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Chapter 2066 The True Meaning of Aging
Within the legacy of the evil god lies the sun, and Helios, this late-born sun, has always remained quite obediently in the camp outside the legacy of the evil god.

This is the advantage of not handing over the task. Helios, who gives him the task, will keep waiting. Gods have a different view of time than ordinary beings. Before the important milestones in time that they observe arrive, time has no meaning.

Of course, this was the result of Blazer's own observations over several visits.

"The other thing is death. Someone once said that what we call life, what we call living, is actually death in progress."

"We need to obtain a large number of deaths and place them around the Titan Liver Trees to bring them closer to death. Of course, these deaths are not things that can kill them, such as fire, decay, or poison, but rather purer deaths that are part of the natural cycle."

“I see, I understand now.” Greenland stroked his chin, realizing the key to Blazer’s contradictory words.

"This is similar to the abnormal state of aging. For the elderly and middle-aged, it is undoubtedly fatal, and death will gradually approach. But for children and teenagers, it accelerates their growth and is a positive state."

"However, for children and teenagers, this aging process, which is actually a process of maturation, requires a lot of nutrition; otherwise, the positive state would not be established, but this is not the problem."

"However, both 'death' and 'aging' are rather abstract concepts and are difficult to visualize. If they were to be visualized, they would be rare and could not be easily obtained in a short period of time."

As Greenland spoke, he belatedly broke out in a cold sweat. How did things suddenly turn into a search for something dangerous?
The crystallization of death? The embodiment of aging?
Are you not going to mess with Hades or something?

Greenland instantly activated all its brain cells, perceiving time as slowed down and its thinking as accelerated, searching for all available information and analyzing the system's settings...

Then a flash of light appeared on her forehead, and she found the [key].

"Think carefully... how did we resolve the issue of being subjected to the [aging] state?"

“Uh…” This question has now been asked of Blazer, and he answered honestly.

"I haven't tried it, but I usually just tough out negative status effects because I have [Transformation Z], so negative status effects are basically just buffs for me..."

"What a joke! You despicable bastard! I would forgive you if it were ineffective or if there was resistance, but turning a negative status effect into a buff is going too far!"

"Why don't you just make yourself a perfect poison pill, trigger all the negative status effects in one go, and then give yourself a great boost!"

Greenland suddenly erupted, its envy and jealousy practically shooting out beams of light.

“That… is a good idea.” Blaze stroked his chin. He had only tried drinking the [Death Countdown Potion] once before to debuff himself and trigger the powerful [Metamorphosis Z] status.

【Inflicting a debuff on oneself and then triggering a buff】is a rather illogical behavior, after all, who would commit suicide or self-harm for no reason? But for the Stranger, this is common sense, and even a very normal output process.

"I remember the strangers seemed to have concocted a rare potion called [Terra Red Potion]. Drinking it would inflict 11 abnormal statuses, including bleeding, blindness, and confusion, and incredibly, these statuses would last for an hour. If I drank a sip, I would get at least 11 boosts to my basic attributes."

"Still the noble, undiluted basic attribute enhancement?!" Greenland took a deep breath and patted Blaze on the shoulder.

"As long as you don't tell anyone that I told you this, I'll help you find some ways to get [Terra Red Potion]."

"Why?" "Because you do good deeds anonymously."

"Ok."

"Let's get back to the main topic. Besides using purification prayers and magic, what other ways are there to remove an abnormal status?" Greenland pushed up his non-existent glasses with his middle finger.

"This is a very common problem, and the answer is simple: negative states, or debuffs, essentially create a gap. Once that gap is filled, the problem is solved."

"If you get slowed down, drink a speed-up potion or cast a speed-up spell."

"Won't this be a waste?"

"Whether it's a potion or magic, there's a limit to the buffs it can provide, which is related to its inherent attributes. Just like a tortoise can't drink a speed-boosting potion and suddenly run as fast as a cheetah. Conversely, if it's used to offset debuffs, it can actually allow the potion's full effect to be realized."

"Ahem." Greenland coughed twice, realizing he had gone off-topic, to bring the conversation back on track.

"The key is how to compensate for the abnormal state of aging. This abnormal state, which seems to be related to time, seems very difficult to solve, but in fact it is quite easy to deal with."

"As long as you eat, that's enough."

"Eating?" Blazer tilted his head, then suddenly realized, "I see. It's aging, which means that a lot of nutrients are lost during the growth process. When there are not enough nutrients, the body will squeeze every bit of nutrients out of the flesh and blood, and eventually become wrinkled."

"That's right. So whether it's natural death or aging, their essence is hunger. The body constantly demands nutrients because of hunger. Those nutrients don't disappear out of thin air, but are consumed. As for where they are consumed..."

"Of course, it's the growth of life itself."

“This makes the problem much easier to solve. All we need to do is [Hunger] so that the Titan Liver Tree will continuously draw nutrients for its growth.” Greenland wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. She had racked her brains to find this solution.

At first glance, it may seem like nothing more than turning the "crystallization of death" and the "embodiment of aging" into a "concrete form of hunger," but there is a huge difference between the two.

That is, the [visualized hunger] already exists, and it is very easy to obtain.

In Helheim, a special crop grown on the land of the dead, is also one of the main raw materials for [Terra Red Potion]. It is the staple food of the dead, and the living will suffer different abnormal statuses if they eat it.

Carbohydrate crops provide the means to achieve a state of hunger.

What Greenland is most proud of in this method is that the entire process only requires interaction with the player, completely avoiding the possibility of Blaze triggering any dialogue.

"As expected of me." Greenland smugly wiped his nose.

Then, as soon as they arrived in Hel, Hela appeared before them as if she were just passing by.

(End of this chapter)