Chapter 36: Goblin Dungeon (3)
Next to the corridor is a peninsula-shaped, counter that matches the height of the goblins, there are some registers in the counter, Tang Xin opened a register, which is the sign-in record of the members of the institute who go to work every day, in addition, there are also some registration forms for projects, Tang Xin also roughly looked through them, but most of them are some conventional items, research goblins' favorite **, weapons and mechanical toys and the like.
For example, a goblin engineer named Tiff is currently working on how to add the ability to scan minerals, fire blast bombs, and track and follow moving birds to goblin engineering helmets with retina screen protectors......
I have to say that this cross-border play is quite big, on the one hand, there must be a lethal attack, but also to be able to have economic benefits, and at the same time, it can also be literary and artistic, Tang Xin guessed that this Tiff is a bird photography enthusiast, and he is really a goblin with a wide range of interests.
There were no clues in the hall, Tang Xin and Wen Ergongzi walked through the corridor, the width of the corridor was five meters, and the length was about ten meters, which was very open. In addition to the portraits of the three elders hanging on the walls, there are also some goblin slogans and a mural covering the front wall, which depicts a three-dimensional map of the entire goblin dungeon. There are five doors on the corridor, two on the left and two on the left and right, and one at the end of the corridor, which is about three meters high and two meters wide, which is in stark contrast to the small stature of the goblins.
There is a sign at the front of the corridor that indicates that the two rooms on the left are the chemical laboratory and the other is the physical room, and the two on the right, one is the blasting test site, the other is the weapons test site, and the middle door says the office, in addition to the Goblin Research Institute, there is also a field test site dedicated to the development of mounts, vehicles, and other large siege equipment.
The one with the best chance of finding clues must be the office, Tang Xin and Wen Ergongzi went straight there, but found that the door was locked, and the keyhole was a cipher disk, which could enter numbers, generic characters and characters, and the number of digits of the password was not indicated.
"aj19#ao312&" Tang Xin typed it casually, and the password disk emitted an alarm sound of "bibibi", and there was no sign of opening, but fortunately, there was no escort in the entire goblin city, so the alarm did not attract the attack of monsters.
It seems that this is a puzzle level, similar to the escape room games and puzzle games that have been popular for a while, and it requires a variety of side story missions and unearthing clues hidden in various places to crack the code.
Two of the other four doors are openable and the other two are locked. The two of them walked into the open chemical room first.
The space inside the door is about 100 square meters, and near the door, there are rows of neatly arranged real yàn tables, about 20 or so. Each table can be used by 1~2 people, there are various sizes of test tube flask beakers, a sink and a large cauldron, the table is surrounded by translucent boards, and the real yàn tables are isolated into a separate closed small room, in addition to the table, there are two chairs and a material cabinet.
Tang Xin and Wen Ergongzi began to investigate these small rooms one by one, some of them had some real materials on the table, and there were also some engineering materials and some chemical reagents in the cabinets.
"Wow!" When Tang Xin opened a material cabinet, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of it, and rushed straight to Tang Xin's door, the speed of the black shadow was very fast, and a slightly sticky feeling left an afterimage in the air......
Tang Xin reacted very quickly and rolled on the spot, but only half dodged, this black shadow stuck to Tang Xin's clothes, penetrated her right shoulder, and suddenly disappeared into Tang Xin's body, without a trace.
"Sting!" A sound of burnt flesh sounded, and at the same time, there was a smell of burning, "Hiss......" Tang Xin frowned and lifted the clothes on his shoulder, only to see a strange pattern appear on his right shoulder, a round little hairball-like creature, carrying a black silhouette of a kitchen knife or sickle-like weapon.
- The system indicates that you are affected by an unknown curse, and the effect of the effect is unknown.
Tang Xin checked his attributes, except for an unknown state in the status bar, the attributes and skills didn't seem to be affected, and so on! Tang Xin suddenly noticed that the original effect of the continuous healing technique was to restore 21~35 points of blood per second, and the duration was determined by the injected mana value, but now the effect has changed to reduce the amount of blood by 21~35 points per second, which is only a difference of two words, but the effect is very different.
"It's a shadow state!" Tang Xin said in amazement, and then looked at the hairball on his shoulder many times, and finally determined.
It was surprising that the game was definitely not progressing to the point where the curses associated with the shadows would appear, and this goblin dungeon seemed to be more complicated than she had imagined.
The reason why Tang Xin is so surprised starts from the origin of the power of the priest in the simulated world, the priest, as the name suggests, is a believer or attendant of God, and the source of the power of the priest comes from God, faith or some kind of concept that you believe in, in the words of the player, it comes from the camp you choose and the god you believe in.
