Life Dungeon Game

However, the spring semester for the foundation program has already begun.

The Nolanca Group has planted a large number of trees and plants along the paths in the park to beautify the campus environment.

Annie's gaze was drawn away from the huge 'Pete-Qiming Medical College' school emblem.

"You must study hard once you get into school."

Roger, standing behind Annie, whispered his instructions.

"Ah."

Annie nodded gently.

“Don’t worry too much,” Lina said with a smile, putting her arm around her shoulder. “Your Uncle Roger is also a visiting professor at this school, and all the teachers here are his fellow students. If you encounter anything at the school, just tell us.”

"Eh?"

Aini was taken aback.

“Hmm,” Roger nodded, casually pulling out a bulging backpack from behind him. “Remember to do these exercises. I’ll explain them to you next time I come to class.”

Annie: "Ah"

Lina was laughing so hard she could barely stand up straight. She covered her mouth and whispered to Annie, "Okay, go in. Don't worry, we'll be there for you."

Annie glanced back at the two of them, remained silent for a moment, then nodded gently, picked up her schoolbag, and walked through the brand-new gate.

Will she become an excellent doctor in the future?

Lina watched the girl's retreating figure and whispered.

“I don’t know,” Roger shook his head. “Her life is in her own hands.”

“Hmm,” Lina nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Roger, “Your fellow students aren’t proselytizing at the school, are they?”

“No,” Roger shook his head. “They came here following divine decree; they won’t do anything reckless.”

“I’m sorry to trouble you,” Lina sighed. “We originally had a few professors and lecturers who could have helped you with the workload, but Star Pharmaceuticals and Huiermei poached them with high salaries and have also restricted other doctors from coming here.”

"Things will be fine once these children grow up."

Roger looked at the scattered figures on campus and said softly.

"Yes."

Lina nodded gently.

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Annie walked into the school and looked at the people walking around her. They all carried one or two items with the logo of the Nolanca Group's Star City.

She had just come from the airport, and this was the scene she saw everywhere.

Before anyone knew it, Nolanca Group's products had spread throughout the city.

The area in front of the school's main teaching building is filled with cherry blossom trees.

These cherry blossoms are early spring cherry blossoms cultivated by the Federation. They usually bloom from February to March, but this year, due to the higher temperatures, these flowers are already showing signs of blooming earlier than usual.

At this moment, pink buds are emerging from the tender branches, and youthful boys and girls are running past under the cherry blossom tree.

A gentle breeze ruffled a strand of the girl's hair, and she looked up at the front of her head.

In front of the magnificent teaching building, amidst pink cherry blossom trees, stands a brand-new bronze statue.

Annie gazed at the familiar face on the bronze statue.

The bronze statue depicts a middle-aged man with a thin face, wearing a loose coat, holding a book, and looking in the direction of the rising sun.

The morning sunlight shone on his cheeks and on the footsteps of passersby.

Jingle Bell--

From the deepest part of the teaching building, the school bell rang.

This moment is hope.

Chapter 493 Eighth Official Mission Settlement (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

The 'King of the Night' character card is currently on cooldown (remaining cooldown time: 1 dungeon run)

He Ao withdrew his gaze from the character card that had turned gray.

He vaguely remembered that during the dungeon, after the Night King was used, it could be used again, but the exchange price for the second use became two exchange stars.

However, after the dungeon ends, this character card enters a cooldown period where it becomes unusable.

The cooldown time is '1 dungeon', does that mean this card cannot be used in the next dungeon?

Does this mean that the system's ability to 'revive' past figures cannot be used frequently?

Since each instance of a dungeon doesn't actually last long, can we count all uses of the same character card in one instance as one instance?

The time interval between the two copies is long enough that they cannot be merged.

From this perspective, the cooldown time of character cards is more like a usage restriction, a restriction that prevents them from being used frequently.

There are usually two reasons why an ability or item may be unusable due to a cooldown period:

One reason is internal, such as the device needing to recharge and being unable to be used during the recharging period, which is why it cannot be used.

Second, there are external reasons, such as being restricted by certain rules or external forces, which prevent one from doing something during that period.

He Ao first thought that it was unlikely that the cooldown time of the character card was due to internal reasons such as the need for charging.

This is because it's difficult to explain why character cards can be used multiple times without cooldown within a dungeon. Of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

However, He Ao is more inclined to believe that the cooldown time of character cards is due to external factors.

