"Is that so?"
Jiang Qiao eavesdropped on the conversation between Bubble and the Goddess of Beauty and roughly understood what the financial system of the Alliance of Gods was like.
First of all, all the gods in this city are not qualified to issue crystals of divine power as currency, this thing just "came out of thin air".
Players accept mission commissions in a place called the Hall of Divine Power in the City of Gods. After completing the missions, divine power crystals will appear out of thin air and fall into the hands of the players.
Some of the gods came to this city to save their own world, while others came to earn crystals of divine power.
It was only after the Spell Thief and the Abyss joined forces that the gods were unable to fight against the Spell Thief, so they entrusted the Holy Spirit to hunt the Spell Thief on their behalf.
This also means that the gods can only earn various Holy Spirit crystals by serving the Holy Spirit.
"Why don't we replace the Divine Power Crystals in the players' backpacks with fake ones like we did with the Loot Tokens?"
Hai Lan was floating beside Jiang Qiao, chewing on a divine power crystal. The energy provided by this divine power crystal was equivalent to that of the mother crystal, about three hundred points.
"That's not necessary. Most players will use the divine crystals they get from completing group missions to exchange for equipment. Only a small portion will be used for trading with gods."
Jiang Qiao is now sitting on the edge of the fishing ground established by the God of the Lake. The God of the Lake is very efficient in transforming her shop. In less than half a day, her shop has been transformed from an empty fish shop into a medium-sized fishing ground.
The fish swimming in the fishing grounds are carefully selected by the God of the Lake... They are magical fish that can be made into potions and have special effects. The lowest quality in the game is blue, and there is also purple quality, which is one level higher, and the highest quality is the legendary King of the Lake.
After the fishing grounds were built, Jiang Qiao directly held a fishing event in the name of the official system. As soon as the official announcement of the fishing event came out, the entrance of the store of the God of the Lake was crowded in an instant.
The admission ticket to the fishing ground is one divine crystal per person. This time there is a system air wall made by Jiang Qiao, so it is basically impossible for players to get in by exploiting a bug.
And now the petite figure of the Goddess of the Lake is standing at the door, happily collecting tickets. Don’t look at the expression on her face, you can tell her current mood just by looking at the little hearts that are almost piled up into a small mountain on the ground... This girl is probably having the happiest moment of her life.
"Besides, the crystal of divine power is more useful for bribing these gods than giving it to you as a snack," Jiang Qiao said.
"Bribery... seems to have worked?" Hai Lan looked at the God of the Lake who was standing on a box at the door holding a large pile of divine power crystals. Seeing the happy expression on the face of the God of the Lake, Jiang Qiao's bribery should have worked.
Hailan used Jiangqiao's player status bar, so when she looked at the God of the Lake, the favorability displayed towards the God of the Lake was... worship.
Lake God Favorability - Worship
Note: As long as you do not do anything extreme, the NPC will listen to most of your suggestions and open commission applications.
Commission application: You can commission this NPC to do one thing within their capabilities every day! (18X type commands will face the risk of being banned)
Suggested commission - Free tickets to the fishing ground, conjure up a fish, conjure up more fish... "
The worship here does not only refer to the feelings of the God of the Lake towards Jiang Qiao. It can be substituted for the state of a creature that has fallen into madness and lost its mind after being infected by the abyss. The God of the Lake is now equivalent to being infected by the Holy Spirit and enjoying the pleasure of cooperating with the Holy Spirit. The favorability established under this premise will not decrease with the passage of time.
This official fishing event attracted thousands of players to watch, and there was even a player from the Plane Pirate Camp who specially collected a divine power crystal as a ticket to participate.
While the lady boss was running around as the boss lady, Jiang Qiao was on the second floor of the Lake God's shop... talking to the mistress as the Holy Spirit Game Planner.
"I have some doubts that your Holy Spirit also has hive consciousness." The mistress looked at the Holy Spirit players gathered at the edge of the fishing pond below. She saw with her own eyes that Jiang Qiao sent out a notice, and the next second the fishing shop that was originally deserted was instantly occupied by a large number of Holy Spirits!
No matter how you look at it, it seems like Jiang Qiao's consciousness is connected to tens of millions of holy spirits, so he can gather so many holy spirits at one time.
"That's not the point of our conversation, former... leader of Kuroshio Island."
Jiang Qiao listened to the players outside cheering because they had caught a rare swordfish... Although the players were doing some daily activities to celebrate, it was undeniable that Brand Island was facing a huge threat.
Soon Kuroshio Island will descend upon Brand Island's world. By then... the battlefield will not only be the various ruins of Kuroshio Island, the war will also extend to Brand Island's strongholds and even... the other side of the world.
The Spell Thieves on Kuroshio Island are far stronger than those on Brand Island. What's more troublesome is that all the lord-level dragons on Kuroshio Island obey the orders of the Spell Thieves!
The siege battle against horse-level monsters that the Abyss Temple Guild has been longing for may begin soon.
