A Character to Raise!

[Skill Acquired:Echoing Sonata]

[Echoing SonataLv1:Gathers diffraction energy to attack the target area,after a brief delay,the target area will explode,dealing diffraction damage.]

[Please note!The Rover is a progression-type character!]

"Progression-type character?What does that mean?"

[The Rover is a 'vessel of sound',possessing the power to absorb all sounds,so,she will gain new resonance attributes when the time is right!]

[At that time,the host can also acquire the corresponding new skills!]

Lu Li thought in his mind, Isn't this the protagonist? I've practically collected the Seven Dragon Balls!

Lu Li licked the corner of his mouth and looked at A Piao with glowing eyes.

She noticed the change in Lu Li's gaze: "What kind of look is that?"

"Huh?"

"It's like you want to eat me."

Lu Li smiled: "I really do want to eat you up."

"Everyone else treats you like a chess piece, but I'm the only one who wants you to be my wife!"

A Piao's face flushed slightly upon hearing this.

Scar, not far away, said impatiently: "How much longer are you two going to flirt?"

Lu Li was in high spirits, and grabbing A Piao, he said: "Let's go, time to look for clues."

The two of them arrived at the strange traces they had found earlier.

Here, they found a shattered scrap of a picture book, sandwiched inside a torn diary page; the handwriting on the paper was childish.

The picture book showed a group of white lambs surrounding a completely black figure wearing a hood and holding a staff.

Before the two could examine the diary page closely, Scar appeared behind them out of nowhere.

"Look, the story starts right here..."

"There was a group of free and happy little sheep in the village, relying on their own hard work to find food every day..."

"Every evening, they returned to their gathering place to hide, protecting each other from the pursuit of wild wolves."

Lu Li twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled: "You seem to really like telling stories."

"Since ancient times, people have always loved to draw lessons and understand truths from fables."

"Yet the inspiration for these stories is often drawn, to a greater or lesser degree, from other people's lives."

"The exact same story takes on entirely different appearances when passed through different people's mouths."

"Those caught up in it ultimately understand only one version of it all."

Hearing this, Lu Li sneered: "So you knew it yourself."

"Aren't you also standing from your own perspective to pass this story on to us?"

Scar smiled upon hearing this: "Naturally, I stand from my own perspective, which is why I let you search for clues yourselves, so as to hear your thoughts."

"Just like us right now, we are in the middle of an ingenious plot, yet I am not the one who caused all this."

"This village is where my ties with Jinzhou began..."

No one knew what Scar was thinking, but a smile hung on the corners of his mouth while his eyes held hatred:

"Hehe... Magistrate Jin leading you here to meet me is truly a fine calculation."

Hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but fall into thought.

He remembered Yangyang saying earlier that Jinhsi was not old; did she really have such deep scheming?

Or was it the advisor behind her... what was her name again?

The two looked at the diary page in their hands, which recorded the daily life of an adopted little girl.

The little girl's previous home had been occupied by Remnants, and then she was brought to a new home by a man she called uncle.

Later on, however, her mother and father never looked for her again.

This new home should be Qichi Village.

Yet from that time on, Qichi Village seemed to have already fallen under the threat of Remnants.

"Let's go check over there."

A Piao pointed at the trees not far away, seeing that branches were hung with white slips of paper.

People wrote their wishes on the paper slips and hung them there, much like a wishing tree.

However, it seemed that only the same person had written the words on them, with each slip representing words from a different period.

[Will this really work... If possible... I hope I can stand up again...]

[I want money! I want money I can never spend for the rest of my life!]

[It's amazing! Thank you, Village Chief, my legs really have recovered!!!]

[Why... After mother passed away, she left me a fortune, but I don't want to use this ■■■ to make a wish at all!? I want my mother back, I want ■■■ back]

[How strange, even though my body has grown so strong through the Village Chief's treatment, lately I seem to have grown weak again, my body doesn't seem to obey my ■■■ Is what I offered to the Village Chief ■■ not enough...]

[■■■ I beg you, I beg you, do not take away my wish, I will pay any price]

It ended there.

There was a lot of blurred handwriting on it, but the general meaning could still be understood.

Below that was another scrap of the picture book, which depicted white sheep following a black figure baring fangs, also holding a staff.

It looked as though the hooded person in the previous picture book had bared his fangs and then led the sheep toward the abyss.

Lu Li analyzed: "In other words, this Village Chief granted other people's wishes, but every wish required a corresponding price?"

A Piao: "What did she offer to the Village Chief?"

Scar smiled with satisfaction: "You are very perceptive."

"One day, a shepherd came to the village."

"The shepherd brought food and shelter to them, fulfilling the little sheep's wishes, and from then on the flock lived a happy and stable life..."

Lu Li said expressionlessly: "Spare us these trivial things."

Scar: "I am becoming more and more interested in you..."

"He brought these little sheep the power to make wishes come true."

"As long as the little sheep lowered their heads and fawned on the shepherd, they could get more green grass and safer shelter."

"They could have endless resources and a perfect life without having to put in any labor."

"Just like that, the shepherd became the 'god' of the flock. They prayed to that tall figure, thanking him, revering him..."

Beside him, A Piao grabbed Lu Li's arm tightly upon hearing this, her complexion looking rather poor.

Scar noticed this scene: "What? Judging by your expression, you seem uncomfortable with all this."

"If you were also one of those lambs, faced with such temptation and the coercion of others, would you not willingly lower your head and beg from those in higher positions?"

A Piao shook her head: "All people are equal, with no distinction of rank."

Hearing this, Scar laughed loudly: "I didn't expect us to reach a consensus so quickly."

"You are right, but the world today is still far from what you describe; the shepherds still exist, and the lambs have simply grown accustomed to it."

"That ideal world is something we must go and bring into reality."