Transform into Ruan Mei and start from the battlefield of national destiny

Next to Jim was a rather short figure, young and pretty, like a girl who had just finished junior high school. She was Iris's contestant, named Anna, with light green shoulder-length hair. She was one of the most famous stars in the world.

Chapter 27 Reward Settlement

"Don't talk bad about people behind their backs." Anna rolled her eyes at Jimmy. She was a little fed up with this familiar guy around her.

"Hey, don't slander me. I was just chatting casually. What I said just now has no other meaning towards the Donghuang players." Jimmy raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender.

Making a surrender gesture in front of the Iris people, isn't that a mockery?

Anna's face darkened and she kicked Jimmy on the calf, but she ended up squatting down holding her foot. "Hiss—you big guy, why are you so tough!"

"Haha, I awakened the superpower of controlling body density yesterday. Look at my muscles, aren't they even more... uh... muscular?"

"Get lost, you strong-limbed, simple-minded lolita con." Anna spat out a word and distanced herself from the idiot.

Jimmy quickly chased after him, and just as he was about to start yelling, Anna reached out and punched him in the stomach: "Stop it, the Northern Alliance is here."

Jimmy looked up and saw a beautiful woman holding a wooden box running towards him quickly.

“Oh, how can a beautiful lady carry such a heavy thing?” Jimmy muttered, and then ran to Alyssa in Anna’s helpless eyes.

……

Dang Dang Dang——

The long bell rang, floating in the sky and reaching the ears of the designated person.

Ruan Mei stopped what she was doing, frowned, walked to the window and pushed it open.

This hotel is not far from the central square, and the window of Ruan Mei's room faces the square. Therefore, the moment the window opened, the blood-red light shone on Ruan Mei.

Such a spectacular scene, I think only TT, the manager of this national destiny game, can do it, and this also means that the second level is about to begin, but this is different from what Ruan Mei had imagined before. Judging from the rules of previous national destiny battlefields, it is clear that zero o'clock is the dividing line.

"It's not the same as expected. What caused the change?" Ruan Mei looked at the huge dark red magic circle in the sky that looked like a chessboard and fell into deep thought.

"To all the thirty-one contestants who have successfully passed the first level, welcome to the second level." A cold voice without any emotional fluctuation came from the red sphere that suddenly appeared in the center of the magic circle.

"As previously announced, you must resist the invasion of darkness on the seventh night. If everyone dies or the town is destroyed, the game will be considered a failure."

"Struggle hard. Over the next seven days, recruit, train, and lead a team of heroes. Or, go out into the monster-infested areas yourself. Use the spoils you gain to strengthen your team. Become as strong as you can, and experience the deepest darkness before the final moment arrives."

"Wish ya'll good luck."

After the words fell, the sphere in the center of the magic circle, which was resembling TT, disappeared, but the vision did not end. The dark red chessboard gradually became dark, and then a picture appeared in the sky.

At the same time, in the live broadcast room of the National Destiny Battlefield, just as the audience was discussing, a CG replaced all the live broadcast images.

"Our family has fallen."

In the cold and dark castle, a gray-haired, listless old man, with a hunched back, was writing furiously on a letter under the dim candlelight.

"You still remember our ancient, deep house, rich and majestic, proudly standing still, towering above the wilderness..."

As the brushstrokes move, the picture on the CG begins to change, and time moves forward to when the old man was young. The story of the old man's life is told in a dark Gothic style.

The once dissolute young nobleman broke free from the web of drunkenness, money and power desire and discovered the ancient portal under his manor. When the sound of the pickaxe hitting the stone broke the long-silent secret, the ancient evil broke out from the salt-soaked rock.

"I beg you, come home, claim your inheritance, and save our family from—"

"The shadow that greedily devours us, the darkest dungeon."

At the end of the video, the scene freezes on the manor castle standing on the cliff, and a line of black text slowly emerges - Darkest Dungeon

At this point, the CG ends and the picture becomes dim.

The audience's barrage of comments instantly filled the live broadcast room.

"This CG is so cool! I love this dark style."

