What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?

…pain.

Lying in the giant's cold palm, Xu Tuoran only had this word in his mind for a moment.

Gah, it really hurts.

At this time, she was still in a seriously injured state, and her body was broken. As the giant moved, gurgles of blood could not stop gushing from its body, taking away the little energy and heat left.

Now I can only pray that this "giant" can go directly to the next door... Xu Tuoran thought silently, his pale fingers tightened, and he grasped the oil lamp in his hand.

"Chaos Wick" - can only be used with chaotic tendencies. After use, it can summon the transportation tool to move instead. As long as the wick burns, the transportation tool will exist for as long as possible. The upper limit is 5,000 steps.

But Xu Tuoran reckoned that the five thousand steps should be calculated according to her own moving steps. After all, with the giant's strides, 5,000 steps can probably send her directly to the sky.

Also because of this guess, Xu Tuoran couldn't help but feel a little uneasy now - she remembered that when she was in the natural disaster cemetery, 8,000 steps were just enough to ascend from Ju to Hui. But from Hui to Chen, the distance will only be longer. It's really hard to say whether five thousand steps will be enough to reach the gate of the junction.

And now, reaching that door is Xu Tuoran's only chance to survive. As long as she passes through the door, her body will recover. Whether it is running or beating Jianglin violently, it is within the range of options. At least she will not be so passive and let others slaughter her.

Thinking of Jiang Lin, Xu Tuoran couldn't help but look down. Her body hurts even if she moves, so she can only turn her eyes and barely look down. Through the gap in the giant's palm, with great difficulty, she finally locked Jiang Lin's location.

At the moment, he is using several tentacles as feet, frantically chasing the giant's footsteps on the ground, jumping up and jumping up from time to time, wrapping his tentacles around the giant's ankles, trying to climb up, but every time As soon as he climbed up, he was unceremoniously thrown aside by the giant.

...It's a pity that this giant is just a simple means of transportation and is not controlled by Xu Tuan. Otherwise, she really hoped that the giant could step on it directly.

Seeing Jianglin roll away like a tumbleweed a few meters away, Xu Turan felt a little relieved, raised his eyes and looked forward, his eyes widened immediately.

In the distance, a tall door wall stood, exuding a gloomy and cold atmosphere. It is the gate leading to the next area.

Xu Turan couldn't help being overjoyed, but looking at the oil lamp in her hand, she couldn't laugh immediately.

The light of the oil lamp was shaking, and the wick, which was not long at all, was obviously burning to the end.

...Finish the calf.

Xu Tuoran's expression froze on his face, and suddenly he remembered another thing.

The use of this chaotic wick has side effects. The more you use at one time, the greater the side effects.

In the description of the props, there is a special suggestion not to use them all at once.

And Xu Tuoran... Of course Xu Tuoran didn't listen to its advice.

—I admit that I have a gamble. But what if these five thousand steps are just enough for me to get to the door. If the front foot falls and is punished, and the back foot goes directly through the door, maybe even the damage caused by the side effects will be eliminated after passing the door? In that case, I am improving efficiency and suffering less at the same time. I have earned money.

…Although it sounds like the self-consolation of a habitual gambling offender, Xu Tuoran really thought so at the time.

Then she really, very optimistically, used up the whole wick at once.

Actually it's not over yet. The wick has a little tail left. It's really cool to use, but after looking at the height of the giant's palm from the ground, Xu Tuoran can't feel happy at all.

At this moment, as if to remind him, the chaotic wick flickered in response to the occasion, and the light went on and off, which made Xu Turan's heart feel cold.

However, at this time, even an emergency call to stop will not stop the loss. Xu Turan thought that stretching out her head and retracting her head would be the same. She really didn't want to bother with her fragmented appearance, so she simply let the giant walking giant continue to walk forward, closing her eyes and trying to adjust her breathing.

Even she herself didn't realize that the breath she exhaled at this moment was already far below normal body temperature, and the blood flowing out of the wound was already mixed with finely crushed smoothies.

Finally, the walking giant stopped.

The huge body disintegrated in an instant, and Xu Turan, who was supported by it, fell down unavoidably. She opened her eyes in the air, and saw Jiang Lin's waving tentacles and his falling body.

…From his fluttering tentacles, Xu Tuoran inexplicably felt the bewilderment and anger in his heart.

In fact, one cannot blame Carpenter for facing a fragile glass heart. Whoever climbed up to the giant's ankle again and again at the risk of being trampled to death was thrown away countless times; finally finally managed to climb up to the opponent's calf with all his might, but the giant collapsed as soon as he said it, and collapsed as soon as he said no. No…

His mentality will be somewhat broken.

At this moment, Jiang Lin was on the verge of mental collapse.

