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Chapter 1700: The Fifteenth Official Dungeon Settlement (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

He Ao opened his eyes and looked at the card floating in his field of vision.

The image on the card is predominantly green, with a green sun hanging high in the sky, surrounded by a purple sky and a few wisps of red clouds. Below appears to be a city.

The city was shrouded in green light, making it difficult to discern its exact appearance; it seemed to be filled with densely packed buildings.

At first glance, these buildings seem unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, they reveal subtle 'oddities'.

Some buildings allow you to walk down the stairs from the ground floor to the roof, or turn left to right. Some buildings present a state that is both new and old, as if the past and the future have overlapped.

At the very bottom of these buildings, faint green lines undulate.

Upon closer inspection, He Ao vaguely noticed that the scene on the card seemed to be upside down; the place where the green sun hung was more like the earth, while the place where the distorted buildings were located was more like the sky.

He Ao looked down at the gap between the buildings.

There, it seemed, was a distorted figure slowly walking into the densely packed buildings.

His body was arched forward, his feet were not visible, as if they had merged into the 'ground' below, but his head was slightly turned to the side, as if sensing the gaze cast from 'outside', and he was turning back to look 'outside'.

He Ao looked up at the name on the card.

【abnormal】

There were no adjectives, no embellishments, just the simple word 'abnormal'.

Heo stared quietly at the card's face. Judging from Estella and the Primordial Wilderness's performance, the abnormal power should be green.

The green sun could be understood as the power of the anomaly itself, but the purple 'sky' seemed impossible to explain with the power of extrasensory perception.

With its super-memory angel-level status, it seems insufficient to leave such a large area of ​​content on the abnormal card.

After all, those few wisps of red clouds should be the residual power of the God of War within He Ao's body at that time. The God of War's status could only manifest as a few very thin wisps of clouds.

Generally speaking, the items on character cards have symbolic meaning.

So, the purple sky must be the power of the Witch of Desire?

If the purple sky represents the power of the Witch of Desire, and the red clouds represent the power of the God of War, then the green sun must also originate from a 'god,' a mysterious shadow?

So the power of the eldest sister and the mysterious shadow eventually seeped into the anomaly.

He Ao turned his gaze to the name on the card.

The names of the character cards in the system also carry a certain mystical meaning.

For example, Nell's classic "the usurper" perfectly captures Nell's state of being, with "usurpation" and "humanity".

However, this card, "Abnormal," lacks any adjectives to describe it. The only card with the same name is Pete's "Saint."

The reason for the "Saint" character card is that Pete himself is a saint.

So, the naming convention of "[Exception]" also means...
He Ao stared at the character card in front of him.

Is this card the 'abnormality' itself?
The anomaly itself is chaotic and unconscious. He Ao merged himself into it in order to briefly influence its 'decision' and reverse the process of the seal being broken.

If his speculation is correct, and the card really is the 'anomaly' itself, then he must have succeeded back then.

And it seemed to be even more successful than he had anticipated. He not only briefly 'influenced' the anomaly, but also completely merged with it, becoming the anomaly's 'consciousness'.

Of course, He Ao knew that things were unlikely to go so 'smoothly'. He guessed that the existence of this card was more likely to have blocked some kind of bug.

After all, if a weak consciousness merges with a powerful consciousness, it will most likely be assimilated by the powerful consciousness. The moment He Ao merged with that consciousness, he felt this powerful assimilation force.

However, when he was assimilated, he returned directly to the main world, causing his state to be stuck at the moment he merged with the anomaly consciousness. At that instant, he and the anomaly were equivalent.

But being equal does not mean that he is abnormal.

It's also possible that 'the anomaly is him'.

The anomaly swallowed his consciousness, and also merged with him.

Although this card looks powerful, the danger it carries is not insignificant.

Not to mention the power of the elder sister and the mysterious shadow hanging in the sky.

