The Elusive Nature of Luck

On the sixth floor of the Tower of Babel, inside the Su family's garden villa, Feng Xue stared blankly at the empty bottle on the table, exuding an air of having just had a passionate eye contact with Medusa.

Good news, what he wanted was indeed produced.

The bad news is, nothing was shipped out.

Looking at the ravaged materials table, Feng Xue finally suppressed her urge to continue gambling. She gathered up the pile of comedic props and the black ball, glaring angrily at the Phantom Object on the table, now reduced to an empty bottle.

He suspected it was fake!

Name: Phantom Object Lucky Milk

Elements: [Milk], [Luck], [Cat], [Drink]

Description: A wondrous drink from Hot Spring Holy Land Yun Village. It has a dry and sweet taste and not only brings good luck to the drinker but also adds various buffs.

Note: It seems that because it makes it very easy to "buy another bottle" after drinking it, the "buy another bottle" offer was simply discontinued.

Yes, the so-called Lucky Milk that he has already drunk was inspired by Feng Xue after she saw the element of [luck].

Some people might think that [Luck] should be made into a permanent buff item like a talisman, but in Feng Xue's opinion, such things that "increase the wearer's luck" are actually unreliable, because you have no idea when such mystical things will take effect or to what extent, and such permanent abilities are often not very strong.

Based on the basic knowledge of Phantom Object obtained from the Black Market, Feng Xue learned that for Phantom Object of the same level, the effect of consumables is often much stronger than the effect of permanent ones. This is not due to high-dimensional factors such as balance or settings, but simply because consumables will convert all the [consciousness] that constitutes the Phantom Object into an effect the moment they are consumed.

Moreover, it takes effect immediately after ingestion, making it easier to control the timing of its effectiveness.

However, after drinking the milk, his Reforge still didn't yield any good results (I added a bonus dice, but the highest I got was still only five...).

If it weren't for the fact that he actually had the three buffs of the Lucky Cat, the cat's Lucky Charm to the Strong Person Challenge Technique, and the cat's Clairvoyance Technique, he would have even doubted whether he had drunk a fake product.

However, considering that even if one drank the Lucky Charm and wore a full Golden Fire Dragon Set, it still didn't guarantee the appearance of Object of Resentment, he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Could it be that my Golden Finger is unaffected by the luck -Phantom Object? Hmm, probably not, at least the number of black orbs has decreased significantly this time; usually, the vast majority are black orbs..."

Feng Xue consoled herself with a self-deceptive, almost shrewd, attitude, and then called Hom, asking him to collect False Thing like horseshoes, Rabbit's Foot, and four-leaf clovers. She planned to repeat the process several times to conduct a few control experiments, hoping to finally dissuade him.

Thinking of this, he threw his clothes on the sofa, turned and walked towards the bathroom. Although the Lucky Cat's Lucky Charm hadn't brought him enough luck, taking a bath to soothe his mood after the disappointment was still a good idea.

He wasn't worried about Old Li suddenly coming back to take his things; when he signed the accommodation agreement, he had already included all the possible problems in the contract.

Pushing open the bathroom door, a burst of steam rushed out. Feng Xue wasn't surprised, since his extra-large hot spring bathroom was always being filled with water at the same time. Otherwise, it would take half a day just to fill it up when he wanted to take a shower.

He even felt...

"The steam temperature seems a bit low today?"

However, the moment he stepped into the bathroom, his body suddenly stiffened. As he did so, a huge, boundless map suddenly appeared in his mind, covered with countless magenta spheres!

The cat's Clairvoyance Technique is activated!

"Damn! How come there are so many big monsters?" Feng Xue was shocked at that moment. He couldn't understand why there were so many hostile creatures classified as "large monsters" in the Forbidden Weapons zone of the Tower of Babel.

However, the next moment, Feng Xue felt a cold sweat break out, because he suddenly remembered that he had used the "Grave of Resurrection" hundreds of times in the challenge of the Tower of Tower of Babel. So theoretically speaking, there could indeed be hundreds of enemies inside the Tower of Babel who were locked down to the opposing faction for him!

But...

