Chapter 78: Infinite Soul Spirits (Second Update)

Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range.

North of the Ancient Battlefield, the Cracked Magma Region.

Continuous volcanoes, like a giant dragon winding and undulating across the earth's spine, stretch across the vast horizon.

Magma surges beneath the crust, accompanied by the smell of sulfur and thick smoke, mixed with scorching heat spewing forth, winding down from the peaks, and solidifying into strips of rock after cooling.

The air here is scorching, the environment harsh.

At the foot of the volcano, a player squad pushes forward with difficulty, enduring the raging Hei Chao Xie Sui invasion.

"Hahaha, broke the record, pushed into a new area."

"Can't take it anymore, I'm about to collapse. Iron Hammer, you take over, I'm going back to catch a breath."

Having spoken, the player named Squad Leader in the team quickly retreated, hiding behind the squad to inhale deeply, restoring health and spiritual energy through the Breath-Eating trait.

Hearing this, Iron Hammer in the team stepped up at this moment, activating the Petrification trait against the dancing horde of Hei Shou Shou Jili, while shouting:

"Hurry up and recover, I'm about to collapse too."

Behind the squad, Blackie, Meng Yuan Chu, and Marbles, fighting in human form, each followed by two Flowing Shadow clones controlled by consciousness, simultaneously summoned fireballs to throw at the surging Hei Chao Xie Sui in unison, each clutching a bottle of spiritual recovery potion in hand to replenish consumption at any time.

The fireballs fell into the surging tide of evil spirits, melting away a large number of evil spirit lives.

Boom!

At this moment, a loud roar suddenly came; amidst the surging Hei Chao Xie Sui, an explosion occurred, and Iron Hammer, holding the petrified state at the very front, was blown several meters away by the explosion's shockwave.

"Damn, it's Ghost Dolls again. How many have we met today? So annoying. Every time they die, they explode."

"Luckily I pulled back just now to heal; otherwise, getting blown up with low health would definitely lock me in the Little Black Room to brood for an hour."

Realizing they had unintentionally killed the newly spawned Hei Chao Xie Sui "Ghost Doll," the players all complained in the voice channel.

The intensity of the Hei Chao Xie Sui climbed, giving birth to three new types of evil spirits.

The most troublesome among them was the Ghost Doll; one careless move and you'd be killed by its death explosion.

But the Ghost Doll's explosion also cleared a patch of the surging Hei Chao Xie Sui, opening up the view for the members of the Toddler Group.

At this moment, Drunk Milk in the squad suddenly pointed a finger toward the sky:

"Look up, there's a big guy."

The gaze of the players followed the direction Drunk Milk pointed; they saw a crimson giant beast with wings fighting a certain unknown creature amidst the dark red clouds, each flap of its wings tearing through the cloud layers.

But the distance was too far; the Toddler Group players could not clearly see what kind of creature was fighting the giant beast.

Just then, the sky giant beast suddenly plummeted from the sky like a meteor, friction with the air creating flames, rushing toward the direction where the Toddler Group members were located.

"It's over, we're going to get crushed to death."

The distance grew closer, yet the members of the Toddler Group didn't even have the thought to dodge.

But just as the sky giant beast was less than a hundred meters from the ground, its wings flapped violently, forcibly stabilizing its form in the air, then it spat a blob of blue liquid from its mouth.

The members of the Toddler Group also saw the analysis information of the sky giant beast at this moment.

【Flame Spirit (First-Generation Meng Yuan Chu)】:

Hunting Level: 138

Meng Yuan Chu Introduction: A first-generation Meng Yuan Chu monster mastering the power of Soul Flame; the flames it releases have the effect of forging souls, causing targets to fall into continuous soul-burning pain. Soul fire attacks ignore the target's physical defense, acting directly on the soul level; the specific damage effect is influenced by the target's spiritual energy strength.

"Holy crap, a first-generation Meng Yuan Chu at level 138, that's fierce?"

"Did it grow up on hormones? This first-generation Meng Yuan Chu could easily crush a fourth-generation Qidi."

Through the explanation of the guide, the members of the Toddler Group all understood that in the Monster World setting, a Meng Yuan Chu monster's hunting level has nothing to do with which generation of Meng Yuan Chu it is.

The generational positioning only proves its growth potential; theoretically, a first-generation Meng Yuan Chu monster could also possess a very high hunting level and can easily kill Meng Yuan Chu monsters with higher growth talents than itself.

But the players of the Toddler Group were still shocked by Flame Spirit's hunting level.

The strength of this Meng Yuan Chu monster was far higher than any Meng Yuan Chu monster the player faction had previously contained; even all the contained Meng Yuan Chu monsters combined were no match for this first-generation Meng Yuan Chu.

