Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 444: Inheritance of the Initial Fire
The incarnation of the Lord of Fire fell down.

The sword just now directly drained Li You's divine power reserves. The gold bar below the blue bar of blood bar in the personal panel was emptied in an instant, and the system display was almost delayed.

But the power was worth the consumption. Even the incarnation of the Fire King was dissipated by this attack.

His body was defeated, and the flaming sword in his hand flashed back to the original campfire, turning back into its original spiral sword form.

Li You also fell down.

The divine power was instantly drained, and his transformation into a dragon-man was automatically lifted, so that he lost his balance for a moment and fell to the ground with a thud.

Fortunately, at the same time, he withdrew his hand and threw the Blood Immortal Sword back into the backpack.

After the battle, Li You breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt an indescribable fatigue.

Although there were breaks in between, the battle intensity in the Dark Souls world was still too high, and now it is finally over.

Li You subconsciously turned over and lay on his back, then he remembered: Where are the ashes?

He sat up immediately.

Ashes must be fine, right? Otherwise, what about my main quest?
Fortunately, Li You looked around and found that although the Ash Man had disappeared, the familiar ring of darkness was floating around him. A thought came out again:
"...I need some ownerless souls."

Li You breathed a sigh of relief.

Just a little soul, no big deal.

He immediately picked up the soul pendant, and a large number of ownerless souls stored in the pendant poured out, wrapped the Ring of Darkness, and reshaped the body of Ashes. The figure in knight armor appeared in front of Li You again.

“Huh—” Ashes stretched his body and let out a long breath, “It’s finally over.”

Li You looked at the stoves around him, especially the Initial Fire that was quietly burning nearby, as tiny as a flame, and said:

"Can you give me an explanation now?"

Ashes nodded, "Of course. What do you want to know?"

Li You looked at her and said, "Tell me about yourself. What happened to you? How did you become the Ring of Darkness?"

Ashes shook his head slightly: "I am not someone special. I am just an unknown ash, an undead person who can never become firewood."

Li You asked you to memorize the opening words of the game here?
"The scenes you showed me are not something that everyone can see. And now we are all standing next to the First Flame. I have to know who you are and what your plans are."

He glanced at his status panel and continued, "Take your time and tell me your story. I think we should have time?"

After hearing what Li You said, Hui Jin also expressed his approval, and then said:

"I am indeed very ordinary. I don't remember my name, my origin, or anything. My earliest memory is waking up in the Ash Cemetery wearing this suit of armor.

"I had no idea what I should do at the time, so I could only search the cemetery, fighting with the zombies in long robes and the skinny wild dogs. I also experienced my first death when I encountered the crystal lizard.

"I don't know how many times I died before I found the Judge of Ashes, and I don't know how long I fought with him before I finally defeated him. Then, I followed the path behind him and came to the Firelink Shrine."

Having said that, Ashes paused.

“Here, I met the fire keeper. She told me about the mission of Ashes and pointed out the direction for me to move forward - to find the Cinder Kings.

"To be honest, my memory is completely blank. I didn't even know what a Cinderlord was at the time. The people in the Firelink Shrine were all very strange. They talked to themselves and it was difficult to communicate. Since I really didn't know what else to do, I followed the Fire Keeper's instructions and headed to the high walls of Lothric.

"At that time, I was really useless and didn't know anything. I had nothing but this set of armor, a long sword, and a shield. The only special thing about me was that no matter what weapon I got, I could immediately know how to use it by instinct.

"I won't mention those trivial experiences in between. Anyway, I explored the high wall, went to the undead settlement, and the road of living sacrifice. In fact, most of the time I didn't know what I should do, so I kept moving forward. As for the mission of finding the king and passing on the fire, they were just pure nouns to me. I didn't understand them at all.

"…But, on the way to find the king, I met different people. Some of them were friendly, some were indifferent, some were crazy, and some were cunning. These people all had their own missions, their own paths, and fought for different reasons.

"Many of those reasons are actually very insignificant, and they are basically all weird people. But thanks to my contact with these people, I finally began to understand the face of this world, and their respective paths intertwined and intertwined, which also gave me my own understanding of the so-called fire transmission.

"After that, I passed through the underground cemetery, arrived at Irithyll, and stepped through the underground prison, and Anor Londo, the former capital of the Sun Gods. By this time, some of the people I met on the road had left, and I finally determined my own path."

Ashes said, looking at Li You, with a bright gaze looking at him from the peephole of the helmet: "I have decided to inherit the original fire and continue this world."

Li You's expression changed slightly: "...Why?"

Ashes did not answer directly, but said: "Li You, I agree with your point of view. The transmission of fire has two sides. The transmission of fire does breed sin and curse, but its beneficiaries also exist, and they are all over the world - just like the sun shining on the earth."

