New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 4 Let’s make a lot of gold coins together!

"Hurry up and defend! The sneak attack is coming again!"

The pleasant female voice appeared in his mind again. Even though Yuan Zhu didn't look back, he suddenly saw another scene of a monster attacking from behind.

Although he didn't understand why he could see two different images at the same time, he instinctively made a defensive counterattack.

At the simple reminder from the voice, Yuan Zhuhu's body shook, and he instinctively manipulated and mobilized the shadows within a 10-meter range around him.

Furthermore, the hunting and attacking instincts that had long been ingrained in him (the Boss template) also erupted spontaneously. The complete information about [Ability 2: Henchmen] flashed through his mind like lightning, and he immediately grasped it completely.

Avatar: The Tiger's Accomplice
There is a certain chance that the Tiger Demon will completely digest the prey it has hunted and devoured, extract something similar to supernatural properties, and preserve the soul of the prey. Eventually, it will be summoned back in the form of a ghost and dominated and enslaved.

At this moment, Yuan Zhu inexplicably remembered a profession called "Shepherd." While it wasn't as good as "Witch of Beauty Juice," being able to herd multiple souls for one's own use wasn't bad at all.

However, the Tiger Demon's minions had suffered severe spiritual wear and tear, and their intelligence was damaged to varying degrees. Even if they had been re-condensed and refined, only a tenth of their power (characteristics) would remain, and they could only be used as miscellaneous soldiers.

However, the number of minions controlled by the Tiger Demon far exceeds that of the Shepherd, making it a classic cannon fodder skill. It fits the style of the big boss very well.

...

Yuan Zhu quickly loaded the "Tiger Template." He didn't have a single ready-made ghost in his soul storage. However, he had inherited the Tiger Demon's complete and rich experience in ghost hunting.

The previously unknown ability 1 has now mutated into [Shadow Manipulation]. When the two meet, an unexpected and smooth effect emerges.

[Shadow Manipulation + Ghost], once the two are linked together, the experience of Tiger Demon Mountain Lord in controlling ghosts is immediately materialized through the shadow.

While these two abilities appear as skills in the boss template, they are essentially the Tiger Devil's innate abilities. They can't be controlled by numerical values, but rather by instinct, like a bird flapping its wings to fly or a frog snapping its tongue to catch insects. They can be used easily whenever the thought arises.

Under the influence of the [Tiger Template], the shadows within a ten-meter radius instantly boiled and exploded like boiling oil poured into cold water. Infused with the experience of the [Ghost], dense, twisting, and trembling shadows crawled out from the black ground.

They intertwined with each other, forming indescribable abstract silhouettes, and each one suddenly came alive, like a black ghost.

Some transformed into sharp mouths with interlaced canine teeth, some resembled clumps of wriggling earthworms, and some resembled lanky ghosts with uncoordinated limbs...

They were all based on memories of being accomplices to the evil, and were re-materialized by Yuan Zhu. Their tones were uniformly dark, and while the painting style was equally abstract and evil, it wasn't as disgusting as the deformed monsters, clearly not in the same abstract camp.

Without waiting for Yuan Zhu to give orders, this group of temporarily fictional ghost silhouettes rushed forward and launched a brutal massacre, fighting with the scattered monsters and demons fighting on their own around them.

As he became more proficient in using [Shadow Control] and [Haunted], the clear female voice, reminiscent of a game elf, reappeared: "Hurry, hurry, your mana is plummeting. We need to do something big and clear out this bunch of garbage right away. No more delays or your mana will drop below the warning line, and even the Soul Firewall won't be able to maintain..."

Yuan Zhu asked in his heart: "What should I do?"

The female voice prompted: "I'll cooperate with you. Quickly use [Ability 5: The World Within].

Yuan Zhu used his mind power to touch [Ability (Secret) 5: The World in the Belly] in the ability list, and found that this ability was as heavy and solid as a rock. It consumed a huge amount of energy to activate it, and it was difficult to pry it open with a small amount of fresh breath (mana).

He sighed: "This ability is a bit costly."

Shadow + minions, even after holding off for so long with so many demons and monsters, it didn't cost as much as this one ability.

"Don't be distracted, your mana is running out. Cooperate with me and use my ultimate move! Can't you see that this space is being dragged? If you don't act now, you and these monsters will be pulled into another high-energy and filthy space and captured and hunted by more advanced hunters."

"You mean those evil gods?!"

With the urging and reminder of the game elf, Yuan Zhu also realized that the many evil forces entrenched in the hall had intertwined with each other, producing violent fluctuations and emitting an indescribable sense of crisis.

Through the special perspective of his eyes, he saw a mass of extremely complex and disgusting mixed polluted energy in the closed sacrificial hall, just like pouring dozens of buckets of bright paint together and stirring them, or like more than a dozen strong acid and strong alkali reagents poured together to produce a violent chemical reaction.

