The game description of “The All-Devouring Soul” wrote that there were possible in-game purchases but Ren Suo had not encountered any such opportunities after playing the game for a long time and assumed that the “in-game purchases” were referring to the life form selection at the start of the game.
He had not imagined that like “Holy Priest: Survival Battle”, in-game purchases would only appear after meeting certain criteria in “The All-Devouring Soul”.
In this day and age, a rookie is not qualified to make such in-game purchases.
In “Holy Priest: Survival Battle”, Ren Suo had to pass the first round of training before he could take a gamble with the Golden Ranger during the break time.
Similarly, in “The All-Devouring Soul”, the earth elf with the “responsibility” of in-game purchases only appeared after he had received a Trump Card.
The Northern Mang Earth Elf standing in front of the red fox said, “If not for the distinctive crimson-red glow on your body, I would not have noticed your presence. Your physical self appears to be the same as those who live here? It is with a great affinity that we meet.”
“In that case, do you wish to acquire some knowledge, equipment, or help from me, your senior?” the elf asked.
A list of available purchases appeared on the screen, and they were naturally purchases with merit points.
Ren Suo had already thoroughly looked through the list of items the previous night, and even wrote down his analysis of the items on his laptop.
The main items available for purchase from the Northern Mang Earth Elf were generally abilities and Reiki objects.
The abilities she sold were all ability amulets, which meant that the player would directly acquire the ability after purchasing it.
Upon seeing the ability amulet, Ren Suo remembered the Knowledge Web platform that the Countermeasure Division used to transmit knowledge of abilities.
He had not expected that both types of knowledge transmitting tools had similar methods of imparting knowledge, allowing the user to “learn” and remember the knowledge directly.
At present, Ren Suo did not yet know the limits of such technology. If such technology would soon be widely used in the future, he would have to advise his sister not to specialize in any teaching-related field in university.
Ren Suo was not interested in most of the ability amulets at first. Unlike the pangolin, the red fox was a character who survived by “enchanting” people with her charming figure. Why would she need most of the attack abilities?
But Ren Suo suddenly realized that it appeared to be a wonderful opportunity to experiment.
In the list of ability amulets, there was a ranged attack ability that would not deal any damage, but merely make the target fall unconscious.
If the affected target was not treated with Reiki, he or she would be bed-ridden for many days and require glucose drips to stay alive during that period.
Indeed, that ability was called “Tame Head”. It was completely unrelated to the Tame Head black magic in Southeast Asia, but its only effect was to cause Reiki to press down on the target’s skull, causing the target to fall unconscious due to the pressure on the head.
If Ren Suo bought that ability amulet and buried it somewhere, then let the pangolin reveal that information, wouldn’t the nation then be able to acquire that ability?
But Ren Suo soon had his qualms about doing so: firstly, getting hold of the ability amulet did not necessarily mean that the nation would be able to dissect and analyze the ability for use; secondly, if the ability could be analyzed for use, it might not necessarily be taught to ordinary secondary and primary school students; thirdly, they might not necessarily be involved in fights after learning the ability…
“Why is it so hard these days for keys to find their way to me…” Ren Suo said with a sigh. Nonetheless, he still purchased the “Tame Head Ability Amulet” for 3 merit points.
Ren Suo thought, ‘I shall just see it as buying a lottery ticket, if it doesn’t work out as planned, I shall just donate it to the nation.’
Subsequently, it was easier to purchase the other items he wanted to buy. Ren Suo had studied the list of items the night before and devised a purchase game plan. However, he naturally did not dare to purchase too many items. It would be a tragedy if he failed to complete the game that round while ending up with no more merit points.
The most significant of the available ability amulets was none other than the “Underground Travel Ability Amulet”, but it cost a whopping 25 merit points—a daylight robbery that he definitely could not afford.
As such, Ren Suo purchased five “Underground Travel Amulets”, which cost 2 merit points each. Although it had one word less than the “Underground Travel Ability Amulet”, the “Underground Travel Amulet” allowed the red fox to move normally in the ground for ten seconds, after which it would spring back to the ground automatically.
Ren Suo then purchased a “Teleportation Service”, and let the Northern Mang Earth Elf teleport the red fox directly closer to the city. After all, it was in the early hours of the morning, no shops were open in front and the village behind was quiet, and Ren Suo did not know how long he had to wait before a car would appear.
Ren Suo’s “Meticulous Player” player privilege was activated multiple times and only 10 merit points were spent in total. That was also the largest amount of merit points Ren Suo had spent while being unsure if he could get a good score in the present game save.
After Ren Suo completed his purchases, the Northern Pang Earth Elf sent the red elf to an alley in the city. The elf said, “There are many other elves like me in the world. You have a precious treasure on you, so whenever you would like to trade with any of my friends, you just need to hit the ground thrice while in a safe environment. An elf who is willing to trade with you would then appear.”
Wow, the game is truly evil, there are even many different available choices of “products” in the in-game purchases? Is such a method of earning money even legal?
After the Northern Mang Earth Elf left, Ren Suo controlled the red fox to leave the alley, when a drunkard stumbled into the alley vomiting.
The drunkard was bald with a large belly and his face was blushed red. His waist belt was not even worn properly as he was vomiting in the alley. When he looked up and saw the red fox who had the appearance of a young lady, the drunkard seemed to sober up and a creepy smile emerged on his face. He said, “Hey, young lady…”
If Ren Suo had not known that the events in the game were likely predictions of the future by the Mini Worlds Gaming Console, he would have been exasperated that the strategy the game employed was horrid.
But regardless, it was what Ren Suo would have wanted too!
Activate the ability “Seductive Charm”!
After a minute, the red fox had the drunkard’s wallet and mobile phone in her hands. At the same time, she had also found out the password to unlock the drunkard’s phone, his Alipay password, WeChat Pay password, and even ordered a taxi for the international airport in the Tianjing capital, through the DiDi mobile application.
The “Seductive Charm” ability card was green with golden words. Its effect was: Seductively charm other creatures. Based on factors like compatibility and appearance, the target would let down their guard. This ability can be used unlimited times but if found out by the target, the target could be triggered. If the user is in human form and possesses communication evolutionary ability, the target can be commanded by typing into the dialogue box.
The “Voice of Charm” ability card was green with blue words. Its effect was: Make sounds so that other creatures cannot concentrate. This ability is automatically activated in combat. Activating this ability under normal circumstances allows the user to communicate their thoughts through sound while ensuring that other creatures are highly unlikely to notice language differences.
With that ability, it meant that the red fox was merely making fox noises when “talking” to the drunkard previously. It was just that that had gone completely unnoticed by the drunkard.
In the old days, “Voice of Charm” would have been almost flawless. But in the present age, having a voice recorder could expose the red fox.
However, it did not matter to Ren Suo, as the subsequent journey of the red fox was no longer Xuan Nation!
The line of text that scrolled past when the Reiki Treasure of Xuan Nation was activated was actually hinting to the player the method to level up the All-Devouring Soul quickly!
“As the Reiki Treasure of Xuan Nation has been activated, other Reiki Treasures in 11 other places on Earth would be activated automatically in 30 days.”
That also meant that there were eleven other Reiki Treasures in the world, which would allow the All-Devouring Soul to activate them and reap great benefits before they did so automatically!
Furthermore, the Reiki Treasure Ren Suo had activated was in “Xuan Nation”, which likely meant that the other Reiki Treasures were found in their respected nations.
In that case, the best action to take was to fly to other large nations by plane and activate the Reiki Treasures there!
When the red fox arrived at the airport, Ren Suo quickly found a flight that was scheduled to depart very soon. It was a flight to a large European country. The red fox immediately activated “Seductive Charm” and “Voice of Charm”, taking on the identity of the drunkard to purchase the flight ticket!
The ticket staff and security staff all let the red fox through without any problems!
That was something which the macho pangolin could not have done. Rather than trying to control the pangolin to go overseas on a plane, it would have been easier to hijack a plane instead.
It was only then that Ren Suo remembered the pangolin, which he had abandoned in the forest. While the red fox in the appearance of a young lady waited in the waiting area, Ren Suo switched the player perspective to control the pangolin instead.
The scene instantly changed from the waiting area with the morning sunlight shining through the glass windows to… a small brightly-lit room?
It looked like an interrogation room in a police station from the scene of a drama series.
The pangolin was seated in a chair and there two people clad in black vests standing on either side of the pangolin. They pressed down on the pangolin’s shoulders, and there was another middle-aged man looking at the pangolin at the other side of the table.
“It has been 5 hours, you did not resist and allowed us to bring you back here, why are you not speaking up?” the middle-aged man questioned. He knocked on the table with a pen and said, “Even if you can’t understand us, you should not just remain dazed and silent. If you are not able to communicate, then we can only keep you forcefully. My pangolin comrade, that would not do you any good.”
