dognovel Chapter 161 Source of Power
Chapter 161 Source of Power
“I’ve heard that the main system will arrange for players to play the role of NPCs in dungeons.” Sun Zhao crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and looked Lou Yanchuan up and down. “When these players play the role of NPCs, they forget their original identity.”
"So you forgot your identity back then?" Sun Zhao asked.
Lou Yanchuan nodded, "In the dungeon, I forgot I was a player."
"Liar," Yan Xun thought. "If Lou Yanchuan had really forgotten, he wouldn't have pulled me aside at the end and said such nonsensical things."
"What I said at the end of the dungeon was true," Lou Yanchuan said to Yan Xun. "Jia Ye is also a god of corruption."
"Although I stole a portion of the faith belonging to Jia Ye by falsely claiming the master's name, Song Baiyuan received Jia Ye's hint in a dream."
Do you think I have the ability to manipulate Song Baiyuan's dreams?
"It was indeed the original Jiaye who entered Song Baiyuan's dream."
Lou Yanchuan pointed to himself, "I just fanned the flames of the series of suicides in the company, causing more resentment to gather in this building. The things that Song Baiyuan buried in the building at the beginning affected the company's feng shui."
"Because the feng shui was affected, my luck was low, which is why I had the idea of going to pray..." Lou Yanchuan looked at Yan Xun, "Didn't He Jingtang also say he wanted to go pray after meeting me?"
"The company boss was superstitious, which naturally gave me an opportunity to take advantage of him."
“Moreover, Song Baiyuan is not innocent either,” Lou Yanchuan said. “If you continue investigating within the instance, you will find that he also tried to kill a new recruit under his command.”
Yan Xun really didn't know this.
"What do you think...?" Lou Yanchuan looked at Yan Xun, "What methods could Song Baiyuan, an ordinary person, use to kill those disloyal people?"
Yan Xun immediately thought of Mu Yuanming.
The other party claimed that he made a vow to Jia Ye, which led to his parents being separated from the Bodhisattva Fairy.
However, based on Yan Xun's understanding of this person, his words were probably 80% exaggerated. Rather than saying that his wish was distorted and fulfilled, it would be more accurate to say that he used Jia Ye's power to manipulate the Chi family tragedy, and then cleanly and efficiently extricated himself as a victim.
Yan Xun frowned. From Lou Yanchuan's words, it seemed that Song Baiyuan was also secretly eliminating those who did not trust Jia Ye.
“Although I persuaded them to believe in Jia Ye, I didn’t convey this meaning to them.” Lou Yanchuan approached Yan Xun. “It was all hinted to them by that evil god himself.”
"Then the marriage between the Fairy Bodhisattva and Song Baiyuan has nothing to do with you?" Yan Xun asked.
"I just did a little trick," Lou Yanchuan gestured a very small distance, "so that neither of them noticed anything was wrong."
Ruan Yun listened for a long time and then asked, "So, why did you put all five of them in one group?"
Aren't you afraid of being exposed?
“It’s good that it’s exposed,” Yan Xun said. He didn’t want to understand Lou Yanchuan’s thought process.
“These people in the group are all celebrities. What could spread the existence of Jia Ye faster than this?” Yan Xun turned off the projector behind him. “What’s your first reaction when you hear that everyone in an idol group is associated with a cult?”
"Just watching the drama unfold?" Ruan Yun blurted out instinctively, "And then I want to search up what this cult is all about."
Yan Xun made an explosion gesture, "And so, the name Jia Ye was passed on."
"He then fanned the flames, saying that they became famous because of their faith in Kagyu."
"Or perhaps it means that as long as you believe in Jia Ye, you can do anything."
"And there's the series of suicides within the company..." Yan Xun said, feeling that Lou Yanchuan must have had a purpose in leaving the video.
"When did you leave the instance?" he asked.
“Right after you left,” Lou Yanchuan said.
No, Yan Xun thought, Lou Yanchuan shouldn't have left the instance so cleanly. If he left like that, how would the rest of the plan proceed...? As if realizing something, Yan Xun looked at Lou Yanchuan, "Were you live-streaming at the time?"
Lou Yanchuan's smile widened even more. "Yes."
Yan Xun imagined the live stream scene—
On the rooftop, Yan Xun, a member of a popular idol boy band, first met with a mysterious person.
He was then stabbed, and the conversation between the two involved keywords such as "serial suicides," "Bodhi Fairy," and "Jia Ye," which not only combined elements of a crime of passion (?), but also mentioned a male celebrity's belief in a cult, which would attract anyone's attention.
At the end of the live stream, they even fell off the roof while clinging to each other; it seemed impossible for them to survive.
It's estimated that everyone who watched the live stream will start searching for these keywords.
But once curiosity sets in, once you start searching, once you learn the truth, that's the beginning of corruption and depravity.
Yan Xun didn't ask Lou Yanchuan where the camera was placed. It was impossible to know if the other party was even in the instance. Placing a live stream camera anywhere would be a piece of cake for Lou Yanchuan.
Now that the instance is closed, Lou Yanchuan has most likely achieved his goal.
"Where will the NPCs go after the instance closes?" Yan Xun asked.
“The data will be wiped clean,” Sun Zhao said. “Just like in a game, they’ll just delete their data.”
After listening for a while, Sun Yue raised her hand and said, "I don't quite understand."
"Which point?" Sun Zhao asked.
"Since the system can delete data directly, why go through all this trouble?" She looked at Lou Yanchuan. "Why not just delete Jia Ye's data directly?"
"Why send the guild leader to seize the faith of the Gaya?"
Li Wu looked at Ruan Yun, "Didn't your guild mention this basic common sense?"
Ruan Yun: "...I forgot."
They all assumed that Sun Yue already had protection, so the other party probably knew these basic facts about the game.
Just as Ruan Yun was pondering how to explain, she saw Yan Xun looking at her with a curious expression.
She paused for a few seconds, then said, "You don't know either?"
Yan Xun: "...Nobody talked to me about it."
Li Wu and Sun Zhao exchanged a glance, then looked at Yan Xun together.
“That’s true.” Sun Zhao nodded. “He hasn’t joined any guild or organization.”
"It was my oversight," Li Wu said with an apologetic expression.
Lou Yanchuan dragged a chair over and sat down. "Now we can let that vice president give the lecture." He glanced at the conference room. "It seems that at least three people in our team don't know this basic knowledge."
Despite the stares of the others, Gu Jia shook her head, "I don't know."
“You’re a pay-to-win player, so it doesn’t matter,” Yan Xun said.
Li Wu coughed and went to the spot where Yan Xun had been standing. Taking Yan Xun's place, he retrieved a lecture PowerPoint presentation from his system terminal and projected it onto the screen.
"This is an open secret within large guilds."
Li Wu looked at the three "newcomers" in the conference room and asked a question—
"What do you think is the source of your power in the game?"