novelraw Chapter 979 516: It's Over, We Lost a Teammate
Chapter 979 516: It's Over, We Lost a Teammate
"If the entire villa complex is a sacrificial ritual site, then the position I'm in is the core."
"No wonder they arranged for us to come over and clean up."
Shura carefully observed the villa's basement, which was filled with a large number of human bones.
From the skeletal analysis, it was determined that there were men and women of all ages, indicating a random crime.
"It's known that the Bai Gui Sect previously turned themselves into ghosts through sacrifices."
"However, they probably didn't expect that the All Ghosts Survival Platform didn't turn them into individual ghosts but merged them into one."
"That's what you call a bad end."
Shura couldn't help but smile, especially thinking about how these Bai Gui Sect folks struggled to turn into ghosts, but ended up not being powerful at all.
Of course, what this group likely pursued wasn't power, but immortality or wealth, the kind of things that are considered top-tier in a human world that's not yet transcendent.
As for ruling the world or becoming an Emperor, if the All Ghosts Survival Platform had that ability, it wouldn't have let the ghosts end up like this.
"Wait, what's this?" Shura was alerted by written hints, noticing something amiss.
He quickly cleared it away and saw the whole picture.
"An array?" Shura examined it closely. It was only the size of a palm and wouldn't have been discovered without his inspection due to the bones.
"It seems like it can be activated."
"Just don't know how to activate it?"
From the written hints, he learned that this was closely related to the Bai Gui Sect and seemed to connect to a certain area.
But it had to be activated first.
Shura quickly investigated it through his innate skills and abilities.
His primary system, called Text Mastery, differed from fate or causality, leaning towards knowledge and investigation. It seemed nothing special at first glance, but coupled with his secondary combat system, it was quite useful.
Mainly because of his unique primary system, it consumed almost no resources, no Game Coins or skill points, only different texts from various worlds to gain enhancements, raising both quality and quantity.
It meant that if he had text that could bear power, he could gain permanent boosts.
Thus, he mostly pursued various texts from the world.
This also allowed him to balance improving his abilities without neglecting combat skills, though combat capability was somewhat influenced since it was a secondary system.
After all, he had to spend money and resources to purchase various skills, books, and items to enhance Text Mastery.
So what was left free was only skill points.
If he didn't purchase and collected them one by one, it would take quite some time.
Especially Skill Books, which inherently are text carriers of power. The higher the quality of the Skill Book, the better the effect he gets.
In terms of enhancing his own strength, Text Mastery was much stronger than his secondary system, perfectly matching his written hints and providing substantial boosts and attributes.
"Lacking energy." Shura quickly learned from the written hints what the array lacked.
"So it can be activated, just..."
Shura did have things to inject energy into it, such as high-energy batteries, Spirit Stones, Magic Stones, or energy crystals. He had several kinds of energy stored in his inventory, lest he needed them.
And these items were all certified by the "First Era," not requiring adaptation.
His hesitation was whether to call the Supreme Being.
Gu Shanhai had long been excluded, not because Shura wanted to isolate him, but because there was no need. Even if called, he wouldn't come, as the other seemed to be continuously using some skill, apparently improving, which suppressed many attributes.
Unfortunately, Shura's ability wasn't strong enough. Gu Shanhai's level was too high, so he couldn't discern exactly what he was doing.
Shura didn't inquire further, as such matters involved personal privacy and asking wouldn't necessarily yield answers.
And the Supreme Being was likely busy, having to deal with subsequent ghosts, claiming otherwise would be false.
"Looks like I'll have to go." Shura murmured quietly. If there were benefits, he wouldn't hog them entirely, but he could prioritize, feeling slightly selfish but not overly so.
Rifling through the inventory with text hints, he soon found the needed energy.
"Activation isn't difficult, just hope the battle isn't too tough."
Indeed, there was some risk, like being directly transported to the BOSS room, which would be disastrous.
He knew that without Gu Shanhai's halo, the BOSS difficulty would be so high that sustaining for two days would be impossible for him.
Under normal conditions, it would take at least until the third day to face the BOSS.