Chapter 166-1: Darkborn Treasury, Death Point Allocation (1) |
Primordial Altar.
Two communication light screens floated in front of Qi Sheng.
On the first screen was Transdimensional, dressed in pale green, eyes clear yet vacant.
On the other screen was Nine Yin in an aged and frail state.
After listening in detail to Qi Sheng’s concept of attribute return, Transdimensional nodded at this moment.
“The concept of attribute return is entirely feasible. You can understand the process as the replacement of bodily components. For every portion of attributes returned, a corresponding part of the player’s real world body is erased and replaced with a portion of the player’s in-game body.”
“Once it reaches 100 percent return, the player’s physical body in reality disappears completely, leaving only the player’s in-game body. Thereafter, when consciousness is transmitted online, it will be the player shuttling back and forth between the two worlds, with only a projected shell left in reality.”
“The difference is that reality is an area where Inherited souls are prohibited. Players cannot use Inherited soul traits in reality, but attribute abilities can be inherited depending on the sacrificial power consumed and can be used freely. This perfectly solves the problem of insufficient lifespan for players.”
After hearing Transdimensional’s analysis, Qi Sheng looked to Nine Yin.
“But one issue must be considered. The problem of lifespan can indeed be solved through attribute return, yet the possibility of death still exists.”
“For example, if a player dies due to an accident in reality, this kind of death has nothing to do with lifespan. Have you considered how to resolve this?”
Facing Nine Yin’s question, Qi Sheng nodded.
“Guide and I are thinking of opening up an independent hunting region, which can also be understood as a hidden region that only players who die abnormally in reality can enter.”
“Players who die by accident can form teams with each other in this region and will be no different from normal players, but for the time being it will not interconnect with the regions where normal players reside.”
“If it really must interconnect, it will have to wait until the Black Tide fully invades Earth. By then, players can obtain Inherited soul traits and also see their deceased loved ones.”
After talking in detail with Transdimensional and Nine Yin about how to handle deceased players, Qi Sheng had many new ideas.
But specific plans would only be considered after the cultivation system was forged.
Closing the screens connected to Transdimensional and Nine Yin, Qi Sheng’s consciousness shifted to the Colorful Mist Coast region.
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Colorful Mist Coast.
Darkborn Anshui, who had just recovered from dormancy, swept his gaze over the fierce eyes surrounding him and instantly felt that things had gone terribly wrong.
The revival plan had not progressed according to the steps he had envisioned.
After life reconstruction, because he lacked a massive amount of vitality energy, his body had regressed to an infant form, and he was fundamentally no match for this group around him.
But what puzzled Anshui was this.
Why could this group of people he had never seen know his identity and clearly recognize that he was a member of the Darkborn race?
They even opened their mouths and spoke about the secret on him for opening the Darkborn treasury.
Aside from himself and his deceased racial members, how could outsiders know this secret?
“Hey, hey, I’m talking to you. Where is your secret treasury? Hurry and take the brothers inside for a look.” The player speaking stuck his head close to Anshui, pressing foreheads, looking down into his eyes as he questioned with a ferocious expression.
Forcing down the humiliation brought by being flicked in a sensitive spot, Anshui knew he was already in a desperate situation.
His life and death were entirely in the hands of this crowd. If he did not cooperate, it was very likely that the plan to destroy the world would fail before it even began.
The most important thing now was to preserve his life, then consider how to escape.
And the secret on him was clearly the reason these people had not killed him.
His mind spun rapidly, and after a brief consideration Anshui looked at the player in front of him and spoke.
“Promise me this. If you do not kill me, I will take you to the Darkborn treasury.”
“No problem. Our player race has always kept its word.”
Hearing this, Anshui felt contempt in his heart.
Any promise between races is meaningless and has no binding force. To go back on it takes no more than a thought.
Only one’s own martial force is the bargaining chip for negotiation.
He was asking for a promise only to steady this group and then look for a way to break the game.
As thoughts surged, he came up with a countermeasure.
The Darkborn’s independent-space treasury stored abundant Darkborn energy. Entering the treasury had no downside for him. When the time came, by borrowing the Darkborn energy in that space he could unleash a talent ability branded into his consciousness to turn the tables and complete a desperate counterattack.
Thinking of this, he immediately spoke.:
“I will take you to the treasury right now.”
With that, the Darkborn took out a dark red necklace from his chest.
The nearby players all leaned their heads in and activated Analysis.
[Darkborn Reincarnation Space]
Item Quality: 355
Item Introduction: One of 800 independent spaces forged during the Darkborn Legion era, each belonging to a different Darkborn legion. When the legion collapsed during a cross world war, they drifted into the hands of different Darkborn legion commanders. It is where Darkborn warriors undergo life reincarnation remolding and where resources are stored.
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Seeing the necklace in Anshui’s hand, the players’ eyes went straight.
This thing was actually a quality 355 item, even higher quality than the one in Ghost Eye’s hand.
Although they did not understand what ‘life reincarnation remolding’ in the Analysis information meant, the key was the latter phrase: a place to store resources.
The regional voice channel instantly exploded.
“Damn, I want that necklace. How are we splitting it?”
“How about we sacrifice it to Emperor’s Sign first and then split it evenly? Let God King act as notary?”
“I’m a college student, let me use it first.”
“Cut it out, will you? The treasury is not even open yet. It’s not time to split the loot. Keep calm and watch what this kid is going to do next. Strip him down to his underwear and then think about the necklace.”
“There are at least ten thousand players here. Even if we split it evenly after sacrifice, each of us gets only a few thousand sacrificial power, at most ten thousand sacrificial power if we stretch it. I’m choosing the treasury.”
The players chattered all at once, discussing how to handle this high-quality necklace.
Just then, Anshui suddenly spoke.
“Put me down. I will take you to the Darkborn treasury right now.”
The player gripping Anshui heard this and immediately set him down, while the nearby players decisively crowded in to form a ring to prevent Anshui from escaping.
Anshui placed the necklace on the ground, and dark red energy surged from his palm to touch the gem on the necklace.
Centered on the gem, dark red rune lines on the ground spread rapidly like lively serpents.
As if an invisible hand were writing on the ground, the array was sketched at extreme speed. In the blink of an eye a huge and complex circular teleportation array pattern formed on the surface.
Runic characters detached from the array and leapt around the gem on the necklace.
After responding to each other, the radiance intertwined and formed a hazy yet resplendent light curtain around the array.
The nearby players immediately activated Analysis.
[Darkborn Reincarnation Space Channel]
Array Introduction: A connection node leading to a Darkborn independent space.
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Realizing there was no problem with the array, the nearby players became incomparably excited.
At that moment, a nearby player suddenly grabbed Anshui, who wanted to crouch down to touch the gem.
“Don’t move. First tell us how to activate the teleportation.”
Facing the question, Anshui did not hide the method.
“You only need to stand inside the teleportation array and touch the gem to head to my Darkborn’s independent space.”
The nearby players, upon hearing this, reached out to touch the gem one after another. The array roared into high-speed operation, and players continuously turned into white light and vanished.
Learning through team voice that their teammates had truly entered the treasury, the remaining players also went without hesitation in succession.
Before long, Anshui followed the players, triggered the gem, and turned into white light, disappearing on the spot.
Qi Sheng, who had been observing from the shadows, also followed the players into the spatial tunnel at this time.