The factions here can be order-good, neutral good, chaotic good, order-neutral, non-faction, chaotic neutral, order-neutral evil, neutral evil, chaotic evil, a total of nine, of which the non-camp can also be called absolute neutral.
Each person has one and only one faction, and between the various factions, depending on the choices made by the player during the game, there will be behavioral deviations, perhaps hovering back and forth between several factions, but at the same time, the player can only belong to one of them.
The gods that were worshipped were Moradin, Pero, Elassis, Evadra, Iron, Kord, Bane, and Tiamat...... All kinds of gods of good, evil or gods without camp can be believed, and this belief is not unique to most people, for example, a farmer in a small town may go to different temples at different times. Pray to Perro for a good harvest and sunshine, to Bahamut for justice and protection, and to Moradin for the improvement of creative power and manual skills......
However, players of the priest and paladin profession will choose a god to serve in the later stage, because the ability of the priest is closely related to your teaching position and level, two players of the same level and the same skill, one is a cardinal of a certain religion, and the other is a flat-headed common people without faith, whether this religion is a god whose believers are all over the continent like Pero, or an unknown unknown god in a deserted village temple, the cardinal is definitely better than the other player.
It is also true that it can be applied to other professions, but the specific situation is slightly different, the most typical is the mage, whose power comes from extensive knowledge, extensive research, calm wisdom, and complex posture.
For mages, faith is a dispensable thing, but a typical violent fire method that studies fire and visits temples, ruins, and other places that contain spell arrangement formulas and knowledge, if you choose Pero or Kord as your faith, it will make your power go up a notch, but for mages, it has nothing to do with teaching rank and rank, but it is the knowledge and traces of magic in each temple, church library or altar that are more elevated to them
In short, you can choose this thing, you can choose it, you can choose not to choose, you can believe in only one, or you can choose to believe a lot, but if you choose it, your strength will be greatly improved, and the advantages and disadvantages of concentrating on choosing one development and choosing several to develop together will vary from person to person.
For priests and paladins, most of them will choose Moratin, Pero or Elassis, and some maverick priest players will choose Kord or Queen Raven, which is also what Tang Xin decided to choose for himself, either Kord or Queen Raven.
Every PC and NPC is free to choose the god they believe in, and there are all kinds of gods and beliefs in this vast continent, the righteous and the evil, the radical and the negative, some in the sky, and some in ruins...... The doctrine of each god is different, players can choose to match their own personality, their favorite, or the god they are powerful, and the god they choose also determines your future path.
Everyone will eventually take a different path depending on their choice.
Well, that's a bit of a word! These backgrounds are related, but they are still a bit boring and boring.
Back to the shadow state that Tang Xin was surprised by, this state comes from the god of death, deception, loneliness and shadow - Constantine, he is a very mysterious and relatively niche godless without a faction, basically few players choose him as a faith, and few players even know that there is such a god in the game.
It wasn't until the third expansion opened, when Constantine's doppelganger descended on the continent to participate in the War of the Gods, and almost dominated the second half of the expansion, that players finally realized what a powerful and low-key god this was.
However, at this time, it is too late to believe in Constantine, most players have sworn to believe in the only god, a few players have mottled and redundant beliefs, but they are well matched, and they dare not rashly destroy the balance of the match, and there are some small white players who have no concept of faith, let alone expect them to understand God, religion, and faith. In the end, Konstantin descended as he did in a low-key manner, and drifted away in a low-key manner, without taking with him a single cloud, without developing a believer, alone, which is one of Konstantin's divine domains......
The reason why Tang Xin is so sure that the curse in her body now comes from this shadow god Constantine, and it is also because she once joined Sehanni during the battle of the gods, the god of the moon and autumn, and the god of love.
In a battle at that time, Konstantin controlled the priests of Perot and converted them all into the shadow state, and the time lasted for 10 seconds, but in this short 10 seconds, the priests of Perot hit the paladins and guardian warriors of the friendly army one after another, and took away the lives of countless friendly comrades-in-arms in an instant. This also laid the groundwork for the outcome of the subsequent battle of the gods.
Tang Xin looked at the fluffy and round silhouette on his shoulder, his mood was not too bad, horror was a feeling that only existed when he was unknown, and when he figured out that the curse came from the great god Konstantin, an idea suddenly flashed through Tang Xin's mind.
And with Tang Xin is Wen Ergongzi, just one of the two teams can be treated, and now Tang Xin has transformed into a shadow state, which just makes up for the lack of output control ability of this team.
Tang Xin's thoughts will be left to plan slowly in the future, now let's continue to explore this goblin room, what is the danger of the goblin elders who are connected to the god Konstantin? It's really exciting, maybe this adventure will have unexpected gains