There aren't just a few hundred of these magenta spheres in front of me! A quick glance reveals there are easily over a thousand!

Uh, wait a minute...

"I also have a cat- Strong Person Challenge Technique!"

The naked Feng Xue almost collapsed to her knees on the spot; she was completely overwhelmed.

The Cat's Clairvoyance Technique is an ability that reveals the location of "large monsters" for a period of time after entering the map, while the Strong Person Challenge Technique will randomly introduce even stronger monsters, such as Terror Dragon, when you are challenging a large monster...

So, you challenge hundreds of powerful monsters, and the challenge skill also gives you hundreds of random monsters as a bonus?

What the hell is this dark humor?!

"Calm down! Calm down! The Tower of Babylon is Forbidden Weapons, and the fact that so many enemies haven't come looking for us is proof of that! We need to calm down! First, we need to find Time... oops! I mean, we need to get the Phantom Object!"

Feng Xue, who came to take a bath, was naturally naked, but in this situation, how could he possibly be in the mood to bathe?

Or rather, given the feeling of being surrounded by thousands of monsters, he wished he could immediately put on three layers of armor!

She turned to leave, but the bathroom door, which should have been closed, opened by itself, and what appeared before Feng Xue was a completely naked person...

Black Long Straight Hair?!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment, but Feng Xue reacted first, immediately broke the silence and tentatively asked, somewhat bewildered:

"Old Li? I didn't even wear a filter!"

However, instead of a response from "feminized Old Li," he received an incredibly piercing scream—

"Ah--!"

Although Feng Xue was a little confused by this situation, he was a man of the world, and almost instinctively covered his mouth, applied pressure points, and closed the door.

Only then did he notice that his once luxurious bathroom, which resembled Royal Hot Spring Bathhouse, had somehow become a shabby modern bathroom with a total area of less than 15 square meters.

It was at this moment that he understood something—

He didn't see thousands of enemies inside the Tower of Babel; rather, when he opened the door, he accidentally traveled to a world with thousands of monsters!

"So, did you use the luck from the Lucky Charm on opening the door?"

Feng Xue, with a sullen face, looked down at the Black Long Straight Hair in front of her, whose figure was almost too good. Well, maybe part of it was also due to her "luck with men."

Let's shift the focus back from fame.

Generally speaking, to become Weird Tale, one either plays on an existing one or creates something unique.

Playing an existing role will cause the existing Weird Tale to revive, and the other party will have the final interpretation right; you cannot digest it unless you swallow the other party.

The unique self-created is the Supernatural Tale Source, and can be easily digested.

To reenact Weird Tale from other worlds in a world without any related legends is equivalent to Self-Created Supernatural Tale.

Let's use the river example again.

Some rivers merge at a certain point, becoming one river; this is the Legend Fusion (Among + La = Amun-Ra). Some rivers fork as they flow, forming multiple tributaries; this is the Legend Split (the Queen Mother of the West splitting into the Queen Mother Jade Emperor's Wife).

There are even cases of fusion followed by splitting (Li Bing + Yang Erlang = Yang Jian, which then splits into Liu Chenxiang splitting the mountain to save his mother) and splitting followed by fusion (the Heavenly Father splits into Odin, Zeus, and Jupiter, and Jupiter then merges with Zeus).

Innate Supernatural Tale are like natural barrier lakes caused by overflowing rivers; Self-Created Supernatural Tale are like digging Artificial Lake to draw water to create artificial lakes; Role-playing Supernatural Tale is like digging canals to draw water from a river to create an artificial lake; and imitating existing Weird Tale is like stealing water from an existing reservoir.

If multiple people draw water from the same river, each person receives a limited amount, which could even cause the river to dry up. If someone wants to enjoy the water all to themselves, they would have to fill in the water from other people's lakes.

Since the role-playing is like digging a canal, naturally you will start digging from the tributary of the Weird Tale you are playing, and the only tributary with which you have a conflict of interest is that tributary.

As for whether the awakened Progenitor Supernatural Tale is the prototype, derivative, or substitute, I can't write about it here; I'll discuss it in the next chapter.