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Chapter 1032 - 480: The Indescribable Thing

Chapter 1032: Chapter 480: The Indescribable Thing

"No."

Mu You certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to get directly into the water, especially since his attributes were not full and his Combat Power would plummet once in the water, leaving him vulnerable to others.

However, Mu You did not believe what lay before him was truly an ocean, because a real ocean could not possibly produce such regular tsunamis.

It was more likely to be a river or a lake of some kind, and if that were the case, one could simply walk along the shore and eventually find the source of the water body, albeit with a longer detour.

[You have decided to abandon the dangerous waters and continue along the coast...]

The journey then reverted back to pioneering mode, as the map he had picked up earlier did not cover the coastal terrain, and no other players had explored this area yet. From this moment on, Mu You had no information to rely on.

[The sea water created fine ripples that surged past and receded from your feet time after time, leaving behind a ground littered with shells and crab remnants, and occasionally, you could spot stranded fry...]

[Suddenly, you notice a dark mass ahead, like a blob of liquid jelly wriggling on the ground. Do you go forward to investigate?]

[You rush forward to investigate and find that it is just an ordinary sea snail, its shell smudged with a layer of ink-black, viscous matter, which has left the sea snail stuck in the sandy ground, struggling in vain to move. Do you help it to get free?]

Sea snails, Mu You remembered, were docile creatures that did not attack proactively, so his current defense and counterattack system was ineffective against it.

Since he couldn’t grind experience from it, he might as well help it out. It didn’t require much effort anyway, and who knows, he might gain some benefit from it.

[You pick up a fishbone nearby and use it to cut open a slit in the layer of ink covering the sea snail. With your assistance, the sea snail manages to crawl away from the viscous liquid, finally freeing itself.]

[The freed sea snail did not linger to thank you but hurriedly made its escape, quickly disappearing beneath the waters.]

"No benefit, huh..."

Mu You felt a bit disappointed, but he wasn’t too surprised, considering it was just a snail, after all; its intelligence couldn’t be that high.

However, as Mu You shook his head and prepared to continue his journey, a new prompt appeared.

[You have voluntarily helped a docile creature in distress, kindness points +1.]

"Kindness points?" Mu You was taken aback. He had never seen this term before and quickly clicked to check it out.

[Kindness Points: A world law jointly established by various gods of neutral good, lawful good, and chaotic good alignments, aimed at making this world more peaceful and friendly. In the Real World, performing various acts of kindness will earn you Kindness Points, and once these points accumulate to a certain extent, you can receive a series of special surprises set by these gods.]

"Oh? There’s such a thing?" Mu You’s interest was piqued.

World laws, similar to national laws, but far more powerful since they don’t require human management and enforcement. To prove you did something good in reality, you might need to record a video, whereas this system directly ingrains the divine rule into the world - regardless of whether anyone sees you, it would automatically trigger once you act within this world.

Mu You quickly glanced at his panel, but unfortunately, there was no sign of Kindness Points there. Probably another hidden attribute, invisible even to the Omniscient Crystal.

Unable to see the values, Mu You could only assume that the initial Kindness Points were zero. Now that he had one point, he wondered how many were needed before he could receive a reward.

If Kindness Points existed, Evil Points might too.

Mu You searched the forums.

Sure enough, he found over a dozen posts about Good and Evil Points.

With the masses of players pioneering the game, no matter how low the probability, there would always be someone triggering such events.

However, the description of Evil Points was different from what Mu You had imagined. He thought Evil Points would correlate with punishments, but to his surprise, Evil Points also led to rewards!

[Evil Points: A world law jointly created by gods of chaotic evil, neutral evil, and lawful evil alignments, in opposition to the numerous regulations hastily set by the gods of good to make the world more free and to accelerate the evolution of life. Performing various evil acts will earn you Evil Points, and once these points accumulate to a certain extent, you can receive a series of special surprises set by gods of evil.]

This was the detailed description copied by a player who triggered Evil Points, nearly identical to Kindness Points but with a different set of deities.

"Lawful good... chaotic evil... It seems that the Divine Race is divided into quite a few factions..." Mu You thought to himself.

Further posts had already experimented and confirmed that the two kinds of points could not be stacked. Doing righteous deeds and then committing evil acts would deduct Kindness Points.

In other words, to receive rewards for Good or Evil, one must consistently perform good deeds or commit acts of evil, sticking to one path without wavering back and forth.

As for whether to follow the alignment of the deity worshipped, there didn’t seem to be any strict requirements in that regard.

The forum member who had triggered the Evil Points happened to be aligned with Order and did not receive any punishment or warning after committing an evil act, suggesting that the choice between good and evil was free.

As for whether he would choose the path of good or evil, Mu You was not yet sure, deciding to wait and see.

Mu You continued on his way.

Yet, this time, as he fought monsters and journeyed on, there was an additional task: triggering events of Good and Evil.

[You help a stranded fry return to the water, earning Kindness Points +1...]