"How many levels are you now?"

Cheng Shen asked.

"Level three!"

Zhang Yao paused, did not hide it, and then said: "Actually, the biggest reward I got this time should be a career transfer book. ”

"Have you used it, and what's changed?"

Cheng Shen said curiously.

"Yes, Brother Leg, this class is called the Dark Knight, it comes with a skill tree, and it has improved its qualification by five points! It also comes with a talent for transforming defense into HP, and I feel like I can hit ten at a time now! ”

Zhang Yaomei showed off.

"Five qualifications?!"

Cheng Shen was shocked.

He only has two points of qualification growth every time he is promoted, and he already feels that the increase is quite obvious.

And he noticed that Zhang Yao's words were raised by five points, not to five points.

In other words, his current qualification growth is seven points!

Each level rises by nine attributes!

It's just perverted!

In addition to being shocked, Cheng Shen's thinking was running rapidly.

"Yes, that confirms my thinking even more.

Your development path is completely different from ours, and the system should have made some kind of special arrangement for you or for you.

In other words, you are the protagonist of this game......"

"What?! Don't kid me, Brother Legs...... I'd rather not be the protagonist! I rub you you don't know how horrible this castle is, I just went back to the room and saw the monster on the first floor, you know it's ......"

Zhang Yao suddenly stopped, and asked mysteriously.

"Brother Leg, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? I mean, it's something completely different from a monster......"

"Believe!"

Cheng Shen said categorically.

His grandmother's.

He almost got killed by that weird thing!

"I suspect that monster on the first floor is a ghost!"

Zhang Yao said immediately.

“……”

Cheng Shen tugged at the corners of his mouth, and his empathetic experience suddenly made him understand how heartfelt Zhang Yao's sentence of not wanting to be the protagonist was......

But then again.

Zhang Yao is still alive after encountering that ghost several times, on the one hand, he has to sigh that he is blessed with great fortune and luck.

On the other hand.

Maybe it's because there's some kind of protection in the castle that he's not aware of.

"Is there anything in the castle that burns and glows?"

Cheng Shen suddenly asked.

"Yes, there are a lot of candles, what's wrong Brother Legs?"

Zhang Yao recalled.

Cheng Shen confirmed: "Think about it carefully, every time you meet that ghost and escape smoothly, do you have this kind of candle next to you?" ”

"Like...... That's it! ”

"That's right."

Cheng Shen said to Zhang Yao: "I also encountered an unexplained weirdness just now, but when I lit the bonfire, it quickly retreated like a nemesis. I think these things should be afraid of fire! ”

"Or, you can also interpret it as a manifestation of the power of the system."

Cheng Shen pondered.

"Whether it's a bonfire or a candle, its essence is the power of the system to protect our survival in this world."

"I've been through a few things, and I've guessed the purpose of the system, but I'm not sure yet."

"But I can't tell you."

"Because you are likely to be much closer to the truth than we are, and if I guess wrong, it will only mislead your thinking."

Cheng Shen paused slightly.

continued: "At least one thing is certain, as long as you are within the range of the firelight, there is a high probability that the ghost will not harm you. ”

"This should be one of the rules of survival in the castle."

He was sure.

"Awesome! Leg brother! ”

Zhang Yao actually didn't understand what Cheng Shen was talking about at all, if he took apart his words word by word, he could understand every word, but why didn't he understand what these words meant when they were combined?

The gap in IQ made him feel that Cheng Shen was like a mud truck weighing more than ten tons, crushing back and forth on him recklessly.

Only the last sentence he understood.

Candles = Safety!

This message is equivalent to giving him a life talisman!

Zhang Yao now believes Cheng Shen's words unconditionally.

"It's getting dark, you'd better collect as many candles as you can before it gets dark, it's the basis for your survival, I don't know if the fire from other things will protect you, the rules may vary."

Cheng Shen analyzed.

For everything that will have an uncertain outcome, his philosophy is to do it if he can.

Because in this world, the slightest mistake can lead to death.

The price is too high.

He couldn't try.

"Also, even if you are sure that the light of the fire will protect you, you have to take the necessary precautions, the stability of the candle is too poor, if you can, you better get a lampshade to avoid being accidentally extinguished."

"Got it, Brother Leg!"

Zhang Yao kept Cheng Shen's advice in mind.

"On top of that, you'll have to venture out and explore the rooms in the castle, which I suspect has a big secret.

Of course.

The choice is yours.

I still say the same thing, all I can do is to help you analyze and avoid risks as much as possible, but what the specific situation, you have to learn to make your own judgment, I will also be wrong, it is impossible to help you all the time. ”

Cheng Shen said seriously.

"I ...... I understand the legs, thank you! ”

Zhang Yao replied solemnly.

What Cheng Shen wants is not a little brother who lets him take the lead.

In this world, there is no point in recruiting subordinates, and it is impossible for others to contribute life-saving resources to you.

So

It is very important to cultivate Zhang Yao's ability to make independent judgments.

His career, his experience, all represent that he has great potential for growth.

And Cheng Shen still has a guess buried in his heart.

That is, since the system has chosen Zhang Yao as the "protagonist", it shows that there must be something beyond ordinary people in him.

That's his most precious thing.

But that kind of thing can only rely on him to dig it up by himself, and Cheng Shen is not even sure whether it is good or bad for him to help Zhang Yao.

Without the tempering between life and death, can he still grow?

Immediately, Cheng Shen shook his head.

Dispel thoughts.

In that terrifying castle, he would only experience more dangers than he had thought, and there would be no shortage of trials at all.

And who can guarantee that,

Isn't his existence one of the arrangements made by the system?

"It's not a good thing that the chess pieces know too much......"

Cheng Shen muttered in his heart.

He concluded: "If you decide to explore the castle, I can give you a piece of advice.

Try to get in touch with the dangerous presence in the kitchen on the first floor.

If my initial guess was correct, that being was more powerful than the ghost wandering on the first floor.

Then you should have been dead when you first broke into the kitchen.

It didn't kill you, which means that it thinks there is still a place for you to be used.

There are two kinds of speculations I make.

One, it's that it intends to raise you as food, not that it won't kill you, but that the ingredients are still enough, and it's not time to kill you.

Two, it may be asking you to do something for it. ”