Strange Era: An exclusive talent every month

Volume 2: The Ferryman

Dark clouds enveloped the entire Linjiang City, and the drizzle of rain hit the transparent glass shop windows. The water droplets crawled through the windows, leaving traces of winding snakes.

The rain is no longer the color of blood, but a normal color.

In Linjiang City, where there is almost no sunshine, such a scene seems normal for a long time.

Under the dim light, Chen Ye leaned on the sofa with his legs crossed, his hands crossed, and his deep pupils seemed to reflect an invisible streak of blood.

He seemed to be looking at something in front of him, thinking intently.

But there was nothing in front of him, only delicious-looking cakes covered in cheese, neatly placed in the surrounding windows.

Under the warm light, it has a warmer atmosphere.

"Master, here I come!"

Suddenly, a clear voice in the distance rushed over in the form of a cloud of gray mist.

The gray mist then outlined Yu Xian, who was wearing a tengu mask and wearing wooden clogs. He jumped out of the gray mist air ball and looked at Chen Yedao with a shy and flattering smile on his face:

"Ahem, master, can I start eating?"

Chen Ye's body didn't move at all, but his eyes turned to glance at Yu Xian with a strange angle. His whole body was as motionless as a wax sculpture.

"Then...I started?"

Yu Xian glanced at Chen Ye with a guilty conscience, and felt a sense of oppression from his somewhat abnormal behavior.

Chen Ye didn't say anything more, just nodded his head in an invisible manner.

After receiving the owner's approval, Yu Xian carefully took a piece of cake from the window and began to chew it carefully.

He didn't even dare to make his usual chirping sounds.

While he was eating, he secretly turned towards Chen Ye out of the corner of his eye, and found that the other person's eyes were tilted at a strange angle, looking right at him!

This look... inexplicably made Yu Xian feel frightened in his heart!

The cake in my mouth no longer tastes good.

He wondered what he had done wrong with his head? Or is the owner in a bad mood? Could it be that he is possessed by evil spirits?

But after a while, Yu Xian discovered that Chen Ye's eyes were not actually looking at him.

Precisely……

It’s like he’s staring at what’s behind him!

Yu Xian suddenly shuddered, as if something was peering into his secret. He moved his body slightly and looked behind him...

The delicious cake, illuminated by the warm lamp, reflected vaguely in the window.

Other than that, there is nothing...

Yu Xian was stunned for a moment, wondering if he was being too suspicious. After all, that adult was usually like this.

The master must behave like a master!

Perhaps this master, who looks only slightly older than me, is also learning to act like a qualified master, right?

In fact.

Chen Ye is indeed looking at Yu Xian.

But to be precise, he should be looking at the bloody words that gradually condensed from the sticky blood around Yu Xian.

[Hehe, the devil who kills two birds with one stone is really in high spirits today! 】

[The mouth of a licking dog has a quick and dexterous tongue. No wonder it can serve two masters at the same time. 】

[No wonder, after benefiting from the two masters, I am becoming more and more confident. 】

That's right!

This blood-colored text is the exclusive talent Chen Yexin obtained.

Combined with the Eye of Luck, he saw that Yuxian's aura energy had indeed become stronger than before.

as well as……

The line of purple energy is thicker and more conspicuous, which means that Yu Xian continues to swallow the devil's food and his energy is increasing.

The information given by the bloody text has a certain value.

Part of the energy of the feather string does come from itself.

But if that's all it is...then the speed of progress may not be that fast.

This means that Yu Xian has another part of his energy, which comes from his other original master.

The owner who gave Chen Ye a bone ring with a feather string that could penetrate the wall to help Chen Ye enter the broadcasting building.

"Yu Xian."

Chen Ye suddenly called out.

"Master, what are your orders?"

The moment he heard the call, Yu Xian immediately stopped chewing and stood up solemnly, as if he was ready to help others at any time.

"Who am I to you?" Chen Ye suddenly asked.

Yuxian replied almost without thinking: "Of course you are my most noble master!"

"hey-hey……"

"You're the best to me!"

That harmless and flattering smile, coupled with the pure white face, it is really difficult to make people feel disgusted.

"This mouth is really clever!" Chen Ye sighed silently.

It seems that the information given by the bloody text is quite accurate!

Since the first two are almost 90% correct, the only remaining one is "obtaining benefits from two masters", which is difficult to verify...

But this is enough to prove that the bloody text will give correct information.