"I love you, don't you? This is the next level our contestants will challenge. This depressing style clearly shows that the next challenge will be extremely difficult. I think you are lovesick."

"This is the first time the rules of the National Destiny game have been changed mid-game, right? Wasn't it an unlimited survival mode before? What will it change to next?"

"Why do I feel like I'm watching a game CG? Will it be a live game broadcast next? No way, no way, it would be hilarious if it were to be porn."

"Speaking of games, this CG is clearly a role-playing game. I have twenty years of gaming experience, trust me."

Before everyone could come to a conclusion about what was going on, scarlet words popped up on the darkened screen again.

"Start calculating the first clearance reward..."

"Oh! It's started. I wonder what prize I can win this time?"

"Who knows, but I think the reward should be good. Ruan Mei defeated a large number of bandits before."

"In addition, I also defeated a slime and broke through the mushroom restricted area."

Not only were the comments on the forums looking forward to the settlement rewards from the National Destiny Space, but the contestants were also staring intently at the words in the sky.

"White Eagle player, Jimmy, your awakening ability will be increased by one level for free. White Eagle's oil acquisition efficiency will increase by 10%."

As the words appeared in the sky, a beam of light fell directly on the White Eagle contestant.

"The power of order..." Ruan Mei stared at the beam of light. It was the undisguised power of order and destiny. Under the illumination of the light, Ruan Mei could also feel that Jimmy's body was undergoing drastic changes. It was a kind of evolution - assuming she didn't mind moving closer to the monster.

However, it was not the power of order that was modifying Jimmy's body, but something wrapped in the power of order that was injected into Jimmy's body.

Boring stuff.

Ruan Mei lost interest after taking a few glances. The power was from the same source as the one that had awakened Alyssa's abilities before, so it was no longer unknown or mysterious to Ruan Mei.

What Ruan Mei cares about now is order itself.

Although the settlement time of the National Destiny Battlefield did not follow the routine, Ruan Mei was faster and had already made the prototype of the cage.

Lines of words appeared in the sky, and beams of light descended one after another. Ruan Mei stood by the window, quietly waiting for the moment when her own beam of light would descend.

Chapter 28 Order, stagnant water?

"Hanjiang National Team Player, Kim Dong-seok..."

"Iris, Anna..."

Names were selected one by one by the national destiny system, but Ruan Mei's name never appeared in the sky.

"Northern League player, Alyssa..."

As the 31st name was read out, the rewards of all the surviving national destiny players, except Ruan Mei, had been settled.

"It's finally our turn."

"Is it actually the main attraction? Could it be that Ruan Mei's reward is very good?"

"I've been waiting until my body is cold, but it's finally here!"

"Is this an illusion? Why is this magic circle starting to get smaller?"

"It's either an illusion or it's just gotten smaller."

"Wait a minute! Where are our contestants' rewards?"

"What the hell is going on? Is there a bug? There's still someone who hasn't claimed their reward yet!"

It seemed that the audience's shouts reached the administrator's ears. The magic circle above the square, which was about to disappear, paused for a moment, then instantly returned to its original size, and then Ruan Mei's name appeared on it.

"Donghuang contestant, Ruan Mei, has begun awakening her abilities. Donghuang's technology research and development speed has increased by 5%."

A beam of light fell towards Ruan Mei, but its speed was much slower than that of falling on other people. Ruan Mei sensed an emotion, an emotion that was forced and unwilling.

I'm a little curious, but now is not the time to be curious.

The power of order fell on Ruan Mei, and polluted information began to flow into her body. A feeling of drowsiness gradually came over her, and her body became uncontrollable.

Just as expected.

An illusory figure emerged from Ruan Mei's body. The shadow looked exactly like Ruan Mei. She gently waved her hands, dancing melodiously in the air, as if she was embroidering.

A turn of the wrist, just the right angle, and a state of full concentration.

A pattern that only Ruan Mei could see gradually took shape in the air. It was like a net or a scarf, intercepting insignificant power from the river of fate and then slowly locking it into a cage.

Ruan Mei stopped her movements and waited for the light to fade from her body, and then the shadow returned to her body.