“…” Ren Suo pondered for a moment, suddenly at a loss, not knowing what to do with the pangolin.
He also wanted to communicate with the Countermeasure Division!
But the pangolin was unable to talk in that state!
What a play! I thought that I could make use of “Unlimited Legacies” to play dirty for once!
However, Ren Suo did not give up. He opened the controller settings in the menu to see if there were any useful controller options.
“Eh?”
At the very bottom of the menu, there was an option that read “Special Control Options for the Hell 4 Controller”. It allowed the player to control the hand moved by the character in the game based on which hand the player was holding the game controller.
Ren Suo thought for a second and immediately opened the shopping application on his mobile phone and purchased a game controller, just in case.
With two controllers, would that not mean that he could control both hands of the character in the game?
Subsequently, Ren Suo raised the game controller up with his right hand, and the pangolin in the game also lifted its right fist, scaring the two personnel clad in the black vests who were standing beside it.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite gestured to the two personnel in the black vests not to act rashly, allowing the pangolin to continue its action.
Ren Suo noticed that there was a bottle of water on the table. He controlled the pangolin to reach its right fist out, over the top of the bottle, then smashed its fist down on the it!
The personnel in the black vests tensed up, but the middle-aged man remained calm, allowing the pangolin to continue.
Ren Suo then controlled the pangolin’s right hand and started drawing on the table.
As the pangolin’s fist was damp, it left watermarks on the table as its fist moved along.
Very quickly, a large word “Xuan” appeared on the table.
The entire atmosphere in the interrogation room seemed to relax.
“Great, my pangolin comrade, you’re truly a good pangolin elf. You know the name of the country, and even learned the national language on your own! Good, good!”
The middle-aged man asked, “Are you not able to speak?”
The pangolin waved its right hand.
“Then, are you able to write?” the man asked.
After a brief pause, the pangolin pressed the back of its head with its right hand and nodded.
The man asked, “Do you wish to communicate with us?”
Again, the pangolin nodded.
The middle-aged man said, “Great, Guo Wei, bring us a bottle of ink and some paper. Also, get a photographer to come over and take a picture of the ‘Xuan’ word on the table, and submit a report to the higher authorities. This could be a great achievement for the ‘Endangered Elves Protection Division’! The pangolin has even talked to us with his fist!”
The game description of “The All-Devouring Soul” wrote that there were possible in-game purchases but Ren Suo had not encountered any such opportunities after playing the game for a long time and assumed that the “in-game purchases” were referring to the life form selection at the start of the game.
He had not imagined that like “Holy Priest: Survival Battle”, in-game purchases would only appear after meeting certain criteria in “The All-Devouring Soul”.
In this day and age, a rookie is not qualified to make such in-game purchases.
In “Holy Priest: Survival Battle”, Ren Suo had to pass the first round of training before he could take a gamble with the Golden Ranger during the break time.
Similarly, in “The All-Devouring Soul”, the earth elf with the “responsibility” of in-game purchases only appeared after he had received a Trump Card.
The Northern Mang Earth Elf standing in front of the red fox said, “If not for the distinctive crimson-red glow on your body, I would not have noticed your presence. Your physical self appears to be the same as those who live here? It is with a great affinity that we meet.”
“In that case, do you wish to acquire some knowledge, equipment, or help from me, your senior?” the elf asked.
A list of available purchases appeared on the screen, and they were naturally purchases with merit points.
Ren Suo had already thoroughly looked through the list of items the previous night, and even wrote down his analysis of the items on his laptop.
The main items available for purchase from the Northern Mang Earth Elf were generally abilities and Reiki objects.
The abilities she sold were all ability amulets, which meant that the player would directly acquire the ability after purchasing it.
Upon seeing the ability amulet, Ren Suo remembered the Knowledge Web platform that the Countermeasure Division used to transmit knowledge of abilities.
He had not expected that both types of knowledge transmitting tools had similar methods of imparting knowledge, allowing the user to “learn” and remember the knowledge directly.
At present, Ren Suo did not yet know the limits of such technology. If such technology would soon be widely used in the future, he would have to advise his sister not to specialize in any teaching-related field in university.
Ren Suo was not interested in most of the ability amulets at first. Unlike the pangolin, the red fox was a character who survived by “enchanting” people with her charming figure. Why would she need most of the attack abilities?
But Ren Suo suddenly realized that it appeared to be a wonderful opportunity to experiment.
In the list of ability amulets, there was a ranged attack ability that would not deal any damage, but merely make the target fall unconscious.
If the affected target was not treated with Reiki, he or she would be bed-ridden for many days and require glucose drips to stay alive during that period.
Indeed, that ability was called “Tame Head”. It was completely unrelated to the Tame Head black magic in Southeast Asia, but its only effect was to cause Reiki to press down on the target’s skull, causing the target to fall unconscious due to the pressure on the head.
If Ren Suo bought that ability amulet and buried it somewhere, then let the pangolin reveal that information, wouldn’t the nation then be able to acquire that ability?
But Ren Suo soon had his qualms about doing so: firstly, getting hold of the ability amulet did not necessarily mean that the nation would be able to dissect and analyze the ability for use; secondly, if the ability could be analyzed for use, it might not necessarily be taught to ordinary secondary and primary school students; thirdly, they might not necessarily be involved in fights after learning the ability…
“Why is it so hard these days for keys to find their way to me…” Ren Suo said with a sigh. Nonetheless, he still purchased the “Tame Head Ability Amulet” for 3 merit points.
Ren Suo thought, ‘I shall just see it as buying a lottery ticket, if it doesn’t work out as planned, I shall just donate it to the nation.’
Subsequently, it was easier to purchase the other items he wanted to buy. Ren Suo had studied the list of items the night before and devised a purchase game plan. However, he naturally did not dare to purchase too many items. It would be a tragedy if he failed to complete the game that round while ending up with no more merit points.
The most significant of the available ability amulets was none other than the “Underground Travel Ability Amulet”, but it cost a whopping 25 merit points—a daylight robbery that he definitely could not afford.
As such, Ren Suo purchased five “Underground Travel Amulets”, which cost 2 merit points each. Although it had one word less than the “Underground Travel Ability Amulet”, the “Underground Travel Amulet” allowed the red fox to move normally in the ground for ten seconds, after which it would spring back to the ground automatically.
Ren Suo then purchased a “Teleportation Service”, and let the Northern Mang Earth Elf teleport the red fox directly closer to the city. After all, it was in the early hours of the morning, no shops were open in front and the village behind was quiet, and Ren Suo did not know how long he had to wait before a car would appear.
Ren Suo’s “Meticulous Player” player privilege was activated multiple times and only 10 merit points were spent in total. That was also the largest amount of merit points Ren Suo had spent while being unsure if he could get a good score in the present game save.
After Ren Suo completed his purchases, the Northern Pang Earth Elf sent the red elf to an alley in the city. The elf said, “There are many other elves like me in the world. You have a precious treasure on you, so whenever you would like to trade with any of my friends, you just need to hit the ground thrice while in a safe environment. An elf who is willing to trade with you would then appear.”
Wow, the game is truly evil, there are even many different available choices of “products” in the in-game purchases? Is such a method of earning money even legal?
After the Northern Mang Earth Elf left, Ren Suo controlled the red fox to leave the alley, when a drunkard stumbled into the alley vomiting.
The drunkard was bald with a large belly and his face was blushed red. His waist belt was not even worn properly as he was vomiting in the alley. When he looked up and saw the red fox who had the appearance of a young lady, the drunkard seemed to sober up and a creepy smile emerged on his face. He said, “Hey, young lady…”
If Ren Suo had not known that the events in the game were likely predictions of the future by the Mini Worlds Gaming Console, he would have been exasperated that the strategy the game employed was horrid.
But regardless, it was what Ren Suo would have wanted too!
Activate the ability “Seductive Charm”!
After a minute, the red fox had the drunkard’s wallet and mobile phone in her hands. At the same time, she had also found out the password to unlock the drunkard’s phone, his Alipay password, WeChat Pay password, and even ordered a taxi for the international airport in the Tianjing capital, through the DiDi mobile application.
The “Seductive Charm” ability card was green with golden words. Its effect was: Seductively charm other creatures. Based on factors like compatibility and appearance, the target would let down their guard. This ability can be used unlimited times but if found out by the target, the target could be triggered. If the user is in human form and possesses communication evolutionary ability, the target can be commanded by typing into the dialogue box.
The “Voice of Charm” ability card was green with blue words. Its effect was: Make sounds so that other creatures cannot concentrate. This ability is automatically activated in combat. Activating this ability under normal circumstances allows the user to communicate their thoughts through sound while ensuring that other creatures are highly unlikely to notice language differences.
With that ability, it meant that the red fox was merely making fox noises when “talking” to the drunkard previously. It was just that that had gone completely unnoticed by the drunkard.
