Chapter 318: Joy

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"Before we officially begin our conversation, I must apologize to you." Heral held his long staff and explained, "Without notifying you in advance, I took the liberty of using you to scheme against that God of Fear and Plague."

"So that guy didn't recognize me; it really was your doing." Yun Mu had found it strange earlier—she had clearly met that God of Fear and Plague, so why did the other party think she was one of His believers?

"So?" Yun Mu waved her hand, feeling somewhat curious: "What exactly did you do?"

The God of Fear and Plague, at the time of death—well, before death, anyway—the sound of the howling from within her body at that moment, Yun Mu still remembered it very clearly.

It was hard to imagine what could have happened to make a deity lose their composure to such an extent.

"You mean that guy? Mmhmm, it was truly an interesting experience."

Heral seemed to be in a good mood. He explained to Yun Mu, "Many people view me as the embodiment of civilization, but before civilization, I was also the God of History."

"Here." He spread his right arm: "This is the catalyst for my birth, and also the historical moment when the God of Fear and Plague possessed the Cai'e Jiao Bishop."

"At the beginning of my birth, I set this specific piece of history as an Anchor Point. As for such a major event involving two deities, placed in the present, I actually lack the power to anchor it."

"However, even by borrowing the connection from my birth to anchor it, I could not exert even the slightest influence on the historical trajectory within it, until..."

He looked at Yun Mu meaningfully: "Power from outside the world helped me, and that thing inside you sent you into this anchored history."

"History changed here will affect the current real world. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Wait..." Yun Mu thought of something and suddenly broke into a cold sweat: "You mean, the influence I cause within this Dungeon will simultaneously change the history of the real world?"

"Correct." Heral nodded.

"The God of Fear and Plague was just wiped out by me like that?" Yun Mu pointed at herself, looking bewildered.

Me? A god-slayer?

Is that for real?

"Hehehe, not that quickly." Heral watched her reaction and couldn't help but chuckle: "The influence of history does not happen overnight. To completely eliminate Luoye'er, you still need to work hard."

"But before that..."

Heral raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Now, you are the 'God of Fear and Plague'!"

"Huh?"

Heral ignored her shocked expression and said slowly, "In Heral Calendar 1560, the God of Fear and Plague, having just birthed consciousness, attempted to increase His influence by possessing a believer, but He did not expect the soul of the Cai'e Jiao Bishop to be extremely resilient."

An ancient, dark-brown leather-bound book floated before him. As he spoke, Heral turned the pages and took a Feather Pen from his robes, beginning to write in the book.

"In the end, He, having just been born and possessing weak power, was instead devoured by the Cai'e Jiao Bishop."

"Yes, that is how it is."

Closing the book with one hand, Heral looked at Yun Mu.

"Luoye'er will notice the anomaly, so please be extremely careful."

"I will obstruct His true body from investigating, so you will only face His subordinates. Even so, your strength is far inferior to those plague kin, so please proceed with caution."

"That 'Game Panel' of yours should be finishing its update soon."

"I must also take my leave first..." He paused, then Heral suddenly thought of something and added, "Actually, at the very beginning, I only wanted you to kill Luoye'er in this space-time."

"Well, at least wait until you reach the Legendary level, that's when it would start."

"It was just your act of impersonating the Cai'e Jiao Bishop that made me temporarily think of a more adventurous method."

"I didn't have time to notify you; I am truly sorry."

"As compensation... never mind, I won't reveal it in advance."

"As a gentleman, one must always maintain a sense of mystery."

"Then, farewell, Chuanzhezhe from another world."

Heral's body slowly dissipated. At the very end, a burst of irrepressible laughter came from the void, echoing in Yun Mu's ears.

At the same time, the frozen space-time within the Dungeon began to turn once more.

And in Yun Mu's mind, the Game Panel's notifications refreshed frantically like a virus! 【You... devoured the {God of Fear and Plague Luoye'er lv120 (Legendary)}】 【You gained an excessive amount of experience points!!】 【Congratulations, you have leveled up!】 【Your level has increased to: lv50 (Expert)】 【Your Max HP +20, Attack +22, Spell Strength +24, Defense +10, Resilience +3, Dodge +20, Speed +5, Precision Correction +20, Critical Hit +7%.】 【Your Path {Plague} level has increased to lv6!】 【Player's current attribute values are too high. Points for Path {Plague} will be temporarily sealed.】 【Sealed points will be used to provide additional attribute increases when the player levels up.】 【Your Qi Strength attribute has added {Plague}】 {Plague: After your Qi Strength hits an enemy, it will randomly apply a plague debuff or damage-over-time effect to them. If the target already has a damage-over-time effect, the damage of the damage-over-time effect increases. }

【You gained the trait {Disease Immunity}】 {Your body will be immune to {Myth} level and below disease debuffs. }

【You gained the trait {Plague Control}】 {You are now able to control the power of plagues. Whether it is making the plague within a biological body erupt immediately or extracting the plague from within, you are capable of doing so. }

【You gained the trait {Infection Source}】 【Through physical contact, you can transmit the plague you carry to another creature... carrying it in a container is also fine, just remember to open the bottle cap.】 【You gained the trait {Plague Outbreak}】 {You can make any disease enter its outbreak phase early, even if this means the infected person dies on the spot. }

【You gained the trait {Directed Plague}】 【You can make viruses mutate in a specified direction, thereby strengthening the virus's infectivity, transmissibility, survivability, and destructive power.】 【You gained the title {God of Fear and Plague? }】 {You devoured the newly born God of Fear and Plague Luoye'er; the God of History and Civilization Heral is willing to testify to this for you. }

{However, the real Luoye'er still exists at this moment; He and His kin will view you as a mortal enemy! }

{You have mastered a portion of the {Plague} Authority. }

【Your {Divinity} +10】 【You are viewed as an {Evil God}】 【Player data updating... Update complete!】

Name: Yun Mu (Favorite of the Gods {11/15} · God of Fear and Plague? · Sleepy Cat · Civilization Spreader · Painter) {Evil God}

Level: lv50 (Expert) Race: God?

