Scourge Messenger

Chapter 296 Steam Mechanism Assembly
When Yan Qing saw the "Resurrection" aberration, which kills and resurrects puppets without any apparent benefit, he knew there must be a mechanism here that 'can only be triggered upon death,' and the faster and more you die, the greater the advantage; otherwise, it wouldn't be comparable to the other two aberrations.

After the battle, the dead mosquitoes did not revive, but the two parasites remained with Yoruichi, and the puppet still carried the "parasitic mosquitoes." This means that once a puppet dies in battle, it's truly dead. When the player defeats all the puppets, they either have to switch to another puppet or fight alone.

To maximize the value of the aberration, Yan Qing should head to the city center next, find a powerful Deathrattle Puppet, and then enhance it to Ascension to see how powerful it is!
Along the way, dozens of low-level demons passed by. A tall tower suddenly appeared by the roadside. At first glance, the top looked like a clock tower, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a colorful turntable. From a distance, it looked like a standing rainbow lollipop.

This is the 'Chaos Roulette' that Xi Zifeng once mentioned. Spinning it will cause unpredictable events, but Ye Si is just a small fry. He would even let Yan Qing, who was just passing by, have a taste of it, let alone a roulette wheel.
Climbing up the tower, Yan Qing saw a more detailed description of the system:

"Blessing Roulette"

"60% is a reward, 30% is a punishment, 9% will receive a severe punishment, and 1% will receive an extremely severe reward."

Each character can only spin once per day.

Ye Si pressed the stone slab in the center of the roulette wheel, and the center of the slab immediately turned into a question mark. The roulette wheel then began to spin rapidly, with flames shooting up from its edges. Only when the speed of the roulette wheel slowed down did Yan Qing see the reward clearly:
"Randomly obtain a third-tier puppet".

"Random puppet gains 100 attack power"

"The random puppet's health will be reduced to 0 in the next battle."

"Found a Ghoul series puppet..."

Just as Yan Qing thought the pointer would stop on the largest reward board, "Random Puppet Attributes Doubled," the pointer suddenly swung and landed on a very small reward board:
"Teleport to Elder Fu Nan's fourth-tier puppet warehouse in the Blood Demon Sect."

In a flash, Night Four disappeared from the tower and arrived in a spacious warehouse. Dozens of platforms were placed around it, each with a crystal-like card floating on it. However, all of them were covered by glass barriers, prohibiting them from being touched. Only the card on the central platform in front of Night Four was shining with a dark golden light, without any obstruction.

Ye Si reached out and grabbed it, only to find that it wasn't a Puppet Card, but a Transformation Card:

"Develop in silence: Activating this change will expand your puppet slots to a maximum of seven. You can choose any seven fourth-tier puppet cards in the fourth-tier warehouse and they will remain in the fourth-tier warehouse until the seventh day."

Choose any seven fourth-turn puppet cards!
How could they stay in this safe warehouse for so many days?
No, what about the punishment? What about the cost? It's all benefits! Why don't you make Ye Si eat some shit, or my conscience won't allow it!
Yan Qing decisively activated the change, instantly expanding Ye Si's puppet slots to seven, and the barrier around the pedestal disappeared. Yan Qing casually glanced at the fourth-tier puppet card and immediately gasped in shock.

"Fourth-Rank Monster - Gluttony"

Attack Power: 2000

Health: 2000

"Special Feature - Feeding: At the end of each day, the monsters in the Puppet Gallery will eat one Puppet Card from your hand and gain its attribute value."

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"Fourth-Rank Corpse Demon - Jiang Chen"

Attack Power: 1000

Health: 1000

"Trait - Deathrattle - Resurrect: After Jiang Chen dies, he summons an Undying Bone and resurrects it once (the resurrected Jiang Chen can activate his Deathrattle again)."

"Third-stage Corpse Demon - Undying Bones"

Attack Power: 1000

"HP: 100" "Trait: Undying After Death: Each time an Undying Bone dies, its attack power increases by 500 points. This applies to all Undying Bone units, regardless of their location."

"Taotie" goes without saying. Its base attributes are high, with 2000 attack power. One punch is almost enough to destroy the Mountain Heart Mirror. Moreover, its potential is terrifying. Every day, all monsters can absorb a puppet card to gain attributes. It's like a strong start that drives the subsequent strength, making the entire lineup steadily stronger every day!

"Jiang Chen" is not bad either. With the "Resurrection" mutation, he can summon four Undying Bones in one day. If all the Undying Bones die, that's an increase of 2000 attack power! So the Undying Bones that "Jiang Chen" summons on the second day will have a starting attack power of 3000!
In theory, "Jiang Chen" is the most suitable choice for the "resurrection" mutation, but the world changes and things change, and things change and preparations change. Now, Ye Si cannot leave the fourth-tier warehouse at all, and cannot trigger any battles in the next seven days. There is no way to send Undying Bone to his death to gain attribute boosts.

The best puppet for Night Four right now is the type that can grow rapidly in attributes even if you leave it running every day!

Yan Qing searched around and actually found a similar puppet card:

"Four-Turn Mechanism - Steam Master Craftsman"

Attack Power: 1500

Health: 1000

"Special Feature: Unlimited Armament: At the end of each day, the Steam Master will [arm] other mechanisms with 300/300 weapons and mechanisms."

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"Fourth Revolution: Upside-Down Immortal"

Attack Power: 500

Health: 800

"Feature: Time Reversal: Experience twice [at the end of each day]."

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"Four-Turn Mechanism - Steam Supreme Sage Teacher"

Attack Power: 1000

Health: 1000

"Special Feature: Enchanted Mechanism: When a mechanical puppet is [armed] by other mechanisms, it gains an additional 300/300 attribute bonus."

Yan Qing searched the entire warehouse but only found three mechanism cards: "Inverted Immortal," "Sage Master of Steam," and "Master Craftsman of Steam." Although he didn't find any other four-stage mechanisms, Yan Qing discovered that there was also a transformation card called "Gathering Sand to Form a Tower."

"Many grains of sand make a tower: Discover a second-tier puppet of most of your puppet types."

Using four "Gathering Sands to Form a Tower" cards, Yan Qing obtained four different second-tier mechanical puppets. Their special characteristics are not worth mentioning; they are simply mechanical puppets that can trigger the chain combo of "Steam Supreme Master," "Steam Master Craftsman," and "Inverted Immortal."

The "Steam Master Craftsman" will "arm" all the mechanisms once. Each time the mechanism is "armed," it will receive a bonus from the "Steam Sage Master." Then, the "Inverted Immortal" will cause the entire process to happen again... In other words, each mechanical puppet can receive a 1200 attribute bonus every day!
Seven days later, all the mechanical puppets' attributes approached 10,000!
Judging by the literal data alone, it's almost comparable to a sixth-level demon!
Yan Qing felt excited as he calculated the results, and even regretted not spinning the roulette wheel himself. It would have been safer and he could have developed his skills. He could have enjoyed himself as soon as he left the mountain in seven days. What a pity.

This is fine too, since once Yan Qing enters the Demon Gathering Land, Ye Si will have to stay here and develop quietly. Yan Qing estimates that he probably won't be able to catch up with Ye Si's development within five days, so when he returns from the Demon Gathering Land, he can continue to have some fun with Ye Si.

Yan Qing put down his game console and stretched. Although he could enter the Demon Gathering Land now, there was still something very important he needed to do.

That is, absorbing the Heavenly and Earthly Fiends!

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