Chapter 676 The Chosen Agents

Chen Fengrui enjoyed the attention of the crowd and explained with some pride:

"The Lord has blessed me with two powers. One of them is this ghostly, extremely fast pace. It should be called—[Ghostly]!"

As if responding to his words, the information that was originally flowing rapidly on the surface of the light ball suddenly froze, clearly showing a line of large characters and a detailed introduction.

[Ghostly]: Your steps seem to be endowed with strange life, and you can spontaneously summon loyal and mysterious ghosts to follow behind you.

Ghosting is silent and confuses and disorients the enemy.

Luo Ji also spoke up immediately, his voice extremely excited:

"Besides that, I also gained another ability called—[Blade Armor]!"

The surface of the light ball changed again, revealing a clear introduction to another skill:

【Blade Armor】:

Your skin and muscles seem to be endowed with a unique resilience. Whenever you suffer a physical attack, your body automatically fine-tunes the point of impact like a living being, cleverly distributing the impact throughout your body, significantly reducing damage and even using the force to rebound some of it.

Current effect: Reflects 15% of the physical damage received (the reflected damage type is physical).

"hiss--!"

After seeing the detailed description of these two skills, the crowd gasped.

They were not only surprised by the powerful effects of the skills, but also because they discovered that after Chen Fengrui and Luo Ji received the gift, the text corresponding to the two skills on the light ball was no longer blurry and flickering, but became clearly readable.

Some people with quick minds immediately tried to put their hands on the light ball again, silently reciting these two skills in their minds.

Suddenly, a new line of prompts appeared. It was no longer the cold and unchanging [Insufficient Exchange Authority], but rather - [Your Gift Points are insufficient.]

"A little grace?!"

Everyone instantly understood that the string of numbers following the skill was the so-called "Gift Points".

To exchange these powerful abilities, you need to consume this special "currency"!

They quickly looked at the two skills clearly displayed on the light ball, and sure enough, they saw the price tag below the description:

[Ghostly Level 1] - Gift Points: 3000

[Blade Armor (Passive Lv1)] - Blessing Points: 4000

Although it is still unclear how to obtain these crucial "Gift Points", the path to power seems to have revealed clear rules.

This allowed them to see a clear direction in the confusion.

However, amidst the excitement, some people also felt strongly uncomfortable.

A voice could not help but rang out:

"Why?! Why did you two receive the Lord's blessing directly without spending any gift points to exchange?!

This question expressed the thoughts of many people, and all eyes were focused on Chen Fengrui and Luo Ji again.

Facing everyone's doubts, Chen Fengrui showed no fear on his face. Instead, he raised his chin, and the fanaticism in his eyes became even stronger:

"Praise the Lord! This is probably because... I have listened to the Lord's revelations more deeply than you have!"

He looked around at everyone, his voice filled with a sense of superiority and mission:

"Although the Lord never asks anything of us, I understand better than you what I can do for Him. Even if it is nothing more than insignificant in the face of His might."

"What is it? What exactly did you do for the Lord?" someone asked impatiently.

Chen Fengrui did not hide it, but said loudly with great pride:

“I am willing to use my life to clean the Lord’s garden!!!”

"Cleaning...the garden?"

Everyone was stunned, confusion and bewilderment written all over their faces.

The Garden of the Lord? What is that place? And what exactly does it mean to cleanse it?

Some people also cast suspicious eyes on Luo Ji, wanting to get answers from him.

Luo Ji was also thinking quickly. He suspected that the reason he was favored by the Lord might be related to the broken mirror.

But he naturally wouldn't make this guess public. He rolled his eyes and imitated Chen Fengrui's tone:

"Perhaps it's because I was the first to reach out and touch the ball of light? I believe more in the Lord's grace, desire power more, and dare to take action to obtain it?

The Lord likes my courage?! ! "

The agents listened to their explanation, and regardless of whether they believed it or not, their faces showed deep thought.

Immediately afterwards, almost everyone roared madly in their hearts, expressing their determination to the "Lord" in the dark:

"Praise my Lord! I also long for strength! I also want to clean your garden for the Lord!"

"Lord! Look at me! I'm just as brave as they are!"

“No matter where the garden is or what needs cleaning, I’m willing to do it!”

Even if they cannot understand what "sweeping the garden" means at the moment, it does not prevent them from shouting it out in their hearts with the loudest and most sincere voice.

