Chapter 6: Investing in Darkness, Traitor
One-click ten-hit combo.
The picture fluctuated, and the pale hand reappeared on the page. The chain hanging on the palm of the hand was replaced with a larger and more dazzling red gem. It seemed that he was living a good life recently.
He gracefully reached into the pool and fished out nine blue items first.
Chen Shuang pulled the corners of her mouth but couldn't smile.
One of her and this hand must be the reincarnation of a poor person. Isn't it a disguised form of stability to always get a guaranteed bottom line? The probabilistic card pool is directly turned into a pool of fixed shipments.
Draw all the magic crystals, without exception, they are all nine blue and one purple, guaranteed to be the bottom line every time.
Chen Shuang calmed down. At least there was a bottom line, right? Blue was also good. They were all daily necessities, which happened to be what she needed most right now.
She successfully harvested a number of vegetables, fruits, fresh ingredients, healthy grains, and instant noodles of various flavors.
Chen Shuang looked at the many flavors of noodles and stored them carefully.
Next time you meet a necromancer, you can use instant noodles to seduce him again.
After sorting out the blue items, what's left are the guaranteed eight purple and one gold items, and the gold item is the guaranteed one that comes out in the last draw. It's indeed a very low drop rate for non-Africans.
The system continuously reminds you.
[You get 1 temple beam]
[You obtained the Temple Gate x1]
[You have obtained a temple decoration set x1]
[You have obtained a Primary Construction Card x1]
These purple items are all related to the construction of the temple. Chen Shuang turned over the construction card in his hand and looked at its item information.
【Primary Construction Card】
[Are you worried about laying walls and tiles? Are you entangled in the pattern and color of floor tiles? Are you troubled by the material of railings? Don't worry, the primary construction card can be activated with one click, allowing you to expand your home without any worries.]
[How to use: At the location where construction is needed, click "Construction" at the bottom of the card]
Chen Shuang put away the cards and prepared to go back and expand the small shabby house.
[You get ordinary farmland x1]
[You get 1 ordinary fish pond]
[You get the "Grows Everywhere" magical rice seed x1]
[You get 1 servant]
This part of the purple items is about planting and fishing, but what does this servant mean? Chen Shuang didn’t find any trace of other people or monsters here. Well, maybe it was generated in the Dark Temple.
Her eyes fell on the only golden light of the day.
You have obtained "God's Eyes"
God's gaze is the most gentle attachment
[This skill is a passive skill with no consumption. It can increase the dependence of dark followers and has a probability of enhancing the physical fitness of followers.]
It is not an offensive item, but it should not be underestimated. Combined with the initial deterrent power of the [Dark Temple Priest], the probability of deterring and winning over the dark followers will increase exponentially.
All in all, Chen Shuang was very satisfied with this harvest. She packed up her things and, in order to avoid an incident like last time, headed back with the magic ant while it was still daylight.
This time, seven demon ants returned home together, chirping in the mental network until they arrived at the Dark Temple, when the excited chirping of insects gradually faded away.
It was not yet time to go to bed, so Chen Shuang directly took out the [Primary Construction Card] and clicked on the word "Construction".
[Congratulations, the current building has been upgraded]
[Faction Stability +1000]
At first, it felt a bit unconscionable to call the small shack the "Dark Temple", but now it is not so difficult to say it.
Shen Shuang checked the house.
The extracted temple beams, gates and furnishings were expanded using construction cards. The heavy black stone door was engraved with complex patterns. When you push the door open and enter, you will see towering beams and stone pillars similar to those in ancient Greek palaces supporting the entire room. Round stone chairs and benches are placed scattered throughout the room, and a series of gorgeous furnishings are laid out like flowing water.
It's very luxurious, but it has a patchwork style.
Chen Shuang stepped on the ground and it made a creaking sound. It was still the same broken wooden floor.
