Simul-Transmigration: A Pathstrider's Journey from Lord of Mysteries
Chapter 102

Desire

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Morien took his eyes back from the few Stars in the sky, looked at Fortune-Collecting again, and then looked at Kurourushi.

He saw that Kurourushi had already split into a large number of cockroaches, and the red tide was pouring towards Fortune-Collecting from everywhere.

But the field has been open for such a long time, and the luck difference between the two sides has reached a large enough distance.

On one side are the chosen ones, and on the other side are the unlucky ones in the galaxy.

Fortune-Collecting fell from mid-air and landed on a flower.

The flowers in this garden range from big to small, the small ones are about the same size as real flowers, and the big ones have flowers bigger than a washbasin.

Fortune-Collecting stopped on such a flower.

The surrounding cockroaches came from all directions like a tide, surrounding Fortune-Collecting.

But these cockroaches will always get entangled and influence each other due to various coincidences, and they can't hurt Fortune-Collecting anyway.

Some even died suddenly after almost touching Fortune-Collecting.

Kurourushi also noticed Morien, an uninvited guest who suddenly broke into the field, and felt Cursed Energy's energy rising again after Morien entered the field.

It has been unable to hit Fortune-Collecting, and it has become increasingly irritated.

But it only moved a little in the direction of Morien, and it immediately tripped over its left foot and fell to the ground.

"Scarabs." Morien called out softly, summoning Scarabs.

With a bang, Scarabs appeared beside him.

The current Scarabs is not much different from the one we saw before. However, after being forcibly transformed by Morien, there are some more lines on the body and some more elements of Glintstone.

"Can you help me run it? After killing Kurourushi, help me forcefully take away all its existing points." Morien asked.

"It can't be done." Scarabs replied, shaking his head.

Although he is an administrator, he is only one of countless administrators.

It can exploit loopholes in the system to a certain extent, but it cannot directly control the system.

"Okay."

Morien nodded.

"Then you first upload the data, points and current locations of all swimmers to Swarm Network.

"Okay." Scarabs said briskly.

He can do this.

Every swimmer is followed by a "Scarabs", and this Scarabs will Record their detailed data, including points, abilities, positions, names and even personalities.

There was data flowing in Scarabs's eye sockets. Soon, a large amount of information entered Morien's Swarm Network, and was updated in real time.

Scarabs map, start navigation.

"Can there be a picture?" Morien asked.

"I can only see other Scarabs's perspectives." Scarabs replied.

"That's okay," Morien nodded, "Let's upload it together."

Although the pictures are expected to be many and complicated, Morien didn't intend to read them himself, so he just left them to Swarms to figure them out on their own.

"Understood." Scarabs shook his body happily, expressing happiness that he could come in handy.

Swarm stepped out from behind him and gathered into a chair under him.

Morien leaned back and sat on it.

He saw a large number of divisions of Kurourushi, thought about it, and felt that he could do it too, and he could do it better than it.

But he seems to have never done that until now.

Seeing Kurourushi being teased by Fortune-Collecting, Morien was somewhat confused.

He fell into thinking.

Since setting foot on Propagation and owning his own Swarm, Morien's attitude towards "insects" and "people" has become blurred.

But now, he will still be displeased when facing creatures like Kurourushi, and he will still feel pity when facing harmed children.

Morien is thinking about why this is happening.

He raised his hand, casually took off the mask from the side of his face, held it in his hand, lowered his head, and looked at it.

This is the first time Morien has carefully observed this mask.

This is an orange-red mask with a grinning smile. The material of the mask is probably not wood, but there are some wooden textures on the surface, which look a bit like the lines left by Morien himself after Entropy Loss.

Ta-ta-ta.

Morien tapped his fingers on the mask.

What is it laughing at?

He picked up the mask, pointed it in the direction of Kurourushi, level with his own face, and looked at the cockroach on the opposite side from the eye sockets of the mask's eyes.

Morien is thinking about where Kurourushi's "disgusting" comes from.

He was actually not sure whether he had set foot on [Pleasure].

There is a mask----then...----should... right?

Morien Not sure.

