Chapter 9: The Spirit Realm
Li Dongze phrased his words slightly and said:
"The Spirit Realm is a supernatural force that cannot be explained by science at the moment, and even though we have been trying to dissect it and understand it, we still do not have a completely clear understanding of it. The Spirit Realm exists in reality, but is detached from it, and only the chosen ones can enter it."
"And the way to be chosen ......" He took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "You should experience it."
"That card?" Zhang Yuanqing responded at the right time.
Li Dongze nodded slightly:
"It's called a role card, and those who obtain a role card will open up a trial mission, and by passing the trial they will be able to obtain a corresponding profession with the skills and characteristics of that profession.
"The mechanism of selecting walkers in the Spirit Realm has not yet been worked out, and the way of issuing the role card is not fixed, it will sometimes appear directly in your body; sometimes you will pick it up by the side of the road; sometimes you will accidentally click on a certain link on the internet ......
"Completing trial quests is just the beginning, Spirit Realm Walkers who want to upgrade and become stronger must keep accepting quests to enter the Spirit Realm. But you don't have to worry, the quests don't appear too often, and not any Spirit Realm scenarios will be life-threatening, on the contrary, some Spirit Realms will be very interesting.
"For example, I myself, a level 3 scout, have entered the Spirit Realm six times in the past two years, three of which were single-player Spirit Realms in which I almost died. The other three times were multi-player confrontations and multi-player group spirit realms, which are relatively safer and more interesting. Oh well, there's always a price to pay for wanting to obtain superpowers."
Li Dongze paused for a moment, giving Zhang Yuanqing time to ask questions.
"It's similar to a game copy?" Zhang Yuanqing gave his understanding.
Li Dongze revealed a smile:
"I like talking to you young people because you have a strong understanding and are actively exposed to new things."
After a word of approval, he nodded his head:
"That's right, it's like playing a game, and the Spirit Realm is a replica, some replicas are single-player types, and some replicas are multi-player teams and multi-player confrontations. And the single-player type of copy is the most dangerous, with the highest death rate.
"The multiplayer type is relatively better, there is a death type and a punishment type, the latter just deducts a certain amount of experience value."
Zhang Yuanqing wondered, "Why does the single-player type have the highest mortality rate?"
Li Dongze pondered for a moment, "In the multiplayer type of spirit realm, you will encounter spirit realm walkers of other professions, but with the single player type, it's the spirit realm of your own profession. Take the scout for example, the abilities of that profession's transcendent realm are insight, tracking, and analyzing.
"So the three solo Spirit Realms I encountered were playing detective to deduce a case; chasing villains in the jungle to hunt each other; and wilderness survival. Also, for each profession, the copies of the Spirit Realm are different for the Transcendent Stage and the Saint Stage."
My profession is a night wanderer, and the one I entered is a spirit copy, phew, luckily there are multiplayer copies, or else I would sooner or later pee in fear in the Spirit Realm, there will be changes in the Saint Stage Spirit Realm copies? Zhang Yuanqing nodded while listening.
"Is Lei Yibing's disappearance into the Spirit Realm?" Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice.
He desperately needed confirmation from an official figure to confirm his suspicions, if Bing had entered the Spirit Realm, then things weren't too bad.
Li Dongze thought for a moment and said:
"After Lei Yibing disappeared in a bizarre disappearance, the official figures over at the Hangzhou Police Department took over the case, and their judgment is that Lei Yibing has died in the Spirit Realm."
Zhang Yuanqing heard his heart stop for a moment, and it was hard to contain the anxiety and panic that surged up, "Why?"
Li Dongze explained, "Because it's been too long, a normal copy of the Spirit Realm, at least in the Transcendent Realm, can be as short as a few hours and as long as a day or two. And Lei Yibing has been missing for four days. The Transcendent Realm represents levels 1-3."
"What about above the Transcendent Realm?"
"Not quite sure, but there should be longer copies."
