How did I become the Lord of Evil Gods?

Chapter 257 There is an NPC in the blacksmith shop, but
"An inverted pocket watch. Judging from the description, it's a very powerful piece of equipment."

Yun Mu picked up the pocket watch from where the mayor disappeared, and opened the cover of the pocket watch with a slight press.

With a silver-gray metal coating and matte brass hands, this pocket watch looks pretty good.

It's just that its hands are always walking backwards. If you want to judge the time based on this, it may be a bit unrealistic.

But on the contrary, from the moment he held the pocket watch, the precise number of the current time appeared in Yun Mu's mind, the kind of microseconds!
It is now 20:36 at night. Of course, this is the time in the world of the painting, not the time in the game copy or the real world.

But having said that, is there a concept of time in the game copy?

With this question in mind, Yun Mu stuffed his pocket watch into the lining of his coat.

Since receiving the space prop given to her by Lady Dark Night, the coat that was originally occupied by various small objects has finally become free.

She could still fit a pocket watch like this that was only the size of her palm.

"After returning to the real world, let's try the [Stop] effect again." Yun Mu thought in his mind.

At this point, Yun Mu almost understood.

When the player is not logged into the game, the game is always closed.

Previously, she was dragged all the way here by the opponent, but was caught up by the mayor. She had no choice but to fight with the opponent.
"I'm a little curious. If the mayor doesn't catch up, where are you going to take me?"

"Don't be nervous. It's true that I am Asa. It's just that I'm at the core of the painting. After the mayor died, the spirituality in the painting completely rioted, and a lot of chaos occurred, which caused me to suddenly know many things."

If there is no problem, then there will be trouble.

However, the player Tangji Kede has always stayed in the game world, causing the impact of BUG to become more and more serious, and eventually evolved into what it is today.

"I see. Then why don't you send him out?" Yun Mu looked a little confused: "Didn't you just say that you don't need to defeat the mayor, as long as you follow the right path, you can leave the town?"

"I don't know how to explain that feeling to humans. When no one enters the world in the painting, the painting is just a painting."

"Rumble"

"But now, there is no need for that."

"Time will always stop at the moment when the painting is completed. For us, this is not a painful thing."

At this time, there were roars in the distant sky. Looking at the gradually disintegrating boundaries on the horizon, Asa quickly waved his hand:

"It should return to its original appearance."

According to her understanding, the world in the painting is a game, and the outsiders who enter the world in the painting are the players of the game.

"Follow the instructions on the wooden sign and you will be able to leave this town soon."

"According to this setting, townspeople with different personalities will take completely different actions. As a boy who has wanted to be a knight and protect others since he was a child, Asa will naturally choose to help you, a foreigner who is targeted by the mayor."

The other party spoke as if he were a third party, and a lot of information was not known to the previous Asa.

Ah, although she really wants to know this, she will never try it herself, absolutely not!
Say important things three times, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not!
"Speaking of which, after defeating the mayor, how can we leave the world in this painting?"

"Wait, you're not Asa, who are you?" Yun Mu interrupted him and took two steps back warily.

"Probably, the mayor of the town is actually a powerful monster. Although the townspeople know this, they don't dare to resist and can only pretend not to know."

"Oh, I already understand"

"It can't be done." Asa shook his head: "Whenever the Ghost Festival celebration ends, the time in the town will be reset."

"Of course, leave here." Asa looked at the place where the mayor died with a somewhat complicated expression.

The boy shook his head, and then pointed at the road sign not far away with the wooden sword in his hand: "After the mayor dies, the fog will no longer block the sight."

I didn't expect that foreigner to be so strong. If I had known it from the beginning, he wouldn't have run away with Yun Mu.

"Of course, you can also think of me as a spiritual polymer. In fact, it's almost the same. Whatever you think of me."

"And Tang Quixote stayed in this painting for too long. Although the world in the painting was reset every day, his spirituality could not rest. Over time, abnormal conditions would occur."

"For example, during a certain reset, the mayor's memory did not disappear completely, causing the mayor's spirituality to go out of control. After that, even if Tangjikede wanted to leave the town, he would be hindered by the mayor."

"But I know a way out of the town. I can get out even without defeating the mayor."

"What about you?" Yun Mu asked with some concern: "What will happen to this town after we leave?"

Asa scratched his head: "The residents of the town, including me, are just spiritual beings in the painting."

Yun Mu looked at the little knight, Asa, and asked.

"The reason why the mayor and us have evolved into what they are now is actually because Tang Quixote stayed in this painting for too long, which caused an abnormality."

Generally speaking, as long as the player restarts the game, the BUG will disappear.

Servers require regular maintenance, not to mention a picture world that is much more complicated than this?

"In fact, everyone is played by spirituality, according to the rules of this painted world."

No matter what happens, can it be restored to the state when the pocket watch was pressed?
I wonder if this effect would activate if her body was amputated or died.

"I helped you before because there were too many errors in the world in the painting. As a result, the setting of the world in the painting was modified at some point."

"Whether it's Asa, Nina, or other town residents, their memories will be reset."

When a player logs into the game, BUG will appear in the game because the game play time is too long.

"The edge of the town has always been shrouded in fog. If no one leads the way, it is easy to get lost in the fog." He explained to Yun Mu:

"Once your curiosity is satisfied, leave quickly. The painting will be reset to its original state soon."

"I know."

Seeing that the world in the painting was about to collapse, Yun Mu did not dare to delay any longer.

After saying goodbye to Asa in a hurry, she took Lucy and ran in the direction guided by the road signs.

Not long after, Yun Mu left the world in the painting before the collapsing void spread to her side.

"Phew, it's finally out."

Stepping on the hard masonry ground in the game copy again, Yun Mu slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the message prompts on the game panel were refreshed in her mind.