[Pleasure]'s driving force lies in Desire. If he is really [Pleasure]'s Pathstrider, then he should know something about Desire, right?

Did you see a creature like Kurourushi making a fool of yourself in Desire?

Morien reminds Tris.

It seems so? But I'm not sure.

Thinking of this, he slowly brought the mask to his front face and put it on.

For a moment, Wish Power overflowing from Kurourushi's body entered Morien's eyes.

Very simple, pure killing intent, pure appetite.

In Morien's opinion, it is bland and tasteless.

This reminded Morien of Ryu Ishigori, who had just had a fight with him not long ago.

His wish was equally pure, but it made him taste it very pleasantly and not feel bored.

So what is the difference? Where is the difference?

Think about it again----

Kurourushi's desire comes from instinct.

When it is satisfied, it may feel happy and satisfied.

But it absolutely cannot feel "happiness".

Its intelligence does not allow it to taste such emotions.

Morien cannot taste the emotion of "happiness" from it.

But Ryu Ishigori is different.

After playing against Morien, he was really happy.

He felt joy and contentment from the bottom of his heart.

He truly gained "happiness" from Morien's behavior.

This is why Morien spared no effort to satisfy his desire for a "full meal".

Just like Ryu Ishigori said.

Morien is also full.

But what he eats is not "fight", but "happiness".

He quickly thought of the people he had just rescued not long ago.

The adults were not important, they were saved easily. What was important was the child.

Morien likes children very much.

Because cubs are the foundation of the group, because children are pure, they "laugh" because they are happy, and they "cry" because they are sad.

Maybe----

Morien recalled what happened a few hours ago.

That hallucination.

In the dream, he saw his parents.

The caster of the illusion will definitely not know Morien's Remembrance, so the illusion will only come from Morien's purest heart.

That is the real Desire in Morien's heart.

It's the past, it's the past.

That moment that can no longer be taken back is his "Humanity"Birth time of germination and growth.

Suddenly, Morien seemed to realize it.

He leaned back on the chair and rubbed his fingertips on the surface of the mask.

It's Humanity.

He seemed to understand.

What he likes is the "good" side of Humanity.

Similarly, what limits him is never his strength, but Humanity.

With his ability, if Humanity is completely abandoned and allowed to divide, it will not take long to engulf this country, and it will not take a few days to fill the planet.

But he won't do this because Humanity.

Although he no longer thinks of himself as a human being, he still does not reject him when he sees other human beings.

The mask became a little warm, and Morien saw Wish Power on his body.

Every Royal Insect has their own preferences.

He likes the taste of Humanity.

Joy, joy, happiness.

He loves tasting these goodness from Humanity.

He Desire is happy, wants to be happy for himself, and wants to make his children happy.

He hopes that all his Insect Brood can be happy.

It is precisely for this reason that Swarm of Morien has a very high "Humanity".

Happiness is not an emotion that creatures with low IQ can feel.

Being surrounded by Swarm can help him escape from loneliness, and this is not just because he is surrounded by a large number of creatures.

But because they feel happy, Morien can clearly know that they feel happy.

Morien hopes that the children can be happy, and Swarm's happiness comes from "they can always stay by Royal Insect's side."

As long as Morien's Pheromone always hangs over them, they have no fear of loneliness and can feel pure joy.

Morien was able to escape loneliness because he knew that his existence made Swarm who followed him feel "happiness".

It's because he has been immersed in such "happiness".

Therefore, Morien also feels the same satisfaction and happiness.

In this way, he was finally no longer alone.

For a moment, Morien seemed to feel like something was broken.

This feeling is a bit like Lord of Mysteries's Potion digestion feeling, but it's different from Ena.

It felt like something was breaking, creating bubbles in the bottom of his heart, and his whole body was light and airy, leading him to take a step forward——

Morien suddenly felt the true usefulness of this mask.

Before this, Morien always believed that the effects of Elation Mask were only "providing personality" and "resisting pollution".

But now Morien finds that he seems to be wrong.

It turns out that although this mask does have a higher status, it has never had the effect of "blocking pollution".

The effect of this Pleasure mask is never to resist pollution.

Its effect is to maintain the original intention of Morien.

