Sequence Wars: The Mythical Age is Created by Me

Jiang Fan held the game console; this was the first time he had ever seen someone on the verge of death in such a realistic way.

It was a completely different feeling from when the pixelated character was injured. The unwillingness and longing in his eyes made one feel how close death could be.

On the screen.

In the muddy water, Lin Qian's vital signs were rapidly fading.

Her clothes were soaked in blood, and she clutched the broken ancient jade that emitted a bluish light tightly in her hand.

Just as the three-meter-tall, green-furred mutated mandrill was about to unleash its deadly claws, the azure light on the ancient jade suddenly intensified.

Ni Yao's translucent, divine spirit, adorned with an orchid crown, slowly emerged above the girl amidst the intertwining of blue light.

An unexpected scene unfolded.

The originally frenzied and bloodthirsty [煞]-grade mountain demon, upon seeing Ni Yao's spirit body, had a trace of extreme human-like fear flash in its scarlet vertical pupils.

Mountain, Lord Mountain Ghost.

It seemed to have seen some taboo etched deep in its mind, and let out a fierce roar. It didn't even care about the prey that was about to be eaten. Its huge body suddenly shrank back, and then it rolled and crawled back into the thick green miasma.

Only the patter of rain and the girl's faint breathing remained in the valley.

Jiang Fan used the daily free "Insight" feature, and the girl's information immediately popped up on the left side of the screen.

[Discovered near-death "Lin Qian": Member of the Astronomical Bureau's Geography Department. Holder of the first-tier Pan-Sequence [Archer]. Heart and lungs have suffered severe damage; vital signs are about to drop to zero.]

[New profession discovered: "Archer": An ancient skill derived from military tactics and hunting in the mountains, a general sequence derived from the history of human warfare and survival with cold weapons. With quick eyes and steady hands, one can hit a target from a hundred paces away. Slight enhancements are gained at high vantage points and in open fields. Dynamic vision and long-distance accuracy are greatly improved. The bow and arrow are the culmination of thousands of years of human skill; whenever prey appears, the wind and the eye aim perfectly. Overall rating: D-]

The "Insight" feature has also been upgraded; now it can even directly obtain information about girls in real life.

However, it's normal that version v0.01 can't get character information. Even if you tell Jiang Fan who it is, he wouldn't recognize it in reality, given the initial version's bunch of pixels.

The ability to recognize "Li Chengfeng" was entirely due to his exceptional intelligence and keen perception. Now, with a 3D model that is almost identical to reality, although you can tell from the details that it was sculpted, it perfectly conforms to the aesthetics of normal people.

However, this girl was actually from the Bureau of Astronomy. It seems that the Xia Kingdom has also noticed the huge changes brought about by version v0.10 and has sent people to Wushan.

The theme of this version is "Nine Songs" from the Chu Ci. Judging from the text description of the game update, it seems that the entire Wushan Mountain has been brought to life in the mountains, and perhaps even the vanished Yunmeng Marsh will appear.

After all, Yun Zhongjun is one of the nine gods in Nine Songs, so it's unlikely that he wouldn't be included in the storyline.

I wonder if such a big change in the geographical environment will affect my ability to lie down comfortably in Tianhai.

Jiang Fan really feels pretty good now. He has no worries about food and drink, can help citizens fight crime, rescue cats and dogs, is cared for by his beautiful aunt, has reliable colleagues at work, and has the cute girl Han Yi who occasionally shows up...

All he needs to do is play games by himself at night, and the world will be much more exciting than before.

In the game scene, Ni Yao quietly lowers her head, gazing at the black-haired girl at her feet, who is in the prime of her life but is about to wither away.

"What a young kid..."

Ni Yao's ethereal and low-pitched soliloquy popped up at the bottom of the screen.

In her eyes, the girl's reflection gradually overlapped with her own image from thousands of years ago.

In the worldview of the Chu people, the gods were noble and discerning, and the life of a witch was dedicated to "welcoming the gods" from the very beginning.

She cannot have worldly ties; she must live in a secluded temple or by a river, far from the hustle and bustle of the world.

She needs to bathe with orchids and perfume herself with fragrant herbs all year round. She wears gorgeous clothes woven from creeping fig and dodder. She has no worldly life of her own. Her daily companions are only the red leopard and civet in the deep mountains, and the sounds of the wind passing through the forest and springs of Yunmeng Marsh.

