Yingye didn't speak any more. She sat on the ground, holding the tip of her tail with both hands and stroking it gently.
In this desolate underground tunnel, her figure was quite lonely.
It was as if she was following her own memories, returning to the time when she was still a weak soldier and stood on the execution platform.
Surrounded by a circle of her tribe, there may also be her relatives or close friends.
The proud queen stood in front of the stage and listed her crimes one by one. She was innocent, but no one spoke up for her.
She could even see the schadenfreude and cold ridicule in the eyes of the tribesmen around her.
Qi Ge sighed inwardly.
Even though Yingye is now a legendary hero, she still has such a lonely past.
Yingye was silent for a long time before slowly speaking:
"That was the biggest crisis in my life, but it was also the biggest opportunity in my life.
The queen's power is so powerful that I can't resist it at all.
She had countless ways to kill me, but she chose the wrong way.
This is her misfortune, but it is my luck.
She chose to completely petrify me, that is, to petrify me at the moment she killed me.
In this way, I will become a stone sculpture and become part of her palace collection to scare those disobedient Medusas.
Under her attack, my body gradually turned to stone.
But the process of my body becoming petrified finally made me understand the most important part.
I put the last piece of the puzzle together, and I finally understood the nature of petrification."
Yingye paused and said:
"It's ridiculous to say that if there was no queen, I might not be able to muster up the courage to let others completely petrify me on my own.
In a sense, she helped me."
"The force of 'petrification' is a wave, similar to the vibrations in the air of sound, similar to the waves of water spreading on the surface of the water.
As long as the "petrification wave" is transmitted to a living creature, it can cause the creature's most basic yasha energy to resonate, causing the yasha energy to deform, ultimately changing the state of the creature.
The "petrification wave" will quickly decompose in the air, so the Medusas must be close enough to petrify the creatures they come into contact with.
The process of "petrification wave" affecting living things is very unstable. Once a living thing is attacked, the petrified state will be broken.
Even if it is left alone, once time passes, the power of the "petrification wave" will be exhausted, and the petrification will be automatically lifted due to the instinctive resistance of biological consciousness.
Only by killing the creature with the final blow and subjecting the creature to the "petrification wave" can the petrification be completely retained.
Because living things die and lose consciousness, they cannot remove petrification from within themselves.
When I fully realized the nature of petrification, all the experience points I had accumulated over the years were consumed, allowing me to break through my bottleneck.
I successfully advanced to the level 5 miracle unit - Medusa Sage.
This is a unit that has never appeared in the history of Medusa, and is a completely different branch from Medusa's theological advancement route.
Medusa Sage's power is so powerful that even if the rank is the same, the queen is no match for me.
I defeated the original queen, Pope Medusa, and turned her into stone in front of all the Medusas.
I have also successfully opened another path of advancement that is completely different from theology. I do not rely on God, but only rely on my own path. I call this path science!
Study the laws of the world, master the laws of the world, and ultimately change or even strengthen the laws of the world.
This is my path!"
Qige feels that Yingye is a bit handsome at this moment.
In the world of Yasha, a world with a real God of Creation and various true gods, we must study the laws of the world without relying on God.
No matter whether this path is right or not, whether it can be passed through or not.
Yingye dares to take this path, which is a kind of bravery in itself.
Like Sir Mrak, Sosa, and Adela, she exudes the brilliance of an idealist.
They are in different environments, but they all choose the ideal that transcends the environment.
Sure enough, every legend who relies on his own strength to get out of the way is not simple.
"It's so beautiful."
Qige couldn't help but sigh.
"This unswerving and uncompromising look for one's own dream is so bright that it shines brightly."
Speaking of this, Yingye seemed a little embarrassed. She twisted twice and turned the tip of her tail left and right several times before continuing:
"If the story ended here, it would be a perfect story.
It's a pity that something happened a little, little, little accident."
Yingye stretched out her hand and made a "pinch" gesture with her index finger and thumb, indicating that the accident was very small.
Qige sneered silently in her heart.
Haha, I believed your lies. The more you deliberately emphasize it, the more it shows your guilty conscience.
There is a universe at your fingertips, right?
Yingye continued:
"After I became the Medusa Sage, not only did I not stop researching petrification, but I became even more obsessed with it.
I realized a problem, since "petrification" is an unstable wave that can easily decompose.
Then as long as this wave is made stable and difficult to decompose, wouldn't it be possible to remotely petrify living things?
So, I started a lot of research.
Unfortunately, my research seems to have reached a bottleneck.
I wasted a lot of time and got nothing in the end.
So I changed my mind and started researching other things.