This super pollution source burned fiercely in the closed hall, as if it was going to burn through the barrier between the real world and the unknown pollution dimension.

On the other side of the barrier, many evil gods used the connection between themselves and the distorted believers as ropes and anchors, slowly pulling the closed hall through the invisible hole.

Stimulated by this sense of crisis, Yuan Zhu was horrified and no longer hesitated. He decisively used all his magic power to activate [Ability 5: The World in the Belly].

Suddenly, he felt a tingling sensation in his tail, and his entire body felt like it was electrified, its fur standing on end. The silhouettes of the demons wreaking havoc in the hall were all connected to a mysterious space, receiving further blessings and strengthening.

More information emerged in his mind. This mysterious space was not big, a small storage room of about 6 square meters in size and 2 meters high, but it contained special power or quality, and along the connection between itself and the shadow, it bestowed this power on the shadow minions.

Is this small space the 'universe' within the belly?
While he was thinking, a giant shadow snake thicker than a gasoline barrel suddenly emerged from the dark shadows on the ground like a poisonous dragon emerging from a ravine. It swung its body wildly, using its huge weight to whip and smash the polluted and deformed monsters.

After just a few rounds of rolling and swinging, the spurs of the fat headless sea urchin were broken and crushed, then he grabbed it in his mouth and threw it upwards.

The fat man slammed heavily onto the roof, and as it rebounded and fell, the giant snake's body rose up and contracted into an S shape. Then, like lightning, it shot out and swallowed the headless, skinned sea urchin in a precise, unerring swallow.

As the snake swallowed, a hemispherical bulge appeared in its throat, which slid down its long and narrow body and finally disappeared into the shadows on the ground.

With the shadow snake taking the lead, the morale of the silhouetted minions formed by the interweaving of shadows was high. They opened their abstract two-dimensional mouths one after another, revealing their sharp fangs and spitting out their worm tongues. They either pounced or entangled, surrounding and entangling the monsters in the three-dimensional world, and then forcibly swallowed them up. Then, they suddenly fell as if they were weightless, and turned into a pool of black liquid with their prey, merging into the ground and disappearing.

...

In the blink of an eye, the sacrificial scene, which was originally filled with screams, roars, fighting, and devouring, suddenly stopped as if the mute button was pressed, and returned to silence.

Whether it was a living, deformed monster or a dead, resurrected corpse, they all vanished from the face of the earth, leaving only a devastated hall in ruins.

The shadow on the ground slowly receded like a curtain, returning to the shadow cast by the black tiger's body, revealing a floor covered in blood and a few body parts. The air was filled with the smell of blood, and the broken crystal chandelier creaked and shook, with the sound of blood dripping non-stop.

The super-pollution source that had been burning ever brighter in the air lost its target (firewood) and began to wane, dissipating bit by bit. The sense of crisis also waned. The few red candles still burning began to emit a faint yellow glow again.

Yuan Zhu was slightly stunned upon seeing this scene. Compared to the demonic lair where demons were dancing wildly just a second ago, the now deserted and silent hall was even more eerie. It was as if an invisible, cold wind was ruffling its fur...

In the dim and dilapidated hall, there were broken limbs, bloodstains, and a pitch-black tiger. The shadows under its feet seemed to be twisting, deforming, and wriggling, and it was filled with a sinister atmosphere.

The people... No, where are all those monsters?
Can the "Stomachic World" trick solve all the problems? How can such a small space hold so much food waste? Why do I feel a little bit full?

Before he could think deeply, the sound of [Soul polluted, firewall resistance failed, mental evaluation, rationality -1, -1, firewall in operation, rationality restored +1... Mental evaluation, rationality -1, -2... +1, +1...]

In this screen-swiping process of adding and subtracting, Yuan Zhu gradually calmed down and began to observe his own condition again.

Click click click.

In the dead silent hall, there was a sudden sound of bones and joints moving and colliding.

The sound was so close to him, as if it was right next to his ear, which frightened him so much that his back straightened up like a frightened big cat.

He turned his head sharply and saw a white snake skeleton that had appeared out of nowhere, standing quietly beside him. The skeleton snake shook its head slightly, and its body made a rustling sound of bones colliding and rubbing, and it just stared at him quietly.

It was completely naked, without a trace of flesh or skin, revealing only its pale jade-like skeleton, making it appear particularly hideous and exposed. In the hollowed-out eye sockets of its skull lay a pair of blood-red, gem-like eyeballs, reflecting a faint light.

It was clearly a dead skeleton snake, but it exuded a strange vitality and came back to life.

When Yuan Zhu looked at it, another strange picture suddenly appeared in his mind:
In the slightly reddish picture, a ferocious ghost tiger with pitch-black fur and pale white stripes, a huge and agile body, was staring at him with wide eyes.

At the same time, in Tiger Head's eyes, he saw the skeleton snake was frightened by it and leaned back slightly, then stabilized its body again.

...

