Chapter 444: Devotion to the Dream

Mainly because Jiang Ye had already pondered in his heart—

Based on the current situation, how could this guy’s “dream” possibly be realized?

What was the most difficult aspect of the present situation?

It was the Sinner Watches!

Because the existence of these things was almost equivalent to letting the “Superior People” of the normal cities directly hold the power of life and death over the sinners.

The lethality of these things against sinners was simply even more outrageous than Lightburn was to dark-type players.

Dark-type players infected with Lightburn would indeed die, but they still had a certain survival time.

There were even extreme cases like Evil Infant Wulie, who survived past zero o’clock after being infected with Lightburn.

But the Sinner Watch was equivalent to a one-click Erasure!

As long as a sinner wore this thing, it was impossible to resist those “Superior People”!

So, in this seemingly unsolvable situation, for Li Ku to realize his dream, he could only—

Stir the waters, then pull people down into them!

To put it simply…

What if, in a short period of time, a large number of “Superior People” fell and became “sinners”?

If, within a time frame the “Superior People” couldn’t react to, they could be made to fall and become sinners…

Then the situation would naturally change.

Perhaps even those former “Superior People” who transformed into “sinners” would voluntarily use their high-tech methods to find a way to break free from the control of the “Sinner Watches”?

But how to change a situation that has already stabilized into a stagnant pool of dead water?

The answer to this question had been revealed by Song Jie not long ago—

The total solar eclipse!

It is known that those “Superior People” need to wear [Blood Skin Coats] during the 「solar eclipse」 to prevent awakening Glyph Pattern Abilities, becoming infected with “exile aura,” and falling into sinners.

So, as long as something was done to the [Blood Skin Coats]…

Making those Superior People wear counterfeit and inferior [Blood Skin Coats] during the solar eclipse…

Wouldn’t that allow a large number of “Superior People” to fall and become “sinners”?

This was indeed a line of thinking.

Of course, this line of thinking had many aspects that currently seemed “unfeasible.”

First of all—

How could counterfeit and inferior [Blood Skin Coats] deceive the eyes of the “Superior People”?

The scene of that youth being devoured by the giant turtle just now had already confirmed—

As long as the [Blood Skin Coat] had the slightest flaw, the “sinner” who made the coat would lose their life.

Under this Ironclad Rule, how to make a counterfeit and inferior coat pass the giant turtle’s verification was the primary problem.

And this should be the information Li Ku’s gaze wanted to convey.

And this information made Jiang Ye’s idea of feeding blood to the giant turtle even stronger.

He had been somewhat hesitant before.

Worried that feeding his blood to the giant turtle might trigger some uncontrollable consequences.

But now it seemed…

It was indeed necessary to give it a try!

However, this “blood-feeding” experiment would later require an additional test to verify the experimental results.

In other words…

After Jiang Ye fed blood to the giant turtle, he would still need to submit a counterfeit and inferior [Blood Skin Coat] once to test whether the giant turtle that consumed his blood was loyal to him.

But this test experiment carried enormous risk!

Once the giant turtle was loyal to him…

Then he, who used the counterfeit and inferior [Blood Skin Coat] for the test, would be instantly devoured by the giant turtle, just like the youth who had luckily submitted a defective coat earlier!

He did not intend to bear this life-threatening risk himself.

So, after careful consideration, he suddenly looked at Li Ku on his left and exchanged a glance with him.

The two still had no verbal communication.

But the exchange of glances was exceptionally clear.

Jiang Ye’s gaze said: Are you willing to devote yourself to your dream?

Li Ku’s firm gaze clearly replied: Willing!

Then…

Jiang Ye turned to confirm information with Song Jie beside him:

“Just now, that youth was devoured because the [Blood Skin Coat] he made was defective?”

Song Jie nodded, thinking wasn’t this obvious? Was it necessary to ask this superfluous question?

But then, Jiang Ye asked again: “I’m just a bit curious…”

“Suppose a certain newcomer was still short of 1 Blood Skin Coat to complete the task, and this newcomer borrowed a coat from a veteran player to submit to the giant turtle.”

“As a result, that coat was actually defective.”

“Then, in the situation where the coat was made by the veteran player but submitted by the newcomer, would the giant turtle devour the veteran player who made the coat, or the newcomer who submitted it?”

Jiang Ye had a vague guess about this question in his heart.

Sure enough, the answer was the same as he guessed—

“Of course it devours the newcomer who submitted the coat.”

Song Jie was very certain: “The coats we make basically belong to whoever submits them.”