Roar!

Wild winds mixed with sound waves swept over, making the Toddler Group players below bare their teeth and grimace, pressing their bodies down.

The Flame Spirit giant beast flapped its wings again, its body enveloped in Xiong Xiong crimson flames; it glanced down at the direction where the blue liquid spat from its mouth was falling, then transformed into a crimson streak of light charging toward the sky, vanishing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

"Almost thought I'd go to the Little Black Room to brood, didn't expect to actually survive."

"Phew, even though it's just a game, Flame Spirit's pressure is so strong; my heart is beating uncontrollably fast, too thrilling."

"Pity it got away; if it dared to land, I'd slide tackle it and deliver a slash with fierce poison to take its life."

"Idiot Blackie, if you don't brag a few times a day, does your whole body feel uncomfortable? If you slide tackle it, you'll just be a snack for its teeth."

The members of the Toddler Group who luckily survived chatted and bragged in the chat channel, the atmosphere joyful.

At this moment, Iron Hammer proposed an idea:

"The blue liquid Flame Spirit spat out just now seemed to wrap something inside; did you see it?"

"Seems like there really was, but I couldn't see clearly... Do you want to go check?" Drunk Milk looked at Iron Hammer with a puzzled expression.

"Yeah, go check. The bold live, the timid starve; at worst, I'll go to the Little Black Room to face the wall and reflect."

Hearing Iron Hammer's idea, the members of the Toddler Group all expressed agreement, believing this game designed many easter egg opportunities; sometimes an unremarkable discovery might bring huge Shou Shou Jili gains.

For example, a very lucky player on the forum, out of curiosity about what was under a pit, accidentally discovered a strange machine and obtained huge opportunity rewards.

When they learned of this news at the time, they were so envious their eyes turned red.

This also made them develop a habit: do not miss any easter egg plots in the game.

The arrival of Flame Spirit just now, in the eyes of the Toddler Group players, could be understood as accidentally triggering an easter egg plot; the spat blue substance might be an extension of the plot.

Missing it would mean abandoning the triggered easter egg plot.

"Buy potions at Shangcheng, replenish status, the Hei Chao Xie Sui is coming."

He cast a distant glance at where the blue liquid had fallen, pulled out a red vial from his iron hammer, and gulped it down in one swallow, then stepped to the front of the group, facing the surging Hei Chao Xie Sui head-on.

Half an hour later.

After a grueling advance, the Kindergarten Squad players finally reached the spot where the blue liquid had fallen.

After slaying the Hei Chao Xie Sui in this area, they saw what was enclosed within the blue liquid.

It was a small creature resembling a cat, with short limbs, covered in fine, soft blue fur; its breath was as faint as a thread, and its body trembled slightly with each inhale and exhale, as if struggling to sustain its vital energy; around it hovered a faint ring of blue mist, adding an air of mystery to this seemingly fragile life.

Its most prominent feature was a three-dimensional rhombus mark on its forehead, like an embedded sapphire, shimmering faintly under the evil moonlight.

Focusing their gaze, analysis data appeared in the minds of the Kindergarten Squad players:

【Infinite (Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu)】:

Hunting Level: 29 (Dying)

Meng Yuan Chu Description: A Meng Yuan Chu monster that wields the power of infinity; its own strength rises or falls with each World Judgment.

Guidance Tip: Killing a Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu grants an additional Painful Painful Minghun reward (tradeable).

……

"Holy shit (x15)"

Seeing the analysis data of this little cat, the Kindergarten Squad members froze in shock.

This was actually a Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu.

Before this, the strongest "Meng Yuan Chu Generation" they had ever encountered was the Fourth-Generation Qidi, which they had never managed to contain.

Yet they had somehow stumbled upon a dying Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu.

Its value needed no explanation—slaying it would surely yield massive Shou Shou Jili gains.

After a brief moment of shock, the Kindergarten Squad members acted decisively, fearing a sudden twist might cause containment failure.

The already weakened Infinite died instantly under the squad's furious assault, dissolving into a blue mist absorbed by a nearby Guidance Avatar.

Instantly, a full-channel notification rang in every player's mind:

【Congratulations! Player Team "Kindergarten Squad Junior Class" successfully contained Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu Monster: Infinite. Reward: 100,000 Shou Shou Jili (shared among team members). Additional Reward: Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu Painful Painful Minghun: Infinite x15】

Infinite (Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu)

Meng Yuan Chu Trait Description: Once every 36 hours, perform a World Judgment roll. Your strength will be strengthened or weakened after the judgment. At initial Level 1, the strength fluctuation range is 1%–500%. The higher the level of the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun, the wider the fluctuation range. Judgment probability is influenced by World Fortune.

