Abnormal paradise - #561 - Chapter 552: Transaction, Incentive and Cutting off Destiny

Ever since he learned that the abnormal item [Active Software] was transformed by the blood of the Pope of Suffering, Ember actually had the idea of ​​​​holding it independently. After communicating with the fighting master and the fateful Scarecrow, this idea became stronger, but he has been suffering from not having it. It was a suitable reason, so when faced with the principal’s question, he did not hesitate to speak out the idea that had been brewing for a long time.

Suddenly, there was silence in the living room.

Ms. Shadow couldn’t help but close her eyes, thinking that her partner was really a bold guy. He dared to open his mouth in front of the three giants of the park. Xue Yu and others who were familiar with Ember were also frightened by his appetite, and even more Not to mention the other bystanders present, most of them felt that the number one player’s asking price was too harsh!

You must know that any abnormal project that can produce abnormal equipment for players has special significance. Although the number of equipment developed with active software is relatively small, there are still a group of loyal fans.

After Ember gave up the software package, there are still many players who focus on enhanced exploration, and the best among them have already reached the epic level of the package. Especially after the secret information about the Tormented Pope was made public, it attracted the attention of many new players.

If Ember dominates active software, what will other players do?

Therefore, this is a completely impossible condition. From the most fundamental player perspective, there is no possibility of success.

Of course, Yi Yan is very clear about this, but when it comes to negotiating terms, of course he has to ask for a sky-high price to start with. Maybe the president of the university will agree to it?

But obviously, Mr. Principal still has reason. Even though he was extremely eager for the magic carpet, he did not agree impulsively: “I’m sorry, I can’t decide on behalf of the foundation, the ownership of abnormal projects. Even if I could, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to agree to it for you. As far as I know, active software has become a key research target of the Foundation. Even now, the central computer has its own functions and is constantly testing active software. If certain results are not obtained, the detection research should not be interrupted.”

“In that case… I’ll just take a step back.” Yi Yan took advantage of the situation and said, “The energy core of the active software plays an important role in me, Mr. Principal?”

Hearing this, Ms. Shadow’s eyes flashed. She couldn’t get the active software, but it would be good to get the energy core. This should be Ember’s real goal.

Other players such as Xueyu, Lu Renjia and Hunge also secretly approved of Yi Yan’s choice.

But the question is, can Mr. Principal really agree? Even if I agree, I haven’t heard that there is an energy core in active software?

Many abnormal projects will not breed energy cores, such as phone bugs, treasure monsters, and even magic carpets. If there is no active software, wouldn’t the wish of the number one player be frustrated?

“In my impression, active software does have an energy core, but what is special is that active software cannot produce energy on its own, but needs to be fed with special materials.” The president of the university recalled his experience in secondment work at the foundation.

“It’s like generating [the greedy appetite of active software]?” Yi Yan remembered that he had fed the active software blue gems and the broken hair of the suffering Pope, and both got this abnormal token.

“That’s right.” The president of the university nodded, “If it’s just the energy core, I can agree to discuss it with Mr. Speaker when I return to the paradise world. I believe the result should satisfy you.”

“Thank you very much, Mr. Principal!”

Ember smiled slightly. If he could get the energy core of the active software, he would at least be able to provide important data for the immortal body. If he could research some more dusty secrets, then in exchange for the magic carpet that does not belong to him, he would definitely It’s a great deal.

Although the Infinite Magic Carpet that has been in my care for so long is suddenly parted, I can’t help but feel a little regretful. However, the president of the university traveled thousands of miles to come here in person. This abnormal item cannot be retained in any case. It can be exchanged for the energy of active software. The core is already a really good result.

At this moment, Aku, the envoy of the Dream Picker God, knocked on the door and said respectfully to Yu Jin: “Your Majesty, Crazy Doctor, the ceremony has been prepared. According to your request, 10,000 qualified devout believers will be selected at any time. We can start the sacrifice.”

“Yeah.” Yi Yan groaned, looking at the life-threatening Scarecrow who was being treated by Soldier No. 79, “Are you ready?”

“Roughly the same.”

Scarecrow is actually looking forward to it more than Ember. After all, such opportunities are really rare. Successfully helping Ember cut off the connection between the suit and the epidemic doctor can also bring rewards to itself.

“Anu, you have to realize it later. This opportunity is rare. In the past, how could there be any external destiny for us to explore and experiment with the power of destiny?” the scarecrow said quietly.

“I understand, but it’s Aku’s side.” Anu still didn’t give up on the idea of ​​saving his brother, and kept looking at Aku across the air.

“Don’t be impatient. The opportunity will come sooner or later. Don’t you find that the situation is getting better and better for you and me? It’s not a bad thing to let Aku stay in the Dream Shi Cult for a few more days. Anyway, in the short term, you will be better off. The return of destiny collected from Earth Aurora is enough.”