“So, except for those newcomers who really can’t make 2 coats, veteran players basically don’t choose to submit coats made by others.”

So…

Jiang Ye nodded, confirming again: “That is to say, once a made coat has a problem, the giant turtle’s judgment standard is to eat whoever submitted it?”

Song Jie nodded: “Right. You see, when we submit coats, it’s like feeding the coat into the giant turtle’s ‘mouth’.”

“During this coat-feeding process, the giant turtle can instantly judge whether the coat is qualified.”

“Once judged defective, the player who fed the coat will be devoured.”

“Alright, I understand.” Jiang Ye nodded, then continued to calmly proceed with the production of his second Blood Skin Coat.

During this production process, he deliberately drew the patterns incorrectly.

At the same time, as if purely out of curiosity, he extended his left hand, which was not holding the needle, into the hole where Song Jie had thrown his two legs.

He really was quite curious about how the existence inside that hole absorbed flesh and blood to provide Power to the “sewing machine.”

It was pretty much as he guessed.

In that dark, lightless hole, his hand felt like it was plunged into a pool of mud-like creatures.

He clearly felt his fingers being enveloped by this mud-like creature.

Then came the painful sensation of his blood being sucked.

After roughly sensing that he was being drained of blood, Jiang Ye pulled his hand back.

The entire process seemed as if he was simply curious about players using flesh and blood to power the sewing machine.

And nothing strange happened on the giant turtle’s body.

Even Song Jie, who noticed this scene from the side, didn’t think much of it.

Next, Jiang Ye continued to complete the production of the second definitely defective [Blood Skin Coat].

Then, he very calmly handed the defective coat to Li Ku and said: “Can you help me try feeding it?”

The earlier eye contact had already confirmed it.

However, Li Ku did not personally devote himself to the dream.

He instead looked at a veteran player to his left and said bluntly: “Can you help him try feeding it?”

That veteran player was naturally also in the appearance of a youth, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, looking somewhat despondent and world-weary.

He almost didn’t hesitate, nor did he ask anything more, and directly followed Li Ku’s instruction.

He took that coat and personally fed it into the right hole of the giant turtle Jiang Ye was sitting on.

That is, he submitted a flawed coat!

In that instant, both Jiang Ye and Li Ku felt quite tense.

In contrast, the youth who was used as the lab rat had eyes devoid of light, as if unafraid of life or death.

The result…

The coat was swallowed into the giant turtle’s belly.

Then, nothing happened.

The lab rat youth’s hand was withdrawn.

He even specifically showed it to Li Ku, and after receiving a confirming glance, the youth returned to his seat.

Next came the eye contact between Jiang Ye and Li Ku.

With just a brief collision of glances, the two returned their attention to the production of the Blood Skin Coats.

Now Jiang Ye could be certain—

He had indeed mastered a method to make counterfeit and inferior [Blood Skin Coats] be judged as qualified by the giant turtle.

But to truly use [Blood Skin Coats] in conjunction with the total solar eclipse to reverse the situation, clearly still required long-term planning.

First of all, he was currently only one person.

Letting one or two counterfeit Blood Coats enter the market wasn’t a problem yet.

But how to send large quantities of counterfeit Blood Coats to the normal cities was a problem.

For such a large-scale project, he first needed to provide a large amount of blood to change the giant turtles’ loyalty!

And this “large amount of blood” would probably require him to use his clones to accomplish!

But the problem was, he currently had no clone ability at all!

Even relying on this batch of 25 “crossed-over” clones probably still wouldn’t be enough!

That is, he needed to find a way to restore his clone talent!

Then, using a large number of clones, feed blood to the giant turtles on one hand, and feed counterfeit coats to the giant turtles on the other…

But after reaching this step, the market entry of counterfeit Blood Coats still faced some risks.

Could it be that the players in the normal cities judged Blood Coats solely by relying on the giant turtles?

What if some strong players could judge problems with the Blood Coats with just their naked eyes?

To reduce this risk, there definitely needed to be some players within the normal cities acting as “inside agents”!

Finally, even if the counterfeit Blood Coats completely deceived the eyes of the players in the normal cities and were worn by them to deal with the 「total solar eclipse」…

When the 「total solar eclipse」 actually arrived, how many of those players wearing counterfeit Blood Coats would actually awaken Glyph Patterns and fall?

If the number of fallen wasn’t large, then the reversed situation would still not be strong enough, and might even alert the enemy, causing a large number of sinners to die on the spot!

So, it would be best to predict the effect of 「total solar eclipse」 + counterfeit Blood Coats in advance.

