In the deepest part of the Eternal Sanctuary...in the highest security prison.
"You only have two minutes to meet that guy, make good use of your time."
Sharpshooter Alma looked at Roche, who had always been extremely calm, and at this moment walked towards the depths of the prison anxiously.
After Alma activated the door of the deepest single room, Roche looked at her teacher. Alma nodded slightly before she trotted in.
Not long after Roche's figure disappeared through the door, another group of people came to the prison through teleportation. These guys were fully armed and wanted to break behind the door, but were stopped by the sharpshooter Alma.
"Alma, you violated the rules by applying for prison visit qualifications without permission!"
A man in a research suit walked out from the group of guards. He was the second ruler of the Sanctuary of Eternal Sustainability… the ruler Minawi known as the Gray-Eyed Ruler.
"As the ruler, I am eligible to apply for one of them to visit this prison. You can't vent your anger on me just because Thorne turned himself in and his qualification to invade the edge galaxy was revoked?" Alma the Sharp Gun said to the only colleague of the same level in the Sanctuary of Eternal Sustainability.
The entire Sanctuary of Creation is not completely controlled by the ruler. There is a class above the ruler. If the ruler represents the princes, then the class above him is the emperor.
But this imperial class is not possessed by any living being, but rather an intelligent AI or an artificial law.
This artificial AI governs the actions of the entire Sanctuary of Creation. For example, the Sanctuary of Sustainability requested to go to a remote marginal area to capture Thorn. In fact, it wanted to make weapons out of the descendants of the God Eater found in that area. This order... was directly revoked when Thorn surrendered.
The Law AI doesn't care about personal grudges, love, hatred, or vengeance. Like the God of Order, a god of law, it only cares about the balance of the star map.
Thorne's return made the AI feel that the factors interfering with the balance of the star map had been eliminated, and the existence of the descendants of the God Eater was part of the balance.
"Then please get out of the way."
"I'm the gatekeeper. Have you forgotten? Minawi... I'm guarding this gate now."
Alma is really not interested in the power struggle within the Sanctuary of Creation, which also leads to most of the power mobilization in the Sanctuary of Sustainability being under the name of the person in front of him. Both the supervisors and the hunters obey him.
But Alma still has enough confidence in his fighting ability. After all, the person in front of him did not become a supervisor by relying on his fighting ability.
"Don't you know how much trauma this traitor brought to our sanctuary decades ago? Alma! I want to confirm whether he has any conspiracy this time!"
"What kind of conspiracy could there be? This is the highest-security prison in the sanctuary. He came back this time without any weapon and only wearing rags. I don't even know what he wants to do by returning." Alma, the sharpshooter, said and looked back into the depths of the prison corridor.
Deep in the dark prison, Roche didn't know why Thorne came back to surrender this time.
"Hey! I'm talking to you! Answer me!"
Roche looked at Thorne, who was curled up in the prison in a daze. His consciousness seemed to be detached from this world, or as if he was dozing off. In short, he definitely didn't listen carefully to what Roche said.
Finally, Roche couldn't stand it anymore and asked directly the question that had been accumulating in her heart for a long time.
"The Battle of Sgryn, I saw my mother in the Battle of Sgryn on the Road to Ascension. Why was part of her body deformed into a Void Zerg?" Rosh questioned Thorne loudly.
Thorne reacted a little at this moment. He raised his head slightly and glanced at Rosh, but still said nothing.
"Answer me!" Roche finally couldn't keep calm and questioned Thorne loudly.
Thorne was one of the five people who survived the defense of Sgryn. Many years ago, he was the strongest hunter in the Sanctuary of Creation, and that team was also the strongest team.
So Thorne must know the inside story of the Battle of Sgryn.
"How many Holy Spirits do you know?" Thorne suddenly turned the conversation to a completely unrelated topic.
"answer my question!"
"There are thirty seconds left. Three months ago, you seemed to be very popular among the Holy Spirits. You should know quite a few Holy Spirits." Thorne still stubbornly continued his topic.
"Some." Roche suddenly compromised at this moment. She bit her teeth and said, "Maybe I should say a lot."
If Rosh remembers correctly, the Holy Spirits at that time were about to form the Rosh Gang. Beautiful NPCs were always praised by players no matter where they were. When this NPC was both beautiful and powerful, there would definitely be more fans!
