Chapter 24: Princess Castle Rules (4) Black Tower Game, Blind...
"Are you on vacation in the Princess Castle, Helun?" Wei Wei's cold voice floated out from the room, "This is a dungeon. If someone knocks on the door at night, will you open it?"
Whoosh. Dark green tentacles flew over, trying to push Bai Jie out aggressively. In an instant, Bai Jie was inspired by the power of faith. He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and rushed forward, rushing directly into the bedroom.
Then she fell face first onto the carpet, and red rose petals fell sadly in the air.
Wei Wei raised his eyebrows and stared at Bai Jie grimly for a long while. In the pipe, He Luo stretched out a willow-like tentacle and twisted it in the air.
"He Luo said he has no desire to kill," Wei Wei retracted his gaze, "What's your name? It's almost time to go to bed, what are you doing here?"
Bai Jie got up quickly, with a few rose petals in his flaming red hair. "I have no hostility. My name is Bai Jie, my ID number is [374 Thief], my personal skill is [Steal Everything], my physical strength is 200, my magic power is 100, and my spirit value is 150..."
He explained the whole story. In less than three minutes of meeting, he revealed all his personal information, even the fact that he was an abandoned child of the Bai family. Wei Wei's mouth twitched, and he glanced at He Lun: "Another fool."
Heron: "Why are you looking at me?"
Wei Wei: “Oh.”
After listening to Bai Jie's story about his miserable life, Gao Mengtang spoke softly, "I sympathize with your experience. Did you come to me specially because you need psychological counseling?"
Bai Jie shook his head wildly, making his red hair even more messy: "I'd like to ask you to take a look at this. This is the Black Tower Forum's speculation about your life experience." He handed the booklet over with both hands.
He Lun became alert and rushed forward to check the booklet. After confirming that there was no danger, he handed it to Gao Mengtang.
Open the first page and start reading... Gao Mengtang is blind and can't see anything clearly.
He ate a Hundred-Eyed Wizard's eye-protecting blueberry and continued reading.
After reading the entire booklet, Gao Mengtang couldn't hold his forehead with his hand.
There are traces of facts in the vast amount of text, but players still love to fill in the blanks with their imaginations.
"I'm not an ancient god, nor am I a reveler. They misunderstood me." Gao Mengtang handed the booklet to Bai Jie, "I'm just an ordinary player."
When taking the booklet, Bai Jie raised his eyes and met Gao Mengtang's gaze.
The air around him pressed against him, making it difficult to breathe. The blind man's clear black eyes returned to their original clarity, like mist dissipating, revealing a black ocean under the sun.
There was nothing else except the feeling of being stared at. Shiraji felt his skin getting a little cold.
This feeling is familiar to any player - mild mental pollution.
But for people from wizard families, spiritual pollution has a special meaning: to endure spiritual pollution is to train their spirit and get closer to their God.
When Bai Jie was very young, he came into contact with the statue of the reveler, who was wearing a cloak and bowing his head. When you touch the statue, you will receive a trace of spiritual pollution. This is the voice of the Lord calling believers.
Over time, this group of self-abuse even awakened one more skill than ordinary players: [Love can relieve pain]
[Love can relieve pain]: You have great love for God and are willing to suffer from spiritual pollution.
Effect: When affected by mental pollution, the mental value decreases slowly, and the attack, speed, and defense are slightly improved.
Bai Jie opened his eyes hard and looked directly at Gao Mengtang.
Gao Mengtang: ...!
Why are you glaring at me?
"The followers of the ancient gods always face fear!" Bai Jie said with a firm gaze, "Use spiritual pollution to sharpen my mind and temper my spirit! Every bit of bitterness I swallow will solidify into pebbles on my pilgrimage!"
Bai Jie: "For the sake of faith, I will go through all the hardships!"
Gao Mengtang, Wei Wei, and He Lun were all stunned and silent. No one had expected Bai Jie to act out such a scene.
However, they are all wizard families. In the eyes of modern people, they are just some weird, closed-minded and pedantic old antiques.
