Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 767: Dead Pen’s Warning

Xia Shou spent half a day dealing with some trivial matters in the department, and also dealt with some reports that had to be completed personally, and then asked Li Ming to help him arrange some preparation activities.

In this incident, Xia Shou had to spend a lot of time to pay the price for his frequent use of [Future Prefabrication].

In the next few weeks, he will be doing things including but not limited to painting a self-portrait, making a lightning gun and wind blade bullets, making mirrored contact lenses and a super-large mirror palace, etc.

However, these tasks only take time and are not difficult. Just take your time. What worries Xia Shou the most is the optimization of skills.

He has too many skills, which need to be merged and reduced. The residue obtained from devouring a large number of corpses must also be put to good use. In order not to delete the most critical core functions of the skills during the fusion, he needs to do a lot of trial and error [seeking his own death]. This is a brain-intensive and precise job.

Before starting this work, Xia Shou planned to have a good talk with the Death Note.

Xia Shou not only wanted to consult him for his opinion on the fusion of skills, he also wanted to talk about the Evil King and the origin of his strange abilities. He felt that the Death Note must know a lot about it.

Back in the dormitory, Xia Shou took out the Death Record Notes and recounted everything that happened during the advent of the Divine Law in detail, then asked: "Do I have the ability to attack the corresponding things on the other side through some carriers?"

The Death Note did not answer directly, but asked an irrelevant question: [Didn't you miss anything? Apart from the attack you and Edward encountered on the pedestrian street at the beginning, did you encounter any more attacks from suspected traitors later? ]

"Well... maybe, but none of them look like the work of a traitor. Naganuma Juzaburo used to be in the same group as Robert, and the traitor was behind Robert. If you insist, only this portrait incident can be related to the traitor."

[It doesn’t seem likely, but the name of the person who passed on the secret has been unblocked, and it was you who unblocked it, so maybe the secret about you will not be leaked.

But for safety's sake, don't discuss this topic for now. When you see Jin Fenglong again, remember to ask him about it. 】

"Okay, but it's hard to deal with skills swallowed by the shadow. Many skills are very important. If they are merged, they may lose some functionality. Is there any way to reduce the number of skills while preserving their effects?"

[You want to reduce the number while keeping the skill effects intact. Don't you think you're being too greedy? If you could do that, Black Shadow wouldn't be as powerful as it is now, and there wouldn't even be a need for Merlin's House to exist.

The purpose of fusion is to reduce the number of skills. The reduction in the number of skills will inevitably lead to a decline in overall combat power, but the average combat power of the skills after fusion will increase, so if you look at the long term, this is a spiral growth trajectory. 】

"I remember you said that if I had the talent of a craftsman, it would be possible to make my skills into a forbidden object."

I did, but did you?

To do this, the piety of the tailor is very high, but do you believe it? Faith in God is not something you can just say. If you don't believe, then you don't believe. 】

"Can you ask someone else for help?"

[It is very difficult to find a craftsman who can turn anomalies into forbidden objects. The status of this kind of craftsman in the tailoring system is equivalent to that of a "golden needle". Such people are hard to find.

Even if they find him, they may not help you. Even if they agree to help you, the risk of leaking Black Shadow's information cannot be ignored. The other party may not be a trustworthy companion.

Therefore, the method of turning the extraordinary power swallowed by the black shadow into a forbidden object only exists under very ideal circumstances and is not feasible.

But the ego mask you mentioned may have the potential for further development. 】

“How to develop it?”

[Rely on yourself. I don't know everything. I don't understand this mask of the true self either. Remember to wait for Jin Fenglong to ascend again, and then go to him to ask if you can tell him about your matter. If you can, many things will be much easier to handle.

In addition, you cannot let your guard down. Although the situation seems to be getting better, there are still some weird things going on in many places.

Also, don't drink the blood that Shangguan Yan gave you in the future. I remembered a document I had read before. It was said that there was a kind of strange creature's blood that could temporarily resist the curse of the Origin Sea. However, it did not eliminate the curse, but turned the one-time curse into a long-term chronic curse.

Just like buying things, normal people pay in full, but after drinking that blood, it becomes an installment loan. Although the down payment is almost free, the interest rate is extremely high, and it will be paid slowly bit by bit over time. The final price to pay is far more terrible than bearing it directly.

Aren't you experiencing some strange symptoms now? Actually, these are the side effects of the blood you drank initially, which are slowly beginning to manifest.

It’s not too late to stop now. As long as you grow fast enough, you can slowly offset the impact of those curses. It’s like you have taken out a loan, but as long as your monthly income is high enough, you can slowly pay it off.

But if you continue to drink, the compound interest will overwhelm you, and your sanity will quickly snowball into insanity.

When Xia Shou heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't believe it for a moment.

"Is this true? Are you sure this is that kind of blood?"

[How can I be 100% sure? But judging from various characteristics, there is a 90% probability.

Remember, there is a reason why Shangguan Yan is called a witch. Don’t forget that before you, there were others who were also called witches. Don’t think you are so special.

Just imagine, she dared to give you this kind of forbidden item with exaggerated effectiveness when you first joined the company.

Think about it again, the jobs you have been doing are all very demanding. Do you think she is training you carefully? 】

"The minister...she doesn't seem to be such a bad person." Xia Shou said hesitantly.

[Stay away, don't seek death. What do you think those trump cards said about her? The reason why a witch is a witch is because she can make people willing to trade with her, just like the devil who tempts mortals, leading people to destruction.]

"I'll be careful." Xia Shou agreed.

Although he felt that Shangguan Yanyuan was not as bad as the notes said, he also knew that many things were more obvious to bystanders. If one trusted his own judgment too much, he would sometimes go astray... just like what happened in Yuezhuo Village.

Xia Shou closed his notes and sighed deeply.

He still remembered that Shangguan Yan had asked him for the Seven-branch Fragment, and he had already decided that if she really needed it, he would give it to her.

But now, after hearing the warning from the Death Note, he hesitated again.

Actually…if you think about it carefully, he doesn’t understand the minister at all.

Not to mention her past, he didn't even know much about her daily life. He knew nothing about her hobbies, her activities after get off work, or her non-work interpersonal relationships.

Perhaps, as the notes said, I was just confused by her great power.

(End of this chapter)