MTLNOVEL Chapter 837: 439. Reinforcement
It's undeniable that this journey has been quite fruitful.
Staring at the task settlement panel, Li Aozi finally felt relieved.
"Luckily, it's the Giant Dragon ending. If it were the Angel ending, I'd lose even my underwear."
The Angel ending is like being a king in the ranking and hunting among players, wearing the 'Savior' title. It's not about the priority in choosing a mate; it basically represents the top-notch gaming achievement.
Honor can be boundless if transformed into profit, but buying reputation with profit always comes at a great cost.
However, for Li Aozi, what he desires is tangible profit.
Leoz didn't die under Gaia's hand; instead, he was intentionally let go. Based on past performances beyond Starry Abyss, Li Aozi knew that this alone is enough to have fallen out with the Starry Abyss side.
As for the reason...
——'Everyone works overtime, why did you leave on time? Do you not see the team in your eyes? Are you a spy sent by another company? Intentionally coming to sabotage the team!'
This kind of thing happens in even the most advanced civilizations.
All the other Chief Gods are dead, but only you, Leoz, didn't even visit Nether Abyss and directly smuggled into Starry Abyss, reincarnating as a mortal, skipping the step of descending.
Not to mention, Leoz also uncovered Xides' plan.
Li Aozi was very clear that the Starry Abyss Seed plan was kept secret so well that even if Leoz wasn't intentional, Xides would try to shut Leoz's mouth.
Thus, Leoz preemptively sold out, but alas, Xides' protection was too strong, and Leoz, being cursed by Layer Abyss, couldn't kill the other party on the spot.
After all, Layer Abyss is part of the Six-Layered Starry Abyss, and for Leoz, an Abyssal Deity, entering is accompanied by curses and blessings.
"However, there's both good and bad."
The downsides are obvious; it took Leoz two years to integrate into Starry Abyss, until now, his divinity and humanity only have a preliminary fusion.
As for the positives, it's clear that if Xides hadn't chosen to pledge allegiance to the Void, these things wouldn't have been acquired.
"This task reward of choosing five out of four clearly draws from Xides..."
Or should it be said, it's the means of [Players]?
The good child Xides said appreciatively that this system is derived from [Players] that Starry Abyss studied after capturing them, in reverse.
Back then, when Leoz researched Primordial Soil, Starry Abyss was fearful and reprimanded multiple times. Now, Starry Abyss is researching the secret councilor itself, coming up with a system to distribute to players and deities alike.
It's quite double standard.
But currently, Li Aozi cannot find a reason not to use this system.
For ordinary Ascenders, climbing the pathway simply involves practice and learning, battles bring accumulation mainly for training purposes.
The greatest advantage of the system is turning this accumulation into visualizable 'Experience', allowing more precise allocation where needed.
It seems to also blend some understanding of rule manipulation by the Secret Citizens, otherwise it is inexplicable how it concretes such abstract 'experience' and transforms it into attributes.
Speaking of, [Secret Society]'s citizens are pretty weak in the early stage, but upon careful examination, their abilities are indeed remarkable.
Leaving aside that lethal Poison Blood.
[White Knight] only needs to inexplicably 'sharpen blade' for the blade edge to become incredibly sharp immediately.
[Bell Ringer]'s control over time is like in a comic, even more outrageous than Li Aozi, the Gravity Manipulator, resurrecting individuals is as easy as resurrecting the game's developer's xylophone.
As a councilor, [Tailor], although Yawen hasn't shown much, think about it, a small agent below Alpha Rank (1) contact with the secret turned him quickly into a Transcendent beyond Gamma Rank. And casually weaving results in a set of fashion.
Just these three occupations control abilities over 'Sharpness', 'Time', 'Cut and connect certain objects'.
Plus [Players] literally turned out a set of game system, which seems really absurd.
"These Earthlings are indeed dangerously formidable... Apparently, Leoz's conclusion is rational, Earthlings must be completely eradicated."
There are also some C3 Luca Type Aliens on Azure Star, like the current Sky Ring Republic's Prime Minister, 'Black Knight' Gretto Yegg, and his partner Narrow Space Mirror.
These two seem to have been targeted by Secret Citizens before.
No idea what other kinds of Secret Citizens they'll encounter in the future.
It's not surprising why Starry Abyss issued this thing to its underlings.
"I can't find a better invention than what the Earthlings have created at this stage, so I'll use it for now."
Li Aozi appeared to reward options.
Option A offers a top-tier ability, Void side possessing the effect of 'Mana Burn' unparalleled in the game, known as the magic-destroyer divine artifact.
Other occupations burn Mana Bars, at most they burn the Mana Bar value; Void side's Mana Burn directly burns the Mana Bar limit.
This means, if Mana Burn doesn't cease, strongmen of Path of the Void can easily reduce a Mage to a useless entity, leaving no Mana behind.
In past life — no, during timeline rehearsals, during 14.0 forays into the void, Void side showcased this.
Especially when battling Xides, this becomes terrifying.
No pure wizard-like weak Spellcasters in Starry Abyss, one reason being cosmic energy from guns does not diminish, thermal weapons mitigate Spellcaster's melee vulnerabilities, emergence of excellent composite materials also upgrades traditional Cloth Armor Mage into Kevlar armor, nano armor, magic crystal armor, etc.
But even so, Spellcaster is still Spellcaster, Li Aozi knows his own physique.
He possesses a lengthy Health Points among Mages, coupled with Blood Demon Style making him highly resistant.
But next, he's going down to lower Starry Abyss, Blood Demon Style has already gone out of environment.
Border Abyss is not an era for Mage turret dueling, the yield from choosing A is too low.
As for the subsequent four options BCDE...
One offers extra-high power increase, the more totalitarian the stronger—it just so happens Li Aozi has an oligarchy government, fits perfectly.
One straight-up grabs Starry Abyss Seed's identity and privilege, ripping it with principal and interest, making Xides equivalent to not dead, Li Aozi will act well in his role.
The third even is heavyweight, directly advancing Li Aozi to top player level.
Although Li Aozi previously knew Xides is Kappa (10) Rank Void Overlord, basically unkillable, yet upon seeing the effect of "Lai Anding Medical Protocol (Starry Abyss Seed Special Supply Edition)", he couldn't help but marvel.
It allows legally indulging three times a day, let alone that.
The more ridiculous part is entering Near-Death State doesn't directly result in loss of action ability, but rather consecutively conducts 10* your current level checks.
Pass each check restores (1%* your current hierarchy stage) of maximum Health Points.
What concept is this?
Xides is Level 200, equivalent to checking 2000 times and failing all to enter Near-Death.
And there's still three revival chances.
As for one option, it holds greater symbolic meaning toward Leoz, more suitable for future preaching and enlightening.
[Choices Completed]
[You've completed a New Journey]
[Starry Abyss Legendary Degree +1]