However, his mentality collapsed. The moment he saw Xu Tuoran, he reacted immediately, and the tentacles with flagella scrambled towards Xu Tuoran. Seeing that one of them was about to hit Xu Tuoran's neck, his vision suddenly disappeared.

… Xu Tuoran disappeared in front of him again.

at the same time.

In the dark and dirty alley, Xu Tuoran's figure suddenly appeared, lying on the ground, he didn't get up for a long time.

Gan, it hurts.

It's like every nerve has been run over, and every bone has been smashed. Xu Tuoran hissed, glanced at his arm, and bit his lips restrainedly.

It would be great if I could enter the "abnormal rational state" now - Xu Tuoran thought helplessly, at least in that state, he would not feel pain.

At this moment, she is already in the time fragment inside the "Faith Box", and her body has recovered to a good condition. She can run and jump, but she can still feel clear pain inside her body.

This situation has not happened before. Xu Tuoran can only think that this is the price incurred by using the "chaos wick"... It means that her current physical condition is worse than before.

But the benefits are not without.

Xu Tuoran struggled to get up from the ground, walked to the side and sat down against the wall, recalling what she had seen before in her mind - when she was on the giant's palm, she had already seen the location of the gate of the Chen-level area. As far as visual inspection and personal perception are concerned, the remaining distance is about one-fifth of the distance traveled by the giant.

In other words, she was about a thousand steps away from the next gate.

Only about a thousand steps.

It's not too far away, but it's quite difficult for Xu Tuoran to cross. Luckily she wasn't desperate—

Xu Tuoran leaned against the wall for a while, and called out the corresponding operation interface of the "Faith Box" in his mind.

The operation interface is very simple, just two values. One is the belief points that Xu Tuoran currently has, and the other is the number of steps she can convert. There is a button to start counting in the middle.

Through the Faith Box, Xu Tuoran can gain additional Faith Points. And the belief point can be replaced by the number of walking steps. The number of steps exchanged can only be used in the areas of Hui level and above, and there is no limit to the tendency to use it, which is just right for her now.

It’s just that for some reason, in the column of her current belief points, there is no specific number at all, only "???".

Xu Turan didn't bother to get entangled in this kind of place. Pressing "Start Calculation" directly, she quickly got the answer - at present, she can change to a total of 621 steps, there are some parts and some parts.

…On the bright side, at least halfway through.

Xu Tueran closed her eyes, and began to think about how to get more faith points—after all, as far as she is concerned, this is her only means of self-help.

She remembered it was mentioned in the item description. This small world played in a loop is a "time fragment". She can operate on "time fragments" in a state of deep entry, so as to gain faith points.

And the more faith points she gets, the more operations she can perform on the "time fragments".

The question is - what kind of operation can gain faith points?

Xu Tuoran closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, his brows were twisted into bun folds because of the continuous pain. At this moment, the door of the rental house at the end of the alley opened, and Jason walked out of the house slowly with feeble steps.

Xu Tuoran was not surprised by this, leaned against the wall and continued to think, only retracting his legs the moment he walked over.

And almost at the moment when the two passed each other, a vague voice suddenly entered Xu Tuoran's ears.

"...Holy One, please respond to me..."

"I'm...tired...I really want to rest..."

"Even one day..."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She had spoken to the real Jason before, so she recognized it quickly, and it was Jason's voice.

Saints, saints of flesh and blood. Xu Turan suddenly realized.

This is the prayer that comes from Jason in this fragment. And the object of prayer was her—or rather, the "sage of flesh and blood" he thought.

What should I do next? Answer his prayers?

Yet Jason hadn't even glanced at her as he walked past her just now—clearly, he couldn't see her.

Xu Tuoran raised his strength and called out to Jason's back twice. The opponent didn't even slow down. Xu Tuoran sighed secretly, and could only try to follow, but there was still a huge pain in her body, like heavy mercury, so heavy that she couldn't stand up at all.

She patted her forehead helplessly, but she felt water stains on her hand, and only then realized belatedly that her forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"...Is there a mistake?" Xu Tuoran was silent for a moment, and a burst of anger burst out of his heart for no reason, "Can you look at the occasion, and you must be in pain now?"

After losing his temper, he paused for a few seconds, thinking it was funny to himself.

Really confused. Who are you angry with? Pain is not a bug, it will subside by itself after a few slaps...

Xu Tuoran's expression suddenly paused.

She frowned, raised her hand and patted the other arm, tried to stand up again, and jumped twice on the spot.

It doesn't hurt anymore.

It doesn't hurt at all.

...How could it still be like this? What kind of magical mechanism is this? Is it a perk unique to her in the Faith Box?