For example, how to improve the movement speed, vision, range, health, etc. of the Medusa family!
The earliest version of [Earth Boat] was developed while studying how to speed up the movement of the Medusa clan.
Later, the scope of my experiments even began to involve understanding the truth of the world.
For example, how resources are formed, the principles of troop advancement...
I made many conjectures, tried a lot of experiments, discovered many new principles, and falsified many of my own conjectures.
This has accumulated a lot of experimental data and experience for me.
With rich accumulation, it will be much easier to return to the study of petrochemicals.
In the end, I succeeded and failed.
I used the principle that "waves" can reflect and successfully developed an extremely powerful petrochemical wave.
I call it [Petrified Reflection Wave].
[Petrochemical Reflection Wave] can continuously reflect in the air, and absorb the energy of submersible sand in the air during the reflection process to maintain its own stability.
Relying on the invention of [Petrified Reflection Wave], I advanced to the level 6 mythical unit Medusa Great Sage, and started the road to heroism.
But I discovered tragically that [Petrified Reflection Wave] is uncontrollable.
It will spread out with my voice and my eyes.
Even if a creature looks at my face, it will trigger a counterattack.
Even I can't interrupt the petrification process of other creatures.
Fortunately, after petrifying three rabbits, two chickens, and a skeleton soldier, I discovered the problem of petrified reflected waves in time and did not leave the laboratory and return to the tribe.
Otherwise, I might become the queen who massacred the most people in the history of the Yingye Tribe."
Woo!
Qige almost couldn't hold it in anymore.
This is obviously a sad story, why do I want to laugh so much.
He quickly used the question to hide his smile:
"Your Majesty Yingye, what happened next? Did you successfully solve the problem of petrified reflected waves?"
Yingye's voice was filled with a touch of sadness:
"No.
After research, I found that the stability, sustainability, and controllability of [Petrochemical Wave] are an [Incompatibility Triangle].
As long as stability and sustainability are improved, controllability will definitely be poor.
To improve controllability and sustainability, stability will definitely not work.
Improve stability and controllability, and sustainability will become extremely poor.
As for my [Petrified Reflection Wave], its stability and sustainability have reached its peak, so there is no controllability at all.
Moreover, [Petrified Reflection Wave] has become completely integrated with me as I advanced, and has become my special skill, which cannot be stripped away."
Qi Ge understood it, so he changed it to military special skills to understand.
Remote petrification, increases the duration of petrification, and controls whether to turn on petrification. These three cannot be satisfied at the same time.
If you want to be able to control it remotely, the duration of petrification will be very short.
If you want petrification to last for a long time and still be controllable, you can't do it remotely.
If you want to be remote, the petrification will last for a long time, so it will be difficult to control.
Yingye has fully used the ability to remotely petrify and extend the duration of petrification, so her control over the petrification stunt is 0.
What a sad story. Please allow me to observe three silences.
Hahaha!
Yingye didn't realize that the unscrupulous Qi Ge was so happy that he couldn't stop, and continued:
"My [Petrified Reflection Wave] is too strong and too uncontrollable.
Even when I look in the mirror and hear my own voice, I will be petrified, but the rate of petrification is very slow and can be interrupted by myself from the inside.
I can interrupt my own petrification process, but I can't interrupt the petrification process of other creatures.
This made me afraid to leave the laboratory at all.
I have no choice but to complete the journey of becoming a hero in the laboratory, hoping to see if becoming a hero can control my petrification ability."
Yingye pointed at herself and said helplessly:
"As you can see, it doesn't work at all.
Even now, after I have become a legend, it still doesn't work.
So after I became a hero, I could only make a mask that could isolate the [Petrified Wave] and cover my face.
At the same time, learn ventriloquism without making sounds from the throat.
This allowed me to barely go out and move around.
But I must always be careful not to let the mask fall off, not to have cracks in the mask, and not to use my throat when speaking, especially when I'm patrolling the tribe.
Otherwise, I will massacre the city accidentally.
It was hard to get used to it at first, so I had to force myself to adapt. Fortunately, I haven't had any problems in all these years.
This mask on my face is the 236th version I made.
Although it is very troublesome to put on, it has good performance and is not easily damaged. It also has a cleansing function, which can make the skin whiter, smoother and more shiny."
Seven Pigeons:???
Wait a minute, what kind of weird function is this?
It turns out that you are wearing a high-end facial mask on your face?!
After seeing Yingye finish speaking, Qi Ge quickly comforted:
"Your Majesty Yingye, don't be sad.
The road to pursuing science is always full of ups and downs and twists and turns.
We may and will encounter various mistakes and problems, and danger is always with you and me.