The "Lord" residing in the ball of light quietly "listens" to the voices of all agents.

The tangled, yearning prayers are like the most beautiful symphony.

Feng Mu smiled slightly, and his thoughts were like a precise sieve, instantly selecting the half of the people who shouted the loudest and seemed the most "sincere".

The next moment——

Swish, swish, swish!

Twenty-two golden beams of light descended from the sky once again, precisely enveloping the chosen half of the agents!

"ah!"

“Lord! Thank you, Lord!”

"It's me! It's me!"

The person enveloped by the beam of light suddenly let out an ecstatic cry, his body slowly floating in the golden light, his face filled with indescribable excitement and happiness.

The other agents who were not chosen could only kneel there blankly or look up at the dazzling beam of light, with expressions of loss and unwillingness written all over their faces.

This time the light beam infusion process was faster and disappeared after almost two or three seconds.

Those who received the gift couldn't wait to land on the ground and try it out excitedly.

Someone immediately used the ability he had just acquired and moved with force.

Their speed was indeed much faster than before, and their bodies were more flexible, but... behind them, there was no cool, eerie ghostly shadow like Chen Fengrui and Luo Ji that was clearly visible to the naked eye. It was just that their movement speed had increased.

Similarly, some people beat their bodies and felt that their defense seemed to be enhanced, but it definitely did not have the magical effect of [Blade Armor] that could rebound damage.

What's going on? Is the gap so big?

Someone with quick reaction immediately placed their hand on the ball of light again to check the abilities they had acquired.

The light ball quickly gave a clear explanation:

[Soul Chaser]: Greatly increases movement speed and agility. Can be upgraded to [Ghostly]. Upgrading requires 2000 points. (Current points: 0)

[Turtle Skin Skill]: Increases basic physical defense and can dissipate force to a certain extent. Can be upgraded to [Blade Armor]. Requires 3000 points to upgrade. (Current Points: 0)

At the same time, the introductions to [Soul-Chasing Steps] and [Turtle Skin Skills] on the light ball became clear and readable, and were arranged below [Ghost Shadows] and [Blade Armor], like a clear skill tree.

Everyone, including those who had just received the gift and those who had not, stared at the words on the ball of light.

"I see. There are differences between gifts. But no matter what, it's better than not receiving any gift at all."

This group of "guaranteed" agents who received the gift felt both sad and happy in their hearts.

The agents who gained nothing only had the thought of dying: "..."

Envy, jealousy, unwillingness, desire, sense of urgency...all kinds of emotions spread and ferment silently among the crowd.

Chen Fengrui and Luo Ji stood beside the ball of light, enjoying the complex gazes of the crowd. They were the highest-ranked "saints".

The twenty people who received the primary gift, after a brief excitement, immediately felt tremendous pressure and dissatisfaction. Their eyes moved back and forth between the light ball and their hands, thinking about how to obtain the gift points.

Those who gained nothing had grim expressions and clenched fists, feeling a huge crisis and the fear of being abandoned.

They must do something, they must gain the "favor of the Lord" faster!

At this moment, the seeds of competition, without any verbal mobilization, had been quietly planted by Feng Mu in the hearts of every agent, and began to grow and spread wildly.

The pure white hall was so quiet that only the heavy breathing of the crowd could be heard, and the surface of the suspended ball of light continued to flicker with a brilliance that beckoned everyone...

Luo Ji suddenly opened his eyes.

It was like a drowning person emerging from the water, and consciousness was suddenly pulled back to reality from the vast pure white space.

The smell of hospital disinfectant rushed into my nose, and my ears were filled with noisy voices, the electronic sound of the call machine, and the subtle sound of cart wheels sliding across the ground.

He blinked and looked at the electronic call screen hanging on the wall in a daze. The number on it had hardly changed. Only a second had passed, but he felt like he had been summoned by the Lord for several hours.

"That white space... and that huge ball of light, and the various abilities within it..."

After a brief trance, Luo Ji's eyes burst into intense heat and desire.

This desire was even stronger than those agents who gained nothing in the corridors and could only watch others.

Precisely because he is favored by the "Lord" and has personally experienced the warmth and vast power brought by the infusion of holy light, he is more convinced than anyone else that the abilities displayed in the light ball are absolutely genuine and can be obtained.

As a result, he was more eager to get more and become stronger.

That's human nature.