Intense disbelief rose in Xu Tueran's heart. However, she had no time to think about it, so she collected her mood in a blink of an eye, ran out of the alley, and chased after Jason.

At this moment, Jason was still some distance away from the factory, and he was dragging his steps slowly on the street, his steps as heavy as going to a grave. When Xu Tuoran leaned over, he heard him talking to a peddler by the side of the road:

"Me? What else can I do, just like that. Open your eyes and go to work."

"I really envy you, you can rest when you are free, and you can go where you want to go."

"The leave I applied for the day before yesterday has been rejected. They say robots don't get tired."

...But I'm really tired.

want to rest. Even if it's only half a day, I really want to rest.

Xu Tuoran looked at the back of Jason leaving again, and the vague voice came from his ears again.

This is his wish. And as the "god" who heard the wish, should she fulfill this wish for him.

What is she going to do?

Xu Tuoran pursed his lips and followed Jason, thinking about this question seriously.

Soon, she made up her mind. Before Jason, she quickly rushed into the factory where he worked, and she didn't forget to stretch out her finger to try—following her movements, an inconspicuous piece of thin ice appeared on the side of the street. Xu vainly nodded affirmatively.

Very good, it seems that her No. 7 ice is usable here. Bingshiba should also work.

Then don't panic.

So, three minutes later. When Jason, who was dawdling, finally reached the factory gate, he was greeted by a distant bang.

After a while, the foreman came to him with a serious face.

"...The machine exploded?" Jason blinked his artificial eyelids slowly, he could hardly believe his ears, "It means that it exploded..."

"It's just broken, and it's not easy to use." The foreman said in an irritable tone, "It's inexplicable, it suddenly broke down just now. The specific reason has to wait for the maintenance workers to investigate. Today's work can only be put on hold."

"On hold?" Jason opened his mouth slightly, "Then I..."

"Go and make a card, go back and rest." The foreman waved his hand, "I will make up the progress later."

rest.

Jason smacked these two words, and the small lights in his eyes suddenly lit up.

He can rest. He was finally rested.

Jason felt his whole body floating up. After clocking in as fast as possible, he rushed out of the factory without looking back. gallop. When he was about to get home, he saw the door of his room opened and the landlord came out from inside.

"Ward check." Faced with Jason's astonishment, the landlord said coldly, "Someone reported that you kept small animals in your house."

"How is it possible. Of course not." Jason said immediately, looking into his room rather apprehensively.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the landlord's behavior of entering the house by himself, the house itself was expanded illegally. It was agreed when renting the house that the landlord had the right to come and inspect at any time, so Jason could only bear it in silence.

The landlord nodded indifferently, turned around and walked out. He stopped suddenly: "Those things in your room..."

"What?" Jason tensed up instantly.

Although it is true that there are no small animals in his room, he knows in his heart that there is something else hidden under his bed—an altar dedicated to the Omniscient...no, the Flesh Saint.

Subtle deviations appeared in the memory invisibly. Jason recalled carefully, and the originally vague memory gradually became clear.

Yes, he accidentally learned of the existence of the "Saint of Flesh" because of something. With the idea of ​​giving it a try, he built an altar in his own room, and made a wish to him "wanting to rest"—yes, that's it.

…Wait a moment.

rest. The machine in the factory broke down for no reason today, and he got a rest for the first time.

Jason froze in place, an astonishing idea came to his mind. On the other side, the landlord still had a cold look, telling him to pay attention to potential safety hazards, and then turned and left.

At the same time, Xu Tuoran was sitting on the roof of the rented house, looking seriously at the Faith Point panel in front of him.

After all the fuss just now, her interface has changed significantly. It shows that two hundred faith points have been added—but the number of steps that can be converted into is only one hundred.

In other words, there is a two-to-one relationship between belief points and the number of steps taken.

The money came a little slowly... Xu Furan pursed his lips, glanced down inadvertently, and suddenly straightened his body.

From her position, she could clearly see the scene below—Jason had already returned to the house and closed the door. His landlord was still standing in front of the house.

...something is wrong.

Xu Tuoran immediately realized this.

She looked in other directions. At this time, this time fragment has become empty, and there is no one in other scenes.

Xu Tuoran knew that this was normal—this time fragment had "Jason" as the main character. Only where he can see, will there be other NPCs. Once out of his sight, other passers-by will all disappear.

But now, Jason has gone back to the house. The landlord who is out of his sight still exists.

Not only that, he is still active. Xu Tuoran watched him walking up and down on the ground in front of the house, and after carefully looking around, he carefully made a sound:

"Mimi? Mimi? Dad is here, come back quickly."

Called for a while, did not get any response, can only regret to leave. Xu Tuoran watched him walk towards the exit of the alley, and immediately followed without thinking.

