Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1104: Address (Long - , Requesting Monthly Pass)

Chapter 1104: Chapter 1104: Address (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Pass)

[Talent Sequence 209: Thunder Dominator]

[Main Materials: Tender leaves from the crown of the Thunder Ancient Tree, 100 milliliters of water from the Fountain of Immortality]

[Auxiliary Materials: The heart of a Millennium Cloud Essence, one petal from the Eternal Flower, a wisp of cloud Qi from the birth of a storm.]

[Preparation Method: Prepare a stone basin with a diameter of ten meters. During a thunderous weather, place the heart of the Millennium Cloud Essence into the basin and attract continuous thunder to forge its heart into a solid solution. Then add the wisp of cloud Qi born from the storm and continue to forge until the Qi merges with the solution to form a mist. Then summon a downpour, place the tender leaves from the crown of the Thunder Ancient Tree into the stone basin so it is directly under the thunder and forge for twelve hours until a tender leaf-shaped stone is formed. Afterwards, add the water from the Fountain of Immortality into the basin and wait for the basin to dissolve. Take one wisp of mist from the very center after the basin dissolves, place it in a container made of tender leaves picked in early spring, and let sit for three hours. Transfer the clear liquid from the upper layer to new tender leaves.]

[Ritual: In the presence of at least one Angel obstructing, summon a global thunderstorm that spreads across the entire planet.]

In the brightly luxurious hall, the man gazed silently at the words written on the paper before him.

Just these words alone seemed to evoke the howling sound of thunder by Li Cheng’s ears.

He put down the paper in his hands and looked at He Ao in front of him, momentarily silent.

A trace of thunder crossed the surface, continuously forging the paper.

This was not thunder summoned by anyone; rather, the paper itself was naturally absorbing power from the void.

There was no use of any Transcendent materials on this paper, nor any Mysticism scripts. It was simply written in Common Central Earth Language on its surface.

Yet even so, it was able to attract an indescribable power from the void.

If it were not for the inherent glow of the luxurious hall blocking it, Li Cheng had no doubt that some creatures lurking in the shadows of space-time would also be drawn to this piece of paper.

These words alone were enough to cause some mutation, leading to a significant Transcendent disaster.

Li Cheng placed his hand on the paper, briefly suppressing the thunder it emitted, and spoke with a slightly trembling and repressed voice, "You’re just giving this to me like this?"

Even he couldn’t quite control his emotions at the moment.

"I trust the Institute Director."

He Ao looked at the man in front of him and said earnestly.

"Aren’t you afraid that I’m just a hypocrite, that my previous kindness was all to deceive you?"

Li Cheng looked at the young man before him and for a moment lost for words; he looked at He Ao and said with a self-mocking laugh.

"For a hypocrite, the best choice is to pledge loyalty to a Divine Being."

He Ao shrugged as well, "They wouldn’t stake their lives here to resist the erosion from those Great Beings."

"What if I am a spy sent by some Divine Being?"

Li Cheng continued to ask.

"Uh."

He Ao was stunned, looking at the visibly emotionally out of control Institute Director in front of him.

A spy? A spy who has infiltrated the ranks of the enemy’s boss?

Would that still be considered a spy?

At this point, Li Cheng realized he was being somewhat inappropriate.

He took a deep breath and then held down the paper with his hand, pushing it back to He Ao, speaking softly, "This is too valuable."

He then fell silent again.

He had already looked at the knowledge on the paper; he couldn’t return it to He Ao, and it didn’t seem right to say he couldn’t accept it either.

He regretted too easily giving in to the paper’s allure and failing to control himself.

He Ao watched the visibly emotionally out of control Institute Director, pushing the piece of paper back, and said with a smile,

"Director, have you forgotten? I told you, this is something left to me by one of the City of Rong Guang’s three great Angels’ obsessions. Andaville’s Spear seems to have been one of their weapons once; this Secret Medicine recipe is also useless to me. Clearly, it was meant for you.

"Moreover, in the previous battle, you obviously helped us buy time."

"Once it comes to your hands, it’s yours,"

Li Cheng shook his head, he glanced at the paper on the desk, and then looked at He Ao again to say seriously,

"Exchange on an equivalent basis is the foundation of any team, and fair distribution is key. The contribution I made on the battlefield doesn’t warrant this recipe. Moreover, protecting the Main World is a duty I ought to fulfill as one of the Main World’s Transcendent Leaders; it can’t be counted this way."

He Ao looked at the earnest-faced Dean and realized that the latter was serious.

After a brief silence, he spoke softly,

"There may be something later that I’ll need your help with, Dean. I might go to the ruins to retrieve an item, and I need your support to secure the area. This matter doesn’t involve protecting the real world, so would that be sufficient to make up for the difference between your contribution and this potion formula?"

Li Cheng gazed at He Ao, seemingly contemplating whether this proposal was fair or not.

After a moment, he said in a low voice, "Your increase in strength is beneficial to the real world,"

He paused, then hoarsely added, "I can do three things for you, three things unrelated to protecting the real world, regardless of the circumstances. This condition is valid as long as you do not ask me to destroy the real world. If I die and the tasks remain unfinished, then my Talent Sequences will belong to you."

