Time flies, spring passes and autumn comes...well, I made a mistake, it actually didn't take that long.
"According to statistics on the forum, as of 12 noon today, the number of eight-star players has exceeded 1,000." Shen Qi looked at her husband who was sitting on the grass, leaning on the sharp gun Kungunir and pretending to be asleep.
Sighed softly.
"You haven't fought monsters for half a month, and you have even stopped your daily practice."
"I am in retreat." Cheng Peng did not open his eyes.
"Do you want to practice in seclusion without going offline, without eating, drinking or sleeping?"
"...I'm sorry, but it shouldn't take long..."
"You told me this last week." Shen Qi smiled helplessly, "To be honest, I really don't see how much longer you can persist."
"I always feel that it shouldn't take long..." Cheng Peng muttered, "My feeling shouldn't be wrong."
His feelings were seldom wrong, and not only did he know this, but so did his friends, and even everyone who knew him well knew it.
But this time, his feeling seemed to be really wrong.
As a result of the mistake, he has been here without sleep for almost half a month.
"I've been thinking and researching the reasons why your intuition is wrong these days. I finally got some clues today. Do you want to hear it?"
"certainly."
"Your intuition comes from two aspects. On the one hand, it is the rich knowledge you have accumulated from ancient and modern times. On the other hand, it is the innate spiritual awareness gained by your game character's profound martial arts. Isn't that right?"
"That's right."
"Your own knowledge will not change, and it is unlikely that you will make mistakes - taking history as a guide has always been a very reliable method - then the only thing that is wrong is your spiritual perception." Shen Qi's tone gradually became serious, "Someone
Making trouble in secret affected your innate spiritual sense and caused it to make mistakes, thus leading you to make wrong judgments."
Cheng Peng was stunned and opened his eyes. His eyes were bloodshot and very haggard.
"This is indeed not easy in other worlds, but it is not impossible in this world." Shen Qi continued, "Since it is deep inside the Hakurei Barrier, it is possible for the barrier manager to pass through the barrier.
To influence anyone in the barrier, dream seal, dream innate, it is an ability that is enough to subvert any law, even if it can hinder your innate spiritual awareness, it is not surprising."
"...This is unreasonable!" Cheng Peng immediately shook his head, "Hakurei Reimu has no reason to hinder me. In fact, I think she should come to help me."
"That's your idea, not hers." Shen Qi said rudely, "With her ability, if she really wanted to help, I'm afraid this matter would have been over by now! She has been doing this until now
Even before she shows up, her attitude has already been proven."
"It's just a guess..."
"Damn people are immortal, this is a change!" Shen Qi said the word "change" very seriously, hitting Cheng Peng's heart like a heavy hammer.
Cheng Peng took a deep breath and smiled bitterly.
"There should be other possibilities, right?"
"Of course, there are many powerful people in Gensokyo with all kinds of weird abilities, and among them there are many people who don't like the black and white one. Maybe there is someone who deliberately disrupted your spiritual sense and made you make wrong judgments.
"
"This is unreasonable! If they really want to interfere, wouldn't it be easier to call them directly?"
"You have repelled three waves of assassins sent by the underworld, and even Onozuka Komachi was repelled by you a few days ago - no matter how many masters there are in Gensokyo, they can still defeat her in mission-enhanced state. Not much..."
"Do you think this is credible?" Cheng Peng couldn't help but laugh, "The person who can hinder my innate spiritual awareness must be no less powerful than the ferryman from the underworld. I already tried my best to repel her. With all my strength, everyone can see clearly in that battle, as long as the newcomer is just a little stronger than her, I will definitely lose."
"A similar situation has happened once," Shen Qi said with a smile, "When the assassin from the underworld first appeared, you fought very hard. At that time, everyone thought that you would never be able to defeat the second assassin. ; But when the second assassin came, you still looked like you were fighting hard... The third time they even sent out Onozuka Komachi, but they were still repelled by you... Since you can attack one after another If you defeat an assassin who is supposed to be stronger than you, you will naturally be worthy of being alerted and guarded against."
"Is that so? I won't feel honored by this, I will only find it troublesome!" Cheng Peng said with a wry smile, "I would rather they send opponents who are similar to the first assassin. That would not be good for everyone. Everything is fine..."
"It is against the laws of the world for the living to remain immortal. The underworld cannot tolerate such a thing."
"The impossibility of toleration does not mean that they will not tolerate it - it is common to say one thing and do another thing, especially when the cost of 'walking the talk' is too high, the vast majority of people will choose to talk rather than follow through. Action." Cheng Peng's smile was quite sarcastic, "If we had done what we said, then Gensokyo would have been filled with blood and corpses all over the place."
"But those people in the underworld are definitely the type who will try their best to do what they say. This time you defeated Onozuka Komachi, and the one who comes next time may be Shiki Eimei."
"That doesn't matter. In fact, if the opponent is her, my chance of winning will be higher - the ability to purify crimes and judge punishments cannot be effective on me. With the achievements I have made for the entire world, as long as I do not do anything too harmful to nature, , it is impossible to be punished."
"Maybe you can really defeat Shiki Yingji, but have you ever considered who will be next?" Shen Qi said distressedly, "The underworld dominates the old hell, and those in the old hell are not easy to deal with. !”
"There's nothing difficult to deal with. All we have to do is cover it with water and earth if the soldiers come."
"The 'power' of strange and chaotic gods, the 'awareness' of reading minds, the Yatagarasu who controls nuclear fusion, the monsters who can manipulate the subconscious... Are you sure you can defeat these?"
