My Salvation Game Became true?!. Chapter 151 – Chapter 151: Chapter 149 The Erosion Process of the World (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 151: Chapter 149 The Erosion Process of the World (Please Subscribe)
 

The next day,

Blue skies, white clouds, temperature 9~18 degrees Celsius, light east wind at level three.

“I am willing to become the light of hope, the fire of conviction, for this world, for humanity, to resist the eternal darkness, day and night, until death.”

Mountain Bear, White Frost, and four other first-stage Awakeners officially joined Torchlight.

They had been briefed on various matters the whole day before, underwent adaptive training, and now understood that it was time for the second-stage Awakening.

All six of them were somewhat nervous.

Awakening, after all, faced a matter of life and death, and required risking one's life, even though… the mentor would grant them a baptism to greatly reduce the risks of Awakening.

They were still nervous.

Strong men trembled, young girls shivered.

Until,

One by one, they were driven to the training ground to start Awakening.

Fang You didn't pay much attention to these Junior Apostles. After he finished his own business, Xiao Hei reported to him, “Out of the six, four succeeded, yo. The ones who failed are codenamed ‘Strength Explosion' and ‘White Frost,' but their Mysterious Evil values can still support one more Awakening.”

The odds weren't bad.

After all, their foundations were not high.

The Apostles had all written about their Awakening experiences, and through Xiao Hei, Fang You had collected big data from exceptional investigators and Mysterious Evil Hunters, and had already drawn some conclusions.

First is the physical and mental dimensions; the higher they are, the easier it is to pass through the Awakening Calamity.

Second is foundational skills, such as Swordsmanship, Blade Techniques, Spear Techniques, and so on. When breaking through from the first to the second Awakening, if one has an ‘expert-level' foundational skill and practices it a few times before Awakening, the success rate could be slightly increased.

Practicing foundational skills can calm the mind, while learning and training can hone the will.

Third is purification.

Using purification skills or abilities to cleanse oneself of the remnants of powerful Mysterious Evil can increase the chances by 3%~8%, and the decrease in Mysterious Evil values is not much.

However, this requires a very precise cleanse, which not only needs high proficiency in purification abilities and Mysterious Evil tracking skills but also the use of a faceless statue… The statue has the ability to attract Mysterious Evil and absorb mystery.

Fourth is naturally the state during Awakening.

You need to be vigorous, and your mental state stable. This time during Awakening, the newly produced Calming Potion from Silver Bell was tried, and the results were indeed effective, increasing the success rate by 0.9%~1.2%!

That's already a lot, the value of the Calming Potion has greatly increased!

He said, “You also need to start researching a high-end version of the Calming Potion.”

Silver Bell: “…”

Not only does this lady have to concoct potions, but also to develop new drugs, and interrogate members of the Heretical Cult… Mentor, you must not be drinking enough potions!

Hehehehehe——

“Strange, why does it seem a bit cold?”

Fang You turned to look at the pharmaceutical room that had its door closed, “It must be because this place is too gloomy and terrifying.”

…

In the Ghastly Realm,

Thousands of kilometers above the Black Stone Tower, An Jianyou slowly appeared with several Mysterious Evils by her side, one of which was particularly special.

Special in terms of size!

Typically, the stronger the Mysterious Evil, the larger its size, but this particular Mysterious Evil was only about as big as a one-star Mysterious Evil and was humanoid in appearance.

Its height was also similar to that of a common person.

A ragged doll, inheriting the characteristic creepiness and terror of Mysterious Evil, wore a decaying wooden face with a strange, bone-chilling smile.

——Mysterious Evil: Grinning Puppet!

Despite its small size and not exuding a very frightening influence on rationality, this was a four-star, Calamity Level Mysterious Evil!

The first and only Calamity Level Mysterious Evil of An Jianyou!

After breaking through to the third Awakening, it took her a long time to find and, with the help of the mentor, capture this Mysterious Evil.

It wasn't easy.

