Mystery: Becoming a Creator Through the Doorway

To An Ruowang's slight regret, Sharon ultimately said nothing, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Currently, it seems that the conditions for unlocking this instance are not met; a prerequisite quest chain needs to be completed first to increase intimacy level.

There's plenty of time ahead, so An Ruowang wasn't in a hurry.

He led Sharon into the club and explained his needs to the receptionist:

"I need a shooting range where I can practice shooting, preferably one with a lot of space."

A beautiful young woman of Southern Continent descent noticed the badge An Ruowang presented, checked the registration form, and answered:

"Target Range No. 3 is currently unoccupied. It's in that direction; just follow the room numbers, and you'll get there quickly."

As she spoke, she glanced at Sharon, who was silently watching her from behind, and looked at her with some confusion, but her professionalism prevented her from asking any further questions. She handed over the keys:

"Do you need a coach arranged?"

"Thank you, but no need." An Ruowang casually took the keys, turned and left. "We'll practice on our own."

The two walked toward Target Range No. 3, passing through a long corridor.

The walls of the corridor are decorated with all sorts of glass-framed ornaments: yellowed maps, bloodstained ceremonial knives, several colonial landscape paintings, necklaces in the style of Southern Continent natives...

Each item is accompanied by explanatory plaques describing its origin and story, giving the feeling of visiting a museum.

Sharon's gaze lingered on some of the decorations for a moment.

An Ruowang didn't urge her, but slowed down and waited for her to catch up. At the same time, she looked at some interesting items and their descriptions, as if reading a story.

As he walked and looked around, he soon found the location of the No. 3 firing range, pushed open the door and went inside.

The shooting range was quite spacious and long, with several rows of human-shaped targets at the end. The air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder residue. Various firearms were displayed on a shelf on one side, including military-controlled items such as high-pressure steam rifles.

An Ruowang placed the revolver he had brought on the table, turned out the magazine, and loaded it with bullets:

Where do we begin?

Although I've played various FPS games and seen some videos of gun use, it's all just theory; the crosshair on the screen and the recoil in reality are two different things.

He needs more than just learning how to use a gun and fight; he needs to learn how to adapt to combat—the kind of habit that comes from how the body and instincts should react when facing living people, extraordinary individuals, and potentially deadly dangers.

Sharon recalled how her teacher taught her to use firearms, and then gave her answer:

"posture."

An Ruowang picked up the revolver, raised his arm, aimed at the bullseye in the distance, adjusted himself to form a basic three-point alignment, and then looked at her:

"so?"

Sharon looked at his posture and nodded slightly:

"Um."

Then she stepped forward, leaned close to An Ruowang, and gently took his wrist in her hand:

"A little higher."

As Sharon approached, a faint, damp scent of licorice wafted over, and An Ruowang could even hear her soft breathing.

An Ruowang lowered his gaze, watching her adjust her movements.

The indoor gas lamp shone from the side, illuminating her delicate profile.

The faces of wronged spirits are always pale, but now, the light has softened their features with a touch of warmth. Soft, pale golden hair falls against their cheeks, a few strands shimmering slightly under the lamplight.

Her focused gaze fell intently on his wrist, her cool fingers applying slight pressure to adjust the relative position of his hand and wrist.

At the same time, her sleeves drooped slightly as she extended her hand, revealing a section of her forearm, the skin so fair that faint blue veins could be seen underneath.

A few seconds later, Sharon's eyes flickered:

"alright."

She raised her head, took a step back, and at the same time reached out to brush a strand of hair that had fallen beside her ear, tucking the pale golden hair behind her ear to reveal a small earlobe:

"Hold this position, fire."

An Ruowang didn't speak, but gripped the gun handle tightly, aimed at the target, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang."

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"Bang!"

The wind howled, and Sharon keenly sensed something was wrong behind her. She turned around in time and raised her furry paws to defend herself.

Although she blocked the sudden punch from behind, she still had to take several steps back to successfully dissipate the impact.

An Ruowang stopped in place, put her fist back, straightened her posture, and breathed slightly.

Generally speaking, when moving from a low sequence to a high sequence, the abilities acquired in the low sequence will be enhanced to some extent.

For example, a Sequence 7 "Magician" from the Diviner path was promoted to Sequence 6 "Faceless".

Therefore, this promotion will enhance and strengthen his divination abilities acquired at Sequence 9 "Diviner", his precise body control and combat abilities acquired at Sequence 8 "Clown", and his magical abilities acquired at Sequence 7 "Magician".

However, extraordinary individuals on the Prisoner Path will generally not receive this kind of advancement until they reach Sequence 4, the "Puppet".

Whether it's advancing from a Sequence 7 "Werewolf" to a Sequence 6 "Undead," or from a Sequence 6 "Undead" to a Sequence 5 "Vengeful Spirit"...

The traits and abilities they acquired in the previous sequence will remain unchanged and will not undergo significant changes.

The only exception is that extraordinary individuals who advance through the Prisoner pathway to "Undead" will receive a certain boost in strength and physical attributes compared to "Werewolves".

Therefore, even though Sharon is now a "vengeful spirit," when she uses her half-werewolf form, her strength is basically only at the level of a half-step Sequence 6.

However, An Ruowang's physical strength, learning ability, and calculation ability will improve proportionally as the small world grows day by day.

Although he is currently just an ordinary four-path Sequence 9, his physical strength is already similar to, or even stronger than, that of the half-werewolf Sharon.

In addition, there's the ability to jump between small worlds...

Even though he lacked some fighting skills, he was able to suppress the half-werewolf Sharon in combat sparring by using his powerful brick-flying ability and his superior spatial abilities.

Yes, An Ruowang is already a Sequence 9 with four pathways.

In the past few days, he has completed the digestion of the "Mystic" and absorbed the characteristics of the "monster".

The characteristics of both pathways stem from the magical items he obtained at the secret gathering of the "Eye of Wisdom".

Playing the role of the "Prayer" is relatively simple; all you have to do is pray to yourself in the gray fog every day.

The true Creator is a hidden, great being; does that mean I am not one?

Yuanbao has already spoken to me, and responding to one's own prayers is perfectly fine.

An Ruowang even copied the honorific name verbatim, using "a fool who does not belong to this era, a mysterious ruler above the gray fog, the king of yellow and black who holds good fortune".

At first, he just wanted to try it out of interest, but he didn't expect that this honorific name could refer to him completely, so he was too lazy to make up a new one for himself and would think about it when he needed it.

As for digesting the role of the "monster," An Ruowang didn't actively do anything special; she simply digested most of it through daily life.

He was a little confused about this.