This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Thus causing unknown disasters to occur.

"In other words, I need to have this tool before I can actively equip it with an inscription?"

Ye Yiyi frowned slightly and thought to herself, then why don’t I need this thing?

It is very simple for him to equip inscriptions. He just needs to sit in front of the holy monument and click and it will be done. This applies to both equipment rune inscriptions and other inscriptions.

But there are many peculiar things about the Unknown Hero, and in comparison, being able to hot-swap inscriptions is not a strange thing.

"So, I am now also considered a member of the Armored Clan?"

He thought about it and felt that it was not quite like that.

Because the race column on his personal dashboard has never changed from the beginning to the end.

The clan naturally refers to "the race favored by higher beings."

In other words, if one wants to become a member of a clan, one must first abandon one's original race, accept the life radiation pollution and abnormal pollution of the superior, and then obtain the crucial mystery.

Otherwise, you will turn into a monster like Baoxia who failed to transform.

"So, it's because of the characteristics of the naked insect spirits that my race has been fixed as the original human race, thus preventing me from becoming a member of the Strangler Armor's family?"

Looking at the exquisite props in his hand, Ye Yiyi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Then if I use this tool to imprint the inscription of 'Eye' into Baoxia's soul, can I replace that which has not yet acquired the mysticism and make it my companion?"

If that's possible, then maybe we can stop the monster transformation and save that guy's life.

As for whether Baoxia, who had become a member of the Eye's family, would protest, that was not within Ye Yiyi's consideration.

If he doesn't accept the identity of his family, he can just end his life with a knife.

Ye Yiyi also reluctantly accepted his weapons and items as a reward for rescuing him from the edge of the monster.

Anyway, he can no longer be human, and he should have died in that battle long ago.

But Ye Yiyi was willing to give him a chance to choose, to live as a member of the clan or to die as a human being.

"But I still have to go back to the palace first and ask Alice Nivea and the others about the higher-ups."

Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and flew along the same route he came from, picking up all the spoils along the way.

At the same time, as he expected, in the ashes of the ruins of the three eye-beard seedling beds, he found additional inscriptions of "eyes" used to make them.

In addition, he also harvested 8 Eye Whisker Essence Stones, almost all of which came from the dead Lone Kiss Knight.

"With this calculation, the number of people in the exploration team composed of the Lone Kiss Knights and the Holy Elephant Knights has almost exceeded thirty."

This is an extremely elite force no matter where they are, but it's a pity that they all failed at the workshop.

Judging from the current situation of the Holy Elephant Knights, those who successfully left the workshop, including the "Rose Saint" mentioned by Bao Xia, should have big problems.

"But the problem is, that group of people have been away from the workshop for more than three months."

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh and feel melancholy.

Three months is enough time for Garden Village to be destroyed three times.

Thinking back to those idiots who were infected with coagulopathy, it took only about a month for them to almost wipe out the entire Garden Village.

And if those knights and saints were to do something big, they might be able to turn the Kingdom Alliance upside down.

"Let's just pray they don't do anything big..."

After collecting all the spoils, Ye Yiyi returned to the lava pool and found a holy monument in front of a locked giant door at the end of the spacious hall.

[Lower level smelting hall of Xiti King's workshop]

"Lower level, so there are middle and upper levels?"

He silently memorized the name of the holy monument and then returned to the Cursed Hall.

At the long table outside the chapel, he called Alice, Nivea, and the old blacksmith who had returned from collecting materials, and briefly recounted his experience in the King's Workshop.

"You actually ran into that eyebeard?"

Hearing this, Alice showed a strange expression, then rested her chin on her hand and fell into deep thought, muttering to herself.

"Before the war broke out, many individuals of unique status disappeared on the border, and the envoy from the public view was one of them."

"I just didn't expect that 'He' would actually hide in Xiti's workshop."

"Perhaps they anticipated the disaster."

Nivea slumped in the teacup, leaning on the edge of the cup with her feet raised, and put her hands behind her head and sighed deeply.

"After all, even the noble 'They' cannot resist the terrifying curse of stagnation."

"Even the higher-ups can't defeat the curse?"

Ye Yiyi asked with a frown.

"This isn't a question of whether Liu Leng Er Shan Bar can do it or not."

Alice shook her head.

"What's the problem?"

"It's a philosophical question of whether this makes sense."

Nivea took over the conversation, flapped her butterfly wings and flew out of the teacup, circled around Ye Yiyi, then landed on his head, grabbed a strand of hair and sniffed it curiously.

"significance?"

Ye Yiyi was a little confused.

"What's the point?"

"You've almost got the point."