She possessed the gift of the Passage to the Mystic and finding a Calamity Level Mysterious Evil was not difficult. With the ‘Passage to the Mystic' vision, she could easily spot one.

However, four-star Mysterious Evils were generally massive; the Black Flame Colossus stood as tall as a building—actually, the Flesh Giant was already very large, and that's why An Jianyou was particularly averse to giants—it had nothing to do with being scared in the past and having a shadow over her.

Large meant strong destructive power, but it wasn't practical.

In reality, once a Calamity Level Mysterious Evil appeared, the surrounding weaker Awakeners couldn't withstand it, let alone ordinary people.

Basically not usable.

And in the Ghastly Realm? Four-star Mysterious Evils were so big that a simple movement would exceed the range of the Bright Light Torch's mist repelling.

Not so practical either.

But without capturing a stronger Mysterious Evil, she wouldn't have much improvement in strength after Awakening.

After much thought, An Jianyou considered the ‘invisible Mysterious Evil,' which tended to be small, stealthy, and had a very weak influence on the sanity of the people around them.

Less destructive than regular Mysterious Evil but more dangerous to Awakeners and the powerful.

They were the ‘rare monsters' in the Mysterious Evil group.

She wanted to capture such one.

But true to its SR rank, An Jianyou went out shopping every day, looking around with her Passage to the Mystic eyes, and it still took several days to find a Calamity Level rare Mysterious Evil.

And to cripple it, brand it, and control it.

After capturing one, it was very strenuous for her, and she even had to dismiss some of Xiao Hei's help.

Now, her team was:

One four-star, three three-stars, two two-stars.

But the four-star ‘Grinning Puppet' gives a great sense of security, huh!

“Heeheeheeheehee——”

The ragged puppet let out a creepy laugh, moving as if teleporting, appearing before various Mysterious Evils, drawing afterimages, blades dancing, reaping!

In the blink of an eye, it returned to An Jianyou's side.

The next second, Mysterious Evils within a few to dozens of meters range burst one after another, cleanly eradicated.

Fang You witnessed the whole process.

Initially, to capture this ‘Grinning Puppet,' it was quite a struggle and nearly went awry—the thing was harder to capture than regular Mysterious Evil and was, in some sense, stronger.

“With this Grinning Puppet, An Jianyou is now capable of confronting Calamity Level Mysterious Evils head-on.”

“No, An Jianyou possesses a rarely used amplification Ability, which could possibly even defeat or kill a Calamity Level Mysterious Evil.”

Under normal conditions, this sister An Jianyou seems to have become the first person in Emberlight.

Even if it came to a one-on-one battle, brother Black Blade might not be able to defeat her… although she has no sense of being a strong individual.

At the sight of his arrival, the sister patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

Heading towards the Black Stone High Tower, it looked almost the same as last time; there was no trace of Mysterious Evil around the tower.

Only the silver-haired woman Yi Xuelu Xi.

“You've finally…”

“Cough, humans from a world not yet devoured, have you thought it through?”

She crossed her arms as her silver hair fluttered.

Fang You countered, “Is your project list ready?”

Uh,

The silver-haired woman seemed a bit stuck, then fumbled her words, “How about we talk in detail inside the tower?”

The very existence of this Black Stone High Tower in the shallow layers of the Ghastly Realm is quite odd; their first rule in exploring the Ghastly Realm is not to enter strange places easily.

And this group of ‘newbies', as observed from the last visit, were very cautious and unlikely to risk danger lightly.

Yi Xuelu Xi did not believe they would enter the tower; she just wanted to change the subject and regain the initiative.

But,

The young man shrouded in a faint golden light spoke, “Wait here for me, teacher. I'll be back after discussing business.”

With that, he walked straight over.

He even glanced at her, “Aren't we going in?”

Yi Xuelu Xi: “…”

Who is the real master of this high tower?

…

The interior of the Black Stone High Tower was extremely simple, or rather shabby, definitely not a place meant for living.