But none of this can stop us, let alone stop us from exploring science and truth!”
Yingye pinched Qige's cheek and said angrily:
"You actually used what I just said to comfort me, which is not sincere at all.
Can’t you make one up yourself?”
Qi Ge was having fun and said:
"Your Majesty Yingye, I think your words are absolutely wise!
I'm a stupid person, I don't know how to praise people, and I can't make up anything better."
Yingye's voice rose: "Listen to what you say, are you still an honest person?"
Qi Ge slapped his thigh and said in a loud voice:
"Honest! I'm too honest.
My dad often says that my child has been honest since he was a child.
There's nothing you can do about it, you're born with it and you can't change it."
"hehe."
Yingye laughed twice, and her voice regained its confidence:
"After so many years, I haven't made any progress at all.
Through my research, I found that the power of ‘petrification’ is not only [wave], but also [particle].
This allowed me to find my path to being a demigod.
As long as I study the properties of [Petrified Particles], I can break the "Incompatible Triangle" law and master the power of [Petrified Particles] at a deeper level. Then I won't have to wear a mask.
Having said that, I also want to thank you.
Seven Pigeons, you gave me the [Gorgon's Eye], which allowed me to extract another ray of petrification rules, which verified my guess.
Our ancestors of Medusa, the Gorgon clan, their petrification ability is particles, not waves."
Qi Ge blinked and said:
"Then I have some merit? How about your Majesty, please take off the mask and see if I can hold on?"
Maybe I can bring you some surprises in your research on [Petrochemicals]?"
Yingye shook his head, stood up, took out the tools again and started repairing the luxurious [Earth Boat].
As she repaired it, she said:
"Qi Ge, when studying science, you should have the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and sacrifices.
But we must also rationally avoid foreseeable risks and crises.
When I become a demigod and take off my mask for the first time, I will definitely show it to you.
This is also part of repaying your life-saving grace.
Just wait patiently."
[System prompt: Congratulations player, your legendary hidden mission: [Ying Ye’s Request] has been overwritten.
You have obtained the demigod-level hidden mission: Rules·Petrification]
Eyes of Ergon] (weapon, collected) and handed over to Yingye.
3. Wait for or assist Yingye to complete the research on [Rules·Petrification] and be promoted to Demigod
mission rewards:
1. [Demi-god hero Yingye] joins your territory
2. [NPC force Yingye Tribe] joins your territory,
3. You get [Mythical Architecture Blueprint: Gorgon Garden]
4. The NPC main city [Floating City·Unextinguished] becomes your branch city]
A demigod hero, a super powerful tribe, a main city, and a complete mythical building?!
These four rewards really made Qi Ge feel a little excited.
But Qi Ge was also a little worried.
[Combo Treasure: Gorgon Garden] is not a unique combo treasure.
Except for [Gorgon's Snake Hair] and [Gorgon's Shadow], which are level 4 treasures and are relatively difficult to collect, the other treasures are only level 3 treasures.
If the difficulty of the task and the reward do not match at all, it means there must be something fishy about the task.
Tasks 1 and 2 are not difficult, so the problem can only arise in task 3.
[Wait or assist Yingye to complete the research on [Rules·Petrification] and be promoted to Demigod. 】
Or it could be that Yingye would cause trouble when he was promoted to demigod.
Or, [Rule·Petrification] is not that easy to complete.
In other words, Yingye's current route may be incomplete or even wrong.
Qi Ge buried this information deeply in his heart, and he would not speak freely without conclusive evidence.
But he will keep an eye out for information about petrification rules.
In particular, another unit that regards petrification as its specialty.
The greater basilisk of the fortress force!
——————
In the Everlasting City, Qige followed Yingye to the top platform of the palace.
Yingye put her hands on the Yasha fire in the Everlasting City and prayed silently.
Qige stood next to Yingye, took a deep breath, and chose to submit the task.
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for completing the second ring of [Destruction and Rebirth]]
[System prompt: The legendary hero Yingye is opening the authority of the Everlasting City, and the goddess of magic Zi Xi is taking over.]
[System prompt: "Underground World No.: 1486" is being taken over by the goddess of magic Zi·Sha]
As soon as the task was submitted, Qi Ge felt like the whole world was shaking, as if the whole world was groaning in pain.
Immediately afterwards, Qi Ge discovered that the entire dome of the underground world had turned into a mysterious deep purple!
In the Everlasting City, the exclamations of the Medusas kept ringing out.
[System prompt: The goddess of magic Zi Xi is clearing the chaotic energy of "Underground World No. 1486".]
[System prompt: Your mission target: The ghost knight at coordinates (4396, 1557) has been eliminated by the goddess of magic. 】
Qi Ge was stunned, this.
