The power of the shrine
As soon as this word appeared, it attracted the attention of many old players.
Mo Ming, Riben Guizi, Daji, and Gaodian looked at each other and saw questions in each other's eyes.
In the setting of this game, humans in this world regard shrines as ominous objects.
People generally call them meteorites from outer space.
The term "shrine" was only circulated among players, and this was the first time they heard an NPC call it that.
As for the power of the shrine and the belief in ancient gods... that's even more strange.
The players have no idea what this is.
The "power of resurrection" he mentioned is resurrection... How can I explain this? Isn't this the setting of the online game? Why are there NPCs who are still entangled in this matter
If it doesn't work, just treat us as faded ones.
Looking at the NPC who was giving him a lot of pressure, Riben Guizi said cautiously: "Sir... why do you say that?"
The man who claimed to be the Oath Keeper was wearing a Buddhist robe, with a scimitar hanging from his waist, a round metal shield engraved with unknown runes on his back, and a tall metal hat with a swallowtail on his head, looking out of place.
Only when there is a faint golden light shining above his head can people feel the pressure of a fourth-level professional.
He looked at so many players and shook his head.
"The living are dead and should not stay in this world forever. Your fate is over but you insist on staying in this world. You have violated the constraints of the Three Witch Gods and believed in the evil ancient gods. Please come with me back to the Divine Privy Land to participate in the purification ceremony."
Mo Ming asked anxiously, "What good will it be for us to participate in the purification ceremony? Will it change our job to a hidden job?"
The little girl said in a long-winded and dark voice: "It would be more reliable to ask if you can survive after purification."
The angel of God said honestly: "Your body will die, but your soul... will be sublimated, and you will be reborn into a happy family in the next life."
Players: “?”
"Fuck your mother!"
"Stupid thing!"
"Climb for me!"
"What is this Gou Ba Shen Gang!"
baffling!
I was just killing monsters when suddenly someone came and killed me.
Riben Guizi: "Hurry up and leave! Since you are the reinforcements of the Human Alliance, we will not fight you. If you come to us to cause trouble next time, we will sublimate your soul!"
The messenger of God was not angry.
He smiled, pointed to the sky and said, "There are gods above us. The Three Witch Gods have noticed that you, the people who have been polluted by the ancient gods... will be purified sooner or later."
"This world doesn't need resurrected people."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away. He walked several meters away. He seemed to be walking slowly, but he was actually walking very fast! The places where his feet passed were burning with flames like lotus flowers.
"Wow! Can you shrink the ground into an inch? Lotuses bloom with every step?"
"Damn, I met a cultivator!"
"I feel that the flame is very dangerous. We can't touch the place where he walked... By the way, does anyone know what the oath-keepers do? What is the fourth-level professional talent?"
"Damn, he's so good at pretending, I'm so envious!"
While other players were marveling at the peculiar steps of this divine messenger, Mo Ming's eyes fixed, and he said with determination:
"Damn it, the brave ones will be fed to death while the timid ones will starve to death. He came here to show off and now wants to leave? Brothers, why don't you join me in catching him? Then we will have everything we need!"
The players were confused by this messenger of God, who said something confusing and then ran away.
Pastry: "He can shrink the ground into an inch, how can we catch him!?"
Bang!
Mo Ming had already climbed onto the neck of the bird Xiao Bei: "Can he run half as fast as the bird? Xiao Bei, catch up with him and kill him!"
Xiao Bei shook his head: "No, he is a fourth-level professional who keeps his oath. Grandpa said not to provoke this inheritance. They are very mysterious..."
Mo Ming smiled evilly: "Oh? What if I bring people to burn down Cang Niao Mountain tomorrow? I wonder who is more scary, me or them?"
"Xiao Bei, take him there!"
Shirakura's voice came from behind.
Xiao Bei also reacted with a start. The Cang Niao had already seen the fighting power of this group of people. They would be resurrected, so they must not be provoked...
Choose the lesser of two evils!
Xiao Bei straightened up, holding his head high and saying, "It's not a matter of fear or not. It's mainly because my grandfather said that you should trust your partners. I believe in you!"
There are also a few gray birds ready to take off, waiting for the players to climb up.
Mo Ming saw this and shouted, "Why don't you come up quickly?"
The other players were also stunned!
Ri Ben Gui Zi cursed: "Damn, you really don't play by the rules!"