Painful Painful Minghun Price: None (players may obtain it through future events)

……

The sudden full-channel notification exploded across forums and regional voice channels, with "Holy shit" flooding the screens.

The Kindergarten Squad members, elated by their reward, hugged each other and cheered, their applause and shouts intertwining.

After the celebration, they opened the Star Vein function menu and decided to embed the "Infinite" Painful Painful Minghun.

Leading the group, Iron Hammer peeled and dismantled the "Resistance" Painful Painful Minghun from his third Star Vein slot, then scanned the right-side inventory panel—there, in the fifth slot of the second row, floated a blue Painful Painful Minghun shaped like a rhombus die.

Using his mind to drag it into the third Star Vein slot and complete the embedding, he immediately felt his body undergoing an unknown transformation—as if some mysterious force flowed within him, rising sharply at first, then calming to stillness within seconds.

After embedding, the usage method of the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun was etched into his mind.

He opened his eyes and attempted to activate the Infinite trait ability.

Instantly, a blue energy die appeared before him, each face engraved with intricate, complex rune patterns, constantly shifting and changing color over time.

Once activated, the die began spinning automatically, accelerating rapidly.

Finally, it stopped on a black symbol, which rapidly expanded before Iron Hammer's eyes until it completely filled his vision.

The Challenger Tip echoed in his mind:

【Challenger Tip: Used Painful Painful Minghun trait ability "Infinite." Roll result: 8. Subject to World Force rejection. Strength weakened by 92% (all embedded Painful Painful Minghun effects affected). Duration: 35 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.】

As the notification sounded, a powerful sense of weakness engulfed Iron Hammer.

His vision darkened; his body felt as if burdened by a thousand jin, and even breathing became excruciating—he had to summon all his strength just to draw air.

"Shit!"

Realizing he had been cursed by bad luck, rolling a hopeless number and having his strength suppressed by World Rules, Iron Hammer's expression turned grim.

At that moment, wild laughter came from his side.

He turned to see Drunk Milk surrounded by faint blue light, raising his hand to conjure a fireball.

This ink-black fireball was utterly different from those he had released before—the center of the burning ink flame formed a twisted vortex, while black substances like lightning arcs danced along its surface, radiating powerful energy waves outward in concentric circles.

"Easy fivefold enhancement. This is awesome."

Drunk Milk glanced at Iron Hammer's constipated expression:

"Oh dear, our Iron Hammer brother seems to have terrible luck—he looks awfully weak."

Hearing Drunk Milk's smug teasing, Iron Hammer flipped him the middle finger:

"Curse you to roll a 1 next time… Come help me, I can barely stand."

At this point, the other teammates had also completed their rolls and received World Judgment buffs—but only Drunk Milk, Black Ball, and the Class Leader had gained enhancements; the rest had all rolled weakening results.

This left the Kindergarten Squad members bewildered.

The Infinite trait's effect didn't seem as powerful as they'd imagined—they couldn't understand why, with a 1%–500% fluctuation range, the probability of a weakening result was so high.

To resolve their confusion, Iron Hammer, as the leader, posted a help request on the forum.

【Guys, big trouble—the Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu effect doesn't seem nearly as strong as we thought.】

Poster: Junior Class - Iron Hammer

Content: Uh, before you scold me, I'm sure everyone saw the notification—we got lucky and landed the final blow on a dying Sixth-Generation Meng Yuan Chu, but we've hit a snag with the ability…

Right now, out of 15 rolls, only three got enhancements; the other twelve all got weakenings. The probability of gaining enhancement seems too low. I'm not sure if it's just our bad luck or if there's an actual problem with the odds—any experts here want to analyze this?

The Kindergarten Squad's post quickly drew massive attention from players, including several strategy-focused players who commented.

Nightfall Approaches:

Cursing first, you truly deserve to die. Even a 6th Generation Meng Yuan Chu can be picked up; how many years of lifespan did you burn playing this game?

Below, I will analyze and explain your situation.

The Infinite Painful Painful Minghun mentioned in its analysis that the judgment probability is affected by "World Luck." This is obviously the reason your probability of being judged in a weakened state is high. My understanding of World Luck is that it is a special attribute similar to luck. Currently, the game has no introduction to such an attribute, but it is certain that the attribute of luck must exist.

I tested two Painful Minghuns related to luck in the Painful Painful Minghun Library of the Testing Tower.

Below are the analysis screenshots of the two Painful Minghuns.

【Good Fortune (4th Tier Meng Yuan Chu Painful Painful Minghun)】

Meng Yuan Chu Trait Introduction: After equipping this Painful Painful Minghun, you receive a World Luck buff from the Monster World, and your fortune is improved.