If Morien himself does not take the initiative to accept it, no one can take the initiative to Distortion Morien's will.

It solidifies Morien's "self" and will not change unless Morien itself Desire changes.

Just like Morien uses "Wish Power", that is Morien taking the initiative to listen to those wishes and actively absorb those wishes.

So Morien may be affected by Wish Power.

Pollution does not.

Pollution is not something Morien actively wants to accept.

So they can't change Morien, they can't Distortion Morien's thoughts.

This mask never makes a choice for Morien. What it ensures is that every choice Morien makes comes from the heart.

Yes, I like Humanity.

Morien raised his head and looked in the direction of Fortune-Collecting and Kurourushi again.

Argenti Ah, I seem to understand.

I know what "beauty" is.

Morien's voice suddenly sounded in Fortune-Collecting's heart.

Fortune-Collecting turned his head and found that Morien was looking at him, and heard Morien's voice ringing in his heart.

"It's so ugly. Get rid of it quickly."

"Don't go to bed too late at night."

"You need to go to bed early."

Hearing Morien's voice, Fortune-Collecting immediately spread its wings and flapped them vigorously.

"Okay."

A brush sound.

Fortune-Collecting's field disappeared.

And the moment Kurourushi appeared in the real world, Morien suddenly heard a burst of thunder.

Rumble.

There was thunder.

"Oh, haha." Morien sighed, and looked up at Sky Manipulation, who didn't know when the clouds had gathered.

"When did you come?" Morien looked at Sky Manipulation who didn't know when the clouds had become overcast.

"I didn't even notice----"

"It turns out that this is what it looks like when luck is completely reduced to zero." Morien smiled, feeling that he had learned a lot.

The next moment, a bolt of lightning fell, accurately landing on Kurourushi.

An attack without Cursed Energy cannot kill Cursed Spirit.

But then, a bug that only mastered Reverse Cursed Technique surrounded him.

These Insect Brood happened to be right next to Kurourushi, but none of them were hit.

A few minutes later, in front of a building.

Morien was pulled by Fortune-Collecting and flew casually towards a nearby building that seemed to be barely intact.

In one night after arriving at Sendai Colony, he directly or indirectly eliminated four Special Grade, and he could be considered to have figured out his complete combat effectiveness.

If Sendai Four Heavenly Kings can truly unite, then he should be more difficult to defeat. This is Morien's positioning of his current strength.

Morien kicked the glass to pieces, let go of Fortune-Collecting, grabbed his insect feet, and jumped into the living room of the house.

This is a residential area, the rooms are fairly clean, but there is no one in the room.

It seems that it was transferred before Culling Game started.

At the beginning of Culling Game, non-magicians can choose to leave.

However, people who do not have time to choose or who have not made a choice will be left by default.

But it seems that at least the owner of this house chose to leave.

That's quite lucky.

Swarm Some poured in from the window, and some entered other rooms in the house.

Morien walked into the bathroom very familiarly and prepared to take a bath.

He was going to relax, take a bath, get some sleep, and then enter Synchronization Space tomorrow.

From the time he got up and went to Sendai Colony to the time he finished solving the four Special Grade, it took a lot of time, maybe several hours.

Compared with the 24-hour fusing period of Lord of Mysteries Honkai: Star Rail World, the fusing period of Jujutsu World is very short.

His Synchronization Burnout has ended and he can now enter Synchronization Space.

However, he planned to have a good sleep first and synchronize again after getting up tomorrow.

When synchronizing, the status will be synchronized, and even fatigue and sleepiness will be covered by the side with better status.

But sleeping is for enjoyment, not to complete tasks.

A small piece of Swarm entered the bathroom behind Morien and quickly knitted a towel while Morien was taking off his clothes.

Their speed was very fast. The black Swarm wrapped the towel rack, and then, a silk towel "grew" out of thin air. The speed was as fast as 3D printing.

Towels, bathrobes, face towels----

Complete bathroom supplies were quickly compiled.

Swarm flew in from the window, bringing a new toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash cup.

Originally, you could buy towels and the like, but Swarm said they wanted to knit them, so Morien left them alone.

They are all good kids----

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