One hundred thousand spirit stones, this was what Gu Nan currently needed.
Spirit stones could be exchanged for the same amount of active source. The only thing that mattered was the number of spirit stones. However, as Gu Nan's Sin value increased, the benefits of active source gradually decreased.
According to Gu Nan's estimation, he needed about five hundred points of Sin value to reach the fifth stage, which was roughly one hundred thousand spirit stones.
After reaching the fifth stage, Gu Nan suspected that the active source would no longer have any effect on his Sin value. Based on the Evil God's Temple's behavior, it was normal to change the method of obtaining Sin value at each stage.
Now that Gu Nan looked back, everything seemed particularly clear.
The first stage was a normal instance dungeon, the second stage was reincarnation, the third stage was a private instance dungeon obtained from Sin events and translation, and the fourth stage was the active source. Although there were intersections, the main body was indeed like this.
If it weren't for the influence of a Divine Spark, Gu Nan might have spent more time in it and realized the changes earlier.
However, it didn't matter now. Right now, Gu Nan was only one hundred thousand spirit stones away from reaching the fifth stage.
Therefore, Gu Nan's price for Purple Will was one hundred thousand spirit stones. Any more was useless, he couldn't spend it.
As for accepting Purple Will's "employment" to help rescue Shadow Song and Purple Lightning, Gu Nan didn't have any psychological resistance. After all, it was a mission, and Purple Will's mission wasn't as troublesome as the astral gate!
"That's settled then," Gu Nan said to Ziyi. "Can we pay first before we start working?"
"In your dreams!"
…
In a remote little world, Gu Nan and Purple Will appeared in a loft.
"You really don't want to consider paying first?" Gu Nan was still diligently persuading. "If I pay first, my strength will increase, and I'll have more confidence in rescuing them!"
Purple Will was still expressionless. She calmly walked out of the room and said, "I'm going to prepare the materials. We'll leave in three days."
As for Gu Nan's suggestion to pay first, Purple Will chose to completely ignore it.
"What a pity." Gu Nan shook his head.
Paying in advance would allow Gu Nan's strength to increase tremendously. This was true. Once Gu Nan's strength increased tremendously, his chances of rescuing others would increase tremendously. This was also true.
Only after paying first would Gu Nan raise his strength and still go to help. Of course, this was just a casual remark.
Knowing the players' character, it was normal for them to take the money without doing anything. Some of them even killed NPCs for equipment after taking the money.
However, Gu Nan was only joking. He knew that it was impossible for Purple Will to pay him in advance.
The reason was very simple. Both sides were the best choice right now, and it was not a pure one-sided market.
For some reason, Purple Intent could only look for Gu Nan's help, and it would be difficult for Gu Nan to find another task with a reward of 100,000 Source Crystals.
The purchasing power of Origin Crystals was very strong, especially for Break World people. Under normal circumstances, a Break World person would not be able to spend a few hundred Origin Crystals a year.
Gu Nan could eat Active Original like it was candy, but other Break World people could not. Every time they observed it, it would take them a few years to learn it.
At the end of the day, Purple Intent was a Star Lord, which was why he could take out a hundred thousand Origin Crystals at once.
After Purple Will left, Gu Nan calmed down. He started to prepare for this mission. He had to analyze and calculate every mission. That was a habit Gu Nan had developed over the years.
Shadow Song and Purple Lightning were not in a good situation.
Ever since Zuo Zuo learned of Shadow Song's existence, he had been looking for the two of them, but he had not been able to find them.
After all, Zuo Zuo had just found out, and Shadow Song was in the dark. He had been on guard for a long time. He could not expose himself.
But Zuo Zuo was someone who could compete with Red for Star World. He had many tricks up his sleeve. Even if he could not find Shadow Song, he could still achieve his goal.
He did not need to find Shadow Song. He just needed Shadow Song to die.
So, Shadow Song and Purple Lightning were trapped. They were trapped in a dream.
"Dreamless World …" Gu Nan flipped through the information in his hands page by page, but he frowned slightly because this small plane was too special.
Mysterious Dream World was a small world at the edge of the sky. Like all the small worlds at the edge, it was between the surface world and the inner world.
But Mysterious Dream World was special because it did not have the characteristics of an inner world. It was still a normal world that could not be reset, but it had the characteristics of an inner world.
Yes, it was just a "world" class plane, but it had the characteristics of an inner world. It was the center of the world.
The light balls in the inner world were the core carriers of countless planes in the sky. They were the internal manifestations, so they were called the center of the world. Mysterious Dream World was the same.
Here, you can find the manifestation of the dreams of countless worlds and countless living beings.
Simply put, all the creatures gathered in this plane in the form of a "dream".
Gu Nan did not understand the principle behind this, but this did not hinder his current mission — to find Shadow Song and Purple Lightning in the Mysterious Dream World and kill them.
As long as he killed the creatures in the Mysterious Dream World, he could destroy their dreams and let them leave. This was the simplest method.
But the more troublesome part was that when people were dreaming, their minds were not necessarily clear. In fact, most people would completely lose their ability to judge and act according to their instincts.
What was instinct? If you wanted to kill me, I would kill you. That was instinct.
If you tried to explain that you were actually dreaming and that I killed you to save you … that was complete nonsense. No one would believe you.
"I can't communicate with them. I can only kill them." After going through the mission information, Gu Nan quickly determined the conditions for his victory.
What were the conditions for failure?
More awkwardly, the conditions for failure were also the deaths of Shadow Song and Purple Lightning.
Creatures in the Mysterious Dream World could be killed using a special method, wiping out their consciousness and causing their bodies to enter a state of brain death.
To put it bluntly, what entered the Mysterious Dream World was a strand of the creature's soul. Since it was a soul, there had to be a way to trace it back to the source and destroy the main body.
What Gu Nan and Purple Will needed to do was find Shadow Song and Purple Lightning before they were killed by Zuozuo's people.
"How difficult …" Gu Nan shook his head helplessly. These conditions meant that not only was the difficulty of the mission high, but there was also an element of luck.
And the element of luck meant that there was a time limit. Gu Nan and Purple Will had to make every second count and find Shadow Song and Purple Lightning.
If they were unlucky, Shadow Song might have already died to Zuozuo's hands before they even entered the Mysterious Dream World.
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