Chapter 2 Panel
Name: Chen Lun
Race: Human (Eastern Continent)
Template: NPC (Countdown to version 1.0 public beta: 407 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes and 07 seconds)
Level: 3
Experience: 0/120
Life: 26/40 (starvation, posterior brain damage)
Stamina: 40/60
Sanity: 4/5 (slowly recovering)
Main occupation: None
Secondary Occupation: [Fisherman LV3]
Attributes: Strength 4, Dexterity 6, Endurance 5, Intelligence 3, Faith 3
Special attributes: Charisma 7 (+2), Willpower 5, Insight 3, Luck 3
Skills: Quick Eyes and Hands LV1 (Passive), Sea Balance LV1 (Passive)
Power: 4
[Evaluation: A young fisherman who is a bit handsome, but other than that, he is useless, just a piece of trash. ]
“——Ughhhhh!!”
A shrill scream woke Chen Lun up.
He quickly got up from the ground, knelt down and looked up, then he saw the wailing in pain, half of her body hidden in the darkness, her legs exposed to the firelight with moving eyeballs constantly popping out.
It’s so dense and terrifying.
"Get back! I'll break your bones if you try!"
With a shout, Chen Lun's sight was blocked by a tall and thin black shadow.
Looking up, he found a guard standing in front of him across the cell, looking down. The cold, malicious eyes of the guard in the backlight made Chen Lun very uncomfortable, but the situation was stronger than the person, so he had to lower his head and sit down in the corner of the cell without saying a word.
"You ignorant idiot! You poor creature! Stop being so curious about everything..."
The guard glanced around at the other people in the cell, his mustache slightly raised.
"You are not allowed to look outside! If you look, I'll chop off a finger!"
He adjusted the dagger at his waist, and the guard and scabbard rubbed against each other slightly, making a crisp sound.
Everyone in the prison stepped back in fear and turned their heads away to avoid looking at the scene outside.
The guard snorted coldly, then turned around with satisfaction, but he was still cursing. Chen Lun vaguely heard him complaining about Brother Will.
"Quick! Hurry up!"
"Team 4's sacrifice has been distorted, take her away and deal with her!"
Dense footsteps were heard in the corridor outside. Chen Lun kept his head down and raised his eyes to observe with his peripheral vision. Three or four guards in leather coats and brimmed hats carried the woman in the cell opposite, threw her into a sack and carried her away.
They moved very quickly, without wasting any time, as if if they were a little slower something terrible would happen.
Chen Lun slowly exhaled the foul air in his chest. He had actually secretly guessed the truth.
According to his many years of gaming experience, the woman was most likely mysteriously contaminated, causing her body to become deformed. Once her sanity value dropped to 0, she would completely lose control and turn into a monster.
By then, she would have been dead, and only her body would be moving, a mass of rotten flesh with a mad will...
"what to do……"
Chen Lun began to think.
Because he was in the dungeon at the moment, he had no idea of the time in the outside world, but the evening sacrifice was definitely getting closer.
Sacrifice!
This term is not difficult to understand, but in the magical world of "Mysterious Age" that includes Cthulhu and New Tales, it is just a general term, not a simple sacrifice to God.
Chen Lun knew very well that the objects of the Red Apple Church's sacrifice were the "weird creatures" that they had spent a lot of manpower and resources to collect, and the sacrifices were all kinds of living things, including living people.
But in a sense, this so-called sacrifice is more like a kind of research.
The Red Apple Church has been secretly studying [Weird Objects] in an attempt to fully master the mysterious power contained in [Weird Objects].
Chen Lun's identity at this moment is that of the "sacrifice" of the [weird creature] that the group that Brother Will belongs to is in charge of as mentioned by the guard!
In "Mysterious Age", things like [weird things] can be understood as magical instruments in fairy-tale fantasy works, but unlike magical instruments, these [weird things] are more bizarre and uncontrollable. Their birth methods are unknown , their effectiveness mechanisms are unknown, and their characteristics and usage methods are all unknown...
Even its form of existence is unclear.
Small objects that can be found everywhere, such as pens, coffee cups or guns... slightly larger tables, chairs or even houses and cars. Of course, it could also be living animals, such as insects, cats and dogs, flying things in the sky and swimming things in the sea... it could even be a person.