Their greatest moment of glory was on the altar, where bells and drums resounded and rustling music filled the air, as the priestesses danced with fantastical steps, pushing their spirits to the peak of ecstasy.

At that moment, she was the reflection of a god on earth, experiencing the immense pressure and ecstasy brought by the god, and enjoying a grandeur and honor that mortals could never attain in their lifetime.

However, the gods are immortal and capricious; they come on dragons or clouds and depart in an instant, leaving the priestesses with endless emptiness.

"Don't die."

Ni Yao's spirit slowly crouched down, extended her illusory fingertips, and gently touched the girl's face, which was covered in mud and blood, and spoke in an almost pleading tone.

The girl's face reflected a pair of eyebrows, eyes, and lips that were remarkably similar to hers.

The girl, whose eyes had already become vacant, now shed two lines of clear tears. She didn't want to die, she really didn't want to die.

She still had so many things she wanted to do, she hadn't yet made her brother proud, and she hadn't yet told the world her name.

The world promised her that it would give her the grandest debut.

Jiang Fan didn't perform any actions; this seems to be a CG animation... It seems this game doesn't have CG; it's all based on real-world calculations.

However... he felt that "Ni Yao" and this woman named Lin Qian looked so alike, they were practically twins cut from the same mold.

Could it be that there is a reincarnation to continue the relationship?

On the screen, Ni Yao remained silent for a moment, then clasped her hands together in front of her chest, forming an extremely ancient and complex mudra.

She raised her head and, facing the sky obscured by dark clouds, sang a mournful song from the land of Chu that no one could understand.

That was the highest prayer offered by the shaman to the "Great Master of Fate," the deity who governs lifespan and death.

"By the God of Fate, life and death are intertwined. I, with the soul of a divine sorcerer, pray that this body may protect its spirit from annihilation and prolong its remaining lifespan..."

As the prayer was completed, a powerful surge of life force emerged from the broken ancient jade.

Ni Yao's spirit transformed into countless autumn orchids and angelica flowers, which, following the blue light, turned into starlight and merged seamlessly into the girl's broken body.

The spirit of the sorcerer has guided this mortal body!

[The High Priest's blessing has taken effect: the girl's original soul has been perfectly preserved and has fallen into a deep sleep, with the game character "Ni Yao" taking control of this body.]

[Detected that the original owner of this body possessed the generic sequence [Archer] (Tier 1). Now that the two souls are sharing one body, the sequences will be fused.]

[Ni Yao's current status: Tier 1 Divine Shaman + Tier 1 Archer]

Accompanied by a series of system notification sounds, the girl lying in the muddy water slowly opened her eyes in the video.

The previously unfocused pupils refocused, but the fear and naivety of modern people in those eyes had completely faded away, replaced by eyes that exuded compassion and divinity that had transcended thousands of years.

Deep between her brows, a faint blue orchid-like divine pattern flashed and disappeared.

She stood up from the mud, looked at her blood-stained hands, then at the fallen members of the Surveillance Bureau team around her, and sighed softly.

"From this day forward, I will live for you and walk in this unfamiliar world for you."

Jiang Fan sat in front of the screen. The opening plot was beyond his expectations, especially since the new character was someone who possessed both sequences simultaneously.

It's important to understand that even Rias cannot use the Pale Knight while using King Arthur. While they may not be mutually exclusive, there is absolutely no possibility of them cooperating.

But the fact that "Ni Yao" can use both [Witch] and [Archer] at the same time is truly amazing.

【Miko】 Just hearing the name makes you think she can provide some kind of supernatural buffs, while the latter is a very orthodox ranged unit. Combining the two is simply the most perfect long-range damage dealer.

A gentle older sister with super strong combat power—game designers really know how to play games.

The turquoise mark of the "Witch" is on Ni Yao's brow, with a nine-petaled autumn orchid in the center, resembling the flowing black robes and sleeves of a shaman during a ritual.

The gray-blue "Archer" is located between her index finger and the base of her thumb, corresponding to the part of an archer's fingers that draw a bow. The background pattern is a sharp "Eye of the Wind," and the shape of the pupil is a cold weapon arrow ready to be released. The outer edge of the eye is surrounded by the outline of a full moon longbow formed by gusts of wind.

The combination of these two elements is not at all abrupt. It seems that a witch who moves in the mountains and forests should also have the ability to hunt, not to harm those mountain spirits, but to make those who try to destroy this place and anger the Nine Gods disappear.