“I don’t desire the glory of a king, but I want to fight for a little more chance for those who are struggling to survive in this world, even if the so-called hope may be just an illusory spark.

"…But even though I thought so, I was not able to follow the path of spreading the fire."

At this point, Ashes' tone changed, and he couldn't help but lower his voice: "On the way to find the Lord of Cinder, I met those people - the pilgrims of Londor."

"At that time, I knew nothing about the countries in this world. I thought Londor was just one of the human countries. I didn't expect that they were the country of wandering souls and wanted to usurp the original fire..."

Hearing this, Li You had a guess: "...You accepted the power of Londor? The Dark Mark?"

Ashes nodded gently. "Not only that, I even completed the 'Partner' ritual of Londor... Haha, the so-called partnering is to use the Sword of Covenant to kill the other Ashes who serve as a container, and obtain the dark mark that resides in his body!"

"So far, I have become the King of Wandering Souls, and I have lost the opportunity to pass on the fire. Because if I touch the original fire as the King of Wandering Souls, it will bring this world into the Dark Ages..."

Li You opened his mouth and wanted to say that the dark mark could be healed, but when he heard Huijin's heavy tone, he was afraid that it would hurt her too much.

In addition, for some reason, Li You always felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he heard Huijin's experience.

But Hui Jin didn't seem to need Li You to remind her, she added: "It was only later that I realized that as long as we find the soul of the Fire Keeper that was contaminated by the abyss, we can heal the dark mark.

"But I didn't know that I had this choice at the time. So when I came to this primordial furnace and saw the summoning mark of Yulia here, I made up my mind not to let Londor get his hands on the primordial fire.

“So in the end, I and the Cinder King incarnation… burned up together.

“The undead and ashes can certainly be resurrected at the campfire, but you also know that as long as certain conditions are met, they can also die completely, and that’s what I thought at the time.

"However, after my body was burned, I was planning to fall into deep sleep, but I didn't expect to hear a certain voice in my trance, asking me without any emotion whether I wanted a chance to start over..."

Hui Jin said, and then looked at Li You, "Needless to say, of course I thought about it. You almost know what happened next, and I actually appeared in front of you without knowing what happened specifically."

"Since then, I have been observing the outside world through your eyes. I can see that although the people are still the same, this is probably not my original world.

“But it’s okay this way, because the choice you made was much better than the one I made, and you saved many more people than I did.

"I also know that you also hope to inherit the flame and continue this world...so from that time on, I decided to support you with all my strength."

After listening to Huijin's words, Li You wanted to speak, but a flash of lightning flashed in his mind and he suddenly remembered something.

Because he knew nothing, he became the King of Wandering Souls, and because he wanted to pass on the fire, he did not reach the ending. This was exactly his experience when he first played the game "Soul III"!

The experience described by Ashes is exactly the same as his first save file in Dark Souls 3, right down to every detail.

As for the save file at that time, because Li You was stubborn and didn't want to go through the ending of King of Wandering Souls, so in the end... the save file was deleted!

"hiss--!"

As soon as he realized this, Li You's eyes changed immediately when he looked at Ashes.

So the ashes in front of him were actually the mistakes he made when he was young? The ashes made him feel uncomfortable with the look in his eyes that suddenly became full of love. He couldn't help but take a step back and coughed twice:
"Ahem! Anyway, this is my experience. As for how I became the Ring of Darkness and how I attached myself to you, I really don't know. Including the absorption of souls, this is really not what I wanted..."

"It's okay." Li You waved his hand cheerfully, "It's just a little soul! Who are we to each other?"

ash:"……?"

What happened to this person suddenly?
Li You did want to ask Huijin about the Dark Ring giving him a DEBUFF at first, but he could probably guess that it was the system that did it, and the system had always been very malicious to him.

Considering that the ashes were after all his past mistakes, there was no need to worry about this little thing.

So, he did not respond to Ashes' question, but said: "Don't worry about those little things. Compared to that, can we touch the First Fire now?"

Huijin felt that Li You was a bit strange. He was the one who asked the question in the beginning, and now he was the one who said he didn't care. How come he had to finish both the positive and negative words...

However, she had been watching the live broadcast for such a long time by hanging on Li You. Except for the system panel, she could not see everything else from a first-person perspective. So she knew that Li You's thoughts were sometimes very strange, so there was no need to be surprised.

So she continued along with what Li You said: "That's right. Thanks to you, I absorbed the souls of the four Cinder Kings and now I have the qualifications and ability to inherit the flame."

"If you have no other questions, I can pass on the Initial Fire now."

Li You looked at her. Although he could not see her face covered by the mask, her eyes revealed her thoughts without reservation.

Her goal is very simple, which is to inherit the original fire and continue this world.

From this, Li You knew that there was no need for him to confirm with her again.

He nodded solemnly: "Okay. Do I need to exit the initial furnace?"

