Old days in the box

Chapter 445: Invest and get rewards, create shortcuts!
Loki, who possesses the power of "tricks", is the best agent Zhou Xiao can find in Jotunheim right now.

Tyne was trapped in Jotunheim. Although he was rescued by Zhou Xiao, "Shear" was still unable to cross the boundary and take him away.

Therefore, before the reconstruction of the boundary elevator technology, Zhou Xiao needs to find a safe haven to ensure that Tain will not fall into the hands of Sam's people again.

Based on this, Loki is obviously a very suitable candidate.

Although from the results, Loki has been imprisoned by Sam for thousands of years, and now even more than half of his divine power has been exhausted.

But his opponent is, after all, Sam, the god-king who deprived Odin of his identity. This not only does not make him look weak, but instead shows that even Sam is afraid of his power.

The authority of "tricks" controls the myriad "truths" in this world and can easily deceive reality and fool history by manipulating the truth. Once he is freed from Sam's constraints, it will be extremely difficult to catch him again.

A god with such ability is now in a rare predicament - Zhou Xiao will certainly not miss this great opportunity to recruit him.

"In addition, the battle line of the gods is in the land of giants. Odin will definitely attack the old gods on the front line. I need you to find out their situation. No matter who surrenders or who opposes, I want to know everything clearly."

"In my current state, it is impossible for me to accomplish what you said." Loki got up from the ground and answered with his hunched body.

"You don't need to worry about this. The only thing you need to consider now is whether to accept the deal I proposed." Zhou Xiao asked again.

"Okay, as long as you can find my children for me, I can agree to your request."

The weak Loki raised his head and gazed at the twinkling starry sky; on the other side of the screen, Zhou Xiao, who had received a positive answer, smiled and finally moved the mouse pointer to the upper left corner of the main screen, stopping on an icon that looked like a beam of light.

Originally there should have been an icon for the promotion function, but now with the upgrade of the box, this function has already undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Ascension Infusion."

“You can long-press and click on any god (whose divinity/faith level is at least 1) to continuously inject the power of your faith into it. Depending on the proportion of the injection, the following features will be triggered.”

"Reach 25%: Increase or restore the target's divinity/faith level by at least 1, and the target will be weakly bound to you, and you can share the power of its authority at the same time."

"Reach 50%: The target will achieve a strong bond with you and become your subordinate god."

Under the dual influence of the new heavenly law and administrator authority, the original promotion function has been upgraded to an ascension function exclusive to gods, becoming a powerful weapon in Zhou Xiao's hands to drive the gods.

With this function, Zhou Xiao can infuse the power of his faith into other gods to restore or enhance their divinity/faith level.

The infused power of faith will not be truly absorbed by the other party, and its origin will always be firmly directed towards Zhou Xiao; rather than saying it is "energy injection", it would be more appropriate to describe it as "investment".

Once Zhou Xiao's power of faith occupies a certain proportion of the target's total divinity, the target will be forcibly bound to Zhou Xiao, and the godhood will be incorporated into the Old One, becoming his subordinate god and sharing all the power he holds with him.

——This is like an investment company, which injects its own funds into different companies in exchange for shares. When the shareholding is high enough, it can incorporate the other party into its own company's territory.

Therefore, the target Zhou Xiao chooses must have desirable qualities, but the divinity/faith level cannot be too high.

Because too high a level of divinity means a huge total amount of divinity, the amount of faith he needs to pay to reach 50% will also increase accordingly.

And a god like Loki, who is powerful but extremely weak for various reasons, is of course the best choice in Zhou Xiao's mind. "Very good, then our deal is done. Next, I will restore your strength and give you the power to ascend. Don't struggle, embrace the blessing of the past."

Zhou Xiao clicked on the icon of the light column and switched the mouse pointer to the ascension energy injection mode.

Then he pointed at Loki in the center of the camera and continued to tap to place his gift.

The power of heaven instantly penetrated the clouds in the sky and fell on Loki in the form of thousands of rays of light!

On Zhou Xiao's main screen, the number representing the total faith value began to spin again, starting from 450,000 and falling;
On the other side of the screen, Loki's body began to recover rapidly under the bath of light, erasing all the scars that had accumulated over a thousand years, and once again radiating the divine light!

He is of the bloodline of the giants. Different from the two great gods high up in Asgard, he possesses the most primitive and powerful vitality!
A large amount of power of faith gathered on Him, allowing Him to experience the wonder of this new power for the first time.

Although compared to his original divine power, this newly injected power did not seem to completely obey his command, and refused to integrate into his origin.

But judging from the results, He had to admit that this power had indeed raised the upper limit of His divinity, and also restored His divinity at an astonishing speed.

The authority of “trickery” finally regained its brilliance in His hands.

"-100000 Faith Value, Ascension Infusion has reached 25%."

"You have obtained the weak bond with Loki, the God of Trickery: the target judgment has been converted to a friendly target, unlocking more operation options; you have shared the other party's original power, and obtained the additional blessing of the authority of 'Trickery'."

"Hint: With the additional blessing of the authority of 'trickery', you have unlocked advanced pointer operations."

"'Shortcut' is now available to you."

At the cost of 25 faith points, Zhou Xiao took % of the divinity in Loki's origin in one go and formed a weak bond with Him.

From then on, Loki's godhood was endowed with a power of faith that never belonged to him, which gradually made him submit to the Old Ones.

At the same time, the power of authority held in His origin will also be shared back to Zhou Xiao, providing him with advanced pointer operations.

For example, the "Trick" authority with fraudulent characteristics, the advanced operation granted to Zhou Xiao is "Create Shortcut".

"Is this the power of faith? Is this really a power that can be born from a humble mortal?" Loki took a deep breath and stretched out his arms to feel this God-given blessing.

"Loki, the god of trickery, holds the power: trickery (complete)."

"Divinity/Faith Level: 5/2."

"A god from the giant clan, he was once a blood brother of the God King Odin. After Odin broke his oath, he imprisoned him for a thousand years, and his children were scattered all over the world. He has engraved the mark of revenge in his blood, and vowed to make the God King pay with blood."

"Hint: This target has already formed a weak bond with you."

(End of this chapter)