It's just expressed in its own unique way.

As for whether the receiver can interpret it accurately, it has nothing to do with the text itself.

In addition, Chen Ye moved his eyes slightly upward and looked at the 'Snake Hair Cream Cake' placed on the window display cabinet.

[The cake is beautiful, but ugly. 】

【It tastes delicious, but hard to eat. 】

[The person who made the cake is really not a human being! 】

If an ordinary player sees the description in red text, his face will definitely turn black, wondering what the hell is this thing talking about?

What about playing with contradictory literature?

But Chen Ye knew that this statement was actually quite accurate for the "Snake Hair Cream Cake" he carefully developed.

Covered in cream, it looks very delicate.

However, if you bite a few more times, the snake inside will pop out and scare you!

Interpreted from this point of view, Chen Ye’s cake is indeed very beautiful, but it is also ugly.

Cream generally gives players the impression of being sweet.

However……

The cream from the Weird Era has a strong fishy smell and is not very tasty.

It needs to be paired with specific ingredients to taste delicious.

Therefore, if you just bite the outer layer of butter, you will feel extremely nauseated and will not want to eat it after a few bites.

But if you eat it with the snake hair and mushrooms inside, it will have a unique flavor.

It's really delicious, but it's also terrible.

Only the description in the last sentence felt a little rude to Chen Ye.

certainly.

Thinking about how you cook as a [Devil Chef], it’s really hard to call it a “human”!

"No matter what I look at now, will this thing pop up?"

Chen Ye smiled bitterly. Looking at the exclusive talent he had unlocked, he didn't know whether he should laugh three times or cry three times.

This talent is indeed quite useful.

However, it is everywhere. As long as you see something, related text expressions will pop up.

Just like in the scene reflected in the pupil, there will always be a large series of barrages floating by, which is very blocking the line of sight!

It's even hard to see clearly.

Moreover, this thing still appears in the form of blood, which is strange and infiltrating.

I always stare at this thing and feel uncomfortable all the time.

But the bloody text has another more convenient purpose...

As Chen Ye's mind moved, the bloody words gradually formed a panel——

【Personal Panel】

Player: Chen Ye

Identity: [Ferryman], [Devil Cooker]

Spiritual objects: [Wanderer’s Map], [Fire Sun Prayer Scroll], [White Flute], [Linghai Fishing]

Personal assets: "36 gold coins, 166 silver coins, 1,253,515 copper coins"

Real estate: 50 square meters

Title Halo: Graveyard Play

Exclusive talents: Eye of Luck, Research on Blood Letters

Strange value:???

Games cleared: 2

Career characteristics——

1. Ferryman: [Sound of Ferry] + [Gate to the Other Side] + [Soul Swing] + [Thoughts of All Beings]

2. Devil’s Cooker: [Devil’s Cuisine] + [Devil Devouring] + [Devil’s Mask] + [Thriller Blind Box]

3. Other characteristics: [Parasite Land Deed], [Forbidden Tentacles], [Lucky Pitcher]

…………

At this time, Chen Ye's exclusive talent has a new talent -

[Research on Blood Letters]

This is Chen Ye's exclusive talent this month.

No matter what you look at, blood-colored words will appear, like the Riddler, making abstract expressions.

It seems that I have to study the mystery hidden in these bloody words in order to know what the specific information described is.

In addition, [Study in Scarlet Letters] also has a special function——

That is, the text on the blood-colored mobile phone screen can be projected into the field of vision directly ahead.

Controlled by thought.

Not only can you open your personal panel, you can also smoothly send messages, hang out in forums, gossip on the public screen, and browse the latest items on the [Weird Black Market].

This function is quite convenient, at least you can operate it without taking out your bloody phone.

I don’t know if it’s because the text on the blood-colored screen is also blood-colored, so it can echo each other with the exclusive talent of [Study of Blood Letters].

As for Chen Ye's personal assets, there were one million more copper coins.

That one million was actually the copper coins collected from the players after the "All Living Beings Concert" was held.

After all, this is a concert covering the entire city, and the amount of copper coins earned is of course extremely large!

In addition to some penniless homeless people, as many as one million copper coins were collected from players.

On average, each listener pays one copper coin as a performance fee.

The unit price is not very high...

This should be because Chen Ye's performance was completed "online" and was not an offline face-to-face performance. Therefore, the performance fee charged was not very high.

If you think about it carefully, it's normal.

