Chapter 3523: Gold Coin and Destiny

To Xia De's very impolite question, Miss Gerde was not angry:

"You are not the first person to ask this question. I can understand your thoughts. After mother was expelled and driven out by the academy, everyone related to her was carefully checked by the academy, for fear that mother would replace normal people with products of human body alchemy... This is something mother could do."

"I am the focus of the academy's attention. Although the academy doesn't study human body alchemy, its detection methods are still very brilliant. I am a naturally born human; there will be no problem with this point."

The conversation ended here. Xia De opened the elevator's fence door and the room door, and then the small hotel first floor appeared before his eyes.

Miss Gerde subconsciously wanted to hide behind Xia De. After leaving the room door, even without looking at what was in front, she could very truly feel the power of the great being that seemed infinitely larger than her own existence.

Not to be peeped at, not to be heard, and even not to be imagined. Just realizing that the god was right in front made her feel as if her soul was pressed by a big mountain.

Xia De moved forward, and she also moved forward. Hearing Xia De express greetings to the god, she also greeted the god softly, and then said nothing, listening to the dialogue between god and man.

"Please allow me to express my gratitude again. It was really thanks to you that I successfully escaped from 【House of the Pseudo-Human】 last time."

Xia De stood solemnly in front of the counter, speaking to the Old God - Lord of the Walls in the image of a bald head behind the counter. The god had not changed since Xia De left last time. He smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter. I helped you, didn't you also come here to help me?"

He should not be referring to these three tasks, but the task Xia De received from the Tree Father, which was "selecting suitable guests for the hotel."

Afterward, Xia De first confirmed to the god that the second task had been completed, and the two interconnected rooms had been separated again. Afterward, he took out the small coffin containing the black dagger that he had brought.

In Xia De's view, the Tree Father's task was actually to select objects from the three companions this time to "check in" to the hotel. Since the demon on Miss Corns had already been expelled, letting the demon stay should also be fine.

He just didn't know whether he needed to let the three witches or all their problems stay, or choose the most suitable one to stay:

"May I ask, can the Dream-Eating Demon - Nagul sealed inside become a new guest of this hotel?"

The god didn't even look at the coffin on the counter and knew exactly what was inside:

"Of course, there are still many empty rooms in the hotel, and this demon is a very suitable guest."

He took out a large bunch of keys tied to an iron ring from under the counter and took off one of them, placing it on the table:

"Send it to the 25th floor. The key will guide you to the room. After imprisoning it, follow the steps to lock the door from the corridor. This key can be counted as a key obtained after you let the guests wandering outside return to their rooms, and can be traded here."

In this way, everyone held two keys. And since the god gave the room key for the 25th floor, Xia De could also go to the 25th floor again to find the room where the Moon Beast was imprisoned.

Since he thought of the "Moon Beast," Xia De couldn't help but think of the werewolf girl. Although he had planned to go to Room 2530 on the 25th floor to check the situation, he still asked the god at this time:

"Do you know that a werewolf witch named Sibyl Bister also once came here?"

The god nodded:

"Yes, she once visited briefly and also came to the first floor to talk to me like you."

The god paused slightly:

"If you want to know her general actions in this hotel, you can use a key to exchange for this information."

Miss Gerde behind Xia De then gathered her courage and whispered to Xia De:

"That demon's key, as long as I don't say it, others won't know. Why don't you go to the 25th floor to imprison the demon and then come down directly to exchange for that item?"

Although she was not clear about the specific things of "Sibyl Bister," she had heard that Miss Novare had been saved by the other party, but she knew very well that Xia De wanted the things left behind by the other party.

Xia De was moved, but he had promised that all keys belonged to everyone, and he also had confidence that he would obtain enough room keys for everyone to distribute during the last visit, so he refused Miss Gerde's suggestion:

"No need for this; it's not entirely my credit to be able to obtain this key."

Afterward, he asked the god again:

"Then may I ask what the third task is? After completing this task, you will be able to open the door for us to leave Whispering Hills, right?"

The god then said:

"The third task is related to the 40th floor. A guest living on the 40th floor disturbed the order of the hotel, causing the entire floor to fall into chaos. Some kind of power makes the 40th floor no longer connected to other floors. What you need to do is find a way to the 40th floor, go to the 40th floor to check the situation, and solve the problem there."

