Chapter 121 Ascension to the Gods (End)
Bai Ming looked at the girl who suddenly appeared, and slowly said: "Dingfu Shenjun?"
Dingfu Shenjun, who transformed into Li Xiangying, smiled slightly and clicked. Nodding, his voice was empty and calm: "Thank you, outsider, for helping me to lift the long and painful seal."
Bai Ming immediately grasped the key: "It was you who gave me the status of 'master'?
He has fully reacted at this moment.
He did think differently before, thinking that he could kill Village Chief Li in the end because of the strength of his [Unable] skill.
But there is one key point that cannot be explained, even though he initially used [Unable] to be immune to Rule 2 [When the host invites a guest, the guest must not refuse, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to the whole village].
It is just not affected.
Why was he able to use the word "please" to influence the villagers and even order Village Chief Li?
In fact, there is nothing wrong with the rules themselves.
The problem is that he lacks the core identity of "master", and he never knows how to obtain it.
Su Yeye and the others obviously don’t understand the key.
The players in [Void] may know, but they will never reveal it to Bai Ming.
Now, the truth is revealed.
It was the sealed Divine Lord of Dingfu who secretly gave him this identity.
What's more, Village Chief Li did shout words like "God of Dingfu bless you and give you strength" when he was in a hurry.
Of course, Village Chief Li also made a mistake.
Bai Ming's power comes from [Unable].
All Dingfu Shenjun did was give him a "master" status that could use this power reasonably.
Li Xiangying said calmly: "Of course. In order to help me lift the seal and regain my freedom, I will naturally take action secretly and give you the necessary 'identity'. "
Bai Ming said: "But at the beginning, you wanted to kill me."
He now also wants to understand that the rule that was hidden at the beginning was indeed the method of Dingfu Shenjun, not Village Chief Li and the others, nor the players of [Void].
Li Xiangying did not deny it, and her tone remained calm: "After all, I don't want to have another qualified "weak fire" material"
Bai Ming said calmly: "So, if I didn't show enough strength and character, you wouldn't give me the status of 'master' and would even let me die, right?"
Li Xiangying nodded: "This is a natural thing, isn't it? Weak people are not qualified to receive gifts."
Bai Ming was not angry. It was pointless to argue with an ancient existence.
He asked directly: "Now that the doubts have been resolved, what else is there for you to show up? In your capacity, there is no need to come here to say thank you."
Li Xiangying showed a faint smile on his face: "Don't be so hostile. I came here this time to really thank you for helping me get out of trouble. And my gratitude is never just empty words."
With a slight tap of her slender fingers, several warm and pure red-gold streams of light flew out from her fingertips, as if they possessed spirituality, and entered the bodies of the ten team members including Bai Ming, Su Yeye, [Dongyun Research Institute], and the unconscious [Funnel Cake].
Bai Ming immediately felt a gentle but majestic force pouring into his limbs and bones, and finally gathered near his heart, as if an eternal warm flame was lit there.
His spirit was also lifted. In front of his eyes, he could even vaguely see the peaceful scene of thousands of houses with lights and smoke curling up. A deep understanding and affinity for "fire" emerged spontaneously.
【The player has absorbed the blessing of "Hearth Fire"】
[The player has gained 10 points of fire resistance]
Li Xiangying's eyes swept over the [Dongyun Research Institute] and the unconscious members of the Tenth Team: "You also have a small amount of merit, so I give you the power to resist the erosion of fire.".
Then, she looked at Bai Ming and Su Yeye: "As for you two, your achievements are remarkable. I will give you stronger flame protection and a glimmer of guidance on the future path."
"That guidance will appear in front of you at the right time."
After saying that, before anyone could ask again, Li Xiangying's figure was like smoke blown away by the wind, quietly fading away and completely disappearing without a trace.
Bai Ming felt the new strength in his body and looked at Su Yeye: "How is it?"
Su Yeye took a closer look and said, "I gained 10 points of fire resistance."
[Dongyun Research Institute] also said in surprise: "I seem to have gained 5 points of fire resistance!"
