Chapter 426: The Forsaken Realm of Gods (15) (1st + 2nd update) [VIP]

Wang Wenhua went to find a life player he knew to make a greatsword for the city lord. The exploration team members and the player named [Heavier Resentment Than Ghosts] could only wander around the city with nothing to do, waiting for the other party to come back with the blacksmith.

The city of Besser is a large, comprehensive city-state. In addition to the most prosperous commercial area, it is also divided into residential areas, college areas, government areas, and industrial areas.

The residential area is just as the name suggests, where the residents of the city live, and it is divided into ordinary houses, high-end houses and some family manor courtyards; the government level is the City Lord's Mansion where the city lord is located and the patrol headquarters where the patrol team is located; the first area you arrive at after entering the city gate is the commercial area, which is also the most lively and crowded place in Besser City; and the Mage Tower that we just left is in the college area.

The Academy District is as its name suggests, it is actually the professional quest location for various professions. In addition to the Mage Academy represented by the Mage Tower, which is the professional quest location for mages, there is also a clergy professional quest location in Besse City - the Church of the God of Light, and an archer professional quest location - the Hunter Association.

In terms of setting, in addition to these three mission locations in the college area, there is also a secret underground floor that few people know about. This is the mission location for thieves - Thief's Family.

Only players of each profession can enter the mission location. Players of other professions will be blocked by the gatekeeper when trying to enter. This is a Western fantasy world. Although everyone is curious about the things on the commercial street, it is meaningless if they don't understand them. It would be better to explore these professional locations.

The disappearance of the Grand Mage, the quest instructor of the mage profession in the Mage Tower, has caused everyone to have some doubts about whether the quest instructors of other professions are still in their original positions.

"Dermis," White Moth said directly, "Is there any way for us to sneak into the Church of the God of Light, the Hunter Association, and the Thief Family?"

"Get in." Bai Jinshu said without hesitation.

There should be few people on this continent who can beat him.

"Besides this?" White Moth stroked his chin, "Can't we be more peaceful?"

After all, we all have to meet the city lord later, so what's the point of attacking the entire college area first?

Bai Jin said: "That's cognitive interference."

"What is cognitive interference?" Xu Zichen guessed, "Is it what you did to Hector before?"

Just like turning his hair purple, directly changing them into corresponding professions?

"No..." Bai Jinshu thought for a moment, "Cognitive interference is just to cover their eyes with some images constructed by magic to interfere with their judgment."

Hector's hair really turned purple, it wasn't him who interfered with everyone's cognition.

The explanation appeared in the barrage at the right time:

[The Delmis class is open again. Cognitive interference is a very low-level magic. Any wizard who can control magic power can do it, but it is difficult to avoid failure.]

[Catch the wild boss, and let him tell you about it! ]

[Just like what Deshen said, cognitive interference is to use magic to construct the image you need and cover the eyes of others to interfere with their judgment. The principle is simple, but it is difficult to construct an illusion that is so real that it is hard to tell the difference. What is even harder is to cover all the people who may see you. This requires spreading a lot of magic to perceive everyone within the visible range.]

[In layman's terms, the mage cannot guarantee that when he is interfering with cognition, there will be someone peeping in the dark and not being covered by the interference, so he needs to try to detect the people who can see him, which requires a lot of magic power. And generally speaking, the larger the size of the object to be interfered with and the more complicated the action, the more magic power is required. Once the object touched is different from the object constructed by the illusion, it will be immediately discovered, so most mages can only do it to the extent of "making you think that the person in front of you is wearing a mask" or "making you think that a building in the distance suddenly appears or disappears." 】

[In short, these are things that can be done with hands, but not everyone with hands can do them. ]

[Then theoretically speaking, as long as a wizard has infinite magic power, can he infinitely expand his perception and cover everyone's eyes? ]

[That's right, and sometimes the mage doesn't need to be present. There is a very famous fantasy city in my native space that is like this. It is built on a magic vein, and everyone who enters it will have their cognition disturbed and will not notice anything wrong.]

…

The barrage was full of heated discussions about the spells Bai Jin had just mentioned, while the exploration team members were already heading towards the Cathedral of the God of Light ahead.

Yun Guang was unanimously voted to walk in front of everyone.

Although they knew that after Delmis used cognitive interference, they should all look the same in the eyes of these clergy, but Yun Guang's face was too deceptive. Everyone agreed that he looked like a clergyman who could worship directly on the stage after putting on a white bishop's robe, and they unanimously nominated him to go and negotiate.

The Church of the God of Light is the same as the Mage Tower. Although it is called a "church" and a "tower", it is actually not a church or a tower. To be more precise, it is actually a comprehensive building. The large area in the front is a church-like building, and the back is the residence where the clergy of the church live. There is also a large pool, which is said to be full of holy water.

When everyone arrived at the door, Yun Guang said that they were adventurers who came to Besser City from other places. They heard that there was a large Church of the God of Light in Besser City, so they came here specifically to pray. As expected, the gatekeeper at the door did not stop them at all.

"I feel like this place is a little too clean to be of concern," Guan Hongyan walked into the church and couldn't help but whisper to Xu Zichen, "Is the bishop a mysophobe?"

Everything in the Cathedral of the God of Light was sparkling, and it seemed that not a single speck of dust could survive here.

"Be careful with your words." A middle-aged man's voice suddenly sounded behind her.

Everyone turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a white priest robe standing behind them holding a book. His face was stern and unpredictable: "Don't speak nonsense in front of the God of Light."

Guan Hongyan: ...

She silently looked at the huge luminous body in the deepest part of the church, where only a white outline could be seen: "Is this the God of Light? I can't even see what he looks like..."

Isn't this just a big light bulb?

If you didn't say this was the God of Light, or that this was the protagonist of a Mary Sue novel with the aura of a male or female protagonist in their organization's Mary Sue base, she would believe it...

"The face of God cannot be seen." The middle-aged man said seriously.

His face looked too upright, like that of the most fanatical and devout believer. Although Guan Hongyan still had doubts in her heart, in order to avoid being discovered by the other party, she could only imitate the other clergy around her, put on a posture of praising light, closed her eyes and started chanting nonsense.

The serious middle-aged man looked at them for a few seconds. Bai Jinshu covered his eyes with a picture of all of them praying fanatically and devoutly, and then he left with satisfaction.

After the middle-aged man left, Xu Zichen whispered, "Logically, the face of the God of Light cannot be seen. Shouldn't it be that the statue should be carved without carving the face?"

Or use some special carving shapes, such as a hood, veil, or something else to cover the face of the statue.

But more often than not, the face of the statue remains intact, and the believers dare not blaspheme. They dare not even raise their heads or even glance upward when praying for decades.

"That's not quite right," White Moth whispered, "I didn't realize it was a statue when I came in."

She thought it was some kind of lighting facility unique to the Western fantasy world.

"This is a new statue that the bishop cast seven years ago after receiving an oracle." A gentle female voice sounded from behind the crowd.

The person who spoke was a middle-aged woman who had noticed them at some point.

She looked about the same age as the man, and the white robe she wore had similar decorative patterns. It looked like she was in the same position as him, but her attitude was much gentler and her expression was more lenient than his. She did not pursue their disrespect for "God".

"Forgive Jacques," she looked in the direction where the middle-aged man left and sighed softly, "He is just too worried about the current situation."

"What's the current situation?" Yun Guang took a small step forward and asked, "Could it be that the largest Church of the God of Light in Besai City is also in trouble? We are adventurers who came from other places and passed by Besai City. I wonder if we can help with this matter."

The middle-aged woman showed a hint of tolerance and gentleness when looking at an ignorant child: "These things are not something that adventurers can solve."

"Teacher," [Grudge is heavier than a ghost]'s eyes flashed, and he quickly said to Bai Jin, "Please solve the cognitive interference in me."

"Are you sure?" Bai Jinshu glanced at him.

This is inside the Cathedral of the God of Light.

"I'm sure," [Grudge is heavier than a ghost] nodded, "but just contact her."

He seemed to have some impression of this NPC.

Bai Jinshu quickly and efficiently resolved the middle-aged woman's cognitive interference.

"After you pray, you can go to the holy water pool in the backyard and take away a can of holy water. This may help you on your future adventures..." The middle-aged woman was halfway through her words when she suddenly looked in the direction of the player in shock, "Sir, the one with more grievances than ghosts? Why are you here?"

[Grudge is heavier than ghosts]: ...

Why does this name, when it is called out in the Church of the God of Light, give me the illusion that I will be evolved in the next second?

"Where have you been all these years, sir..." The middle-aged woman was so excited that she was a little incoherent, and almost forgot that according to the rules, she, a wizard, could not enter the church.

“Let’s not talk about this for now,” [Grudge is Heavier than Ghosts] quickly interrupted the other person and asked in a low voice, “Did something happen in the Church of the God of Light?”

The identity of players is naturally different from that of ordinary adventurers in the eyes of these n.pcs.

They had fought in defensive battles, played a key role in the war on the continent of Slenkmed, and defeated the enemy when a magical race from another continent attacked. They were already heroes known throughout the entire continent.

The middle-aged woman looked around and said in a low voice, "Sir, your grudge is heavier than that of a ghost. Follow me."

The members of the exploration team looked at each other and followed quietly. Bai Jinshu created cognitive interference that made them stay where they were, with only the player following.

Following the middle-aged woman's footsteps, everyone entered a reception room and finally learned about the current problems faced by the Church of the God of Light.

"The Goddess of Light hasn't answered our prayers for seven years," the middle-aged woman said anxiously. "Ever since the last oracle came down seven years ago, the archbishop replaced the statues in the church with what they are now, and our prayers have never been answered by the goddess."

[Grudge is heavier than ghosts] was stunned for a moment: "Have you tried the previous method?"

The continent of Slenkmed was a continent where the boundary between humans and gods was not that clear. He remembered that the ultimate PVE move of the priest players was Light Coming. When the whole team was wiped out, they could ignore the blue bar limit and directly resurrect all the dead.

According to the setting, this ultimate move is to pray for the arrival of the God of Light on the battlefield and then resurrect all players on your side.

According to the frequency of players playing the dungeon, the God of Light descends on the continent of Slenkmed at least eight hundred times a day. The number of dead players who are resurrected in the dungeon every day can circle the earth countless times.

How is it possible that it hasn’t appeared for seven years? What is the ultimate move of the priest player?

"We tried," the middle-aged woman sighed deeply, "but the goddess seemed to... seemed to no longer hear our prayers and returned to her own kingdom."

The exploration team members looked at each other.

"That rumor," Zhao Yinglai quickly responded, "isn't it that this is a continent abandoned by God, and God has returned to his own kingdom, and only the purple-haired hero can reopen the gate to God's kingdom."

The god in this rumor is the goddess of light?

"I'll go out and take a look." Bai Jinshu said this and walked out of the room first.

The remaining exploration team members left two people in the room, and the others followed.

Bai Jinshu followed the direction he had just come from and returned to the church, standing under the glowing statue.

"How is it? What did you find?" Guan Hongyan asked nervously.

"The gods are definitely not here," she saw Delmis standing in front of the glow, closing her eyes and feeling it for a while before she slowly spoke, "This is not a statue of a god."

"What is that?" White Moth asked.

"A ball...of divine power flowing." Relying on the fact that others could not see them, Bai Jinshu stretched out his hand, and the white bones representing death reached straight into the divine power left by the Goddess of Light. He explored for a moment and then pulled it out.

Half of the bones were corroded, leaving only half of the palm.

"It's okay." Seeing Huai Jiamu's worried eyes, Bai Jinshu shook his head slightly and shook his hands. The remaining bones grew back again. "It was just corroded by the high concentration of light power."