The soul is a very sensitive thing. If a person repeatedly 'dies and comes back to life', doing sit-ups in a coffin, perhaps the people around him can be persuaded, but what about those who are not 'human'?

The dungeon world is filled with all sorts of strange entities, and it cannot be ruled out that some entities can detect the changes in these souls.

The reason why character cards can be used multiple times within the same instance is because the effect has already been created, and in the short term, one use or many uses have the same effect.

A drop of black ink placed in a mixture of multicolored inks will not make a significant difference when another drop of ink is added to the mixture.

If the time interval is long enough, new ink will drip onto the adjacent areas, and in a chaotic mix of colors, the presence of two adjacent blacks can easily attract attention.

Therefore, if the time is extended further, the two drops of ink will be separated and mixed with other colors, making them less noticeable.

However, this is only He Ao's current guess. He has too few character cards and has used them too few times, so his current guess is still too far off.

He also realized that as his game privileges increased, the new features unlocked by the system might have begun to connect with something at a higher level.

Putting aside his doubts for the moment, He Ao's gaze lingered on the character card interface.

The character card interface remained unchanged, with the background still consisting of cards facing away from He Ao in the distance, while closer to He Ao, several huge character cards were arranged in sequence.

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From left to right, the first one is Joey's "Primal Fire", the second one is Vian's "King of the Night", and the third one is Nel's "The Usurper".

He Ao's gaze moved to the very end.

There, a fourth card appeared, a card with its back to Heo.

He Ao opened the character card interface not to check the status of the [King of the Night] card, but to confirm something.

At the end of this instance, Pete's body had actually collapsed under the impact of the enhancement potion and the night walk, but Heo kept him alive with life potions.

Once the mission is over and Heo leaves, Pete's body will definitely not remain intact and will most likely shatter.

Therefore, it was impossible for Pete to have his life sustained by Roger in an incubation chamber like Vian did.

However, in a world with gods and supernatural powers, nothing is absolute.

As he watched, the card that had been facing away from him slowly rotated around.

The background of this card is a pure white space, with a branch full of green leaves extending into the background from outside, occupying the upper third of the entire background space.

Beneath these branches floated a figure enveloped in a faint white glow.

He looked down at the footnotes.

【saint】

It was somewhat unexpected, but it was also within the possible outcomes that He Ao had anticipated.

This was not included in the deal between Heo and the Goddess of Life.

He summoned the Goddess of Life to Limen City, exchanging the Fountain of Youth for the Goddess of Life's support in establishing a medical school for the Nolanca Group.

Aside from medical consortia, the only place in the entire Federation with a large number of top-notch doctors is the Church of the Goddess of Life. Therefore, when it is impossible to obtain top-notch doctors through normal channels, cooperating with the Church of the Goddess of Life is the best option.

The transaction did not include missionary work; at the very least, the Church of the Goddess of Life could not openly preach.

Making a deal with an evil god is inherently a very dangerous thing. Heo used Eve to collect a lot of information about the goddess of life. According to that information, the goddess of life is a god who is relatively compliant with the 'contract'.

Furthermore, compared to the god of knowledge and the god of chaos, the goddess of life is a more 'gentle' deity.

The mission of the Church of the Goddess of Life is to continuously sow life, so the Church of the Goddess of Life has no record of causing any particularly great disasters.

Of course, to say that the goddess of life is a 'good goddess' would be somewhat idealistic.

If He Ao hadn't made a pact with the Goddess of Life not to harm the residents of Limen City, and if the Fountain of Youth hadn't been so abundant that the Goddess of Life was probably quite full, He Ao felt that the Goddess of Life wouldn't have minded randomly taking some lucky people away and draining them dry.

Cooperating with an evil god is like asking a tiger for its skin, but in this situation, it is necessary to use some unorthodox forces to break the current deadlock.

Heo also left behind some methods for controlling the Church of the Goddess of Temperance.

His gaze returned to the [Saint] card.

This card wasn't part of his deal with the Goddess of Life. It seems the Goddess of Life maintained Pete's life through some means, or even directly transformed Pete into something else.

Seeking 'beloved'.

In either case, the trouble behind this card is no less than that of Nel's "The Usurper," because using this card will inevitably create a strong connection with the Goddess of Life.

The close gaze of a deity concerning life is not something easily endured.

Judging from the polluted murmurs that entered Heo's mind during the sacrificial ritual, the pollution carried by the Goddess of Life was not too bad.

This card is also grayed out, and like the [Usurper] card, it cannot be redeemed yet.