Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 239: Destroying the Foundation
【Filthy Fire (Intermediate)】

[Type: special props]

[Effect: Can be used as flame material for other fires, and will bring unknown changes.]

[Explanation: The filthy power of the polluted fire may cause unknown and terrible changes to the user of the fused fire.]

[Rotten Bishop's Robe (Collection)]

【Type: Robe】

[Effect: Provides a large amount of magic defense, and causes the person who touches it to accumulate the "corruption" state, and slightly reduces the upper limit of health when worn. ]

[Explanation: The robe formed by rotten flesh is the manifestation of filthy power.]

After successfully defeating the Sin-Eating Bishop, Tianji teleported back to Candlewood Island with the things left by Palen, and shared his copy experience with other players.

Battle is awesome: "What the hell? It turns out that you need a key to enter the bishop's room, and it's hidden inside the meat ball. I'm really impressed..."

My hamster is called Guagua: "Wow, Skyrim, you actually met an NPC. I'm so jealous."

Black Mountain Little Demon: "Damn it, you can play more of the game than me without spending money."

Brother Miao did not fail the exam: "No, buddy, isn't the Lingzhu game so extravagant that the game character models are made and not even used, and they go straight to the second stage? It's too extravagant and wasteful..."

Zuo Ren Bu Wang said: "Not really, there was already a first stage when I played it, and the reason why Tianji went directly to the second stage was probably because of that NPC."

My son failed the exam, so I got ashore: "Oh my god, yes, Skyrim said that this boss is the father of the NPC named Palen... This seems to make sense!"

Scheming Frog: "I didn't expect there would be such an Easter egg plot... Lingzhu is really crazy about details."

Storyteller: “It’s more than that.”

Storyteller: "From the text of Storm Fishing Village and the information revealed in the story of Palen, the foreshadowing of the previous plot also matches up."

Storyteller: "First, there are the prisoners on the Exile Island, among whom are some low-level believers. Second, the identity and purpose of the captain of the Plunder have been clarified. It is an arrangement made by the Storm Cult to attract attention before launching a war."

Storyteller: "The rotten prisoners in the prison and the law knights at the top of exile probably come from this."

Storyteller: "There is also the conflict between the Guraid Empire and the Storm Cult... which is now becoming clearer. More details should be able to be dug out in the [Isamud] dungeon."

As for the plot, it depends on the storyteller.

After listening to Tianji's narration, he quickly understood the connections and logic, and was excited that he had video material again.

Then their topic turned to Paren and the Storm Cult.

Gray Sky: "I don't know why the Storm Cult came into contact with such an evil force as corruption... When I was chatting with Palen, he said that the Storm Cult had done many good things for its believers."

Venerable Liqun: "Donkey dung eggs are shiny on the surface, but they are just for show, that's normal."

Brother Miao did not fail the exam: "I don't think that can be said. People will change, not to mention a sect composed of people."

My son failed the exam, so I got it: "Why so many whys? In my opinion, a game always has a villain for us to fight, it's that simple. (wit.jpg)"

Miao Ge did not fail the exam: "Get out of here, @storyteller, what do you think?"

In response to Li Miao's question, the storyteller pondered for a moment and then responded in the group.

"In fact, from my point of view, everything is inseparable from the word 'interest'."

"As the saying goes, the head follows the buttocks. In this world with extraordinary power, the Storm Cult is a force composed of faith and believers. Faith is probably its foundation."

"If the Guraid Empire takes control of the Gormo Sea and does not do anything to this place or touch the local beliefs, there is a good chance that there will be peace between the two."

"But Skyrim has already said that the Guraid Empire is harsh and powerful. If they force people to change their beliefs, this will already affect the Storm Cult's base."

"Faced with the imminent uprooting, it's no surprise that the Storm Cult would do something crazy."

The storyteller's vision is still as sharp as ever, and he can see the essence through the appearance.

Indeed, judging from the fact that the Gulard Empire directly occupied Ishamud, the Storm Cult was in a weak position, and the Gulard Empire's methods were so ruthless.

You're going to dig out its roots, so why bother about whether it's evil or not?

After listening to the storyteller's words, everyone in the group was silent for a while.

Yes, from the perspective of the lower class, some things are indeed extremely complicated and difficult to understand, but if you change your angle, you can clearly see the interests involved.

Miao Ge did not fail the exam: "What about this 'Redwellg'? This should be the headquarters of the Storm Cult. What do you think? @Storyteller."

The storyteller was speechless when he saw this: "What can I think of you... are you really treating me like an encyclopedia?"

Seeing the storyteller's reply, Li Miao smiled awkwardly.

If the storyteller had just made up a random story, he would probably have believed it...

Storyteller: "@GraySky, go find the Candle Keeper later. Since this is an NPC related to the dynamic plot, the Candle Keeper should have a reaction."

Storyteller: "By the way, ask about that [Filthy Fire], I think it's better not to use it casually..."

Gray Sky: “Okay.”