Maybe Bing is a powerful Spirit Realm Walker ...... Zhang Yuanqing could only comfort himself in this way.
Regarding the matter of Bing's disappearance, at this stage, he was destined to be of little help, regardless of his abilities or insights.
Compared to that, joining the official organization and then saving himself was the most important thing at the moment.
"...... By the way, before I introduce you to the official organization, there is one more important thing." Li Dongze took a sip of wine to wet his throat, "What is your moral value?"
"60 points, the initial value." Zhang Yuanqing answered honestly.
Li Dongze nodded, "For a novice like you, moral value is the biggest pitfall, this must be kept in mind."
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Yuanqing did not hide his doubts.
"Remember the note underneath the moral value."
Remember, it told me to be a good person ...... Zhang Yuanqing almost put on his Hua Zai face.
Li Dongze said with a straight face:
"The initial value of moral value is 60, below that, it will trigger the Spirit Realm's punishment mechanism, which will inform all Spirit Realm walkers in the same city of your location and issue a mission to remove you."
...... Zhang Yuanqing's jaw dropped as he blurted out:
"Then I won't be unable to do bad things for the rest of my life?"
Well, I don't mean to do bad things, but being a holy mother is also too tiring.
Also, what is the measure of moral value? If doing crafts, shibari diagrams, or whatever is considered morally corrupt, then he's screwed for life.
Li Dongze smiled, seemingly enjoying seeing the newcomer show this expression, and slowly said:
"There is no need to be so nervous, according to our observations, Spirit Realm Walkers steal, rob, and hurt people ...... will deduct 1-5 points of moral value depending on the severity of the situation. Killing someone deducts 10 points of moral value. If it causes serious consequences and many people are killed or injured, the corresponding moral value will be deducted depending on the severity of the situation.
"As for some losses in terms of private morality, it will not affect the moral value. Also, moral values will be deducted, but of course they can be accumulated. That's why you're allowed to be a good person."
This mechanism sounded like it was deliberately designed to restrain the Spirit Realm walkers, but why would the Spirit Realm want to restrain the walkers?
Morals or laws, they were all things created by humans to maintain order, and other beings in the natural world besides humans did not need these things.
In other words, unless the Spirit Realm's position was human, the existence of moral values was somewhat unreasonable.
But the Spirit Realm was a supernatural phenomenon.
Zhang Yuanqing instinctively felt that this restriction was unreasonable, but since Li Dongze hadn't explained it, it meant that he wasn't clear about the reason for it either.
From the conversation just now, it was easy to see that the official understanding of the Spirit Realm was limited.
Zhang Yuanqing said indistinctly, "I see, no wonder it's a big pit for newbies, so how do we accumulate moral values?"
After newbies obtained superpowers, they would often utilize their abilities to do things that they wanted to do before, but couldn't, such as seeking money.
And the ways to make quick money are written in the criminal code.
And eating bully abalone ...... Hmmm, I wonder if supporting poor ladies drops the moral value? In the definition of the Spirit Realm, is this considered a loss of private morality, or is it illegal?
This question Zhang Yuanqing didn't dare to ask, after all, we weren't familiar with each other yet and didn't want to leave a bad impression in the future leader's heart.
"Accumulating moral values is as simple as lowering them, just do good deeds. In fact, many evil organizations' Spirit Realm Walkers are keen on charity and donations because it is the fastest way to accumulate moral values, and as long as there is enough money, they can kill with impunity." Li Dongze heckled:
"It's ironic isn't it, you never know what kind of face is behind those who do charity. And what's even more ironic is that human lives can be measured in terms of money. Reality is like that, and so is the Spirit Realm.
"In addition, there will be no deduction of moral values when Spirit Realm walkers kill each other."
Only after Zhang Yuanqing had initially digested this information did Li Dongze continue:
"Next, let's talk about the official organization.
"The official organization we belong to is called the Five Elements Alliance, and it consists of five major forces, namely the Hundred Flowers Society, the White Tiger Soldiers, the Red Fire Gang, the Water God Palace, and the Atrium. The five forces represent five professions, Wood Demon, Scout, Fire Master, Water Ghost, and Earth Monster."
Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but spit in his heart: how come the official organizations are all a bunch of demons and monsters?
"Apart from the Five Elements Alliance, there are several other organizations with official backgrounds, I will synchronize them in the information and send it to you later." Li Dongze fumbled with his wine glass and said:
"The group of five major organizations within the Five Elements Alliance were allied in the last twenty years, and before that, they each went their own way and did not have a harmonious relationship with each other. This involves the five elements of birth and death, as well as the differences in habits between the professions."
Li Dongze took a sip of wine and shrugged, "Take the group of wood demons from the Hundred Flowers Society as an example, they are a group of extreme environmentalists and members of the Animal Protection Association, geez, they actually attempted to push the headquarters of the Five Elements Alliance to enact a ban on the organization's members from eating dog meat, God isn't even as outrageous as they are, and every time I see their sickly animal-loving faces, I can't help but want to use my leather shoes to viciously kick their asses."
Next, Li Dongze ruthlessly criticized the four major professions outside of the White Tiger Soldier Congregation.
This allowed Zhang Yuanqing to have a more intuitive understanding of the other organizations of the Five Elements Alliance, such as the Red Fire Gang that would never beep if they could do it; such as the Water God Palace that had a gloomy personality and liked to cultivate viruses and bacteria.
For example, the Earth Boss Zhongting who was engaged in real estate and mining development.
"Only the scouts of our White Tiger Soldier Congregation, wise, calm and bold, are the perfect profession." Li Dongze made a summary.
Zhang Yuanqing said in his heart, "With this statement of yours, do the other four major organizations agree?
"Hehe, the more you say it, the more it's like a game, right? There are also people within the Five Elements Alliance who refer to the Spirit Realm as a "game server", Spirit Realm walkers have character panels, props, and quests to do, and a different Spirit Realm is like a replica of one another. In addition, it also has different professions. People from the Red Fire Gang are reckless and impulsive, and like to promote violence, just like the Berserkers. The Water God Palace's people possessed the ability to control water and were water mages. The Hundred Flowers Society could raise pets and save the sick and injured, they were priests and summoners. The people from the Atrium have thick skin and flesh, typical MTs."
Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but tease as well:
"So you scouts are 75 gold coins an eye in the game?"
Li Dongze froze and couldn't help but grip the handle of his cane tightly, saying with little expression:
"If I were the Red Fire Gang's Fire Master, I would have already blown your dog's head off with a stick by now."
"Sorry!" Zhang Yuanqing decisively apologized.
After the joke, the atmosphere between the two became more cordial, and Li Dongze laughed:
"When one passes the Transcendent stage, a scout will possess extremely strong single combat abilities, I am not boasting when I say that this is a profession that can be described as perfect.
"Of course, in the orthodox professions, the Night Voyager is recognized as the strongest profession. Well, I'm talking about orthodox professions, excluding evil professions. Even us scouts have to admit that Night Prowler is a bit more perfect than us."
Huh? Is the Night Wanderer strong enough to fight ten of them?...... Zhang Yuanqing was delighted in his heart, "Can you say something about the occupation of Night Prowler."
Li Dongze was dumbfounded, but also understood this mentality of young people to admire strength and said:
"At the early stage of the Transcendent Realm, Night Wanderers are able to exert extremely strong assassination abilities, and their explosive power is also considerable, in addition, they also possess the ability to communicate with souls, refine corpses and control spirits, with diverse skills and strong combat power.
"However, the number of night wandering gods is extremely rare, at present, the Songhai City chapter does not have any night wandering gods, this is because there are too few night wandering god trial spirit realms in Songhai, and then there is the Taiyi Sect in the capital that keeps absorbing night wandering gods from all over the country."
Speaking of this, he naturally asked about the new employee's occupation, saying:
"What is your occupation? I hope you're not a fire master, I hate rude and cranky young men."
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