“Um.”

Anu nodded, then followed the arrangement numbly, walked out of the living room, and once again stepped into the temple square under the night sky.

Here, there are already tens of thousands of believers holding flint in their hands, ready to dedicate their faith to the embers at any time. The other 90,000 believers have not yet recovered enough to participate in the ceremony, and the embers actually do not use so many, 10,000 level The power of faith is more than enough to dissolve the current suit connection.

All the believers who show up here have a lot of pride on their faces, because they feel that it is a lifetime honor to serve the Crazy Doctor.

Many believers who could only watch from the sidelines looked lonely, which further highlighted the deformed status quo of this primitive society.

They regard Ember as a god and as a child of dreams. Not to mention contributing their faith, they are willing to hand over their lives.

Seeing the ember walking up to the sacrificial platform in front of the temple, the atmosphere in the square instantly heated up. Tens of thousands of believers immediately cast fiery glances at the ember, completely forgetting that not long ago, the Aurora City Lord pushed them into the fire pit.

Standing with the ember was Aku, who was in charge of presiding over the ceremony. Although the others were also in the square, they were shielded by the principal to avoid unnecessary chaos.

“Your Excellency Crazy Doctor, the specific arrangements are ready, just waiting for your order.” Aku said to Yi Yan, his compassionate eyes concealing his complicated emotions. Until now, he has opposed the private use of faith, especially when the dream master is in urgent need of faith. situation.

“Then just… wait, let me say something first.”

Ember wanted to start the ceremony, but feeling the fiery eyes and restless hearts in the audience, he felt the need to say something, so he stepped forward and said loudly: “I believe everyone knows that the three leaders of Aurora City, the chief priest and the city lord As well as the priests, they all betrayed their faith and turned to the evil god, and some even unintentionally cooperated with the apostates and made actions that were detrimental to the god’s religion!”

As soon as these words came out, there were frequent shocks.

Because Ember’s words hit the nail on the head, hundreds of thousands of believers were worried. Just before today, there were rumors that the reason why the cold-resistant fire stone was delayed was because of the betrayal of the Aurora Priest, which made the entire Aurora City hate the Lord of Dreams. .

Later, the religious staff were deceived by the Lord of Aurora City and participated in arranging the sacrificial ceremony, which almost caused a catastrophe. Although the main responsibility was not on their shoulders, they could not escape the negative comments of being ignorant and not vigilant.

So now Aurora City is on tenterhooks almost from top to bottom, so they work even harder for Ember, just hoping that the Lord of Dreams can be merciful.

However, the believers inside and outside the square, including Amu, the mine manager, and the members of the hunting team who followed Ember, did not dare to express their feelings at all, because they were facing a superior god, and it was already a violation of etiquette to look at Ember nervously. , all that can be done at this moment is to wait for God to pronounce his judgment.

Yi Yan glanced around, and the crow’s mouth mask blocked his sight. The believers could not see his true expression at all. He sighed softly, and then said: “However, on behalf of the teacher here, I promise to the 100,000 believers in Aurora City that you You will not be implicated for this! Not only that, the sacrifices and contributions you have made will be remembered by the people of the cult, especially the patrol leader Agu who accidentally died looking directly at the evil god in order to protect his teammates, and in times of crisis, try Save the Disaster Patrol crews.”

As he spoke, Yi Yan raised his hand and pointed. Tens of thousands of believers inside and outside the square immediately followed his guidance and looked at Amu and other patrol members with admiration in their eyes.

“This this……”

The flattered Amu and others never thought that Ember would mention them. After all, the resolution of this disaster had almost nothing to do with them, and the death of captain Agu was actually meaningless.

But precisely because of this, the religious personnel who knew the truth became more and more convinced of Ember who did not take any credit. Because of his example, the tens of thousands of believers quickly regained their composure and no longer feared the confused future. Of course, Aurora City was destined to no longer be lost. The center of the Dream God Religion, but as long as it is not forgotten and neglected, this is enough.

In an instant, the belief feedback in the square suddenly rose to a higher level.

The scarecrow felt a strong change, and asked with a half-smile: “Don’t you see, crazy doctors are also good at deceiving people. In just a few words, my confidence increased from 80% to 90% Nine.”

The president of the university, Ms. Shadow, and Soldier No. 79 couldn’t help but nodded slightly. They stared at the back of Ember from an angle that no one else could see, but they couldn’t understand his mentality of “just be a monk and hit the clock for a day.”

“It’s time to start.”

Yi Yan turned around and ordered Aku, who was slightly lost in thought. The latter reacted, responded repeatedly, and presided over the ceremony smoothly.

At the same time, the Shadow Lady released a lively snake-shaped ancient god. The president of the university personally set up a space restriction, sealed it at close range above the heads of tens of thousands of believers, and arranged it in a special shape in accordance with the requirements of the scarecrow. , echoing the formation below.