Those who have not obtained anything or have obtained very little will develop unsatisfied desires;

Those who have already tasted the sweetness will be stimulated to develop even more unsatisfied desires.

There is no end to the road of desire, just like the words and pictures flashing in that ball of light, which seem to have no end in sight.

"Isn't this much better than this broken mirror in my hand..." Luo Ji compared them in his mind almost subconsciously.

After all, the process of binding and plundering the mirror was too difficult, and he had not plundered a single fate so far.

And the Lord... the generous and great Lord, has blessed him with three abilities.

"Besides, the mirror is broken and can't be glued back together. Several pieces are missing.

Or...why not just give up this mirror? Focus on pleasing the Lord, gaining gift points, and exchanging them for the powers within the orb of light. This is the brighter and broader path."

Luo Ji's fingers unconsciously rubbed the small mirror fragment hidden in his palm, thinking in his mind:

"Well, I need to first figure out how to obtain gift points, or figure out what that guy meant by cleaning the garden. Did he receive any revelation from the Lord?"

Luo Ji's mind raced as he quickly weighed the pros and cons and soon came to a conclusion - no matter from which aspect, the Lord was completely defeated by the Broken Mirror.

Luo Ji made up his mind and muttered to himself:

"Praise my Lord! Since this is the case, let's call the pure white space the Lord's space!"

Having made up his mind, Luo Ji felt that there was no point in staying in the hospital.

He stood up and glanced around the hospital, his eyes passing over the faces of the people queuing, the hurried nurses, and the tired family members.

As usual, there was no sign of Feng Mu.

His original purpose of coming to the hospital was actually to try his luck and see if he could run into Feng Mu, and then use a broken mirror to look at the other party's fate and verify the guess that had been lingering in his mind for a long time.

There was no way around it. Feng Mu hadn't even attended the previous class reunion, completely ruining his original plan.

This forced him to change his thinking.

Because he happened to see a violent explosion in the Second Prison on TV, he later collected information from the Internet and finally came to a conclusion:

Qian Huan, the warden of the Second Prison, is most likely staying in the Fourth Hospital for treatment.

So, it was reasonable for him to think that Feng Mu, as Qian Huan's subordinate, should come to the hospital to visit him from time to time.

Therefore, he often wandered around the entrance of the lobby on the first floor of the hospital these days, trying to create an "accidental" encounter in this most clumsy way.

In fact, the VVIP inpatient area is where it is more likely to run into Feng Mu, but Luo Ji can't get in at all.

Therefore, he could only choose to wait in the hall as a second choice.

Because of this, Luo Ji had no idea that Qian Huan had been discharged from the hospital and returned home a few days ago - VVIP has a dedicated elevator that goes directly to the basement and does not require passing through the lobby.

Luo Ji couldn't possibly ask about a warden's condition in the hospital; that would be too suspicious and would easily attract unnecessary attention.

Fortunately, he didn't do that, otherwise...

He is likely to be arrested as a suspect in the assassination of Qian Huan in the hospital.

Luo Ji didn't expect Qian Huan to be discharged from the hospital and go home so soon. After all, the explosion on TV was quite powerful. If Qian Huan was not killed, he would at least lose half his life. How could he leave the hospital in such a short time?

It can only be said that poverty still limits Luo Ji's imagination.

He didn't know that rich people can move the ICU back home.

So, he wandered around the hospital for several days in vain, and didn't even see Feng Mu's shadow.

He was originally a little lost, but now, after returning from the "Lord's Space", he suddenly felt that... all this seemed not so important.

Whether Feng Mu is the one behind [Protection of the Curtain] is up to you.

He was too lazy to take care of this broken mirror.

He must serve the Lord wholeheartedly; that is the right path.

Of course, he wouldn't throw the mirror away as garbage. He would just carry it with him every day as a pendant decoration.

Thinking of this, Luo Ji prepared to get up and leave the hospital, and then prepared to put away the piece of mirror fragment in his palm.

Because he was worried that he might "accidentally" run into Feng Mu at any time, he kept the mirror fragments secretly hidden in his palm and held them between his fingers during the time he was waiting in the hospital, so that he could raise it as quickly as possible and shine it at the other person as soon as he found the target.

This is the only benefit of a broken mirror; the pieces are smaller and easier to hide and handle.

Just as his fingertips moved slightly, ready to slide the fragment into his pocket!

Luo Ji's movements suddenly stopped. He saw a line of fate reflected in the mirror...

(End of this chapter)