Chapter 9: The Return

By the time Shoko reached the portal, there was less than half an hour left. At this time, the prompt in the soul seal sounded:

"You have escaped the pursuit of heavenly punishment and obtained the lowest reward!"

"You can randomly draw a skill from the Iron Demon Tyrannosaurus to learn. Do you want to confirm the extraction? (Hint: After you confirm the selection, the extracted skills will appear directly in your skills bar and cannot be discarded.) You only have 4 normal skill slots and one special skill slot, so choose carefully. All of the skills of the Iron Demon Tyrannosaurus are above S. )”

The meaning of this reward is that you can't give up if you draw skills, although you may draw skills that are not suitable for you, but with Xiao Ke's character, although he doesn't like to gamble, he is never afraid, and he will never give up the reward he risked his life. Xiao Ke did not hesitate to choose to confirm, and then, a grand and majestic voice sounded in his head:

"You extracted an S-rank passive skill, a steel skin."

"You learned the S-Rank passive skill: Steel Skin. (Tier 1 Steel Skin Effect: Increases the defense bonus gained from the CON attribute by 50%, and increases the maximum HP gained from the CON attribute by 5%).) Your skin will be as hard as steel and will be hard to hurt. You have 3 normal skill slots and one special skill slot left, so choose each one carefully. ”

Xiao Ke moved his body, feeling the additional effect of the steel skin on himself, he suddenly stabbed a hand knife at a big tree with his empty hand, and with a "pounce", the whole palm easily stabbed into the tree, Xiao Ke pulled out his palm, laughed, and strode into the portal.

Unlike what Shawco imagined, he did not directly enter the so-called shelter, after entering the portal, Shawco did not seem to feel the existence of space and the flow of time, and the experience of the novice training ground was like a movie showing in front of his eyes, and he was in the middle of it, as if he was watching a wonderful screening, as if he had re-experienced an adventure in the novice training ground, as if he had re-experienced 3 days, and it seemed to be just a short moment. In the end, everything freezes in the moment when Shoko enters the portal, and there is a majestic reminder from the soul seal:

"ID: 00357"

"Scene Reference: Jurassic Park Series"

"Scene reward: As soon as the main quest is completed, 500 soul points will be rewarded, and 300 additional rewards will be given to novices, for a total of 800 points; Completing the main quest 2 will reward 2 free attribute points and 1 additional reward for newbies, for a total of 3 points. ”

"Mission Completion Evaluation: S-Class. You get an extra reward: 10% more Soul Points earned in this scenario, for a total of 6740 Soul Points in this scenario, an additional 674 bonus points. Note: The lowest level is E, and the A level and above get additional rewards (A level +5%), and the highest level is SS (soul points +20%)"

"Number 00357's body is restored to its best condition, deducting 108 soul points from the cost of healing."

In a trance, Xiao Ke stepped out of the portal, and what greeted him was a magnificent golden temple. It's not as vast as the white space he first entered, but it's the only one in Shawko's life, with four huge circular pillars standing in the hall, like the legendary Optimus Pillar, reaching into the sky. The four giant pillars are carved with four angels wearing battle armor and carrying six wings on their backs, which are majestic and lifelike. In the center of the four pillars is a huge statue, surrounded by four optimus pillars, this statue Shawco recognizes, it is the Amansel who guided him to the Soul Temple, the statue is as huge as when Shoko first met Amansel, like an eternal Titan. When Shoko stared at Amansel's face, he suddenly felt that the statue seemed to smile at him, Shoko was startled, and when he looked closely, he felt as if the statue had been smiling like that all along.

Shoko was looking at the statue of Amansel and the four angels on the pillar, when a voice suddenly came from behind him: "That's my lord Amansel and his four followers, the gods." ”

Shoko hurriedly turned around, and a man dressed like a European missionary was standing behind him, a very young priest, dressed in the black robes of a traditional priest, smiling kindly, but Shoko always felt that his expression was too mechanical, as if something was missing.

"Who are you?" Xiao Ke asked expressionlessly, and Xiao Ke was very resistant to the stranger who appeared behind him silently.

"Welcome to the Temple of the Void, I am a humanoid puppet created by my lord Amansel, with only ** and no soul, and I have been given the responsibility of managing the Temple of Nothingness by my lord. You can understand me as a robot with a human body, my lord did not give me a name, you can call me nothingness. The humanoid puppet replied, his voice full of magnetism, yin and yang, very beautiful, not like a robot at all.

"I'm new here, I don't know anything, can you help?" Xiao Ke asked with a big grin.

"It's my job to be willing to serve and mentor new people." The attitude of nihilism is impeccable and very professional.

"That's great, Nothingness Dude." Shoko was delighted, pointing to the statue and the pillar and asked, "I say, what does Amansel do?" Who are the four winged guys on the pillar? ”

"Our Lord Amanthel is the supreme administrator of the Temple, the master of the crown of the Creator, the god of God crowned as the Emperor of God, and four archangels are his followers: 'Angel of Judgment: King Tutkamon', 'Angel of Order: Benedict', 'Angel of Light: Goliath', 'Guardian Angel: Dispart, Duke of Steel'. These four archangels are all powerful gods. ”

"Sounds very imposing, then, Brother Void, would you like to arrange for me to eat and lodging, and then reveal some information about the next trial?" The magnitude of Shawko's thinking shift is truly speechless.

