The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 106 - 84 The Essence of the Player_2

Chapter 106: Chapter 84 The Essence of the Player_2

But, everything was over.

Boom!

Zhou Yuan’s body exploded amidst the force, bones flying everywhere, covering the ground like a rain of blood.

His vision completely fell into darkness, and he lost all consciousness.

·

In the ruins of the asylum, an old man witnessed everything that had happened.

Suddenly, he looked up.

His perception was not strong, so it was only now that he saw the terrifying shadow descending from beyond reality.

"Ah... Ah..."

The old man foamed at the mouth, crazily tearing at his face, clawing bloody scratches with his nails. Moments later, he collapsed to the ground, silent.

Just like that, he died from gazing at the projection of the Evil God.

·

"It’s over..."

On the ground, Yan Sheng’s body lay in three pieces, blood flowing all around.

It had been a long, long time since he had fought such a fierce battle. If it weren’t for activating the divine chosen power, he would have likely died from Zhou Yuan’s final counterattack.

Almost killing a Chosen One...

What a terrifying opponent.

Countless fleshy tendrils extended from Yan Sheng’s three-segmented body, interweaving tightly and reconnecting the scattered parts together.

The blood-red fur on his body gradually turned back to gray, then slowly disappeared, exiting his beast-like state.

Yan Sheng’s face was as pale as paper, completely devoid of color. His breath was weak, as if he might expire at any moment.

This battle had drained a huge amount of his life force, and the side effects of the injection were now fully manifesting. He was completely out of strength, too weak to even lift a finger.

He lay on the ground panting, quietly watching the Golden Dragon fighting a horde of monstrous beasts far off in the sky.

It seemed that the disappearance of Zhou Yuan’s aura made the Golden Dragon more frenzied, each attack imbued with earth-shaking power, absolutely terrifying.

"Dragon..."

Yan Sheng muttered to himself, his pupils completely occupied by that beautiful and majestic creature.

If he could kill such a mythical being and make it a trophy...

"That guy was only Tier 1, but after fighting him, my combat insights have advanced significantly. I’m not far from Tier 5. Once I reach Tier 5, I wonder if I’ll be qualified to hunt this giant dragon..."

Yan Sheng mused to himself.

He didn’t notice a pitch-black raven with red eyes landing in front of Zhou Yuan’s corpse.

The red-eyed raven spread its black wings, but then suddenly quivered as if it had discovered something, showing a human-like expression of shock.

After examining for a few seconds, it still wrapped its wings around Zhou Yuan’s shattered head, transforming into a dark light that merged into it.

...

After a while, Yan Sheng tried to get up off the ground but failed. Even his bones groaned, and his body seemed on the brink of collapse.

He took out a vial of potion from his storage ring, trembling, and spent more than ten seconds bringing it to his mouth to drink.

After drinking the potion, Yan Sheng adjusted his breath and noticed that the deep shadow approaching the world in the night was much dimmer and farther away.

"Has the Control Bureau already started the extraction ritual...?"

Qin Youwen’s death triggered the ritual, catching the Control Bureau off guard but also surprising the Land of Truth and the Supreme Mother Goddess.

The Supreme Mother Goddess was sealed in the Void Realm, and the power she could project was extremely limited. Preparations must be made in advance to allow her to send down as much power as possible for ease of action.

Due to the recent Stars Network Company incident, the high-end forces of the Land of Truth were expelled from Xinhu. The remaining few were either dead, fleeing, or captured.

It could be said that the Land of Truth had very few people left in Xinhu, let alone to implement the "Ten Calamities" plan under such sudden circumstances.

But now, nothing could be done.

The plan, prepared for years, went down the drain. The Archbishop would surely be very angry, but with Qin Youwen dead, he had no one to vent his anger on.

"The Control Bureau’s extraction ritual is quite fast. I must leave."

Yan Sheng struggled to get up, planning to retrieve Zhou Yuan’s Storage Ring, but just as he steadied himself, a chill suddenly surged from his heart.

The fiery red Equal Life Barrier lit up again.

Whoosh!

Countless dark spikes rose from his shadow, piercing through his entire body, turning him into a sieve.

Bang, bang, bang!

Gunshots rang out, several explosive bullets hitting Yan Sheng’s head.

In the instant before his head exploded, Yan Sheng saw an unbelievable sight—Zhou Yuan’s body had disappeared, and he was standing there perfectly fine!

Resurrected?

How was that possible!

Boom!

Yan Sheng’s eyes nearly popped out, his head blown apart by bullets, instantly splitting into pieces, with red and white matter splattering everywhere.

[You have killed the Chosen One, Yan Sheng.]

[You have earned a new title: Avenger]

[Condition: Kill the enemy who once killed you.]

[Effect: Critical damage increased by 200%]

At this moment, Zhou Yuan felt a burning sensation on the back of his left hand. He raised it to see a black raven symbol appearing on it.

Caw!

A red-eyed raven flew out from it, landing beside Yan Sheng’s corpse. It pulled out a bubble tea straw from somewhere and began sucking the corpse.

"Roar!"

A blood-red wolf shadow was sucked out of Yan Sheng’s body, roaring in unwilling frustration, struggling and growling, but to no avail. Like a bubble tea pearl, it was sucked into the raven’s belly with a pop.

The raven contentedly burped, put away the straw, and flew back into the mark on Zhou Yuan’s hand, disappearing.

"..."

Zhou Yuan was stunned.

What the hell was that?

Calming down and recalling the recent events, he began to understand what had happened.

After being killed by Yan Sheng’s divine power, his consciousness hadn’t vanished, but instead viewed the scene around his corpse in third-person.

He also saw system prompts before him.

[You are dead, waiting for teammate rescue...]

[Countdown: 300 seconds]

[Do you want to give up waiting and resurrect immediately?]

[Yes/No]

[Current resurrection count: 1 (Note: One resurrection chance is obtained for every 10 levels)]

[Countdown: 298, 297...]

[254, 253, 252...]

When Zhou Yuan was about to confirm the resurrection, that mysterious red-eyed raven appeared from somewhere, watched him for a few seconds, and then wrapped its wings around his head.

[Detected... divine interference... performing treatment...]

[Treatment successful, you are resurrected]

Then Zhou Yuan resurrected on the spot, fully healed, and even his clothes repaired, while the former corpse vanished into thin air, erasing all traces.

Zhou Yuan had long suspected that the Child of Stardust Player System had a resurrection ability because it was that way in games. Which player couldn’t resurrect?

The essence of a player was to return over and over again, challenging the obstacles they couldn’t overcome, eventually surpassing them, then starting a new challenge.

But games were games, and reality was reality. Zhou Yuan wasn’t sure if "resurrection" could be realized in the real world, especially since he had never died...

Now he knew.

It really could.

However, it wasn’t as easy as resurrecting in games. There were restrictions, and one resurrection chance was granted for every 10 levels.

But that was still terrifying. He was soon reaching level 20, granting him two resurrection chances, giving him two extra lives.

Hmm... Two extra lives.

This recent resurrection hadn’t used the system’s resurrection chances.

"Divine interference..."

Zhou Yuan recalled this phrase, combined with the appearance of the raven, and it all made sense.

There was only one deity associated with ravens.

[Anomaly 233: Raven]

It was she who resurrected him.

And "moved in" to his left hand.

When he looked at the faint raven mark on his left hand, the prompt from Eyes of Identification popped up:

[Congratulations, a great being has chosen you, bestowing you with a blessing. From now on, you are also a Chosen One!]