Chapter 946 - 6: Turning Point

Chapter 946: Chapter 6: Turning Point

Despite the somewhat strange development...

Upon further reflection, it seems this might indeed be a good solution.

It’s entirely a case of killing multiple birds with one stone!

Gu Mo, who had remained silent, blinked his eyes. The more he thought about it, the more he felt this method was indeed quite excellent. After all, the true focus was not the Magic Guidebook he created itself; it merely served as a vessel, even though crafting it wasn’t exactly easy.

It certainly did require a considerable amount of effort, consuming quite a bit of accumulated material.

After countless failures and wastage, it was finally refined into this magic artifact that approached a Legendary Quality.

But since he had successfully crafted this first Magic Guidebook, with the added experience of having the prototype’s success, naturally he could continue to easily produce the second and third Magic Guidebooks. This was an inevitable result, one he understood clearly, knowing full well that he could effortlessly replicate it.

He didn’t even need to go through the complete process again, nor did he need to prepare materials anew, methodically perform alchemy, enchant with spells, and so on. He simply needed to project them with his imagination, conjure them from thin air... Consciousness determines form, perception is reality, lies overwrite facts.

— Anyway, it’s all possible through the power of "I Reckon."

— He can disregard reason to this extent.

After all, including the creation concept, basic framework, material composition, crafting technology... all of these elements became the part of the knowledge he understood most clearly after the prototype’s success, since they were the fruits of his step-by-step painstaking effort. Naturally, it wouldn’t be said that he’s unfamiliar with them.

And since he understands them thoroughly, it’s clear that the basic conditions for projection are all firmly in place.

The remaining steps merely involve shared growth experience, reconstructing the accumulated time, then surpassing and completing various projects—

Simplicity itself, one can easily replicate the prototype’s blueprint and project its replica anew. Although its essence is Gu Mo’s fantasy, the quality of the counterfeit, enhanced by a series of related abilities, authorities, extraordinary traits, and other relevant buffs, will not be inferior to the genuine article.

As long as the fantasy doesn’t show flaws or dissipate, then it exists as reality.

It can be said it’s a nearly indistinguishable level of technique power.

Moreover, taking a step back, the real key to this magic artifact lies in its ability to successfully exert its effect, thereby gathering the system’s granted permissions rather than possessing such capabilities on its own.

So...

Let’s make this decision!

— The "Book of Worlds" will be entrusted to Xiao Ai for safekeeping, and as long as everything goes smoothly, whenever he needs to use this magic artifact in the future, he’ll need to trouble Xiao Ai for assistance... isn’t this the perfect excuse? The key to mending the father-daughter relationship lies here!

Realizing this, Gu Mo couldn’t help but reveal a smile, meanwhile sending a look of appreciation to Zi, almost giving the Demon Sage a thumbs up.

Tsk...

What a vexing fellow...

The golden-haired monster maiden pursed her lips again, despite having proactively aided him but still couldn’t help feeling displeased at his joy—after all, with a precious daughter in the mix, his attention shifted, and thinking so did leave her feeling a bit sour inside.

But never mind...

The Demon Sage’s gaze swept casually over the Magic Guidebook on the table.

Fighting for the book’s ownership seemed unnecessary to her, as it wasn’t something with special significance, like a wedding ring, for instance, which is why she didn’t care about it. Naturally, if it were something symbolically meaningful, that’d be another matter.

After all, whether being a Demon or a Sage, ultimately there’s still a maiden’s heart that hosts certain fantasies in this regard.

But embracing her sage side allowed her to calm down properly, making a quite rational decision...

And at that moment—

Yakumo Zi, sensing something, looked across to find the fox elf opposite also sneaking a glance over. The two’s gazes touched briefly and then casually moved away. Nothing seemed exchanged through their eyes, yet everything might have been exchanged.

A certain understanding.

Yes, it’s the achievement of a mutual understanding.

Though there was a sense of looking at each other unfavorably or a feeling of hostility, at this moment both sides knowingly reached a consensus... At least Yakumo Zi was certain the other caught her signal because a thoughtful cunning glint flickered in the nine-tailed fox’s lovely eyes across.

After all, that was Tamamo no Mae; how could she possibly not grasp this point?

