Chapter 132: The Kingdom's First Miracle

The artillery piece's resentment dissipated, granting Wu Chang an increase of 1 point in Energy, 1 point in Will, and 2 points in Inspiration.

Besides the attribute increases, it also dropped a transparent cubic box the size of a palm.

"Item Name: Future Modification Module"

"Item Type: Special"

"Item Description: When used on firearms or technological weapons, it performs a future modification on the selected weapon, comprehensively enhancing its attributes and granting skills; includes a switchable multi-function expansion pack."

Back in Silent Town, the Holy Light Reforging Charm was used on the Shadow-Reflecting Mask; the arrival of the Future Modification Module perfectly filled the gap in modifications lacking for Silver Dawn.

Moreover, compared to the Holy Light Reforging Charm, the Future Modification Module, specially prepared for firearms, was clearly more suitable for Silver Dawn.

Wu Chang did not hesitate; he immediately took out Silver Dawn, and the moment the two made contact, a burst of blue light enveloped the revolver. Under the effect of the blue light, the revolver disassembled into countless small silver cubes before recombining into a single entity.

When the blue light vanished, a pistol completely different from Silver Dawn appeared before Wu Chang.

"Item Name: Dawn's Weight Hammer"

"Item Grade: C"

"Item Skill: Scorching Bullets."

"Skill Description: Omitted."

"Item Skill: Switchable Multi-Function Expansion Pack"

"Item Description: Dawn's Weight Hammer possesses five expansion modes: Sniper, Penetration, Charge, Bounce, and Explosion. In Auto Mode, it automatically adjusts to the optimal countermeasure mode based on the target type; when switched to Manual Mode, the user can freely select the current mode."

The barrel of Dawn's Weight Hammer was at least one size larger than that of Silver Dawn; it retained the cylinder design, but the ammunition capacity increased from six rounds to eight, and the limit for silver bullets consequently expanded to eight as well.

The caliber increased from the revolver's 0.45 to 0.70; each bullet was nearly as thick as a finger, making it resemble a hand cannon more than a pistol.

Influenced by the Future Modification, the larger caliber brought greater damage, yet the recoil was smaller, and the rate of fire was even faster than before, truly embodying the principle of more quantity for the same price.

Wu Chang put away Dawn's Weight Hammer, lifted his head, and discovered that Han'er had somehow run back and was now standing beside him, gazing at the green sprouts covering the ground.

Han'er's expression was one of disbelief as he asked, "Brother Xiao En, is that monster dead?"

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "It should be dead."

"This is the first time I've seen someone kill those monsters; even those weirdos from the Hunguang Sect, those bishops, couldn't do it," Han'er murmured.

Having witnessed Wu Chang eliminate the tree monster with his own eyes, Han'er's gaze toward him changed; previously, influenced by the Proof of Arrogance, Han'er had cooperated somewhat reluctantly, but now, even without the influence of the Proof of Arrogance, there was a hint of awe in the way he looked at Wu Chang.

With the tree monster eliminated, Wu Chang exited the combat state and was no longer affected by the Blood Moon.

Currently, his Energy was exhausted; if he encountered monsters again, he would need to drink recovery items to replenish his Energy before he could continue fighting.

The skyrocketing prices within the Abyss Game had caused potion costs to surge; especially potions capable of replenishing Energy, which had more than doubled in price. The Energy Activation Potions he had saved during the Wish-Fulfillment Dungeon now cost over four thousand Corroded Silver Coins per bottle.

It wasn't that he couldn't afford Energy Activation Potions, but rather that self-regenerating Energy through Stamina offered better cost-effectiveness.

Furthermore, since tonight's harvest was already substantial enough, he ended his night patrol and asked Han'er to lead him out of the Great Cemetery first.

On the way, he asked Han'er, "What exactly was that monster we encountered in the Great Cemetery just now?"

Han'er asked, "Brother Xiao En, I watched your battle earlier; you must be a clergyman as well. As a clergyman, you surely understand the First Miracle better than I do, so I'll skip that part..."

"Wait." Wu Chang raised his hand to stop Han'er from continuing; he was a speedrunner focused on achieving all accomplishments, not the type of pure speedrunner who skips all plotlines, defeats the final boss, and exits with a single-digit dungeon exploration rate—how could he skip such crucial intelligence?