Suddenly, more than 200 players climbed onto the backs of 10 gray birds and chased after the messenger of God.
Whoosh whoosh~
When the blue bird spreads its wings and increases its speed, no one on land can escape!
It... suddenly got dark!
The vision of the divine messenger who was still playing the shrinking game in front gradually darkened. Suddenly, he felt a chill covering his head, and the hairs on his body stood up!
"not good!"
Boom boom boom!
Countless lightning bolts and icy gusts of wind struck down, and the players cooperated perfectly to directly lock onto the God's messenger from all directions, leaving him nowhere to escape!
Bang!
The messenger of God was blown away, rolled a few times, and stood up again with his shield raised.
The shield was surrounded by electric light, which had just blocked a large number of attacks for him.
Even so, his clothes were already streaked with ice by the cold wind, and his entire body was covered with a layer of frost.
Mo Ming laughed and said, "Little brother, gods are all virtual. Do you believe in those... three gods? Can I help you? You have to believe in materialism..."
"God is coming!"
The tall hat on the head of the messenger of God shone with a crimson light, and a ray of purple energy came from the void and descended on him.
The whole person's momentum increased by a full double!
Mo Ming: "Fuck! Can he really help you? Isn't he more reliable than Hades? Then I have to catch you! Send me to Hades later and teach this old guy a lesson, so that he can learn how a professional god works!"
The little girl said in a long-winded and dark voice: "Can you stop talking so much... Just deal with him quickly. The fourth level of this inheritance can really communicate with the gods and summon the gods to descend from the sky."
Mo Ming's eyes lit up: "Then this profession can also be a summoner? Get rid of him! I want to extract skills from him!"
After using Divine Descent, the Envoy of God became more than twice as brave, but there was still a huge gap between him and so many players.
Players have absolute advantages in speed, number and attack strength!
After fighting for a while, the envoy shook his head and sighed:
"Even if I summon the Supreme God... I am no match for you. I surrender."
He gave up all resistance, placed the shield on his head, and sat cross-legged on the spot.
He didn't even use his fourth-level talent and just stopped fighting.
The players also stopped firing.
After all, they didn't really want to beat him to death, but wanted to get something good from him.
Bang bang bang!
For no reason, I slapped him a few times.
"Let me teach you a lesson. If you don't have the strength, don't try to show off. Take me away!"
The messenger of God was swollen like a pig, but his expression remained unchanged: "Violence is only the lowest form of attack."
Mo Ming nodded... A knee hit his stomach, and the messenger of God couldn't hold it anymore and vomited several mouthfuls of acid.
"You're right, but this is cool!"
After bringing it back to Dali City, Bai Yue was shocked when she saw it.
"How did you capture the reinforcements of the Human Alliance?"
Mo Ming said, "I remember your patrol formation has the function of imprisoning the enemy and making him lose all his energy, right? I need to lock this person up."
"Can... "
"It's troublesome."
"Okay... okay."
The soldiers of the Scourge Base are Dali City’s greatest reliance at present. Without the protection of the players, they, as the city with the most protruding human arcane shield, simply cannot withstand the attacks of so many insect swarms!
"Forest Patrol—Binding Tree!"
In a special garden in Dali City, there grew a giant pink tree. A large number of flower buds hung down from it, which sucked the messenger in and wrapped him tightly. Strands of energy were sucked into the formation, and he completely lost the ability to resist.
Mo Ming laughed: "Now, you need to answer our questions. Why did you come to provoke us today? What is your position and intention? Tell us everything!"
The little girl said in a long-winded and quiet voice: "I think it's better to start with his name and gender. We don't know his name yet..."
"Yes! What's your name? Which god are you working for?"
"You can call me God's Messenger Chen. I am only here to remind you how to purify your sins. I have not forced you to do anything. Why are you doing this to me?"
Mo Ming: "Because I am willing to tell you everything you know, about the ancient gods, shrines, resurrection... Start from the beginning."
The messenger Chen laughed.
"As expected... People who are fooled by the ancient gods never realize that they have become tools in the hands of others. Because they are complacent with the power of resurrection... In fact, they are already pitiful creatures in this world. Your life and death depends entirely on the thoughts of the ancient gods."
"Do you know what happened to those who served the ancient gods for hundreds of years?"
Mo Ming: "What's wrong?"
"Wealth, bodies, and souls were all absorbed by the ancient gods and turned into shrines, which exude evil power and lure a new group of people to become slaves again."