【Fortune Affinity (5th Tier Meng Yuan Chu Painful Painful Minghun)】

Meng Yuan Chu Trait Introduction: After equipping this Painful Painful Minghun, you receive a World Luck buff from the Monster World, and your fortune is improved.

The performance of these two Painful Minghuns in the evaluation was extremely poor, with a combat power boost effect of 0.

At that time, I opened a Painful Painful Minghun strength voting post, and both of these Painful Minghuns were classified among the ten weakest Painful Minghuns. Although their tiers were high, there was simply no practical use for them.

The performance in the test was the same. After equipping Good Fortune and Fortune Affinity, the damage simulated monsters dealt to me did not decrease by a single bit; there was no lucky dodge.

But now I understand the function of these two Painful Minghuns.

The effect of the Luck buff only takes effect when possessing a Painful Painful Minghun with judgment probability.

Just like the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun you are using now, paired with Fortune Affinity and Good Fortune, or even later accommodating and equipping other similar luck-boosting Painful Minghuns, the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun will become extremely powerful.

With various Luck buffs on your body, the probability of rolling a buffed effect will inevitably increase significantly.

Theoretically, if you equip a pile of Painful Minghuns with Luck buffs, you will roll a buffed state every single time.

More importantly, 1%-500% is only the fluctuation range of a Level 1 Infinite Painful Painful Minghun. When you upgrade the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun to Level 10, Level 20, this fluctuation range will increase.

Assuming a Level 100 Infinite Painful Painful Minghun provides a buff fluctuation of 1%-5000%, you can imagine how terrifying the buffed effect brought by the roll judgment would be in a case of good luck.

What about a Level 500 Infinite Painful Painful Minghun?

Although the trait of the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun relies on luck, its upper limit is extremely high, and its strength absolutely crushes all existing Painful Minghuns.

The downside is that its lower limit is also the lowest among all Painful Minghuns. In a case of bad luck, it is far weaker than a 1st Generation Meng Yuan Chu. If your foundation is poor and you roll 1%, I'm afraid a sudden gust of wind could blow you to death.

Combining the above analysis, without the buff of a Luck-type Painful Painful Minghun, the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun can only provide a momentary thrill occasionally. I do not recommend unlucky players to equip and use it.

As for players who have already equipped it, my suggestion is to continue using it. After all, once an equipped Painful Painful Minghun is removed, it will be disassembled. If you want to buy it again, you won't be able to. The Infinite Painful Painful Minghun is the only special Painful Painful Minghun in the game that has not been opened for sale.

Xiao Ban - Hammer (OP) replied to Night is Coming: Thank you, Brother Night, for the analysis. I understand what is going on now.

Wo Si Ni Die: I am not interested in Painful Minghuns that require luck judgment, but I am interested in the Shou Shou Jili produced by your accommodation of Meng Yuan Chu. Hammer, contact me immediately. I haven't seen you produce Shou Shou Jili for a long time. If you don't sell Shou Shou Jili, how can I become stronger? (God of Wealth Red with Anger. jpg)

Soul-Stealing Messenger: Hello, this lucky player. Judging by my game ID, you must know what my job is. I want to ask, have you had your fun? If you're done having fun, it's time to come with me. Your mortal lifespan has been exhausted. Don't use your lifespan to play games in your next life. (God of Wealth Strikes Down with a Blade. jpg)

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng gazed at the Infinite imprisoned in the 18th cell of the Accommodation Wall, analyzing the information feedback in his mind.

This 6th Generation Meng Yuan Chu can produce 15,000 Shou Shou Jili for him every hour, and 360,000 Shou Shou Jili revenue for him every day.

The good fortune of the Kindergarten members has brought him continuous, massive Shou Shou Jili revenue.

With this 6th Generation Meng Yuan Chu, the progress of recruiting players will also be improved.

As for why he has not opened the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun for other players to purchase and use, it is mainly related to the special nature of the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun.

Without the buff of an appropriate Luck-type Painful Painful Minghun, the randomness of the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun's trait is too great and may not have a positive effect on player growth.

If a low-point judgment is rolled, the player will completely lose combat ability within 36 hours.

Suppose the player legion goes to war with the Black Tide. If all players roll the World Judgment and the strength of the vast majority of players is weakened, this will seriously affect the direction of the war situation.

For Qi Sheng, who wants to build a powerful player legion, the stable revenue in his eyes is far higher than uncertain revenue.

From the perspective of stable development, this kind of purely luck-based Painful Painful Minghun is not suitable for mass distribution.

So he closed the sales channel for the "Infinite Painful Painful Minghun" and changed it to probabilistic distribution during future events, such as lottery activities.

Only when he has accommodated a large number of Painful Minghuns related to increasing luck in the future will he consider completely opening the purchase permission for the Infinite Painful Painful Minghun.

(End of Chapter)