Judging from the Shadow of Mystery's actions, he seems to care a lot about the existence of anomalies. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to seal them. Moreover, he secretly guided Estella and others to seal them through fate, proving that he didn't want others—at least not other gods—to know.

Although his secret was eventually discovered by the Witch of Desire, it led to this unusually active incident.

The color of the abnormal power and the power of the mysterious shadow are both green. Judging from the previous situation in the abyss, the abnormal power is likely similar to that of the abyss and is very important to the mysterious shadow.

Therefore, the Mysterious Shadow's level of attention to anomalies is probably very high.

The eldest sister, the Witch of Desire, was practically ready to dissect Heo, and she also coveted his unusual powers.

The two gods behind this card are both very purposeful and aggressive.

The Goddess of Life did not intervene this time, but only provided divine magical support and did not integrate her power. Otherwise, He Ao could have barely resisted by borrowing the power of the Goddess of Life, just like with the [Whispering Lock].

But thinking about it, the goddess of life probably doesn't want to get involved in this mess.

He shook his head and stared at the card.

Combined with the unusually strong consciousness inherent in this character card, it's unlikely that He Ao will be able to use this card until he becomes strong enough to resist these influences.

However, judging from his promotion speed, it should be soon.

As He Ao stared at him, a system notification popped up.

[Pay 18 exchange stars to exchange for 'Abnormal'? (Your current available exchange stars: 18)]

How many? 18 exchange stars?

The previous dungeon's 'Night Spy' only required 13 exchange stars, but this one requires 18. Is this abnormality really that strong?
Why didn't I sense it?

Okay, throughout the entire process of contacting the anomaly, the anomaly was sealed away, and the one that was defeated was Estella, who had gained some support from the anomaly.

From this perspective, it seems that I haven't truly come into contact with the full extent of the abnormal power?
From the system's evaluation criteria, the core of the previous "Night Vision" was stealing the power of the gods and touching the threshold of "usurping the god".

The [Anomaly] has a full five more exchange stars than [Night Vision], meaning that the [Anomaly] is much stronger than [Night Vision].

What is this abnormal energy level, a true 'usurper'?
However, the [Anomaly] itself does not seem to steal the power of a god like in the previous dungeon, Diman; it is itself a high-level existence with stable energy.

Or is it that becoming a tyrant doesn't require directly stealing the power of the gods, but rather a stable level, like the advancement of a talent sequence, where one can advance to become a tyrant by taking the corresponding secret medicine and completing the corresponding ritual or other requirements?
Looking back now, Kayla also seems to be a usurper, and her form seems stable, without any obvious sense of stealing divine power.

Past experiences and occult knowledge converged in He'ao's mind, and an idea popped into his head.

Is 'usurper' a stable level in itself? And does it have a corresponding talent sequence?
Can this level be advanced normally through secret medicine?

So, can gods also become gods by taking secret medicine, completing certain rituals or requirements, just like superhumans advance in rank?

Can mortals become gods?

In that instant, He Ao thought of the contradiction between the tyrannical god and the deity, who were of the same color.

If a usurper can ascend to godhood by taking the corresponding secret medicine, then every usurper on the same path will have an irreconcilable conflict with a god.

Having already reached the point of usurping divine power, it's hard to say whether they don't have the desire to go further, or even want to go further.
They were about to kill a god.

While tyrannical gods themselves do not possess the ability to kill gods, they can unite with other gods to fight against gods of their own kind.

For the gods themselves, killing all usurpers of the same path is also a means of ensuring their own safety.

This is why the rank of 'usurper' is called 'usurper'.

Those who overstep their bounds are human below and gods above.

Therefore, they are 'usurpers'.

Therefore, the tuner will side with the god of machinery, who in turn needs the tuner to threaten the god of knowledge, while his good friend must eliminate the tuner.

Many things that he couldn't understand before seemed to connect at this moment, linking together in He Ao's mind.

Although this is just He Ao's guess, there are still many things that cannot be explained, such as how his good friend swallowed the tuner's power, and why the mysterious shadow only seals the abnormal.

