Chapter 147-1: Farewell to the God of Wealth, Return to Anti-Tide (1) |
Keeping away from the crowd of the player race, they stopped before a twisted ancient tree.
Broken Star turned to look at Li Zheng and the others, who all wore playful grins, still finding it hard to believe.
This bunch had left a deep impression on him.
Back then they had used cheap canned food to trade for his resources, which then kicked off the vile trend among the player race of bringing junk to him to exchange for resources.
According to news from the second phase training camp at Gale Fort, members of the player race in the first phase training camp at Snow Valley chose to sacrifice themselves of their own accord in order to cover the retreat of their peers in the same cohort, and in the end the entire group died in battle.
When he first learned this, Broken Star’s heart was indescribably complicated.
In this chaotic new era, death had long since become commonplace, and every day brought reports of racial members on the front lines falling.
But what he found unbelievable was that the player race, whom he had always viewed as flighty in temperament, would actually sacrifice themselves for the other trainees.
In the first phase training camp he had not witnessed, the growth of the player race members shocked him.
Upon learning how the members of the player race had sacrificed themselves, he felt solemn respect.
Before leaving the training camp, he sat silently for an hour before the tombstones Ghost Eye and the other trainees had set up for the player race members, and offered the Anti-Tide war salute.
While acknowledging the player race from the bottom of his heart, a sense of pride also rose within him.
These were new trainees recruited through the quota of the Celestial Rune race, and they had not shamed him.
After returning to the Anti-Tide Legion, he met with Elder You and relayed in detail the complete circumstances of the player race members’ sacrifice.
Having learned all of this, Elder You finally gave his reply, saying the player race would be granted ten additional new trainee quotas, and he personally sent a batch of condolence resources to the player race.
Yet before the condolence resources could even be delivered, he saw the lively and energetic Li Zheng and the others sprinting toward him from afar with anxious expressions.
In that moment, he felt as if he were living in a dream.
Ghost Eye had personally told him that Li Zheng, leader of the player race, had died in its arms, dissolving into black mist.
Yet now he was seeing the very members of the player race who were supposed to be dead standing alive before him.
Bang!
Placing the flying vehicle to the side, Broken Star looked at Li Zheng and the other Grind Kings members and spoke in a deep voice.
“I need you to give me an explanation. Weren’t you dead? Did Ghost Eye conceal the truth to help you escape the training camp… no, the process has video records. That cannot be faked.”
Facing the question, Li Zheng gave an awkward smile.
“We did die, but then we revived.”
“Revived?!”
“That’s right, it is a special ability that only our player race has. You can understand it as our player race possessing a special place in an extraterritorial world where our souls are preserved. After we die, our memories can reshape flesh, and then we revive… but we are not sure exactly how many times we can revive.”
Li Zheng, who had long thought through his explanation, laid out in detail why they could be revived.
After listening to his account, Broken Star was dumbfounded.
From his perspective, this ability was truly outrageous.
Having lived at the rear of the Anti-Tide Legion for so many years, the news from the battlefield had included all sorts of otherworldly races with outrageous abilities.
There were also alien races with revival abilities among them.
For example, the main lineage members of the Soul Return race also possessed revival abilities.
And the method of revival was similar to that of Li Zheng and the others, accomplished through a kind of consciousness remolding.
The difference lay in that this revival was akin to flesh-and-blood replication.
The lost memories would not return. The revived being was more like a newly cloned lifeform, retaining only the memories at the time of archiving. Moreover, this kind of revival could not be performed multiple times, since each cloning required cutting the consciousness of the Soul Return race member.
But self-consciousness fundamentally cannot be cut multiple times, so the conditions for revival were extremely restrictive.
Yet the revival ability of the player race, as described by Li Zheng, was exceedingly outrageous.
First, they could revive multiple times, with the exact number unknown even to the player race members.
Second, they could reclaim lost memories.
But the most outrageous was what Li Zheng described next: that each revival would result in an increase in strength.
In fact, this was indeed the case. Through his perception, he found that the intensity of the vitality and mental power fluctuations on Li Zheng and the others had greatly increased compared to the beginning.
“God of Wealth, did you come this time to recruit players to go to the training camp?” At this moment Li Zheng asked the question he cared about most.
Faced with the question, still in shock, Broken Star took quite a while before speaking.
“That is right. Elder You gave me ten quotas to recruit a group of your player race members to go to the first phase training camp… also, he gave me a batch of condolence resources to present to your racial members.”
Upon hearing there were condolence resources, Li Zheng and the other Grind Kings members immediately beamed with joy.
“No need to give them to our racial members. Aren’t we right here? Just distribute them directly to us.”
As he spoke, Li Zheng glanced at the black spatial wristband on the God of Wealth’s wrist.
“No. The condolence resources are issued under the clear circumstance that you were already dead. Since you have revived, whether they are to be given must be decided by Elder You.”
“God of Wealth, this is where you are being rigid. Death is a fact that has already occurred. Revival is an unexpected result. The condolence resources are issued because of death. How can that be entangled with revival?”
Standing to the side, Dirt Poor analyzed with a serious expression.
“No. I must report to Elder You for a decision.”
Facing Broken Star’s firm refusal, Li Zheng and the others did not press the matter. What they cared about more was whether they could return to the training camp.
“God of Wealth, since we have already revived, can we return to the training camp to continue the training that has not ended?”
“I do not know. I have no authority to decide this question. We still have to ask Elder You.”
“Then hurry and ask. Put in a good word for us. Whether we can pick up where we left off at the training camp depends on you.” Family-Sharing Stepdad spoke with earnest eagerness.
“In that case, I will make a trip back. Once Elder You gives me a clear answer, I will come back.”
“Alright, we will wait for you.”
Broken Star nodded and reached out, making a sweep toward the flying vehicle. At once, vapor jetted out, and the hatch of the flying vehicle opened from bottom to top.
In his eyes, the incident of the player race members dying and then reviving was truly outrageous and had to be reported to Elder You as soon as possible. What to decide next would be left to Elder You.
Before leaving, Broken Star reached out and patted Li Zheng on the shoulder.
“You’ve done well. Although you have the ability to revive, you did not disgrace me in the training camp, and in the end you chose to sacrifice yourselves for the other trainees, which made me look at you in a new light.”
Hearing this, Li Zheng and the others grinned happily.
In fact, one reason they chose to resist the bullying of Ghost Eye and the others back then was that they did not want to disgrace the God of Wealth who had vouched for them.
“God of Wealth, do you have any parting gifts before we say goodbye?”
“No.” Seeing Li Zheng and the others once again show their ugly, grasping faces, Broken Star’s expression turned cold as he shook his head, then decisively walked toward the flying vehicle.
Before long, the flying vehicle lifted off and, amid Li Zheng and the others waving, disappeared into the spatial fissure.
“Brother Li, what do we do next?” Murderous Intent Rising turned his head to Li Zheng and asked.
“Let’s wait here. Maybe they will be back soon. We will suspend hunting for now.”
“I agree.”
“I agree as well.”
As usual, the Grind Kings members fully supported Li Zheng’s decision and had no dissenting views.
Decision made, the Grind Kings members sat down on the ground.
They passed the time by browsing the forum, watching livestreams, chatting idly, and eating Spiritual Food.
Deep down, they looked forward to the God of Wealth’s return with good news.