanical beings still unnecessarily added life span...

Piecing together the scenario where microorganisms needed to consume lifespan to generate Magic Power, Mu You quickly understood: those 5000 years of lifespan were probably not intended for the living beings, but prepared for the mechanical beings!

Mechanical beings do not have a lifespan per se, so from where would the lifespan necessary for generating Magic Power within them come if they were injected with the Vaccine? Evidently, the Vaccine itself came with a lifespan!

This was also why it was essential for beings to ensure they had sufficient lifespan reserves before entering the Sleep Pods; these lifespans would be transferred undisturbed into the Vaccine, serving as fuel to nourish the microorganisms.

Viewing it from this angle, the Terminators likely could not resurrect infinitely after all. Each of their resurrections would deplete the remaining lifespan in the Vaccine, and once the remaining lifespan ran out, the microorganisms could no longer produce energy, hence the Terminators would naturally lose their Combat Power.

However, to exhaust those 5000 years of lifespan would require defeating them countless times, possibly several thousands or even tens of thousands of times. At least previously, both Mu You and Medicinal Plant Gatherer had not managed to test this limit...

But returning to the matter at hand, the trio continued conversing while their hands didn’t stop moving. Like slicing through vegetables, they cut a Bloody Path, breaking through the encirclement of the mechanical beings and reincorporating back into their territory.