"Chaos cannot be killed. It can only be assimilated by another chaos." The mistress told Jiang Qiao the bad news. "So this time, either Kuroshio Island will swallow Brand Island, or Kuroshio Island will be swallowed by Brand Island. Swallowing here does not mean eating it completely, but becoming a part of the island. The law thieves on the island will all submit to the hive consciousness of the other island."
The mistress told Jiang Qiao another piece of bad news... that is, if they lose this monster siege, the NPCs in the stronghold on Brand Island will most likely be affected by the consciousness of Kuroshio Island.
"Then how do we determine who will be eaten by whom?" This is what Jiang Qiao cares about most, what is the standard for victory in this battle.
"Island Lord." The mistress once again said a word that Jiang Qiao was familiar with. "The Island Lord is the embodiment of the consciousness of Kuroshio Island. From the words of the Holy Spirit, I judge that the island of Brande Island does not yet have its own wisdom, so the island lord of Brande Island... I am afraid it is just an ordinary lord-level dragon."
"In the end, we still have to kill the final boss..." Jiang Qiao roughly understood the standard for victory in the battle after listening to the mistress's narration.
That is, if the mother crystals of the three island lords, the Flame Cinder Dragon, the End Dragon, and the Rock Mist Dragon on Brand Island were eaten by Deng Xis or the other two island lords on Kuroshio Island, then everything would be over.
"So please return my compatriots to me." The mistress said her true request. "The one sealed in the breeder's cage is my sister. She has done nothing bad... With her power, I can restrict Deng Xisi's control over Kuroshio Island and keep Kuroshio Island away from Brand Island!"
"On the other hand...if I capture your sister and the other island lord and feed them to the Flame Cinder Dragon, then I can control the Black Tide Island?"
When Jiang Qiao said this dangerous line, Wen Enna consciously stood in front of the mistress.
The mistress did not speak. She stabbed her hand into her chest again. The next second, she took out a crystal emitting a very dim light from her body.
Jiang Qiao saw at a glance that this thing was a fragment of the Godhead! It was a complete fragment of the Godhead, but... there was no divine power in this fragment of the Godhead.
"The Black Tide Island has been wandering on the star map for so many years, and it has devoured more than one fragment of the God Devourer's Godhead." The mistress pushed the completely dimmed fragment of the Godhead in front of Jiang Qiao and said, "It's just that some of its power... has been completely digested."
"The fragments of the godhead that have lost their divine power
Explanation: Each fragment of the godhead is a microcosm of a world. The divine power contained in this fragment of the godhead has completely disappeared, and all the laws of the world in it have also disappeared, but there seems to be some way to repair it? "
"Are you sure this is a bargaining chip to negotiate with me? Not... a bargaining chip to irritate me?" Jiang Qiao could see the scenery inside through the surface of the fragment of the divine nature.
Sealed inside the fragments is a city where time has stopped. This city is just like Queen May's royal city. The residents inside have turned into zombies. Due to the disappearance of the law of time, the residents live the same life like robots day after day.
"The over-perfect laws of the world will make these residents... die faster, but now they are still alive." The mistress suddenly opened her squinting eyes slightly. Her pupils were golden vertical pupils, different from those of humans. "When I had my own consciousness and wisdom, this fragment of the godhead had already been digested by Kuroshio Island, but as the agent of the God Devourer, you still have the possibility to repair it."
"repair…"
Jiang Qiao suddenly thought of something, and at that moment the God of the Lake excitedly opened the door and walked in.
"I will work with you from now on! President!" When the God of the Lake called Jiang Qiao, it had already become a name that could be used to add milk without adding any extra charge... President.
Jiang Qiao did not respond to the God of the Lake, but forced her to hold her hand and place it on the fragment of the godhead that had lost its power.
“Suddenly…suddenly…” When the God of the Lake reacted, he fell to his knees on the ground in a duck sitting position, his whole body weak.
And the next second, the city in the fragment of the divine body seemed dead...the originally dry lakes and rivers suddenly gave birth to new rivers and lakes, but the residents in the city were still in the state of zombies.
When the God of Lakes released his hand, the lakes and rivers quickly dried up... and then disappeared.
"It's not enough to just repair the laws of the world. If you want those residents to regain their own personalities, you must... send Holy Spirits to live among them and communicate with them." The mistress told Jiang Qiao... a little piece of knowledge that she had accidentally learned.
"I think I know what to do."
Jiang Qiao looked at the fragment of the divinity that had lost its power, deleted its name and replaced it with a new one.
"The Stone of Founding".
"Are you... interested in abandoning Kuroshio Island and coming to Brand Island to become the lord of an island?" Jiang Qiao had a lot of update blueprints for the next version in his mind, and at the same time he looked at the mistress.
It is impossible for the mistress to regain control of Kuroshio Island. In the next battle, Brand Island will definitely annex Kuroshio Island!
"My children all live on Kuroshio Island. Even if they obey an alien invader now, I... will not abandon them." The mistress rejected Jiang Qiao's proposal.
"What's so good about living in this shabby place called Kuroshio Island? I'll take you to Brand Island in a few days to have a look... I wonder how much better the living conditions there are than in this gloomy place." Jiang Qiao said.
