"Is it troublesome?"
Chen Qing was somewhat surprised that Ziyue would talk to him alone, and he felt a little uneasy. The Shen Family were all very intelligent people, and they shouldn't have avoided discussing important matters in front of them. Avoiding them meant that there were some things that shouldn't be heard by them. The only thing that shouldn't be heard by the Shen Family now was about the players.
really
Chen Qing looked at the other person seriously. "Is the Celestial Master Mansion related to the players?"
Ziyue nodded. "He's not an ordinary player."
"Oh?" Chen Qing was stunned. This was the first time he had heard Ziyue talk about this. He was very puzzled. If that was the case, why was she only telling him now?
Ziyue slowly found a seat and sat down, closing her eyes as if recalling something. Chen Qing didn't urge her. He could clearly feel that Ziyue's breathing was not smooth. She was a person who could remain calm in the face of many things, but now she was in this state. It seemed that the place had hurt her a lot back then.
"When I first arrived, I was born in that place. Those guys had a very special way of tracking down people like us who had traveled through time. I still haven't figured out how they did it, but I know that there were many of my compatriots like me who were taken in for experiments."
"This detects Reincarnator?" Chen Qing was shocked. This was a great invention. If guild players had this ability, they wouldn't be in such trouble now, and they wouldn't need to deliberately exploit newcomers. They could completely control and manage the guild.
A group of warlocks accomplished what even the most powerful guilds, spanning several Samsara, couldn't achieve by wielding the world's strongest ancient artifacts?
Something's wrong. Something's really wrong.
Chen Qing sensed something was very wrong.
"Then what?"
"I was experimented on in that place for many years, and I learned many novel techniques," Ziyue whispered. "They could capture Reincarnator, but they still didn't know Reincarnator identities. So they didn't know at the time that I was actually part of the original design team. Therefore, I knew that many of the techniques they experimented with didn't exist originally, at least not in the current version. They were experimenting with Outer Heaven Forbidden Arts!"
Chen Qing: "."
It jumped up in an instant.
In fact, he had been puzzled for a long time. Chen Qing had never heard of the power and techniques that Ziyue possessed, especially the first version, which could actually change the sky. That power should obviously not come from the current first version of the technique.
At the time, he simply thought that the techniques in this world had developed to that extent, but now it seems that's not the case. Ziyue actually possesses Outer Heaven Forbidden Arts!
"Very few people can use Outer Heaven Forbidden Arts, at least not the locals. The reason why players can use them is simple: in the original game version, we wanted to give veteran players some advantages, so we didn't completely prohibit the inheritance of this kind of technique, right?"
Chen Qing nodded. The game he designed was very difficult, and many veteran players chose to restart. In order to take care of these experienced veteran players, Chen Qing's design allowed them to exploit loopholes, provided that he would accept it as long as they could find them. This was also part of the fun of the game.
However, in the game's own setting, the Outer Heaven Forbidden Arts are something that will only appear in the fourth version, and people in this version cannot mention or come into contact with them, except for the player.
This was a game bug, but it was exploited by a group of warlocks.
So, what exactly is the background of this group of sorcerers?
How did they know players could use that thing? They even started specifically capturing and using players for experiments.
"You must have many questions in your mind." Ziyue took a breath and said, "To be honest, I didn't find the truth back then either. Based on my many years of investigation, there was no so-called Warlock Dynasty after the first Samsara. All the ancient powers had vassal families. The sorcerer families that survived were left behind by the ancient forces. The major families were obsessed with the ancient longevity, so there was no Warlock Dynasty in the first Samsara."
"But this Samsara is very different. It happened during a very special period. The Earth Spirit were waning, and the plans of the Four Great Guilds had not yet begun. Just when the older generation of players were unaware, a mysterious organization rapidly rose to power and quickly built a Warlock Dynasty!"
Chen Qing was taken aback. "You mean, the Warlock Dynasty was established just when none of the guild players happened to be in the period between rebirths? The timing was so precise?"
"Based on the information I've gathered, that's indeed the case." Ziyue squinted. "Those who came into contact with the Warlock Dynasty were all new players. The older generation of players were completely unaware of its existence after awakening, but they were all very wary of it."
Why be vigilant?
"Because the timing of that Warlock Dynasty's collapse is also very interesting," Ziyue sneered. "It just so happened to be the time when the Four Great Guilds were waking up. In other words, just as the older generation of players were awakening, that dynasty suddenly collapsed!"
"Didn't you investigate the guild players?" Chen Qing frowned. It's been nearly ten thousand years since the Warlock Dynasty collapsed.
"That's the scary part. I haven't found a single clue in all these ten thousand years, and neither have those guild players!" Ziyue said quietly. "Those warlock families from the Warlock Dynasty back then, either the people in the know were silenced, or the whole family disappeared. The only one with clues is the Heavenly Capital Zhang Family Tiandu."
"No one has made a move against the Zhang Family?"
"Someone has made a move," Ziyue whispered. "As far as I know, guild players have used Transcendent items to cause trouble for the Zhang Family."
"It seems the result wasn't very good."
"Yes, none of them fared well. It's said they lost a lot of good equipment there and also suffered heavy losses. It was precisely because of that loss that the subsequent plans became chaotic, giving the King of Qin's forces the opportunity to rise later."
"That powerful?" Chen Qing was genuinely surprised this time.
Transcendent artifacts, if used without regard to cost, should be able to exert considerable Transcendent power in this version of the world, yet they were all destroyed. Just how powerful are the Zhang Family's methods?
"So the guild players chose to remain inactive, waiting for the Earth Spirit Revival, intending to let the higher-ups awaken before going back to cause trouble for the Zhang Family. I'm actually also curious, when the version update comes and the Earth Spirit Revival, how will the Zhang Family face those ancient forces? During the Dragon Palace incident, I thought they would take action, but they didn't. Even now that the Earth Spirit Revival to this stage, they still haven't made a move. I almost thought they were planning to quietly disappear. I didn't expect them to start the Celestial Master selection in such a grand manner at this time!"
"Is that so?" Chen Qing's heart grew heavy upon hearing this; this seemed to be no ordinary problem.
The sudden start of the Celestial Master selection at this time must mean that the Warlock Dynasty has made preparations and intends to start a new phase. A force that can make guild players suffer setbacks must have more powerful backing than they seem.
The crucial point is that their target is actually the Ziyue!
"Why did they invite you?" Chen Qing frowned. "Is it just because you possess Outer Heaven Forbidden Arts?"
"I don't know." Ziyue shook her head. "Back then, quite a few people succeeded in the experiment with me, and at least a hundred of them survived. But for some reason, they all seemed to disappear mysteriously afterward, while I remained unharmed."
"Weren't you constantly being hunted down?" Chen Qing frowned. " Heavenly Secrets said so."
"Even now, I feel the pursuit hasn't stopped, but," Ziyue looked earnestly at Chen Qing, "To be honest, I still don't know how I managed to evade those pursuers."
"What do you mean?" Chen Qing was taken aback.
"Once, when I was serving under the King of Qin, I remember Heavenly Secrets saying that there was a very strange power at the time. No one around me could save me. Everyone thought I was dead. Even the King of Qin, who controlled the power of the Outer Heaven Demon Statue, couldn't intervene. It was definitely an ancient level power. But in the end, I survived."
"How did you survive?" Chen Qing asked quickly.
"I don't know," Ziyue shook her head. "I have absolutely no memory of it, but anyway, I was perfectly fine the next day, appearing in front of everyone."
"You mean, there's another you inside your body?" Chen Qing immediately realized this.
"No." Ziyue shook her head. "No, I am dead. Everyone saw me die, but I will appear in front of everyone perfectly fine the next day."
Chen Qing: "."