He Ao looked at the Dean in front of him.

The terms offered by Li Cheng were actually quite straightforward: if he ascended to become an Angel, he would do three things for He Ao.

If he failed to become an Angel, then his Talent Sequences would go to He Ao.

If Li Cheng truly succeeded in his promotion, the promise of an Angel to go all out to do something is worth more than the formula for an Angel’s Talent Sequences Secret Medicine.

After all, no matter how valuable the Secret Medicine formula is, it is still just a formula; the difficulty lies in gathering the other materials listed on it.

Of course, in special circumstances, the price of the Secret Medicine formula can double.

For instance, in Li Cheng’s case, who happens to have the materials but not the formula, the formula would be incredibly valuable to him.

The price set by Li Cheng, under special circumstances, is slightly higher than normal, but not by too much.

Success will result in the completion of three tasks.

Failure will mean the use of Talent Sequences to settle the debt.

It’s clear he had given it serious consideration.

Given the Dean’s character, it was no longer appropriate to bargain at this point.

After a brief contemplation, He Ao nodded lightly, "Deal."

"Good."

Li Cheng revealed a smile and withdrew his hand.

He actually knew that even if he offered nothing, He Ao would still be willing to give him the formula.

Just like how He Ao had made no demands and had directly given him the formula.

This was He Ao’s way of repaying him for all the past support.

But the more this was the case, the less he could accept this ’gift’ lightly.

He too was a genius, who rose from obscurity to the peak of B-grade in a decade, just a step away from the Advent of an Angel.

Geniuses have their own pride.

He was not yet at the stage where he needed the younger generation’s support to continue advancing.

"Dean, should we keep this piece of paper?"

He Ao lowered his head to look at the paper bearing the ’Thunder Dominator’ Secret Medicine formula.

He had only written it after bringing Li Cheng into this hall, but now the paper had visibly yellowed and showed signs of some strange mutation.

"No need,"

Li Cheng shook his head and relaxed his grip, "Taking this thing out might just trigger another troublesome weird event. I’ve memorized the contents."

The dazzling Thunder directly shredded the paper into dust.

Then he turned to He Ao with a smile and asked, "By the way, when do you plan to return to the real world?"

"In a little while,"

He Ao glanced at the vast emptiness of the hall around him and pondered, "I want to take a look around here first."

"Alright, then you and Hao Yi take your time with your tasks,"

Knowing that He Ao had other arrangements in this place, Li Cheng laughed, "I’ll go out and have a look at this city first; I haven’t seen what it actually looks like."

"Okay."

He Ao nodded, slowly stood up, and prepared to see Li Cheng off.

Li Cheng was also preparing to stand up when he appeared to realize something. He looked at He Ao and jokingly said, "You wouldn’t be trying to calculate against me, would you?"

If He Ao really planned to ’sell’ the formula to him and was truly bargaining with him, considering his past achievements, Li Cheng would be willing to lend a hand just this once.

He Ao blinked, "Director?"

"You little rascal!"

Li Cheng smiled, got up from his chair, patted his clothes, and picked up the Thunder Spear beside him.

He knew quite well that even if it was a calculation, it was an open strategy, and he was very happy to go along with it.

Moreover, this youngster might have even considered giving him the formula without asking for anything in return.

He felt that this youngster was capable of doing such a thing.

When the fake becomes real, the real also becomes fake.

Looking at He Ao before him, Li Cheng suddenly felt as if the child by his side had, without notice, grown up to be an adult.

In the end, he smiled and, as usual, gently patted He Ao’s shoulder, "If one day I’m truly gone, please take care of the Research Institute and this world."

"Director,"

He Ao rolled his eyes, "How about you stop helping me and first pull out the flags planted in you?"

"Hahaha,"

Li Cheng laughed heartily, "Don’t worry, I won’t die that easily."

"Fine, you’ve planted another flag. Watch less of those dramas meant for old people."

He Ao shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright, alright."

Flashes of electric light spread out over Li Cheng’s body and then reconverged.

He took a step forward, laughing as he walked towards the open door.

He Ao watched the silhouette bathed in faint electrical light.

He had a vague feeling that Li Cheng seemed to be more in tune with the spear in his hand.

How does this person gain epiphanies just by walking around?

In the deepest reaches of the void, invisible waves were pervading.

The Eye of Truth appeared behind He Ao, gazing at Li Cheng’s figure as he walked out the door.

Lines of invisible connections were hanging on the ’Director’.

Actually, He Ao’s method of controlling the Wheel of Stars with a B-tier body was quite simple.

He used the Main World transcendents’ method of ’Awakening’—that of forcibly squeezing Extraordinary Power into a weak body—in reverse, pushing the Eye of Truth into the star at the center of the Wheel of Stars.

By doing this, the Eye of Truth bore the pollution from the Wheel of Stars, and He Ao himself assumed the pollution from the Eye of Truth.

