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Chapter 7 Soul Shards

"Start, soul resonance."

As Duanmuhuai's voice fell, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.In Duanmuhuai's eyes, the remnants of ruins that were only left with broken walls began to become blurred, replaced by broken phantoms.

This is not the scenery of this world, in fact, this is the power of the soul walker.At this moment, Duanmuhuai's soul has sensed and touched the existence of subspace.

As I said before, the warp is the reflection of the past, present, and future of everything in the world.Most of the time, when the existence in reality is destroyed and eliminated, the reflection will naturally disappear with it.However, there are also some reflections that have not disappeared, perhaps because of some kind of persistence, perhaps because of some kind of resentment, or simply because of luck, their bodies remained in the subspace when the reality was wiped out. A solidified fragment is formed.

To put it simply, this is a bit like a game bug. When you kill an enemy, you will find that his shadow is fixed in place, or the body will not disappear, almost a similar situation.Of course, if it's a game, you just need to load or refresh, but obviously there is no such good thing in the real world.

And it's not completely harmless, game bugs can cause the game to crash, or get stuck in tasks, or infinitely refresh.These reflections that are "stuck" in the subspace also have problems. For example, in many worlds, they will affect the real world in a form similar to ghosts and ghosts, which is one of the manifestations.

These shards are of little use to most people, but spiritwalkers are different.

Not only can they find these fragments, go deep into them, they can even control them and use them for their own use!

This is quite a powerful ability!

You know, many ancient civilizations have different, powerful powers and knowledge.But in many cases, their knowledge and power have been buried in the dust of history, and even artifacts will be destroyed—but the projection scene in the subspace is different!

They will last forever and never die!

Of course, summoning them to the present world also requires power consumption.

But among other things, just by summoning the vanished existence to reality, one can imagine how powerful this force is.

However, the benefits of these shards don't stop there.

As just described, these fragments belong to the collection of bugs, that is to say, they are self-contained, which means that although they are in the subspace, these fragments will not be attacked by demons !This is simply the best refuge for psykers!

As long as he can possess these shard projections, the psyker is equivalent to hiding his soul projection in the subspace in the safe. No matter how much he uses psychic powers, it will be difficult for the outside demons to find out.

This is the same as putting a mouse in a safe. Even if you put hundreds of cats outside, the cats will not be able to find the rats making trouble in the safe.

Different fragments have different sizes. The smallest fragment may be just a house, and the largest...maybe a universe.

It is conceivable that when the soul walker has a universe, how sturdy he will be.

It was already mid-term when he discovered this ability through the front-end Muhuai, which also made him quite regretful, because Xinghai OL is a dynamic and real-time changing game, that is to say, some places you went to before may be due to various reasons later. Lost or rebuilt, some dungeons of relics may disappear after finishing the fight. If you discover the true usage of this skill when you first awaken, then your upgrade path will only be smoother. At that time, you may be Xinghai OL's strongest player --- bar none.

Of course, for Duanmu Huai now, this title is meaningless, maybe he is the only player in this world now.

The most important thing now is to find the complete fragments.

While thinking, Duanmuhuai wandered among the projections of the ruins.Looking around, the nearby scene is similar to the ruins I saw before, except that the cover of the sand has been lost, and the appearance of the whole city is clearer.

"Ok?"

At this time, Duanmu Huai suddenly saw a light on the hillside not far from the city... This immediately aroused his interest, and hurriedly quickened his pace and walked towards the destination.

It didn't take long for Duanmuhuai to arrive at the hillside. In front of him was a small wooden house, which looked very simple and unadorned.Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand without hesitation, pushed open the door, and walked into the room.

"Squeak...!"

The wooden door opened slowly, Duanmu Huai walked into the room, the first thing he saw was a bunch of arms hanging from the ceiling.

"...It turned out to be a fake, it scared me."

Seeing these arms, Duanmu Huai was also taken aback for a moment, and then he looked carefully only to find that these arms were all prosthetic limbs carved from wood.

But just hanging on the ceiling so densely, under the light of the candles...it is indeed quite creepy.

At this moment, suddenly, a voice sounded.

"Finally, the day has come when I can use my power to protect my country."

Accompanied by these words, suddenly, a translucent, ghost-like figure of a man quietly appeared in front of Duanmu Huai. He waved his hands with excitement and excitement.

"As long as I have this power, my country will no longer have to worry about the suffering of wars, and I don't have to worry about someone invading. Everyone can live a peaceful and peaceful life!!"

Duanmu Huai just stood there, watching quietly, he was no stranger to this scene, any fragments that could be lucky enough to be preserved contained the strong thoughts and ideas of the creators.Obviously, this young man should be the owner of this house.

After saying these words, the man disappeared, while Duanmuhuai continued to move forward.Soon, he walked through the entrance and came into the house. The first thing he saw was a wooden workbench. Judging from the prosthetics placed beside him, this man should be a puppeteer.

"A puppet is a wonderful existence..."

At this moment, the man's figure reappeared. He was sitting on a chair, as if he was making something carefully.

"Born by human hands, imitating human beings, but not human beings. Beautiful, pure, perfect... this is what I look forward to..."

The voice gradually faded away, and the phantom of the man also shattered.

Duanmuhuai glanced at the work table in front of him, and walked forward again. However, just as he walked to the next room...

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, a cup flew out and hit the ground heavily. Duanmu Huai poked his head out and looked into the room, only to see that the place that should look like a study room was already in a mess, the table was overturned, and the teacups and teapots It was smashed to pieces, and the man was panting heavily at the moment, sitting on the chair.His face looked very old, I don't know if it was because of time or spiritual reasons.

"He lied to me! That liar! He lied to me! Those puppets are used to defend the country, not to invade other countries! He turned me into a bloody invader, the executioner!!"

The man roared like a beast, holding his head in his hands, trembling and trembling uncontrollably.Then, as if making up his mind, he rose to his feet.

"I will never let him succeed. I want to stop all of this. I want to completely destroy his ambition. Sorry, it seems... I was too naive."

After saying this, the man stretched out his hand, put something in his pocket on the table, and then sighed.

"I hope you can find the meaning of your existence, my child."

After saying this, the man turned his head, walked out of the room with an expression of looking at death like home, and disappeared without a trace.

It turned out to be the case.

After watching all this from the sidelines, Duanmu Huai almost understood what was going on.Judging from what Alisa said before, it is obvious that the owner of this room should be a very powerful puppeteer.He was the one who created the country's army of dolls, but the original intention of this puppeteer was to protect the country. He never thought that the king would take the army of dolls he made to invade. I heard from Alisa that the king finally It swelled to the point of creating a demon doll that conquered the world. It is estimated that this is what made the man finally make up his mind to completely destroy him and his ambition... If my guess is correct, it is the man who finally succeeded in creating the demon doll, and If he used that powerful demon puppet to attack the palace, kill the king, and finally blew himself up to destroy the entire country, then his will and belief would indeed easily solidify the fragments of the world.

Now look at what he left here.

Duanmu Huai walked forward, and saw a key inlaid with green gemstones lying alone on the table in the room. At this moment, a line of system prompts appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.

[Activate the mission "The Legacy of the Puppeteer"]

【Mission Objective: Obtain Legacy】

[Task introduction: To be recognized by the puppeteer's behest and obtain his inheritance! 】

"Tsk, it's a little troublesome."

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.

To obtain these fragments, you need to go through various tests, which can basically be divided into three types.

One is to help the will in the fragments to achieve their wishes.

One is to prove your strength by defeating the challenges within the shard.

The last one is simpler, but also more troublesome, that is, you must be like-minded with the will within the fragment.

To put it simply, it means that two people are congenial and like each other, and he will give it to you directly.

If it's not the same -- then it's just a fight.

At this time, the player will ask, isn't it just the dialogue option to increase the favorability?Can't I just choose according to his preferences?
Well, of course not.

Because of this communication, the other party will read the first thought in your mind.

For example, if you enter the will world of a certain paladin and want to obtain his holy sword, the other party asks you if you can abide by the virtues of chivalry.

At this time, it’s useless for the players to talk verbally. If they have other thoughts deep in their hearts, such as “take it and sell it for money” or “can use this to gain stronger power to PK”, ah, Then the knight will directly refuse, and then the player will either directly grab it directly, or have to get out.

However, there is a third way, which is persuasion.

Thoughts can be changed, but if the player can convince the will to change his mind and admit that he is more reasonable, then it is not impossible.

By the way, it's not okay to be a bully.

But right now, Duanmuhuai has to face this kind of test mode.

"I sense your presence, visitor."

Accompanied by a cold, hoarse voice, the various parts hanging on the walls around began to tremble, and then they flew over and combined together, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a man who was seven or eight times similar to the previous man. The head of the puppet stared at him intently.

"You've seen my past, so what do you think about it?"

"You made mistakes and you made up for your mistakes, that's all I can say."

Duanmuhuai quickly gave his opinion, he knew that lying was useless at the level of consciousness, only telling the truth would work.

"Yes, I think so too, I'm just making up for the mistakes I made... So, young man..."

Having said this, the puppeteer's tone became serious.

"Since you want to obtain this power, what do you want to use it for?"

"Of course it's a fight."

Duanmu Huai gave the answer without hesitation.

Just kidding, why am I here if I don't fight?Like you are sad at home every day Spring and Autumn carving figures?
"It's fighting again!"

Hearing this, the puppeteer was furious.

"Don't you have any other ideas besides fighting?"

"Then I'd like to hear what else you have in mind."

Duanmuhuai folded his arms and looked at the puppeteer in front of him. Basically, this kind of people are artists, and most of the artists are mentally ill. The three views are completely different from ordinary people.He wanted to see what the puppeteer had to say.

"Puppets imitate the existence of human beings, but they will be more perfect than human beings. Once they have souls, they will become even more wonderful existences..."

"Uh, sorry to interrupt."

Seeing that the puppeteer was so excited, Duanmu Huai decisively interrupted his speech.

"To put it simply, you just want dolls to have souls and make them more perfect than humans?"

"That's right!"

"and then?"

"……………Then???"

Hearing this, the puppeteer froze for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Duanmuhuai meant.

"Yeah, since you said that you have a soul, it means that it is a living body, and it is not like the puppets you created before. The moment you complete the sculpture, it is considered complete. It will Grow up, grow up, think, and observe. Just like a child, but one day it will find that it is not a human being, or even a creature, and it may even be the only one in the world that is different from others. Everyone is different, what will it do at that time? Do you have arrangements and plans?"

"This…………………"

Facing Duanmu Huai's question, the puppeteer was stunned and speechless for a while.

Indeed, as Duanmuhuai said, a puppet with a soul is no longer just a simple work of art, but a life that can grow.

So what is it there for?what sense?
Until this time, the puppeteer was surprised to find out what he had done.

"I...what the hell am I doing..."

"…………………"

Looking at the puppeteer who lowered his head, Duanmuhuai shrugged and did not speak.In fact, as a judge, he also has taboos.When the player chooses the Inquisitor profession, several taboos will emerge, one of which is that the Inquisitor must not create any artificial AI with self-awareness, nor any similar soul races.Once the taboo is violated, all skill attributes of the entire profession will be sealed, which is basically equivalent to asking the player to delete the account and start over.

In the past, it was not that there were no players who were head-scratchers, and the results were the same. This has caused a lot of debate on the forum. Some players think that it is my business to create a life, but some players think that creating a life irresponsibly is indeed not a good thing. good thing.Relatively speaking, Duanmuhuai still leans towards the latter.He feels that one thing must have its beginning and end, and this irresponsible approach is very uncomfortable.

So although Duanmuhuai likes kittens and puppies very much, he has never raised one, because Duanmuhuai knows that whether it is a cat or a dog, the life span is shorter than him, and no matter how hard he tries, he will eventually die earlier than himself. It's sad, it's better to suck cats online.

So he looks down on artists like puppeteers from the bottom of his heart. They belong to the kind of three-minute enthusiasm, as long as they feel good.They never cared or cared about the consequences of having fun.Just like those irresponsible guys who buy cats and dogs because they think they are cute, but think that feeding them is too troublesome, so they abandon them after a period of time. This is an expression of irresponsibility.

Therefore, Duanmuhuai did not hide his thoughts, and he also knew that the other party would definitely understand his thoughts in this kind of confrontation at the level of consciousness, and it was meaningless to conceal this.

"Perhaps, I did do something wrong."

The puppeteer was depressed for a moment, then raised his head.

"I know what you're thinking, indeed, I'm not a qualified father, maybe when I brought her into this world, I didn't think about this problem...so...I hope you can promise me , no matter what, take good care of her."

Facing the puppeteer's request, Duanmuhuai frowned.

"It's hard to say. You should know that I will face countless battles in the future, which is risky."

"I understand, I hope you can guide her heart, let her understand human beings, feel human beings, feel herself..."

Having said this, the puppeteer's face was a bit bitter.

"Sorry, this was supposed to be something I was going to do, but... I'm afraid I don't have this chance anymore."

"...Well, I don't know if I'm sure, but I will try my best."

Duanmuhuai can only say so much, after all, he has never raised a child, has he?

After listening to Duanmuhuai's answer, the puppeteer nodded, and then turned into parts scattered on the ground, then Duanmuhuai stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the key.

The next moment, the whole room began to tremble.

When Duanmu Huai opened his eyes again, he had already returned to reality.

"Very good, it's done......"

Duanmuhuai lowered his head, looked at the things in his hands, and smiled.

It was finally a success!

　Ben Meow is doing a backflip in excitement here, but I didn’t expect that there would be a reward from the leader just after the book was opened...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)