……

"The consequence is simple, control it or be controlled by it."

"Of course, it is also possible that the fire that ignited you will collapse and your rank will drop."

In response to Gray Sky's questions, Rogge remained very calm.

The power of the Spirit Candle is extremely peculiar. It can coexist with most powers, such as the Blood-Cloaked Priest and the Summoner, powers that were once not accepted by the Burning Earth. This is also the feedback that the Spirit Candle gives to Rogge.

Therefore, the power of [Corruption] can actually be utilized. However, compared to [Madness], the power of [Corruption] is really not worth the cost, so there is no spark related to it.

Because to put it simply, the bloodlines of the Summoner, Blood Priest, and Curse Master are essentially "tools" built by the Spirit Candle to contain power, that is, the body of the Spirit Candle, so that players can use these powers. Although these powers are also dangerous, at least they will not mess with the "tools". Only the Blood Priest occasionally goes crazy, which is acceptable.

But [Corruption] is different, this unconscious power is typical of eating the cook and the spoon together after being full. It consumes a lot of the candle spirit's body, is very greedy, and cannot communicate. The power of ignition consumes too much energy and is not worth the cost.

And to be honest, even if this thing was made without considering the consequences, given its disgusting appearance and the special nature of its power, Rogge estimated that not many players would play it.

But...

Then again.

If "deep cooperation" doesn't work, then "shallow cooperation" is always possible.

The power of [corruption] can still be used, at least it is feasible to use it in the promotion of fire.

As long as it is not used as a foundation, there is still some possibility.

After all, the spark that ignites the fire is the foundation, and the spark used to promote the fire can only be regarded as adding fuel. Even if the power of corruption is more tyrannical, the spark that already has the power to worship fire may be suppressed.

But the possibility is very small and the risk is very high.

If it was just the beginning of development, Rogge certainly wouldn't have come up with something like this.

But now that the number of players is about to exceed 10,000, there is no need to search anymore. It would be a good idea to make some bold attempts.

Therefore, after much consideration, Rogge decided to agree to Lingzhu's capture of this item from the dead survivors for the players to choose.

Moreover, this filthy fire cannot only be used for fire sacrifice in this form.

"If you don't want to do that, you can use the spiritual candles in the Candlelight Hall to cleanse the filth."

Rogge informed Skyrim of both options.

After listening to this, Tianji frowned, looked at the filthy fire in the inventory, and finally made a decision.

Sell.

Tianji is insensitive to the power of corruption. He doesn't like the appearance of monsters contaminated by corruption, and he is even less interested in becoming like that.

However, there are definitely some players who are more interested in this.

After making the decision, Tianji turned and left.

After Tianji left, Rogge came to a room and sat down. Nonia and Xiaoluo were there, seemingly waiting for his arrival.

Nonia was about to say something but stopped herself. The little snail hugged its shell tightly, as if it was afraid that it would break again.

Roger asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

His eyes fell on Xiaoluo.

"Lord Roger... According to Xiaoluo's guidance, Isamud may pose a threat to Zhuxin Island." Nonia said.

"Yes, yes." Little Snail nodded his head seriously.

Roger frowned, walked forward and saw that the snail's shell had cracked again. No wonder the little thing was turning around in pain.

There was no doubt that she had used [Snail Shell Divination] again, and Nonia's reminder just now also came from this.

However, it seemed that she had grown a lot, and the shell of the divination snail did not break this time.

"What's going on?" Roger looked at Nonia. He didn't think that she would do such a thing on her own initiative.

Nonia hasn't spoken yet.

The little snail flew out, turned around happily in front of Roger, and blinked its big eyes.

"Rogge took me flying high. I heard those weird guys talking about this, so Xiaoluo also wants to help Rogge!"

"Be careful, the dangerous guys are not the same as before, they are different!"

Xiao Luo used his little hands to gesture to Roger very seriously and somewhat exaggeratedly.

Seeing this, Roger burst out laughing.

When Zhuxin Island was being rebuilt before, he did take Xiaoluo to play for a while, and she liked it very much.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the players talking about Ishamud, this little guy actually took the initiative to help him with divination.

By the way, players don’t even know about the existence of Xiaoluo yet.

Of course, this was because Xiaoluo was timid before, and when faced with players behaving strangely, he only dared to hide in the corner and watch secretly.

Now that she has become bolder and more familiar with the players, it is estimated that the players will be able to discover Xiaoluo's existence soon.

You have to set up the spirit candle in advance... to prevent some short-sighted players from doing stupid things.

He thought to himself.

"Thank you, Xiaoluo."

"I'll take you out to play when I'm free."

Rogge smiled and touched her little head, then took out a piece of recovery wax and fed it to her as candy. Little Snail was very happy.

"Okay, okay." The little snail was eating the recovery wax block with great anticipation.

After comforting Xiaoluo, Nonia looked at Rogge with some concern: "Your group of warriors..."

"Don't worry, I have my own way." said Roger.

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