NOVPUBChapter 110: Chapter 108 – Fire Transmission King_1
Chapter 110 -108 – Fire Transmission King_1
Lin Xun stepped forward and clicked on the ‘Book of Competition’.
[Do you want to choose a direct invasion, or an open arena?]
[In the open arena, you can choose to watch, or to participate in the battle yourself.]
Lin Xun selected to watch. He wanted to see how others were fighting first.
[There are currently 183 arenas waiting to start dueling, the duel will begin in 293 seconds…]
[In the 63rd arena, Apostle ‘Knight in Rain Without an Umbrella’ and Apostle ‘What Can You Do to a Grandpa Like Me?’ are waiting for the duel. The betting odds are 85.8%:14.2%.]
[In the 139th arena, Apostle ‘Inhuman Element’ and Apostle ‘Cute Fairy Wand’ are waiting for the duel. The betting odds are 81.1%:18.9%.]
[In the 27th arena, Apostle ‘Dragon Knight Yin Zhiping’ and Apostle ‘Real Identity of Old Thief Miyazaki’ are waiting for the duel. The betting odds are 79.4%:20.6%.]
…
The game spat out swathes of text, even providing the option to scroll up and down.
Lin Xun noted that after the odds, there were betting options. He could choose to support an Apostle and enter a betting amount.
After some research on the Apostle forum, he understood the rules.
A public challenge only used up invasion bookmarks and there were no losses if the duel was lost.
The betting odds were proportions of the spiritual energy bet on both Apostles.
The reward for successfully betting on the duelling Apostles came in the form of random items of unknown quality.
The quality of this random reward was not only related to the betting odds but also the amount bet.
Yes, it was similar to sports lottery. (Anti-harmony)
Usually, the reward after winning a bet was plentiful, but there were also those unlucky enough to receive junk…
The Apostle who won the duel could also get a random reward according to the betting odds and the total amount bet.
Lin Xun noticed that in the arena duels, the Soul Marks of all Apostles were public.
This had him furrowing his brows.
When he had joined the organization, the mysterious woman had told him so.
Your own Soul Mark should, at most, be only revealed to your colleagues in the unit, forming a friend-circle with books.
Unless necessary, never disclose the Soul Mark and try not to add anyone to your friend-circle.
Because adding someone to your friend-circle meant exposing your Soul Mark.
Initially, Lin Xun didn’t fully understand but, after his invasion authority increased, he had a clearer understanding.
The invasion function contained the option of targeted invasion. Since gaining higher invasion authority allowed the killing of Apostles to drop items,
There might be bookmarks similar to special item drops or targeted item drops.
Civilians that were Apostles, ignorant or uncaring about this fact, would expose their Soul Marks and weapons in the public duel.
If targeted by an Apostle with such bookmarks or higher invasion authority, they would be done for…
[You can select the Apostle you want to challenge from the waiting list, or you can join the waiting list and wait for others to challenge you.]
Lin Xun didn’t want to expose his game ID. The mysterious woman had previously given him a mission reward.
He opened the item column.
[Disguise Mask (Special Item): You think some people have changed. But in fact, it’s not them, it’s just their masks that have fallen off. After using this item, you can disguise your Soul Mark.]
This item was originally meant to be used as a disguise for entering the ‘Disciple’s Sanctuary’…
“Work and play must go hand in hand.”
With a grin, Lin Xun clicked to use it.
[You used ‘Disguise Mask’!]
[Your Soul Mark has been disguised. You can disguise your Soul Mark anytime, only your book friends could know your real Soul Mark.]
He opened the Apostle panel. Next to his Soul Mark, there was now an option to disguise.
Clicking the disguise option, his Soul Mark became [Immortal]
Clicking again, it turned into [Fader]
Lin Xun clicked again and again…
[Stranger]
[Useless Man]
[Disabled Ninja]
…
The disguise mask could not directly input the Soul Mark one wanted, it could only randomly generate names.
After quite a bit of clicking, Lin Xun finally saw an ID he was okay with—[Fire Transmission King]
“Mmm, it radiates power. Let’s go with this one!”
The disguise mask could keep working. If he wanted to change his alias next time, he only needed to click the disguise option again.
He clicked to check the waiting list and saw a pile of Soul Marks jump out.
There were attention ratios after various unfamiliar marks.
As a newcomer, Lin Xun didn’t understand the game as well as those experienced players who spent their days around the ‘Book of Competition’, and who were very familiar with the IDs of those who frequently participated in duels.
He could only guess the strength of an Apostle based on his attention ratio.
He picked an Apostle with an attention ratio slightly to the front and clicked to duel.
[You have initiated a duel to Apostle ‘Pour Holy Water in My Mouth’, waiting for his agreement…]
…
Fang Yifei, seeing a row of empty seats, felt quite bored.
As one of the two male Apostles in the Intelligence Team, he didn’t know why he was acting so strange.
He had no assignments due and could have just chilled at home, but instead ended up coming to the office to clock in.
Perhaps it was because of a sudden pop-up message he saw today, “Research indicates that frequently looking at beauties can increase your lifespan by 13% to 21%”.
He waited and waited and still no female colleagues came to work.
Having nothing better to do, he took out his phone.
Book of Salvation, activate!
[The weak Wandering Soul reawakens in the Library…]
He opened the item column and checked his spiritual energy deposit.
“Not bad, it’s time to start having some fun again~”
He clicked on the ‘Book of Competition’.
Fang Yifei loved partaking in rewarded guessing games, closely following arena matches and usually winning more than losing.
[Do you want to choose a direct invasion, or an open arena?]