Their mental state is a little different from that of modern people.
Gao Mengtang couldn't understand, but he respected it. He politely put the booklet into Bai Jie's hand and said, "Look for faith somewhere else."
Bai Jie tightly grasped the booklet, his eyes fixed on Gao Mengtang's face, from his fuzzy hairline to his straight shoulders.
The pride of the family always boasted that they had seen the Reveler in their dreams. The Reveler's beauty was indescribable.
However, Bai Jie couldn't imagine a face more beautiful than Gao Mengtang's. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you agree with the views expressed in the forum? Are you really not a reveler?"
Gao Mengtang: "No. I am not an ancient god, a succubus, or a wizard. I am a human."
Wei Wei rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "Mr. Blind wants to hide his identity. You are so ignorant that you actually come and ask directly."
Hearing this, Gao Mengtang slowly turned his head and raised his eyebrows slightly. He asked silently with his mouth: When did I hide my identity?
Ordinary players, no identity, no need to hide. This statement at this moment can easily cause misunderstanding!
Bai Jie was suddenly enlightened and said, "I understand."
Gao Mengtang was most afraid of the words "I understand". He could never guess what the player would "understand". He quickly said, "Don't understand yet. I really don't hide my identity. Don't leave."
However, Bai Jie was ready to leave. Before closing the door, his dark face flushed and he said "I'm sorry" to Gao Mengtang.
He shouldn't have come to ask directly. It's said in the forum that the blind man wanted to hide his identity.
To rashly come and ask, "My Lord, are you the one who feasts?" is to undermine His honor.
But Bai Jie was too excited. He was a man whose actions were faster than his brain.
Returning to the corridor and calming down, Bai Jie couldn't help but think, why did the blind man hide his identity?
He recalled the spiritual pollution released by Gao Mengtang.
Compared to other spiritual pollution that can drive people crazy, insane, and drown in fear forever, the pollution released by the blind is really... soft.
The mental pollution of the blind is much milder than the mental pollution during the family trial.
Considering the analysis in the forum, the blind man had been seriously injured and only one percent of his former strength remained.
Mental pollution is soft, like a kitten scratching people, of course it is also because of being hurt!
Bai Jie returned to his bedroom, leaned against the door, and looked up at the sky in melancholy. He was still thinking about the feeling of being polluted, which was not much stronger than watching a horror movie.
It was so faint that it could be ignored, like a small warning. It made the skin itch. Bai Jie felt sorry for the blind man. How badly must he be injured to become so "harmless".
Then, it is easy to guess the blind man's purpose: he wants to take back his power and return to the throne of God! The Black Tower game can provide superpowers and strengthen the body, isn't it the blind man's path to becoming a god?
Gods never fall, they are reborn again and again. They fall from the high platform into the mud, and then look up at the stars in the abyss.
Bai Jie stood in awe. He gained strength from Gao Mengtang's struggle history (which he imagined). His blood was boiling and his passion was surging. Although he could not be sure that Gao Mengtang was the one who was having the feast, he had solemnly vowed in his heart: he would stay with Gao Mengtang, follow him, and protect him!
*
Another bedroom.
Gao Mengtang did nothing. Just as he was about to lie down in bed, a system notification sounded in his ears: "【374 Thief】 can become your believer."
"Believers need a [Black Tower]. You don't have a [Black Tower] yet, so you can't recruit believers."
"【374 Thief】 has become your 【Follower】, and he is loyal to you."
Gao Mengtang: “Huh?”
He opened the [Forces] section of the system. The first follower was He Lun, and the second follower was Bai Jie. Gao Mengtang could communicate with them telepathically.
"Bai Jie has been glaring at me, and I thought he hated me. How come he became my follower?" Gao Mengtang tried to understand.
Ding-ling. The sound of mail being delivered. The sender is Bai Jie. He said in the letter: I will follow you until the day you return to the throne of God.
...I can't understand it, it's too abstract.
Wei Wei came over and took a look: "Not bad. People from wizard families are a little crazy, but generally strong. They are very suitable to be your followers."
"Oh, by the way. Why did you deliberately say that I was hiding my identity? It would cause misunderstanding." Gao Mengtang asked Wei Wei.
"It's better to let the players think you are strong than to treat you as a weakling." Wei Wei tapped his palm with his pipe. "After receiving the 100,000 yuan bonus, I will not follow you into the dungeon. In the next dungeon, you can't see, lift, or carry anything. Who will protect you? Look, I have helped you gain a new follower."
When He Lun saw that he had one more follower, he felt mixed emotions, just like the only original dog in the house suddenly discovered that his owner had a new dog.
Hearing Wei Wei's words, He Lun could no longer restrain himself and immediately rushed forward: "Brother, I will protect you!"
Wei Wei: "What kind of protection is it, opening the door in the middle of the night?"
Heron: "It won't happen again!"
Wei Wei ignored him and turned to Gao Mengtang: "Players think you are an ancient god. This will only benefit you, not harm you. At least your video will be played a lot."
Moreover, Wei Wei was certain that Gao Mengtang was definitely not an ordinary player, because no player could raise the NPC's favorability to the maximum within one second.
The effect of the blueberries faded, and Gao Mengtang's eyes became misty again. He sat on the bed, fumbling to put the pillow in place. His expression was very dull, like a dusty statue that had been motionless all year round.
A piece of black tower knowledge emerged in Wei Wei's mind.
Wei Wei was not interested in the game background, but [Black Gull] had a Black Tower common sense assessment every month, and for the bonus, he always had to memorize it intensively.
This knowledge is: The Old Gods were born of death, fear, and filth. They were once called freaks of the sewer.
Who dares to throw the ancient god into the sewer, and why is the ancient god called a freak?
Wei Wei also noticed that the ancient gods were not referred to as "them" but as "them" with a contemptuous tone.
Even the most human-looking reveler is described in the Black Tower's Secret History as "the dirtiest mistake ever made by [Fu Ling], the indelible dirt of the other world."
It is not difficult to see the disgust and contempt for the revelers. Who wrote this sentence in the Secret History?
The above questions could not be answered even after searching through the incomplete "Secret History". Wei Wei was very glad, otherwise he would have to memorize two more pages of A4 paper.
For quite a long time, the ancient gods were deeply associated with uncleanliness and filth. Would those "freaks" who crawled out of the sewers have the same noble, indifferent, and untainted temperament as Gao Mengtang?
Wei Wei's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the nine o'clock bell in the evening. It was time to go to bed.
*
Rule 7: Only by getting a good night's sleep can you have good skin and be more likely to be favored by the princess. Please be sure to follow etiquette, keep quiet at night, and do not disturb others.
Gao Mengtang, Wei Wei and He Lun squeezed onto the big bed in the guest room and fell asleep with their eyes closed.
"Brother, Bai Jie is weird, right?" He Lun's voice sounded in the darkness.
Gao Mengtang was about to speak when he thought of Rule 7: Please be sure to observe etiquette, keep quiet at night, and do not disturb others.
Keeping quiet means not talking.
Rule 6: At night (18:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. the next day), the bedroom is not necessarily safe.
So, are there only three of them in the room? Is it He Lun who is talking?
"He Lun" continued: "Bai Jie is a psychopath."
The He Lun that Gao Mengtang knew never cursed anyone.
He pretended not to hear anything, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
The bedroom was quiet for a while. The voice of "He Lun" gradually disappeared.
Just when Gao Mengtang was about to fall asleep, the voice of "He Lun" rang again, still at the place where he was lying.
"Brother, are you cold? Yes, this room is indeed a bit cold. I'll go ask the front desk if they have any hot packs."
After he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound behind him, and He Lun threw back the quilt and got up.
No one spoke. Who was He Lun talking to? Gao Mengtang frowned and called out through his mind connection: "He Lun, don't talk. That thing is not me. Lie back and continue to sleep."
The action of lifting the quilt stopped abruptly. He Lun lay back on the pillow. After he calmed down from the shock, his pajamas were already soaked with cold sweat.
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