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Chapter 2098 Life Tips

When are you happiest in a game?

That's undoubtedly when you discover a hidden gameplay element—it's like finding a treasure. It could be a carefully prepared Easter egg by the development team, or it could be an unexpected possibility. Of course, most of the time it's a bug.

In this highly free world, there are countless hidden gameplay elements waiting for players to find and explore, one of which is through everyday knowledge.

Although they are common sense tips for everyday life, in the context of a fantasy world, they can produce effects no less than advanced items or skills, such as the Leidenfrost effect.

The Leiden-Frost effect

When a liquid with a high water content encounters extreme heat, it transforms into an insulating gaseous protective layer, much like a firewall.

To fight fire-attribute monsters, you generally need to increase your fire resistance or use other high-level water-attribute items. However, if you make good use of the Leidenfrost effect, you can easily deal with all kinds of super-high temperature monsters with just a water bag or highly damp clothing.

The reason why such clever ideas can succeed, sometimes even ignoring level differences and skill proficiency, is because this world is realistic enough, adhering to basic rules even under a fantastical premise.

The pleasure derived from defeating an enemy by exploiting the rules can sometimes be far greater than that from defeating an enemy by relying solely on attributes. Just as someone accustomed to subduing enemies with brute force may occasionally crave a more strategic approach.

Using alcohol to break down the fat of all beasts—such a powerful external armor made Ye Ye Sheng Ge realize the fun of turning a life hack into a strategy guide. But he never expected that his companion would be so realistic, splashing out sulfuric acid instead of alcohol.

Even highly concentrated sulfuric acid can dissolve corpses, yet it can't dissolve the fat of wild animals. This kind of molecular-level chemical change is also a fundamental rule.

But this is not on the same level as common sense knowledge like "alcohol can break down fats".

"Are we from the same world?" Ye Ye Shengge looked at the Ten-Horned Rat King billowing smoke, but what made his scalp tingle even more was the person standing next to him, holding bottles and jars and not eating breakfast.

It's like being asked, "If you had wings, what would you do?" Your answer is that you'd want to be an angel or fly, while the person next to you answers with a terrifying suggestion: roasted chicken wings.

"One of the basic principles of chemical reactions, do you think that melting oil with alcohol isn't chemistry?" Skipping breakfast rolled his eyes and threw the bottles and jars in his hand directly at the Ten-Cornered Rat King.

The invincible armor of beast oil was melted and decomposed by bottles of inexplicable liquid. Since it was just pure oil and not part of the Ten-Horned Rat King's group, this action did not accumulate any hatred from the Ten-Horned Rat King.

Unfortunately, skipping breakfast doesn't provide enough sulfuric acid reserves to dissolve all the grease. Fortunately, skipping breakfast doesn't create that much sulfuric acid reserve, otherwise, who knows what side hustles one might have.

In the end, they still had to serve alcohol.

Compared to sulfuric acid, which most players wouldn't even think of, let alone other things, alcohol is much more common, and there are even prayers and magic that can summon alcohol.

Surprisingly, players who prioritize strength and enjoy the "Rust's Blessing" build, including those who skip breakfast and party every night, all seem to have mastered this magic. This brings us to the topic of "Virtue Points." Angel proved that excessively high Virtue Points can corrupt professions and skills, creating terrifying effects. Furthermore, Virtue Points are accumulated through actions and don't occupy job slots, so these murderous players naturally aspire to reach Angel's level.

But doing bad things also requires talent. The most evil things they can think of will only increase their morality points by about half of what Angel does each time. So most people who want to increase their morality points choose another method, which is to master the [forbidden] things.

Equipment, magic, and skills are all acceptable.

Surprisingly, this kind of magic that summons alcohol is forbidden magic, because the alcohol summoned by magic is undrinkable. It is similar in nature to industrial alcohol or counterfeit alcohol and can kill people.

The reason it is considered taboo is that in the past, some people used this magic to sell this wine for profit, which resulted in very serious consequences.

Mastering such a forbidden magic is far more rewarding than gaining more points of evil from doing bad things.

The players of 【Rust's Gospel】 immediately activated the magic to make fake wine. Dissolving the beast oil on the Ten-Horned Rat King was secondary; the important thing was to persecute the river of oil in the Gluttonous Region, which was formed by the fat of the Gluttonous Orcs.

This is the true source of the Ten-Horned Rat King's power. Whether it's the oil from all beasts or the rat-beastmen uniting to form the Ten-Horned Rat King, it all comes down to this river of oil.

A large portion of the level 500 Ten-Horned Rat Kings come from the special environment of the River of Oils.

The wave of counterfeit wine roared down, mixing with the River of Oil. The counterfeit wine summoned by magic certainly could not destroy the River of Oil, but it could reduce the quality of the River of Oil, dilute it, and ultimately prevent the River of Oil from having the ability to become part of the Ten-Horned Rat King.

To their surprise, the fake wine was originally intended to deal with the River of Oil and the Oil of Ten Thousand Beasts, but after the fake wine filled the entire environment, the rat-beastmen's condition became abnormal. Their shaking and swaying were less like being drunk and more like being poisoned.

The pungent smell of alcohol and its toxic effects on their nervous system instinctively keep them away.

Not only the surrounding rat-beastmen, but even the rat-beastmen that make up the ten-horned rat king began to stir because the oil was dissolved and their chimera was shaken.

Depp and the others responsible for creating the isolation zone were unexpectedly freed up, but they were not at ease. LV500 monsters, even in groups, are not so simple; they still have a core mechanism for making decisions.

"Roar ah ah -"

The Ten-Horned Rat King let out a deafening roar, and six fleshy spheres with only eyes grew from its body as the rat-beastmen wriggled.

When the means you rely on are targeted and dismantled, you either suffer a complete defeat and are wiped out in one fell swoop, or you break through at a critical moment, like you are now.

The possibility of a group of monsters was revealed at this moment. The Ten-Horned Rat King, through its structure composed of multiple individuals, began to forcefully resonate with the Great Red Dragon Beast God Totem by changing its appearance.

(End of this chapter)