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Chapter 1341 Intermission (Sparkling mineral water is a good choice)

There is actually not much to say about what happened after that.

When the sun rose again, Duanmu Huai had come down the mountain and returned to the town, where he met Sha Jiuye, who was obviously panicked by the terrible earthquake and even wanted to go up the mountain to find Duanmu Huai again. Fortunately, Duanmu Huai came back in time and comforted Sha Jiuye.

As for other people asking what happened on the mountain, Duanmu Huai said, "I don't know. I just planned to go into the cave to take a look, but before I could do that, there was a sudden earthquake. So I ran all the way and finally came back."

No one doubted this. After all, the earthquake was so strong, the situation on the mountain must be even worse. Duanmu Huai was lucky to come back alive, so they didn't particularly care about anything else.

  Duanmu Huai was not worried about being exposed. Although the traces of his battle with the earth-drilling devil bugs were everywhere, so what? The real owner had completely melted, not even a hair was left. And those traces could be said to be caused by the earthquake. Anyway, ordinary people would not think in this way, right?

What if someone finds out?

Are you kidding me? A confrontation between two mythical creatures is something a mortal can watch? I'll just drive you crazy without any explanation.

The next thing was easy. The outside world naturally discovered the situation here, and soon opened up the road, and began to transport supplies and post-disaster reconstruction. Of course, this had nothing to do with Duanmu Huai and his team. After the road was opened, Duanmu Huai drove Sha Jiuye away from here and returned to their residence.

This trip out made Sha Jiuye physically and mentally exhausted. After returning home, he went straight to his room to rest. Duanmu Huai also returned to his room, closed his eyes and began to review the situation.

Frankly speaking, if Duanmu Huai were to evaluate himself, he would feel that he did not do well this time.

But Duanmu Huai also felt aggrieved. After all, if you get serious about this issue, the problem is not actually his.

As one of the Old Ones, Duanmu Huai currently possesses only a few abilities. They are the ability to read the past that he gained when he went to Mary's world, the shadow copy and manipulation that he obtained from the Old One that he devoured on Ridu Island, as well as the tentacles and mental pollution that are unique to the Old Ones, and the Thousand Roars, Thousand Eyes, and Thousand Beards that he gained from devouring three Old Gods including C'Thun in Azeroth.

Among these abilities, Duanmu Huai used Shadow Copy more often, because it could be used to directly read other people's intelligence memories. For the others, Duanmu Huai basically used them casually. So from this point of view, Duanmu Huai was not actually a qualified Old One.

But he didn’t think so!

If that idiot Magnus hadn't slid in on his own initiative, Duanmu Huai's former priesthood wouldn't have been directly put into the enhanced trial!

This proves once again that the red-skinned, one-eyed Ogryn is an idiot who is always causing trouble instead of doing anything good.

Although that guy has always been like this.

By the way, since it is an enhanced trial, it naturally has benefits. In fact, Duanmu Huai received a prompt after destroying the burrowing demon worm and obtained an old essence. Duanmu Huai has three options for how to use this old essence.

One is to use the essence of the Old Ones to strengthen the Old Ones abilities that one already possesses, such as Thousand Roars, Thousand Eyes, Shadow, etc.

Another way is to absorb the essence of the past and gain its abilities. Because Duanmu Huai defeated the Earth-drilling Demon Worm this time, if Duanmu Huai absorbs the essence of the past, he will have the ability to dig holes and cause earthquakes like the Earth-drilling Demon Worm.

The last one is to sacrifice the essence of the old days, then choose to learn a skill and increase its value to the highest level. At the same time, add a background

These skills are basically investigator skills, such as stealth, lock picking, anthropology and so on.

However, what excited Duanmu Huai the most was that he actually saw the skill of Charm in it, and the added value could be increased to 95%!

Oh, if this were another world, Duanmu Huai would be dancing wildly and ecstatically, so charming, wouldn't that mean he's a handsome guy? The kind that women can't take their eyes off? Wouldn't that be awesome?

  However... this is a world of evil gods!

In addition, since what he enhanced this time was the old priesthood, the effectiveness of this "charm" would be questionable.

  What is this that fascinates you?

So what do you mean, system? My three charm points can only add an indescribable charm, right?

Are you seducing me? Is this seduction? Or brainwashing?

Duanmu Huai recalled that he had encountered a similar task in the game. At that time, the husband suspected his wife of cheating and asked the player to investigate. Then the player followed the wife to investigate and found that she was indeed cheating because she was seduced by Naya, and the two of them were flirting with each other. But when the player rushed in to catch the adultery, he saw that the woman was holding an indescribable twisting big white earthworm-like thing with a dazed look on her face...

  Did you say women are obsessed?

Fascinated.

Charming, right?

Charmed.

  But do you want it?

Then...let's think about it again.

Duanmu Huai felt that he was not as shameless as Naya. At least he should fight for it. He could not lower himself to the same level as the big white earthworm!

After all, the "charm" of the old evil gods is basically this kind of indescribable brainwashing stuff. Duanmu Huai feels that he will not fall to the same level as these monsters whose faces look like shoe horns.

It's just a pity that if you remove the charm, there are not many numerical bonuses above 90. If you talk about the numerical values ​​of skills such as fighting and melee weapons, Duanmu Huai himself is already % and does not need any bonus at all.

As for that [pseudo-limb hitting] or something like that...just pretend you didn't see it.

