35.3 per cent for option one and 64.7 per cent for option two.

……

[Option 2]

[Don't extinguish the brazier underground, all of them]

……

It's the points that matter.

"I am not a resident of this world. I'm not even a person. ”

What use is there to me, O gods and demons?

"Only the points are real."

Zheng Zhuo looked at the fifth brazier in the basement with satisfaction. The brazier's fire burned for a moment before it went out, but Zheng Zhuo knew that it was just not enough temperature.

"One by one."

Zheng Zhuo walked along the basement wall back to the surface of the temple. He entered the brazier beneath the leftmost idol first.

[Points: 9]

[Points: 10]

【……】

Little by little, the flames melted into Zheng Zhuo's body.

The number of points continues to rise. The brightness of the flame in the brazier decreased.

Zheng Zhuo swallowed the flames under the idol little by little. Finally, when he left the underside of the first idol, there was not even a single flame left.

[Points: 108].

Not counting the part ingested earlier, Zheng Zhuo ate a full 100 points in a brazier.

"The heat provided by the flame is still very high. ...... taller than animal carcasses."

Zheng Zhuo thought and entered the second brazier.

"However, judging from the points, this fire may not have divine power, special power...... Something like that. ”

He was somewhat expectant, so he felt a little lost.

"Too greedy. Anyway, points, points. ”

Zheng Zhuo began to eat the flames in the second brazier.

……

Grunt.

One fire is eating another fire. This strange sight continued to take place in the temple.

Grunt.

Zheng Zhuo tore the flames in the brazier open and swallowed them. After eating one pot, move on to another.

The braziers used for worship were extinguished one by one. Little by little, the interior of the temple darkened.

Eventually, the only remaining light in the room trickled down from the last brazier.

Zheng Zhuo took the 408 points he had earned and entered the underground of the temple.

……

He lit the suspicious altar again.

"Suspicious is suspicious."

The flame is so warm and so delicious.

Zheng Zhuo climbed into the brazier and curled up inside.

[Points:409]

[Points:410]

【……】

Warm feeling. This time, Zheng Zhuo was too lazy to take the initiative to eat.

to the last pot. Enjoying it slowly is the best choice.

In the warm flames, Zheng Zhuo unconsciously lost consciousness.

……

Is it true that even if a person becomes a fire, the brain needs to rest?

Zheng Zhuo couldn't give an answer. However, he did feel sleepy from time to time and briefly lost consciousness.

And this time, he was woken up by the cacophony of battlefield-like sounds.

“——”

“————”

When Zheng Zhuo regained consciousness from the haze, he found himself flying in the sky.

Below, countless people were shouting. People ran out of the city, spears that radiated light in their hands. They dispersed the alien beast and the ugly-looking weird man who rode on it.

Led by the four people, Zheng Zhuo was impressed. It is the four statues of the gods that were sculpted in the temple.

"Is it a mythical scene?"

It looks a lot like the picture enshrined in the temple: the four gods lead the crowd to defeat the strangers and banish them far away.

Just as Zheng Zhuo was thinking this, the scene in front of him changed.

The strange man riding the ghost-faced steed suddenly looked up and looked in the direction of Zheng Zhuo in the air.

"Hee-hee-hee."

He laughed horribly.

Followed by.

There was a mutation in the pursuers.

"Ah...... Ah......h

The four human gods led by him suddenly fell to the ground! They fell to their knees in agony, their bodies spasming and foaming at the mouth.

Not much.

With a scream, the appearance of the human body and god changed.

They no longer possess human-like appearances. They have grown blue-fanged and hateful-looking, with misshapen corners on their heads and twisted limbs in strange directions.

The monster that was once a god rose from the earth and roared towards the sky.

The next moment.

Zheng Zhuo returned to the temple. The interior of the temple's eaves glowed a dark green, revealing runes line by line. On the ground, the same dark green light flowed along the dents.

Zheng Zhuo couldn't read these runes, but he was surrounded by these lights, and he vaguely felt an oppressive force that penetrated into the depths of his heart.

Zheng Zhuo looked at the front of the temple.

The four stone statues that were originally human bodies have turned into the terrifying alien form on the battlefield just now.

In the brazier below them, the original orange-red flame had turned a dull green.

“…… Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

A shrill voice echoed through the temple.

“…… Not again...... Not again...... Anyone who wants my book......"

"Another ...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

The laughter was exactly the same as the laughter of the strange man Zheng Zhuo had just heard on the battlefield.

"Come on...... Come on......"

"The more...... The better......"

"Take me with you...... Let's go out ......"

What do you mean?

Zheng Zhuo caught the words that made him care.

"Let's go out together"?

Zheng Zhuo suddenly thought of the points of light that he had encountered in the [Ocean World] that said, "Take me away".

Is this ugly weirdo also the [participant] they used to enter this world?

"Are you also a participant in the [Subconscious] before!?"

Zheng Zhuo shouted.

“…… Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

But he did not receive an answer.

"Hey! Can you hear me! ”

"Go ahead...... Go to the Tower...... Tower...... Everything about mine was there......"

"Over the city, over the river...... Climb the tower......"

"On the shelf...... Book with black cover"

"There's a ...... in there. Everything ......"

Talk to yourself.

No matter what Zheng Zhuo said, the other party did not respond at all.

However, Zheng Zhuo confirmed at least one thing.

[Joker] probably heard this, and went to the tower.

"Amorphous Existence ......"

The voice continued.

"You chose my altar......"

"I will give you ......"

"Part of My ......"

“……”

The sound faded away. The dark green flame also extinguished as the sound decreased.

It's getting darker and darker around. In the end, Zheng Zhuo couldn't even see the light emitted from his body.

……

“…… Ha! ”

Zheng Zhuo woke up suddenly. He looked in front of him.

stone basins and mud walls.

I'm still in the basement.

"Was it just a dream......?"

Do flames also dream? Zheng Zhuo climbed out of the brazier that had completely burned out and returned to the surface.

The four towering stone statues were still the same as they were when they were first seen, and they had not become blue and fanged.

"Sure enough?"

He opens the interface.

However, the interface reminded him: it was not a dream.

……

【Zheng Zhuo】

[Race: Shadow Fire (Kumquat)]

[Ability: Identification, Evolution]

[Evolved: Ignite, Venom, Dexterity, Territorial Awareness]

[Points: 500]

[Optional Evolution: Fear/Greed/Pollution/Chaos]

……

"Wow."

The points were reached, which was good.

However, the name of the direction that can evolve sounds unsettling.

It must have been the influence of that dream.

"Don't care. At least it will be strong. ”

Zheng Zhuo said to himself.

Having lived as a flame these days, Zheng Zhuo understood one thing.

Surviving in this dangerous world and becoming more dangerous is the right way to go.

……

【Question】

[It's time to evolve.] What kind of ability do you want to evolve? 】

【Options】

[Option 1]

[Fear]

Specific: Frightened all creatures that see you. The longer the other person looks at you, the more frightened they become.

[Option 2]

[Greed]

Specifically: It takes 1.5 times more points to complete the evolution, but you can evolve two traits in one [Evolution].

[Option 3]

[Pollution]

Specific: Mobs with the same evolutionary entry as you will spontaneously combust/poison when they approach you.

(Example: Rock Sheep also has [Dexterity], so Rock Sheep and Zheng Zhuo are considered to have the same evolutionary entry.) ）

[Option 4]

【Chaos】

Specifically: During [Evolution], multiple evolutionary directions can be mixed together to create a new evolutionary direction.