Chapter 141 Helping Hands: Cause and Effect
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the unique title "Helpful Hand," unlocked after helping a total of 888 players escape danger. Wearing this title increases the buffs applied to others by 20%.]
Only a morning later, Shen Dixin received a system message: with the damage reduction shield, the number of aids she could generate increased significantly.
Pets can also benefit from damage reduction, and Yuanbao lay outside without a care in the world, even using its shell to catch a particularly large chunk of ice.
Hardening: A certain proportion of all the blows you receive will be converted into the hardness of your tortoise shell.
This is a new talent it gained after its slumber. Wisdom Dew is indeed a gold-quality item; its hardening effect has elevated the value of the gold ingots to a whole new level.
It now spends all its free time honing its shell. This hailstorm came at just the right time; with the gold ingot blocking the impact, the ship lost far less durability.
Cinnabar also extended its tentacles to block, its softness greatly reducing the damage, and occasionally it would throw out a few water balls to smash them head-on.
After carefully examining the title, Chen Dixin immediately decided to use all the accumulated activation attempts on it.
[The player attempted to unlock the potential of the title "Helpful Hand," but nothing happened.]
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[Congratulations to the player for obtaining the unique title "Helpful Hand"... Equipping this title allows the use of the active skill [Timely Assistance: Doubles the buffs applied to friendly units for 30 minutes, 24-hour cooldown.]]
Chen Dixin doesn't intend to save his skills; using them sooner will allow them to cool down sooner. After all, the radiation range is so wide, he can't just focus on a few players when applying buffs.
If there's a progress bar for helping players, you'll see a significant increase in the rate of increase.
At the same time, a gentle stream flowed in, and she felt her mind clear.
Let me protect you in my own way, and receive some of the karmic reward in return.
Shen Dixin's carefree mood vanished upon seeing the system notification. She stared intently at the notification, then suddenly turned around, as if trying to find the spy.
It wasn't until a hailstone hit her arm that Shen Dixin realized her limbs were as stiff as if she weren't wearing a winter coat.
The system is monitoring everything that's happening!
How could she not be terrified? What about their plans? Their desire to escape this place.
After bearing the weight of fate, Chen Qingxin, who was once fearless, felt a long-lost sense of panic.
No, if the Hunter Blade were truly exposed, the enemy would not allow a creature that knows all their crimes, or even has influence outside, to live.
He kept telling himself this, but the system's omnipotence still made Chen Di uneasy, fearing that his actions might cause irreversible consequences.
With something on her mind, Chen Dixin became much quieter. In Lu Mingang's eyes, she was just bored in the arena, so he talked to her more often.
Talking about the present and the future did indeed awaken Shen Dixin's longing for the future, and... an even deeper desire to live.
Before it even got dark, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep instantly.
"Hunter Blade, is our plan really safe? I always feel that there's nothing to hide under the system's surveillance, and the risk of being exposed is very high."
The giant beast remained lazily lying there, seemingly unconcerned, but it confirmed Shen Dixin's worries.
"It's good that you have this intention, but don't worry too much. The system on our planet is an outdated model. Civilizations of the same level haven't used this model for 500 years."
It fell silent, as if it had remembered something, before continuing after a while.
"Avoiding its observation is easy. Yuehua had already taken care of it before she left, as long as we don't touch the core commands."
Outdated? Shen Dixin was speechless. Everything that seemed inexplicable to humans on Earth was, in Werner's eyes, just outdated technology.
"What are the core instructions?" Shen Dixin asked curiously.
“You don’t need to know.” Hunter Blade glanced at her. “If you don’t know, no normal living being would think that the core command is to raise your right index finger at the point where the first lightning strikes during a rainstorm, and shout the antique system’s employee number 667 the instant it touches the lightning, while simultaneously igniting an unburnable flame.”
"...You're so funny."
Shen Di looked at it guiltily. She understood what the Hunter's Blade meant. Knowing it would bring changes. It was like the more you emphasized not to think about something, the more it would linger in your mind.
With the huge weight lifted from her heart, Chen Di felt much lighter and told Hunter Blade about the gifts she had received during the day.
"cause and effect?!"
The seemingly trivial matter startled Hunter Blade so much that he stood up abruptly. His massive body enveloped Shen Dixin, making the dream space appear even darker.
How long is the lifespan of your race?
"Seventy or eighty, I guess," Shen Dixin replied, not understanding what was wrong.
"Seventy or eighty years?" Hunter Blade repeated incredulously. "My God, they misjudged you. Under certain circumstances, your race could easily be two-star or even three-star in strength."
Like being hit by a pie falling from the sky, Hunter Blade was completely dizzy and ran around happily for the first time. Shen Dixin realized for the first time how big the dream space was.
Chen Dixin skillfully waited for it to stop on its own, then listened attentively to Hunter's Blade's explanation.
"Everything has its balance. Sunfish are clumsy, so they reproduce more offspring at once. Individual shrimp are weak and powerless, but the shrimp balls they form are not easily broken."
When Werner said these words, he showed a rare composure.
"so……"
"So you humans naturally have your strengths too. Short lifespan is a disadvantage from an individual perspective, but it is not only bad for the species, especially for creatures that live for more than twenty years but less than a hundred years."
“A race with a lifespan of only a few decades is neither so short as to be unable to develop sufficiently mature thoughts, nor so long as to have all emotions and obsessions faded away. Your emotions are the strongest, and you are easily moved, or rather, easily united.”
Hunter Blade suddenly smiled, and brought its big head close to Shen Dixin, its downy hair almost poking her face.
"Recently, I've made a point of delving into your human culture in my dreams."
"Faith, bonds, conviction. Right?"
Its gaze was intense, as if it were shouting some impassioned slogan, but it quickly reverted to its lazy demeanor. When it met Shen Dixin's strange gaze, Hunter Blade was a little annoyed.
"I'm just imitating! I'm just imitating your human emotions towards things."
Shen Dixin had reason to suspect that the dream it had gone through was not normal.
“I can’t understand why so many things can affect your emotions. Even virtual, non-existent characters, or even just a goal or thought, can make you pray devoutly. In that case, it’s not surprising that you can absorb faith.”
Werner's lifespan is probably ten or even dozens of times that of humans. Hunter Blade is already one of the more active individuals in the group, but a sense of indifference is still etched into its very being.
Just like its previous listless appearance, perhaps when Moonflower left, Hunter's conviction was enough to support its burning anger and vow to avenge its companions, but it wouldn't be long before this matter was blown away, or perhaps it never existed in the first place.
Forgetting and restraint are understandable, otherwise the wear and tear of time would kill Werner, but this also limits their ability to have persistent and intense desires.
"Presumably, you, who can provide the supplies needed for survival and offer shelter, are like a god in the eyes of the rest of humanity."
“Me?” Shen Dixin pointed to herself.
“There are no gods in the world, but your race has the ability to ‘create gods.’ By pouring all your hopes and obsessions into individuals, you can create heroes whose abilities far surpass those of ordinary people.”
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