In fact, Duanmu Huai originally wanted to take the opportunity to enhance his shooting skills, but perhaps because these skills were based on his original values, even if he used the Old Essence shooting skill, it would only add 10, which was a complete waste.

With Duanmu Huai's shooting skills, there is basically no difference between having these 10 and not having them.

  Similarly, Duanmu Huai gave up on science skills, such as anthropology, archaeology, and astronomy, and the bonus was less than 20. I have to state in advance that he was just too lazy to use his brain!

After looking around, Duanmu Huai found that there were only a few skills that could increase his skill value to above 90.

One is [Animal Taming], which can be upgraded to level 90 and used to tame animals. Well, as for the question of whether those animals obey because they like it or because they are afraid, Duanmu Huai doesn't even want to think about it.

Next is [Photography]. Perhaps because Duanmu Huai's background setting includes photography, his initial photography skill is 60, and with a bonus of 30, it can reach 90. But this skill is basically useless to Duanmu Huai, unless, perhaps, it can be used to secretly take photos or something?

But I have a thousand eyes, wouldn’t it be more convenient to just look at what I want?

In terms of interactive skills, Duanmu Huai's [Persuasion] and [Talking Skills] are all 0, and [Intimidation] is 100, which doesn't need to be increased at all. [Charm] gives a bonus of 95, but out of self-esteem, Duanmu Huai decisively gave it up.

After all, it is hard to say whether this charm is legitimate or not.

The bonus of scientific skills is too low, so give up all of them.

Except for photography, other arts have nothing to do with me, and the bonus is less than 20, so I can give up.

The third skill that can reach level 90 is [Demolition], probably because Duanmu Huai likes to use the hot melt bomb to blow things up the most... Although he only cares about blowing things up and not burying...

[Driving] This is supposed to be a good skill, but with Duanmu Huai's size, he can't drive most vehicles. For example, it's good enough for Duanmu Huai to squeeze in a yacht or helicopter, let alone drive it?

  As for [Lock Picking], it was an unnecessary skill in Duanmu Huai's opinion. What the hell was the point of opening a lock? There was no door that could be opened without being hammered open before him! If he had time to unlock the lock, it would be more convenient to just blow it up!

Then there is [Hypnosis]... Well, just like [Charm], this [Hypnosis]... Well, no need to think about it, it must be something indecent. After all, hypnosis and brainwashing are standard equipment of evil gods.

Duanmu Huai has also appreciated many works in this area, such as "The Art of Worrying", "Hypnosis Garden", "Hypnosis Game", "After-school Sleeping Club", "Giant Hypnosis of Ling Niang", etc., etc.

  Hmm...would you like to order?

For a moment, Duanmu Huai really wanted to click it, but fortunately he stopped himself.

Phew... I almost fell for it. This must be the temptation of the evil god.

  ………No, I am the evil god?

That's fine.

Duanmu Huai hesitated for a long time between [blasting] and [hypnosis], and finally chose [blasting]. After all, this was one of the few hobbies Duanmu Huai had after traveling through time. Watching everything turn to ashes in the explosion was a really refreshing feeling, especially considering that the explosion destroyed some cultists or evil gods, it was even more refreshing.

And in Duanmu Huai's judgment, it is always right to blow it up when in doubt.

[Sacrifice the essence of the old gods to increase the explosion skill to 95]

As the information from the system flashed by, the next moment Duanmu Huai felt that he suddenly had a lot more knowledge in his mind, including how to assemble, disassemble, and make bombs, as well as the proportions, raw materials, and circuits, etc. It seemed that this should be the benefit that the system brought to him. If it were scientific knowledge, it would probably be the same - but Duanmu Huai did not regret it, the reason was very simple, he usually did not like to use his brain, and even if he learned it, he would not necessarily use it.

  It’s like everyone has learned geometry, but who would use it unless it is necessary?

Duanmu Huai is even less likely to do that.

So even if he was given some knowledge of anthropology and archaeology, Duanmu Huai would not use it. Over time, just like a college student tutoring an elementary school student to do math homework, he completely forgot everything.

Those are quite suitable for Mary. Although Duanmu Huai can't see Mary's panel, he thinks Mary's archaeology should be above 90... Although it's no use to say this now.

On the contrary, this skill of being able to blow up anything into the sky anytime and anywhere is very useful to Duanmu Huai.

After all, if you are in doubt, just explode.

After Duanmu Huai finished clicking, the next line of prompts in the system soon appeared.

【Please select background reward】

[A: Good luck with your opening (your photo studio has been renovated and will open soon)]

[B: Fame has risen (your heroic deeds have spread and attracted the attention of interested people)]

Photo studio...

Duanmu Huai actually wanted to open a photo studio. After all, he had heard the stories about photographers and photo studios. But unfortunately, considering his appearance, no one would ask him for help, no matter whether it was serious photography or not.

So...Duanmu Huai silently chose B.

Next, let’s see which rabbit will come to the door.

After finishing the task, Duanmu Huai stood up and stretched, then walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside. This trial was completely different from Journey to the West. Perhaps it was because of his position as a god of destruction, so he would just destroy, simple and rough. But the old days were obviously not that simple, and Duanmu Huai was not sure when he would end up in this world. After all, everyone in Journey to the West knows that as long as you get the scriptures, you pass the test, and it doesn't matter how you get them.

But here…………

Forget it, let’s see how the situation develops.

Duanmu Huai shook his head and yawned again.

Just take a break first, and then see what will happen next.