Chapter 266: Wuming Memory

It was Lucy's turn to act again, and Yun Mu had her activate the active skill of the Immoral Notebook on herself.

This way, she could enjoy two types of buff effects simultaneously.

As an aside, when Yun Mu was designing the game, the vast majority of in-game buff effects were additive rather than calculated independently.

What does that mean?

For example, if buff A's effect is +10% damage modification, and buff B's effect is +25% skill multiplier.

Then the calculation method for the skill is the character's attack power (or Spell Strength) multiplied by (1 + damage modification + 0.1 + 0.25), rather than attack power multiplied by (1 + damage modification + 0.1) and then multiplied by (1 + 0.25).

This is to ensure that skill damage doesn't become too outrageous; otherwise, with various buffs stacked on a character, multiplying each other, the damage numbers would explode.

The game's stats would inflate, you jerk! Of course, as mentioned here, this applies to the vast majority, not all, of the skill effects.

There are still some skill buffs that are calculated according to a multiplicative algorithm, such as the statement that after the Scarlet Knight uses Call Mount, damage related to Riding skills increases by 15%.

Note the keyword: 【Skill Damage】, not damage modification, nor skill multiplier.

It is instead increasing the damage that could originally be dealt by a certain multiplier. As for how she knows? In the last Dungeon, didn't the Scarlet Knight take down the Skeleton Witch with a single Charge? She had done a simple calculation at the time, so she could naturally deduce it.

After all, the damage calculation formula she designed back then wasn't complicated. Almost forgot, there is another quite abnormal attribute that can significantly increase character damage.

That is critical hits.

Because the algorithm for critical hits directly takes the damage the character could originally deal, buffs it according to the default 150% critical damage, and then subtracts the opponent's defense.

If one can stack critical hits to 100%, the boost to damage is still very exaggerated.

And speaking of critical hits, one must mention the Cat Path effect where critical damage doubles when HP is below half.

Doubling the 150% effect results in 300%; it's equivalent to a critical hit dealing triple damage.

Very exaggerated.

And damage-increasing effects like 【Skill Damage】 are calculated separately from critical hits.

According to the priority, it is roughly the number after the critical hit multiplied by the damage-increasing multiplier, and only then is the enemy's defense subtracted. Following this calculation method, it is not impossible to hit ninety-nine million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand.

Of course, she certainly can't do that right now.

【Immoral Pleasure】

【Damage Modification +10% / Critical Hit +5%】

The pages of the Immoral Notebook flipped rapidly in Lucy's hand, and as the equipment's active buff effect popped up above Yun Mu's head, the battle returned to the Goblin Brave's turn to act.

"Command Lock has already been used; using the skill again won't stack the effects."

"Whether it's Continuous Slash or Spinning Slash, the damage multipliers aren't high. Although attacking can increase the probability of follow-up attacks, actually, relying on me alone is enough to deal damage."

After pondering for a moment, Yun Mu decisively had the Goblin Brave use the skill 【Battle Cry】.

"Aoooo!!"

The Goblin Brave puffed out its chest and roared, and above Yun Mu's team, the effect 【Attack Power +5 / Critical Hit +5%】 popped up almost simultaneously.

【Scarlet Knight begins to act.】

"Is it the Scarlet Knight last..."

Yun Mu glanced at his remaining HP bar and pondered for a moment: "Use Armored Elbow Strike; let's see if we can Stun the target."

Honestly, she didn't have much hope, as the Stun probability of Armored Elbow Strike is 110%, while Tangjiked's tenacity is a full 8 points.

Not to mention the '+' behind it, which can reduce the Stun probability by 80%. If this could actually stun him, she would... 【Armored Elbow Strike!】

【-0!】

【Stun!】 (Critical Hit!!)

"Well done, Scarlet Knight!!" Yun Mu felt a surge of energy and praised him without hesitation.

As everyone knows, in any game involving probability, no matter how small the chance, it is a fact that it can happen.

And in this game designed by Yun Mu, besides the damage dealt being able to crit.

Things like Stun, forced displacement, and even healing have a probability of critting.

A Stun crit increases the probability of the stun; forced displacement is the same, and healing crits... she had seen them before; they can significantly increase the amount recovered.

