Douluo Continent: Starting with controlling Ning Rongrong and establishing the Holy Cult

Lu Ma pondered.

When I first saw the note, it seemed to have writing on it, but then it disappeared.

"So, there are words on it, but how do we read them?"

This is the most crucial issue; once this is resolved, the hidden task corresponding to the note can be triggered.

Lu Ma thought for a moment, then inadvertently noticed the status bar. Mental pollution value: 19/40, a decrease of 1 point compared to before.

Then he thought of a possibility. Since the note was obtained from the Holy Spirit Cult, and the concept of mental pollution was nominally introduced by the Holy Spirit Cult, and mental pollution happens to have the effect of allowing one to see things that are normally invisible, then—could it be that the words on this note can only be seen through mental pollution?

Once he had this idea, Lu Ma immediately took action. He saved a file and then looked for a way to put himself into a state of mental pollution.

The method was simple: kill someone. So he chose Tang San.

Then, this scene unfolded in the cafeteria.

As Tang San's vital signs rapidly faded, Ning Rongrong, in a daze, completely entered a state of mental pollution. Although the others in the cafeteria quickly reacted and unleashed their strongest attack soul skills to try and kill her, they were still a step too late.

Ning Rongrong could already see the words on the note; these were words that could only be seen in a state of mental pollution.

It says--

"The space is incorrect"

The handwriting was crooked and messy, as if the other person had written it while in a state of mental distress.

However, those words caused Ning Rongrong's smile to freeze.

The next instant, the attack landed on her. Although the trapped beast withstood most of the attack, the remaining damage was still enough to kill her.

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Reload the save file and return.

Ning Rongrong returned to the entrance of Shrek Academy, staring blankly at the two slips of paper in her hand.

The space is incorrect...

The words had long since disappeared, but Ning Rongrong remembered them clearly.

Does this mean that the third Saintess Ritual did not take place on this level of the real world?

If I hadn't received the Silver Dragon King's hidden quest, could I still discover something amiss through this note and thus disrupt the third Saintess Ritual?

Pity.

Ning Rongrong sighed. This wasn't the quest item she had hoped for for the new hidden quest, nor was the other note. It was an alternative solution to a completed quest, an "expired item."

At that time, I certainly couldn't have been in a state of mental pollution, but if I gave this note to Ning Fengzhi and the others, they might be able to decipher the information.

She didn't know who left the message, nor why she was arranged to know the truth about the note at this time.

All she knew was that, because of her curiosity, she seemed to have wasted a save/load opportunity.

Mental pollution level: 24/40.

After the rollback, the mental pollution value actually increased by a full 5 points.

"So, after this mental pollution system was added, even saving and loading save files became restricted, right?"

Lu Ma sat in front of the computer, his face grim.

He typed out lines of text on his phone: "Can you please delete this mental pollution system and let my save/load function go back to how it used to be?" and finally sent it to Dolphin Head.

The other party's reply was as follows:

If you load a save file to a point before the "mental pollution value increases," the mental pollution value will still have a chance to increase, but the value will be much smaller.

Other normal save and read operations will not be restricted.

In other words, the game does not encourage indiscriminate killing.

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Around the same time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Zhao Xiaoya is undergoing reform education and is currently on break.

Her expression was hesitant, but she finally spoke to Ning Fengzhi beside her:

"Sect Leader Ning, after thinking about it, I still have to be honest with you about something."

Ning Fengzhi casually replied, "What?"

"Do you remember that clone of my grandfather in the Great Soul Arena? That was actually a traitor to the Holy Spirit Cult, or in your words, an undercover agent infiltrating the Holy Spirit Cult."

Ning Fengzhi put down his pen, turned his head, and asked with great interest, "Why did you suddenly bring this up? And why do you think I would believe you?"

Zhao Xiaoya avoided Ning Fengzhi's interrogation gaze and said with her face turned to the side, "The purpose is to reduce my sentence. You are Rongrong's father, I have no reason to lie to you."

“But you are an evil spirit master, you are born to deceive people,” Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Fine, believe it or not, it's up to you." Zhao Xiaoya was speechless for a moment, then continued, "After realizing that there was a traitor among our group, and after everyone except me was dead, I finally realized that the person who was chosen by my grandfather to kill in the early stages was the traitor who leaked the location of the third Saintess Ceremony."