"ah?"
At this point, the players didn’t seem to understand.
"What this guy said... doesn't seem to be the same as what we said. We are 'clones' in the game setting, not the kind that believes in gods. I guess this guy made a mistake."
"It's true that something is amiss... But he seems to understand the power of the shrine. Why don't we let him tell us where the shrine is located so we don't have to look for it one by one?"
When Mo Ming asked this question, the messenger Chen was also a little puzzled.
"You absorb evil power from the shrine. Can't you sense the shrine of the world?"
"Just tell me what you know. If you can find the shrine, I will let you go."
Messenger Chen: "We keep our oath to inspect the shrines regularly and purify the evil ones. Naturally, there are shrines around major human cities... But you can't find the shrines. Are you really not believers in the ancient gods?"
Mo Ming: "What is Gou Ba Gu Shen? Do you know Hades? I am his father."
Divine Envoy Chen: “… ”
"You are talking about the former leader of the Human Alliance, Hades?"
"You know him?"
"Um... "
At this time, based on the players' mental state and their lack of understanding of the shrine, the messenger Chen had already felt that these people might be different from the ones he was looking for.
"The Hades... after reaching the fifth level, he dreamed of becoming a god. He embarked on a path of no return and became a half-god, half-human creature. He will be sealed in the Hades Dimension forever for the rest of his life. Compared to the evil ancient gods... the harm he caused is very limited."
The players also became interested at this time.
"So what exactly is this ancient god you mentioned?"
After the two sides communicated for a long time, the messenger Chen finally figured out that the player was not the person he was looking for.
And the players also know what the ancient gods are.
Something similar to evil thoughts, invisible and unknowable. Once targeted by the ancient gods, one will become its slave, do things for it, and harm the human world.
The reason why the ancient gods appeared was unclear to the God's messenger Chen, but those who kept their oaths firmly believed that... Those who were tempted by the ancient gods called meteorites from outer space shrines, from which they would absorb evil energy to evolve themselves and become various strange humans.
Their communication with the ancient gods also takes place in the shrines.
The Oath Keepers believe in three gods called the Three Witch Gods. They join forces to resist the invasion of the world by unknown forces, and the Oath Keeper heritage is also committed to this.
Many of the strange phenomena and creatures that appear in various parts of the world are caused by the invasion of evil forces. The Oath Keepers have been cleaning up the various weirdnesses within humanity.
"Oh... No wonder there are monsters everywhere in this world, so this is the setting."
"So... the rest of the Human Alliance defends against external attacks, while the Oath Keepers have been defending against internal mutations."
"If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have hit you. Does it hurt? Tsk tsk ~ I was really cruel."
At this time, Riben Guizi, an old player, suddenly thought of a strange thing in the early days of the game...
"Do you remember the leader of the Four Mountain Raiders?"
Everyone: “???”
Most of these players entered the game after conquering the pillager camp, and had no recollection of that early battle. They could only find some traces from old forum posts.
Seeing the players all shaking their heads, Riben Guizi touched his head and said, "At that time... we didn't defeat the Predator Chieftain. He was very strong! But... he seemed to have gone crazy, and then he turned into a jellyfish with tentacles and flew away in the air... It's a bit scary to think about it."
"Is this thing... the weird thing that you Oathkeepers are talking about?"
The envoy Chen nodded: "Yes! If I'm not mistaken... it must be close to the shrine, right?"
"Yes! It's right next to it!"
"Then it must have been seduced by the ancient gods. This creature will become a hidden scourge in the world... They have the property of being immortal. Even if you kill their flesh bodies, they will be resurrected in another way."
The players chatted with the messenger Chen for a long time, and after learning a bunch of random things, the two sides temporarily reconciled.
The divine messenger Chen pointed at the flower buds surrounding his body and said, "Since you are not an enemy, why don't you untie my restraints?"
The other players were tempted to help him resolve the issue.
“Ahem!”
He coughed twice inexplicably, and the other players looked at him.
"Well... the restraints can be removed, but there is one thing I need your help with. I saw that the skills you used in the battle just now were quite good, especially the one called... God's Descent. Can you show it to me again?"
Riben Guizi: "By the way, give me the location of the shrine, and we will help you investigate the strange things! I love to do good deeds in my life!"
God Chen looked at the smirking faces of a group of players and felt something was not right...
"Are you sure... it's not contaminated by the ancient gods?"