Demon Game: I Have a Dice of Fate.

Chapter 1004 Borrowing Life
"Breathe, breathe!"

In the forest of living things, the rhythm of life was born on the [Upside-down Tree], and its form began to transform.

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The original [Upside-down Tree] was a pitch-black fossil, but now it has turned into dark green.

I also began to revive and become alive.

Even the green color began to become increasingly intense, almost turning into emerald green.

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"Hahaha, it worked!"

"The Skull and Bones Society is really honest. The loading of [Upside Down Tree] didn't cause any problems."

“Heh, these guys must think too highly of themselves and think that apart from them, it is absolutely impossible for anyone else to complete the loading of the three myth templates!”

"It's a pity they met me, Perez."

Looking at the [Inverted Tree] that had completely turned into life, Perez was even more excited than Dorothy.

After all, from now on, both Dorothy and the [Upside-down Tree] will only belong to him.

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Although the "operational guidelines" Perez received from the Skull and Bones Society only went so far.

The Skull and Bones Society would not be stupid enough to tell others how to control the [Upside-down Tree].

But it doesn't matter, Perez has already thought of everything.

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Since the three major mythological templates were all born from the [Inverted Tree].

They can naturally be regarded as part of the [Inverted Tree], or a special sub-body.

With this mother-son relationship, Perez can completely make the three mythical lives return to the [Inverted Tree].

Then he can use it as a springboard to devour the [Upside-down Tree].

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By then, even if Dorothy in "The Upside-Down Tree" is "disobedient", Perez can turn the tables.

It's a pity that the means that Perez left in Dorothy's body were eliminated, otherwise this backlash would have been easier.

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Fortunately, Perez did not have too much hope for his own methods.

After all, the Skull and Bones Society is not stupid, and they must have set up a purification mechanism in the fusion of the [Inverted Tree].

Otherwise, if we allow outsiders to add factors, we would be making wedding clothes for others.

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"Merge!"

"Become one with me completely!"

The cunning Perez acted decisively and decided to launch a surprise attack while Dorothy was still "unstable".

According to Perez's judgment, there is a 99% chance that Dorothy will lose consciousness.

[Upside-down tree] is just an ordinary plant.

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It's not that Perez looks down on Dorothy.

But the [Inverted Tree] was too huge and Dorothy's consciousness could not bear it at all.

This is like the consciousness of an ant, which cannot control the body of an elephant at all.

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But there are always miracles in the extraordinary world.

The remaining 1% is Perez's "high opinion" of Dorothy.

Maybe the Skull and Bones will be "kind-hearted" and focus on protecting the loader's consciousness.

Perez launched a surprise attack when the [Inverted Tree] was just born.

This is what we are trying to prevent.

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"Boom, boom!"

Three powerful auras rose from the bodies of the [Molecular Life Form], [Night God], and [Yuhuan Bone Demon].

The next moment, they flew directly into the embrace of the Upside-Down Tree like young swallows returning to their nests.

Or in other words, let the [Upside-down Tree] pierce into his body.

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"Gudu, Gudu!"

Subconsciously, the newly born [Inverted Tree] began to devour the three mythical creatures.

This scene is similar to the experiment that Vilia had done before.

At that time, she directly threw a peripheral member of the Skull and Bones Society back into the fossil tree that gave birth to him.

The latter devoured it immediately.

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Normally, the three mythical creatures who fell into the trap should have suffered the same fate.

They will be completely devoured and absorbed by the [Upside-down Tree].

However, Perez had already made preparations, and he was even targeting this recycling mechanism.

Otherwise, how could he spread his ancestral genes into the [Upside-down Tree].

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"Talent, both sides are really talented."

"But I just don't follow the right path!"

Although Chen Qi was criticizing the Skull and Bones Society's "little essay", this did not prevent him from seeing clearly everything that happened in the Forest of All Living Things.

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What Perez did was fine, his intentions were clearly written on his face.

What Chen Qi cares more about is the recycling mechanism of [Inverted Tree].

Originally, Chen Qi also thought that the fossil tree was only devouring the life source of the loader.

In fact, that was indeed the case with the fossil tree when Villa was doing the experiment.

