Chapter 62: Chapter 60 Heaven’s Mandate Belongs to You Alone

Lin Qianxuan stroked his chin. Since it’s a world disaster, why should he be the only one to handle it?

He had no intention of playing the lone hero.

There is strength in numbers, why not band together?

They can save the world, and he can go about his business.

Let the professionals handle professional matters, everyone doing their part, wouldn’t that be wonderful?

He immediately updated the relevant information in his phone’s notepad and saved it.

After doing all this, Lin Qianxuan quietly watched the game screen for changes.

No changes.

He was a bit puzzled.

So he consulted his in-game character.

[You tried to let others touch the cane, but no one could pass through with it, not even Jiang Mengli could, and you couldn’t take anyone with you across dimensions.]

[In the end, you could only notify the people of the Otherworld Bureau to prepare for potential failure and proceed alone.]

Lin Qianxuan was momentarily stunned.

Was it truly his destiny and no one else’s!!

What was so special about him?

The Dragon Bloodline was shared with him by Chen Long’Er, the “String of Destiny” was given to him by Old Six, and before all this, he was nothing special.

Why was he the chosen one?

This ordained sense of destiny left Lin Qianxuan feeling slightly lost.

“The more you try to escape fate, the more you collide with it head-on…”

Two minutes later, Lin Qianxuan stopped pondering the reasons behind it; he chose to accept reality rather than escape it.

Since only he could change destiny, then he should be the one to change it!

After all, he didn’t want to see the world eroded by the murk.

This was his hometown, the place where he grew up.

Not necessarily full of love, but certainly where he felt most at home and lived most comfortably.

Besides, here were the people he loved and many who had helped him.

Lin Qianxuan thought a moment and began to summarize the information he had gathered earlier.

Soon he discovered something.

He traveled on October 4th and the murk began eroding the world on October 10th.

The prerequisite for the murk to erode Earth was that the world where Gongsun Ying and the others were must be completely buried in murk.

Yet, his previous playthroughs spanned more than ten days.

This implied that the flow of time between the two worlds was different.

These five or six days would be a much longer time in that Divine World.

All in all, this should be his limit for playing time.

Just unsure of the exact duration.

“Anyway, let me first see what the Divine Machine capable of purifying murk in the Divine Strategy Tower looks like!”

…

On his third playthrough, Lin Qianxuan once again devoted his full focus to the game.

He had completely mastered the previous storyline, so this strategy came very easily.

First was the appearance and rescue of the others; after rescuing them, he deliberately showed the bronze walking stick the game character carried to the Gongsun sisters.

The appearance of an old acquaintance’s token, coupled with saving their lives, allowed the String of Destiny to directly link the game character with the Gongsun sisters.

With subsequent strategies, Lin Qianxuan became even more proficient.

He showcased his genius in front of Gongsun Ying and sought to learn the Divine Machine Art from Gongsun Yue, assisting in the repair of the Divine Machines.

Since he had already learned this knowledge in the previous cycle, this time he often pretended not to understand to appear even more remarkable, and the strategy progress improved effortlessly.

However, progress with Gongsun Yue was still slow.

Gongsun Ying, on the other hand, easily reached over fifty percent.

Midway, Lin Qianxuan took the Gongsun sisters to the study to view the Memory Ball left by Gao Ming.

The information recorded inside was obtained by them, making the Divine Strategy Tower a necessary destination for this excursion.

After a rest, the Rebel Army set off towards the Purple Bamboo Mountain.

Within the game, under Lin Qianxuan’s control, the character appeared very proactive, immediately responding to and clearing out small monsters that appeared nearby.

This scene caught Gongsun Yue’s eye, directly increasing her favorability by four percent.

Gongsun Yue still yearned for courage and battle.

More accurately, she longed to follow in her sister Gongsun Ying’s footsteps.

Someone who was always protected also hoped that one day, she could become a protector.

Soon, under Lin Qianxuan’s plot development, the Rebel Army arrived at Purple Bamboo Mountain.

Then they engaged in a great battle in the Purple Bamboo Hall with the Purple Bamboo Noble.

This battle was different from before because the game character brought along some treasures.

Within the game character’s mist, a Spiritual Energy Cannon was quickly assembled.

[Purple Bamboo Noble (furious, face twisted): Spirits of Purple Bamboo Mountain, I need your strength to fight these utterly evil intruders!!]

On screen, the Purple Bamboo Noble once again transformed into that bizarre form fused with countless purple bamboos.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Ying was ready to make her move.

[Gongsun Ying (through gritted teeth, looking at you, saying loudly): Young master, please hold them off for a moment for me.]

[Lin Qianxuan: Miss Ying, leave it to me. You all step back a bit. The power of the Divine Machine I brought might be a bit overwhelming, and I fear it might injure everyone.]

[Gongsun Ying (hesitates for a moment, then nods): Alright!]

Immediately, the game character blocked Purple Bamboo Lord, while Gongsun Ying instructed everyone to retreat quickly.

Once everyone was at a safe distance, the game character showed no mercy and directly operated the Spiritual Energy Cannon, aiming a shot at Purple Bamboo Lord.

“Boom~!”

A loud bang erupted as a blue beam shot out, detonating directly as it neared the target.

“Bang~ Rumble rumble rumble!”