A song by a celebrity only costs three yuan at most on online platforms, but tickets for concerts often cost hundreds or even thousands.

The unit price of my "online" performance in the Strange Era is much better than that of the stars of the old era.

at last……

Chen Ye's eyes fell on the strange value that turned into a question mark.

He's not alone.

Through discussions on public screens and forums, the weird values ​​of all players have turned into question marks.

It's like it's completely useless...

After all, the bonus brought by the strangeness value is only obvious for some professions.

But the specific improvement is still very vague.

Moreover... the weird value is only displayed on the screen of the blood-colored mobile phone to represent the value of this month's growth.

However, it is not particularly obvious where the growth will occur.

"Is it just a month's competition game value?" Chen Ye frowned and thought to himself.

But if it were just that simple, then the "strange value" should be the same as the "governance value" and disappear when the list is settled.

However, there are still weird values ​​left in each player's personal panel.

It's just...the following values ​​​​are not displayed and become question marks?

This is a little unreasonable.

At this moment, Chen Ye's mind moved, and the 'good luck dice' appeared in the palm of his red glove.

at this time……

Chen Ye's spiritual power suddenly gave him a special feeling.

It seems that there is some kind of pulling energy that binds himself and the characteristics of the fate sequence to one place.

Since finishing yesterday's "All Living Beings Concert", Chen Ye has clearly felt that his connection with the entire city of destiny has become closer.

Whenever he closes his eyes, he will notice that there seem to be countless indescribable, incomprehensible, and incomprehensible beings, dormant throughout the city, either buried deep underground or high in the sky...

This feeling seems to be something other players don't have, but when the weirdness value turns into a question mark, special feelings like this often invade Chen Ye, making him feel inexplicably spiritually uneasy.

Chen Ye's intuition told him that the influence of the strange value still existed, but it was probably in a form that the players could not understand!

What exactly is going on...

He recalled what Bai Chen said about the sense of déjà vu, thought for a moment, and finally gave up with a long sigh.

When the personality is not enough, thinking about things beyond oneself will be harmful but useless.

According to the laws of the strange era, the smaller you are, the less you should go beyond what you shouldn't know.

Right now, the most important thing is to improve our strength as soon as possible, find the promotion materials for the fourth rank of [Ferryman], and determine the subsequent promotion sequence with [Devil Cooker]!

Chen Ye planned to throw the 'lucky dice' again to see how the recent important events would correspond.

As the dice is thrown upward, it falls back to the ground...

Da da da!

The moment the dice fell to the ground, it made a crisp sound, rolled rapidly for several times, and suddenly stood on it in a strange posture!

"3" and "4" move upward almost simultaneously at an angle.

After a while, the dice lost its balance and automatically landed on the number "4".

"In other words, my next incident is related to the spiritual number three and four, and finally fell back to four..."

Chen Ye rubbed his chin and tried to interpret the strange phenomenon that appeared on the dice this time.

At this moment, the bloody words appeared in front of him again, hovering above the dice.

【luck? What the weak believe in! 】

[But there is nothing wrong with believing in luck. 】

[It is a whole and a part of it. 】

"here we go again!"

"The exclusive riddle of the bloody text..."

Chen Ye complained in his mind, focusing on the newly appeared blood-colored text, suddenly frowning, and began to study it carefully.

The description that appeared this time was even more abstract!

in.

The first two sentences are full of contradictions.

It is a mockery of believing in luck, but it also understands the reasons for believing in luck...

What does that last "it" refer to?

What is the whole and what are the parts?

Chen Ye was immediately confused and had difficulty understanding what the bloody words wanted to express.

But it's normal. After all, I just saw a 'lucky dice'. It's completely fanciful to expect that the exclusive talent can solve the mystery of the entire city of destiny!

"Ding!"

At this moment, a notification tone came from the bloody mobile phone.

Chen Ye habitually took out the red cell phone in his pocket, but his right hand stopped in the air and he was suddenly startled.

correct!

Don’t I have the talent of [Research on Scarlet Letters]?

You can open the panel with just a thought, so why bother taking out the phone?

Adhering to the principles of energy saving, convenience, courage to try and getting used to using the latest operations, Chen Ye communicated with the red text with his mind and opened the information list.

Lines of complicated text, in a familiar tone, appeared in the center of Chen Ye's field of vision.

[Wang Jing: "Hahaha, boss, I didn't expect you to actually take down that thing from Master Hua!\