Chapter 745: Chapter 541: The First Formal Contact_2
“Everyone, don’t act rashly!”
The warriors appeared cautious, their faces purple and their bodies trembling.
“Hold on a bit longer, the cold wave is about to pass!”
“I won’t force you all. Take a few hours to think it over.” Lu Yuan continued to immerse himself in his research.
Initially, he had wanted to create an organ capable of “directly peering into Rule Imprints,” but found it rather challenging.
Because creating entirely new dangerous rules, wouldn’t that be equivalent to creating a myth?
In the end, after circling around, he returned to the “Entropy Element.”
For the Entropy Element itself was a unique Ideal Rule, capable of reconciling conflicts and changes between rules.
“Resurrection Fruit, Life Spring, and adding the Z Element from the Little Mirage Dragon — that makes three distinct categories of Entropy Elements.”
“Combining them allows for accomplishing many complex tasks…”
He cast another glance at the group — all of them seemed quite resolute.
“Time’s up, since you’re not willing, I’ll be leaving.”
He prepared to return home to find people from Green Grass City to strip Divine Skills. After all, those weren’t particularly rare things.
But seeing this cold hunk of metal about to leave, the experts freezing to the brink of death couldn’t hold out anymore.
Not long after, another soldier couldn’t withstand the low-temperature symptoms, shivering as he moved closer: “Greedy Demon God, my lord, I beseech you for shelter…”
“See? Living is better than dying.”
In an instant, an immense Life Force poured into his body, alleviating the low-temperature symptoms within just one second.
“Relax, I’m going to take your skill. Don’t resist, or it will harm your soul.”
A bright flash sparkled!
As the price, one of the soldier’s Divine Skills was taken away.
Skill extraction involving eye-related abilities actually posed greater difficulty than nose-related ones.
Despite utmost care, some degree of mental impact still occurred.
So Lu Yuan provided slight compensation, infusing him with more Life Essence.
“You’re quite the talent; I’ve long wanted to research this Treasure Eye. It shares some similarities with my ‘Explorer’s Eye.’ Let me see which one is stronger.” The voice sounded somewhat gleeful, turning ethereal.
Meanwhile, the soldier’s expression kept shifting — the Treasure Eye was his very lifeline, yet it disappeared just like that.
“Old Bang, how are you?” The city leader asked loudly.
“Feeling a bit better. This stone is infused with surging Life Force, making me feel decades younger.” The soldier named Old Bang wore a bitter expression. “But my Treasure Eye is gone.”
“Your choice; it’s still better than dying.”
Everyone grew a bit hesitant, their faces etched with suffering.
Reality proved that in the face of catastrophic environmental disasters, morals erode and human nature shifts.
Seeing those two now restored and energized, others on the brink of turning to ice struggled to endure no longer.
One after another, gritting their teeth as cold mist escaped their mouths, reaching out to touch the duo, hoping to absorb some heat.
“Stop touching! Are you trying to freeze me back to death?” The two men fended off the hands of those surrounding them; every hand was at multiple sub-zero temperatures.
The others inched toward the stone, hoping to draw out even a little warmth.
But the large stone didn’t actually radiate heat — it merely relied on immense Life Force for forced infusions.
If Lu Yuan stopped channeling Life Force, the area’s actual temperature wouldn’t rise much.
“Ah, still better than dying. Greedy Demon God, grant us shelter!”
“Have you come to your senses?”
At last, unable to hold on, they surrendered to the embrace of the Greedy Demon God.
“One at a time! Don’t rush!”
“Shelter us, Greedy Demon God, give you the ability!” The Great Scholar shuddered as he leaned over, entirely unable to endure anymore — his core body temperature had dropped below 30 degrees Celsius, his mind filled with hallucinations.
His final shred of rationality told him this cold lump of metal was the only lifeline.
The mysterious voice said, “You seem to have two Divine Skills… ‘Translation’ and ‘Whisperer,’ are they innate?”
“Y-Yes… I, Constantine, am the most renowned scholar of the human race.”
This phenomenon of “One Soul Dual God Skills” was exceedingly rare — Lu Yuan wasted no time.
“Let me study your soul waves… The mental impact will be significant, bear with it.”
With two swift sounds, Lu Yuan borrowed both Divine Skills from him.
When overflowing inspiration took hold, nothing felt impossible.
What used to be a highly intricate “Sealing” procedure now became effortless, minimizing harm to the subject.
Soon after, double the Life Energy was infused into the Great Scholar, leaving him euphoric as if transcending to the heavens.
“Exhilarating… Greedy Demon God, when will you return my abilities?”
“Why the rush? Do you truly think I’m such a greedy being in your eyes?”
“No, no! I wouldn’t dare!” The Great Scholar’s face twisted in agony; the value of those two Divine Skills — alas…
But staying alive was worth swallowing his pride…
With a noble leading the charge, the other soldiers couldn’t hold back anymore, forming a large circle around the stone.
All four hundred people ultimately surrendered their skills, faces lighting up with euphoric smiles, greedily absorbing Life Essence — the scene looked like a sinister large-scale sacrificial ritual.
Even the two city lords couldn’t resist in the end. “In the end, we still ended up boarding the pirate ship.”
They clutched their Communication Bells, reconnecting with their cities for a while to report their survival, steadying the morale of their people.
“Living is better than dying, after all.” They could only console themselves this way.