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  Su Yu felt a dry mouth and tongue, and after a long time, he responded: "In other words, after forming a contract with the companion, can this kind of decline and death be stopped?"

  "At least in our current state, it can be said that for human individuals, life force is too fragile. However, for us fifth-class lives, although not as perfect as the eternal existence of sixth-class lives, life force is almost inexhaustible. The life force we lose every day is like a drop of water in the ocean to me... Of course, there are certain conditions that must be met: I must have hatched and passed through the weak period after hatching. And you must be within a certain range from where I am; if you exceed it, my abilities won't reach, and I'll be unable to stop your life force from accelerating its flow."

  Su Yu forced himself to calm down and asked, "Is there any other way to stop the acceleration of life's flow besides this?"

  "There is, that is to absorb crystals containing 'life energy' which can replenish the lost life force in one's body. This kind of crystal is also called 'time currency'."

  "Time coins..." Su Yu took a cold breath, and suddenly remembered the black-clad man, Situ Wu Ya, whom he had killed at that time. He recalled the few objects found on his body, which looked like black copper coins, and Kou Xiao Wei had called them "time coins". Su Yu finally understood what Kou Xiao Wei meant by "buying time".

  Isn't absorbing "time coins" and extending one's lifespan essentially just a form of "buying time"?

  It's clear that Kou Xiao Wei had already known about the acceleration of life and the existence of "time coins". Conversely, all of this also proves that what the voice in front of her is saying is true.

  "I understand." Su Yu became somewhat listless, only then realizing that obtaining hetero power wasn't without a cost, and this cost was terrifying - it actually required accelerating the depletion of his own life force. Fortunately, they had encountered this fifth-class living being; otherwise, in their muddled state, they might have all withered away and died here.

  The exchange of consciousness, although seemingly a long time in the mind, was actually only a few seconds. Su Yu opened her eyes to find everyone gathered around her, looking at her with concern on their faces.

  "Xiao Wei, after we obtain the alien power, won't it accelerate the loss and decline of our life force?" Su Yu looked back at Kou Xiao Wei first, seeking an answer.

  Others listened to Su Yu's words and were stunned, then looked at Kou Xiaoyu in unison. Zhang Zhongmou couldn't help but say: "Su Yu, have you got a fever? What are you talking about with this nonsense about the flow of life?"

  Kou Xiao Wei listened to Su Yu Xun's question, but didn't show any unexpected expression, just nodded and said: "Yes, it will speed up a lot. A normal human being, if they obtained heterochrosis here, would live for two or three months before dying of old age."

  Everyone was shocked and looked at each other in horror, Su Yu said in a low voice: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

  Kou Xiaoyi wrinkled her cute little nose and said, "Su Ge, I told you before, but you wouldn't have believed me anyway. Do you still remember that 'Time Coin' I mentioned? The 'Time Coin' is for situations like this. If we absorb the 'Time Coin', we can live a bit longer."

  Su Yu took out the six "Time Coins" he had obtained from the black-shirted man, Situ Wuqing, at that time and asked: "Is this it?"

  "This is the worst kind, each one can only make you live for an hour, and each person can only absorb one per day, so absorbing this kind is almost useless. Thirty of these 'time coins' can be exchanged for one with the word 'heaven' engraved on it, that kind of time coin is useful, absorbing one can make you live for a day, that's why I said that Situ Wuyue is really poor."

  Su Yu smiled wryly.

  Ma Ziyue said: "Su Yu, what's going on?"

  Su Yu said: "I just found out too, it was that fifth-class life form who told me. It turns out that the alien power we obtained can also be called evolutionary power. From the moment we got the alien power, we basically opened up the key to evolution. Our life forms are constantly evolving, and the cost of this evolution is huge - our daily loss of life force is almost equivalent to what we needed in a year before. In other words, with the alien power, we can barely live for two or three months before aging and dying. But the 'time coins' that Little Yu talked about contain the life force we need, which can be absorbed into our bodies to strengthen our life force and extend our lifespan... What Little Yu said about this thing being able to buy time is really apt... Heh... Time coins? Buying time? It's a really fitting name."

  Su Yu's face was filled with a helpless bitter smile.

  Everyone else was shocked, and now they all understood what was going on. Each person's face showed a look of horror. Zhang Zhongmou cried out in alarm: "What are we going to do? Where can we get this 'time currency'? Ah, Xiao Wei, you must know."

  Su Yu said in a low voice, "Besides time coins, there is another way, that is to form a symbiotic contract with this fifth type of life form. This fifth type of life form will provide us with a large amount of life force, allowing us not to age, and even those who have aged can regain their youth."