As if the heavens and earth had collapsed, in an instant, the entire Purple Bamboo Lord was shattered, taking with it more than half of the Purple Bamboo Hall.

Amidst the flying dust and rocks, a semi-circular crater over a hundred meters in diameter appeared on the original ground, and Purple Bamboo Lord had completely vanished.

No wonder the Spiritual Energy Cannon costs 50,000 Spirit Crystals per shot; it truly packs a punch.

If there was a mountain in front, this shot would probably have leveled it directly.

With such destructive power, it’s no disgrace for Purple Bamboo Lord to die.

The performance of the Spiritual Energy Cannon shocked everyone.

Gongsun Ying’s favorability surged, and the game character obtained the second Sound Talisman as well.

The surprise for Lin Qianxuan was that he also obtained Gongsun Yue’s first Sound Talisman this time.

[Gongsun Yue (astonished): The Divine Machine you brought, sir, has such might that it may already be comparable to the City Defense Divine Machine [Fallen Moon] that the Celestial Craft Institute once made for Kyoto.]

[Gongsun Yue is amazed by the Divine Machine you used and admires your heroic demeanor in defeating such a formidable foe as Purple Bamboo Lord.]

[Current connection with Gongsun Yue: 36%.]

[Tip: You have obtained a Sound Talisman [Wisdom].]

[Wisdom: The power of thought makes Divine Energy more agile. (Divine Energy control increases by 50%.)]

The background music echoed, quite calm, yet containing an indescribable strength.

On the screen, some tendrils extended from Gongsun Yue’s eyes, meticulously touching each Divine Machine part in her hand.

Beside her was a middle-aged man wearing an accessory resembling glasses.

Although it was their first meeting, Lin Qianxuan instinctively knew this must be Gongsun Yue’s mentor, Wang Zhi.

This person’s face carried a confidence that comes from scholarly achievements, a demeanor only shown when one excels in their field.

[Although your eyes cannot see, they have brought you more sensitive and detailed perception. Feel the structure of the Divine Machine in your hand and memorize it.]

The voice was Wang Zhi’s, calm and kind.

Then came Gongsun Yue’s voice.

[Teacher, I have memorized it.]

The screen froze on Wang Zhi’s slightly surprised expression.

Clearly, he was astounded by Gongsun Yue’s talent.

[Tip: Gongsun Yue’s information has been updated and can be checked via the String of Destiny.]

Lin Qianxuan clicked on Gongsun Yue’s name and found a memory segment called [Black Curtain].

Lin Qianxuan clicked on it to watch Gongsun Yue’s memory.

In an instant, the screen turned pitch black, with nothing else visible.

Only the vague sense of a hand’s outline groping ahead.

[Dad, Mom, where are you? Yue’Er’s eyes hurt so much!]

A childish voice sounded, yet her only response was a beast-like growl.

Lin Qianxuan roughly understood when this memory was, likely the time when Gongsun Yue’s eyes were first tainted by foul energy.

So, her world had already lost its color?

The Eyes of Death bring only more sensitive perception, not the original world she used to see, though she can perceive everything in another way, it’s still different in the end.

To live like an ordinary person, Lin Qianxuan could imagine that Gongsun Yue must have made great efforts.

Lin Qianxuan sighed with mixed emotions.

Living in such a world, almost everyone has their untold painful pasts.

The Gongsun sisters are even considered fortunate; how many, after struggling in pain, never saw hope and ultimately perished in this murky calamity?

Thirty percent favorability is a dividing line; crossing this threshold, Gongsun Yue can already consider the game character a close friend.

In the process, Lin Qianxuan, using an excuse to exchange Spiritual Power Technology from Earth, found plenty of topics with Gongsun Yue, gaining five more favor points.

Gongsun Ying didn’t get jealous or anything, her heart is broad, her nature far exceeding imagination, even willing to voluntarily create a little space for interaction between the game character and Gongsun Yue.

However, Lin Qianxuan wouldn’t neglect Gongsun Ying either; he knows clearly that when conducting dual strategy simultaneously, it’s critical to maintain both relationships well. Otherwise, one might succeed while the other keeps a distance.

Everyone cares about face, once you’ve made commitments, she would never come to be a third party.

Therefore, maintaining ambiguity and pulling at them is essential.

Although this behavior can be considered sleazy, it wasn’t Lin Qianxuan’s first time being a player in the game, and he was quite skilled at it.

Thus, he struck while the iron was hot and, following the last situation, discussed the popular culture of cyberpunk with her, raising the favorability to seventy percent.

This time the favorability rose a bit less because Gongsun Ying didn’t unleash her full power, naturally avoiding injury, and thus didn’t need Gongsun Yue’s help to maintain her Divine Strategy Limbs, exposing her helpless little daughter state.

Lin Qianxuan thought that perhaps next time, he could wait for Gongsun Ying to burst qi with a big move, then use the Divine Machine Cannon to finish off the opponent.

In this way, they could both boost Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Ying’s favorabilities.

He could even personally maintain Gongsun Ying’s Divine Strategy, providing healing.

The relevant Divine Machine Art wasn’t beyond him, and he didn’t lack Divine Energy, so it wasn’t challenging to perform.

Although Gongsun Ying would suffer a bit, to achieve a quicker strategy and gain favorability points, he had no choice but to choose this path.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep