Super Righteous Player
Chapter 511 - 52 The Transmitted Hope_1

Chapter 511: Chapter 52 The Transmitted Hope_1

Quadra Darkness ultimately failed to successfully clear "Nightmare: Spore Mill."

Although he died more than twenty times in the nightmare, this had already been his furthest progress... He even felt that after two or three more attempts, he might be able to catch a glimpse of the boss.

However, just as Quadra Darkness was preparing to continue blindly tripping the traps within the Spore Mill... Lin Yiyi suddenly sent him a barrage of messages, telling Quadra Darkness to stop dying for now.

Just recently, Niusel had made another trip, bringing a wealth of extremely valuable information. Now players on the forum had also begun to eagerly analyze and discuss this new information based on what Quadra Darkness had seen.

— That is, "before the birth of ’Nightmare: Spore Mill,’" what had happened here.

With this piece of information, many previously confusing elements were now easily resolved.

Players had also realized that nightmares were deformed history—if they could understand the historical truth, it would undoubtedly aid in purifying the nightmares.

Again, at the very least, they could have a strategy for solving the puzzles.

If they knew what the various traps, mechanisms, and monsters in the nightmare roughly corresponded to, they could guess what might be effective against them... and not need to lethal lead through trial and error, life by life.

Complete all investigations before entering the nightmare—this was the mainstream tactic for purifying nightmares by the natives of this world, in the context of a limited and precious Erosion Rate.

Quadra Darkness naturally understood... even the smartest person, if severely limited by information, would not have room to think.

So upon hearing that his sister had obtained new information, he immediately calmed down instead of being headstrong. He then lay down at the entrance of the Spore Mill and started to rest with closed eyes.

— Contrary to Quadra Darkness’s expectations, this did not trigger any death flag.

He kept grinding until 6 o’clock in the early morning of the next day, finally waking up from the nightmare successfully.

"It’s just that I was lucky, this save point was relatively safe, and AFKing didn’t cause any trouble."

Upon waking up, Quadra Darkness opened his eyes and saw Lin Yiyi sitting by the bed, and his first remark was a complaint, "If it had been a save where AFKing led to death, I’d probably have already died inside."

It was only after awakening that Quadra Darkness realized... his Erosion Rate had unknowingly increased to 70%.

And upon waking up, a new debuff had appeared:

[On the Verge of Madness: Your soul is already overburdened, your desires stitched with fear at the bottom of your pupils. You are on the verge of madness.]

[Your Will attribute temporarily -3, occasional hallucinations may occur; all influences acquired take one-third of the time to reverberate; there is a small probability of entering a new nightmare just before waking up from one; all effects of Twisted Spells are enhanced by an additional 30%.]

"...I don’t dare to play anymore."

Quadra Darkness grimaced, feeling slightly frustrated.

This was just the debuff for an Erosion Rate of 70%.

It had already made him completely wary of entering nightmares.

If it were 90%, 100%... would that result in immediate death?

Would normal people still enter the nightmares after their Erosion Rate reached this level?

How were they... completely eroded in the end?

Quadra Darkness did not know the answers.

After all, he was the first player to reach the critical value of the Erosion Rate.

Because other players simply couldn’t die as many times. Their total game time and the rarity of nightmares within the kingdom of Noah, made them like wolves starving green with envy at the sight of nightmares, pouncing on them only to vanish in an instant.

—Earning "public experience" in this game was truly too difficult.

To level up, the most direct method was purifying nightmares of matching specifications.

After advancing to the silver tier, even "normal difficulty" nightmares were insufficient for Delicious Goose to increase her job level. Following this rule, once they advanced to the gold tier, probably only Twisted Tier nightmares would be suitable for leveling up.

Quadra Darkness even suspected that the level advancements and experience they gained from the nightmares... might actually be the experience and levels held by the deceased.

However, Quadra Darkness normally wouldn’t have died so many times.

The reason he became the first player to touch the critical point was partly due to his dedication to puzzle-solving and the genuinely high difficulty of this instance... but an even more important factor was his concern for his sister, Lin Yiyi.

Watching his sister die over and over again in the nightmare... although he knew that this "death" was inconsequential, that it wouldn’t even bring on a dragon cough, wouldn’t result in loss of humanity, nor would it cause the Echo of Blood to drop.

But this was not a game where one could simply restart anytime.

——Death was truly painful.

Even if the pain felt by players was greatly diminished, it was still truly painful.

As her younger brother, Four of a Kind also wanted to do something to help her.

His sister had been his idol since childhood, the flag standing in the distance that he beheld.

Since they had come to this place, it definitely wasn’t to level up by purifying nightmares a few times. They were here to completely purify this nightmare... and so, scouting was a task that the trailblazers had to do.

If he had followed his own decryption logic and intuition, he would not have died so many times, possibly not even half as many.

But his duty was to physically scout for traps.

Even if he knew there might be traps, he had to step in and see for himself.

This had nothing to do with skill.

It was just about the readiness to "willingly endure pain".

This rough, bitter, exhausting work didn’t require his sister’s effort——he could do it too.

——How could he be afraid of pain, afraid of hardship, let the girls lead the way while he reaped the benefits of their toil?

Four of a Kind knew that he once was a very introverted person.

He found it hard to find topics to talk about with strangers, and if possible, he didn’t even want to leave his computer. His friends were primarily online, his smile only showed up when chatting with silly net friends, and his lively conversations were only directed at those fans whose true nature—human or ghost—he didn’t know.

And one of the reasons for this... was Lin Yiyi.

As a sister, she was truly excellent.

But this also created greater pressure for Four of a Kind.

No matter what he did, he was compared to his sister—not just by his parents, but also by relatives and other friends, as well as his teachers.

He attended the same elementary school as Lin Yiyi, the same junior high, and the same high school. The overlap of teachers they had in their schooling was at least 30%.

He felt indignant since he was young:

——Why could others be praised for their progress when they scored 80 or 90? Yet when he occasionally scored 95, he would be rebuked for regressing and scolded for laziness? If so, wasn’t it true that the worse someone performed, the better treatment they received?

——Why could others be happy playing after ranking in the top five of their class, while he was reminded "his sister always ranked first" if he didn’t come first?

——Why did he have to work so hard just to accomplish what his sister once had? Why did he only get a third of others’ joy after putting in three or four times the effort?

And.

——Why did he have such an excellent sister?

Whether it was academics or popularity, even as a content creator she was very successful, becoming famous with ease. Despite his utmost effort in playing difficult games and putting heart into his showmanship, his follower count fell short of Lin Yiyi’s.

Although Four of a Kind had never spoken out loud.

He had indeed felt resentment in his heart.

But now it was different.

He gradually understood...

The expectations from his parents, from his teachers, were the hopes being passed down.

He wasn’t simply his sister’s shadow.

——But rather, he should be the surpasser.

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