My quest monster was killed by the magic little wife?
[System prompt: The arrival of the goddess of magic is determined to be related to you, and you will be deemed to have killed the ghost knight.]
[System prompt: Congratulations to player Qi Ge for completing the competitive mission "Underground Mystery Cloud"]
[System prompt: Congratulations on obtaining ownership of this underground world.]
[System prompt: You can lock all underground entrances to prevent other Yasha Gods from entering.
Only those chosen by Yasha who are approved by you can enter this underground world.】
Qi Ge:?! How can it still be like this?
Qi Ge felt a little guilty.
Isn’t this really cheating?
There should be no other players except rich people who have received the mission of "Underground Cloud", right?
at the same time.
Zhang Fu, who was growing cabbage with the skeleton soldiers in his territory, suddenly heard a system prompt in his ears.
[System prompt: Your competitor Qi Ge has killed the Ghost Knight and completed the competitive mission "Underground Cloud". Your mission has failed.]
Zhang Fu was stunned and shouted:
"Damn it! Didn't the boss say that the mission monster is too far away and that he should wait until he has time to do the "Underground Cloud" mission?
In the blink of an eye, the boss finished it behind my back?!
You boss, you bastard, you won’t take me with you when you fight the boss!
Very much like those bastard classmates when I was studying, we would lie down together and secretly memorize books in the middle of the night."
——————
The vice-president of the "Shadow of Death" guild [The Decayed Emperor] was discussing with Lin Xi about the fragments of the miracle building, and the two were having a very pleasant discussion.
"Xi Shen, as long as the Seven Pigeons Master is willing to take action to kill the boss in the underground world, our blueprints will be sent to him immediately."
"Easy to say, easy to say, it's just the Ghost Knight, my boss never asked."
[The Decaying Emperor] was about to speak when a system prompt suddenly popped up in his mind.
[System prompt: Your competitor Qi Ge has killed the Ghost Knight and completed the competitive mission "Underground Cloud". Your mission has failed.]
Wait a minute, when I said I had to abort it, I meant abort it for me!
Why did the Seven Pigeon Master fight on his own?
The contract has not been concluded yet, and your goods have been delivered?
No, I don’t think I told Fantasy where the entrance to the underground world is?!
Could it be that there is another entrance and my mission coincides with that of the Seven Pigeons?!
The Decaying Emperor:......
This is too painful, what is this?
————
close!
Close them all!
Qige happily sealed all entrances to the underground world, preventing other players from entering.
This underground world has both the Yingye tribe and the remains of the Rust Dragon, so they must be well hidden.
[System prompt: Warning! Warning! Chaos is about to invade your "Underground World No. 1486" on a large scale.]
Qi Ge frowned, "What's going on? I just got it to the underground world and haven't even gotten out of the water yet, and the police are here?!"
[System prompt: The goddess of destiny is blocking the invasion of chaos.]
Seven Pigeons:!!!
The eldest wife is here too!
Hiss~ There’s so much movement today!
[System prompt: The Goddess of Magic is moving your "Underground World No.: 1486" to "The Bottom of the Runes".]
Bottom of Runes? Kingdom of Magic?!
Qi Ge was shocked!
The goddess of magic is moving the entire underground world to the Kingdom of Magic?!
Is it for the remains of the rust dragon?
A body, as for that?
Wait a minute, destruction and rebirth, destruction and rebirth!
Destruction refers to the rust dragon, rebirth...
Could it be that the goddess of magic really has a way to resurrect the rust dragon?!
Yingye felt something was wrong more and more. Her nervous heartbeat seemed to jump out of her chest. She stared at the dome and breathed rapidly.
"Qi Ge, do you feel it? It's coming."
"What's coming?"
Qi Ge came out of his thoughts and asked strangely.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying pressure coming from the sky.
Qi Ge suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lungs, and the pain spread from his chest to his whole body, making Qi Ge feel as if his head had swelled several times, and his eyes were filled with strings of gold stars.
Qi Ge felt that his mouth was bitter and his throat was dry, as if someone had strangled his neck. He tried his best to breathe a little air.
He quickly turned off the pain sensor and felt better.
At this moment, the sound of shattering glass was heard above Qige's head. He quickly looked up and was shocked to find that the tunnel dome of Everlasting City was constantly cracking.
At the same time, the purple light that symbolizes the power of the goddess of magic is like memory glue. Wherever it is cracked, it will be filled in.
However, the number of cracks is still increasing, and the cracking speed is getting faster and faster!
Yingye's trembling voice came belatedly: "Chaos is coming."
