After you pass the game

Chapter 16 Shadow Disease and Nobody Really Treats You as a Hero, Right? (two in one)

Qiu Yuan found that he seemed to have underestimated the fighting power of these two dragon girls.

No matter what they are, they are dragon mothers who have been fighting for several years in the dragon god's nightmare.

And Qiuyuan arranged for them to set foot in the world of Elden's ring for the first time... the Gale Tunnel in the Gaelid region.

Gale Tunnel belongs to a pre-mid-stage dungeon in the world of Elden's Ring of Law, and the monsters inhabiting it are mostly miners and knight supervisors of the Red Lion Legion.

Occasionally, there will be one or two corrupt believers, almost guarded by monsters resembling human-shaped gnats.

In short, the difficulty of this dungeon is not high in the entire world of Elden's Circle of Magic, so the two dragon girls who had just arrived easily cleaned up the monsters inside.

After fighting all the way without any risk, Lingyin and Wanshuang easily came to the Boss Lava Earth Dragon guarding Gale Tunnel.

The lava dragon is a huge body that crawls on the ground. It looks more like a giant salamander covered with dragon scales than a dragon.

Although it does not have the ability to fly, the lava earth dragon is "a human being mutated due to the excessive power of devouring dragons" in the background story.

After it mutated into a dragon, it held a giant dragon-scale sword in its sharp claws, and the magma spit out of its mouth could flow into a river on the ground while crawling.

Combining the above lava earth dragon is a big test for newcomers, especially in the narrow environment of underground tunnels.

When Lingyin and Wanshuang met the newcomer Killer No. [-], they fell into a hard fight as expected.

Then, not surprisingly, the two battle-hardened dragon girls, under the baptism of the lava earth dragon's tricky magma pool, Shuangxi mentioned their first death in the world of Elden's ring.

"Puff ha..."

After Lingyin was slapped into a meat paste by the lava dragon, she was resurrected at the Malika keystone at the door of the lava dragon boss's room, which was the resurrection point, in the blink of an eye.

Night Cream didn't last long... and was revived beside Lingyin under a faint golden light.

To Qiu Yuan's surprise, it seemed that this was not the first time these two dragon ladies had died in the nightmare space, or they had already adapted to it.

Lingyin acted as if nothing had happened. After doing some simple stretching exercises, she planned to fight the lava earth dragon for the second round.

"Lingyin! Isn't it enough to die once? Are you really afraid that your shadow will be completely trapped in this nightmare?"

Wan Shuang grabbed Lingyin's wrist first, stopping her from continuing to fight the lava earth dragon 1V1 real dragon girl.

This time before Lingyin could answer, Melina's figure appeared from the side, and at the same time she held the crystal of happiness in her hand and showed Qiu Yuan's question in front of Wan Shuang, a rich woman and dragon lady.

'Shadow completely trapped in a nightmare?What does it mean? '

Qiu Yuan's question stunned Wan Shuang for a moment, and Wan Shuang almost said, "You, the King of Elden, are too unprofessional to be an evil god, aren't you?"Don't even know this? '

But since Qiu Yuan was able to ask such a novice question, it means... the King of Elden really doesn't seem to know some post-death mechanisms in the Nightmare Dimension.

"We died in Lord Dragon God's nightmare and can be resurrected through Lord Dragon God's protection. This can be regarded as a small charity from Lord Dragon God, and it seems that it is the same in this nightmare space."

"But there is a price, that is, every time we resurrect our 'partial shadow' will be left in the nightmare space."

In order to let Lingyin rest for a while and not rush to die, Wan Shuang explained to Qiu Yuan some of the operating mechanism of death in the Nightmare Dimension.

'What's wrong with that? 'Qiu Yuan asked.

"'Shadow' is just a name for us, more accurately it is 'our negative part', such as our daily negative emotions and self, fear, fear, pain, hatred, and inferiority complex, etc. Wait, these are 'shadows' that will be captured by nightmares."

Wan Shuang had read a lot of research works on nightmares while she was in prison in the Dragon God Sect, so she had a deeper understanding of nightmares than a stunned young man like Lingyin.

"The more times we die in the nightmare space, the more 'shadows' we will remain in the nightmare space, until one day..."

Wan Shuang paused at this point, glanced at Ling Yin beside her and whispered the terrible consequences.

"Shadows will replace our bodies."

But after the night cream said this terrible consequence.

