Chapter 1255 Questions

Because the space had stated it very clearly, any request that it couldn't fulfill, or that exceeded Fang Senyan and his team's earned merit, would be nullified. It couldn't be like chasing a girl, persistently trying one thing after another. If she wouldn't let you on the bed, you'd try to touch her breasts; if not breasts, then kissing; if not kissing, then hugging; if not hugging, then holding hands... So Fang Senyan considered it very carefully, and then said:

"I'm already a Colonel, and my merit points are close to a Major General. So can I ask a few questions first?"

This was Fang Senyan's advantage of rank, and the space couldn't deny it, so it replied:

"Yes, but I may not answer questions that exceed your authority, or some questions may require a corresponding fee."

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"That question about the guy called Fu, is it completely off-limits?"

"Yes," the space said. "This question is free."

Fang Senyan continued:

"Then, I once killed a guy named Destiny. What's the name of his ability to manipulate others' luck, causing them to be plagued with bad luck? This question doesn't involve a higher rank than me, and it also involves an opposing space. That guy's rank was lower than mine, so you should be able to answer me, right?"

"Data query in progress... Please wait. Data reconstruction in progress. Estimated query time: sixty minutes. Providing relevant node information can greatly reduce the query time."

"...What's considered relevant node information?"

"Anything related to the person Destiny, such as personal belongings, evidence, etc."

Fang Senyan's eyes lit up and said:

"Zi, give the +7 Stark Energy Ring (High Quality) to the space. This thing is his遗物 (relic)."

The ring on Zi's finger immediately shone with a soft light. Soon, a series of prompts were transmitted:

"Location successful, data input in progress... The ability of this Contractor numbered a801c71 is called the Power of the Dead. It's a unique ability from the *Final Destination* world."

"Power of the Dead?" Fang Senyan pondered for a moment and said, "What's the space's evaluation of this ability?"

"If you want the correct answer to this question, you need to pay 10,000 Universal Points," the space replied.

Fang Senyan waved his hand decisively and said:

"Here you go. Can you answer now?"

"The Power of the Dead is rated as an A-level ability. The learning method is to gain the trust (relationship reaches adoration) of the coroner, an important character in the *Final Destination* world, and learn there. Because the learning difficulty is not high, but the improvement is difficult, it is rated as an A-level ability."

Seeing the space's answer, Fang Senyan still felt that his 10,000 Universal Points were well spent. He then inquired:

"How difficult is it to revive a teammate?"

"Extremely difficult."

Hearing the space's answer, everyone's faces darkened, and Fang Senyan also closed his eyes. After a moment of silence, he pulled Sanzi in front of him and said a few words to him. Sanzi looked very surprised after hearing this, hesitated, and said to the space:

"Now I will make the first request to you."

"Please state your request, Respected Chosen One." Although the space's voice was still a mechanical synthesized sound, it strangely added the words "Respected"! Fang Senyan cursed inwardly that the space was truly a snob. I'm already a Colonel and didn't get a single respectful term, and Sanzi isn't even a Colonizer...

Sanzi glanced at Fang Senyan, mustered his courage, and said:

"The first request is, I hope to master the Power of the Dead."

Hearing Sanzi's words, Reef and Zi were immediately shocked. It turned out that Fang Senyan's preparation for so long was actually aimed at the Power of the Dead!

To be honest, Fu's ability could be said to be extremely诡异 (weird), killing people invisibly, and extremely annoying. However, if you put yourself in their shoes, if you had this ability and used it to scheme against people, then you would definitely support it with both hands.

And there were two main considerations for Fang Senyan asking Sanzi to bring this up:

First, in his estimation, if he wanted the space to grant an A-level ability for no reason, their previous merits were slightly insufficient. That is to say, the space had a 50-60% chance of giving it, but there was also a 40-50% chance of refusing, so he wanted Sanzi, the Chosen One, to get extra impression points.

More importantly, Fang Senyan certainly hoped that he would be victorious in every battle and never fail, that all the good abilities would be his, and that all the awesome equipment would be delivered to his door. But in reality, how could that be possible? Every Contractor has their own opportunities, the only difference is whether they can seize them in time.

Fang Senyan certainly wanted to possess the Power of the Dead, but he also felt that this ability followed a path of extreme yin and softness, twisting and turning thousands of times to take the enemy's head from a thousand miles away. It didn't fit with his current MT (tank) identity and actual combat style.