Su Yeye let out a long sigh and looked around at the environment that was gradually returning to normal: "So, all of this is finally over?"
Bai Ming seemed to suddenly remember something, and frowned: "Wait! I have another question that I haven't fully figured out yet."
Su Yeye looked at him: "What's the problem?"
Bai Ming pondered: "Why does Fuquan Village keep holding the birthday celebration of Dingfu God? This seems to be more than just a disguise."
Su Yeye heard this: "Because of the requirements of the ceremony itself, the day when Village Chief Li stole the power of Dingfu God was defined by him as the birthday of the new 'Dingfu God'. "
"The celebration is not for commemoration, but to continue to consolidate his stolen power and conceal the real truth."
"And when Village Chief Li becomes a god, it will not be defined, but the real birthday of the god."
Bai Ming once again looked at the place where Lord Dingfu disappeared, and thought thoughtfully: "Is this "step on fire and take advantage of the momentum"?
He borrowed the power of Lord Dingfu from the beginning to complete everything that follows. It seems that Zhang Laodao is still a bit wise."
Next, it’s time for a real and complete rest.
In this process, Bai Ming, Su Yeye and [Dongyun Research Institute] conducted a detailed review of the [Mountain Village] copy they experienced.
It is unanimously agreed that without the forced intervention and acceleration ceremony of [Void] players, the final BOSS of this dungeon, Village Chief Li, would most likely only be in the early stage of becoming a fierce ghost, even if he successfully completed the Five Elements Reversal Formation.
The role of Lord Fushen is also extremely crucial.
For a team of ordinary players, if they want to finally defeat Village Chief Li, they will largely need to enlist the help of the sealed Lord Dingfu.
Otherwise, even if they are just enemies in the early stages of becoming a ghost, they are definitely not something that a team of ordinary players can contend with head-on.
And if the player team makes all mistakes in the process, instead of weakening Village Chief Li, they provide him with better quality and more powerful "weak fire" sacrifices. Then Village Chief Li's strength will not stop at the early stage of becoming a ghost, and may even take a few steps forward on the road to the early stage of being a ghost.
By then, what awaits the team of ordinary players is almost certain to be the end of the team being wiped out.
At this point in the review, Bai Ming touched his chin and said: "But when we discuss this now, it is actually a bit unfounded."
"How can an ordinary player team gather the power of the four elements so easily to obtain the qualification to sense "weak fire"? Just like [Sugar], when you absorbed a quarter of the water of addiction, you reached your limit, right? "
Su Yeye heard the words and gave Bai Ming a faint warning: "I think [Wutian] you have misunderstood. It was not that I could only absorb a quarter at that time, but that all my attribute potentials had reached the theoretical limit of 18 points of the human body at that time."
"Absorbing those mixed water has no meaning to me anymore, it's a pure waste."
Bai Ming: "—"
h Then, the topic turned to Dingfu dumplings.
Bai Ming asked why the villagers felt so ashamed after eating the dumplings, but they tried so hard to force him to eat them.
[Dongyun Research Institute] explained with a smile: "Actually, the matter itself is not that complicated. The dumpling itself is an "identity marker". After eating it, it has the same effect as drinking "water of addiction". It will be branded as a "villager of Fuquan Village" and will be further affected by the village chief's rules. "
h "Actually, many of the foods on the flowing water table during celebrations have this function to a greater or lesser extent, and it is not just a special case of Dingfu dumplings."
h "The villagers themselves do not dare to eat more because This thing is not easy to make and contains special power. Village Chief Li has set up village rules to prevent waste."
Finally, they discussed the ghost of the little girl who resembled Sisi and the problem of cognitive tampering that had troubled them for a long time.
Su Yeye integrated the information: "Actually, the root cause of these two problems is probably the same."
"Cognitive tampering, according to the limited information currently available to relevant departments, is an ability unique to "gods" or their dependents."
"In this dungeon, the players of [Void] use some special props to use the cognitive tampering ability of the "gods" in the dungeon to steal the power of the God of Dingfu through Village Chief Li. "
"They have intervened and affected the real world to a certain extent, which allowed them to secretly plan in the dungeon."