Age: 15 years old Max HP: 150 Attack: 110 Spell Strength: 120 Defense: 40 Resilience: 18 Dodge: 120 Speed: 40 Precision Correction: 130 Critical Hit: 39% Qi (Ice · Dark · Scarlet · Plague): 621/621 {lv1 (10): All attributes +1}

{lv2 (100): All attributes +5, Qi Strength recovery speed +10%}

Equipment: Omitted Trait: Disease Immunity, Plague Control, Infection Source, Plague Outbreak, Directed Plague (New) Passive Skills: Omitted

Active Skills: Omitted

Status: Blessing of the Night, Ghost Sea Oath, Ice Flame Possession Path: Scarlet lv4 (197/300), Cat lv3 (5/80), Oil Painting/Manga lv3 (48/80), Civilization lv3 (75/80), Desire lv2 (1/30), Plague lv6 (0/1500), Nuclear Fusion lv1 (Cannot be upgraded)】 【Dungeon Exploration】 (In progress)】 Huh? Me, an Evil God?

Is that for real?

At this very moment, the first thought in Yun Mu's mind was not what would happen after becoming an Evil God, but rather that {Nun's Foot Binding Cloth} was now completely useless.

*Ahem. *

In any case, let's calm down and look at it one by one.

Because she 'devoured' the God of Fear and Plague, she first gained a massive amount of experience points.

The level increased directly from lv32 to lv50, which is the limit for a Third-tier Expert.

And in the game Dungeon, the newly born God of Fear and Plague is a Legendary-tier lv120.

Then there should still be a lot of experience left over; it must be that the level has reached the current cap, so it cannot continue to increase.

Besides this, the 【Plague】 Path was directly raised to lv6, becoming the one with the highest rank among all her current Paths.

Let's look at the effect 【Plague lv6: All damage-over-time hit effects +60%, recover 30 HP when dealing damage-over-time to enemies.

Damage to enemies with damage-over-time effects +60%, damage received -30%】 Holy crap, a 60% damage increase effect, 30 points of health recovery per turn! And a 30% damage reduction!

Is this the effect of a lv6 Path?

Terrifyingly powerful.

Yun Mu continued to look down, and when she saw that the attributes from the Plague Path level increase were temporarily sealed, she didn't care much.

Anyway, it was said that they would be additionally replenished during subsequent upgrades, so what opinion could she have about that?

Then there are the five newly added traits. What on earth are these? Yun Mu had the expression of the old man, subway, and mobile phone meme.

It's not that these traits aren't strong, it's just... how should I put it? These traits are too dangerous!

【Disease Immunity】 is fine; it just means being able to be immune to diseases.

As for 【Plague Control】, it also seems to be just a means of being able to manipulate plagues.

When it comes to 【Infection Source】... this is already completely a walking human plague spreader! Just touching with the body can spread diseases?

My goodness, if she were to just stroll around a crowded city, wouldn't she trigger a plague in minutes? Fortunately, she can control this trait at will and it is not a passive skill, otherwise she would have to consider whether to wrap her body up tightly.

Finally, there are the two traits 【Plague Outbreak】 and 【Directed Plague】.

The former should be very effective in battles against Transcendental beings, while the latter—

Being able to make viruses mutate in a specified direction; as long as it is any person from Earth, they should be able to realize the perverted nature of this trait.

As she is now, whenever she wants, she can trigger a plague that spreads across the entire continent at any time.

This really makes her the God of Fear and Plague!

Looking at the title after her name on the attribute panel.

Yun Mu only felt a headache.

"However, the real Luoye'er still exists at this moment, and He and His followers will regard you as a mortal enemy!"

Regarded as a mortal enemy by a true god? Damn Heral, is this how you repay me? Although Luoye'er's true body will be blocked by Heral, no one can guarantee that Luoye'er won't break through Heral's protection to attack her.

Besides this, the believers and followers under a god will all regard her as a mortal enemy.

The followers of the God of Fear and Plague wanting to kill the God of Fear and Plague, this is too hellish.

As for controlling the Authority of 【Plague】, I don't feel it at all!

Is there anything special? I don't know! And what is Divinity? Why did her tag change directly from 【Evil】 to 【Evil God】?

She is clearly just a poor, weak, and ordinary Expert-tier painter!

Sigh, forget it, things have reached this point, thinking more is useless.

Let's look at the conditions for advancing to Master-tier.

That said, she is currently in the Orc Federation in the real world, where the amount of Ether Information is too low; even if she meets the conditions, she cannot advance anyway.

【Detected Fourth-rank profession 【Qi Painter】】 【Recording profession information】 【Advancement mission generated!】 【1. Employed as 【Painter】, and level reached lv50 (Completed)】 【2. Master at least four paths related to painting. (Incomplete)】 【3. Raise at least one painting path level to lv4 (Incomplete)】 【4. Qi Strength attribute reached lv3 【1000 points】 (Incomplete)】 【5. Create a work, and fame reached at least 【Rising Fame】】 【6. Paint a Spiritual Painting of purple quality, and use this painting to defeat an enemy whose rank is at most 10 levels lower than your own! (Incomplete)】 【7. Collect 100 amazing sounds. (Completed!)】 【Mission reward: Profession 【Painter (Expert)】 advanced to 【Qi Painter (Master)】

Unlock trait 【Multiple Drawing】

Passive skill 【Delayed Trigger】

Active skill 【World in a Painting·Unfold】】(End of chapter)