PFC Chapter 347 They ran away without killing us all?
Chapter 347 They ran away without killing us all?
Chen You stared into Zhong Bukui's eyes.
That was a gaze that couldn't be possessed by data composed of 0s and 1s.
Profound and weathered, yet imbued with a serene acceptance of eternity.
He was all too familiar with this feeling. Back in the White Jade Capital, the Erlang Shen Zhenjun, who forcibly distorted the laws and descended, had the same look in his eyes.
Chen You's spiritual power surged, and the boulders on his body scattered and flew away.
He stood up, dusted himself off, and tentatively began, "True Lord, what you mean..."
Zhong Bukui raised his hand and casually pressed it down.
An invisible force instantly sealed off the space around Chen You.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Zhong Bukui didn't offer any further explanation. His gaze passed over Chen You and landed on the giant rubber duck hiding behind a rock.
"Quack?" The giant rubber duck's golden feathers stood on end instantly, and its two short legs thrashed about frantically, trying to burrow into the snow.
Zhong Bukui stretched out his right hand and made a grabbing motion in the air from a distance of more than ten meters.
The giant rubber duck let out a shrill scream, its body flying backward uncontrollably, landing precisely in Zhong Bukui's large palm.
Zhong Bukui skillfully pinched the duck's neck, as if he were carrying a live poultry that had just been bought from the market.
Chen You's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
What does this mean?
Zhong Bukui, carrying the duck, turned and strode forward.
The void before him rippled like water, and the dark golden pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth began to shrink, transforming into a dazzling portal.
He stepped through the doorway, his figure gradually becoming ethereal.
A low mutter drifted on the wind: "This fat duck would make a good snack with drinks."
The portal shattered with a crash, and the pillar of light vanished completely.
The space blockade has been lifted.
Chen You then felt a sense of relief as he gazed at the empty snowfield.
"The snacks are pretty good with the drinks?"
Before he could even catch his breath, an object emitting a dark, eerie glow suddenly floated down from mid-air.
Chen You instinctively reached out and caught it.
It was a water droplet the size of a pigeon egg.
It has a deep dark gold color throughout, and the inside seems to contain the birth and death of stars. Holding it in your hand gives you an indescribable sense of weight.
[Ding! The Yellow Springs Gathering Yin Array has completed its operation. The mission "Building the Foundation of the Great Dao" is now complete.]
[The condensation progress of the Yellow Spring Origin has reached 10000%, and the reward has mutated.]
Chen You immediately brought up the item panel.
【The Origin of the Underworld (Extreme State)】
【quality:???】
[Description: A wondrous object of heaven and earth formed by combining ten thousand times the pure Yang energy with the extreme Yin power of the Nine Netherworlds.]
[Impact: If you intend to use this, it is recommended not to do so within the source realm.]
Chen You was stunned.
Not to be used within the source boundary?
What does this tell us?
"Cough cough... Ouch, my old back..."
A groan came from the snow not far away.
With Zhong Bukui's disappearance, the players who had been slammed into the ground, hung on the city walls, or frozen in ice holes finally woke up from their forced control state.
A berserker with his head stuck in the snow forcefully pulled himself out and shook off the ice shards from his head.
Supa, his face swollen to three times its normal size, limped over to Chen You.
"God of the Way!" Supa grinned, revealing his gaping front teeth.
"Was my aggro-generating move a solid success? That evil god was so humiliated by my taunts that he didn't dare look at anyone else and just kept beating me up!"
Chen You looked at Su Pameng's miserable face, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"Wandering God, wasn't my analysis correct?" The sorcerer wearing a pointed hat leaned over, his face full of smugness.
"This boss is a monster with a mechanic! It doesn't do any damage when it hits you; it relies entirely on disgusting control skills."
"As long as we can hold on, he'll wear himself out!"
"That's right!" A shield warrior raised his dented shield and shouted in agreement.
"Brothers, we're taking turns tanking the damage! This tactic is perfect! Look, he didn't even use his ultimate; he ran out of mana and ran away!"
"What kind of evil god is he? He's nothing special. Hahaha!"
Tens of thousands of players got up from the ground, helping each other up, their faces beaming with the pride of victors.
The surviving players erupted in deafening cheers.
They hugged each other, and some even shed tears of emotion.
Chen You's lips twitched wildly as he looked at the group of players who were bruised and battered but smug.
If these people knew that they were just ruthless yang energy purifiers, and that their overly enthusiastic "suicide" even caused Zhong Bu Kui to finish his early shift, would they break down on the spot?
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone." Chen You put on a solemn expression and patted Supa Meng on the shoulder.
"It is because of your fearlessness and sacrifice that the evil god was successfully driven back."
"This time, it's what I, Chen You, owe everyone."
He casually transferred 50,000 gold coins to Supa.
"I'll distribute these 50,000 gold coins among everyone as a token of my appreciation for their hard work."
On average, each person gets at most 1 gold coin.
But when the players heard about the 50,000 gold coins, they went even crazier.
"A magnificent and awe-inspiring sight!"
"Don't call me again for a mission like this where you'll get beaten up!"
Chen You simply couldn't bear to watch this massive display of self-pity any longer.
He gave a few perfunctory words and then directly chose to enter the guild territory.
……
In the main hall of the Jade Palace Guild, beside the obsidian table, the atmosphere was unusually heavy.
Chen You sat in the main seat and placed the drop of dark gold [Yellow Spring Origin (Extreme State)] on the table.
That's the situation.
Li Guoan, sitting opposite Chen You, had a furrowed brow.
Beside him, Sun Feng, the data analysis team leader, attempted to scan the energy structure of this source of the Yellow Springs.
Tactical team leader Zhang Yunhai stood to the side, arms crossed, deep in thought.
"10000% progress." Sun Feng rubbed his temples after the scan yielded no results. "Comrade Chen You, are you sure those 50,000 players were just singing 'Heroes' Song' and didn't sacrifice their souls?"
"I'm absolutely certain," Chen You said, spreading his hands.
"They not only sang, but they sang with great passion, and even lined up to shout 'It feels so good' when they were being beaten up."
"They did not show any discomfort afterward."
Sun Feng stared and shook his head: "From the perspective of the conservation of energy, this is simply unreasonable."
"And what exactly is this 'yang energy'...?"
Zhang Yunhai tapped his fingers on the table, interrupting coldly: "Regardless of how this yang energy is explained in physics, the tactical intention is very clear."
"That NPC who looks like Zhong Kui must have used some special method to add an extremely large amount of extra energy to this thing."
"Or rather, he used the game's missions to insert his own agenda."
Sun Feng looked at Zhang Yunhai: "Why did he do that? What authority does an NPC have to modify the system's task rewards? That's a 10000% overflow."
Chen You's gaze fell on the illusory stars that were rising and falling inside the dark gold droplet.
"Perhaps it's not an add-on."
Zhang Yunhai: "How so?"
"Before leaving, that NPC said something to me—'This is all I can do to help you.'" Chen You looked at Li Guoan.
"Director Li, do you remember Erlang Shen who descended during the last city defense battle?"
Li Guoan nodded.
"Their eyes are the same," Chen You suggested.
"If he says he's 'helping' me, that might mean one thing..."
Chen You paused, his voice turning serious: "The Foundation Establishment tools that the Origin Realm originally prepared for me may not be enough."