Alice snapped her fingers handsomely, with an inexplicable smile on her face.

Ye Yiyi: “?”

Alice continued, "The Superiors are neither life nor some cold, underlying order of the universe. We still don't know what they are."

"But at least we know that the existence of the Superior is based on a clear 'meaning'."

Ye Yiyi: “???”

Why is this getting more confusing?

"What on earth does this mean?"

“For example, what is the meaning of human existence?”

Alice asked.

"This……"

Ye Yiyi was stunned for a moment.

How would he know what this meant?

If he had to say, he could give countless answers, such as for evolution, for understanding the world, or even say that the meaning of human existence is to be able to ask the question "What is the meaning of human existence?"

“There are so many answers.”

Ye Yiyi shook her head. "If I could, I could talk about this all day long, but there's no single correct answer to this question, so it's meaningless..."

He paused for a moment, and suddenly understood why Nivea said this was a philosophical question.

"That's actually the correct answer. For us, this is a philosophical question that has no meaning in itself."

Alice clenched her fist into her palm, gave an affirmative answer, and then changed the subject.

"But for the higher beings, this question is meaningful, because they exist for this purpose."

"How to say?"

Ye Yiyi became more and more curious.

"Let's take the more approachable Zhonglan Shijie as an example."

Alice said, "The meaning of that superior being is 'observation'. All its actions, logic, and even the meaning of its existence, exist for the purpose of 'observation'."

"From what I understand, the kings at the time agreed to allow the public to observe the neighboring civilizations, and thus received some help from that superior."

"In other words, as long as one can 'observe,' even death is not a bad thing... Although for those above them, there is no such thing as death, but understanding the spirit is enough."

In other words, the public view is the awesome "onlookers" and "bloodthirsty audience" of this universe.

He is truly the kind of guy who thinks, "Wow! It's worth dying for just to see the battle between the strongest!"

"Is there such a thing?"

The old blacksmith and the saint were hearing this secret for the first time and were a little surprised.

However, Ye Yiyi did not find it difficult to understand this.

At least the inscription on the "Eye" once said that the public vision is an invisible superior who feeds on "observation".

In a sense, "observation" is also the meaning of the existence of the public view.

But after understanding this and listening to Alice's explanation, Ye Yiyi felt confused.

"But if you say so, wouldn't the war caused by the stagnation curse be a good subject for observation?"

Hearing this, Alice raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a mysterious smile.

"You're right. So why didn't He observe the stagnation curse? He even hid himself, going against the meaning of His own existence and entering a deep sleep?"

"This……"

Ye Yiyi was suddenly stunned.

“So this is a philosophical question that has almost no answer.”

Nivea poked her head out from the top of her head and tapped Ye Yiyi's forehead with her hand.

"Unless I ask the public in person... but maybe even he himself doesn't know the answer."

"Why do you say that?"

The old blacksmith asked curiously.

"Because His meaning is only 'observation', and He cannot answer people's questions..."

Nivea spread her hands cutely and helplessly.

"He isn't even a living being, so don't use the intellectual thinking that only living beings possess to speculate on the thoughts of the higher being... In comparison, pondering questions like the meaning of human existence is more meaningful than directly asking Him for the answer."

“Just get to the point.”

Alice concludes: “The danger of superiors does not come from them themselves, but from their meanings, and from the conflicting meanings of different superiors.”

"Those beings... even the gods of the Divine Kingdom seem more human in comparison."

The saint said softly.

“In fact, it doesn’t need to be in their hands.”

Nivea said with a grin.

"There's a stagnation curse on the border, so there's no need to worry about them casting their gazes upon us. Although the reason remains unclear, the bottom line is that no one above them would want to be associated with the curse."

"Because of this, the ban on inscriptions by His Highness Huayue Yonghui has long been lifted at the border. You can use those inscriptions at will."

Alice tapped the table. "It doesn't matter if you use it to save people or for anything else, as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of the enemy."

"Also, the Eye Whiskers are a rare non-aggressive species among the descendants of the superiors, so there's no need to worry about them causing a major disturbance like the alien god contamination did."

"No offense... Are you sure?"

Ye Yiyi was speechless after hearing this.

Could it be that his previous fight with the Eyebeard Watcher was just a joke?

But Alice has a special perspective on this from another angle.

"But Yiyi, do you think that the Eye-whisker Watcher who has given up observation and violated the meaning of his own existence is still the original Eye-whisker Watcher?"

……

Leave the Cursed Hall and return to the lower smelting hall.

Ye Yiyi released the crystal that wrapped Bao Xia, and then took out the talisman engraving and branding tool that had been slightly maintained by the old blacksmith.