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Chapter 42 Spiritual Pattern Master
After chatting for a while, everyone returned to their seats and rested while absorbing the crystal cores.
Yu Yao and Chi Heng arrived at the corridor on the sixteenth floor and sat against the wall opposite the two offices where their teammates were resting, and began their night watch.
Time passed slowly, and neither Yu Yao nor Chi Heng spoke, quietly waiting in the corridor.
Yu Yao had been staring blankly into space when Chi Heng suddenly spoke up.
"Xiaoqi."
"Ok?"
Are you afraid of betrayal...?
"Ah."
After Yu Yao finished speaking, Chi Heng was silent for a moment, and then said, "I know you have a secret."
Yu Yao was slightly taken aback and did not respond.
Chi Heng continued, "Although we've only known each other for a little over a day, I still want to say that from the first moment I saw you, I inexplicably felt that I should trust you."
"..."
"You don't believe me?"
"Ah."
Chi Heng chuckled softly, "I understand. It's indeed hard for people like us to be trusted. If we're talking about normal behavior, my attitude isn't right either."
Logically, shouldn't he have given her some gifts to get rid of her and prevent her from pestering him?
Why is it that they're the ones who've become involved with her?
Chi Heng paused for a few seconds, then said, "We all know that it takes a lot of courage for you to choose to integrate into a team and even show us your abilities."
"Yes."
"To put your mind at ease, I do have a plan."
As he spoke, he slowly drew a dagger.
Seeing Yu Yao's suddenly wary gaze, he lowered his eyes and continued, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."
"So what do you want to do?" Yu Yao wasn't scared, she just genuinely didn't understand what he was planning.
Chi Heng smiled and said, "There are actually many people in this world with special abilities. I don't know many, but I do know one method that cannot be betrayed."
Yu Yao: "?"
After he finished speaking, Yu Yao watched as he placed the dagger in his palm and drew a deep bloody mark on it.
Then, to her astonishment, he gently took her right hand.
The moment the blood dripped into her palm, he suddenly began chanting a spell that Yu Yao couldn't understand.
The next instant, a strong golden light transformed into complex runes that swirled around the two of them.
Rotating and swimming.
After a while, it finally transformed into two golden streaks of light and entered the space between Yu Yao's and Chi Heng's eyebrows respectively.
Yu Yao's pupils gradually dilated.
Blood pact.
Who is he?
Although Yu Yao did not understand the power of contracts, the energy of contracts told her.
Once a blood pact is formed, it cannot be betrayed.
If Chi Heng harbors ill intentions towards her, she could destroy him with a single thought!
The premise is that he must have bad intentions.
It is somewhat similar to the Soul-Locking Curse in Luo Mei's sea of consciousness.
"you......"
"In many people's minds, people like us have no bottom line. Even I think so myself. Nobody knows when I might have bad intentions. So let's just solve the problem at its source. In the future, with me keeping them in check, they won't hurt you. You can rest assured."
Yu Yao frowned as she looked at the fleeting crimson curse mark in his palm, thinking he was exaggerating a bit.
"You're not that bad. We've only known each other for such a short time, it's not like you'd drag your teammates into this mess with me."
Chi Heng smiled and said, "It's precisely because we haven't known each other for very long that I'm worried you won't open up to us. That would only push us further apart, and that's not what I want to see right now. I hope you can give me more trust and try to relax a bit."
He admitted that he had selfish motives.
This is the fastest way to gain Yu Yao's trust, and it also allows her to relax and integrate into their group more quickly.
No feelings?
There will be in the future.
No bonds?
He just tied him up by force!
Ji Yan, from the military, has too many people who want to take her away.
Someone has to be brave enough to take the first step to earn her trust.
Yu Yao showed no excitement, and was even unable to understand it.
Are all mercenaries this ruthless?
"Aren't you afraid I have bad intentions?"
“I’m not afraid. This is just insurance, not a leash on me. As long as I have no bad intentions, you can’t do anything to me. If I do, it’s my own fault.”
Would he really be so foolish as to easily hand over his life to someone else?
This is merely a means of restraint, restraining only his own evil thoughts.
"What about the others?"
“They can live just fine without me.”
Yu Yao scoffed, "But they would hate me so much they'd want to kill me."
Chi Heng smiled faintly, her smile radiant. "In that case, I can't possibly have any bad intentions towards you. Otherwise, it would harm all of us, wouldn't it?"
