"Father, do you know what that is?"
Under the night sky, Chen Qing's ship circled the waters of Wan Jiao, measuring from a distance and anchoring to roughly pinpoint the entrance, making preparations.
Upon hearing the Ghost Child's question, Chen Qing thought for a moment and then sat down to rest.
After all, even if the terrifying dragon couldn't leave the water to attack, the pressure and energy expenditure from surrounding it were immense.
"You mean that thing from Liuzhou?"
"Hmm," the Ghost Child nodded, "I've never heard of a monster that can drive people insane before."
"This is related to their characteristics," Chen Qing said with a smile. "When you demons like Ghost General invade the human world, you suppress them with pure force, which is too disruptive. Not all demons in this world have the innate crushing power you possess. Many invade the world through their unique characteristics, such as the Thousand-Faced Fox and the Painted Skin Mister, who use strange and special methods to erode the human race from within."
"The reason you haven't encountered them is because these things subconsciously avoid violent demons. Their special abilities are useless against you before they reach their full potential. Demons are also very sensitive to each other and are easily detected, so naturally they will try to stay away as soon as they hear news of your invasion."
"I see," the Ghost Child nodded, then asked, "So, are the monsters invading Liuzhou troublesome?"
"It's quite troublesome," Chen Qing laughed. "That thing can trigger negative emotions in people, and it's especially effective on ordinary people. But if it's used on non-ordinary people with higher life levels, you need to find their emotional weaknesses and meet certain requirements regarding your own level."
"According to Wei Gongcheng's description, that guy killed the Murong Family's child and then used panic to spread negative emotions. If we're not careful, the entire Liuzhou City will descend into chaos. Once people go mad, they're no different from wild beasts."
"Is it really alright for Father not to go back?"
"It all depends on Wei Gongcheng's abilities." Chen Qing sighed. " Wei Gongcheng suspects that Shen Qi has already met with trouble. According to the information from Hei Yun, Ziyue's spell is under immense strain and she won't act easily. So this probing is likely just a preliminary attempt. Wei Gongcheng has strong abilities in his Underworld. If he can make good use of his abilities, he has a great chance of resolving this crisis and even capturing that monster alive, but the prerequisite is that he can find the source."
"Source?"
"The source of spreading fear," Chen Qing recalled the process of creating this thing, slowly saying, "This thing doesn't spread negative emotions randomly, like you can just spread them whenever you want. Instead, you have to inject your own power into it, like injecting poison. It starts by spreading through a few main mediums, and as the fear spreads through those mediums becomes more intense, the power also becomes stronger. Then, those few mediums select other mediums, and from there it spreads!"
"This..." The Ghost Child paused, thinking, "Why does it sound a bit like..."
"It's a bit like Divine Path Style, isn't it?"
The Ghost Child nodded repeatedly. Isn't that how Divine Path Style? The Principal God transmits the Power of Faith to the lower levels, and the fighters who evolve faster will have more of that Power of Faith return to them. The Principal God's power will increase, and the power transmitted will also increase. The fighters who are given special training will also have the same ability to transmit the Power of Faith as the Principal God.
This is what's known as a matryoshka doll design.
"Matryoshka dolls?" the Ghost Child asked, bewildered.
"Ahem, these are technical terms, it's okay if you don't understand." Chen Qing thought back to the experience of designing the Heart Demon. It seemed that there were only ten demons in the original plan, namely the three Heavenly Demon, the three earth demons, and then the four masters.
As it turns out, the boss suddenly had a crazy idea. He said that a feng shui master had told his fortune, and his destined number was twelve. Ten is a number associated with bad luck. The ten demons were the main source of the strange and eerie demons that attracted the audience in the first version. Considering whether the game could be released and sold well, the crazy boss decided to add two more demons, making twelve demons the first version: Demon Dynasty.
Chen Qing's team groaned when they heard the news of the last-minute overtime. Even Chen Qing herself, a workaholic, was extremely annoyed at being forced to work overtime when she was about to rest. As a result, she was rather casual when designing the Heart Demon and the last Mr. Origami.
