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Chapter 52 - I have never believed in gods
Chapter 52 - I have never believed in gods
Oath Prerequisite Quest, Metamorphosis, Transcendence!
Any one of those terms alone would be enough to make players flock in droves, and such an opportunity was right in front of Yang Yi.
All he had to do was offer up his own flesh, or the lives of ten of his kindred, to complete the Oath Prerequisite Quest and become a follower of the Mother of Ten-Limbed Spiders!
What was there to hesitate about?
All it took was cutting off two legs!
The Mother of Ten-Limbed Spiders might even reward you with four legs in return, doubling the prize!
So why hesitate?
Thoughts like this were spinning wildly in Yang Yi's mind.
At the same time, his sanity was slipping away.
?Strange whispers, your sanity drops by 10?
?Strange whispers, your sanity drops by 10?
...
Yang Yi lifted his head and realised the statue had come to life.
It had transformed into a gigantic, indescribably large black spider with eight legs. Its body and limbs were covered in hair, but upon closer inspection, the hairs were actually the limbs of various creatures.
From reptiles to mammals, from fish to birds, from insects to plants, and even grotesque limbs made of fungi.
Yang Yi saw human hands and feet, eagle wings, lobster claws, octopus tentacles, tiger paws, elephant trunks, fish fins…
In short, any limb Yang Yi could think of was present in the apparition, and as long as he looked for it, he could immediately locate its position.
It seemed like a living biological encyclopaedia, bearing the limbs of all creatures...
Yang Yi felt dizzy and nauseous, but his gaze was drawn to the human figure atop the spider’s head.
It was a dignified young girl with four arms and four legs. The first pair of arms was slightly longer, while the other two pairs were located at her waist and the sides of her abdomen. Her hands were crossed, her posture holy.
Her face had no mouth or nose, replaced instead by a chaotic cluster of eyeballs that roamed restlessly over her gelatinous face...
?Looking directly at the apparition of the Great Being, your sanity drops by 100?
?Warning, your sanity is below 10... ?
Yang Yi’s eyes stung, as if he were staring directly at the sun — no, something even more dazzling. His tears gradually turned light red, yet he didn’t look away. Instead, he slowly raised the gun in his hand, trying to aim.
Among the three choices of the quest, he chose the third.
?Option Three: Destroy the statue. The Mother of Ten-Limbed Spiders will withdraw her favour. The “Kiss of the Spider” status will be lifted. All spiders and spider-like creatures will become 100% hostile towards you.?
“Sorry...but I, Yang Yi, have never believed in gods since I was a kid! And besides...you’re just too ugly!”
Yang Yi’s eyes widened as he stared directly at the apparition. His trembling hand holding the gun gradually steadied.
?Looking directly at the apparition of the Great Being, your sanity drops by 100?
?Looking directly at the apparition of the Great Being, your sanity drops by 100?
He ignored these warnings, focusing solely on his aim, and then pulled the trigger!
Bang!
Yang Yi had aimed at the spider’s head.
He wasn’t confident about hitting the figure, but hitting that massive head was well within his ability!
The apparition vanished, and the shot had actually struck the front end of the oval-shaped statue, shattering a small part of it.
The humanoid figure on top of the giant statue fell, breaking into several pieces, no longer resembling the woman with four arms and four legs.
As the dust settled, Yang Yi struggled to get up.
“Pah!” He spat out a mouthful of blood-stained saliva.
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Just now, he had been blasted back by the recoil, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop.
Fortunately, he had experience, and by rolling, he was able to disperse the force. His arm didn’t dislocate again, though he did scrape some skin.
Suddenly, Yang Yi realised he had lost vision on his left side — it was pitch black.
At that same time, the entire cave began to shake, as if an earthquake had occurred. The statue collapsed as well, crumbling into pieces, like it had lost some kind of power, no longer able to maintain its previous form.
Yang Yi sensed something was wrong. He hadn’t injured his eye, so how could he be blind? He reached towards it.
The feeling was strange, like soft jelly — three balls stuck together, sticky, and they seemed to be moving...
“What is this? Why is it on my face?”
Yang Yi felt a chill run down his spine, an overwhelming terror rising from deep inside, paralysing his limbs.
That thing...there was no way it was his left eye!
He immediately checked his activity log and saw the message.
?Warning: Sanity below 10. You may be contaminated by the Abyss.?
?You have unlocked the Transcendence Pathway - Contamination. The Contamination interface is now unlocked, allowing you to view your status.?
Yang Yi quickly opened the Contamination interface.
Yang Yi:
Contamination Level: 4% (A large human figure diagram, with the left eye marked in black)
Contaminated Area: Left eye
Mutated Organ: Three-Eyed: Grants three perspectives, allowing you to see most invisible entities. +2 Perception.“Three-Eyed...?”
Yang Yi didn’t have a mirror, and even if he did, he wouldn’t dare look at himself.
At that moment, Suna sent him a private message.
“Yang Yi, are you dead yet? There was an earthquake on the island — did you get buried alive?”
After reading the message, Yang Yi nearly choked.
The woman really didn’t know how to talk! If she were sent to rescue someone, they’d probably die of anger before being saved.
Who asks someone if they’re dead?
If he were dead, would he have to reply: “Oh, sorry, I’m dead.”
“I’m not dead!” Yang Yi replied irritably.
“Good. I saw your sanity dropped to 1 point, thought you might’ve turned into a monster!
If you’re okay, I’m heading over now!”
With Suna interrupting, Yang Yi’s tense nerves relaxed a little.
Suddenly, his left eye began to itch, like tiny needles pricking it, and then his left-side vision returned, as if his eyeball and optic nerves had reconnected.
But what he saw wasn’t right...there was no colour.
The entire world had become dull and monochromatic, yet with incredible clarity.
His left eye had three perspectives, like three eyeballs working together and sharing information.
The first perspective seemed like thermal imaging, giving Yang Yi night vision and allowing him to see clearly even in the dim cave.
The second perspective could zoom in and out, as if his eye had a built-in magnifying glass and telescope. He could zoom in to see the hairs on a spider a hundred metres away and accurately judge the distance.
The third perspective provided exceptional dynamic vision...
Yang Yi tilted his head, dodging a web shot diagonally from behind.
His left eye’s field of view had become extremely wide. The three eyeballs protruded from the socket, rotating independently, allowing him to see attacks even from behind.
But having such different visions between his two eyes made Yang Yi uncomfortable.
It was like placing a colourless large world inside a small colourful world, with the two constantly interfering with each other, messing with his perception and making him dizzy.
He could try to close his right eye and only use his left!
That made Yang Yi feel a bit more comfortable.
His left eye seemed unable to close, probably because it had no eyelid.
However, there was no time to worry about that!
Yang Yi turned to face the Spider Queen behind him.
She had lost two of her front legs and was limping out of the passage.