The Only Player in Infinite Terror

Halftime break is over.

After having a great time playing with the Vascular King for over an hour, the group, now in a bright and cheerful mood, returned to the Main God Square to continue the first all-member meeting of the Central Continent Team.

Next, it's time to choose enhancements for Zhan Lan.

"I didn't do anything in the last round, but thanks to you, Ling Qi, I still got one C-level side quest and two D-level side quests." A blush still lingered on Zhan Lan's pretty face.

"Then Zhan Lan, you should first check the skill 'Mental Strength Scan.' You should be able to exchange for it." Although he already knew the answer, Ling Qi instructed him to prevent any accidents.

"Okay." Zhan Lan nodded, obediently closed her eyes, and connected her consciousness with the main god.

[Mental Strength Scan, rated 79 points, skill enhancement, applicable to most horror movies. After redemption, it can slightly increase mental strength attribute. The enhancer can project mental strength to scan and obtain information within a certain range. The scanning range is positively correlated with mental strength attribute. Requires one C-level side quest. Reward points: 4,000]

"The main god has suggested that I can directly exchange for this skill." Zhan Lan opened her eyes obediently.

"Zheng Zha, Brother Jie, you can also try to see if you can exchange for this skill," Ling Qi instructed.

Zheng Zha blinked, cursing, "The main god indicated that I need to reach 4,000 points in mental strength before I can exchange for this skill."

Zhang Jie laughed and said, "I can just change it."

"Being a psychic is an extremely rare talent, but a Reincarnation Squad must have at least one psychic, otherwise..."

Ling Qi understood, and after speaking, he also inquired with the main god whether he could exchange for it.

[The Reincarnator Ling Qi's mental strength attribute is less than 1200 points, therefore he cannot exchange for this skill.]

This attribute requirement naturally refers to the requirement for acquired attribute values.

Ling Qi checked his acquired attributes with the main god and found that his acquired mental strength attribute value was slightly higher than his innate attribute value, reaching 879 points.

If you spend reward points to directly exchange for mental power attributes, you only need to spend a little over three thousand reward points to meet the exchange requirements for the mental power scanning skill.

But Ling Qi gave up on this approach without even thinking about it. There was no need to rush to change it, since there were other mentally strong individuals in the team.

"Should I exchange for this skill directly?" Zhan Lan tilted her head.

"No, you don't need to rush to exchange for this skill yet." Ling Qi shook his head: "Although this skill is very important, we don't need it right now."

"Zhan Lan, you didn't have many initial side quests and reward points to begin with. First, exchange for bloodlines to increase your innate attributes."

"Improving one's innate attributes is equivalent to improving one's cultivation aptitude and development efficiency."

"In this way, Zhan Lan, you can maximize the effectiveness of your self-study and cultivation over the next few days."

"I understand. So, Ling Qi, what bloodline do I want to exchange for?" Zhan Lan asked.

"I recommend that you exchange one C-level side quest and one D-level side quest for the Spirit Race mutated bloodline," Ling Qi said bluntly.

[A mutated Eldar bloodline, rated 66 points, from Warhammer 40,000. An Awakened being among the hybrid descendants of the Eldar, a once dominant race. After enhancement, their muscle strength, mental power, and reflex speed are slightly increased. Their skills include heightened perception, significantly enhanced dynamic vision, thought speed, and intuition, and a slight increase in affinity for warp energy and mental power recovery speed. Because of their mutated bloodline, the user will not have any weaknesses in warp projection and will not normally attract terrifying beings in the warp. Requires one D-rank side quest. Reward: 800 points.]

[Eldar Walker Mutant Bloodline, rated 77 points, from Warhammer 40,000. Fully activates psionic potential, further purifies the Eldar bloodline within, and slightly increases muscle strength, mental power, and nerve reflex speed after enhancement. Skills include enhanced psionic sensitivity and the newly added skill Psionic Affinity, allowing the user to initially sense and communicate with warp energy using willpower, condense simple psionic weapons or shields, or perform a short-range dimensional jump-like teleportation with a relatively long cooldown. Because it is a mutant bloodline, the user will not have any warp projection vulnerabilities and will not normally attract terrifying beings in the warp. Requires one C-rank side quest. Reward points: 1800. Eldar Walker Mutant Bloodline.]

The Eldar are a race created by the Old Ones during the War of Heaven to compensate for their lack of numbers. Their mission was to fight against the Star Gods and the Necromancers of the cosmos.

They are slender and graceful, and apart from their pointed ears and generally exquisite and beautiful appearance, they are not much different from humans, at least on the surface.

However, in reality, their physiological structure is vastly different from that of humans. Their reaction speed, thinking speed, agility, and lifespan far exceed those of humans.

Do these settings look familiar?

Yes, the prototype of the Adalin is actually the enduring elf race in the fantasy world.

After the war in Heaven ended, the Star Gods were defeated, the Necromancers of Space fell into slumber, and the Ancient Saints disappeared without a trace.

As the eldest sons of the Ancient Ones, the Aedalin inherited their legacy and became the undisputed rulers of the galaxy.

Its ancient empire, built on the galactic highway known as the Web, spans across the stars and boasts highly advanced psionic technology and science.

They once possessed a brilliant civilization, but the civilization that had developed to its peak and the emotional perception that far surpassed that of humans led Eldar society to corruption and depravity in endless pleasure.

Corruption and depravity bred countless sins and karma, and the Eldar ultimately reaped what they sowed, giving birth to the Chaos God Slaanesh.

The first cry of the Slaanesh after its birth triggered an unprecedented warp storm.

The terrifying energy released by this violent warp storm tore a massive wound in the material universe of Warhammer, known as the "Eye of Terror," and devoured countless Eldar homeworlds.

When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact? The Spirit Clan Empire was thus destroyed, and the gods worshipped by the Spirit Clan were almost all slaughtered in this catastrophe.

The Eldar, who once fearlessly courted death and indulged in reckless acts because they had mastered the Soul Stone resurrection technique, are now forced to endure eternal torment in the palace of Prince Pleasure after their souls have been devoured by Slaanesh.

What was once a blessing of immortality has now become an eternal curse that brings pain and regret to the Eldar.

Only those wise members of the Elven race who had foreseen the tragedy and led their people away beforehand, along with a very few lucky individuals, survived this catastrophe that led to the collapse of their civilization.

But the tragic fate of the survivors did not end there; it was only just beginning, because Slaanesh, the "young god of Eldar," forever coveted their souls.

They must evade the pursuit of "that person" and the Slaanesh for eternity, until "that person," having had their fill of playing with them, swallows their souls whole and throws them into the Sixth Ring Realm.

Slaanesh declared: Every cause has its effect, and your retribution is me! Eldar, delicious!

However, no matter how much the Eldar fell into decline, they were once the dominant race in the entire galaxy, a race that achieved both technological and psionic ascension.

Therefore, even the most ordinary Eldar civilian's body contains the advanced technology of a powerful civilization.

The mutated bloodline of the Spirit Race produced by the Main God, strictly speaking, requires a B-level exchange to be comparable in strength to a common Spirit Race member.

But this is not a drawback. The Eldar mutated bloodline produced by the main god eliminates the Eldar soul's projection in the warp, which is the most important point.

"Zhan Lan, your role is that of a mental power controller, therefore, I chose the mutated bloodline of the Spirit Race for you," Ling Qi explained.

"First of all, as a psionic race, the psionic bloodline can bring you a large amount of innate spiritual power, a core attribute bonus."

"Secondly, the Eldar are naturally very compatible with warp energy, making them natural psionic beings."

"The potential for developing psionic energy is enormous. A powerful psionicist can even extinguish a star with a single thought, which can greatly enhance your combat power, Zhan Lan."

"To make it easier to understand, you can simply think of the psionicists, the spellcasters in the Warhammer world, as mages or warlocks who use warp energy to cast spells."

"However, psionicists in the Warhammer world are not as noble as mages in other worlds, because they can lose control every time they cast a spell."

"At best, their abilities will go berserk; at worst, their souls will be devoured by demons or they will turn into bombs that destroy everything around them."

"But this is not a problem with the psionicists. The more crucial reason why they went out of control is that the warp in the Warhammer world is the territory of the Chaos Gods, and it is full of Chaos Demons."

"Every time a psyker casts a spell, it's like lighting a candle, a lamp, or even launching a flare in the warp, projecting their soul into the warp, which naturally attracts those malevolent chaos demons."

"However, any enhancements obtained from the Supreme God are actually based on the Supreme God providing the fundamental conditions for the ability to take effect."

"This also means that even if you go to the Warhammer world, as long as you don't do anything reckless and try to communicate with the warp energy of the Warhammer world, you don't need to worry about losing control when using psionic energy."

"Because the warp energy you need to use psionic power is provided by the Supreme God, it is safe and without any hidden dangers, and it will not leave a projection in the warp."

"Finally, once you upgrade to a B-grade mutated bloodline of the Spirit Race, no matter which path you choose, you will receive a Soul Stone that is bound to your soul."