  Just as I was saying that, the voice in my mind echoed: "Wrong, it's a must to stay by my side. I can only provide each person with the daily loss of life force, but cannot make you younger, which means that if you are thirty years old now, as long as you stay by my side, you can always be thirty years old, but you can't become twenty years old again. This point must not be mistaken. Of course, if I evolve to a very high form later, it's another matter. Also, time coins have a certain effect, which can restore a person's appearance to the state when they first obtained their powers."

  Su Yu let out a cry, then looked at everyone and said: "Everyone doesn't have to be nervous, in short, everyone first forms a symbiotic contract with this fifth-class life form, at least for the time being, you don't have to worry about your life accelerating away."

  Zhang Zhongmou was extremely convinced by Su Yu and immediately asked: "How can we form a contract of companionship?"

  Su Yu's mind immediately echoed with a voice, and he nodded, saying: "Relax your body, open up your heart, just don't have a defensive mindset."

  "Hmm." Zhang Zhongmou closed his eyes and relaxed, Su Yu's mind stirred, and a small black flame was thrown out, immediately, the flame flew into Zhang Zhongmou's brow and disappeared.

  "Alright, that's it." Su Yu said as he felt a comfortable humming noise coming from the black cocoon within his body, seemingly nourished greatly after binding with the second symbiote.

  Zhang Zhongmou opened his eyes and moved his body a bit, saying: "Is that it? It doesn't seem to have any effect."

  Su Yu said: "Now it hasn't hatched yet. It seems that after hatching, all those who are born with it will get special abilities. Who else is willing to do so?"

  Ma Ziyue and Su Yu both stood up busily, they were all very believing in Su Yu, one by one tied the contract of symbiotic life with him. Others had no choice, and whether it was Qin Jia Gui or Zhao Shichang or Lei Hui and Zhou Bicao, they all believed in Su Yu, so there was no objection to tying the contract of symbiotic life with him.

  When he was making a contract with Li Dong, it failed several times because Li Dong was nervous when facing Su Yu and had his guard up, so he couldn't succeed. When Su Yu furrowed her brow, Li Dong finally calmed down, his voice trembling as he said, "It's okay now, I'm sure we can do it." Then he closed his eyes and relaxed completely.

  Su Yu waved his hand and shot out a black flame, this time the flame finally merged into Li Dong's brow, and the contract was successfully concluded.

  Up to this point, a total of fifteen people, including Fang Jiong and Kou Xiaowei, had successfully formed symbiotic contracts with the fifth-class life form. Following Li Dong's successful contract formation, the voice of the fifth-class life form simultaneously echoed in everyone's minds: "Within ten days, the number of people who have formed a symbiotic contract must reach twenty. If this goal is not reached, I will be unable to hatch due to insufficient survival nourishment and will ultimately die. After my death, all of you who have formed a symbiotic contract with me will also die simultaneously."

  "Lean on"

  "Huh?"

  "What?"

  "What's going on?"

  As soon as the voice fell, everyone reacted differently and shouted in unison. Su Yu couldn't help but respond angrily: "What's going on? It wasn't mentioned beforehand, how can it be that if the number of people bound together is less than twenty, they will die within ten days?"

  "The path of evolution, once opened, has no retreat. If it cannot continue to evolve, it will die. Our fifth form of life is the closest to a perfect existence in the world, but its survival conditions are also the most severe. Once it forms a symbiotic contract with other lives and embarks on an evolutionary journey, there is no turning back. Either it succeeds in evolving or dies out, there is no third option. What's even more frightening is that this evolution has various conditions and time limits."

  The last voice only echoed in Su Yu's mind, and only Su Yu could communicate with "it" actively. Others who were also born together did not have this ability.

  "But don't worry, having twenty companions is a condition for me to hatch, and after hatching successfully, there won't be so many restrictions."

  Su Yu fell silent for a moment, things had come to this point, and it was useless to blame anyone. Fortunately, there was still time, and within ten days, finding five more people to form a symbiotic bond with "it" shouldn't be difficult.

  Thinking of this, Su Yu slightly put down his guard and looked at Kou Xiao Wei with a bitter smile: "Little girl, you've gotten us into big trouble. Within ten days, we must find five more people to form a contract with this guy, or else we'll all die."

  Kou Xiao Wei said seriously, "Su big brother, I'm not afraid of it. I also made a contract with 'it'. My dad said that in this kind of world, one must have the spirit of adventure and struggle. If you always shrink back, you won't live for long either."

  Su Yu's heart moved slightly, and he said: "Xiao Wei, it seems that Dad is a great person."

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