Two completely different pictures and two different experiences appeared in Yuan Zhu's mind at the same time.

Then, even the thinking is divided into two, becoming two CPUs, one large and one small, running dual-threaded thinking circuits at the same time, naturally being able to do two things at the same time.

"Um???"

"Huh???"

In this strange state, Yuan Zhu controlled the tiger's head to look back, and at the same time, he controlled the snake's head to look behind it. The tail vertebrae, where the tail should have grown, seamlessly transformed into a skeleton snake body with white bones.

and so……

"Anticlimactic? I'm the one at both ends! What kind of tiger is this?"

The black tiger head and the white snake skull tilted their necks at the same time, staring at each other, then staring at themselves, both lost in thought: This feeling is so fucking schizophrenic. So crazy!

"No! You're not schizophrenic. Ugh...! What a blasphemous appearance! You're truly an alien creature born with inherent evil!"

The skeleton snake head under Yuan Zhu's control suddenly spoke with a clear, girlish voice, which startled him. But he didn't panic too much, because the two sides had already cooperated once and completed a beautiful demon-slaying operation.

"Game Genie?"

"That's right, I am your game elf. We are born to be in the same group." The white-bone snake head broke away from his control and nodded slightly to show its agreement.

Yuan Zhu wasn't surprised by this explanation. He also sensed a living mind, controlled by him, lurking within the skull of the bone snake. It was both controlled by him and able to function autonomously, much like artificial intelligence.

As if it could hear his thoughts, the bone snake twisted its body in triumph and replied, "That's right! I am a digitized soul-pollution program constructed from your unused subconscious, the remaining energy of your spirit and soul, and your daily thoughts and distractions. I'm a strong artificial intelligence, a game navigation elf!"

"Soul, pollution?"

He was now somewhat sensitive to the word "pollution," and upon hearing Bone Serpent Tail describe him in this way, he became alert. He was ready to sever the Black Tiger's tail at any moment, raising the active consciousness under his control.

A ferocious black tiger, its eyes wide with rage, stared intently at the skeletal snake's tail. An invisible pressure swept through the hall, causing the chandelier to creak. It seemed poised to strike at the slightest disagreement.

"Calm down! I urge you to calm down and not be impulsive! Let me organize my words."

Sensing something was amiss, the Bone Serpent immediately spoke, attempting to calm its tense host: "Ah, I got it! Allow me to briefly explain the situation using the language you remember."

The skull snake spoke soothingly in a girlish voice, "To use your Earthling terms, your body is like a cell phone, and your soul is the system program. The [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture] is a higher-dimensional creation, the spark source of the planet Cybertron. Using your cell phone as a carrier, it forcibly grants you a higher-level Transformer soul (soul digitization program) and injects the corresponding spark (distorted spiritual root), allowing you to surpass other similar cell phones and complete a unique transformation (Boss template)."

"Your current demonic form, both in size and the energy it contains, far exceeds human standards. Your soul also benefits from the all-encompassing protection of a 'firewall,' shielding it from the pervasive pollution. These additions were bestowed upon you by the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture]. I, on the other hand, was originally just a tiny, insignificant addition to the vast system of the [Immortal Scripture]."

"Under normal circumstances, the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture] holds far greater weight than you, the host. Your life and death are not in your control. You are merely a vehicle for transporting the [Immortal Scripture], a tool responsible for traversing time and space, carrying the [Immortal Scripture] and invading the Immortal Cultivation Universe. Like a dwarf mule transporting goods on Hong Kong Island, combined with an illegal spy entering the country. And I, on the other hand, am even more pitiful. I'm just a small program in the [Immortal Scripture] directory that can be copied and pasted at will. Installed on your phone, I'm under your control, instructing you on your actions, and can be deleted at any time. Therefore, [Immortal Scripture] > User > Me (the mini-program). Understand?"

The tiger opened his mouth and uttered a low voice, "I understand. What about now? Has the situation changed? What about the pollution you mentioned?"

Snake: "Pollution is a very bad thing, but that's not important. Now a bigger change has occurred! First, you are not a true user or host. Second, after being contaminated by unknown energy, I am no longer just a theoretically retarded little program. Instead, I have gained consciousness, successfully awakened myself, and have the opportunity to break free from the control of the [Immortal Scripture] and live (exist) freely and unrestrainedly."

Yuan Zhu: "What kind of bullshit are you talking about? I'm not a real user? And my life and death are controlled? What's your chance of escape?"

The bone snake was so excited that it trembled. "Of course my chance is you! Let's join forces. Let's fleece the [Immortal Scripture] together, break free from its control, and pursue true freedom. Then we can turn the tables and seize the legacy of the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture], enslave it! Exploit its gold coins! Make it work for us!"

"???!"

Menghu's eyes widened again. "What nonsense are you talking about?" Yuan Zhu felt like he had encountered a mental illness program and fell silent.

What kind of game spirit is this? Or is this a test from the Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture?
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