ocean-life Chapter 21: 21. Is this also 98% likely?
Chapter 21: 21. Is this also 98% likely?
The Ghost City, has long existed within this eerie game. However, the Ghost Cities that can master instances in this eerie game, total to only four.
They are relatively new creations, emerging just a few years ago.
And these four Ghost Cities also correspond to the player rankings of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta: Alpha Supreme Players, Beta Super Players, Gamma Great Players, and Delta Players.
The Ghost City of Lang Shou is exactly the one that corresponds to the Beta Super Players within these four massive Ghost Cities.
Within this bizarre world, there is no shortage of ferocious ghosts.
That is because the spirits "sent over" by Tan Shuchang have already begun their transformation into fierce ghosts. Of these, the one with the best aptitude is only a little short of becoming a fully qualified fierce ghost.
Thus, logically speaking, such Ghost Cities should not lack a guardian.
But you can’t help it when the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta player rankings established by the eerie game place the Beta Super Player level as a crucial, intermediary rank.
There are only two ways for players to obtain supernatural powers: one is through ghost arts, and the other is through ghosts.
And what players can obtain on their own is typically a chaotic mess.
Therefore, once a player successfully gains eligibility to enter the Ghost City of Lang Shou, the Master of the Ghost City must then organize the players’ powers, allowing these players to form systematic abilities that significantly enhance their combat effectiveness.
Besides that, the City Lord of the Ghost City of Lang Shou must also ensure that a certain number of Beta level players survive and reach the Ghost City corresponding to the Alpha players.
"This certain number was originally set at just thirty percent. After all, we are not the parents of those flesh-and-blood players! But, a while ago, a new leader came in and said thirty percent wouldn’t show our abilities, and changed it to fifty percent.
This fifty percent wasn’t much, and as new officials tend to be particularly zealous, we subordinates can understand and are quite willing to cooperate! Who would have thought, those damned ones would pass the buck down, and when it reached us who actually do the work, it turned into ninety-eight percent!"
"Ninety-eight percent?"
"Yes, ninety-eight percent, and they even said this was more appropriate, more cautious! City Lord, don’t you think this is a joke?"
Tan Shuchang had already arrived at the Ghost City of Lang Shou.
After all, his injuries were not yet healed, and he would avoid fighting if he could. And since he had considerable authority over the fierce ghosts, he also wanted to see just how extensive it was.
The conversation was between him and his strategist with a canine head.
This strategist was a fierce ghost dressed like a scholar, looking delicate and weak, yet the malicious aura he emanated was the strongest Tan Shuchang had seen among fierce ghosts so far.
In the Jiawu Realm, Sleeve Art was a widely spread secret technique.
And on the way here, Tan Shuchang had also seen a subordinate ghost of this dog-headed military advisor use a secret technique similar to Sleeve Art.
"This subordinate naturally knows how, but doing it this way seems more formal, and it looks good too! Outsiders will see that our Lord City Lord is a diligent and dedicated official," explained the ghost scholar hastily.
Tan Shuchang couldn’t be bothered with this bureaucratically-minded ghost any longer. He flicked his sleeve gently, and the chest opened. The dozen or so bamboo scrolls flew onto the stone table in front of him and opened one by one.
Soon enough, Tan Shuchang had finished reading, and he had gained a sufficient understanding of the ghost technique system.
In this bizarre game, each Player could only have nine ghost techniques. To acquire a ghost technique, one must first inscribe ghost inscriptions on oneself.
These ghost inscriptions could be self-inscribed or inscribed by a formidable ghost.
As long as one faces a formidable ghost and survives, ghost inscriptions capable of holding ghost techniques will appear on the body.
There were four methods to acquire ghost techniques: purchasing from the ghost technique shops in Street of Forgotten Dwellings where humans and ghosts live together, receiving as a gift from others, being tainted by an object of a formidable ghost, and learning from a ghost.
Because of these somewhat chaotic methods of acquisition, many Players’ ghost techniques had major conflicts, and a slight mishap could lead to backlash.
Therefore, the Master of the Ghost City, like Tan Shuchang, was needed to sort out the Players’ learnings.
"Using one’s flesh and blood to harbor formidable ghosts, is it possible to borrow the power of the ghosts?"
This was another way for Players to gain power.
However, Tan Shuchang just glanced over it and ignored it because not only was this method crude, but it also easily turned oneself into a container or even a plaything for the formidable ghosts.
At that moment, the sound of a bronze bell being struck came through.
"Lord City Lord, there are flesh-and-blood Players arriving!" exclaimed the dog-headed military advisor upon hearing the sound, quickly turning to Tan Shuchang.
"Then let them wait at the city gates, I’ll go over later," Tan Shuchang waved his hand casually, sweeping the dozen bamboo scrolls back into the chest.
Although he now understood the principles of ghost techniques, he was not capable of sorting them out for the Players.
Hence, Tan Shuchang decided to "take on disciples on behalf of his master."
He would help his master, the Heartless Old Man, spread the Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture and fulfill his filial duty. After all, as his junior brothers and sisters descended from the mountain, the spread of this Cultivation Technique was inevitable, and it might even become the first choice for Loose Cultivators.