Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

Yi Zanglan's sickle was originally a plain silver blade, so bright it shone with a cold, snowy luster.

But now, faint crimson lines, resembling silk threads, spread upwards along the blade, gradually blurring out, giving the impression of being splattered with blood, slightly dark, and possessing a strange and eerie beauty.

This only happened once before, during the Qingyang Prison incident, when the four female ghost sisters, led by A Luo, possessed her weapon and merged into her power.

Now, history repeats itself, and her sickle is once again welcoming new guests.

"The other party can use the power of your weapon to leave this tower?" Ling Ye fell into deep thought, while his gaze shifted to her wrist. "Your bracelet has changed again."

Yi Zanglan lowered her eyes. At the beginning of the game, her bracelet also had similar patterns, which disappeared after the color gradually deepened, until it reappeared now.

"I'm not sure if it has anything to do with my skills," she said. "After all, I've never had any patterns on my bracelets before; this is the first time."

"Don't you fully understand your own skills?"

"Not entirely, because the system didn't even show me everything; there were question marks at the end."

"..."

Ling Ye also found this matter unbelievable, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being, and besides, that wasn't the focus at the moment.

He asked her, "Where are you planning to go next? Holy Spring Lake?"

"Indeed, I've already promised them." After saying that, Yi Zanglan frowned and looked around as if she remembered something. "Where's Yu Qing?"

"I didn't notice," Ling Ye said honestly. "I was in a hurry to find you, and I told her to run away if she could, but I don't know where she ran off to."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a familiar, clear female voice coming from downstairs.

"I didn't run away, I didn't run away, I've been playing guerrilla warfare with these ghosts!"

Yu Qing, like a nimble little gecko, climbed up the wall to the eaves of the tower, then jumped down to the ground and stood steadily in front of the two people.

"I was afraid of dragging down the jungler, and I also wanted to distract them from their attacks, so I went downstairs."

"As long as no one is injured, that's good." Yi Zanglan nodded calmly. "Now that everyone is here, let's set off immediately."

* * * * * *

On the way to the Sacred Spring Lake, Yi Zanglan briefly explained the situation to the two of them, as well as some deductions he had made about the gods based on the clues within the situation.

Yu Qing listened, recalled, and was shocked.

"Good heavens, it really seems to be true! Horses are black and white, the town rooftops are black and white, and there's a black lily on the mural in the tree hole, but I forgot about it after seeing it, thinking it was just some accidental paint stain!"

"This is actually a hint to us, including the three-line poem inside the tower, which is also a summary of the theme of this game."

Faith is forged in blood, and eternity is solidified through slaughter.

Immortality becomes a shackle, and holy light a prison.

When order collapses, to whom will you remain loyal?

The goddess of life, Phtas, nominally created this land, but she did not offer any protection to her people. Instead, she allowed killing to take place and used extreme methods to control and persecute her believers.

What is her relationship with the god imprisoned at the bottom of the lake, and what grudges did they have in the past? Outsiders have no way of knowing.

In short, they are each other's shackles, trapping each other in a cage. They seem to be immortal, but in reality, neither of them can be free.

So Phantas could only sleep in that ancient hotel, waiting for a sufficiently devout believer to become a puppet and be sealed away in her place.

Meanwhile, the deity at the bottom of the lake awaits the collapse of order, the awakening of believers, and their willingness to save her and bring her back to the human world.

To whom will you be loyal?

For players, there may be more than one way to survive, but the most important thing is to make the right choice.

"Lanlan." Walking through the secret forest, Ling Ye looked up at the sky through the dappled leaves. "It's getting dark."

The day and night cycles in the game are different from those in reality, and the days will get shorter and shorter as time goes on.

They had lingered inside the tower for too long, blurring their sense of time. Coupled with their trekking pace, they estimated that night would fall by the time they reached the lake.

Everyone knew how dangerous that night was.

"Let's speed things up," Yi Zanglan said. "We don't know exactly what will happen later, but at least we'll be mentally prepared."

Yu Qing understood that these words were mainly directed at her, and with the atmosphere already built up, she was somewhat nervous.

"So...do you two have any extra weapons? I've been running around and doing surveillance these past two days, I haven't had time to..."

Before she could finish speaking, two classically carved, dark silver daggers were simultaneously presented to her, one on each side.

Ling Ye coldly gestured: "Take it."

"You should be able to use dual swords, right?" Yi Zanglan asked with a smile. "It will make you look more fierce in a real fight."

"?"

* * * * * *

[Qin Shaoyu]: Let me summarize. The current situation is that besides the Goddess of Life, Futas, there's actually another deity. A part of their soul is sealed in a tower, while their body is imprisoned at the bottom of a lake. So, our captain needs to carry a scythe to the bottom of the lake and chop down that tombstone to reunite the deity's spirit and body, is that correct?

[Jiang Yao]: I think that's very correct.

[Jiang Ling]: Yes, the God of Wealth has a very strong ability to summarize!

[Qin Shaoyu]: It's rare to hear someone praise me like that. (Wearing sunglasses.jpg)

[Tang Yunxi]: Lanlan has said in private that you're quite clever, but you just don't use your intelligence in the right way.

[Qin Shaoyu]: Oh my god, really? So that's what the captain really thinks of me. I'll love her forever!

[Tang Yunxi]: Alas, love is forbidden.

[Wu Ying]: At such a crucial moment, you're still discussing love? I'm so nervous!

……

As expected, by the time the three of them traversed the secret jungle and arrived at the shore of the Holy Spring Lake, it was already completely dark.

Under the cold moon, the lake water was like a carefully polished black glass, the wind did not stir a ripple, and it exuded a chilling aura.

Yi Zanglan stopped and gazed indifferently at the lakeside.

Leung Dan-yee was standing there, or to be more precise, her body still belonged to Leung Dan-yee, but her soul was no longer there.

Her eyes were a tender green like new leaves, and her features had undergone subtle changes, making her increasingly similar to the portrait in the church.

The replacement is complete. Her current identity is the returned Goddess of Life, Phantas.

"My dear children, I've been waiting for so long." Futas smiled, her expression utterly pure and gentle. "Let me guess, what are you planning to do?"

Yi Zanglan remained calm and composed, replying, "Sorry to bother you, we've come to the lake to fetch some water to water the trees."

"If that's the case, then what about your scythe...?"

"After watering the tree, I chopped it down."

"..."