He essentially set up the Eye of Truth as a buffer layer between himself and the Wheel of Stars, allowing him to temporarily control the Wheel of Stars with this buffer layer.

However, under such circumstances, he could only control the Wheel of Stars for an instant.

And the ’Eye of Truth’ as the buffer layer was also affected by the Wheel of Stars to some extent.

Especially after using Forgotten Fate, the ’Eye of Truth’ gained a kind of ability similar to peering into the lines of fate.

But it could only see those individuals with especially strong fate connections.

For instance, the present Li Cheng was one with a very strong fate connection; He Ao could see strong lines of fate around him, but couldn’t discern exactly where they came from.

One in several billion—perhaps this ’Director’ was the so-called chosen by destiny?

Only after Li Cheng had completely left the hall did He Ao withdraw his gaze and look around at the pervasive glow.

This place was actually inside the ’clock tower’ that he had built in the City of Rong Guang.

After preparing to disclose the formula of the Secret Medicine to Li Cheng, he brought Li Cheng here, where the power of the Immaculate within the clock tower could effectively suppress the impact of high-tier transcendental knowledge.

As He Ao watched, the ground approximately one meter in diameter around the point where he stood suddenly split open, then swiftly rose, pulling up a long, towering pillar of stone, carrying He Ao rapidly upwards.

Soon, his body passed through the dense radiance and reached above the brilliance.

Rows of gears suffused with light whirled overhead, with their intricate glows solidifying like a floor, spreading out in front of He Ao.

In the midst of this fine radiance stood a beautiful girl in a white robe, with ash-golden long hair.

She stood among the light, slowly turning her head to look behind at the newly arrived He Ao.

Under the pervasive glow, the girl appeared like a true angel, standing on the sanctified clouds.

He Ao looked at the ’maid doll’ dressed anew in front of him, slowly lifting his feet, stepping onto this brilliance.

With his footsteps, fine golden hexagonal tiles emerged from the glow beneath his feet.

Subsequently, tiles flipped up from the radiance, rapidly spreading towards the surrounding area.

At the end of the golden floor, beneath the suspended mechanical gears and pendulum, a mound of radiance had piled up like a small hill, vaguely revealing tiers of steps.

At the very top of the staircase, a golden high-backed chair with armrests rose from underneath the flooring, standing atop all the brilliance.

The girl with ash-golden hair slowly lifted her pure white jade-like bare feet, crossing the pervading glow, stepping up the light-filled stairs one by one to reach the golden high-backed chair.

Then, she turned around and sat on the high-backed chair.

Those amber eyes suddenly collapsed inward, shattering into endless fragments.

Thud——

The roaring sound of the bell resounded through the entire city.

A divine oppressiveness originating from the very essence of life swept over all souls in an instant.

Outside the clock tower, the countless people moving about the city shuddered at this moment, wanting to prostrate towards the direction of the clock tower but were held back by an invisible radiance.

Li Cheng, who was standing at the entrance of the clock tower, also turned back, looking towards the towering bell tower.

Inside the clock tower, beneath the swinging golden pendulum.

The girl sitting on the high-backed chair gently closed her eyes, extending her hand, elbow propped on the chair, palm supporting her cheek, body leaning against the armrest.

Her ash-golden hair, like silky satin, cascaded down, concealing her face.

The pervading radiance surged upwards, blurring the sight of the tiers of steps and the high-backed chair.

He Ao turned his head back, his gaze seemingly piercing through the radiance in front of him, through the walls of the clock tower, beyond the barriers of the City of Rong Guang, and gazing at the vast universe and the wheel of stars.

Slight, almost indistinct phrases echoed in his mind, with most of them mentioning the same name, ’K’.

Some kind of invisible change spread throughout the entire city.

As he had surmised, the Angel Designation of the maid doll filled the gap in the designation of the City of Rong Guang, the ’Angel Remains’ collective.

This turned the city into a complete Angel Tier item.

And the result of the fusion was that the maid doll’s sacrificial and grace-giving abilities were no longer confined to her immediate surroundings; she could extend them through the Angel Tier powers of the City of Rong Guang.

Theoretically speaking, this extension is unlimited.

In other words, ’K’ now possessed the ability to accept sacrifices and bestow grace without regard to distance.

However, in practical terms, the same problem persists, the greater the distance, the greater the loss.

Beyond a certain distance, the ’City of Rong Guang’ could hardly receive the power of sacrifice, let alone bestow grace.

Within the entire City of Rong Guang, such sacrifices are almost equivalent.

The more He Ao understood the capabilities of high-tier sacrifice and grace, and the more he learned about the terrifying loss, the more he appreciated the loyal gesture of his good friend who came at his own expense.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and walked deeper into the radiance.

Now, it’s time to return to the Main World.

The other piece of information given to him by the One-eyed Shadow resounded in his mind, not the recipe for the Talent Sequences Secret Medicine but a brief address.

Research Institute 196, underground level five.

If the Secret Medicine formula for ’Thunder Dominator’ was left for Li Cheng, then evidently, this address was intended for He Ao.

And it was information of equal importance to the Angel Tier Secret Medicine formula.