Fang Senyan's current style was already very similar to that of a blood-soaked general wielding a saber, vowing to take the enemy's head from among ten thousand troops. The Power of the Dead was like putting a bit of insecticide on Diao Chan's breasts—that kind of yin and mysterious style, making people die without knowing how they died. The two styles were completely incompatible.

Moreover, Fang Senyan also felt that a certain amount of intelligence and spirit was necessary to fully unleash the killing power of the Power of the Dead. Therefore, this was the main reason why he had Sanzi bring up this ability.

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After Sanzi made this request to the space, the space said without any fluctuation:

"Respected Chosen One, your request can be fulfilled, but you will have to pay a fee of 20 merit points and 50,000 Universal Points for this."

Fang Senyan couldn't help but immediately question:

"Didn't you say that the learning difficulty wasn't high? Why do I have to pay extra?"

The space completely ignored him, and only repeated the same thing to Sanzi again:

In the 2012 doomsday world, the Ace Team suffered its first casualty, but they also went on a killing spree! Everyone had earned a lot of merit points, so it wasn't a problem for Sanzi to take out 20 merit points.

It is worth mentioning here that Sanzi had always been a genuine military rank, and Zi and Reef, after getting to know Fang Senyan, also realized the power of the genuine military rank, so they were also laundering their reserve military ranks. At this time, all three of them had genuine military ranks.

So Sanzi chose "Pay" very simply, and as a result, he got an A-level scroll: Power of the Dead.

The introduction on it was very simple: a scroll containing the incomparably powerful power of death. After the owner learns it, he can have the power to change the fate of others! The prerequisite for learning is to master LV4 Meditation, LV4 Astrology, and LV4 Identification of Spell Materials.

Among these, Meditation is the advanced version of Meditation, and Astrology is also a compulsory course for Sanzi, a summoner. He can use it to divine where there are good pets, and to divine the success rate of the next capture. However, LV4 Identification of Spell Materials was blank, and it was estimated that he would have to return to the Nightmare Space to purchase it in order to meet the learning conditions for the Power of the Dead.

In addition to this, the space had also very猥琐 (slyly) set the scroll to soul-bound. The meaning of this was self-evident: that this reward was given in consideration of the Chosen One's face, and the others did not have this face, so they only had the right to look at it...

In fact, strictly speaking, Fang Senyan and his team were able to learn the Power of the Dead so easily because they had taken advantage of a great bargain.

This ability sounded like it didn't have high requirements, and it seemed like anyone could learn it. However, gaining the trust (relationship reaches adoration) of the coroner, an important character, was a very frustrating and time-consuming effort!

This coroner was a jinx, without any relatives, friends, acquaintances, or buddies. The relationship between him and anyone else was all cold and indifferent. The only way to get on good terms with him was to complete the tasks he proposed.

The tasks this guy proposed were not difficult, but they all required specialties from other story worlds! The things he wanted were strange and varied, and in large quantities. They were not very expensive or difficult to find, such as Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans from the *Harry Potter* world, compressed biscuits from the *StarCraft* world, zombies from the *Resident Evil* world, a roll of toilet paper from the *Titanic*...

Therefore, one can imagine that to complete one of his tasks, even with good luck, one would have to wait until returning from the *Final Destination* world, then go to the space market to buy it, and then return to the *Final Destination* world to complete the task... Okay, to raise the relationship with him to adoration, those with high charm values could barely complete ten or so tasks...

Some people had tried to bring a large pile of odds and ends that he might fancy to find the coroner, but this guy could see the things on your body, and he didn't want anything you brought. What he wanted was the sincerity of you running around. Although accepting this task could be completed remotely, you would have to go back to find the coroner to accept the task again!

You say that the learning requirements of this Power of the Dead are not high? Indeed, any Contractor could complete it as long as they wanted to, but the key was that this time-consuming effort made people roll their eyes!

The second request was actively put forward by Fang Senyan. He requested that the demon Freddie, who was parasitizing his servant Old Charlie's body, be taken out of this world.

The space fulfilled this request in a watered-down manner. It allowed the demon Freddie to leave a seed in Old Charlie's mind. Once it was necessary to use this guy's power, then Freddie could be reborn through the seed. However, this ability had a limited number of uses. This seed could only be used three times before it completely withered, and after each use, there had to be an interval of one world before it could be used again.