The height of the 40th floor was far higher than the highest floor everyone had explored so far. And compared to simply dealing with evil objects not in their rooms and solving connection problems, this time they had to deal with the trouble of a whole floor, and the difficulty was greater than the sum of the first two tasks.

However, before Xia De could ask for more specific details about this task, the god added:

"I am not deliberately making things difficult for you. After you find a way to the 40th floor, I will go with you to reach that chaotic floor together. After completing this task, anyone willing to leave this hotel can leave through the door I open."

In this way, the difficulty of the task was appropriate. Although the god would definitely not wave his hand to solve the problem directly, this was still better than Xia De and the four witches facing a whole floor of crazy enemies.

"In addition, you completed the second task very well. The 'Spiral' was defeated by you, and the 'Mirror' was also seriously injured because of you. This is an extra reward for you; I am not a stingy god."

He took something out of the simple-style robe he was wearing and placed it on the table. Xia De originally thought it would be a key, but didn't expect it to be a gold coin. This gold coin was a circle smaller than a one-pound coin. One side was the holy emblem of this Old God, and the other side was a house pattern, with the number "1" in the pattern.

For some reason, this coin made Xia De think of the gold coin he took from the 【God's Gift Box】 on Monday. It was also a holy emblem on one side and a number on the other, and it was also made of gold material and had miraculous elements.

"Thank you, but... I should not be able to take this gold coin away, right?"

Xia De said hesitantly. The restriction on bringing items from the future was not strict; low-concentration holy water and similar items could be brought even if not needed for the task. But the restriction on bringing things from the Fifth Era to the Sixth Era was very strict.

The god asked with a smile:

"Think carefully, is there really no way for you to take this gold coin away?"

Xia De held the gold coin hesitantly. As long as the Tree Father didn't give permission, he couldn't take away even a petal of a supernatural plant. And except for the souvenirs each time, the only things he could take away were memories, blessings, and power.

And clearly, this gold coin was neither a memory nor a blessing — the god had already given a blessing last time — and it didn't look like power either.

So Xia De recalled whether he possessed any special ability to take away this coin, and then amidst "she"'s laughter, Xia De suddenly realized a possibility.

He looked down at the coin in his hand hesitantly, and then looked at the god in front of him, asking somewhat incredulously:

"This coin wouldn't be..."

He summoned the "Destiny Manual" and tried to throw the gold coin toward the unfolded big book, and the gold coin was really absorbed by the "Destiny Manual."

When he pressed his hand on the book, a golden six-sided die, a silver twenty-sided die, three brass-colored twenty-sided dice, two black-iron six-sided dice, and a sketch of a gold coin appeared on the page.

Xia De certainly couldn't take away special items, but if it belonged to his "destiny," then the Tree Father would absolutely not deprive him of it.

"This coin is solidified destiny! Points plus one! The gold coin and dice effects are similar, only the gold coin doesn't need to gamble on probability!"

He said somewhat incredulously. The god behind the counter revealed a smile but didn't explain much.

The gold coin taken from the gift box and the gold coin given by the god in front of him now were not "dice," but they could all play the effect of making Xia De's points "forced plus 1" at the end of the story of destiny.

Although it was only 1 point and the value was not large, no one knew whether the final victory or defeat was in that 1 point.

This gold coin was not the solidification of Xia De's own destiny, so like the gold coin of 【Pure Creator】, it should be able to be gifted. And Stella would need them. And even if it couldn't be gifted, Xia De was not a candidate for destiny and didn't need to participate in the final ritual of destiny, but Luweiya and Bella had said that using multiple "Dice of Destiny" at once to obtain larger points could trigger miracles.

Xia De himself didn't have any "wishes" that needed to be realized for the time being, but he was still thinking about Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya's affairs.

"Thank you very much."

He thanked the god behind the counter solemnly again. The god nodded:

"Go, after you find the way to the 40th floor, I will set off with you from here."

"Then I also want to ask a question, do you understand the demon..."

"Some things, you still need to understand yourself."

He refused to answer this question. Xia De was not greedy either, thanked him again, and left with Miss Gerde.

The elevator rumbled, carrying them upward amidst the vibration. Although the two exchanged a lot on the way here, there was not much conversation when leaving. This witch with only mid-level level still couldn't support her spirit after visiting the god.

Xia De originally intended to go directly to the 25th floor. Seeing Miss Gerde in this state, he could only return to the safe house on the 10th floor with her first. ===== CHAPTER 3524 =====