Setting Out Again
"Damn! I never knew there were such dirty tricks! Why didn't anyone tell me that this manager could fake a fall?! Ugh!"
Amidst a chorus of laughter in the live chat, Alfred cursed as he handed in his resignation, then turned around and beat up his manager again, punching him twice more as the manager yelled, "You'll never make it in this industry again!"
"To be honest, I was really looking forward to working hard and earning Ming Coin, but I ended up getting fired. But it's okay, I have the qualifications, and I've already posted my resume online. Now I just need to find some odd jobs and wait for job openings."
As Alfred spoke, he began to livestream his journey through the Construction Hell, from handing out flyers to working as a convenience store cashier, then frying French fries at a fast-food restaurant, finding a job only to continue bullying his boss, then being fired again, and continuing to work odd jobs.
The process repeated itself until the number of Fake Human in the entire Construction Hell was replaced by migrant workers. At that time, the streamer who started the migrant worker trend gradually disappeared from the Live Broadcast Platform.
"It's finally starting to erode outwards... oops, assimilate!" Feng Xue checked the state of the Construction Hell and confirmed that it had begun to spread throughout the entire Asgari City. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.
Although no new Trait were created, as the number of people entering the Construction Hell increased, the usage rate of Ming Coin rose, and spending increased in the Tai Bai Mansion, Yi Suan Hall, and Tai Sui Palace, the people of this world gradually began to provide power to his Heavenly Emperor Trait. The Heavenly Court and Hell, which could originally only be projected, gradually began to send more things down.
However, none of this really mattered. What truly excited Feng Xue was that he could clearly sense that his "Supernatural Tale Fire" was receiving a very special kind of [consciousness].
Unlike the usual perceptions we receive, which are aggregated around a particular element or Tag, it is a highly abstract direction, anchored to the existence itself, rather than leaning towards some kind of Weird Tale.
Through repeated research, he finally became convinced that the source of this [knowledge] should be the Construction Hell, or rather, the Ming Coin in the Construction Hell.
The Ming Coin were printed with his portrait, but there was only one portrait of him.
In this world, no matter where you are, you can't find any information about this avatar. But it is precisely because it is "undefined," so vague, yet has a clear direction, that it has condensed this special kind of [consciousness].
Although there was no reason given, Feng Xue vaguely sensed that this [consciousness] was far more significant for resurrection than the [consciousness] received by the Supernatural Tale Entry.
"It feels a bit like how the true gods in Lord of Mysteries only use abstract symbols as references. Is it because this filters out more complex information? Or is it because this allows for more precise resurrection, rather than resurrecting a single Weird Tale and then traveling to other ones?"
Feng Xue attempted to understand this phenomenon using his knowledge, but lacking any evidence, he could only make conjectures that he himself was unsure of.
But that doesn't matter. All he needs to know is that his respawn point has been established. As for the rest, he's not in a hurry.
Stepping through the door, Feng Xue returned to the Tower of Babel. However, this time he didn't rush to the bartender to give a tip. Instead, he knocked on the door of the eldest Miss Ke Family first. After finding that she hadn't returned yet, he went to the seniors playing cards in the park square.
"Oh! You're back? What do you want to ask this time?"
Seeing Feng Xue approach, Cain, who had been watching the scene Cain, immediately waved. Compared to their last meeting, his skin seemed a bit fairer now; it was unclear whether he had begun absorbing the power of the Progenitor Vampire Supernatural Tale. However, it wasn't appropriate to ask such a private matter directly. Feng Xue simply went through the thought in her mind before asking her question:
"I'm planning to challenge the poster here. Any suggestions?"
Upon hearing Feng Xue's words, Cain's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly shook his head and said:
"That's true, most young people like you are like that..."
"At least he's better than that Old Li!" Weird Tale with one side of his face fair and rosy, and the other side wrinkled and bluish-black, interjected. Cain, upon hearing this, immediately shook his head in disgust and said:
Why don't you compare yourself to the better ones?
"Yeah, yeah, that Old Li kid is such an arrogant freak, he deserves to fall back down!"
"Exactly! We should have advised him to find a place to settle down first, but he insisted on rushing in headfirst. He deserves his bad luck!"
Listening to a group of senior figures start denouncing Old Li, Feng Xue wondered what kind of arrogant and domineering figure he was back then, otherwise how could so many people still have such a deep impression of him after almost twenty years?
"Ahem, anyway, if you want to challenge the floor master, we can't give you much information. But you can go to floor 66 first. There's a guy there who challenged the floor master before. He's currently in a weakened state and should be at home."
Cain's temper was indeed much better than the legends suggested. He forcefully steered the conversation back on track for Feng Xue, to the point that Feng Xue began to wonder if he possessed some Innate Supernatural Tale. However, it would be impolite to say that, so he could only go along with the other's topic:
"The 66th floor? What's it called?"
"Kukulkan." Cain uttered a somewhat tongue-twisting name, but Feng Xue vaguely felt it sounded familiar. Then, his expression changed slightly, and he said with some surprise:
"Isn't he dead?"
"Yes, and then he came back to life," Cain said matter-of-factly.
"He was resurrected a few years ago, around 2012 according to the outside calendar. Anyway, I don't know why Corn Culture (Note ①) suddenly became popular, and then he was resurrected. At first, he planned to take down the floor master first, and then go out to take revenge. But Corn Culture became outdated for some reason, and he became half dead again. In the end, not to mention the reward, he almost died in the floor master challenge. Fortunately, he had a room on the sixtieth floor, and his own power was also very special, so he didn't fall directly to the bottom like Old Li."
"Ah, this..." Feng Xue's face showed a slight embarrassment. Needless to say, the sudden popularity of the Mayan civilization was definitely due to 2012. As for why it had become outdated... well, 2012 had passed!
Having experienced the hardships of the path of Weird Tale once again, Feng Xue gained a deeper understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of composite and pure Weird Tale.
However, this also served as a wake-up call for him.
You should only attempt achievements when you're strong enough; if something unexpected happens, getting back up will depend on luck.
Although the Yan Kingdom currently appears poised to dominate the world, and its [Martial] and [Immortal] cultures are unlikely to be abandoned, fate is ultimately Wuchang. What if a giant meteorite were to strike Earth tomorrow?
"The road of Weird Tale can't stop!"
Note 1: The Maya did not know what Mayan culture was, because Maya was just the name of a city (I think it was called Mayapan or Mayapong). It was mainly Columbus's fault, much like how the Americas were mistaken for India and thus the term "Indian" came about. However, Maya is still a plausible name, at least the city of Maya does seem to belong to the Mayan civilization. As for those entities that interacted with the Mayan civilization, they should be called corn civilizations or distinguished according to city-states.