"Interesting. Really interesting …"
As the Players explored, Xi Wei, who was using the Players as tentacles, could basically claim the entire first two stratums of the Elven SIN as his own.
While he could not control them as he wished, he could pry into every mystery of the Faint Crystal Stratum and the Deep Wall Stratum, even knowing the intentions of the designers. If he wanted to, it would not be a problem for him to create Lifestones in the first two stratums.
"Unlike the tortoise colossus which is just a container, the Faint Crystal Stratum is the outer shell that guarantees the integrity of the Elven SIN. Aside from being a deeper part of the outer shell, the Deep Wall Stratum is also a place to banish failed creations and a bridge to attack. In terms of weapons, it's the barrel of a gun or a cannon."
By the way, it should be mentioned that the monsters of the Elven SIN weren't completely artificial. Instead, they were creatures unique to the high elves' era and created through bio-magical technology. In basic terms, they were all Chimeras.
"The outer two stratums alone are already so interesting. What would the inner three stratums that hold the secrets of the Elven SIN be like? I really hope that the Players could work harder … "Xi Wei sighed.
"After all, it seems that some of them have noticed what I'm doing here."
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Since Sefarim's restoration (or iteration) had yet to be completed, Jessica did not join the Elven SIN: Ancient Sins event at first, and had instead stayed in Trinia to keep Sefarim company.
But now that her friend had suffered a crushing defeat in the dungeon and was forced to ask for help, Jessica didn't hesitate to agree to Edward's request and join the party.
Still, since Sefarim had yet to complete her restoration (iteration), Jessica could only join the event as an ordinary Holy Lancer.
It was fortunate that Edward and the others were a first-rate party among the Players and had stockpiled many rare materials. Moreover, they had good relations with other Players, and even if they didn't have enough materials, they could buy them from other Players at a reasonable price.
That was why Edward and the others soon pooled their money to forge a Holy Lance Foundation for Jessica as a temporary replacement for Sefarim, so that she could use the skills of a Holy Lancer as usual.
Hence, Edward spent almost an entire day to assemble a new party that consisted of the first-rate Players in his original party, Leah the Warrior Princess, and Mufasa, the champion of the Twin City Cup, two super-first-rate Players, adding in the hidden class Leah the Warrior Princess and Mufasa, the champion of the Twin City Cup.
Moreover, the only problem with the newly-born party was that Mufasa, their main fighting force, had yet to die …
In response, Edward could not help trying to tag Mufasa on the forums, but he never showed up.
It was only when the group was getting impatient that Mufasa finally replied in the thread.
[Mufasa: I won't die for now.]
[Edward:???]
(Mufasa: After you died, I killed randomly because I couldn't see my surroundings clearly …)
Edward: And then you killed all the monsters?
[Mufasa: How is that possible? I just escaped the encirclement. However, I can't sense any monster's aura anymore, so I should be safe for now.]
[Edward: …]
'Didn't we all die together? Why are you so excellent?'
Still, it was not unusual if one thought about it. Kengyoku was a Swordmaster class that specialized in single-target damage, and its low skill cost meant that it had excellent endurance. Moreover, Killing Intent Sense (a passive skill where the word 'danger' popped up above the player's head) was also a good counter to enemy ambushes.
Considering that Mufasa was a Kengyoku Swordsman, he must have invested a lot of skill points in many skills and was far superior to Swordmaster Players who mixed multiple paths. Therefore, as long as he did not find those mountainous monsters with high defense and AoE attacks, he basically had no problem soloing them.
Still, Edward did not expect Mufasa to break through the encirclement and escape without a trace. It seems that the upper limit of Kengyoku was much higher than most other classes.
Of course, the lower limit was also lower than other classes and classes. Many new Players who were moved by Mufasa's deeds and hence took the Kengyoku path were still as noobs as ever …
[Edward: Have you reached Steel Earth?]
[Mufasa: No way. I've just given up on thinking and killing indiscriminately, and my sense of direction is having problems. I don't even know where I am.]
[Edward: That's a little troublesome …]
[Mufasa: I can still see some light dots, but most of them are probably the monster's fluorescence to lure the enemy. Moreover, my stamina is quite depleted, so all I can do now is wait for it to recover and slowly float up.]
[Edward: After all, Kengyoku has a higher requirement on stamina compared to mana …]
After sending that message, Edward suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Float up?
But weren't they clearly sinking when they first entered Dark Sky?
Could the buoyancy beneath Dark Sky be stronger?
"No …" In the end, the dungeon was a creation of the high elves, and such a meaningless situation was unlikely.
Excluding that possibility, the most likely possibility was that Mufasa had unwittingly turned his body upside down during the fight, and since he had no reference point, he ended up getting up and down the wrong way.
He thought he was floating up, but he was actually sinking.
"Eh?"
There was a flash of inspiration in Edward's mind at that very thought.
Although he didn't notice it at first, when he thought about it carefully, many of the monsters that were reflected by the Blue-Eyed White Flame Dragon looked like fish. Even the Skyswimming Sky Monster was similar to the crustacean monsters in the sea …
Could the simulated world the high elves had created had a system that was inverted from reality, with the sky above and the land below?
Considering that the Elven SIN itself was an anti-world weapon, there was a high chance that it was so!
In a topsy-turvy world, all common sense would be muddled, and even Laws would become unusual.
If the Elven Synchronized Intellect Nation (SIN) was a syringe, injecting the abnormal Rule contained within into it at the same time it touched another plane, instantly disrupting the Rule that was the cornerstone of all existence and phenomena in that plane, throwing it into chaos at its very core. In that case, the targeted plane would not even be able to resist, let alone retaliate!
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