That the delicate and flawless-looking silver-haired woman standing before him had been staying here all this time only demonstrated two possibilities.

She was not human!

This was not her true body.

Fang You looked on, his eyes narrowing slightly with imperceptible flashes of light.

‘Yi Xuelu Xi'

‘Level: ???'

‘Description: ???'

Level, two-dimensional code, nothing could be seen.

With not much time, he asked straightforwardly,

“Let's begin, where is the project list?”

Yi Xuelu Xi leaned back slightly with her long legs crossed. “Just ask whatever you want to know, there's nothing this guide doesn't know.”

“I assume any service that doesn't list its prices upfront to be a rip-off.”

“… Of course, there is a fee schedule!”

After some bargaining over the price, he began to ask questions.

Firstly, he asked about the detailed changes at each level.

Yi Xuelu Xi explained,

“Embracing the path of mystical Awakening, the most significant changes occur during the first, fourth, and seventh levels of Awakening.”

“The first level is the Awakening of an Ability from nothingness, whereas the second and third levels are about increasing the maximum potential of an Ability. The changes aren't significant, but the fourth level is different. There's a leap in Ability at the fourth level, which also unlocks a temporary ‘full burst state' that allows one's Abilities to fully erupt. However, the Awakening traits in the full state are often exaggerated to the point where one no longer looks human, thus the fourth level is also known as ‘inhuman Awakener'.”

“The fifth level is the Commanding level.”

“The sixth level is the Throne level, meaning the king of mundane realms, the limit of living beings!”

“Ascending from the sixth level to the seventh level is the process of transforming from a mundane creature into a divine being, hence a seventh-level existence is also called — Mythical level!”

“What level of existence is an Evil God?”

Fang You asked.

Yi Xuelu Xi showed an expression as if he were joking with her.

“What level is an Evil God? Is that something this guide… we could know?”

“Alright, let's change the question. The specific steps of the Ghastly Realm devouring worlds.”

“That question…”

She pondered, and only after contemplating for a while did she say, “The first phase is the appearance of the Mystic Place, the Door to the Ghastly Realm, marking the formal connection between the world and the Mysterious Evil.”

“Of course, before this phase, there will be scattered appearances of minor Mysterious Evils, but those are not worth mentioning.”

“Next, when the cracks of the world grow slightly larger, envoys of the Evil Gods will descend; they are the vanguard of the Evil Gods, often with envoys from different Evil Gods arriving to vie for the same world.”

“Their methods typically involve establishing Heretical Cults, tearing open rifts to allow their true forms, or even the projections of Evil God minions, to descend.”

“Minions?”

“The envoys are the more important believers, but they are still just believers. Those truly worthy of being called servants of an Evil God, at the very least, are Mythical level beings, possessing a shred of divinity, able to project across worlds.”

“After that, we reach the third phase, what we call the Tide of Gray Mist.”

“In this stage, the entire world will be covered in a faint gray mist that brings forth mystery; it is also when Awakeners erupt, but more Mysterious Evils infiltrated the world, and the disasters become increasingly fierce.”

“The fourth stage is the phase of devouring.”

“The world will be consumed bit by bit, breaking down into pieces until it is ultimately swallowed whole. Moreover, throughout these four stages, the process is irreversible; the world has only one path: towards destruction, being devoured.”

“Is there no other way? What if we continue to contain the erosion of the Ghastly Realm?”

He asked.

Yi Xuelu Xi shook her head, “That's impossible. As long as the Mysterious Evil exists, erosion will occur, and with countless Mysterious Evils emerging all over the world and constantly breeding, how could they possibly be cleared out?”

“There once was a super Oasis force that wanted to control a reality-based world. To this end, they entered an un-devoured world with special means and made plans in various aspects, but they could only delay the erosion of the Ghastly Realm.”

“In the end, it even led to the descent of servants of the Evil Gods, causing great losses to that super Oasis force.”

“No force dares to attempt this anymore.”

“It's impossible, don't get your hopes up.”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on N𝘰vgo.co

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