Ashes shook his head: "Unfortunately, the First Fire is fading now, and my soul is also weak, not as strong as the gods... You just need to stand aside and watch, the fire will not spread over there."

"Besides, I have something to give you."

Li You was just confirming it, so naturally he wouldn't object.

So, he and the ashes came to the center of the furnace, one after the other, next to the barely burning original fire.

Huijin exchanged one last look with Li You, then gently reached out his hand and pressed on the spiral sword that was inserted diagonally into the campfire.

In an instant, a deep red flame rose from Ashes' arm, then gradually spread along her body, and finally a layer of faint flame burned all over her body.

In this way, the fire was passed on. There was no complicated ceremony, no earth-shattering noise, but the flame, which had already died out, got a small piece of new firewood and could continue for a while.

Ashes' body trembled involuntarily. The First Fire used her soul as fuel, and the pain needed no further description. But she only trembled slightly, and there was no other reaction.

Li You watched her complete the fire transmission and felt a little sad.

If it is the era of Soul One, after the chosen immortal passes on the fire, the entire initial furnace will be ignited, turning it into a vigorous fire storm, releasing a brilliance like the sun!

But now, the flames have weakened, and the soul has also become weak. Even after absorbing the ashes of the souls of the four Fire Kings, it can only ignite a small flame on its body.

Just as entering this decadent world, it is nothing more than a struggle to survive.

Both Li You and Huijin knew this, but Huijin still chose to pass on the flame.

At this moment, she looked at Li You again, and even smiled to herself: "...I'm sorry to make you laugh. As someone who has witnessed the Age of Gods, I'm afraid the flames I lit can't even be considered fireworks, right?"

Li You shook his head: "This has nothing to do with the strength, but a personal choice."

Ashes didn't argue: "Yeah, after all, I sacrificed myself, so I guess a little praise is worth it."

"Oh, by the way, I have to give you a thank you gift. After all, it's all thanks to you that we've come this far."

As she spoke, she extended her hand to Li You: "Let me borrow the fragment of your spiral sword."

Li You was a little confused, but he didn't say anything. He took out the fragment and handed it to her. Huijin took the fragment of the spiral sword in her hand, weighed it, and suddenly stretched out her left hand. Pieces of debris fell from the complete spiral sword stuck in the campfire and gradually mixed with the fragments in her hand.

Finally, there was a flash of fire, and lying in Ashes' hand was a complete spiral sword. Except for its smaller size, it was exactly the same as the spiral sword in the campfire.

Ashes flipped his hand again, took out a golden soul that looked like a spiral of flames, and handed it over along with the spiral sword.

Li You was also stunned.

Of course he recognized these two things. Not to mention the spiral sword, that soul was exactly the soul left behind by the incarnations of the Fire Kings.

He just looked for it, but didn't expect it to be here in the ashes?

However, Li You immediately chose to refuse: "Since you have inherited the original fire, this soul should be given to you."

Ashes shook his head and said, "This soul is just like the incarnation. It is the residue left after the incineration of successive Cinder Kings. It is impossible to be rekindled, and I don't need it. So it's best if you keep it. At worst, you should be able to refine it into something in the smelting furnace."

"Besides, this soul is nothing. This sword is my thank you gift."

As she spoke, she looked at Li You again: "Aren't you troubled by having too many weapons and not being able to use them? This sword can help you solve this problem to a certain extent."

"……oh?"

Since she said so, Li You naturally stopped being polite and took the souls and spiral swords of the Fire Kings.

He originally wanted to study the sword carefully, but suddenly remembered another thing.

"……etc."

It was only when Li You got the spiral sword that he suddenly remembered that he had played a special effects trick on the Dark Ring... No, he had played a special effects trick on the Dark Ring?

His expression was a little strange: "Come to think of what I said to you in the spiritual space before, you..."

ash:"………"

"The remaining mark of the Dark Ring can allow you to teleport once more. It's time for you to leave."

As he spoke, Huijin waved his hand, and Li You instantly felt that the scenery around him was moving away from him at a very fast speed, and only he was still standing there motionless.

Li You subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab something, but in the blink of an eye, he was back to the entrance of the sacrificial site where the fire had been extinguished.

But this time, the original furnace in front was no longer visible, and it was unknown how far away it was.

Li You paused, then put down his hand.

He lost interest in studying his gains for a moment, and used the only lit campfire in the sacrificial site to teleport away.

After he left, in the original furnace, the ashes looked up at the black sun hanging high in the sky, lost in thought for a long time.

Afterwards, she sat down in front of the stove of the Original Fire without saying a word and with slow movements. Then her whole body seemed to have turned into a stone sculpture, almost motionless.

Seen from a distance, it looked just like the incarnation of the Fire King not long ago.

In the original furnace, there was only that flame, burning tenaciously.

(End of this chapter)