Chapter 601: Talent and transaction! Slave!

Death and being killed are two different things.

One is the result, the other is the process.

Two hundred times is already the limit of what the heart can bear.

If he were really killed more than nineteen thousand times, who could withstand it?

No matter how hard the bones are, they cannot withstand this kind of damage.

Cao An's throat rolled, his butt moved toward Su Yang, and he whispered: "What do you want to talk about?"

Su Yang smiled with relief, "Looks like you've figured it out?"

Cao An changed his unruly attitude and said calmly: "In front of you, I have no choice to live, and even less choice to die; anyway, it's the same result, I am willing to accept everything."

"That's good, I like obedient children," Su Yang smiled.

Cao An felt cold when he heard this tone, but he remained calm on the surface.

He knew very well that Su Yang was a complete King of Hell.

Psychopathic and ruthless.

A little thing that didn't go his way would lead to endless retaliation.

This retaliation was not just on a physiological level; he focused more on the psychological level, doing things that made people collapse.

"What do you want to talk about?" Cao An asked, biting the bullet.

"Anything is fine, astronomy and geography, humanities and history," Su Yang said.

Cao An thought for a while and said: "How much do you know about the outside world?"

"Just the tip of the iceberg, and mostly just speculation," Su Yang said as such.

"Then do you know... the source of faith values?" Cao An asked.

Oh?

Su Yang suddenly became interested, "Tell me what you know."

"Faith value is fundamentally a state of belief, a concrete manifestation of biological spiritual will."

"Simply put, it is the thought of people longing for beautiful things, while incense is a price paid under pious begging," Cao An explained.

Su Yang nodded secretly; this is indeed what Blue Star people would do when praying.

For example, burning incense, burning paper.

Sacrificing to ancestors, respecting gods.

People at the bottom try to change their fate against the heavens in this way.

People at the top try to stabilize their luck, hoping that future disasters and accidents will be fewer.

Feng Shui is essentially a kind of alternative metaphysics, on the same level as beautiful visions.

"The pursuit of safety and happiness by conscious and independent thinking creatures is reflected in ideology, while incense is a carrier of wishing."

"Incense feelings often entrust human pursuit of beautiful things; they believe that gods will naturally bestow blessings after receiving incense, benefiting believers."

"Its essence is actually just a transaction."

"The reason why people invented incense is that they know 'getting something for nothing' is useless."

"Only by paying accordingly can one possibly gain something."

"Therefore, it is the same in any era and any world."

"Only with payment will there be a return," Cao An said.

Su Yang fell into deep thought.

Things seem to be much the same as what he said.

Players exhaust everything to clear the game, not just for survival, but also for status and rewards.

"Have you ever thought that every time you use a talent, it is essentially an act of contributing 'incense'?" Cao An asked in a deep voice.

"Why?" Su Yang didn't understand.

"The prerequisites for each talent use are different, representing different things consumed; there is no free lunch in the world, and talents are the same."

"Maybe it's a hair, maybe it's slapping yourself, maybe it's blinking once."

"No matter which one it is, the player has paid the 'price' accordingly!"

"And these 'prices' will all be offered to the gods as 'incense'!" Cao An explained.

Su Yang frowned, "What about the dead?"

"The dead are even simpler; they may become administrators, contributing faith by completing divine decrees, or they may turn into fish in the sea, becoming the most pious believers without consciousness," Cao An said.

As soon as these words came out, Su Yang immediately recalled the words Zhu Xiang said.

He had seen countless fish gathering together and swimming in the same direction.

This collective behavior is a pilgrimage in his eyes!

So-called pilgrimage is contributing faith.

Thinking of this, Su Yang frowned even deeper, "So... only after meeting the prerequisites for talent activation will the gods bestow blessings accordingly, allowing players to successfully activate their talents?"

"That's right!" Cao An nodded heavily, word by word: "What you are doing now... resurrecting me one hundred and ninety-five times, you have contributed one hundred and ninety-five rounds of faith accordingly!"

"And you, player Su Yang, seem to have taken advantage, but in reality, your slavery has long been rooted in your brain."

"As you play more games, you will become more unable to get rid of your talents."

"You will become more and more dependent on your talents, and your slavery will become heavier!"

"Later on, even if you want to break free, it will be to no avail!"

Looking at his unfathomable eyes, ripples rose in Su Yang's heart.

Indeed, talents are bestowed by gods.

Gene modification is also bestowed by gods.

According to what he said, these rewards seem to be awards given to players for clearing the game.

But in reality, they are just small profits given back by gods after players contribute faith by using talents many times in a game.

Use talent—contribute faith—give reward—upgrade talent—use talent...

Repeating in cycles, forming a closed loop.

Over time, as talents become stronger, players will become more dependent.

It's a simple truth; even if players know that the more they use talents, the heavier their slavery will be, they still can't control themselves.

If you don't use talents, others will.

The game only has two options: clear or die.

If you don't want to die, you must exhaust all means to win.

No matter how smart or ruthless a player is, they cannot defeat a third-tier gene-modified player's punch or a player with a first-tier 'Blood Arrow' talent.

Therefore, on the basis of an unbalanced player ability foundation, talent is the only means to turn the situation around.

Su Yang has lost count of how many times he has used 'Deception'.

To talk about slavery, he has now completely become a slave to his talent.

In other words, his body has long been in the shape of a god.

But the situation is here, and Su Yang cannot not use it.

If there were no 'Deception', he would have died in the Cheater's Tavern long ago.

He would have been shot by the 'Hunter' in the Church Afterglow long ago.

He would have been killed by the Death and Hunger Hunter and Captain long ago.

He would have been beaten into a sieve by countless players in the Song of Blood and Fire long ago.

It can be said that Su Yang without talent is at most a player who is good at thinking, that's all.

All the advantages so far come from the power of talent.

The main gameplay of the game is also aimed at how to use talents more logically.

To put it bluntly, without 'Deception', he is nothing.

But then again, aren't other players the same?

If you really play the game without relying on talents at all, life and death depend entirely on means.

But gods need faith, and what He wants is not player death.

"I advise you, it's better to use talents less; the day you are driven by slavery, you will definitely regret it!" Cao An said.

"No, on the contrary!" Su Yang shook his head with a smile,

"Not only do I want to use it more, but I also want to use it well and correctly."

"Wait until my talent is strong enough to rewrite the rules..."

"The gods will also have to become my slaves!" ===== CHAPTER 602 =====