The prayer for picking up dreams was still recited in this ceremony, but the positions of tens of thousands of people were very different. Because the power of faith was to be directly used to cut off the connection between the suit and sublimate the complete fire, some believers stood At the magic circle node of the destiny ceremony, some people who are loyal to Ember, such as Amu and the mine manager, are in the field of “fire sacrifice”, providing Ember with his own power of faith.

“You are the master of dreams, the true god of dreams, and the starting point and end point of all dreams…”

As the Dream Picking Prayer is recited word for word, the power of faith slowly arises, helping the fate circle to start operating, causing the snake-shaped ancient god locked in the air to experience the severe pain before death. The fate circle It will take away its destiny and use it as a scarecrow.

“Under normal circumstances, the consequence of forcibly separating the tributaries of destiny from the mainstream is to fall apart, so it is necessary to sacrifice a powerful destiny and bear the damage on behalf of the tributaries. With the Crazy Doctor’s current level, an ancient god who transcends the ordinary is just enough.”

The fate-playing scarecrow explained with a smile, watching as the aura of fate was completely removed by the magic circle, and the struggling snake-shaped ancient god finally ushered in relief from the pain and suffering, and then turned into a lifeless gray stone due to the loss of fate. .

It was like a tree trunk that had been completely burned by flames, leaving only ashes.

All the players were surprised by this strange method, but the fate-playing scarecrow didn’t bother to look at the snake-shaped ancient god. He immediately asked Anu to throw the chain-breaking knife, contaminating the fate of the ancient god, and then threw it towards the embers.

Caracara…

The chain-breaking knife flew through the air without touching the embers, but it sealed the fate of the ancient god into the plague doctor’s suit.

[Tip: Due to the injection of external energy, your epidemic doctor suit is temporarily ineffective. 】

In this regard, Yi Yan did not feel panic, because before the ceremony began, the fateful scarecrow completely explained each step, so he just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and concentrated on collecting the power of his own faith.

The power of faith generated through the fire ceremony has been given an additional sublimation effect and is specifically used to upgrade the fire.

However, these powers of faith will not enter Ember’s body obediently. You need to play a mini game of fluorescence capture from the perspective of the player. With high willpower and good perception, you can easily capture free fluorescence. Ember himself is not proficient in this, but there are puppets. The girl is here, not even a single believer can escape.

All the ember needs to do is to put the puppet girl’s faith fluorescence in front of her eyebrows into the fire. The rest is to wait patiently for a little spark (fire seed) in the flame to further complete the transformation.

In comparison, the speed of separation of the suit was faster. The Scarecrow showed enough professionalism in his own professional field, and with the assistance of Mr. Principal and Ms. Shadow, no problems or difficulties appeared. Let the fate ritual successfully raise the power of faith that is enough to break fate.

“It’s time to take action!”

The Scarecrow breathed a sigh of relief, reminding Ember and Anu to get ready.

The surrounding players immediately held their breath and looked forward to it. What changes will happen after the abnormal suit is disconnected from the abnormal item?

Immediately afterwards, the chain-breaking knife once again triggered the fate circle, making the entire blade infected with the power of faith. Then Anu struggled to swing it towards the embers, slashing towards the invisible connection of fate.

At this moment, in a holding facility far away in the paradise world, the crow-faced doctor who was under deep anesthesia suddenly opened his indifferent eyes that were deeper than the darkness in the dark environment. After a moment of trance, he As if feeling something, a sudden surge of anger stirred up the darkness, causing the containment gate that had been sealed around to be instantly eroded by strong force, triggering the containment alarm and alarming the entire containment facility.

However, the old man in the suit had already prepared for this, and arranged manpower to reinforce the containment in an orderly manner.

The person in charge of the control center looked at the tablet, adjusted his glasses, and said in a low voice: “Sir, the data feedback is within the threshold, and the crow-faced epidemic doctor cannot break through the containment.”

“Very good.” The old man in a suit smiled slightly, “The little guy has a fantastic idea, and the foundation also agrees. Naturally, we have to fully cooperate. Unfortunately, we can’t personally visit the scene, and we can’t collect first-hand data. We can only I can wait for the principal to return and reenact the space, so that I can feast my eyes on it.”

The old man in a suit turned his gaze sideways and looked in the general direction of the ancient god’s world. In a place he couldn’t see, the crow-faced plague doctor’s fate branch had been successfully cut off, and the snake-shaped ancient god’s remaining fate replaced the plague doctor suit. , withstood all the damage, and then caused astonishing changes.

The Crow’s Mouth Mask, the Plague Doctor’s black robe, the Plague Doctor’s bone claws, and the Plague Doctor’s lantern unexpectedly detached themselves, and then merged into one in front of the embers, suddenly turning into a crow-faced Plague Doctor with spiritual consciousness!

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