Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Seven Deadly Sins

Hearing Lin Jiang’s exclamation, the group immediately looked at the dungeon monitor and discovered that the pollution level of Peaceful Town had indeed significantly decreased. Everyone’s face lit up with surprise and delight.

Especially Xu Dejun, who smiled even more joyously than Lin Jiang.

”Excellent, excellent! Our Xia Country Management Bureau, after so many years, is going to produce another Sword Immortal!”

In the Abyssal Game, profession switching is arguably the most important system.

Players with the same Attributes, upon choosing different Professions, can see vast differences in combat power.

The strength of a player’s Profession depends on two factors.

The first is rarity, and the second is the compatibility of the Profession with the individual.

In terms of rarity, hidden Professions undoubtedly surpass all others.

Many hidden Professions are even unique, a one-and-only in the entire Abyss.

While rare, hidden Professions, compared to normal Professions, exist. Since the start of the Abyssal Game decades ago, the recorded hidden Professions number in the thousands, if not tens of thousands.

The Sword Sect’s ability to stand out among countless hidden Professions and consistently rank in the top ten of Professions’ battle power largely owes to its resilience!

A Treasure Sword is honed through hardship. The greater the crisis a Sword Cultivator encounters, the more benefits they gain if they overcome it.

The more precarious the situation for a Sword Cultivator, the more powerful the Power they unleash.

Thus, the lineage of Sword Sect and Sword Cultivator is also known as the King of Adversity, the Gods of Calamity.

The changes in the current dungeon once again affirm the Sword Sect Professions’ inherent value.

Due to an attack by Evil God followers, Sword Star experienced three consecutive dungeon failures, significantly reducing his Willpower Limit, and was on the verge of losing control.

He intended to leverage new players to enter a low-level dungeon, but inadvertently ended up in Peaceful Town.

Even at his peak, Lin Jiang would advise against Sword Star tackling such an odd dungeon, let alone in his currently weakened state.

For Sword Star’s future, the Evolution Sect had prepared for the worst outcome.

They expected the failure of this profession switch task and decided to abandon letting Sword Star prematurely switch to Sword Cultivator in the Desolate Realm.

Yet, Sword Star proved himself as a player perfectly aligned with the Sword Sect. He inherited the professional tradition of the Sword Sect lineage!

In spite of the unfavorable opinions, Sword Star unexpectedly burst forth!

Not only did Sword Star not fear the dungeon’s challenges, but he also took proactive measures, reducing the dungeon’s pollution value from 75% to 65%.

Sitting in the break room, the others, all of whom were formidable figures in the Desolate Realm, naturally understood the implications.

For a dungeon’s pollution value to fluctuate so greatly, it indicated that Sword Star had made considerable progress within the dungeon.

The pollution value only decreased by one-seventh, yet in terms of dungeon strategy, at least half of the main storyline had been completed.

And how long had it been since Sword Star and his collaborators entered the dungeon?

Less than forty minutes!

If the monster that cleared Moonlight Sanatorium hadn’t appeared earlier, Sword Star’s current pace would certainly break records.

To achieve such results, it’s obvious Sword Star must have had a breakthrough in the face of despair, significantly enhancing his abilities.

By the time Sword Star clears Peaceful Town, he may well leap from a promising Future Warrior to a fully formed leader, taking up the banner of the Management Bureau’s younger generation ahead of schedule.

To exaggerate a bit, Sword Star’s performance could be considered second only to that newcomer monster.

After all, clearing a B-Level dungeon with a Level 1 Breaker ranking, such a feat is beyond counterintuitive; even cheating players wouldn’t dare attempt it.

In the Desolate Realm, to match such difficulty, it might only be possible by tackling a Breakthrough S-Level dungeon at below max level.

Director Gao looked at Lin Jiang, asking, ”What now? Are you sending people in?”

The Sword Cultivator Profession gains more benefits from higher pressure. Sending someone in now might not help; instead, it could ”share the experience.”

Lin Jiang hesitated for a moment, but still made a decision:

”Send them! Peaceful Town is no longer a challenge for Sword Star, but I worry about the Evil God followers. They might not be able to handle Sword Star but could sneak into Peaceful Town and disrupt the dungeon using previous methods.”

”The current priority is to ensure Sword Star’s safety.”

Director Gao nodded, ”The forced portal is ready. What about your people?”

Lin Jiang replied, ”The Negotiation Master is on the way and should arrive in about half an hour.”

”You managed to enlist her?” Director Gao was a bit surprised.

Lin Jiang bowed to Xu Dejun, saying, ”Thanks to Old Xu’s help.”

The Negotiation Master, no less a genius than Sword Star, is revered even more than Sword Star by many forces.

Although she lacks a super powerful hidden Profession, she possesses something as difficult to obtain, if not harder than hidden Professions.

A Title!

And it’s a red Title!

Her nickname is her Title, ”Negotiation Master.”

The effect of the Negotiation Master Title allows her to face judgment-type Skills with a 60% reduced requirement for passing, and a 5% chance to pass the judgment outright.