It sounds intriguing, but of these two demons, one is purely functional and poses little threat to the player, and can be easily defeated without much trouble. The other's abilities sound impressive, but its weaknesses are quite obvious.
According to the design, the Heart Demon cannot act on its own; it can only grant power to others through temptation. Each time it instigates chaos, it must carefully select its medium, which carries its power to influence others. The better the influence, the greater the power of the medium. Eventually, the medium can create new mediums on its own, and so on, spreading from one to two, and from two to many. If all goes well, it can quickly plunge a city or even a country into panic and chaos.
But the solution is also easy. Just find those mediums and disable them, and the monster's abilities will be unable to be used. On the contrary, you can use those mediums to find the hiding place of the Heart Demon and then completely solve the root problem!
It's probably the easiest of the twelve demons to defeat.
Chen Qing sighed. However, that best strategy was only for himself and some high-level players. He wondered if Wei Gongcheng could even understand what he meant.
Wei Gongcheng had always given him the feeling that he could be entrusted with great responsibilities. This was a test. If he couldn't solve this problem, he would have a backup plan to prevent Jiangnan from falling directly. If he could solve it, then he could entrust many things to him with peace of mind in the future.
After all, in the future, when facing those awakened beings, fighting on multiple fronts will be inevitable, and the Principal God under my command must be able to stand alone!
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"The source, you know?"
Looking at the scene in the Mirror Image Jade, Wei Gongcheng squinted, constantly pondering the meaning of the two words "Chen Qing".
Although the information sent by the Lord is limited, it is absolutely crucial to breaking the deadlock. By focusing on the Lord's information, we will surely find a way to deal with that monster.
Soon, through the Mirror Image Jade, Wei Gongcheng observed for nearly an hour and finally found the key figure among the group of people.
"Enlarge this area a bit," Wei Gongcheng, pointing in a certain direction.
"Yes," Chen Ying used a spell to magnify the illusion in the Mirror Image Jade, and soon two familiar figures appeared in the blurry image.
Why is it so blurry?
"This device is new, and the effects still need improvement. It will take some time to achieve the same level of clarity as the actual scene."
Wei Gongcheng nodded upon hearing this. "Judging from their clothing, it must be these two. They were the most active, visiting twenty or thirty different places in the restaurant lobby in just one hour, and even going out once." Wei Gongcheng pointed to the image and said, "The lobby is already very crowded, and those standing at the front rarely leave their positions. These two running around like this definitely indicates something is wrong. Do you recognize them?"
"I recognize them." Chen Ying nodded. "They're from the Shen Family in the capital. Shen Xue's two cousins have extremely poor math and physics foundations. Like Shen Yu, they both inherited decent talent, but the Shen Family head forcibly put them into the team. Clearly, he prefers our academy to take in such disciples."
"Two people with connections?" Wei Gongcheng understood.
"That's roughly the idea."
" The Shen Family? People like that?" Wei Gongcheng fell into deep thought; something was amiss.
The Shen Family should have a clean background. A third-rate family of sorcerers in the capital would never have such abilities, especially since the trouble was caused by two rather unremarkable members.
It's unlikely that the Shen Family had been secretly cultivating two such strangely capable disciples with such cunning.
Based on Shen Yuan's description, the head of the Shen Family is a short-sighted patriarch with the narrow-mindedness of a son born of a concubine.
So it seems to be an external force!
Wei Gongcheng recalled Shen Qi's initial warning that Shen Xue possessed an evil entity.
The evil spirit on Shen Xue, the abnormal behavior of the two Shen Family brothers, Murong's tragic death, and the spread of fear should all be connected!
Especially Murong's tragic death!
The evil entity could have hidden itself and waited until the Dragon Palace opened before causing chaos in Chen Qing's rear, but it chose to act at this moment.
Why?
What is it that's making it impatient?
Murong
"Should we unfreeze those two from the Shen Family family?" Chen Ying asked.
"No rush." Wei Gongcheng shook his head. "Where did those children from the Northern Wolf Kingdom go?"
"It seems they're not in the restaurant."
"Find them!" Wei Gongcheng said hurriedly, "We must find out why that thing prioritized killing Murong!"