Yu Yao narrowed her eyes slightly, "What are you after?"
Chi Heng looked at her very seriously, "I just want to hold on to you as tightly as possible."
It wasn't about love; I just knew I should hold onto her!
If she does nothing, she will likely leave sooner rather than later.
If they still leave after doing all this, it only proves that they really don't have the ability to keep her, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
"..."
Hasty!
Extremely sloppy!
"You're really sick in the head," Yu Yao said calmly and sincerely.
Unexpectedly, Chi Heng burst out laughing after hearing this.
He laughed for a long time, his laughter rising from a low note to a high one, clear and melodious. It was the first time Yu Yao had ever seen him laugh like that since she had first met him.
He said, "If you're not sick, you can't do this kind of work."
"Oh. As long as you're happy."
As for who Chi Heng really was, she didn't intend to ask.
As long as it's confirmed that he can't harm me, that's enough.
......
Soon, the clock struck midnight, and a new day began.
Having calmed down, Yu Yao leaned against the wall and casually clicked to sign in.
A few seconds later, she opened her eyes in surprise.
This system is great! I've gotten some good stuff from signing in!
Because of Chi Heng's divine blood pact.
Her check-in reward for today was titled "Divine Inscription Master Inheritance".
It seems that the system check-in and the equipment drops are related to current events and the people around us!
In the online game "Rebel Against Fate", there is an extremely rare and precious profession called "Spirit Rune Master".
This means inscribing spirit patterns onto equipment to enhance its additional capabilities and potential.
In the hands of a top-tier spirit pattern master, even the lowest-grade ordinary ring can be transformed into a divine artifact.
The level of a spirit rune is determined by the player's character level.
In other words, Yu Yao is currently level 14, so she can only inscribe level 10 spirit runes on her equipment at most.
Once her level exceeds 100, she will automatically advance to a top-tier Divine Inscription Master, easily crafting divine artifacts.
Wonderful!
This allows her to add spirit runes to existing equipment, increasing its secondary attributes and quality cap.
Our combat effectiveness has reached a new level!
Yu Yao immediately chose to fuse with the divine rune master's inheritance.
The next second, she felt a surge of immense energy in her mind, making her dizzy.
Chi Heng noticed her unusual behavior immediately and turned his head to ask, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
For a moment, he wondered if the blood pact had any side effects on her body.
Yu Yao's dizziness only lasted for two or three seconds before it ended, and she gained all the memories of the spirit pattern master.
She looked at Chi Heng, her clear eyes shining like stars, and a smile appeared on her lips.
"I'm fine, it was just an accident." She spoke casually, not at all like someone who was in trouble.
But Chi Heng was still unsure. "Are you really okay? I can keep watch by myself. You can go and rest."
Yu Yao waved her hand and said, "I'm really fine, I'm not tired and I can't sleep."
"...What about what you just did?"
The concern in Chi Heng's eyes seemed genuine. Yu Yao thought about it, and two little voices in her mind were fighting fiercely.
One person said, "Why tell him so much? Aren't you afraid he might have bad intentions?"
One person said, "The blood pact has been formed, how could he have bad intentions?"
How could someone who can form a blood pact be an ordinary person?
Moreover, as time goes on, many things will eventually come to light, so it's better to say them in advance to avoid having to go through the trouble of covering them up.
In the end, he decided to let Chi Heng know.
Have you ever heard of a spirit rune master?
"What?" Chi Heng had obviously never heard of it.
Yu Yao thought for a moment, then continued, "I've never told you before that I actually have another special ability called 'Spirit Extraction'."
Chi Heng looked at Yu Yao quietly, though he didn't understand what "spirit extraction" meant.
But he didn't urge her to ask; instead, he waited for her to speak slowly.
Seeing this, Yu Yao continued.
"It involves using superpowers to extract the remaining energy from zombies or mutated animals and plants when killing them, and then condensing it into various equipment or items. For example, the protective barrier that pops out of Amei's body when she is in danger comes from a talisman."
Chi Heng's long eyelashes twitched slightly, and his expression froze for a moment.
"Kill monsters and get equipment?"
Almost identical to Luo Mei's response.
Yu Yao couldn't help but chuckle, "Yes, Amei asked the same question back then."
Chi Heng paused for a moment, then smiled.
"I never imagined there were such amazing superpowers."
