Does superficial loyalty count as true loyalty?
Thousand Faces thought it was a good idea, but he didn't dare take the risk.
As one of the long-time players since the server launched, I've come this far, and I don't want Thousand Faces to just disappear like this.
The clones on the Local Area Network burst into laughter.
"Loyalty!"
"You can fool the Niuniu, but don't fool yourself too."
"Oh no, Thousand Faces needs to be delivered."
"I hereby declare that the Son of the Version has fallen!"
"..."
Qin Ze glanced at the distance between everyone and Thousand Faces.
Even in the nearby Sea of Glaze, if the Captain and the Giant Overlord set off now, by the time they arrive, the Thousand Faces Corpse will probably have been snatched away by the alien beasts.
Qin Ze shook his head helplessly, unable to help.
The old man with Thousand Faces revealed a smile that was even uglier than a grimace.
"Can the job change ceremony be rescheduled? I'm not really available today, you know, men have those two days every month."
The old man frowned upon hearing this, taking it as a joke by Thousand Faces.
"Be serious. You're about to meet the Lord. What kind of behavior is this, grinning like that?"
"You can be unrestrained in my presence, but you must keep your composure before the Lord, understand?"
Qin Ze couldn't help but sigh, "This old man really loves you."
Thousand Faces really wants to say, if you really love me, don't make me change jobs.
Unfortunately, the die is cast, and there's no turning back now.
The old man gave Thousand Faces some more instructions, then muttered some incantations and began to wave his cane.
Immediately afterwards, the Space Rule in front of the old man began to become chaotic and disordered.
That space kept folding and collapsing, folding again, collapsing again... until a gray vortex gate appeared.
The old man's aura suddenly became extremely weak. Leaning on his cane, he said, "Opening the gate to the Realm of Gray Mist is an extremely difficult task. Both I and the Lord will have to pay a huge price."
"Go in quickly, the commander will personally witness your loyalty."
Looking at the vortex gate so close at hand, Thousand Faces hesitated.
The old man did pay a considerable price to open this door, Thousand Faces felt he could now defeat him instantly.
But he was about to become Niuniu's right-hand man, and he was unwilling to stop here.
Qin Ze said calmly, "The decision is yours."
After a moment of silence Thousand Faces smiled slightly and said to the old man beside him, "Senior, wait for my good news!"
He patted his chest with his right fist. "Eternal loyalty!"
The old man nodded slightly. "Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."
With a Thousand Faces squeeze of its legs, the four-legged creature carried him slowly toward the door.
"I haven't had enough fun yet! Of course I want to continue!"
Upon hearing this, the clones immediately started shouting again.
"Compared to the cheapest Thousand Faces achievement, it's unlikely anyone will unlock this achievement in the future, especially since I'm going to the New Land alone."
"Damn it! I should have stuck with Thousand Faces back then. Playing in the jungle with the Troupe Leader is so incredibly boring!"
"Well done, Thousand Faces! Don't let yourself down!"
"My suggestion is to send it slowly, so we can observe this Realm of Gray Mist more."
"Gah! Can't you wish people something good?"
"..."
Amidst the boisterous farewells of his clones, Thousand Faces, riding the special mount given to him by the old man, slowly entered the vortex gate.
The old man behind said softly, "Have a safe journey."
It looked just like an ordinary portal. Thousand Faces felt a sudden white light before his eyes, and when his vision returned, he was already inside the portal.
The area was shrouded in a gray fog, with visibility less than ten meters.
At first glance, it looks exactly like a Otherworld No. Zero.
The gray mist instantly enveloped Thousand Faces, and he could clearly feel himself being Corruption the gray mist, but the process was extremely slow.
During this time, the old man had him soak in a pot of medicine and take various pills of unknown origin, all for this moment.
The mount beneath the Thousand Faces remained unaffected; it was like a soulless walking corpse, only obeying commands.
"Walk."
Thousand Faces patted the head of the Qilin, and the Qilin immediately took off walking into the deeper gray fog.
At this moment, Thousand Faces was like a headless fly, completely unaware of which direction to go.
Before he entered, the old man said that Heart of Loyalty would guide him forward, but he did not feel any guidance at all.
The Realm of Gray Mist is of unknown size; wandering aimlessly will either lead to getting lost or being completely Corruption.
The danger the old man spoke of stemmed precisely from this.
"I'm so loyal, I shouldn't be like this."
" Niuniu, where are you?"
Heaven and earth bear witness to my utmost loyalty to you; please, give me a quick moo!
Thousand Faces kept rambling on and on, but received no response from Gray Mist.
All around was deathly silent, except for the thumping sound of the mount's hooves on the ground.
The mount carrying Thousand Faces swayed and traveled a hundred meters, only to find nothing but desert.
"Hey! Is anyone still breathing?"
Thousand Faces shouted at the gray fog directly in front of him.
whoosh--
A beam of white light pierced through the mist and struck the top of the mount's head, leaving a hole the size of a bottle cap.
The moving mount was jolted into a daze, its massive body slowly collapsing to the ground, lifeless.
Before his mount collapsed, Thousand Faces jumped to the ground, his eyes wide. "My horse is gone!"
He released his spiritual power to scan his surroundings. "You dare! You dare kill my horse!"
The gray fog remained deathly still, without the slightest movement.
Moreover, the gray fog could block spiritual power, so Thousand Faces found nothing.
He crouched down to examine the wound on the top of his mount's head; it looked like it had been made by a laser, and the brain inside was cooked.
Without a mount, the rest of the journey will have to be covered on foot.
Thinking of this, Thousand Faces cursed at the gray mist again.
"So you're hiding your head and tail, too ashamed to show your face, huh?"
"If you're a human being, don't act like a dog. If you're a dog, bark once, or I'll beat you to death!"
Thousand Faces a barrage of attacks at the air.
The Dharma King said calmly, "You look like Clown."
Shasha~
A strange sound suddenly came from beneath Thousand Faces's feet. He stepped into the air, but due to the no-fly rule, his feet could only leave the ground a few meters away.
A large swarm of black and red insects suddenly appeared and instantly devoured the mount's corpse.
In the blink of an eye, the corpse was reduced to nothing but bones scattered on the ground.
After feeding and drinking their fill, the swarm of insects quickly sank into the ground, arriving and departing in a hurry.
Thousand Faces raised his hand and summoned an insect, about a third the size of his palm, shaped like an ant, with sharp mouthparts, which struggled incessantly.
To Thousand Faces's surprise, it was a metal ant, made entirely of metal.
With a clenched Thousand Faces, the ants burst open, and Flesh and Blood flowed from between his fingers.
"What the hell is this thing?"
A creature with Thousand Faces, utterly bewildered, composed of Flesh and Blood and metal.
Who's so idle, with nothing better to do than give ants prosthetic bodies?
A ray of red light suddenly pierced through the mist and swept across the bones scattered on the ground, while at the same time a strange sound came from above the Thousand Faces.
"100% carbon-based biological bone, time of death 73.4 Chaos Days, usability 83%, meets requirements..."