"Not sure, but you have to try to know." Cheng Peng's eyes gradually deepened, "The power of eight stars has reached the limit allowed by Gensokyo - although it has not reached the limit of eight stars, this kind of Levels of power rarely encounter opponents in Gensokyo. In fact, there are not too many eight-star powerhouses in any world. There are many on the bloody battlefield, but they are all parallel imports... Can you fight with them? It is a rare experience to have the same strength to fight against strong men of this level.”
Shen Qi sighed, hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "You insist on staying here and not letting anyone hinder Marisa Kirisame's food-giving ceremony. Are you doing it out of repayment or to help a friend?
? Or is it out of the intention to use this change to find an opponent?"
"Are these two contradictory?" Cheng Peng asked back.
"One is an idealist and the other is a realist. Of course they are contradictory!"
"If there is a conflict between ideals and reality, then most likely there is something wrong with the ideals, or the correct way to put the ideals into practice has not been found." Cheng Peng raised his eyebrows and showed a clear smile, "Ideals and reality are not at all consistent.
There should be a conflict.”
"This is impossible!"
"What is impossible? If a person does not know how to set ideals based on actual conditions, then his ideals are just castles in the air and worthless; and if a person does not pursue his ideals through down-to-earth efforts, then his ideals will be worthless.
Realism is blind and meaningless." Cheng Peng said with a smile, "People cannot live by eating alone, but if you ignore eating for spiritual pursuits, you are obviously a fool - even those who risk their lives to pursue their ideals.
People, they also pursue their ideals from a practical perspective, rather than just relying on meaningless fantasies and rhetoric."
Shen Qi left. Although she was willing to stay and help, she also knew very well that not only would she not be able to help Cheng Peng by staying here, but it would also distract him - she had not yet been able to rise to eight stars.
, it can only be a simple burden in the battle that Cheng Peng has to face.
Cheng Peng sat down again and continued to pretend to be asleep leaning on the gun barrel.
After half a month of continuous guarding, even though the body in real life can maintain health through the nutrients provided by the new game cabin, the character in the game is extremely exhausted - not to mention that he has not been able to maintain a certain amount of energy all the time in the past half month.
The field of strength covers a large area around Kiryu Magic Shop, so that no matter what enemy comes, he can stop it immediately... If he hadn't built a source of power and had endless power, it would be impossible to persist.
Until now.
But even so, he felt that his fatigue was about to reach its limit.
Three consecutive fierce battles with eight-star enemies, especially the battle with Onozuka Komachi not long ago, left him seriously injured, and he has not been able to recover to this day.
The Santu River ferryman who usually looks lazy is really a troublesome opponent once she becomes serious. When she becomes stronger because of her mission of "killing things that rebel against life and death", she becomes more than just a troublesome problem.
, it’s simply fatal!
Cheng Peng fought with her for almost half an hour, and finally succeeded in repelling her by relying on the strength and sharpness of the sharp gun Kungunir to defeat her huge scythe.
It does feel good to defeat a strong enemy, but when Cheng Peng thinks that he may have to face Shiki Ehime who is still stronger than Onozuka Komachi in the near future, and after defeating Shiki Ehime, he may have to face the four from the Earth Spirit Hall.
The big monster might have a stronger enemy after this... He felt a little stomachache.
Turning his head sideways and looking at the house shrouded in magic light, he couldn't help but sigh and complained to himself.
"Is Miss Alice reliable? Even if it is indeed difficult for a human to transform into a magician, it is too inefficient for a food-giving ceremony to have not been completed for half a month..."
The food-giving ceremony is a way to transform short-lived humans into long-lived magicians. The "magicians" in Gensokyo are not only a profession, but also a rare race. This race can be inherited innately and can also
It can be transformed the day after tomorrow. In the Kirisame Magic Shop, Marisa Kirisame, who once taught him magic, is performing a ritual of giving up food, hoping to transform into a magician through this ritual.
In fact, according to her original plan, she should not perform this ritual now, but should wait at least a few years until her magic power reaches a certain level. But the plan could not keep up with the change, and Marisa Kirisame suffered from long-term exposure to highly poisonous mushrooms.
——Mainly for the purpose of conducting magic research, which caused too many toxins to accumulate in her body and she fell ill, and it seemed that she was already dying. So even though she was not fully prepared, her best friend Alice Margot Royd was still decisive.
A food-giving ceremony was held for her.
Now that things have come to this point, we can only treat a dead horse as a living horse!
The ritual of sacrificing food itself is not a difficult magic ritual to complete. The biggest difficulty is that during the ritual, messengers from the underworld will come to stop this ritual that violates the laws of life and death. If they cannot be stopped or repelled, the ritual will fail.
It's impossible to succeed, and Marisa will definitely die!
So after getting the news, Cheng Peng and a group of players called the "Black and White Magic Legion" stood guard around Wuyu Magic Shop, determined to block any incoming enemies for the two who were concentrating on the ritual!
In half a month, after three consecutive fierce battles, all the players were lost, and only Cheng Peng was left stubbornly guarding outside Wuyu Magic Shop.
"My intuition can't always be wrong." He turned his head and changed to a slightly more comfortable position, leaning on the spear deeply embedded in the ground. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Over there... it should be almost there.
Done!"
"They will not succeed." A relatively familiar voice came from above the head, "Mortals become magicians through the ritual of giving up food. Such a thing is too rare. Even one in a hundred may not be able to succeed."
"She Ming Wan Wen, are you here to stop me too?" Cheng Peng asked directly without raising his head.
"I'm just here to collect news, because news needs to be timely... Haha! Come on! The harder you work, the more news I can report!"
Cheng Peng smiled and did not continue talking to Sheming Wanwen. He stood up slowly, drew his magic gun, and stared at the green-haired girl who was slowly walking in the mist in front of him.
Just as they expected, the judge of the underworld, King of Hell Shiki Yingji, came in person!
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Asking for red tickets~
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