He squeezed the other person's hand to comfort him, then looked up at the glow again.

This is a flow of pure divine power. It is called a flow because these divine powers are not prohibited, but flowing.

He had stretched his hand in just to get in direct contact with this divine power. After becoming familiar with this power, he could clearly see that at every moment, within this huge flow of divine power, there were tiny threads of divine power flying through the air into the distance, and at every moment, there were more tiny threads of prayer power gathering here from afar and becoming part of the flow.

The prayer power that flows into it should be the power generated by each priest when praying, and the power that flies away through the air is the divine power that goes along with their prayers when they heal their companions and pray to the God of Light to grant them strength.

This huge flow of divine power, one by one, must have relied on these supports to remain here for so long.

"The God of Light has really disappeared?" Yun Guang whispered, "Then how long can this flow of divine power last?"

"It won't last much longer," Bai Jinshuo retracted his gaze, "It should be far less dazzling than when it was first built. In a few years, although the form will still exist, the ability to provide divine power will gradually weaken, and finally disappear completely."

The clergy on this continent will also completely lose the ability to heal others.

In the Western fantasy world, this kind of thing is not uncommon. Devout believers are warriors who can only rely on gods to fight most of the time. After their gods fall, the believers who rely on prayers and divine favor to obtain extraordinary power will immediately be beaten back to their original form.

However, there are countless species that claim to be gods, and Dermis killing gods is like cutting watermelons. I wonder how many believers and warriors he has seen who are worse than ordinary people after the fall of gods.

The only difference is that those gods, big and small, were defeated by him, so how did the goddess of light disappear?

If the other party had left traces of his arrival in the church, he could still barely follow the trail to find the other party's kingdom of God, but now it was obvious that the Goddess of Light had not appeared for seven years, and he couldn't even find any traces of the kingdom of God.

The exploration team members discussed quietly for a few words, and the white moth took the initiative to ask: "Dermis, is it possible that the goddess of light has fallen?"

"It's possible," Bai Jinshu retracted his gaze, "Do you want to check out other professional mission locations?"

In the Mage Tower, which represents mages, the Grand Mage has disappeared. In the Church of the God of Light, which represents the clergy, the Goddess of Light has not responded to prayers for seven years. It is worrying whether the mentors in the remaining two professional locations are still there.

And the situation is exactly as everyone thought.

The president's office in the Hunter Association was empty, the head of the thief family was not there, and the professional mentors in the four professional mission locations were all gone and had lost contact.

Even more shocked than the exploration team members were the players.

[Grudge is heavier than ghosts] After confirming that the four professional mentors were gone, an expression of doubt about life appeared on his face.

How could this n.pc that only stands at a specific location suddenly disappear?

Could it be that since he left the game, not only has the game scene become more realistic, but even n.pcs are running all over the place?

This is obviously unreasonable, right?

If this important n.pc is not at the station location, how can the player complete the fixed task?

Dinner time was approaching, and after receiving several pop-up windows urging him to do so, he had no choice but to temporarily add these important N.PCs for special attention, then log off and prepare to look for anyone in the real world who had mentioned the matter.

After exploring the four mission locations, the sky in Besser City darkened, the number of people on the streets gradually decreased, and the lights in the windows of every household lit up.

Walking on the much quieter streets, the exploration team checked in as usual, booked a few rooms at the Adventurer's Inn, and gathered together to discuss today's discoveries before going to bed.

Yun Guang is gathering team members to integrate clues as usual.

He clasped his hands together and said, "What is certain now is that the four professional quest instructors, namely the Mage, the Clergy, the Thief, and the Archer, have all disappeared. The Goddess of Light confirmed that the Clergy disappeared seven years ago, but the other three are unclear."

"One more thing," Guan Hongyan raised her hand, "The Goddess of Light seemed to know that she would disappear, so she left behind an oracle for her believers before she left, and also left behind a considerable amount of divine power."

This was confirmed by Dermis.