Even better, if some method could be used to enhance the effect of the 「total solar eclipse」, to increase the fall/corruption probability of players wearing counterfeit Blood Coats…

In short, to completely achieve a full-scale reversal, a meticulous and precise plan was still needed.

At the very least, there was no rush at this moment.

Therefore, for the final two coats, Jiang Ye didn’t cause any more trouble.

This sewing machine class was considered to have passed peacefully.

Only Li Ku knew about his little actions during this class.

Though actually, Li Ku couldn’t be certain whether that coat judged as qualified was truly qualified, or whether the giant turtle Jiang Ye was on had truly defected…

But in his heart, a sliver of anticipation was born nonetheless.

The next two hours were the mine labor reform project.

And this “mine” was not in the School.

These “students” of theirs simply pressed their Sinner Watches against the classroom’s “blackboard,” and were automatically teleported to a dim and cold mine space.

This “mine space” was clearly also different from the “mine” Jiang Ye understood.

It looked overall like it was located inside a huge iceberg.

The surrounding rock walls looked like solid ice.

Even the surrounding air was filled with “immortal mist” created by dry ice, giving a cool, tingling sensation.

And Jiang Ye keenly sensed—

Within this “immortal mist” emanating from the solid ice, there seemed to be mixed a large amount of mist aura!

And it wasn’t the mist gas refined by players in later eras.

It was the genuine, authentic pure mist that surrounded the apartment!

This was very strange.

Players of the later-era Doomsday Apartment could not survive within the mist.

Even getting close would cause intense discomfort!

But these sinner players under the Doomsday Prison setting could directly survive within the mist!

Of course, there was still some discomfort, mainly the sensations of hunger and cold were stronger than in the outside world.

Jiang Ye hadn’t eaten at noon, and in this dim, cold mine space, he felt hunger again.

So he used another grade survival stone given by Xiao Hei.

The time on his watch increased by another 1 year, and the feeling of satisfaction once again overwhelmed the hunger.

At the same time as he performed these operations, he heard a familiar prompt sound in his mind:

[Please collect 10 dan of mist ore within 2 hours!]

Song Jie beside him proactively explained again:

“1 dan in the prompt refers to 100 jin, so 10 dan is 1000 jin. The task volume is quite heavy.”

“However, the consequence of collecting an unqualified amount here isn’t immediate death, but will trigger the 「Additional Punishment」 effect, meaning our survival time will be reduced accordingly.”

“Of course, if we can collect more than 1000 jin, there is also a Probability of triggering 「Probation」, that is, obtaining additional survival time.”

As he spoke, Song Jie extended his right hand, and his five fingernails instantly grew larger and longer until they fell off.

He handed the fallen “nails” to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye looked bewildered: “Use ‘nails’ to mine?”

Song Jie nodded: “Because the mine environment is special, any other tools will be corroded.”

“So the tools we can use are our physical bodies enhanced by Glyph Pattern Abilities, generally choosing nails or teeth.”

“However, my Glyph Pattern Ability cannot regenerate teeth, so I can only use nails…”

“Of course, my nails are quite strong too.”

Saying this, he directly used the giant nail to tap on the ice wall.

Jiang Ye was about to ask where to put the mined ore.

Then he saw a small piece of “ice ore” dug down by Song Jie seemed to automatically disappear…

Then he heard him explain again: “The ice ore we dig is automatically teleported through the Sinner Watch. The specific quantity is also recorded by the watch.”

Jiang Ye, holding the giant nail, also dug a piece of ice ore.

He felt this “ice ore” was quite similar to the “mist milk stones” given by Salvation for driving the Mist Train.

If they were truly the same thing, or even if this ice ore was stronger than the mist milk stones refined by Salvation…

Then using this kind of “ice ore,” perhaps he could mass-produce clones with SSS-level light talent, like that female version pregnant woman clone?

However, just as he was thinking this, the ice ore in his hand automatically disappeared.

This scene made him thoughtful, so he asked Song Jie again: “This ice ore seems to be automatically retrieved by the watch and then automatically teleported? So players seemingly cannot privately hoard this ore?”

Song Jie nodded: “This kind of ice ore is a precious resource, of course it’s impossible to let sinner players privately hoard it.”

So if Jiang Ye wanted to use “mist milk stones” to create SSS-level light clones, he probably could only operate on the entire “iceberg” within the mine?

Jiang Ye was thoughtful in his heart, while also inquiring: “What exactly is this precious resource used for?”

Song Jie, as always, answered every question: “It seems to serve as an energy source in the normal cities, probably similar to ‘electricity’ in our civilization.”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep