Chapter 42 The Final Feast of Revelry: I will never betray you—Ahhh, don't hit me…
When Du Yu was reading the novel, he was so annoyed by the male lead Bian Shaoyan's eccentricities that he abandoned the story. Unfortunately, finding a readable novel in the wasteland is not an easy task.
Later, out of boredom and curiosity about what other monsters the female and male leads could create, Du Yu picked up the book again and continued reading. In subsequent rereads, Du Yu didn't skip even the idiotic arguments between the male and female leads; just thinking about those scenes made her fists hard, and she simply couldn't bear to read them.
This is why Du Yu only now recalls the head of the Public Security Bureau from his memory.
Du Yu suppressed the memories that suddenly surfaced. Director Fisher was no longer important; what mattered was the "Transcendent" that the brown line had just mentioned.
In Du Yu's understanding, people with superpowers are divided into five levels, A, B, C, D, and E, from strong to weak, based on their different levels of mental strength. This standard is also used here.
But she had been concerned for a long time. In the game panel, her first two talents, [Golden Will] and [Gluttony], were both K-level. She asked 166 what the "K" here meant, but she didn't get an answer.
Aside from the divine fire, what makes her most unusual and different from ordinary people are her two K-level talents. K-level is what Brown Line calls "transcenders"? What does this "transcendence" mean?
Du Yu was secretly pondering when he tentatively tossed the short, finger-knuckle-length thread from the brown line into the purple fire. As it grimaced from the flames, he cried out in disbelief:
"It's not a false god? How is that possible? How could a god have a transcendent being under his command? How could a true god tolerate a believer being a transcendent being!"
Brown String screamed in despair, as if its remaining intelligence was about to crumble. Suddenly, it calmed down and prayed at an alarming pace:
"The star of calamity blinks silently, the deluded path of lust leads to the final feast of revelry, the pink heart sinks into decadent music; I have offered up my defiled ears, my fallen eyes, the lips of a sinner, and my numb heart, just to greet the heavenly music of God's kingdom with my broken body!"
Ripples spread across the gray world, and a distant gaze was cast from the invisible void. The brown lines, which had been scorched by the purple flames, suddenly perked up and shook triumphantly. A sticky, smooth melody faintly reached the ears, suppressing the purple flames, which could only stand frozen in place unwillingly.
Du Yu's pupils contracted slightly when he heard the prayer. The name of the god could not be repeated. The prayer recited by the brown line clearly pointed to the evil god [Mi Mi Yin]. But the key point was that it was the subordinate of that evil god who sent Dong Shi Wu to investigate the Furensa Wharf!
What's this? I'm sending people to investigate myself?
Many guesses flashed through Du Yu's mind in an instant. She even wondered if this was a conspiracy, but catching this brown thread while wandering in the spirit world today was purely accidental... or perhaps there are two opposing forces in this [Mi Mi Yin] Church, and the Furensa Wharf is the stage for their competition?
"Hahahaha, scared now! Beg me for mercy, and I'll only take half your soul as an apology!"
The brown line took Du Yu's silence as fear and laughed even more wildly. The soft, sweet voice in his ear became clearer and clearer, seeping into his mind as if it could entice the deepest desires suppressed in the human heart.
As Brown Line spoke, she secretly unleashed her maximum mental power. Even for someone as close to the gods as herself, borrowing divine power was not easy.
However, she had overloaded her mental energy output. Normally, even hundreds of people would have become slaves to their desires. Although the divine fire borrowed by the strange man in front of her was not as fierce as before, it did not show any sign of retreating.
How is that possible?
She was truly terrified this time. Did this strange person have no desires? Why was he completely unaffected by the "Heart-Swept Melody"?
Brown Line felt a sudden chill run down her spine—although she had long since abandoned those outdated human organs, her extraordinary intuition was frantically warning her that she should abandon the mission and retreat. But for some reason, this spirit realm was unusually resilient, and the spacetime rift that used to open so easily was now only less than a third of the way open.
Let's say some harsh words to buy time. Once she leaves, humph, a transcendent is the best sacrifice for the gods. The divine messenger will definitely be interested in this weirdo. At that time... she will repay the pain she is suffering tenfold!
While pondering, Brown Line, enduring the excruciating pain in her brain, increased her mental output. Finally, she saw that the strange man opposite her was no longer indifferent to [Heart-Swept Melody]—
The strange purple flames formed a humanoid shape that moved slightly, seemingly clutching its stomach with its arm. The head, also surrounded by purple flames, suddenly revealed rugged features and a malicious smile curled at the corner of its mouth.
not good!