[Congratulations to the player for passing the area [Elite Challenge lv25 (Elite)], you have obtained the special prop [Tang Jikede’s Soul Fragment (???)]]
[The soul fragments attached to the paintings use the power of memory to repair themselves. If you continue to collect them, maybe you can resurrect the owner of the soul fragments? 】

[Contents on an unknown note:
"The attempt to be promoted failed. My soul was damaged and headed towards destruction irreversibly." "For this reason, I specially created this picture."

"Cut my soul into fragments, then use the memory quality to warm it up, and put it into various ■■ worlds."

"When all souls are together"

"I will be promoted to ■■."]

At this point, the background story of the copy [Painting Spirit] and the main mission are all placed in front of Yun Mu.

It turns out that this gallery was really created by the legendary painter Tang Quixote. His purpose was to protect his paintings and the fragments of his soul hidden in the paintings to recuperate.

Because they are fragments, there is no memory of the original body.

Because he was the owner of the painting, the mayor after the mutation was unable to kill Tang Jicord.

As for the reason why he said he was a fake, he was probably just angry out of embarrassment.

"It should be back to normal now."

Yun Mu walked to the front of [Painting·Dinner] and saw that the originally gloomy painting suddenly became festive.

The old knight Tang Quixote disappeared, and the mayor's expression became much kinder.

It's probably been reset.

By the way, the NPC in the painting world is actually a concept similar to AI.

They are all disguised by the spirituality in the painting based on the characters. The reason for the confusion can probably be understood this way.

Because the mayor's memory was not cleared during the last reset, the spirit playing the role of the mayor passed through these memories, and based on the mayor's personality, it was judged that the mayor's heart would have the desire to avoid being reset. idea.

Thus unfolding a series of behaviors that are consistent with the personality.

Then, because the mayor's behavior was wrong, the judgment of the mayor in the painting world would also be wrong.

From an ordinary mayor to a monster disguised as the mayor, or the mayor of the town has very powerful strength.

This reminded Yun Mu of a strange incident in a game called Dwarf Fortress on Earth before he traveled through time, in which cats who were not allowed to drink alcohol died mysteriously due to alcohol poisoning, fainting, or suffocation. .

To put it simply, in the game, after the cat's body is stained with stains, it will lick its body to clean it.

The drinking behavior of dwarves will cause alcohol to spill on the cat's body, which will trigger the cat's licking behavior.

And eventually the cats in the game died of alcohol poisoning or suffocation on their own vomit.

The world of code is amazing.

"It's almost time to move on."

After resting for a while in the elite challenge area, Yun Mu stood up and continued exploring deeper into the corridor.

After the elite challenge, it shouldn't take long to reach the area where the boss boss is.

Before that, Yun Mu planned to use a prop that she had forgotten for a long time.

That is the invitation letter to the bloody training ground!

As mentioned before, she recently felt that the strength of Scarlet Knight could not keep up with the new copy.

If that's the case, why not strengthen it?

Anyway, she has quite a lot of gold coins now.
Yun Mu glanced at his current number of gold coins.

14657 pieces.
Strengthening the Scarlet Knight should be more than enough. In addition, she also wants to raise Lucy's level to lv25.

"It costs 21 gold coins to upgrade from lv22 to lv3200." Yun Mu sighed silently.

She thought she was already considered rich, but when she really calculated it, she found that the gold coins were still not enough.

"There is no other way. Let's see what the area ahead is and then make a plan."

The invitation to the bloody training ground can be used at any time, so there is no need for her to be particularly anxious.

Soon, a familiar fork in the road appeared in front of her, and two words slowly floated in the air.

【Random events】

【Blacksmith Shop】

"Hey, you can go and have a look at the blacksmith shop."

It felt like she hadn't seen the blacksmith shop in a while. The equipment on her body was still waiting for her to strengthen it.

Just this way.
"Uuuuuuuuuah, my gold coins."

Yun Mu walked towards the blacksmith shop with a heartbroken face, already prepared to be slaughtered.

Passing through the dark corridor, a crisp sound of iron was heard from the distance. Yun Mu quickened his pace and saw a square building made entirely of gray-black stone bricks and embedded in the wall.

Next to the stove outside the building, a woman with short black hair was holding a forging hammer and striking the anvil in front of her.

"Is there an NPC in the blacksmith shop?" Yun Mu looked a little surprised: "Isn't it a muscular dwarf warrior? By the way, why does this person look familiar?"

[You come to the familiar blacksmith shop. Although the appearance of the place is very different from that in your memory, the functions are still the same, so you don't feel anything strange.

Until you see a black-haired human woman sitting next to an anvil and pounding metal ingots.

For some reason, you think she looks familiar, so you decide——]
[1. Say hello to her! (Any friendship starts with saying hello!)]
[2. Just ignore her. (Even if you don’t talk to the NPC, the blacksmith shop can still be used)]
[3. You, become my partner! (I will never miss any beautiful girl!)]
[4. Cut her with a sword. (I don’t know why, but you always feel that that figure on the back looks familiar)]
"Hello, are you the owner of the blacksmith shop?" Ignoring the options on the game panel in his mind, Yun Mu walked directly to the woman and asked softly.

"Ah, we have a guest!" Hearing Yun Mu's words, the other party was obviously startled.

Putting away the things in her hands temporarily, the girl raised her face, waved to Yun Mu with a smile and said, "Hello~"

"I am the temporary owner of this store, Gu Leiya."

"Gulea?" Yun Mu recited the other person's name: "It's a very cute name!"

She smiled and folded her hands together, then looked at the other person's face.

"Um!?"

Yun Mu's pupils trembled violently, and his legs took several steps back uncontrollably.

"You, you are."

(End of this chapter)