112. [True Sight]
When Lu Ban's feet touched solid ground again, he first felt a cool sensation.
He opened his eyes and glanced at it.
"The air conditioner was left on."
Lu Ban thought for a moment and turned up the air conditioner temperature a few degrees.
"Luckily I got back early, otherwise the electricity bill would have been much higher."
He glanced at himself; his clothes were tattered and his backpack was almost broken. Luckily, Lu Ban had eaten all the compressed rations last night and this morning, otherwise they would have been wasted.
However, the suona remained bright and undamaged by the fire. Lu Ban even thought that even if he threw it into the fire, it might not catch fire.
Sitting on the bed in a daze for a while, Lu Ban briefly reviewed the previous tasks in his mind, finally settling on a piece of Crimson Crystal in his hand.
These are the last things Momiji left behind.
[Unlock Side Quest: Homecoming]
[Like fallen leaves returning to their roots, a soul yearning for the sky eventually turns to dust. She longs to return to her homeland, fulfill her last wish, and receive a reward.]
"So it really is beyond saving?"
Lu Ban sighed.
Although he and Momiji only spent one day together, they had a life-or-death bond, and she had even helped him. Thinking of Momiji's background and fate, Lu Ban overcome with sorrow.
There is no essential difference between myself Chosen of the Gods of this the Silent Land, and the priestess of the Harmony Island.
All must fight against these indescribable things, and all have the potential to be polluted, eroded, and alienated.
Who knows, Lu Ban might turn into a monster someday.
"Don't worry, if I have the chance, I will definitely take you back to the Wa Island Grand Shrine."
Lu Ban placed Momiji's ashes crystal on the table, took off his tattered clothes, and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes, and also to have his body checked.
It was eight o'clock in the morning, about thirteen hours after Lu Ban entered the mission. The bathroom was fairly bright, and he looked in the mirror.
In the mirror, Lu Ban's body showed only faint traces of burns from the flames and the Uncertainty Fog. If someone who didn't know the situation saw it, they would only think that Lu Ban had gotten sunburned at the beach.
"Um?"
Lu Ban noticed that there seemed to be some wounds on his neck, where the gills should have been split open.
He leaned closer to the mirror and observed carefully.
You could see that blood was seeping from those wounds.
The blood gradually flowed down, dripping from Lu Ban's neck into the sink.
He looked down and saw that the empty sink had no bloodstains.
"."
Lu Ban reached out and touched his neck, but it was very smooth and there were no wounds at all.
"Don't be naughty."
He said something to Lu Ban's reflection in the mirror and turned on the shower.
While taking a shower, Lu Ban saw that the water on the floor formed the cold text of the system.
Congratulations on completing the task!
Settlement will now commence.
[Mission Exploration Progress: 100%]
[Task Completion Status: Perfect]
The festival on Song Island has ended, and the mist that gathered at sea has dissipated. You witnessed a grand dream, and encountered others bound by fate like yourself. The festival will one day return, but those who accompanied you will never come again. The affairs of the ancient gods are long gone, forgotten.
[Silence Points Gained: 13500]
[Reward Obtained: Skill: True Sight]
[Reward for obtaining the profession: Item: Hyakunin Isshu]
Settlement complete
It's time to step onto a new stage. In this entertainment-driven era, even ordinary people can showcase themselves. Keep creating; your future is bright and dazzling!
[Choose to complete Career Development Task and receive career rewards]
Welcome back to the Silent Land!
"100% completion."
This was the first time Lu Ban had reached 100% mission exploration. Compared to his previous 95% completion rate, this extra 5% increased the points Lu Ban earned by 600.
"So, if we calculate it that a 5% exploration rate is enough to pass?"
He glanced at the Silent Shop.
My current total Silence Points are 49,800, which is 200 points short of 50,000 to unlock the next stage of the shop.
"It's a bit uncomfortable, I'm stuck here."
Of course, if Lu Ban can successfully complete the subsequent Career Development Task, he will definitely be able to unlock it before the next task. With the 30,000 Silence Points he currently has, it will be enough to spend some money.
However, based on previous patterns, Lu Ban guessed that the items sold in higher-level stores should cost no less than 50,000, which he couldn't afford at the moment. He could only admire them from afar and gain some knowledge about other realms from the item information.
[Hyakunin Isshu] is definitely video material, probably directly stored on Lu Ban's hard drive. He just hopes the hard drive won't fill up and explode. It seems that buying a new high-capacity hard drive is imperative.
As for the skill [True Sight], judging from the name alone, Lu Ban thinks it sounds like a skill that can see invisible objects.
"What's the point, anyway?"
The shower water wet Lu Ban's body, and he tried using the skill.
Lu Ban's eyes suddenly turned deep and dark, changing from the blackish-brown pupil color common among Asians to a deep gray like a mist.
Looking around, Lu Ban's gaze froze near the drain.
He saw a bloodshot eye staring at him from under the drain strainer.
This was different from the fleeting glimpse before. Lu Ban blinked, but the eyeball still hadn't disappeared.
He crouched down and reached out to uncover the drain.
The eyeballs seemed to shrink back into the sewer as if they had been startled by some small animal.
Lu Ban saw that next to the eyeball, the wet hair looked like the tentacles of a reptile, clinging to the sewer pipe wall like a spider.
"You look like this?"
Lu Ban reached out, wanting to touch the eyeball, but the other party quickly shrank into the depths of the sewer.
"Still shy."
Lu Ban didn't try to pry open the drain, but instead thoughtfully covered it up.
He stood up and looked in the mirror again.
The thing in the mirror looked at Lu Ban.
It was as if his entire body had been burned, his flesh stripped away, leaving only a pair of eyeballs starkly in empty sockets.
His movements were exactly the same as Lu Ban's, except that his festering skin was quite different.
Lu Ban raised his left hand, and the thing in the mirror also raised its left hand.
Lu Ban threw a punch, and the thing in the mirror also threw a punch.
Lu Ban made another move, but suddenly withdrew it just before making the gesture.
He saw that the thing in the mirror couldn't stop for a moment and pulled out scissors.
Lu Ban then clenched his fist and stretched it out.
"I won."
He smiled, Lu Ban in the mirror stared wide-eyed, somewhat frightened.
Lu Ban turned off the shower, dried himself off, and put on his clothes. He then saw a dark shadow forming a human shape at the bathroom door.
He immediately Door Opening and found a figure that looked like it was made of black mist with a ferocious expression. It quickly hid in the corner and drifted away with the wind.
Upon entering the living room, Lu Ban noticed a blurry figure sitting on a chair next to the dining table.
"Hello."
Lu Ban greeted him.
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