"I won't… "
"Why don't you just ask your children to move in with you? There's a saying that goes, as long as you're with your family, anywhere is home!"
Jiang Qiao continued his deception mode. The mistress pursed her lips slightly, as if she was preparing some words to refute Jiang Qiao.
But before she could think of a rebuttal, the mistress suddenly raised her head, and Wen Enna also became tense all over, because she felt that the breath that had been so reassuring to her in the past now seemed like a nightmare to her!
That is the breath of the island lord of Kuroshio Island!
"He's coming here." The mistress frowned, and the sound of fear and anger intertwined in her words.
"Denxis...?"
Jiang Qiao looked at the news on the current channel of the City of Gods. In this channel, there was no news from any player saying that Deng Xis was coming to the City of Gods.
It seems that Deng Xis must have sneaked in, or someone in the Alliance of Gods has rebelled.
"He came here alone, Madam, I will catch him now!" Wen Enna felt that Deng Xis came to the City of Gods alone and immediately wanted to kill him.
The change of positions of the three island lords of Kuroshio Island is both simple and difficult. The simple one is that whoever eats up the previous island lord can become the new lord. The difficult one is that Kuroshio Island will occasionally go crazy and appoint one or two island lords.
For example, Deng Xis was appointed by Kuroshio Island, while the mistress was abandoned by Kuroshio Island.
"Calm down." The mistress gently held Wen Enna's wrist. Wen Enna was one of the few descendants who had escaped from Kuroshio Island and followed her. The mistress did not want to lose another of her children.
"It seems like he came here to...instigate rebellion? Where is he?"
Jiang Qiao realized that Deng Xis might not come here to attack the city this time, but to cause trouble for the Alliance of Gods.
But Jiang Qiao could not sense Deng Xis's presence, so he could only seek help from the mistress and the magic thief.
"Where is it?" The mistress pointed to the core meeting hall of the City of Gods and reminded Jiang Qiao, "The gods do not regard you as allies. In their eyes, you are more like wolves without chains. They may bite them back at any time, but they have to use you to hunt prey."
"Thank you very much for your praise. I will go and investigate the situation first." Jiang Qiao said.
… …
In the meeting hall of the gods on the other side, Deng Xisi stood alone in front of a group of gods whose names he could not remember.
"The pressure of hiring the descendants of the God of Devouring God is probably... great? After all, in their eyes, you are just a dish on the plate." Deng Xis glanced at the gods present.
Unlike his gentle and polite attitude when talking to the plane pirates, Deng Xisi's tone was full of sarcasm when facing the gods.
"But the holy spirits still killed you, Deng Xisi... the traitor to God!" The God of War Urd recognized Deng Xisi as the leader of the law thieves on Brand Island.
"After killing me, have the troubles that Chaos has brought to your world disappeared? Has the Crystallization Disease in your world been purified? I'm afraid... not." Deng Xisi glanced at everyone present and said, "The only thing that can cure the Crystallization Disease is Chaos itself... I can cure the Crystallization Disease that has spread in your world, and I can also make Brand Island leave your world, but there is only one condition for all this, a... very simple condition."
"Help me kill the Holy Spirit." Deng Xisi whispered, "The God Eater is your biggest enemy, not Chaos or the Spell Thief. These are all enemies you can deal with by yourself. Only the Holy Spirit can truly threaten your eternal divine authority."
"Traitor, do you think you are qualified to make us believe you?" The God of War Urd said to Deng Xis in a murderous tone.
"There are not many gods I am willing to believe in in my life, but I still have my own beliefs." Deng Xis walked to an ancient statue in a meeting hall.
This statue is exactly the sculpture of the God of Justice, the only god among the few in the star map mentioned by the Goddess of Beauty. He is the god who is in charge of the laws of justice and order. He does not even have a physical form, but exists everywhere in the world.
"I, Deng Xisi, the former leader of Brand Island and the guide of Kuroshio Island, dedicate my existence to the Order as a vow... As long as the gods are willing to join hands with me to completely eliminate the Holy Spirit, I will use this life to purify the Crystal Plague. If I violate the oath, I am willing to accept the judgment of the Order."
Deng Xisi's series of oaths, which seemed a bit frivolous to outsiders, received a response from the God of Justice. A beam of light shone out from it. Under the gaze of the gods, Deng Xisi stretched out his hand and stabbed into his own chest, tearing out his already broken soul.
The souls of all the spell thieves should have been sealed in the abyss incubator on Black Tide Island, but Deng Xis was willing to take a chance.
After his soul was chopped off by the Wolf Knight and the Axeman, only half of it remained, and he threw this half of his soul into the beam of light.
The beam of light attached an inscription like a chain to this half of the soul and then returned it to Deng Xis's body.
"I still have another half of my soul in the hands of the God of Devouring Gods, and those souls carry the memories of my youth." Deng Xisi said as he sat on the ground and looked at the gods with surprised faces.
"I had to rescue my students from the God Eater. You may think this is just an excuse, but in the end...even if you don't want to believe me, your superiors won't believe it either?"
Deng Xisi pointed to the sculpture of the God of Justice behind him and said.
(End of this chapter)