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Chapter 823 - 409: Becoming a God Simulator

Chapter 823: Chapter 409: Becoming a God Simulator

The six elemental suffixes correspond to the six elemental Statues of Gods in Sky City, while the latter ’star, moon, dark’ perfectly match the three goddesses from Starlight City to the City of Eternal Night.

The only difference is that there are nine badges here, while Sky City has twelve; the God of Order, God of Creation and the unknown Dawn City God Statue are not present.

Is it that the trader hasn’t refreshed these three types of badges?

Or is it that there were never these three types to begin with...

Mu You is not sure for the time being.

Anyway, it’s certain that the heroes correspond one-to-one with the statues; if it weren’t for the City Lord group he just created yesterday, he wouldn’t have discovered this now.

There must be some connection between this tower and Sky City; that is probably also why this quest will later upgrade to a server-wide quest.

["Each badge corresponds to a different system. It’s best to choose the badge that’s most suitable for you, otherwise you won’t get far in the tower," the trader continued to advise earnestly, "Seeing as you’re a newcomer, I’ll let you choose for free the first time you trade with me—no charge. What do you say?"]

The in-game trader was still urging.

After looking at his badge suffix again, ’Earth’ should correspond to the deity of Dawn City, that is, the ’War God’.

Mu You doesn’t yet know the difference between these badges, but he believes there’s no such thing as a free lunch. The other party clearly wants him to make a trade, and is even willing to do it for free to entice him; this suggests that the Earth badge might be a rather useful one.

In any case, he still decides to enter the tower first to see the situation.

[You shook your head and refused the other party’s trade offer.]

[While the trader was disappointed, he still cordially bade you goodbye, reminding you that you could always come back to trade if you find the Earth badge unsatisfactory.]

...

Afterwards, Mu You didn’t wander anywhere else, waiting at the entrance for a few minutes before the tower’s doors finally opened.

[Amid the eager anticipation of thousands of heroes, a dull bell tolled throughout the Village of Heroes. As the bell reverberated, the gates of the Tower of Heroes slowly swung open.]

[The long-awaited heroes surged in, and you followed the crowd into the Tower of Heroes.]

[The moment you stepped into the Tower of Heroes, you felt enveloped by a chaotic aura. This extremely familiar primordial aura filled you with an inexplicable fear—as if a house cat, long confined to a closed space, suddenly stepped outside its home and felt panic and disorientation. Meanwhile, you discovered that all the non-real powers on your body were rapidly fading, leaving you almost nothing; the powerful you are now as weak as a newborn baby... You have a premonition that if you continue forward, you may learn more truths and witness a vaster world, but you might also step into an abyss from which there is no return...]

[So, make your choice!]

[Will you muster the courage to step out of your comfort zone and move forward? Or will you turn back in time, retreating into your own comfortable realm?]

Two options popped up, [Continue Forward] and [Turn Back for Safety].

Mu You tried it out; if you choose ’Turn Back for Safety’ here, you will have your hero badge taken back and be kicked out of the Village of Heroes, with no way to enter again afterward.

Shaking his head, Mu You reviewed his options and selected ’Continue Forward’ again.

[You are a qualified hero, you have chosen to leave your comfort zone and face the real world.]

[New hero registration in progress...]

[Registration successful!]

[You are the 2459th hero of the Tower of Heroes, please remember this number; in the records of the Tower of Heroes, it will replace your ID.]

[Hero No. 2459, you are a believer in the Earth God and the God of War. Growing up listening to various legends of the War God has given you a unique insight into battle.]

[In response to your faith, the Earth God has granted you some basic true powers to help you gain a foothold in this cruel and real world.]

[You have gained 1 point of Divine Power, 1 point of God’s Defense, and 5 Real HP. You have also acquired the Divine Art ’Blood of the Warrior’ LV1: After each enemy you kill, you automatically recover three points of HP.]

[Note: All enhancements and items obtained in the Tower of Heroes will disappear automatically upon leaving the tower.]

Mu You raised an eyebrow, not expecting to be given a bunch of free stuff just for entering the tower.

He was aware of Divine Power, but the rest were new to him.

Mu You clicked to check each one in turn.

[God’s Defense: It can counteract attacks equal to its numeric value from Divine Power.]

[Real HP: The manifested Health Points from the Real World. When located in a non-real world, the value of Real HP will be magnified ten thousand times.]

[Divine Arts: A variety of combat techniques created by the gods, which can often produce miraculous effects in battles of the real world.]

According to the explanation, God’s Defense specifically counters Divine Power; if a creature has God’s Defense, his use of a shotgun with rapid fire, relying on Divine Power for damage, will become ineffective.

As for Divine Arts, they’re essentially ’magic’ amongst deities.

What truly surprised Mu You was the Real HP; in the real world, it’s just ordinary HP, but in a non-real world, it is magnified ten thousand times!

The ’non-real world’ mentioned here seems to refer to the Star Spirit World?

If that’s the case, then the staggering 37 billion HP of the God of Shadows now makes sense.