"With the Soul Stone, even if your body is destroyed, you will not truly die, because your soul will be perfectly preserved in the Soul Stone and await resurrection."

No more worrying about hitting the Divine Stone.

Zhan Lan smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll exchange for this one. I trust Captain Ling's judgment."

"What about the remaining D-rank side quest? What should I exchange it for?"

Ling Qi smiled slightly and said, "Your physical condition is the weakest among the four of us. Even if you practice martial arts diligently for the remaining few days, it won't be enough to reach the level where you can withstand bullets."

"Although I and the others will do our best to protect you, before you upgrade your bloodline to B-grade and obtain the Soul Stone, just in case, I suggest you use the remaining D-grade side quest to exchange 500 reward points for a protective jade pendant."

"This is a high-quality, low-cost magical legendary protective item. When you suffer fatal damage, the jade pendant will generate an energy shield that can absorb the damage and automatically protect its owner."

"A protective jade pendant can store enough energy to trigger up to thirty times, but if it takes too much damage at once, it will consume more energy."

"Furthermore, if the damage received in a single instance exceeds the limit, the protective jade pendant will be destroyed."

"The jade pendant's maximum withstand capacity is at most the level of a rocket launcher, but that's enough, since this item is mainly for preventing unexpected situations."

Ling Qi was also terrified, fearing that his precious Zhan Lan would die from some strange thing again when she went back to Resident Evil to rack up points in a few days.

Zhan Lan smiled shyly, a blush spreading across her face: "Okay, I understand."

She glanced at Ling Qi's flawless face, then stole a look at Erii, who appeared to be sitting upright but was actually lost in thought, and couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts.

"Ling Qi is so concerned about my safety, could it be that he likes me?"

"But even though I'm considered pretty, I'm nowhere near as good-looking as this younger sister, right? It seems unlikely that Ling Qi would like me..."

"Besides, he already has someone he likes, and he still likes me? He's such a jerk. If he confesses to me, should I politely reject him...?"

Ling Qi glanced at it and felt a little helpless, thinking to himself, "Why are you blushing like a teapot?"

However, based on his understanding of Zhan Lan, it was clear that she had fallen in love again.

However, this is only human nature, and we can't blame her for being love-struck.

Both the mutated bloodline and the "Unwavering Dao Fruit" cultivation technique possess incredible beauty-enhancing effects.

With the two combined, Ling Qi's appearance has been optimized to an unbelievable level.

It's no exaggeration to say that her face alone could exert an effect no less powerful than a charm spell.

Therefore, although Ling Qi didn't actually do much, Zhan Lan was already bewitched by that face and fell into all sorts of imagined scenarios.

Ignoring the infatuated Zhan Lan, Ling Qi cleared his throat and said, "Alright, let's leave the exchange agenda here for now. Next, let's go back to the events of the last Resident Evil world."

"If we trigger the storylines of the later installments of the 'Crisis' series early after we go back, we can get double the side quests and reward points."

"So, this time we're going back not only to cultivate, but also to obtain more side quests and reward points, which means we're going to farm points."

"However, that's the day before the next mission starts. Now, Zhan Lan and Zheng Zha, you two exchange your tokens first. After you're done, we'll go to Brother Jie's house for a big meal."

"Alright, to be honest, I only had a cup of soy milk this morning, and my stomach is growling now." Zheng Zha laughed and started exchanging items, then floated into the air with the golden pillar of light.

Zhan Lan snapped out of her daze, exclaimed "Ah!", and quickly connected with the main god to complete the exchange, also enveloped in a golden pillar of light.

Ling Qi was not stingy either. When the two of them were exchanging items, he exchanged some dragon meat, spirit beast meat, immortal wine, spirit fruit, spirit rice and other spiritual items with the main god.

Although these alternatives are not as cost-effective as using rare and precious ingredients, the taste is far superior to any so-called expensive ingredients in reality.

After Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan finished exchanging their items, Zhang Jie cheerfully led the way, saying, "Come on, your sister-in-law's cooking is top-notch! I guarantee you'll lick the plates clean!"

The group chatted and laughed as they made their way to Zhang Jie's room.

The already incredibly delicious creatures, combined with the exquisite culinary skills of Zhang Jie's wife Na'er, were so delicious that Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan almost swallowed their tongues while eating them.

Even Zhang Jie himself joked that he was just a country bumpkin.

In the past, he could only buy some real-world expensive ingredients from the main god, such as king crab, lobster, bluefin tuna, and Iberian ham. Although they tasted good, they were nothing compared to what Ling Qi exchanged for.