novelraw Chapter 413: Full Mode Unlocked, the Mask Promoted to S-Rank
Chapter 413: Full Mode Unlocked, the Mask Promoted to S-Rank
After saying that, Lu Ce was only awake for about two minutes before he once again collapsed face-first onto the ground.
He had exhausted himself a bit too much earlier—an outright overdraft against the mask—and now it could forcefully shut down at any moment.
So he fell asleep again.
Perfect Life: ......
“Um, I probably don't quite get it.”
He spoke while looking somewhat conflicted.
“What did he just say? Logically, he shouldn't have said that. If he plans to become an enemy and kill you later, shouldn't he have apologized in advance?”
“Why was he fine a moment ago and suddenly said ‘serves you right’?”
Xie Antong stepped in at the perfect moment and sneered:
“Don't flatter yourselves. There's no cooperation here. This guy will never consider anyone an ally.”“He's got real nerve—facing a god called ‘Despair’ directly and still surviving.”
When she spoke, everyone tacitly chose not to respond, but The Creator suddenly sensed something was off and unexpectedly looked up to ask:
“Wait, wasn't the game's livestream turned off?”
“How do you know it was the god Despair who showed up?”
Xie Antong didn't actually know.
When she heard that question, she was stunned.
Wow—so her guess had actually been right?!
She had only planned to bluff a bit to extract information from the two witnesses.
She never expected it to be true!
Her head was spinning for a moment.
She was shocked, and the others were even worse off—each of them looked dazed.
What does “the god Despair” mean?
Wasn't that term a little too intense, too unfamiliar?
“Who... did he fight just now? Weren't you two and the game's avatar the ones who attacked him?” Chiyo Eine asked, looking at Perfect Life and The Creator with surprise.
“Heh, I don't have that kind of ability.” The Creator gave an awkward smile. “That guy did something truly remarkable just now.”
“Also, why were it the two of us and the game's avatar teaming up against him? At a critical moment, shouldn't players naturally unite against an outside threat?”
Chiyo Eine froze.
She had never considered a unified front; normally it was already assumed that Sin would be the one everyone ganged up on.
Is Sin not considered an outsider??
The Creator didn't elaborate much—he had no intention of broadcasting what had just happened from his perspective.
“However, what he said was correct: future matches will probably focus on player-versus-player combat.”
“From now on, everyone may be enemies rather than friends.”
“In this game, none of us are truly free... it's a pity.”
As he spoke, his somewhat aged eyes looked at the remaining young people with regret.
Jiu Tian quietly bowed his head and listened—this was, in his view, a crucial piece of intelligence.
The others showed mixed expressions; not many seemed to fully grasp what The Creator meant.
Ten minutes passed quickly. The competitors who had become co-victors had little time to swap feelings; they each opened their own settlement pages.
......
[Game over. Congratulations, player—Perfect Clear!]
The familiar game tones and a warm sense of being wrapped in something arrived. Lu Ce slowly woke and found himself back in his most familiar place.
No matter how many perfect clears there were this time, at least he was guaranteed one.
[Original Sin Mask: all modes have now been unlocked.]
[Upgrade criteria met!]
Hearing the voice in his ear, he instantly perked up. He had always wondered whether unlocking all modes would trigger some new evolution.
That was why he had insisted on choosing laziness in the first place.
Now, it seemed evolution really might happen!
He tried to lift his hand but suddenly discovered his whole body was completely out of his control; even his consciousness felt vague and insubstantial.
[Player is currently asleep. Forcefully wake the body?]
“Uh, forget it.”
Lu Ce realized he was still asleep. The side effects of the Laziness mask were just too overbearing.
He thought about forcing himself up through sheer wake-up anger to reclaim his combat strength, then removing the mask afterward—wouldn't that avoid the side effects?
No matter what form he was in, he couldn't escape the side effects. He had to endure them all.
[Use a portion of current game reward quota to upgrade the mask?]
“Yes!”
[A-007, Soul of the Seven Deadly Sins, has been promoted!]
[→ S-025, Heart of the Seven Deadly Sins!]
[Description: You have seen a thousand sails and understand the fundamental sins of human nature. You can now dance with them!]
[Effect: You can use the normal mode of any mask, and begin to explore the great power of “overload.”]
[Currently overloaded sins: Greed, Wrath.]
[Currently possessing exclusive sin weapon: Pride; Weapon: Extreme Path Battle-Axe.]
[The Heart of the Seven Deadly Sins can transform into any form for player use. Its strength and level increase together, and it is not affected by lower-tier divine pressure.]
[All damage to the Heart of the Seven Deadly Sins has been repaired.]
“Let me ask—if I overload every sin form, what happens?”
Lu Ce hurriedly asked.
[No comment. Please explore on your own, player.]
“How about this exclusive weapon thing? How do you bind a weapon as your exclusive weapon?”
[No comment. Please explore on your own, player.]
Lu Ce: ......
What a useless game prompt voice.
Still, the answer being “no comment” instead of silence allowed him to make a reasonable guess.
The Heart of the Seven Deadly Sins hadn't yet reached its highest tier; it was clearly a development sequence item that evolved over time.
What he had gotten in the newbie tutorial continued to gain value.
Just as he planned to check what rewards he'd earned this round, the game suddenly popped another strange notification.
[Routine game rewards have been placed in your inventory. Please check them.]
[Due to the player's outstanding performance, you have defended your first-place honor. You are currently first on the leaderboards.]
[Please pay attention to the most important part of this reward—the phase ranking reward.]