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But the [Upside-Down Tree] is, after all, a divine object created by the Skeleton Society with all its efforts. Naturally, it cannot be the same as those pitch-black things in the Forest of Living Beings.

Thinking about the short essay on the Skull and Bones Society, Chen Qi suddenly had a bold guess.

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The [Upside-Down Tree] can transform into life, which completely proves that it can borrow the [ID card] of other lives to disguise its [identity].

This is what Chen Qi referred to earlier as “stealing the sky and replacing the day.”

Chen Qi had only heard of this kind of taboo method before.

After all, the current inner ring world is extremely harmonious, and all kinds of evil ways have long disappeared.

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The reason why Chen Qi knew this was because his eyes were opened by the Music Box of Life.

When Chen Qi first witnessed the old lich's "resurrection", he developed a strong interest in it.

After completely copying all the information of the Music Box of Life, Chen Qi learned that there was a secret technique of "Borrowing Life" in the Life Sect.

They can lend their lives to dead things in the world and turn them into life.

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It's a pity that the old lich did not obtain the genuine secret technique of [Borrowing Life].

He could only lend his life to the person who had just died, so that he could be brought back to life.

To be more precise, the old lich is "extending his life".

This is equivalent to shortening one's own lifespan, and only old liches with special life forms dare to use it.

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In the old lich's personal notes, there is a detailed description of the distinction between extending life and borrowing life.

Life extension can only work on the life that has just died, and it will consume a huge amount of one's own life source.

Once the caster refuses to provide the source of life, the life that is resurrected will immediately die.

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Borrowing life is amazing!
It does not require that the subject has just died; the subject can even be a purely dead object.

In other words, the art of borrowing life is that life lends its own life to non-life, turning it into life.

From then on, as long as the lender does not die, the newly born life will continue to live.

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Because the art of borrowing lives is too mysterious.

The old lich, who had only inherited a little bit of the Life Sect's heritage, couldn't understand the principles behind it.

I don't even believe that such a secret technique exists.

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Originally, Chen Qi knew nothing about [Borrowing Life]. But after watching Dorothy's practice and the Skull and Bones Society's database, Chen Qi completely understood.

He even had a new understanding of the old lich's life-extending technique.

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"Since everything in the world, including life, has no power source, it only exists by borrowing the power of the world."

"So can death, or the death of life, be defined as the loss of [legal identity], the inability to borrow power from the world?"

"This concept of death can encompass the emergence of illusions, and is more suitable for the transcendental world than the death that mortals understand."

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In the past, Chen Qi only focused on life and rarely explored death.

In addition to the fact that there is very little relevant information, it is also related to the fact that life itself naturally resists death.

Intelligent life itself will subconsciously avoid related issues.

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But it is also because the understanding of death is not clear enough.

The power over life that Chen Qi holds is just a tip of the iceberg, not deep enough.

It is for this reason that Chen Qi only has a vague understanding of the nature of delusion.

Even though he once boasted that he was an "old expert".

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"The essence of vanity is that they are a group of people who cannot borrow power from the origin of the world and rely on stealing power from other things to exist."

“No matter how the illusion is born, its essence is the same.”

“Being thrown down into the spiritual dimension and facing the vanity transformed from nothingness is to be forcibly deprived of the qualification to obtain power from the world.”

“Those created by the [spiritual world] according to the templates provided by the secular world, however, did not obtain legal status and were unable to successfully settle down.”

"The old lich's life-extending technique is exactly the same as the illusion of stealing reality."

"It's just that one is lending voluntarily, and the other is stealing by force!"

"If you say that this life-extending technique was learned by the Life Sect through studying the Void, or that it was learned from the Void, I would also believe it!"

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After death is defined as the loss of "legal identity", it is easy to understand not only [extending life] but also [borrowing life].

The so-called "borrowing life" means lending one's legal identity to other lives.

As for whether it is fraud, making a fake become real, or going public through a backdoor listing, it requires everyone to show their unique skills.

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Without much thought, Chen Qi knew who needed an [ID card] the most.

Naturally, they are the vain ones who have become illegal residents and can only survive.

Especially the vanity that is transformed from the original life.

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But who would be foolish enough to lend their own identity to vanity?
If the vain people want to obtain [legal identity], the best shortcut is to rob, or "borrow by force".