Unless a large number or even a huge amount of lives are spent on research and trial and error, no one dares to use these "weird things" easily, because there is a high possibility that you will die inexplicably before you even start using it.
Seeing the distorted behavior of the woman just now, Chen Lun thought of a famous [weird creature]. The characteristic of people contaminated by it is that their bodies are covered with eyeballs, and that [weird creature] came from the Red Apple Church.
"If it really is that thing..."
Chen Lun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
In his previous life, he was not a powerful player. Unlike most people, he was not keen on the pursuit of strength and was only in the middle echelon. Instead, he was more fascinated by the background stories and world views in the game.
In addition to exploring the side stories in the game and traveling to different places to experience the local customs and culture, his favorite thing is to read various interesting posts about the world of "Mysterious Age" on the forum.
Chen Lun remembered that he had read a detailed introduction about the Red Apple Church, which included information about the [weird object].
[A-level weird potted plant with sun-backed back]
The incarnation of a saint who abandoned the faith in the sun after his death. It has a strong repulsive force, and is especially lethal to the extraordinary people in the solar system.
According to legend, the Tourmaline Royal City of the Trisur Empire underwent a reconstruction, and this was the culprit.
This [weird creature] belongs to Sister Floy, one of the bosses of the Red Apple Church.
"The bloody rain fell on me, and I watched the sunflowers bow their heads after the rain, and the sunflowers watched the sun die in the burning." - Floyd
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"I hope the [Sun-shaded Potted Plant] won't be here..."
Chen Lun only felt that he was sweating more and more, his back was soaked, and there was a sticky and cold feeling.
"I don't want to be in bad luck and be buried with these people!"
"We have to find a way to escape quickly!"
According to the timeline, the [Sun-Backed Potted Plant] has not yet been fully mastered by the Red Apple Church. They will definitely continue to madly invest in living people for trial and error, but the problem is that this [A-level monster] is too dangerous, like a nuclear bomb that can explode at any time.
It’s bad enough that these damn lunatics keep testing the brink of destruction, but I can’t just sit there and wait for them to come to me.
Chen Lun calmed himself down, took a few deep breaths, and thought seriously.
He recalled that he fell into a coma due to the loss of SAN value after witnessing the woman's deformation, and it seemed that this activated his panel at the last moment.
"Yes, the panel!"
Chen Lun quickly called out his character panel, hoping to find a way to save himself.
After spending a few minutes looking through it carefully, he frowned tightly.
The first thing that caught his attention was his NPC template and the countdown to the public beta.
The surprise that originally appeared on the panel faded a lot in an instant, because he seemed to have lost his identity as a player and the resurrection ability that he relied on as the fourth calamity.
This also means that he only has one life.
The countdown reminded Chen Lun of his current time point, which was before the game began, that is, one year before the Red Apple Church ravaged the empire in version 1.0.
This means that the Red Apple Church is still dormant and its strength is far less than when it was at its peak.
On the other hand, because the Red Apple Church's headquarters was in the royal city, they did not dare to invest so many lives in trial and error of the [weird creature] so unscrupulously under the nose of the royal family, so Chen Lun guessed that the prison he was in was most likely in a church branch in a remote area.
“It also means there’s not enough staff here, which is good news.”
But Chen Lun did not let his guard down, because he did not possess any extraordinary abilities yet and was just an ordinary person.
As for the built-in [Fisherman LV3], forget it. Does he have to show off his high-end fishing skills to the vicious church guards?
"The key lies in the charm value..."
The charm value affects the NPC's natural favorability towards players. Together with willpower, insight and luck, they are classified as special attributes. The special thing about these four attributes is that they cannot be improved by adding points, so they are quite valuable.
But the key point Chen Lun mentioned was not that he wanted to use his own charm to influence the guards to let him go, but the 2 points added in brackets after the charm value.
"This is the charm value added by the equipment!"
Chen Lun was certainly not unfamiliar with this. On the contrary, he was too familiar with it, so he saw the key at a glance.
He quickly stood up and began to feel his body.
But like other prisoners in the prison, Chen Lun was only wearing a tattered linen shirt with a simple cloth belt tied around his waist.
"what exactly is it?"
Chen Lun frowned, and suddenly looked down -
Around her neck hung a handmade shell necklace.
[B-level weird thing (damaged) Siren Song]
