Secret Plan

2024-08-03

Chapter 397 Secret Plan

With the selection finalized, everyone else prepared to leave the station, leaving only Luo Jun, Li Xiuzhen, and Xu Li behind.

At the last moment, Luo Jun suddenly took out the Ancestral Skeleton Headband and summoned Aishiliya.

"Let her go with you."

The others were puzzled, so Luo Jun explained, "This Summoned Creature of mine can communicate with me telepathically; perhaps it can give you some information."

Luo Jun only came up with this tactic after experiencing the Summoned Creature war in the previous round. Inside the station, the location of the Attacker on the map can be seen, and if real-time communication with the defenders outside can be established, danger can be alerted.

"I don't think the Chaos Mission would leave such a loophole." Wang Yifan shook his head.

"But it can't hurt to give it a try." With that, Luo Jun took out a bunch of offensive treasures and equipment and handed them to Aishiliya, even giving her his Longitudinal and Horizontal Warhorse to ride. "Even if we can't communicate, she's still a decent Combat Power."

As for himself, being the Attacker, he was perfectly safe and therefore didn't care about his Noble Phantasm. As for Aishiliya, being his Summoned Creature, giving her his Noble Phantasm wasn't considered a transaction and wasn't prohibited by the mission.

And so, Aishiliya, leading her Longitudinal and Horizontal Warhorse laden with a multitude of magical artifacts, including the Crescent Moon Blade and the Elemental Construct Box, left the station with the others.

When the time came, the station was completely sealed off; people inside couldn't get out, and people outside couldn't get in.

Luo Jun's attempt to communicate with Aishiliya using the Dominator Necklace also failed.

The same thing happened after he entered the Chaos Mission, when he was also unable to communicate with Ailongtan, who was in the Main World.

This suggests that the moment the station closes, it may already belong to a different world from the outside... or rather, at that moment, the station is a miniature world independent of the outside world...

Just as I guessed... Luo Jun's lips curled up slightly. Now he just had to wait five minutes and see if the dice would roll a lucky number.

While waiting, Luo Jun looked at Li Xiuzhen was standing to the side.

"Senior, I have another question about Zhuge Lang's abilities..." Luo Jun asked, "Will someone who has been Borrowing a Corpse to Return the Soul possess the magical artifacts they had in life?"

"Of course that's impossible..." Li Xiuzhen shook her head. "What's being absorbed is the soul; the power of a treasure, which is an external object, naturally cannot be used."

Luo Jun frowned. "Then why is it that the projection of myself that I encountered can use my Noble Phantasm?"

"Is that so?" Li Xiuzhen was also surprised. "His ability has evolved? No... that doesn't make sense, and Chu Yunwei never used a magic weapon before..."

"I have a guess," Xu Li said, "Could it be related to the projection?"

Li Xiuzhen was slightly taken aback, then said, "You mean... the soul captured from the projection will possess the power of a treasure?"

"That's possible," Xu Li said. "When Ma Lei's clone killed me, I clearly saw that she was wearing a Hand Armor, which then disappeared. I just confirmed with Ma Lei that it was one of her treasured artifacts."

"The clones of Ma Lei and Ye were both created through Soul Projection and can use Noble Phantasms, while other clones created by directly killing the original cannot," Xu Li analyzed. "So I guess the principle behind this mission's projection creation is to treat our Noble Phantasms and ourselves as a whole for replication... or to project the Noble Phantasms as part of our bodies."

Li Xiuzhen nodded upon hearing this. "That makes sense. From an efficiency standpoint, compared to replicating each treasure piece individually and then differentiating them, this whole projection is an optimization... but it makes things even more difficult for us."

"This guy killed a soul that the projection absorbed, and it was stronger than the original soul!" Li Xiuzhen and Xu Li frowned, realizing that under this rule, the Spirit King Zhuge Lang had been further strengthened, and both of them became worried.

"And what about magnanimity?" Luo Jun seemed unconcerned about that question, initiating a new topic. "Will resurrected people retain their original Root Bone, spirituality, and magnanimity?"

Li Xiuzhen replied, "What the soul can store are abilities, insights, experiences, and understandings... As for Root Bone, spirituality, and even basic cultivation levels—these are the physical attributes that cannot follow the soul. Otherwise, there would be no need to borrow a body to be resurrected."

"Therefore, the corpse used for resurrection is also very important. The stronger the corpse's qualities, the stronger the resurrected clone will be. I don't know if his abilities have been enhanced over the years. Based on the level back then, if a corpse is used for resurrection, the clone will inherit the corpse's Root Bone, spirituality, and the level of Foundation Establishment. It can be said that its capacity is at the level of the corpse in life. However, if a living person who is willing to sacrifice themselves is used, then all aspects of their qualities will be enhanced, and their capacity will be multiplied many times over. But when the resurrection time is up, the original person will also collapse and die."

"You can understand it as him exhausting the rest of his life force and gaining a temporary boost."

"I see..." Luo Jun nodded. This made sense that his clone could summon so many Jackal Warrior. After all, as a projection, it had three times the Innate Potential and fifty points of spirituality. With the enhancement of its energy and some items to replenish its vital energy, it was indeed possible.

However, Luo Jun asked this question not to find the source of the three thousand Jackal Warrior, but to gather more intelligence in preparation for the next operation.

Afterwards, Luo Jun asked some questions about Zhuge Lang's abilities. When the ten-minute time limit was about to expire, Luo Jun activated the Fate Dice in his mind.

After several attempts to revise his wording, the dice spun, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

As the Countdown Reset, two maps appeared on the wall. Town One had six Green Dot and two red dots, while Town Two had seven Green Dot and three red dots.

It's clear that one of the two people who died on the other side last time also had protection, and now both sides are evenly matched, with nine people remaining.

Li Xiuzhen and Xu Li stared intently at the map. The three red dots on map number two represented their projections. These three figures had spawned less than 500 meters away from Team Two and had remained motionless since appearing, seemingly observing the situation.

"There should be Zhuge Lang among the enemy's Green Dot ..." Li Xiuzhen analyzed, "Our three red dots should also realize this, which is why they didn't rush in."

After several rounds of battle, the players also noticed that sometimes, some enemy Attacker would project their own tactics to those who had previously been Attacker.

The only explanation is that the real bodies of these two projected teams had fought against the projected teams of Attacker, and the experience gained influenced their tactics.

This means that the Attacker's projection not only inherits abilities and Noble Phantasms, but also the memories of the original body, and will make different tactics based on the information already obtained.

"It's always good to be cautious when facing Zhuge Lang." Xu Li looked at Luo Jun beside her. "We two are probably powerless. I wonder if Ye has any way to deal with that Spirit King."

"Relying solely on projection, it's very difficult for me..." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "But..."

Before the words were finished, the space not far away suddenly distorted, and then a circular Space Gate appeared in the waiting hall.

At the same time, a notification sounded in Luo Jun's mind, "Event Success, Event Difficulty 86, Severity Coefficient 8x, experience gained 688 points!"

(End of this chapter)