When using judgment-type Skills herself, she receives an additional boost.

It’s said her Title has another hidden ability, but as her core secret, even among the Countermeasures Bureau’s high-ranking members, only two or three know about it.

Peaceful Town, this type of C-Level dungeon, could cause an entire B-Level exploration team to crash, which is certainly related to rules and judgments.

The Negotiation Master is precisely the nemesis of such dungeons, and having her step in, even if Sword Star doesn’t achieve a breakthrough during the encounter, she can ensure his safe exit from the dungeon.

It’s not easy to invite a titled player, especially a red-titled player.

The incredibly difficult acquisition of titles makes it extremely hard for players even on the Abyss Second Layer to obtain one, not to mention a red title.

Among the members of the Management Bureau in the Desolate Realm, only two have red titles.

The other one is Cold Mountain, the first Breaker of Xia Country.

Director Gao scrutinized Lin Jiang, speculating the cost the Evolution Sect paid to invite the Negotiation Master.

Lin Jiang didn’t notice Director Gao’s gaze; his attention was all on the screen monitoring the game instance.

He was very eager to see what state Sword Star would be in once he exited the instance.

Surely, at this moment in the instance, he must be wreaking havoc.

Inside the instance, Wu Chang was testing his new swimsuit.

He had his True Self carry the Proof of Sloth back to the Fishman Dock, exploring the boundary of the Inner World.

His main body returned to the post office, waiting for the next day’s work.

The True Self, transformed into a Giant Whale, leaped into the sea and quickly explored the boundary of the Inner World.

The Fishman Dock extended along the coast on both sides, neighboring two other Inner Worlds, divided by a barrier of thin fog. Even with Divine Envoy privileges, one couldn’t directly pass through.

However, with the Divine Envoy privileges granted by the Proof of Sloth, he could faintly see the scenery of the neighboring Inner World.

On the left side of the Inner World, a full moon hung high in the sky, reflecting in the seawater to form a vast glowing water area.

This scene was precisely the sea region where the town council organized the Golden Flying Fish catching on the day of Divine Grace.

On the right side of the Inner World, since the moon went to the left side, there was only a starry sky left.

But also because there was no moonlight, the night sky appeared very dark, making the stars exceptionally brilliant.

Beneath the starry sky stood a tall lighthouse.

Occasionally, light beams shot out from the lighthouse, illuminating the distant sea surface.

The right side’s Inner World should be where Gale works.

Advancing from the Fishman Dock in the direction of the land, following the main road toward the town area, one would soon touch the regional barrier.

The landward Inner World was Briff’s urban area, where firelight could be faintly seen burning inside.

That’s the Inner World where the former journalist entered.

The item dropped from clearing the Fishman Dock is called Proof of Sloth.

And when the former journalist was confessing his sins, Wu Chang saw the overwhelming envy inside the former journalist.

If the item obtained by clearing the Inner World where the former journalist died turns out to be Proof of Envy?

According to this logic, does the Peaceful Town’s Inner World correspond to the Seven Deadly Sins of humanity?

Fishman Dock corresponds to Sloth, the burning urban area to Envy, and the Golden Flying Fish Sea Region to Gluttony.

The original sin corresponding to the lighthouse is temporarily undetermined.

Then there are only the last three places left, and he can find all the Inner Worlds on the island.

Count Jermaine expended such great effort to set up seven Inner Worlds on the island, his disappearance must be related to them.

Once he breaks through these Inner Worlds one by one and collects all the seven proofs of sins, surely the clues will lead him to the missing Count.

Just as he was about to think further, the post office door opened.

Wu Chang looked up and found that the one who pushed the door and came in was a hamster.

Would a player come in the middle of the night urging him to deliver mail?

”Is there something you need?”

The hamster looked at Wu Chang in puzzlement and asked, ”The sheriff asked me to find Councilor Sean at the post office. Do you know where he is?”

Wu Chang stood up from his workstation, smiled, and said, ”That’s me. What can I do for you?”

”You became a Town Councilor?!”

The hamster opened her mouth in shock, unable to believe it until Wu Chang took out the Town Councilor Badge and wore it on himself, she had to accept this reality.

”How did you do it?” the hamster asked, a bit unable to accept.

Everyone just entered the instance, and while they’re still toiling away, how did Wu Chang silently become a Town Councilor, a person of high standing?

Could it be that he completed some hidden task?

Wu Chang shrugged, ”Because I work hard, and the mayor appreciates me more.”

The hamster cutely rolled her eyes, ”I’m still working overtime past midnight. Doesn’t that mean I’m working hard?”

”Then it might be that you’re working hard in the wrong direction.”

Wu Chang didn’t want to continue dwelling on this issue and changed the topic, ”Let’s talk about this later. You haven’t said why the sheriff sent you here.”

The hamster seemed to suddenly remember something important and hurriedly said, ”Come with me quickly; the sheriff wants you to go to the station to pick someone up.”

”Pick someone up? Who?”

”Sword Star! He was caught by the sheriff and is currently being held in the detention room!”

Wu Chang: ”Huh?”