Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1179: Preparing for Battle (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1179: Chapter 1179: Preparing for Battle (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Quickly stripping the tiger skin, He Ao swiftly stitched together a white fur coat and a pair of fur trousers using the bark of the vibrant small trees around him.

Combining Vian’s aesthetic sensibilities and expertise, although made in a short time, the fur coat was far from crude and had a rather wild sense of design.

He Ao quickly donned the fur coat, lifted his head, and looked around at the lush green forest.

[Saint] This card comes from the ’Pete’ of the Fountain of Youth Dungeon World in Limen City, where He Ao ’cooperated’ with the Life Goddess, clearing the power of Limen City’s Fountain of Youth.

The body of Pete, who had died completely, was also reshaped by the power of the Life Goddess and became the ’Saint’ of the Life Goddess.

Because of the reconstruction and blessing by the Life Goddess, the ’Saint’ differs from other cards like ’Arrogant Person’ and ’King of Nightfall’ that He Ao had previously exchanged.

The ’Saint’ does not reside in the dungeon world but in a ’subspace’ that is close to the dungeon world created by the Life Goddess.

That is the white expanse that He Ao just saw.

The ’Saint’ requires seven Exchange Stars, just like Nell’s ’Arrogant Person’, and in the system’s judgment, this ’Character Card’ is considered to be at the same level as Nell.

However, unlike Nell, whose corresponding War God had already died, the ’Saint’ corresponding Life Goddess is still well, meaning that He Ao will no longer just face a Divine Being’s contamination, but a complete Divine Being with self-will.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why He Ao chose this card as a priority.

He has more than just the ’Saint’ card related to Higher Beings; some Character Cards are also under the ’gaze’ of multiple Divine Beings.

As the difficulty of the missions escalate, He Ao estimates that he will increasingly use these mystically entangled cards.

Therefore, before truly exchanging these cards, he needs to understand the boundaries of the Character Cards.

The ’Saint’ is a great ’subject’ for this purpose.

Firstly, he has already exchanged this card in the last dungeon, so it can be used directly in this dungeon without needing to pay extra Exchange Stars.

Secondly, after several instances of ’cooperation’, He Ao has a general understanding of the ’Life Goddess’ and has established a foundation for cooperation with her.

Among the many Divine Beings associated with He Ao and the various Character Cards, the Life Goddess is considered relatively ’benevolent’.

This means that the Life Goddess is unlikely to resort to excessively drastic measures right away, nor is it likely to destroy the body of this Saint directly.

This gives He Ao the opportunity to test the limits of his abilities with the Character Cards.

For example, the process of the soul disappearing and reappearing just now was He Ao continually switching between ’Suote’ and ’Pete’ through the Character Card’s ability to switch characters, which can also be seen as He Ao constantly logging ’Pete’ on and off.

Although the system once warned that the barrier between different dungeon characters could be breached by Divine Beings after the use of Character Cards,

He Ao discovered through this experiment that the quick ’log in and out’ maneuvers of Character Card roles occur almost instantaneously, allowing him to dodge the ’scrutiny’ of Divine Beings to some extent.

Of course, this presumes a slower ’infiltration’ like the Life Goddess’s, not spells that can deconstruct the soul instantly, which would require anticipation to counter.

Also, this ’logging out’ as a method of evasion is a very extreme operation because as soon as He Ao withdraws his consciousness, the dungeon character immediately becomes uncontrollable and a sitting duck.

He Ao dares to experiment this with the ’Saint’ because he believes the Life Goddess will not become so enraged as to destroy her own ’Saint’.

At the same time, the ’Saint’ is hanging in the subspace, where there are no other enemies.

But if in the dungeon world, especially during intense combat, if He Ao withdraws consciousness and the dungeon character loses control, he could be annihilated in an instant.

He Ao does not know whether the Character Card will still exist or can be used if the dungeon character is utterly destroyed.

He can only be as cautious as possible.

However, despite the Life Goddess leaning towards ’benevolence’, in the recent ’negotiation’, she did not agree to his conditions on the third attempt.

They went back and forth over eighty times in a very short period of time, and the Life Goddess finally agreed to his suggestion upon confirming she truly couldn’t catch him.

Now, the power of life still clings to He Ao’s body, but the vast will and force trying to infiltrate his soul have disappeared.

He Ao is still the ’Life Saint’, but not under the restraint of life, nor needs to obey the summons of life.

As a trade-off, he has sacrificed the ability to summon the Life Goddess at any time, as well as the ability to opportunistically gain High Positional Grade by the will of a Divine Being inhabiting him.

For the followers of life, these are naturally divine graces, but for He Ao, they are of little use and would only restrict him.