Apart from the dazzlingly luxurious building that was drawn, the rest of the buildings were simply expanded a little, and a second floor was built up, forming an incongruous mixed-style.
But it is definitely much better than before, probably from a haunted house to a two-story self-built house in the countryside.
The magic ants were led around by Xiaohong. Chen Shuang went out to check the situation outside the house. There was a circle of fence behind the house, and in the middle was plowed land. The area was very large, at least two acres, and there was a fish pond next to it with clear water.
The outermost part is surrounded by a circle of tall and thick iron railings, and the exit is directly opposite the temple gate. The heavy iron door does its best to block outside prying eyes.
After a round of inspection, the situation was even better than Chen Shuang had initially imagined. She took out the "magic seeds" from her backpack, stood at the edge of the farmland, and threw a few of them down at random. The seeds instantly extended their tentacles and took root in the soil. After a while, they buried themselves in the soil.
No wonder it is called "grows everywhere", this seed can actually grow itself.
But what did the servant mean? After Chen Shuang turned around, she didn't find any other living creatures.
She went to the fish pond to get some water and watered the land where the seeds were buried. Miraculously, the seeds began to sprout visibly.
This kind of seed is so easy to grow. At this rate, it won't take too long to harvest. Before Chen Shuang could smile, the seedlings suddenly began to turn yellow and wither. After a few seconds, they wilted and fell to the soil.
"What's going on?"
Is it because it grows too fast but I don’t water it in time?
Chen Shuang was about to try again, but this time, before she could throw out the seeds, a large, bony hand suddenly reached out and snatched away her seed bag and watering can.
The joints are clearly visible, with bones exposed outside and no flesh at all, and they make crackling sounds when moving.
It's a skeleton.
Chen Shuang subconsciously defended herself, but saw that the skeleton didn't pay any attention to her. Instead, it began to sow seeds diligently, watering the seeds every moment until the seedlings began to stabilize, and then it moved to another place to plant the next wave of seeds.
Field... snail skeleton?
Perhaps her look of surprise was too obvious, the skeleton turned its head suddenly, looked her up and down with dissatisfaction, then pushed Chen Shuang out of the farmland. After making sure that no one was disturbing him, it jumped up and down and continued to sow seeds in the farmland.
The system made a "ding dong" sound.
[You met a farmer named Skeleton who loves farming]
The unbearable pain of life lies in the inability to pass on agricultural wisdom.
The diligent Mr. Skeleton was frustrated in the Forsaken Land. He hated the land that could not grow rice. Finally, after a long wandering, he encountered soft land.
Chen Shuang finally knew where the "servant" she had been looking for was. This was him. Who said that the servant of the land is not a servant?
But why would a mindless skeleton be so frustrated and even be fined for playing puns?
The last sentence on the system record is.
[Farmers think you are in the way and push you out of the fields]
Just as Shen Shuang was checking the records, nests of seedlings had already grown up, swaying slightly in the wind, and the greenness gradually spread.
The farmer wiped the sweat off his face and smiled happily...if a skull with an open mouth meant smiling.
The hardworking farmer skeleton didn't like being disturbed when farming. Chen Shuang looked at him for a while and then felt relieved and turned to leave. Apart from his bad attitude towards people, the skeleton's meticulous treatment of the land and seedlings was admirable.
Of course she was happy that someone was taking care of the farmland, as it proved that she could now stop being a wicked landlord.
It was already nightfall. Chen Shuang sat at the entrance of the palace and roasted a fire with seven magic ants. The flames danced and occasionally emitted sparks, which frightened the magic ants, who had never seen fire before, and they would shrink back in fear. After a while, they would curiously poke their heads out again.
She picked up a branch and stirred the fire.
Under the current circumstances, the magic crystal mine must not be interrupted, as this is related to the card pool extraction. In addition, there seems to be no pattern in the generation of adventure keys. Since the last time the adventure door was opened, the key has been 0, and it is unclear what the replenishment conditions are.