"Are you still in touch?" Thorne unexpectedly started gossiping.
"Still..."
During these three months, Roche had been in contact with the Holy Spirits with the help of Jia Nai Bu Jia Jia. She also learned how to surf the Internet and was able to get some detailed information about the Holy Spirit world. She also occasionally chatted with Mr. Yin to exchange information.
"Then go ask those holy spirits, they will give you the answer," said Thorne.
"Ask the Holy Spirit? What does that mean!"
When Roche wanted to question Thorne, it was too late. The time for her conversation with Thorne had come to an end. One second before the space teleportation forced her out, she shouted at Thorne...
"I will rescue my mother! No matter what means I use!"
These words caused Thorne's pupils to shrink slightly, but they soon dimmed.
And when Roche was teleported out of the prison, she hurriedly said goodbye to her mentor and ran directly to her temporary residence where she could get milk for free.
In the past three months, she has completely integrated into the rhythm of life in the Sanctuary of Sustainability by adding milk without paying extra. Except that she cannot run around the map and needs to be monitored by Rosh, she is no different from the civilians in the Sanctuary of Creation.
Jiang Qiao even lamented that the price of adding milk was not increased, and he rarely went to the Sanctuary of Creation to collect during this period.
In fact, it was because her power leveling business made too much money from the Divine Power Crystals, which was more profitable than risking being discovered by the Hunters to loot the map.
When Roche hurried to the place where she could get free milk, she was busy making some strange posters.
“The Holy Spirit.”
"Rosh! You're here? Please help me send these to my line. The version of Ascension Road has just been updated. I think I can take this opportunity to expand the power leveling business to other sanctuaries!"
Adding milk without extra charge said that and then stuffed a bunch of flyers into Roche's hands, which made Roche a little confused.
She glanced at the flyer that was stuffed into her pocket for free. The title on the flyer was "The Universe's No. 1 Lion Heart Yoga Club is now open! High-quality Holy Spirit online companions and power leveling! There is definitely one you'll like!"
What the hell is Lionheart Yoga Club? And Roshi knows what the term "power leveling" means, but what is playing with others? Is it playing the road to ascension
The road to ascension is not a game for any member of the Sanctuary of Creation, but a very serious trial!
But wait…
"What do you mean by the updated version of The Path of Ascension?" Roche put down the flyer in her hand. She was more concerned about the updated version of The Path of Ascension that offered free price increase with the addition of milk.
"It seems that Ascension Path has realized the harm of Holy Spirit leveling, so the number of games required for promotion has been increased, and the difficulty before the promotion game has been lowered. To be more precise, you need to win a lot of games to earn victory points before you can play the promotion game. It feels more and more like the game we play with ladder points."
Add milk without increasing the price. What we are talking about here is not the game update of the Holy Spirit, but... The Path of Ascension has its own ideas. It may not be able to curb the Holy Spirit's leveling, but it still found some superficial solutions, such as extending the number of games required for promotion from three to relying on winning points and then playing in the promotion game.
"I've heard that the road to ascension can repair itself, but what does this play-along mean?" Roche has acquiesced to these behaviors of adding milk without increasing the price, but she still doesn't understand what play-along means.
"Our Holy Spirit is good-looking and speaks sweetly, don't you have a crush on him?" She poked Roche with her elbow in a gossipy manner.
"No."
Roche's answer was clear, decisive and resolute. Although the image of Mr. Yin flashed through her mind for a moment, it quickly disappeared.
"But other customers who have placed orders must have had this idea. The game Holy Spirit has just optimized the social system. You won't understand even if I say so much. Hurry up and send these flyers to the sanctuaries next door, especially the Order Sanctuary, to see if there are any customers!"
Adding milk doesn't cost extra, and he pushed Roche out of his room as if urging her.
"wait… "
Before Roche could finish her words, Jia Milk No Extra Charge closed the door. Roche stood outside the door and wanted to tell Jia Milk No Extra Charge that she was still under her supervision!
But the Holy Spirit had helped her so much, and Roche would try her best to fulfill any request for more milk without adding extra money, so it was not difficult to bring these flyers to the sanctuary next door.
Is it finally time to expand your business
If Roche remembers correctly, the customers who added milk without price increase in the past three months were all in the Sanctuary of Sustainability, and the target of this business expansion is the Sanctuary of Order.
(End of this chapter)