He Ao looked up, scanned the nearby forest.

Honestly, he had not anticipated that after descending from the Life Goddess’s subspace, he would appear directly in the wilderness near Limen City.

However, it was very likely a deliberate act by the Life Goddess, because ’descending’ in a big city, given the spread of life, would be too conspicuous, and He Ao estimated that he could make the news that day.

He Ao turned his head back and looked towards the towering city behind him.

That was Limen City.

Then he glanced at the density of the branches and roughly determined that he was south of Limen City.

He looked down at the surrounding trees, a certain imperceptible ’rhythm’ accompanied by He Ao’s gaze, entered his field of view.

This is the ’life force’ of this forest.

Birth, propagation, withering.

This is the natural evolution of life force, as well as the authority over life.

He Ao narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the changes in the life force within the void.

With the identity of a ’Life Saint,’ he was also able to mobilize these life forces to a certain extent.

He slowly raised his hand, controlling the convergence of these life forces to a specific location.

Squeak—

Roots tore through ice, snow, and soil, sprouting from the ground, twining around He Ao’s feet, gently lifting him up.

Then, these roots spread rapidly, carrying He Ao’s body, swiftly moving towards the south.

In a blink of an eye, he moved a hundred meters; the speed of the roots began to slow down at this point.

This was the limit to which these roots could spread rapidly.

But as the speed of the roots slowed down, some new roots extended, supporting He Ao’s body, and continued to spread forward.

These roots are very fragile, not even posing a threat to a D-level Transcendent, but using their growing power and the characteristic of fast growth driven by life force, He Ao could use them as a ’means of transport.’

With the support of this root ’conveyor belt,’ he could run at a speed comparable to, or even faster than, that of a floating warplane in the forest.

Originally, he wanted to go back to Limen City to get a floating warplane, but it seems unnecessary now.

Entering a city is too troublesome, and getting a floating warplane would take time, something he is sorely lacking at the moment.

Furthermore, Pete’s daughter ’Ennie’ is no longer in Limen City.

According to the message from Eve, after strenuous study and a boost from her talent, Ennie has now become a qualified surgeon and has accepted a part-time contract with the Nolanka Mercenary Corps, becoming a ’Temporary Military Doctor’ enlisted for wartime.

If she had asked for He Ao’s opinion before making this decision, he would have surely opposed it vehemently.

But at this moment, He Ao faintly felt a sensation of ’his daughter has grown up.’

Shelving his thoughts, he further manipulated the life force in the forest, propelling himself rapidly towards the south.

——

Minte City · City Defense Army Command Center

The pre-dawn darkness, thick and pitch-black, enveloped the brightly lit office.

"What’s the matter?"

Owai yawned as he walked into the command hall, seemingly not fully awake, a bit drowsy, "Why wake me up so early?"

"General, look."

A young officer raised his hand and pointed at the four large screens arranged in the hall, which displayed the scenes outside the four city gates.

The scene at each of the four gates was different; outside the North Gate was a relatively wide open plain, with mountains on the west side and in the distance—these were the Minte City northern mountain ranges.

Outside the East Gate was an open plain with only the occasional hillock apart from the flat expanse stretching to the horizon—the federal East Coast plains.

This vast plain continued unto the East Coast, enveloping large cities like Dawn City as well.

Outside the West Gate were extensive contiguous mountains and forests, a branch extension of Minte City’s northern mountain range. Between the mountains and Minte City is a narrow fissure allowing caravans to pass through.

The scene outside the South Gate was similar to that of the East Gate, with vast plains everywhere, though to the west, faint outlines of a gradually leveling range of mountains could be seen—the extension of the West Gate mountain range.

At this moment, many soldiers from various Mercenary Corps surrounded all four gates, and at the South and North Gates, the main forces of the two large Mercenary Corps were rapidly mobilizing, seemingly preparing for something.

"What’s going on?"

Seeing this scene, Owai’s drowsiness significantly dissipated, he raised his head and looked at the officer standing before him.

"General, the main forces of the Mercenary Corps at the South and North Cities seem to be mobilizing for a pre-battle rally,"

The officer paused, whispering.

"Are they planning to attack the city?"

Owai’s drowsiness completely vanished, his gaze settling on the screen, observing the movements of the mercenaries.

In the end, he sighed, murmured softly, "What’s inevitable will come."

He turned to look at the officer by his side, "Wake up all those who are still asleep, check all weapons and equipment, notify the guards at all four city gates,"

He raised his head, fixing his gaze on the screen displaying the scene outside the North Gate, "Meet the enemy head-on, bury the intruding water with earth, prepare for battle."