"It's just a little pollution, no big deal. The activated ability is..." Feeling the changes in her body, Ruan Mei was a little surprised. The power just now was not so much the activation of a certain ability in her body, but rather a more specific expression of the original ability.

Genius Wisdom: When players encounter situations where they need to determine their sanity, they can use Wisdom instead of Sanity to make the determination.

For Ruan Mei, this didn't feel like a reward, because she already knew that she had such ability. It was more like... an act of revealing one's cards.

Ruan Mei lowered her head and thought for a moment, then her gaze moved to the power of order that she had intercepted.

Could it be that... the power of order also has its own selfish desires?

Ruan Mei calmed down and carefully sensed this power.

The power of destiny is a power system that evolved from philosophical concepts. As long as one satisfies the concept of a certain destiny and pursues the path pointed by this destiny, one can gain power from this destiny.

Just like Mimi's power of memory, and just like the power of order that Ruan Mei has intercepted now.

They are like rivers, and the travelers who pursue their destiny are like fish in the river. Every time the fish flaps its tail, it creates ripples on the surface of the river.

The more powerful the destiny walkers are, like the bigger fish they are, the more waves they can create.

As for those walking at the forefront of destiny, they are mysterious beings called Star Gods. They are intelligent beings, and because they meet certain conditions, they are able to completely occupy this river - no, it should be said that the ditch of this river was opened up by the Star God.

Only the Star God can open up a destiny. Without the Star God, this destiny will not appear.

As the pioneers of the river of destiny, every move they make will cause huge waves on the river.

Theoretically, this is true, because what Ruan Mei felt from this river of destiny called order was almost stagnant dead water.

This is not normal, but Ruan Mei thought of a possibility.

Just as this body was originally a character in the game "Honkai Impact 3rd", the power of destiny is also a power system in this work.

In the background setting of the game, Taiyi, the star god who controls order, has fallen.

Although the appearance of a star god represents the opening of a destiny, the fall of a star god does not mean the disappearance of destiny.

If the Star God of Order fell, would it lead to the current situation, where the fate of Order is as silent as a stagnant pool of water?

Ruan Mei had never encountered a similar situation, but her guess was - yes.

This leads to the second question: what is the purpose of the Destiny Walker, who now controls the order of the national destiny game?

There were too few clues for Ruan Mei to draw any conclusions.

But if the reluctance I felt from TT's destiny power was real, does that mean TT doesn't want to reward himself?

Rewards are a direct way for the chosen ones to become stronger. Does this mean that becoming stronger will most likely affect TT's goals?

If the above conjecture is true, then why would TT give the reward to this person in the end - even if that reward is meaningless to Ruan Mei.

Or was this walker of order trapped on the road of fate? Because he himself set the rules, he couldn't break them, so he chose a tricky way to reward himself.

A challenging question.

The sound of the door opening interrupted Ruan Mei's thoughts.

Looking back, it was Alyssa holding a wooden box in her hand. The reagents in the box had been distributed.

"Ruan Mei, the things have been distributed. Just as you said, one tube will be given to those who haven't awakened yet, and two tubes will be given to those who have awakened." Alyssa put the box on the ground.

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Ruan Mei nodded, and was not annoyed because Alyssa interrupted her thinking.

"Well, I want to ask, the reward I just received from the National Destiny Battlefield is to enhance my awakened ability by one level for free. Will there be any impact? Like what you said about turning into a monster or something. Although I have never seen what a monster looks like, it doesn't sound good at all."

"It does have an impact. Each time your ability is strengthened, the degree of pollution will increase. But it doesn't matter. The reagent you drank last night can purify the pollution caused by the two awakenings."

"Great! Does that mean that if I want to awaken my abilities again in the future, I just need to drink the reagent you made?"

Looking at Alyssa's hopeful eyes, Ruan Mei thought of her experimental materials which were already running low, and then thought of the rules of the game that were about to change, and Ruan Mei had an idea.

"Let's make a trade. Tell the others that you can exchange monster materials for purification reagents."

Chapter 29: Players of National Destiny