"And this kind of intervention and interference in reality has produced information linkage. You know, the Fuquan Village in the dungeon may itself be a projection of the real Fuquan Village to some extent."
"Once the two have an abnormal connection through this form, it will inevitably have some subtle but crucial impact on reality. The little girl's abnormality may be one of the manifestations of this influence." Regarding the safety of Sisi, I will report it immediately and ask experts from the Science and Technology Department to come over for more in-depth testing and evaluation."
I see, in this way, it is connected with the information from the outside world and discards part of the ghost's essence, so the child ghost who looks like Sisi can be slightly affected by my use of "please".
Bai Ming thought in his heart.
Then, they rested and ate, because Bai Ming brought special delicacies from relevant departments, which made Su Yeye and [Dongyun Research Institute] who were trapped underground eating compressed food these days very satisfied.
Especially when Su Yeye saw Bai Ming staring at her, she blinked playfully, as if she was back to the way they were when they first met.
This made Bai Ming hold back the bad words he said, "Your face is covered with scars now, and your eyes are blinking a little scary."
After everyone discussed it, Bai Ming took Su Yeye and [Dongyun Research Institute] on a special trip to the magic forest where "Weak Wood" is located, the ancient well ruins of Fuquan Village where "Weak Water" is located, and the dark cave where "Weak Gold" is located.
They did not do anything earth-shattering, they just performed a simple but solemn worship.
At each place, they cleared a small open space, lit the incense they brought, and stood in silence for a while.
The incense sticks were naturally searched from the village chief's residence.
"I have fulfilled my promise to you and helped you get revenge."
In the dark cave, the bones on the altar are still there, and Bai Ming was the last one to leave.
As he turned around, he whispered this to the empty altar.
The moment he finished speaking, the silver longevity lock that had been lying quietly for an unknown number of years in the center of the altar suddenly emitted a weak but pure silver light.
It seemed to be held up by an invisible hand, floating gently and slowly, then quickly flew over to throw itself into his arms, and fell steadily into Bai Ming's subconsciously opened palm.
Bai Ming was suddenly shocked!
He immediately remembered Zhang Daozhang's words, "When gold comes, leave, be careful not to force yourself"!
This longevity lock, which belongs to the ghost of "weak gold", is undoubtedly a thing of "gold".
But in his heart, Bai Ming is not a person who believes in absolute destiny. Even if Zhang Daochang's words come true time and time again, he prefers to believe that everything depends on man-made decisions.
What's more, the current situation does not require him to "hardly challenge" anything, but the "gold" comes on its own initiative, which does not seem to be a violation?
He lowered his head and looked at the object in his hand, and the item information naturally came to his mind.
20】
【Effect: When the cracked silver longevity lock is carried in the player's "backpack" or carry-on bag, the player receives an additional bonus of 20% of the maximum vitality and damage threshold]
【Usage conditions: User ID "DE5672※※※※1723" (bound)]
【Note: A glimmer of commitment and gratitude that spans life and death, may it be able to withstand the wind and frost ahead for you. It wakes up because of you, and it exists for you]
【Status: Automatically bound to user ID, non-tradable, non-transferable, non-droppable】
20% extra vitality and damage threshold.
Seeing this simple and crude but extremely practical effect, the last hesitation in Bai Ming's heart completely disappeared.
Do you want to return this?
How is that possible!
What's more, the Dusk System has clearly marked it. This thing has been completely bound to him and cannot be traded, transferred, or dropped.
It is something that belongs to oneself.
The only thing that made Bai Ming feel a little regretful was that after he carefully sensed it, unlike [Bai Xiaozhi's workbook], this longevity lock was empty inside, with no residual soul or consciousness remaining, only the pure power of guardianship.
It seems that the core of resentment like that of Bai Xiaozhi is extremely special after all.
She is fundamentally different from other ghosts, even though her own power may not be particularly powerful.
【Mission settlement in progress——】
【The player’s comprehensive evaluation of the performance of this mission is SS, 200% based on the experience points and game currency rewards obtained】