"Brother Han'er, to be honest, I am actually a foreigner; I am currently traveling around the world, visiting various holy sites. I am extremely interested in everything about the Holy City of Serina, including the First Miracle."

Having witnessed Wu Chang's strength, Han'er became very cooperative, saying, "So Brother Xiao En is a foreign priest; no wonder the power you use is so unique. Since you are curious, I will explain in detail." The country where Wu Chang currently stood was named the Kingdom of Mikel, and the kingdom's establishment began with a miracle.

At that time, the Kingdom of Mikel was still a small city-state.

Legend has it that before the eyes of everyone, an envoy of the gods descended from the heavens and raised a golden throne from beneath the ground for the lord of Mikel City, informing the lord of a god-bestowed land.

Thus, the lord of Mikel led his people to relocate the entire city to the god-bestowed land mentioned by the divine envoy, establishing the current Kingdom of Mikel.

However, the problem was that whether intentionally or accidentally, the divine envoy had constructed a golden throne for the King of Mikel and pointed out the god-bestowed land, yet failed to tell him which specific god had bestowed this reward.

Precisely because of this, adopting an attitude of offending neither side, the Kingdom of Mikel became a multi-sect nation.

The entire nation had no unified official religion; the establishment of any religion would not be obstructed by the kingdom's laws.

In the Kingdom of Mikel, they never cared what religion you believed in; they only recognized whether you could demonstrate a miracle.

If you could demonstrate a miracle, then your religion was sacred and inviolable.

If you could not, then you must continue practicing until you found a way to demonstrate a miracle.

The reason miracles were called miracles was precisely because they were sufficiently incredible and sufficiently rare.

!

Thirty years after Mikel's founding, although the number of sect types within the kingdom reached three digits, not a single miracle had ever occurred.

Perhaps dissatisfied with the chaos of faith in the kingdom, in the 31st year since the establishment of the Kingdom of Mikel, a massive plague swept across the entire kingdom, killing one-third of the population in that great epidemic.

People did not know where the plague came from; they could only send all the infected to an isolated city, leaving them to live or die on their own.

Plague victims suffered immense pain before death, with wails echoing throughout the night; thus, that city was also known as the City of Pain.

The current primary religion of the Kingdom of Mikel, the Spirit Medicine Sect which worships the God of Medicine, could not bear to see people suffer such hardship; the entire sect entered the City of Pain to treat the plague victims day and night.

Then, on one particular night, after witnessing a patient under his care die in agony, the Great Sage of the Spirit Medicine Sect suddenly emitted a radiance.

Under the illumination of this light, the patients tormented by illness gradually calmed down and no longer felt pain.

However, the light emitted by a single person was too limited; even if surrounded by people, his radiance could only cover a few dozen individuals, and once he left, the patients who lost the light would fall back into suffering.

In this dilemma, the Great Sage looked up and saw the moon in the sky.

Thus, his body began to expand and slowly ascended into the air.

Before the eyes of everyone, the massive Great Sage merged into the horizon, becoming one with the moon in the sky.

Bathed in moonlight, all patients in the city were freed from the torment of illness; from that night onward, the moon over the City of Pain remained full, and under the glow of the full moon, people would not suffer pain.

Upon hearing of the miracle in the City of Pain, the King of Mikel designated the City of Pain as a Holy City and renamed it the City of Peace, Serina.

Because of the miracle in the City of Peace, all dying people within the Kingdom of Mikel would gather here to stay away from pain through the miracle, and under the brilliance of the Great Sage, forever fall into peace.

Serina established a massive Kingdom Cemetery to accommodate the ever-increasing number of the dead.

In those early days, both the patients tormented by the plague in Serina and the Spirit Medicine Sect that saved them shared only one wish: for the patients to stay away from pain and attain peace.

Thus came the first miracle.

But as more pilgrims and dying people came to Serina, the people's expectations of miracles grew impure, even brimming with utilitarianism.

Thus, rampant desire sparked the second miracle: Blood Moon Immortality.

Finally, the holiday has arrived—six straight days of work were unbearable; during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, I'll increase updates: at least three chapters per day!

(End of Chapter)