Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 90 - 89: Transformation

Chapter 90: Chapter 89: Transformation

‘I got the hidden item, Queen Mei’s diary, didn’t I? I’ve read all the key content in it, and even acquired a hidden item called the rescue letter. I’ve organized the content and am planning to write a biography of Queen Mei, let me send it to you first…’

The front-line reporter quickly read through the content sent by Starlit Scholar and paid special attention to the accompanying rescue letter. She glanced at Queen Mei, who was already sitting up in bed.

‘I’ll buy this manuscript. How much for a thousand words?’ she replied swiftly.

‘Huh?’

Starlit Scholar sent over a surprised seal emoji. He had intended to hitch a ride on the popularity of the front-line reporter’s YouTube channel and her prominent Weibo account, hoping to let more people know about the article, but now she was actually offering to buy it.

‘Do I look like the kind of blogger who freeloads? Five hundred per thousand words, take it or leave it. I have a bunch of video material right here, can you rush it out in half an hour?’

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‘That fast?’

‘If we don’t hurry, Queen Mei will probably be cleared by the players, and that rescue letter, it has some kind of hidden quest, right?’ The front-line reporter sensed an enormous opportunity.

‘It’s not a hidden quest, it’s a server-wide event.’

‘Server-wide event? Does that mean it affects all the players on the server?’

Having played numerous online games, the front-line reporter had experienced one or two server-wide events before, which typically involved monsters attacking cities or increased wild monster spawns.

These were all entertainment for the players set up by the game developers, she had never heard of a server-wide event triggered by a player.

‘I sent you a screenshot.’ Starlit Scholar sent a screenshot to the front-line reporter.

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The content of the screenshot showed a mission window, where the first line of text was not a quest, but “Server-wide Event: Another Possibility of the Timeline.”

The front-line reporter immediately started examining the specifics of this event.

‘Event Description: The unsent rescue letter has shown the Time Merchant, Trao, another possibility. The passing of Queen Mei seems not to be destined, great spirits… would you be willing to protect an enemy? Or rather, a little girl shrouded in despair and loneliness?

Tip: The event will be triggered in two hours. Once triggered, the “Rescue Queen Mei” main quest will be unlocked.

Event Rewards: When the event is triggered, all players will receive a Time-Space Transformation Box as a reward.’

‘Send me the description of the Time-Space Transformation Box.’

The front-line reporter sent another message to Starlit Scholar. The box item had an underline beneath it, indicating that players could see the detailed description with a tap of their finger.

Starlit Scholar sent another screenshot of the box’s description to the front-line reporter.

‘Time-Space Transformation Box

Item Description: This box contains transformation items for costumes such as the Hornet Knight, Wolf Knight, Lion Heart Knight, Hawkeye Knight, Red Knight, and axe-wielding man. You can choose one of the six transformation items for a two-hour experience, during which Queen Mei will become a friendly unit.’

What the heck… it’s just a transformation trial voucher.

After reading through this series of content, the front-line reporter instantly understood that the contents of the box… weren’t very useful.

Transformation is a feature in many online games, meaning players can change the appearance of one piece of gear to another, and the costumes sold by the Fairy Merchant can also be considered transformation gear.

Because when players wear those flashy costumes, the attributes of the various epic and rare equipment in their gear slots still take effect.

However, some players don’t want to wear costumes, thinking that the battle equipment in Holy Spirit is very cool too, but since gear needs to be replaced with each update of the game, this is why many MMORPGs introduce the transmogrification feature.

‘I surmise that this quest to save Queen Mei is likely designed to have players take on the role of the five knights to rescue Queen Mei, and as for the ultimate BOSS enemy… I suspect it’s very likely the cult,’ Starry Scribe quickly added a new explanation.

‘The question now is, do you want to go save this ultimate BOSS?’

The frontline reporter looked again at Queen Mei in the room while speaking; Queen Mei was still burying her face in the bed, sobbing, but it seemed she had finished crying, raised her head again, and stood up, albeit with red-rimmed eyes.

Even if Queen Mei maintained a cold and expressionless face, the more expressionless she was, the more the reporter wanted to rush in, hug Queen Mei, and ravish her.

But what about the other players who participated in the battle against Queen Mei? They might actually go and save her because the reward drop mechanism in the Battle of the Gods is… you get medals for defeating monsters, and with medals, you can exchange for gear, without necessarily having to kill the monsters completely.

Queen Mei now has about four million health points left, meaning she’s already contributed hundreds of thousands of Mei medals to the players outside.

‘Save her! We must save her, but I’m not sure if the other players will. After all, it’s a server-wide event, and that’s why I came to you. Lu Ya, your influence among Holy Spirit players isn’t low, right?’

Starry knew that the frontline reporter was a famous UP on YouTu video website.

‘Not everyone who watches my videos plays Holy Spirit, and not everyone who plays Holy Spirit watches my videos. The same goes for Weibo. If we’re talking about influence, you have more clout on the Holy Spirit forums than I do, but this document is very valuable to me. The clicks and favorites it will generate are definitely going to be higher than any video I’ve made before!’

While talking, the frontline reporter had already opened the Tiangong video editing tool and started making a video, with the title “Holy Spirit Chronicles: The Tale of Queen Mei — A Plea for Help Never Sent.”

‘Starting now? I’ve heard from other video creators that making a video takes at least seven or eight hours.’

‘Have you forgotten what my nickname was in college news society? I’ll be done in half an hour. When I’m done, you post your document on the forum, and I’ll post on Weibo. Alright, I’m getting to work.’

The frontline reporter replied to this message and immediately went into Do Not Disturb mode, sitting outside Queen Mei’s room window to get started on Queen Mei’s biography.

Even if she couldn’t ruffle Queen Mei’s hair, making a personal biography for Queen Mei was no problem!

And on Starry’s side… Starry truly believed that her college classmate could indeed produce a sophisticated video in just half an hour.

Frontline reporter, or rather Lu Ya, was known as Gandhi in college for her ability to write a piece today and submit it within half an hour, never procrastinating. The same went for video making, and she was famous in the 2078 class of Tsinghua University for writing thirteen news articles in a single day, with even freshmen whispering the legend of this indomitable senior.

As Starry was wondering what to do in the next half hour, a large group of players suddenly appeared beside the Time-Space Merchant Tron, all carrying the tag ‘Dream Wedding Urging Committee’ under their names.

All these players were running after a Berserker called Deep Dream, which looked just like a scene of fans chasing a star; and indeed, Deep Dream was a big star in the gaming circle, only without the burden of being an idol.

‘Today’s live stream really ends here! Damn it, it’s my first time playing games for thirty hours nonstop since turning thirty; I’m going to drop dead from exhaustion if I don’t log off and rest now, bros,’ Deep Dream complained loudly while preparing to log off.

‘Bro Dream! Exchange the medals before you log off!’

‘Yeah, let’s see Brother Dream in the Lion Heart set too,’ other players and viewers in the live stream egged on.

‘Alright, alright! I’ll exchange for the Lion Heart set, and then I’ll log off.’

Deep Dream was actually planning on doing just that, having already saved up enough medals to exchange for the Lion Heart Knight and axe-wielding man sets; as for the Hawkeye Knight… she hadn’t found him yet.