Just as well, she indeed needed such an ally...

Ultimately, it was all because of Miss Shenqi’s overwhelming advantage, since she’s not alone; she also has Alice as a daughter, and their combination can exert an effect greater than the sum of the parts... Facing such pressure, the Demon Sage too sensed a significant issue.

Even though Miss Shenqi’s own obliviousness, paired with her somewhat childlike personality and thinking style, prevents her from utilizing such advantages well...

But an advantage is an advantage, this is an objectively existing fact, and it won’t change because of this.

She gently raised her fan, habitually hiding her beautiful face, her purple pupils slightly narrowed behind the fan.

The theme of competition games has always been inseparable from confrontation —

You either strengthen yourself or weaken your enemy. In short, the eternal main theme remains unchanged. When you have an advantage, you should consider how to maintain and further expand it, and when you’re at a disadvantage, you should consider how to equalize the gap between you and the enemy...

......

A small interlude didn’t stir up much trouble.

At least on the surface, it didn’t seem to stir up much trouble, as if it was just a simple moment that passed.

Alice, although somewhat bewildered and feeling inexplicably confused, couldn’t escape her emotions as a girl. Although she had never once verbally acknowledged someone’s father-like status, she didn’t say she completely disregarded it, nor was she caught up in this matter.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have shown such sulking behavior just now...

This behavior actually indicates that, in her subconscious, she is gradually accepting this fact. If she truly didn’t care and wasn’t concerned about this at all, then naturally there wouldn’t be any emotional reaction. She’d definitely appear very indifferent.

So, even though she felt puzzled by the gift, Alice was quite happy about it. She seemed very satisfied, and it was clear she was immersed in that kind of joy.

Meanwhile, Miss Hiri was somewhat perplexed.

Her experience unknowingly became very rich. Just now, she could clearly confirm that there seemed to be a hint of gunpowder filling the air, but she didn’t expect it to be much ado about nothing, not even needing her to mediate, as the atmosphere directly calmed down. Everything seemed so harmonious.

What’s going on?

The demon hunter girl’s head had a few question marks appearing.

She was slightly suspicious if this was laying the groundwork for a longer-term showdown, betting on her female intuition, she had this strange feeling.

"Mikko, come take a look at the contents on this..."

"Hiri, try to apply the magic in your bloodline to this, try to open a portal within the pages..."

"Zi, the final step is up to you."

At this time, Gu Mo was earnestly directing, attempting to coordinate the cooperation among the three girls to see if his idea was correct.

He thought this should be the way it is —

Being able to observe it allows you to interfere.

Being able to interfere allows you to dominate.

In this process, Mikko naturally represents the "observation" component, Miss Hiri naturally represents the "interference" component, while the final Demon Sage represents the "domination" component.

Unless there are any surprises, now in Dog System’s judgment, they should already be akin to crucial functional NPCs, unknowingly granted permissions from the system.

These permissions originate from the system’s function gameplay split, yet closely linked to their own abilities and traits, with a very close association. Their abilities, their traits, determine which aspects of permissions they can obtain when successfully positioned as functional NPCs.

And these implicit permissions, in turn, enhance their own abilities.

Perhaps just like Miss Hiri once felt her teleportation ability had made significant breakthroughs.

"Come! Try it!"

His gaze swept over the three "girls" of different races, ages, backgrounds, or forms of perception, lingering slightly on the demon hunter girl.

Hiri, earlier, showed her ability performance fitting his speculation, mainly because her positioning belonged to the "interference" component. She couldn’t perform targeted observation before interfering, nor could she execute targeted domination after interfering. So she could open portals to other Dungeon Worlds, yet still confined to randomness.

——I don’t know which world the first opened portal leads to.

——There is no way to precisely control which world’s portal to open.

Aimlessly also able to shoot, even if firing heedlessly, what can be hit depends on luck... Her abilities are fitting, while able to interfere, they are full of randomness.

But now...

From observation to interference, then from interference to domination, if all the configurations meet the requirements, what kind of result would it be?

Even now, Gu Mo couldn’t help but feel his heart race. If successful... he wouldn’t have to rely entirely on luck to clear the dungeon, but strategically enter specific dungeons to acquire resources most beneficial for his growth.