Bai Feifei subconsciously focused her energy, her consciousness sinking into the ring.
With a slight thought, a red medal abruptly appeared in her palm.
It had a dark metallic sheen overall, with a long blood-nail on the back. It was none other than S-024, the Blood Medal of Choice!
“This thing has been completely contained,” Xu Mo’s voice rang in her mind. “You can feel the effects for yourself. It has other side effects when used, but at least it doesn’t drain your Sanity anymore.”
While Bai Feifei was still asleep, the game panel had already updated the rewards for the 【Calamity of Dawn】.
【Reward 1: S-024, Blood Medal of Choice has been perfectly contained.】
As a Scavenger, Kong Man had once again watched an S-rank Containment Object vanish before her eyes, returning empty-handed...
However, Xu Mo also felt this reward was a bit of a waste, because in reality, Bai Feifei should have been able to abuse a bug to contain it by force.
Oh well, this was convenient enough...
【Sequence S-024, Blood Medal of Choice!】
【Effect: Causes everyone within range to lose half of their abilities, which may include physical control, ability usage, and mental stability, all of which can be reduced by half.】
【Usage Side Effect: The user also loses half of their abilities, but the corresponding remaining half is enhanced! The user can choose what to lose.】
Only after actually obtaining it did Xu Mo learn the true function of this Containment Object.
And after reading it, he felt that if used properly, this Blood Medal of Choice would definitely be an absolute trump card for him.
Because its usage side effect could practically be considered a pure buff, and it even laid down the conditions for their dual-control state.
It was essentially all benefits and zero side effects! This was incredibly rare for a Containment Object with such a high ranking.
Aside from that, the rewards also included another increase to the Sanity cap, as well as two brand-new achievement medal abilities.
【Reward 2: Sanity Cap: 300 → 500!】
【Reward 3: Resistant Body Medal: Grants a certain degree of resistance to toxicity and anomalous energy harming the body.】
【Description: Your body is starting to adapt more to the power of the Old Ones.】
【Reward 4: It Takes Two Medal: When two souls jointly operate a body, there will be a latent sense of mutual understanding.】
【Description: A unique dual-user skill, a brand-new achievement in this game. Its trigger conditions remain unknown...】
It seemed that this playstyle of a player and character jointly operating a body had also made history in this game.
Xu Mo’s voice echoed in her mind, giving Bai Feifei a general breakdown of her stat changes, ensuring they were on the same page.
Then, his tone shifted as he grumbled:
“It’s just a bit troublesome. Even though your body and mind have clearly been strengthened, the issue of your lifespan still hasn’t been delayed.”
“Then... what should I do?” Bai Feifei asked.
“Right now, there are only two viable paths.” Xu Mo’s voice was concise; he had clearly already calculated this in his mind.
“First, break through to Edgerunner as soon as possible. The essence of your life will undergo a transformation at that realm.”
“But that will likely only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, merely extending your lifespan by a bit.”
“As for the second path, that would be going to Turing City.”
“Turing City possesses technological levels far surpassing Dawn City. They have a relatively powerful, taboo device that deals with the essence of life, which should be of some help to you.”
“Turing...” Bai Feifei nodded slightly. She had never left Dawn City, but right now, this seemed to have become an unavoidable choice.
“Should we set off right now, then?”
Seeing how decisive she was, Xu Mo immediately laughed.
“Are you silly? How are we supposed to go right now?”
“Do you even know the way? Or do you have some special mode of transport?”
Bai Feifei was instantly taken aback by his questions.
“Let’s go wander around outside first, and ‘happen’ to run into those two from Turing City.”
“The groundwork has already been laid. Hehe, this time, we have to make them beg us to go, understand?”
“Beg us to go?” Bai Feifei asked, puzzled.
“Of course,” Xu Mo said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
This time, they had such a wonderful start, and both their strength and status were top-tier. Naturally, they couldn’t fight as miserably as they had before.
“The groundwork was already laid before. They wanted to invite you to go in the first place.”
“Besides, going to Turing City serves other purposes too. Having a higher status will benefit us as well.”
“You don’t understand these things. Just listen to me, and let me handle it when the time comes!”
Bai Feifei fell silent for a moment. She didn’t quite understand the Old-Timer’s plans either, so in the end, she could only nod.
Suddenly, something occurred to her. Her eyes flickered, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face. Ultimately, she plucked up her courage and spoke:
“By the way, Lord Evil God...”
She recalled the feeling during her battle with Liang Shuguang, where she had been in sync with Xu Mo and could vaguely sense his state.
“When we were fighting together back then...” She weighed her words, asking with some difficulty, “Did you... feel pain?”
Xu Mo: ...
Shoot! Was he found out after all?
Why does this woman have such low emotional intelligence? Why would she bring this up now!
“Cough, cough, cough!” He suddenly coughed repeatedly, forcing himself to mask his awkwardness.
“Th-this is normal! It was just to make it easier to get combat feedback. I did it on purpose.”
“And that tiny bit of so-called pain is absolutely nothing!”
Hearing his words, Bai Feifei hesitated to speak.
This was a Great Old One, after all...
An unspeakable, incomprehensible entity whose existence and state could not be measured by common sense.
Yet, why did she feel he was so easy to read? His behavior was incredibly down-to-earth and very easy to understand.
“Are the Evil Gods of the Old Days all like this...?” Bai Feifei subconsciously murmured to herself in a weak voice.
Xu Mo immediately grew displeased and spoke in an unquestionable, serious yet deeply embarrassed tone:
“Of course the Evil Gods of the Old Days are like this. What are you thinking?”
“Have you ever been an Evil God? Always taking things for granted. You should worry about your own survival first.”
Hearing the Old-Timer’s grumpy voice, for some reason, the dread she had always felt toward this unknown, terrifying entity suddenly dissipated by a lot.
The corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily, tracing an extremely faint, subtle smile.
But in the next second, just as the smile began to form, she forced it back down.
Bai Feifei suddenly shuddered, and warning bells rang in her mind!
What was she thinking just now...?
She actually found this Lord Evil God to be a bit approachable? She was actually starting to think the Old-Timer wasn’t that scary?
When did this sense of “familiarity” and “closeness” begin? This was extremely dangerous.
Could this... also be a form of the Evil God’s bewitchment? A subtle, creeping mental corruption...?
She couldn’t be careless. She had to stay vigilant! Bai Feifei, how could you look down on an Evil God of the Old Days so lightly!
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