However, it should be noted that these special crits are not affected by the character's own critical hit rate.

The critical hits stacked by the character themselves only buff the damage dealt to enemies.

This is also an adjustment made for the sake of game balance.

【Current Turn · 3】

【Player Yun Mu acts first!】

"Uh."

Before Yun Mu could act, the Stun effect covering Tangjiked's head was dispelled.

However, that was all; he did not use a skill to charge this time.

Because the Stun effect skipped his turn to act first, or one could say, the effect of acting first canceled out the Stun.

Regardless, this time it was truly her turn to act first!

【Thor's Hammer!】

【-120!】 (Critical Hit!!)

A scorching particle beam pierced through Tangjiked's body, causing his HP bar to hit zero instantly.

However, the battle was not over yet. Yun Mu knew very well that the opponent's trait, Knight Spirit, had not been triggered yet.

Just as she thought this, Tangjiked, standing opposite her, felt his legs go weak and he knelt to the ground.

He, who should have triggered Knight Spirit to continue for another turn, hung his head powerlessly at this moment.

"Is this the ending..." The opponent's words of resignation reached Yun Mu's ears, and his body soon turned into flying ash and dissipated.

"Ah?"

"It, it's over just like that?"

Looking at the settlement interface that popped up before her, Yun Mu appeared very surprised.

This was not what she had imagined!

【Detected the effect of the player's Path【Desire】, roll the dice? Yes/No.】 "Yes." After a brief silence, Yun Mu nodded.

Although she was not clear what kind of situation this was, since the settlement interface had already popped up, she would not worry about it that much.

It was better to take a look at the gains from this battle.

That guy Tangjiked... his strength after being strengthened felt almost like the boss fight in the previous Dungeon.

If this didn't drop some good things for her, she would, she would... be very angry, awoo! Rolling and jumping on the panel was the twenty-sided Desire Dice, and soon, under Yun Mu's unblinking gaze, the number marked as 18 emitted a bright, silvery-white radiance. Eighteen percent additional profit, yay! Yun Mu excitedly clenched her fists.

【Affected by the【Desire Dice】, the loot you harvested in this battle has increased by 18%!】

【You obtained【Gold Coin】*2652!】 (Desire Dice +18%, Pickpocketing +8%)

【You obtained a large amount of experience points!】 (Desire Dice +18%)

【You obtained the item【Wuming Memory (Blue)】】 【A special substance capable of storing memories, upon which flickers a colorful black.】

【"The memory inside this is quite interesting; you can use it by eating it." ——God of Greed and Lust Linfulei.】

"Why do you appear in the remarks of this item?" Yun Mu saw the remarks on the【Wuming Memory】panel, her hand shook, and she almost threw it away as she spoke.

"This thing is memory substance, right..." Lucy pulled a magnifying glass from somewhere unknown and placed it on the surface of the Wuming Memory to observe it.

"Memory substance, why does that sound so familiar?" Yun Mu twitched the corner of her mouth.

"This is a substance far more precious than Star Crystal; it is only produced in a small number of Half-Planes." Lucy poked the memory substance with her finger.

The texture of this thing was just like cotton, soft and limp, and it could change shape at will. Looking at its appearance, it was just a mass of... gas with a colorful black? She never expected that in her lifetime, she would actually be able to see what a colorful black looked like... She really wanted to let those Earth netizens from before she transmigrated see it too.

"Does Half-Plane refer to worlds in other spaces?" Returning to her senses, Yun Mu recalled what Lucy had just said and asked with some curiosity.

"You can understand it that way." Lucy nodded and looked at the earring hanging from her earlobe.

"Actually, spatial storage items can also be regarded as Half-Planes; many Half-Planes are actually created by powerful Transcendental."

"It is said that God's Kingdom is also like this~" She tilted her head: "But I haven't been there, so I'm not clear."

"Oh." Yun Mu nodded, then looked at the memory substance in her hand: "So, what is the use of this thing?"

"The most common use is to repair the soul." A look of recollection appeared on Lucy's face, and she touched her chin and said: "Memory substance is a substance similar to the soul and can be absorbed by the soul."

"If someone's soul is damaged over a large area, one can use memory substance to first fill in the missing parts for them."

