"That's right, a weapon projection!" the system explained rapidly. "The more powerful something is, the more easily people come to believe in it, leading to many imitations. Those imitations will more or less share some similarities with the genuine article, and thus carry a portion of the original's power—for example, those so-called Second Dimension divine artifacts you used before... But projections are different. A projection represents an actual incarnation of that weapon. It has the same functions as the original, only in a weakened form."
Li said somewhat confusedly, "But the effects of the Three Divine Artifacts I used were the same as the genuine ones too, only weaker."
The system said in exasperation, "What kind of weakened versions are your Three Divine Artifacts? They don't even possess one-thousandth of the original's power! What is a projection? A projection has every capability of the original imprinted upon it! If you are powerful enough, you can even use it to bring out the original's full strength! If you become even stronger, you can use the projection to summon the original itself for use! Those imitations of yours are nothing but trash copied by the gods of the Second Dimension."
Li nodded as if he understood. "In short, that thing is very valuable, right? Ah, no—worth a lot of points!"
The system fell silent for a moment. "Thirty thousand points."
A glint flashed through Li's eyes. "Hand over your spear, and I can forgive your earlier insolence." As he spoke, he extended his hand toward Aili.
Aili was stunned as well. "How can a Celestial Immortal like you be so arrogant? I was originally going to let bygones be bygones if you apologized to Molun and followed me to Heaven to accept punishment, but I never expected you to..."
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