"...Hmm, the superpowers of superhumans...are all sorts of strange and wonderful."
Chi Heng nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
"I didn't expect you to have such amazing abilities, but for your safety, it's best not to reveal them to others easily."
"Of course, I won't tell anyone else."
Chi Heng's lips curled slightly as he asked, "So what does this have to do with the spirit rune masters you mentioned?"
"Don't you know? The spell you just used is actually very similar to a spirit rune. The only difference is that one uses blood as a catalyst, while the other requires energy."
Yu Yao paused, feeling that explaining would be even more troublesome.
He simply took out a plain platinum ring that he had casually picked up from a shopping mall, and a transparent crystal core from his spatial storage.
He manipulated them to fly in front of him, and then, under Chi Heng's curious gaze.
He recalled the inherited memories he had just received.
The essence of spirit patterns is actually extracting energy from crystal cores.
Then, through the abilities of the spirit pattern master, they are condensed into different spirit patterns.
Different spirit runes have different functions, and the additional attributes of spirit runes are limited by the attributes of the extracted crystal core.
In other words, if Yu Yao wants to inscribe an inscription on her equipment that enhances fire-type magical attacks, she can only extract energy from fire-type crystal cores.
If she wants to inscribe a spatial inscription, she can only extract energy from the transparent crystal core.
Furthermore, the strength of the inscription is limited by the crystal core level and the spirit master level.
Having decided on the inscription she wanted to engrave, Yu Yao flipped her hands and began to quickly form hand seals.
As her jade-white fingertips moved, a dazzling light was extracted from the transparent crystal core.
Then they transformed into countless shimmering, unnamed characters, leaping from her constantly forming hand seals and obediently lining up to enter the ring.
The ring shone brightly as a result, until the last character disappeared into it, at which point the light subsided and it slowly fell into Yu Yao's palm.
The plain ring that was just a moment ago has become more exquisite and lustrous, carrying a mysterious and profound energy.
Yu Yao checked the quality of the ring.
Level 10 spatial ring, space size 10 square meters, no time-stopping function, cannot preserve food, cannot store living things.
Ugh, really not good!
Yu Yao frowned in disdain and placed the ring in front of the stunned Chi Heng.
"My skills aren't quite there yet; I can only make some simple equipment. Take a look."
Chi Heng stared at Yu Yao's pale face, slowly raised his hand to take the ring, and then his pupils slowly dilated.
"This is?"
Have you ever heard of Taoist talismans, or the inscriptions in cultivation novels?
Chi Heng nodded: "Mm."
"This is similar to the principle of talismans, which involves inscribing runes with different functions onto a medium. When inscribed on paper, it becomes a talisman; when inscribed on clothing, ornaments, or weapons, it becomes equipment with special abilities."
As she spoke, Yu Yao took out an explosive talisman and explained, "This is an attack talisman. Once activated by inputting your supernatural power, it is equivalent to the combined power of ten hand grenades."
Chi Heng took the explosive talisman and examined it carefully, discovering that the pliable yellow paper was covered with complex and incomprehensible characters.
It's somewhat similar to the characters that Yu Yao just displayed from her fingertips, yet it seems a little different.
Yu Yao continued, "Spirit rune masters can empower ordinary equipment, and they can also empower some special equipment dropped by monsters to improve its quality."
Chi Heng lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time, clutching the explosive talisman.
He then naturally returned the newly created spatial ring and explosive talisman to Yu Yao, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for being willing to tell me about this."
Yu Yao put away the explosive talisman, played with her spatial ring, and said in a relaxed tone, "If there's something you don't want to say, you can't hide it forever." No.
She will inevitably have to keep the game system a secret for the rest of her life.
However, she had to find a reasonable explanation for all the special abilities that the game brought.
Chi Heng looked intently at Yu Yao and said, "Your abilities are too unique. Try not to expose them to others. Human greed and the terrifying nature of people are not to be tested. If they must be exposed in the future, you can pin the blame on us."
He repeatedly reminded me of this matter, and was even willing to take the trouble upon himself.
Yu Yao's pretty eyes lifted slightly, her smile radiant.
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you guys to take the blame for me."
Chi Heng's fingertips twitched slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his cold face.
"Don't blame us for stealing your thunder later."
Yu Yao quickly waved her hand, "Forget it, I can't enjoy this kind of good fortune."
Chi Heng's chest trembled, and he chuckled softly.
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