Not only Qiu Yuan remained silent the whole time to express that she didn't understand, but she also had a face of "What did you say?" ' puzzled expression.

This caused Wan Shuang to stroke her forehead with some headaches, and decided to explain to the two 'illiterate' the consequences of dying too many times in the nightmare space in a more simple and easy-to-understand way.

"Master Elden, do you usually sleep?"

Wan Shuang saluted decently while speaking.

Although this action seemed to be teasing Qiu Yuan, Qiu Yuan didn't mind and replied "I still have normal sleep".

"That's a good explanation."

Night Frost initially thought that King Elden, who could create such a large-scale nightmare, was a terrible evil god no matter what.

But after some communication, Qiu Yuan seemed a little too approachable?
But she can't let her guard down, at least from the previous conversation, Wan Shuang was indeed bewitched by the words of the King of Elden.

"Although we have inherited the extraordinary power of Lord Dragon God, we still need sleep. According to the recognized 24-hour system, we need to guarantee at least eight hours of sleep every day."

When Wanshuang said this, she glanced at Lingyin worriedly.

It is said that it is necessary to maintain eight hours of sleep. It is a question of whether the silly girl Lingyin usually works so much overtime and gets enough sleep for five hours.

And judging from Lingyin's embarrassed smile holding her cheek, she must not have so much time to sleep every day.

This creates a big problem.

"Sleep for such a long time is on the one hand for rest, and on the other hand is to ensure that our 'shadows' in nightmares do not invade our bodies in reality."

"Won't it erode your bodies in reality?"

Qiu Yuan felt a kind of 'bad!It feels like I'm going to grow my brain'.

And the night cream finally explained in the simplest way...

"Every time we die in the nightmare space, a part of us is controlled by the shadows in the nightmare space based on 24 hours a day."

"For example, when I was killed in battle just now, I was swallowed up by my own shadow for almost 10 minutes, and the cost of the previous few deaths..."

"Four of my 24 hours a day have been occupied by the shadow of the nightmare space."

"So I just need to ensure that I get four hours of sleep a day. If I use up the four hours of sleep, nothing will happen. Therefore, my shadow disease is relatively mild." Wanshuang said.

Qiu Yuan could easily understand this explanation from the rich woman and dragon lady.

To put it simply, every time I die in the nightmare space, some of my spirit and soul will be trapped in the nightmare space.

And the part trapped in the nightmare space is calculated according to the time. Once this rich woman and dragon lady dies, she will be trapped in the nightmare for another 10 minutes.

'And what if Shadow was trapped in the Nightmare Dimension for more than eight hours? 'Qiu Yuan asked a question that he could probably guess the answer to.

"Then in reality, you will be controlled by nightmares. Once you are occupied by your own shadow for 24 hours a day, it is equivalent to becoming a minion of nightmares...becoming a puppet of nightmares. This is an ending more terrifying than death. .”

Wan Shuang, after finishing her science education with this foreign evil god... the horror of the nightmare space, grabbed Lingyin's wrist and glanced at her palm again and said.

"So Suzune, I remember that your shadow has been trapped in the nightmare space for more than five and a half hours, and you died again... It really turned into six hours."

Wanshuang said, holding up Lingyin's smooth light blue hair with her hands...

There is a reason why the hair color of these dragon girls has a gradient from silver to other colors.

The most direct symptom of suffering from shadow disease is discoloration.

This discoloration starts in the hair and spreads to the color of the skin.

In the end, the terminally ill mimicry of shadow disease will be worse than albinism, as if the body has been painted with a layer of white paint, and there is no other color to be found on the body.

Now it is difficult to see the original color of Lingyin's hair, which is the proof that the shadow disease has entered six hours.

"But I still want to try to see what reward I can get after killing that earth dragon."

Suzune hugged her hair with both hands, telling Night Cream to stop messing with it and said.

What else could be rewarded?
That earth dragon is probably just a small lord of this nightmare space, maybe not even a lord, but an elite monster...

What's the reward for killing an elite monster?At most, a hundred genes are the best!
The reason why Wanshuang is so stubborn is because she knows too much and has been deceived too much.

In the past few years of being tortured by the experience of being imprisoned by the Dragon God Sect, Wanshuang also spent time inquiring about the situation of other well-known churches in the Mimic Empire...

It turned out that the situation was similar to that of the Dragon God Church, and even worse than the Dragon God Church!