A scene that surprised her appeared immediately—after the landlord walked out of the alley, he didn't continue to walk along the street where Jason went to work, but turned to the other side of the road.

A path that doesn't exist in Jason's time loop.

In Xu Tuoran's view, that was a dead end. The entire road was cut off by a gray barrier. The landlord seemed unable to see the barrier, so he passed through it as a matter of course. Xu Tuoran hurriedly followed, his body passed through the jelly-like barrier, and his feet stepped on the ground again in a blink of an eye.

She raised her eyes and looked ahead, only to find a street she had never seen before. But looking at the style, it is obviously also from the "New City". The street was deserted and empty, and there were no people around. As the landlord approached, people kept appearing on both sides of the street.

Just like Jason next door, the landlord was completely unaware of the problem, and greeted passers-by and acquaintances very naturally.

Xu Tuoran at the side understood.

She has entered Jason's time shard and entered the landlord's shard. Here, the landlord is the protagonist.

She hurriedly followed, and saw the landlord suddenly stop, staring at the stray cats playing by the side of the road, showing a sad expression.

"Where did my Mimi go?" The moment Xu Tuoran got close to the landlord, a voice came from Xu Tuoran's ears, "I don't know where to find it, it's useless to pray to Chuangshen for so long...Speaking of it, Jason That guy seems to be doing some sort of pagan cult. What's that called, Saint of Flesh?"

"Should have reported him. But I'm too lazy to bother. Where is my cat?"

Xu Tuoran: "...?"

She glanced at the landlord in surprise, and suddenly a strange guess emerged in her heart.

In order to verify this guess, she immediately exited the belief box. After a brief return to reality, he was dragged back to the Path of Chaos.

"Congratulations, you have gained 200 death points!"

A familiar voice sounded, and Xu Tuoran opened his eyes, not surprisingly, he found that he was falling, and below was Jiang Lin, who was eyeing him.

Xu Tuoran was in a hurry to enter the belief box again to verify his ideas, and he felt full of impatience when facing the menacing tentacles of the opponent. He yelled "Don't add to the chaos" casually, and entered the belief box again without hesitation.

The remaining Takumi who was still in the attacking state: "...?"

? ? ? !

On the other side, Xu Tuoran, who returned to the faith box, did not enter the time fragment in a hurry this time, but took a closer look in the box.

Sure enough, there are more light spheres.

There are two types of light **** in the Faith Box. One is dim and inoperable. One is bright and operable. The light sphere where Jason is located belongs to the second type, which is the so-called "time fragment". The time and scene are fixed and will continue to circulate.

At this moment, Jason's sphere of light has become brighter, and there is another sphere that is slightly smaller besides his sphere of light. This sphere is closely connected to Jason's light sphere, and there is no light around it. Xu Tuoran took a closer look and saw the landlord who was active among them.

She understood completely now.

The "faith" in time fragments can proliferate. Every time one more person knows of her existence, there will be one more light sphere, and the multiplied light spheres are connected to each other, which is equivalent to a small world that is constantly expanding the map.

If she can make those people believe in herself, she can gain more faith points.

The more powerful she is, the more her name will spread. The wider the spread, the more light spheres, the bigger the map, and the more "tasks" she can do.

Xu Tuoran was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly had a new idea.

—To be honest, it is not convenient for her to realize the landlord's wish now. She didn't even know what the cat looked like, and it was too time-consuming to find a cat in such a large scene.

What she needs most now is time.

Xu Tuoran's original thought was that if he really couldn't do this task, he could only log out, log in again, and enter another light sphere to do the "task". But such repeated logins will undoubtedly increase the probability of her being exposed to Jiang Lin, and will also consume extra energy.

But now, she found that it didn't seem to be that troublesome.

Xu Turan made up his mind, and without thinking about it, he re-entered the light sphere where Jason was.

Within this time shard, a new cycle has started at present. Xu vainly rushed to blow up the machines in Jason's factory before he went to work, and followed Jason all the way home. When he set up a small altar and sincerely thanked the "sage of flesh and blood", he picked up the A pen on the table.

The pen is a marker. Even writing on the ground is easy. From Jason's perspective, what he saw was a marker pen floating out of nowhere, slowly dropping a few lines of red writing on the ground:

[I heard your call. I feel your sincerity. 】

[I fulfilled your wish. Next, it's up to you to offer your rewards. 】

"...!" Jason didn't expect to get a direct response from the gods, and immediately lowered his head in fear.

"The great saint of flesh and blood!" He said eagerly, "What should I do?"

[Spread my name. Proclaim what I can do. 】

Xu Tuoran recalled the tone of the pen fairy's pretentious, wrinkled face and wrote on the ground.

【Come on, prove your sincerity to me. Let me see what you can do in half a day. 】