"After the soul begins to heal itself, those memory substances will also be absorbed and digested by the soul, and there will not be any risks left."

"Besides that, memory substance can also treat amnesia and eliminate mental fatigue; it is a luxury item deeply loved by the upper-class nobles."

"In other words, this thing is harmless to the human body, right." After listening to Lucy's explanation, Yun Mu asked her.

"Mm, generally speaking, it is harm... wait, Miss Yun, what are you doing!?" Before Lucy finished speaking, she saw Yun Mu throw the memory substance in her hand into her mouth and, as if chewing cotton candy, swallow it into her belly.

"Didn't you say this was harmless?" Looking at the anxious-looking Lucy, Yun Mu was a bit confused.

"I did say that, but memory substance of unknown origin like this... why did you eat it?"

Lucy's face was full of confusion. Regarding this, Yun Mu just wanted to explain, but discovered that the world before her eyes suddenly turned pitch black.

Oh no, is there really a problem!?

As expected, I shouldn't have listened to Linfulei in the attribute panel... This is great now.

What should I do?

Just as Yun Mu was getting a headache over this, a somewhat familiar voice rang out beside her ear.

"Give up, Tangjiked, it is impossible for you to get out."

The world before her eyes suddenly returned to brightness, yet appearing before her was actually the town's mayor?

"When all is said and done, you are just a fake; do you really think of yourself as a Knight?" As if he did not see Yun Mu, the mayor continued to speak.

A mocking look hung on his face, and then with a "bang," he closed the door, locking 'Yun Mu' outside the door.

"This is... Tangjiked's memory?"

A large amount of memory fragments suddenly emerged in her mind. Yun Mu understood; this was what happened when 'she' went to confront the mayor after discovering his abnormality.

The mayor's strength was very high, and he easily defeated 'him'.

Those words just now were all said before driving 'her' out.

"Strange, what does 'cannot get out' mean? And 'fake'... does Tangjiked actually have a real one and a fake one?" Yun Mu was somewhat confused.

The scene of the memory continued to jump. Soon, the decadent man saw a child covered in mud and holding a broken Wooden Sword.

Because they had fought before, Yun Mu recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

Likewise, Tangjiked also knew the other party.

Little Knight, Asa.

This time... is it because of those guys from New Zealand?

Probably influenced by Tangjiked's memory, such a thought suddenly emerged in Yun Mu's mind.

"Did you get into a fight with someone?"

'Yun Mu' greeted Asa in a familiar way.

"Ah, it's the strange uncle from the village." Hearing Tangjiked's call, Asa turned his gaze toward this side.

"Tangjiked, ah, Tangjiked, Uncle has a name." Speaking to this point, Tangjiked paused: "I am, I am a Knight."

"Knight... how lame, Uncle, your sword is broken." Asa looked Tangjiked up and down, and seeing the latter's disheveled appearance, he couldn't help but tease.

"You brat, that's because..."

Because the town's mayor was too strong?

Because he was just a fake created by Tangjiked?

"Well, forget it." Tangjiked waved his hand, deciding not to help this brat with his mental guidance today.

Anyway, it was all fake; he himself, this town, even that arrogant mayor... were nothing more than paintings created by the real Tangjiked.

"Did you lose, Uncle?"

"I certainly did not lose."

Asa sat down beside Tangjiked, raising the Wooden Sword with a slightly smug expression.

"Didn't lose?" Tangjiked raised an eyebrow.

"Stop lying." He did not know how long he had stayed in this painting, so he naturally knew that Asa had fought three other brats in order to protect his childhood sweetheart.

The result was that he ended up covered in wounds and was even stepped into the muddy water by the other party.

If that didn't count as losing, then wouldn't he himself—having merely had his weapon shattered by the mayor and been thrown out of the house—count as having achieved a total victory? Having blurted out everything he knew without any reservations, Tangjiked felt much better.

"Hmph, what do you know, Uncle."

Although he did not know how Tangjiked knew the whole story, Asa said, "My weapon didn't break like yours, Uncle, and most importantly, I protected Nina while only sustaining some superficial injuries; doesn't that count as a victory?"

(End of chapter)