Her contact with the angel in the adventure was brief, and she had no idea where the angel had gone.
The flames in front of her eyes flickered, and Chen Shuang's eyes changed. She accurately caught a shadow flashing past the door in her vision.
The feeling was very clear. With the blessing of the Dark Temple, she seemed to have some extraordinary abilities.
Walking under the iron gate, she recalled the shadow that had just flashed by and tentatively called out, "Angel?"
It was quiet outside the door for a long time. Just when Shen Shuang thought she was wrong, an angel with white wings walked out from behind the shadow of the tree.
He looked at Chen Shuang: "How did you know it was me?"
Because this place is so white, you are the only one I have seen.
Chen Shuang asked, "Is there something wrong?"
The angel, half of his body still hidden in the shadow of the tree, like a cat observing from the dark, asked her from a distance: "Why is there light here?"
"Light?"
Chen Shuang looked back at the fire she had built and replied, "Any questions?"
I really don't understand anything. How did this kind of person survive in the Lost Land?
The angel frowned, a rare occurrence.
Explanation: "The Lost Continent hates light to the extreme. The rules here will tear apart any candlelight, so the night is always dark, just like this."
The angel stretched out his hand, and a warm white flame suddenly ignited in his palm, but it was quickly blown out by a strange and deliberate wind, and the surroundings returned to darkness.
No wonder it was always dark at night. She thought the followers of darkness didn't need lighting, but it turns out there was another reason.
The God of Darkness and the God of Light were fighting so fiercely that it was understandable that they did this.
The system corrected her promptly.
The Dark Devil does not hate light, but rather the God of Light and prefers darkness. Therefore, the use of fire is completely within his permission. However, the dark creatures have been away from the God's favor for too long and have begun to misinterpret the God's will, including this land.
She responded in her mind: "You mean, the wind that just blew out the fire was caused by this Forsaken Land."
【Yes】
It's really hard to accept that the land under your feet has consciousness.
However, the system's words just now could be used to answer the angel's doubts. Chen Shuang just treated them as a repeater: "God does not hate light, but he hates the God of Light who breaks the promise. The dark followers have been away from God's favor for too long, so long that even this land has misinterpreted God's will."
She sighed, "The Dark God is actually a good god, barely."
Just a little bit stupid.
From the perspective of an angel, wrapped in the darkness of night, the fragile human race who spoke eloquently became divine at some point.
She spoke of unknown events from long ago, as if she were an eyewitness, so familiar, so gentle and compassionate. I wanted to delve deeper into her words, but the more I thought about it, the more fears that could not be fully explored were revealed.
Just like the existence above the temple.
The angel's pupils trembled slightly, and he spoke again with a much more serious tone: "Who are you?"
[A change in the current encounter target's attitude has been detected. The host's behavior will affect the direction of subsequent events. Please proceed with caution.]
Chen Shuang glanced at the system prompt, and when she looked up again, she looked a little more mysterious, and said slowly: "Priest of the Dark Kingdom, the God's agent in the Lost Land, Chen Shuang."
Priest of the Kingdom of God.
As we all know, the Dark God is dead, and the only surviving god is the Light God.
The angel's wings fluttered slightly.
But now his priests have reappeared in the Lost Land. Does this mean that the Dark God has been resurrected?
Actually, not.
If Chen Shuang could hear the angel's inner voice, she would regretfully tell him that the chains on the [God's Favor] bar were longer than her life.
Besides, it might not make much difference whether the camp leader is awake or not, so let the god sleep forever. This way she doesn't have to worry about dealing with the relationship with her boss.
Chen Shuang wondered if her performance was majestic and mysterious enough.
The angel in front of her suddenly looked up the next moment, and she was so scared that her palms tightened.
He shouted, "I want to follow you."
"Count me in on anyone who wants to kill the God of Light!"
Chen Shuang:???
What a medieval paradise rebel.
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