After being possessed by "Ni Yao", Lin Qian's hair ends turned into feathers. The blue-green feathers resembled bird wings, making her appear exceptionally light. This may be a direct manifestation of the "witch's" closeness to nature.

And as expected, Ni Yao has two ability bars.

The first one is turquoise and only has one segment; the other one should be the [Archer] one, which also only has one segment.

It seems that Rias's fighting style, which increases step by step according to the number of stages, is different. To be honest, Jiang Fan felt that Rias's ability design was quite abnormal. Ordinary [Knights] do not have her kind of explosive power at all. That is the character's own mechanism.

It's the original Arthurian legend, so it's understandable that it's a bit overrated.

According to the setting of the [Miko], this bar should be similar to a mana bar. The more you use, the less mana you have. If you have no mana, you can't do anything. This is fundamentally different from a knight who fights with a sword.

Jiang Fan tried it out. He pressed the up arrow, and sure enough, it only consumed a small amount of the blue bar. A faint, delicate blue light barrier, as smooth as water ripples, appeared on Ni Yao's body.

This layer of light is like a light veil formed by the sounds of forests and springs, carrying a refreshing fragrance of grass and trees that cleanses all things, keeping out the drizzling rain from the sky and the residual green miasma in the air.

"It's not the kind of armored phantom that knights use for head-on collisions; it's more like an invisible force field formed by communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Jiang Fan felt more confident.

Then he pressed the attack button X, and the gray-blue bar for the archer began to decrease rapidly. However, as the pressing time increased, the decreasing speed also slowed down, just like there was a real arrow drawn on the bowstring.

At first, it's easy to draw the bow, but it becomes increasingly difficult to draw it in a round shape until it's stretched to its limit, at which point that arrow is released with lightning speed.

At that moment, the light veil around the priestess was completely absorbed into the arrow, and a bluish-green stamen emerged from the tip of the arrow.

Just as the gray-blue arrow was about to run dry, Jiang Fan released the arrow. The arrow flew at an extremely fast speed and disappeared into the depths of the jungle.

Judging from the feedback on the game console screen, the speed is faster than that of a regular pistol, but slightly slower than that of a rifle.

The gray-blue bar recovers as if it were springy, recovering half its value in a second, and then gradually recovering to its full value.

Wow, this charges so fast!

Rias can only accumulate gold bars by being hit and attacking others, or by using the original version of the ultimate skill to refresh the gold bars.

The game character's gray-blue bar is a buff to the basic attack, since it really feels like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, and it recovers very quickly.

As for the Azure Bar brought by the [Miko] sequence, its recovery is quite slow, and there are no signs of recovery at present.

So, the new character's attack method is to hold down the attack button while pressing the up arrow to buff the arrow?

Then I'll just clear both bars at once. My single-point burst damage is likely to be stronger than Rias's first-tier [Knight] form when she opened two yellow bars in a row.

However, there will be a long gap period afterwards, and even if she can recover the Azure Bar of the [Miyako] after being hit, her body won't be able to withstand it.

Not only does it lack the armor value of a [Knight], but its health bar is also only one-third of Rias's.

After the update, a silver sphere with a black cross inserted in the middle has been added behind Rias's health bar, which represents her armor value. It was probably not displayed in the previous version.

This silver orb has exceptionally strong protective capabilities. The [Camelot] S-rank armor, combined with the cross given to Rias by Miss Alice, helped her withstand a lot of fatal damage.

That "Ni Yao" is absolutely the most fragile character ever.

Trying to beat this glass cannon in one life requires a lot of skill, but unfortunately, I, Jiang Fan, happen to have one.

But what should we do now?

He's already completed the main questline of the first act...

They drove the mandrill away, but the mission didn't say they had to kill it.

Moreover, Wushan should have recovered in three days by now, and there might be many mountain spirits and monsters, or even minor gods. Perhaps some prominent gods in the Nine Songs pantheon have come out to spread the word. Before figuring out the situation, he should be cautious.

Then let's...start arming ourselves.

Jiang Fan started this game with a full eighty draws of resources.

[Main Quest 1 Update: Hunt down the terrified [Fiendish] Mountain Demon and search the lost Surveillance Bureau camp.]

Just as he was about to use the power of the gods, the mission was updated.

Chapter Two also features a new quest guide.

Jiang Fan felt that this phased guidance was not bad. At least he didn't have to rely on game experience to follow the plot like in the first chapter. Having a short-term goal would at least prevent him from being like a headless fly.

Okay!

Where did the mandrill go?