Nothingness remained the same breezy appearance, and he led Shoko to a huge screen embedded in a large expansive wall, the only modern building in this classical and stately hall. Nothingness pressed his palm to the screen, and rows of images and text began to appear on the screen. He opened his mouth to introduce: "This kind of wall can be said to be everywhere in the Temple of Nothingness, this is a query system designed according to the civilization of your hometown, where you can use soul points to buy all the items and equipment that you can buy within your authority, you just touch it, and then think about what you need, here will be listed the information and price of the items you are querying." ”

He took Xiao Ke to a wide platform on the other side, and Xiao Ke felt a huge energy fluctuation here at a long distance from here, and when he looked closer, it turned out that there were six huge portals standing here, and the portals erupted outwards with energy like substance. Of the six portals, four are sky blue, one is emerald green, and one is creamy white, and Nothingness explains: "The Temple of Nothingness is the teleportation hub of the Sanctuary, where you can find waypoints to all dimensions. These four azure portals can go to the Trading Hall, the Soul Altar, the Magic Altar, and the Hero Altar. All you have to do is connect with your soul sigil to tell which portal leads to where. This green portal leads to the Emerald Sea, where the private plane of Helen, the Mother of Nature, and this milky white portal leads to the source of order, where one of our Lord's followers, the private plane of Benedict, the Angel of Order. ”

"The private plane of God? What's going on there? Hearing that it was related to God, Shoko was immediately intrigued.

"The private plane is also called the kingdom of God, and it is the private space of the gods. There are many materials, items, and knowledge that can only be obtained in the designated private plane. In the private plane of the gods, the laws established by the main god of the plane must be observed, otherwise they will be severely punished. Among the gods, only Mother Nature and the Angel of Order are willing to open their private planes to the Trialists on the first level of the Temple, so only these two private planes are open to you until you ascend to the second level of the Temple. Nothingness explained.

"Why are they willing to open up, is it because they are the weakest?" Shawco was as disrespectful to God as ever.

"No, it's because they are the most benevolent to the weak." The attitude of nothingness is always so good.

"That's right, Brother Nothing, you just said that the Angel of Order is a follower of your lord Amansel, what about Mother Nature? Who does she follow? "Shoko's gossip nature began to revive.

"I don't have enough authority to answer." For the first time, Nothingness rejected Shoko's question.

"Okay, okay, forget it, I'm tired, what's the price of your standard room here?"

Although he knew that Xiao Ke was deliberately playing tricks, his ethereal expression was still as flat as water: "If you want to rest, you can open your private space through the soul imprint." The size of the space depends on the authority and level of your Soul Mark, and you can also spend Soul Points to renovate and expand your own private space. Within the confines of the shelter, you can open your private space anywhere and at any time. Another thing to remind you is that, first of all, as a newcomer trialist who comes to the sanctuary for the first time, you are coming to a parallel dimension of the Temple of Nothingness, which means that if you leave and come back, the Temple of Nothingness is a public place, and you will have to face other trialists. Secondly, you can hide your equipment slot, and your equipment stats will still be there but your appearance will not be revealed. Finally, the shelter is a non-combat zone, where you can't hurt anyone and be hurt by others. ”

Xiao Ke waved his hand: "Thank you, then I'm leaving, goodbye, brother of nothingness." ”

Nothingness smiled and replied, "The last thing I want to tell you is that the interval between each trial is 10 days, and after 10 days, you will be forcibly transported to the Temple of Nothingness to accept the challenge of the next trial, and your time in the private plane of the gods will not be counted in these 10 days. Then goodbye, Trialist No. 00357, I wish you good luck and enter the next level of the temple as soon as possible. After that, nothingness, like his name, turned into nothingness.

After the void left, Xiao Ke happily ran to the screen and started shopping. Xiao Ke found that the price of life items is very low, weapons are much more expensive, and items that are not available in the real world are unaffordable, for example, the space items used for storage, the cheapest is only 5 cubic meters of storage space, and it also costs 1600 points, as for the soul items of skill scrolls and equipment, there is no at all.

Xiao Ke spent 2,400 points to buy a storage ring with a space of 10 cubic meters, and then filled it with high-end items for food and clothing, and these daily necessities only cost a total of 132 soul points. After shopping, Xiao Ke opened his private space to satisfaction.

The private space opened by the soul mark is a 60-square-meter room, and there is nothing in the room except a bed and a toilet, which intrigues Shawco, and the sewer of the toilet is also a spatial portal to other spaces. Shoko seriously considered the possibility of diving in from here to investigate, and after some struggle, finally gave up on the stupid idea.

In the past few days, Xiao Ke has experienced the life and death struggle in the real world and the death expedition in the trial of Dinosaur Island, coupled with the miraculous appearance of the magnificent temple in Xiao Ke's cognition, Xiao Ke can be said to have endured the indelible soul impact of his life, and now, he can finally relax, what soul points, skills, what temples, gods, get out of the way. Shoko rolled over and threw himself on the bed, snoring loudly.