Although she didn't know how she did it, Brown Line disregarded her vow to forcibly tear open the space-time rift and instinctively wanted to run away. However, the purple fire seemed to have taken a stimulant, burning even more intensely and forcefully swallowing every bit of her overflowing spirituality, sealing off the surrounding space completely.
Du Yu rubbed her stomach, the two K-level talents on the game panel flashing alternately like they were fighting each other, and the log kept popping up with notifications like "[Sanity] -6" and "[Sanity] +6". A strange smile appeared on her face. "You succeeded. I'm—very hungry now!"
Du Yu no longer suppressed the purple flames. Influenced by his original form, the purple flames became even more greedy, like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey. It swallowed the four brown strings in one gulp, leaving only the last one to narrowly escape the flames' predation, shaking off a large amount of gibberish in horror.
The purple fire wasted nothing, even swallowing the garbled code containing a trace of spiritual energy. Du Yu licked her lips. Before, the energy transmitted by burning the brown thread had given her a vague feeling of fullness, but now that her talent [Gluttony] had been fully activated, this energy disappeared as quickly as it entered the sea.
Everything she had just said to the brown line was the truth; her hunger was genuine. Du Yu didn't dare look away, afraid that she might see something else edible and let the brown line escape.
"You, you, you..."
Brown Line felt a sharp pain emanating from deep within her brain, and her whole "person" was starting to feel unwell. If there was any element of acting before, she was now genuinely shocked to the point of collapse.
It was bad enough that the flames devoured her spirit, but they had even swallowed the divine power bestowed upon her by the gods. Was that something an ordinary person could eat? Had she gone mad...?
"Don't eat me! Don't eat me! How could you be so despicable, a divine messenger disguised as an ordinary person to deceive me!"
The purple flames stopped just before engulfing the last brown string, then retreated a millimeter in regret, from which came a woman's mocking voice:
"If you want me to let you go, you have to show your sincerity first."
"I will never betray Lord [Mimi Yin]... Ahhhhh, take that damn thing away! Just say what you want to ask! Tell me!"
Seeing that Brown String refused, Purple Flame happily reached out and touched it. Just a second before the scorching heat hit him, Brown String, who had been stubborn for only a second, suddenly screamed in agony.
Du Yu was almost stunned by the speed at which this thing changed its expression. He had never seen a creature slide its knees so quickly. Hearing what it said, his eyes rolled.
She knew too little about the world; if she asked freely, she could ask a whole host of questions, but those questions would reveal her true nature. Therefore, Yu chose questions that didn't involve herself:
What are you doing here tonight?
"I, I, oh dear, please don't burn me!"
Brown String hesitated and refused to speak, but when Purple Flame pounced on him, he immediately became obedient, saying, "Come and harvest spiritual energy for Lord [MiMiYin]."
Harvesting spiritual energy... it seems the strange occurrences at the mine really are orchestrated by [Mimi Yin]. Du Yu narrowed his eyes, deciding to ask the question that piqued his interest most:
"What exactly were they digging up in the mine that could turn spirits into this?"
"Hehehe, this is an ability bestowed upon me by the Lord [MiMiYin]—Ahhh, don't burn, don't burn!"
The brown string had barely been twirled for a few seconds when it was engulfed by purple flames. She dared not be so arrogant anymore, and sensing the increasingly enclosed environment around her, she became much more docile.
"What they were digging were just ordinary stones, but the calamity was a mockery of fate, a tremor of the soul, and an endless division."
"But after being distorted by the gray fog, the longer they stay in an environment tainted with the aura of calamity, the more 'united' their spirits become. Coupled with the guidance of desire, their spirits will briefly gather together after their physical bodies collapse."
[Calamity], [Fate], [Mind], and [Twistedness] are mentioned together with the higher-level element [Fate], which suggests that these are also likely higher-level elements.
Moreover, according to Brown Line's description, the relationship between [Fate], [Disaster], and [Mind] seems to be very close. Could they be three elements belonging to the same category in the encyclopedia?
Du Yu seemed to be deep in thought, but sneered, "Don't try to fob me off with that nonsense. Do you think I can't see the similarity in their [fate]? I'm asking you, what are you doing collecting so many strange spirits?"
Brown String was so startled by the "similarity of fate" that he became completely obedient, no longer daring to harbor any more probing thoughts, and answered Du Yu's question with suppressed resentment:
"I don't know the specifics. I was only responsible for collecting these deformed spirits. The divine messenger only said that they were prepared for the 'Final Feast of Revelry'."
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