Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 162 The Mysterious Existence of "Love"

"Drawn after completing the task?" Gu Jia asked.

“It was extracted after completing the mission,” Li Wu said. “But what is the source of the power?”

“Power doesn’t come out of thin air; the main system can’t generate this much energy.” Li Wu pointed to himself. “You should know that some of the viewers watching the live stream are mysterious beings.”

Yan Xun nodded, for example, the witch who rewarded him was Sun Yue's protector.

"These powers are borrowed by the system from these mysterious beings."

Li Wu dropped a bombshell right from the start.

"In return, the system must provide interesting content and exciting programs."

"At the same time, when players use this ability, it is equivalent to players establishing a connection with these mysterious beings, and their growth can also give back to these mysterious beings."

Li Wu took out a gold coin and handed it to Yan Xun.

"I'm investing a gold coin in you now. If you grow very slowly and poorly, and eventually die, then my investment has failed."

“But if you grow rapidly…” Li Wu took out another gold coin and placed it in front of him this time, “I will receive your gratitude in return.”

“There’s another possibility,” Lou Yanchuan tapped the table. “The players are growing too fast, exceeding the investors’ expectations.”

"It's like a tug-of-war. You're initially at a disadvantage, but as you gradually grow stronger and your power surpasses that of your opponent, what happens?" Lou Yanchuan asked Yan Xun.

"The rope came to my side, and the opponent lost the match," Yan Xun said.

“That’s right. At this time, you will directly replace this mysterious being’s position,” Lou Yanchuan said. “You have stolen his power, replaced him, and become the new mysterious being.”

“But that won’t happen,” Sun Zhao said. “First of all, the power of the mysterious force far exceeds that of the players… millions of times? Or even billions of times?”

“It’s like a whale and an Antarctic krill are in a tug-of-war,” Sun Zhao said to Yan Xun. “The mysterious entity only gives players a tiny bit of power; it’s impossible to turn the tide with that.”

"Even so, in order to prevent this from happening, the system has made itself a transit point."

"Like a giant reservoir, a mysterious entity pours power into the reservoir, and the system then distributes this power to the players."

"Points are a tool for upgrading abilities. Since these abilities are mixed in, they are essentially shuffled and reorganized, so players cannot identify them with any specific mysterious entity. Therefore, there is no situation where players cross the line in the tug-of-war."

"Diversify investments and spread the risk?" Yan Xun asked.

"almost."

“But for some mysterious beings who crave excitement and fun,” Ruan Yun said, “this mode is too boring.”

"So they also watch players' live streams to find out which players they can directly invest in."

“Take Xiaoyue for example.” She pointed to Sun Yue beside her. “She can summon her own protective aura and borrow the power of the witch. Without the system as an intermediary, she can use not only more power, but also stronger power.”

“But it’s not just mysterious beings that appear in the live stream,” Ruan Yun added, “there are also some wandering ghosts.”

"They don't have that much energy for players to use; what they're after is the soul of a player who fails a mission."

"Once you form a pact with these wandering ghosts, you will not only fail to borrow much power, but you will also most likely become their prey."

"So players shouldn't easily form bonds with these things in the live stream. You don't know if you're facing a mysterious entity that genuinely wants to invest in you, or a wandering ghost that covets your soul," Ruan Yun said earnestly.

This is why she was so surprised when she learned of Sun Yue's contract in the Wusheng Village instance.

Yan Xun was thinking.

Every regulation has a reason for its existence.

Could it be that a player actually won the tug-of-war and replaced some mysterious entity?

That's why other entities are so wary of it, and have no choice but to invest their power into the system's reservoir to share the risk.

“Besides that, there’s another way to cheat,” Lou Yanchuan suddenly said.

"What kind of cheating method?" Ruan Yun asked curiously.

Her guild was naturally smaller than Backtrack's, and she only knew that the players' power came from a mysterious being, but she had never even heard of the mysterious being being replaced.

They were even more curious about the cheating methods Lou Yanchuan mentioned.

“You must have heard the story of becoming a saint in the flesh,” Lou Yanchuan began. “In a certain era, there was a mortal who did so many good deeds that he was commemorated after his death and eventually had a temple built for him and was deified.”

Yan Xun had certainly heard such stories. Because he did many good deeds in his life, people built temples to worship him after his death. Over time, he was indeed enshrined as an immortal and became a local deity.

“This kind of cheating is worse than not having any at all,” Sun Zhao said. “Who can do so many good deeds in a dungeon and still get the NPCs to remember them, and even have a temple erected for them and deify them after they die?”

Sun Zhao didn't quite believe Lou Yanchuan's explanation.

Some NPCs are system-generated products, while others are the remnants of players who died but did not leave the instance. They are inherently products of chaos and evil. How could they possibly have the idea of ​​revering a person? Sun Zhao thought it was a fantasy.

"So, is Jia Ye in the dungeon also one of those mysterious beings?" Sun Yue asked.

"The system wants to close the copy, but it can't do so because of His interference?"

“Jia Ye is quite special,” Lou Yanchuan said. “It’s like your protective amulet doesn’t allow you to reveal His real name.”

"The true names of these mysterious beings should not be known to players."

“Once a player learns the true name of a mysterious being, there is only one possibility…” Lou Yanchuan made a downward gesture.

"He is no longer able to live."

"We must live in these small worlds of dungeons and draw power and faith from them."

"Do you think the main system will allow this to happen?" Lou Yanchuan looked at Sun Yue. "The main system only wants to obtain the power of the mysterious being, not to have its power taken away by something that has lost its divine status."

"Is the Fairy Bodhisattva not in this category?" Yan Xun asked.

“She’s not qualified,” Lou Yanchuan said. “Just like Mu Yuanming said, she’s a wandering ghost, much like the things this lady described that roam the live-streaming room.”

"It belongs to a small world and cannot leave the instance."

Yan Xun sat in the chair without speaking. He thought of the red eyeball he had brought out from the dungeon... The other party seemed to have some connection with Jia Ye. Given that Lou Yanchuan said the dungeon was closed, it was highly likely that he had successfully taken over Jia Ye's faith.

With the destruction of the dungeon world, most of the eyeballs were also severed from their original bodies, Yan Xun thought, becoming orphan eyeballs.

"I have a question." Gu Jia, who had been silent until now, raised her hand.

How can players find out which mysterious entities their abilities come from?