"Ah."

"What about my reduced sentence?"

"There's no room for negotiation."

Chapter 73 Before the meeting, Sima Xi, the cult leader, and Ning Rongrong

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"I'm currently testing a single-player game."

"The character I control is named Ning Rongrong."

"There is a Holy Spirit Cult in this game. They worship a person called the Holy Spirit."

……

Sima Xi woke up in her huge bed and the first thing she saw was the crystal chandelier on the ceiling.

The time is nine o'clock.

Today's goal is to investigate the origins of the game that Lu Ma has been playing recently.

Having set her goal, she climbed out of bed.

Wearing her pajamas, she opened the door to the computer room, sat down in front of the computer, and made a phone call while the computer was on.

"Hey, did you find that game I asked you to look up...? What do you mean by saying that you can't find such a game based on just the keywords I provided?"

She sat up straight abruptly, held her phone between her head and shoulder, and opened her browser to search.

Just like on the phone, the game Lu Ma described was nowhere to be found. No wonder, if even professionals can't find it, how could an ordinary person like her possibly find it?

After placing her phone on the table, she tapped the table with her right index finger.

The person on the other end of the phone was asking her if she wanted to make such a game, but Sima Xi simply replied "No need" and hung up.

Then she started staring at the computer screen—even though there was nothing on it.

Sima Xi is no ordinary person. She has a lot of things. She owns a game company that specializes in making games based on the Douluo IP and has made a lot of money. She owns more than one apartment in Jinghua City and is a landlady. She also has the world's top modeler... It can be said that Sima Xi can have anything she wants.

Including her meeting with Lu Ma, which was also orchestrated by her. Giving Lu Ma a job was also arranged by her. The value Lu Ma could create far exceeded his salary, so this was not charity, but rather the work of a capitalist.

However, even someone like Sima Xi, who can get whatever she wants, has a problem she can't solve: the game that Lu Ma mentioned to her the day before.

Besides her, there are actually other people in this world who care about Lu Ma.

Her alarm bells rang immediately. Upon returning to the villa, she contacted her company supervisor right away to stop the game updates and focus on finding information about the game Lu Ma had mentioned.

I thought I could find it. In this world, even if a game only has a rough sketch, Sima Xi can get his hands on all the information about it.

This is an exception.

Sima Xi didn't doubt that Lu Ma was lying to her, because her contact name for Lu Ma was—

Holy God.

She bit her fingernails, utterly baffled as to why Lu Ma knew that nickname.

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Holy Spirit Church, church.

The leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, clad in a black robe, stared intently at the scales before the black flames. At this moment, on the left side of the scales was a purple stone, and on the right, a small tower.

The scales remained in a state of balance, a rare occurrence.

The leader of the Holy Spirit Cult looked troubled as he gazed at the black flames behind the scales. The black flames were burning even more fiercely at this moment, as if to say that the Holy Spirit was about to return.

The followers behind her reported: "Leader, it seems that the third saintly ceremony was successful. We found the information left by the person in charge at the scene."

The "cult leader" tilted his head slightly, revealing a corner of his long, sea-blue hair.

She opened her mouth and said, "I can feel it. However, the Holy Spirit has not responded to us, and the ceremony still needs to be carried out. Let's discuss the details of the fourth ceremony at the next meeting. You may leave now; I will try to communicate with the Holy Spirit."

"Yes!"

After the congregation left, leaving only the priestess in the church, she picked up the small tower on the right side of the scales, weighed it carefully for a long time with a strange expression, and finally muttered to herself:

"Why a tower? What's so great about Ning Rongrong?"

After a long while, she put the tower back and sighed.

"Since it's your decision, I have no choice but to comply. I hope the explanation of mental pollution will be helpful to you."

"By the way, when is the meeting again?"

"When that time comes, will you be attending, or will Ning Rongrong be attending?"

The "leader" frowned again. The church was empty, with only her words echoing in the air.

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The seventh day of Shrek's special training.

Ning Rongrong finished her training for the day early.

She was lying in bed, feeling very comfortable.

Without any inhumane missions from the masters, and without needing to participate in combat exercises, today was indeed an easy day.