But overall, this 'guess' seems to explain a lot of things.

He Ao suddenly took a deep breath, feeling the power of his super memory within his body.

In this instance, he has completely mastered the power of super memory. Although some disharmony and discord left by his hasty advancement still exist, he has indeed completely mastered the power of super memory.

According to the normal extraordinary process, he should be able to prepare for 'promotion' at this point.

If his guess is correct, he can now prepare to ascend to the rank of 'usurper god'.

Okay, so here's the question.

He seemed to know nothing about the next talent sequence, the secret formula for advancement, whether advancement required a ritual, or what kind of ritual it required.

Moreover, this is only based on his guess. If he is wrong, and the only way to become a tyrant is through other means, such as stealing the power of gods like Diman in the previous instance, then he will be even more confused.

This is the trouble of untrained people: they're completely clueless and know nothing.

He sighed softly. To truly obtain accurate knowledge, one would probably have to ask the real tyrant.

But it's clear that there are no usurpers in the main world, and in the dungeon world, it seems that the strongest beings are angels.

The road ahead seemed to be one that no one had ever traveled before.

What if we could find Kayla? But Kayla seems to be a born tyrant. If she really has a talent sequence, then she is also a genius of that talent sequence. If we ask her about advancement-related knowledge, she would probably know nothing.

Indeed, knowledge is power, and having knowledge can prevent many things.

One bite at a time, one step at a time. Having encountered so many gods and usurpers, perhaps there's always a way to obtain some clues.

Let's deal with the immediate problem first.

He Ao took a deep breath, cleared his mind, and looked at the available exchange stars behind him: 18 stars.

After the previous dungeon ended, he had a total of 34 exchange stars.

In the end, I spent two exchange stars to redeem 24 hours of [Saint] usage time in this dungeon. I almost failed to break through. If He Ao hadn't broken through quickly enough, I probably would have had to spend more exchange stars to redeem even more time.

In order to break through in martial arts, he also spent an exchange star to exchange for 12 hours of dual-character usage time. However, there was no restriction on the characters used, so he controlled Pete and Loren, and Lynn and Loren at the same time.

Then, during the battle, he also spent an exchange star to exchange for three hours of Pete's 'Life Grace'.

Here are four exchange stars. Of course, the main event is yet to come.

He redeemed Lynn's [Whispering Lock] for eleven exchange stars.

Then I used one exchange star to redeem three hours of use time for the [Whispering Lock].

There are sixteen exchange stars here.

After all that, even with He Ao's careful calculations, he only had 18 exchange stars left.

Just enough to redeem one [abnormal] item, not even enough to redeem usage time.

He Ao took a deep breath and stared at the densely packed character cards in his field of vision.

Joey's "Primordial Fire", Vian's "King of the Night", Nel's "Usurper", Pete's "Saint", Jess's "Deep Sea Glimmer", Sito's "Dream Illusion", Ilo's "Eternal Obsession", Lynn's "Whispering Lock", Sot's "City of Loops", and Pashu's "Night Vision".

Including Loren's [abnormality] this time, there are a total of eleven character cards.

This is the accumulation of his copies, but not every card is usable.

Seven of them, namely [Primordial Fire], [King of the Night], [Usurper], [Saint], [Deep Sea Glimmer], [Dream Illusion], and [Whispering Lock], have already been redeemed.

The remaining four cards – [Eternal Obsession], [City of Recurrence], [Night's Gaze], and [Anomaly] – were not redeemed.

These four character cards are not cheap; one costs nine coins, one eleven coins, one thirteen coins, and one eighteen coins.

If he really needs to use these character cards, eighteen exchange stars won't give him complete confidence.

We can only hope that this system settlement will yield more exchange stars.

He Ao took a deep breath. The character card interface in his field of vision disappeared, and lines of text began to appear—the system's settlement interface.

[Main quest evaluation in progress...]