Xuwang, who has been deeply hurt by "robbery", may have mastered the method of robbery, or borrowing [ID card] by force.

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In this case, it is understandable that the Skull and Bones Society can master the secret art of "borrowing lives".

After all, they and Xuwang were once comrades-in-arms who fought side by side and had a life-and-death friendship.

In fact, Chen Qi has always been curious about what price Tianmo and Xuwang paid in order to impress the Skull and Bones Society and let them lead them to the real world.

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You know, the trees leading to the secluded places were still lush and green at that time!

Although the Skull and Bones Society was being hunted down fiercely by the Sword of Judgment, it was far from being in despair.

Even if they want to take revenge on humans, they have other options.

There is no need to choose the most taboo one.

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Now that I think about it, the secret art of "borrowing lives" should have been one of the bargaining chips at that time.

As for why the Skull and Bones Society would be interested in this kind of esoteric arts, it is of course to "resurrect from the dead."

If it were possible to steal the [identity] of other lives, then all you would need to do was to copy yourself infinitely and use new ID cards. Then, wouldn't that mean you could be resurrected infinitely?

This kind of beautiful thing is terrifying to think about.

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Obviously, the Skull and Bones Society did not obtain the secret technique to forcibly harvest [identity].

Otherwise, with their suicidal nature, they would have been able to confront the Sword of Judgment without fear.

Chen Qi believed that if the Skeleton Society really mastered the technology of infinite resurrection.

They definitely dare to use their necks to knock the Sword of Judgment apart.

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The Skull and Bones Society has not mastered the relevant secret techniques, and the same should be true for the Voids.

Come to think of it, it makes sense if vanity could forcibly rob humans of their identity.

They have already reincarnated as humans, so why bother fighting with humans in the spiritual dimension?

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Combined with the various abilities currently displayed by the [Inverted Tree].

Chen Qi came to a conclusion.

The Falsehood and the Skull and Bones Society do indeed master the secret art of "borrowing" [identity].

But there should be many restrictions, otherwise the [Inverted Tree] would not have been born.

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Only when life has loaded the template in the [Inverted Tree], can the [Inverted Tree] forcibly harvest the [identity] of the loader.

Maybe ordinary loaders won’t work, it must be a loader of the three major mythological templates.

At least this is the "devouring fusion" displayed by the [Inverted Tree] at this moment.

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That is why Chen Qi felt that both Perez and the Skull and Bones Society were talented.

Perez prepared the original gene, and the Skull and Bones Society wanted to harvest [identity].

If these two methods were used against ordinary practitioners, the opponent would have been defeated long ago.

Unfortunately, the two parties were unlucky and happened to meet each other.

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"Assholes, you guys didn't die out!"

"What do you want to do?"

"They are just replicas, some advanced artificial intelligence. Do you think you can fight me?"

As the fusion unfolded, the [Inverted Tree] became greener and greener.

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It seems to be the "return" of the three major mythological templates, which makes the [Inverted Tree] complete in some way.

It finally regained its true appearance and turned into a secluded tree again.

Accompanying it are a dozen gray cocoons growing on the branches of the lush green trees.

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Perez saw very clearly that these gray cocoons were transformed from a dozen templates on the [Inverted Tree].

Coincidentally, these templates are the templates of the big guys in the Skull and Bones Society.

Before, Perez thought these guys were selfless and willing to share.

Unexpectedly, he had evil intentions and copied all his life information into the template.

What on earth are these guys trying to do?
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"The [Upside-down Tree] is actually alive?"

"Incredible, has our plan succeeded?"

"We have successfully disrupted the promotion of the Tianwu Spell Academy, triggered a war in the Inner Ring World, and obtained enough resources?"

"No, if we really succeeded, [we] wouldn't be able to be activated at all."

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On the branches of the [Upside-Down Tree], the high-ranking members of the Skull and Bones Society, who had just awakened but had not yet emerged from their cocoons, cried out in surprise.

Their lifelike and extremely realistic reactions make them seem like real life.

But they are not, they are just a group of replicants with advanced artificial intelligence.

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After being activated, the artificial intelligences were preparing to hold a "meeting" as usual to discuss the current situation.

Perez's sudden words interrupted them.

This unexpected situation directly caused these artificial intelligences to get stuck.

(End of this chapter)