In the old days, “Voice of Charm” would have been almost flawless. But in the present age, having a voice recorder could expose the red fox.
However, it did not matter to Ren Suo, as the subsequent journey of the red fox was no longer Xuan Nation!
The line of text that scrolled past when the Reiki Treasure of Xuan Nation was activated was actually hinting to the player the method to level up the All-Devouring Soul quickly!
“As the Reiki Treasure of Xuan Nation has been activated, other Reiki Treasures in 11 other places on Earth would be activated automatically in 30 days.”
That also meant that there were eleven other Reiki Treasures in the world, which would allow the All-Devouring Soul to activate them and reap great benefits before they did so automatically!
Furthermore, the Reiki Treasure Ren Suo had activated was in “Xuan Nation”, which likely meant that the other Reiki Treasures were found in their respected nations.
In that case, the best action to take was to fly to other large nations by plane and activate the Reiki Treasures there!
When the red fox arrived at the airport, Ren Suo quickly found a flight that was scheduled to depart very soon. It was a flight to a large European country. The red fox immediately activated “Seductive Charm” and “Voice of Charm”, taking on the identity of the drunkard to purchase the flight ticket!
The ticket staff and security staff all let the red fox through without any problems!
That was something which the macho pangolin could not have done. Rather than trying to control the pangolin to go overseas on a plane, it would have been easier to hijack a plane instead.
It was only then that Ren Suo remembered the pangolin, which he had abandoned in the forest. While the red fox in the appearance of a young lady waited in the waiting area, Ren Suo switched the player perspective to control the pangolin instead.
The scene instantly changed from the waiting area with the morning sunlight shining through the glass windows to… a small brightly-lit room?
It looked like an interrogation room in a police station from the scene of a drama series.
The pangolin was seated in a chair and there two people clad in black vests standing on either side of the pangolin. They pressed down on the pangolin’s shoulders, and there was another middle-aged man looking at the pangolin at the other side of the table.
“It has been 5 hours, you did not resist and allowed us to bring you back here, why are you not speaking up?” the middle-aged man questioned. He knocked on the table with a pen and said, “Even if you can’t understand us, you should not just remain dazed and silent. If you are not able to communicate, then we can only keep you forcefully. My pangolin comrade, that would not do you any good.”
“…” Ren Suo pondered for a moment, suddenly at a loss, not knowing what to do with the pangolin.
He also wanted to communicate with the Countermeasure Division!
But the pangolin was unable to talk in that state!
What a play! I thought that I could make use of “Unlimited Legacies” to play dirty for once!
However, Ren Suo did not give up. He opened the controller settings in the menu to see if there were any useful controller options.
“Eh?”
At the very bottom of the menu, there was an option that read “Special Control Options for the Hell 4 Controller”. It allowed the player to control the hand moved by the character in the game based on which hand the player was holding the game controller.
Ren Suo thought for a second and immediately opened the shopping application on his mobile phone and purchased a game controller, just in case.
With two controllers, would that not mean that he could control both hands of the character in the game?
Subsequently, Ren Suo raised the game controller up with his right hand, and the pangolin in the game also lifted its right fist, scaring the two personnel clad in the black vests who were standing beside it.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite gestured to the two personnel in the black vests not to act rashly, allowing the pangolin to continue its action.
Ren Suo noticed that there was a bottle of water on the table. He controlled the pangolin to reach its right fist out, over the top of the bottle, then smashed its fist down on the it!
The personnel in the black vests tensed up, but the middle-aged man remained calm, allowing the pangolin to continue.
Ren Suo then controlled the pangolin’s right hand and started drawing on the table.
As the pangolin’s fist was damp, it left watermarks on the table as its fist moved along.
Very quickly, a large word “Xuan” appeared on the table.
The entire atmosphere in the interrogation room seemed to relax.
“Great, my pangolin comrade, you’re truly a good pangolin elf. You know the name of the country, and even learned the national language on your own! Good, good!”
The middle-aged man asked, “Are you not able to speak?”
The pangolin waved its right hand.
“Then, are you able to write?” the man asked.
After a brief pause, the pangolin pressed the back of its head with its right hand and nodded.
The man asked, “Do you wish to communicate with us?”
Again, the pangolin nodded.
The middle-aged man said, “Great, Guo Wei, bring us a bottle of ink and some paper. Also, get a photographer to come over and take a picture of the ‘Xuan’ word on the table, and submit a report to the higher authorities. This could be a great achievement for the ‘Endangered Elves Protection Division’! The pangolin has even talked to us with his fist!”