The rewards for the blessings of the church gods depend on ten consecutive krypton gold draws from the wishing pool. There are pitifully few rewards for exploring the nightmare space, and the exploration content is even more boring to the point of torture.

At first Nightfrost thought it was the nightmare itself.

Originally, it was the number one enemy of the Mimic Empire. Exploring the Nightmare Space itself was fighting on the enemy's battlefield. Naturally, the experience cannot be described in terms of fun, excitement, and surprise.

Therefore, the little reward given by the Nightmare Dimension cannot be blamed on the church and the gods.

But in the process of communicating with Qiu Yuan before, Qiu Yuan's words instantly awakened Wan Shuang.

That's... 'Gods and Nightmare have joined forces to make money in your pockets. '

Wan Frost didn't think that the gods would join forces with the nightmare, but Wan Frost knew very well that the gods had the ability to transform their own nightmare space.

Then it all becomes clear!

Why do the blessings of the gods need to be obtained by pure luck like ten consecutive draws from the wishing pool?
Why are the rewards in the nightmare space not only pitiful, but no matter how many monsters in the nightmare are killed, the only valuable reward for opening many treasure chests is only gene points?

All of this is for one purpose!
That is to empty the pockets of believers!
Even the only ones who are eligible to be emptied by the gods are rich believers like Wanshuang who really have some money in their pockets.

Ordinary people like Lingyin are only worthy of being coolies at the bottom of the Dragon God Cult!
Driven by the lottery mechanism of the wishing pool in ten consecutive draws...

Ordinary people like Lingyin are even grateful to work as coolies and slaves for the Dragon God Sect, and are willing to be squeezed.

Even if the money they have worked so hard to save is put into the wishing pool and they don't get what they want, they will only complain about their bad luck, and will not blame Lord Dragon God.

If you manage to get some good things, you will be thanked and worshiped by Lord Dragon God!

This is not the place that makes Wanshuang palpitate the most, what makes her palpitate the most is...

All compatriots in the entire Mimic Empire take this for granted, and no one thinks there is any problem!
This has led to all the churches in the Mimic Empire, from the ancient churches that have been established for hundreds of years to the top, down to the young churches that have just found the gods they serve and started to emerge.

Their operating mechanism is basically the same...

Establish a card pool that stores the blessings of the church gods, what is it called the wishing pool, the wishing fountain, blessings, and prayers are similar.

Put all the rewards that the gods can bestow in it, and then let the believers draw, and they may not be able to draw, and there is a high probability that they must be guaranteed.

Then just mess around with some daily tasks, and create a nightmare space, anyway, monsters and other nightmares will provide it.

After doing all this, you can lie down and earn money in the pockets of believers.

Therefore, the gods and church leaders in all the churches of the entire mimic empire, in their eyes, believers are no different from robots that brush data.

The only thing believers need to do is to save gene points and draw a lottery. This is the only meaning of their existence in the church.

That's why Night Cream didn't believe that King Elden would make any changes.

Because this money is so easy to earn!
The more powerful the god the Lord of Elden was, the less unnecessary he was to do when establishing the Church.

You just need to build a card pool and throw all your blessings into it, and then improve the krypton gold benefits in the early days of the church, and after attracting enough newcomers to join the church.

Then the Lord of Elden gets...everything he wants from a follower!
Based on the above night cream, what I think in my heart now is...

No way no way?Wouldn't there be any gods who are stupid enough to put believers first and value their believers so much?

Even though you treat them as hard labor and slaves, they will happily come over and give you money.

But now there are gods who really regard their believers as unique brave men, heroes who will surely save the world, great explorers, and amazingly talented creators.

And these gods will unreservedly bless the believers with their own power, allowing them to appreciate the beautiful scenery of their own world, experience the surprises and adventures they have never experienced before, and finally get the most precious and unforgettable rewards.

Does such a god really exist?
Even thinking about night cream is impossible!Absolutely impossible!Arabian Nights!
However, if Qiuyuan heard the heartfelt words of this rich woman and dragon lady, Qiuyuan would say... such "gods" exist in my own world, and there are many of them. They accompany me through many difficult years, so I is one of their fans.

And now...it's my turn to help you out of your misery.

　PS: For everyone’s follow-up experience, the two chapters have been merged into one, so this chapter is considered an overloaded update...but tomorrow will be updated normally~ and the big guys are asking for a reward_(:з」∠)_
　　
　
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