"Maybe it's because the Clergy is the most special one among the four professions," White Moth pondered, "The other three, the Mage, the Rogue, and the Archer, all rely on their own strength to fight, but the Clergy can only rely on prayer."

Therefore, the fighting power of the priests comes entirely from the goddess. If the goddess disappears directly, they will lose their fighting power directly.

It is not known whether it was for the purpose of preventing the clergy from losing their combat effectiveness, or for the purpose of preventing outsiders from discovering that the goddess had disappeared, but in any case, the goddess of light left behind a huge amount of divine power to maintain the operation of the church.

Moreover, according to the saying [resentment is heavier than ghosts], there are two development directions for the clergy among players, namely the healing profession and the combat profession. The ultimate skill of the healing profession is to summon the goddess to ignore the blue bar and revive teammates, and the ultimate skill of the combat profession is to request the goddess to bring down divine punishment to cause large-scale aoe damage. But no matter which one it is, it requires the response of the goddess of light to be realized.

Before he left, he seemed to be unable to understand the disappearance of the Goddess of Light in the game, and seemed to be planning to find a friend who played with milk to try again after leaving the game.

Hector was holding a basic spell book left by the other party and practicing magic in the corner of the room.

"The Goddess of Light should not be a universal belief on the continent," Xu Zichen said, tossing a broken-blade dagger taken from a thief family in his hand. "If only she disappeared, it shouldn't trigger all adventurers to take risks. And what's the matter with this rumor that has spread all over the continent?"

In the Church of the Goddess of Light, the clergy had no idea where this rumor came from, and the Goddess of Light had never left any oracle hoping that her believers would travel to all continents.

The head of the thief family and the president of the Hunter Association did not leave any relevant statements. Even compared to the Goddess of Light who left behind a certain amount of divine power, they were almost silent and suddenly disappeared one day without anyone knowing.

"I tend to think that this is all related to the disappearance of players," Yun Guang pondered for a moment, "When the players gradually disappeared from this continent, this world originally built on the game gradually developed on its own, breaking away from the shackles of the game settings and moving towards a more real unknown direction."

The n.pcs must have been affected by the chain reaction and left their station.

"Then we should..." White Moth stroked his chin, "call all the players back?"

But the n.pcs have already awakened, will it be useful to ask the players to come back?

Moreover, the game is already in its current state, can it really attract back a large number of players?

"Or isn't there a simpler way?" Guan Hongyan suddenly turned her head silently.

Since the key point lies in the adventurers played by the players, and they cannot control the real players, then there is a ready-made "adventurer" here.

"You mean..." Zhao Yinglai's eyes turned, "We disguise Hector as a player and let them think that the player is back?"

"Yes," Guan Hongyan said with a slightly wicked smile, "How is it?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Hector.

Hector is trying to make a water ball:!

He felt a chill on his back and sensed something was wrong. He slowly looked towards the exploration team members.

"Hector," his sister Yan said with a kind expression and gentle tone, "We have discussed that everyone who joins Thermis must change their names. Your senior brother has also changed his name, so why don't you change your name too?"

Hector: “Ah…ah?”

I didn't say I wanted to change the name!

"Is there any name you would like to change?" Everyone looked at him.

Hector looked aside weakly: "Teacher, Master's wife, can I not want to change my name?"

I didn't listen to everyone's analysis at all, I was just trying hard to maintain my character and stick to Huai Jiamu. Bai Jinshu:?

He looked up: "Change your name?"

At the same time, Guan Hongyan: "No."

"Let me give you a name," she said in a faint voice, her eyes passing over Delmis' body, "your new name is 'An organization that always gets weird teammates will end sooner or later', right?"

Hector:?

Weird teammate Bai Jinshu:?

The author has something to say:

Next up is the all-round mentors and the increasingly retired gamers they recruit to help raise newbies (?)

Hector's new name: [Teacher and Sister-in-law szd]

Hector: I feel embarrassed to be buried in my ancestral tomb with this name after I die...

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