SFS Chapter 1471 Grafting Cause and Effect
Chapter 1471 Grafting Cause and Effect
As a divine artifact, the first artifact, the Eye of Causality, was in a sense tailor-made for himself. It could observe the "possible selves" of all parallel time and space. The level of abstraction was extremely high, but Zhou Ning still understood the general meaning.
The first effect is likely to allow one to "see" every "other self" in other parallel worlds, to see who they are and what they're doing. Combined with the Thirteenth Bullet, it feels incredibly accurate. As for modifying local realities, even some righteous deities are able to break free from their authority, so there's nothing much to say. The negative effects are mostly negligible, so overall, it's a decent option, making it a good backup.
The second quasi-artifact is so bad, I just passed it. It feels like selling a kidney to buy a phone.
The third quasi-artifact, though of a lower tier, was Zhou Ning's favorite choice this time. It was also tailor-made for him. While it could freeze time around him, it could do so on its own. Its second function, forcibly grafting a specific effect onto a specific cause, could be a devastating weapon if used effectively, capable of removing an object from the causal chain. As for the negative effects, while seemingly complex, they were actually more complex. It essentially meant that something existed in the timeline and historical texts, yet no one remembered it. Or perhaps something was clearly remembered by many, yet it existed nowhere in any timeline or historical texts, akin to the Mandela effect.
The fourth and sixth options are also directly passed.
The final option, Piercing Fate, looks very similar to Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, Piercing Deaththorn. It's a causal weapon, but with a much more impressive name and seemingly more powerful effects. I suspect it's a beefed-up version. The advantage of a Noble Phantasm is that its effects are often exceptional and it has no negative side effects, making it a good option to keep as a backup.
After looking back and forth between the three options for a while, Zhou Ning finally locked onto the third one. The item's tiers weren't the only thing that mattered. This item was incredibly versatile and could work miracles. Zhou Ning planned to try it out as soon as he got it.
You chose option three.
[You have obtained the quasi-artifact: Paradox Hourglass.]
[Item Name: Paradox Hourglass]
[Level: Quasi-artifact.]
[Equipment Attributes: Take effect as soon as you carry it, increase the weight in the Destiny field by 10%, and increase your Willpower by 3%.]
[Item Special Effect 10: Inverted hourglass freezes the flow of time within a 3-meter radius. (Lasting 13- seconds.)]
[Item Special Effect 2: When the red sand runs dry, you can infuse divine energy to forcibly graft a specific effect onto a specific cause. This causal relationship doesn't necessarily require a direct connection, but the divine energy required to connect the cause and effect is greatly increased. For example, you could have a father be born before his son, or a murderer die before the victim. However, you can also have the victim die from other causes, but this requires a greater expenditure of divine energy.]
[Negative Effect: When the hourglass is damaged, it releases a time island that traps surrounding creatures, allowing the holder to simultaneously exist and not exist in any historical text.]
[Additional explanation: This item is the core material for sublimating the authority of time.]
……
In Zhou Ning's hand appeared a heavy bone hourglass filled with red and blue sands of time, full of dark and deep colors.
After holding up his chin and thinking for a moment, he slightly accelerated time, causing the red sand to leak out. Then he came to the window and looked at a marble statue in the garden on the first floor.
This statue depicts the childhood of Samari Vaughn, a saint of the Earth Goddess Cult. According to mythology, this child possessed a remarkable affinity with the earth element, so much so that even peeing on the ground could create miniature earth elementals. This statue is inspired by this myth. A peeing child is surrounded by miniature earth elementals.
XB and the others were currently studying the statue with magnifying glasses, and they shouted, "Look, does this look like an enoki mushroom, everyone?"
"This B has such low quality! What on earth is he researching?"
"XB baby, mommy just loves your low quality."
"The male mother upstairs, get out!"
The barrage culture in XB's live broadcast room is to mock the anchor in a sarcastic way and enjoy watching the anchor break down. XB is not actually angry, but in order to cooperate with the barrage, he still retorted a few words with a red face, and then pulled Qingbai Yejiu to start PK.
These two are both retired players, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Young, and for a while they were evenly matched.
Under normal circumstances, the statue would have shattered in 10 seconds after XB accidentally knocked it to the ground. Zhou Ning raised an eyebrow and poured his divinity into the hourglass, reversing cause and effect.
Two different destinies were grafted together by Zhou Ning.
In an instant, the red sand turned into pure golden sand. As the ten seconds ended, the statue of Samari Vaughan as a child still fell down, but XB caught the statue directly with his face and smashed it into the soil in a big letter shape.
Originally, as he was about to achieve the level of an angel, he would not die, but the competition had just entered a fierce stage, and XB was at low health. He let out a scream and died.
At this moment, the cause and effect are reversed: the statue remains intact, but XB is killed by the very statue that Ben had broken.
It is still effective against demigods close to the level of angels, and the limit is far beyond that. It seems that this item is very powerful.
Zhou Ning smiled and materialized an avatar. He controlled the avatar to wave to the other party to come over and issued a simple follow-up task to the other party. The experience reward was very generous, which was considered a kind of compensation.
XB had just returned from a dejected corpse run, but unexpectedly received a surprise. Seeing that the task could be completed by following Boss Wayne to the Fort Borden National Cemetery early tomorrow morning, XB was surprised and delighted:
"I was wondering who else could it be? I've been specializing in uncovering hidden missions for a hundred years. Only I have the ability to uncover such a deeply hidden mission. You're asking me for clues? Haha, it's a commercial secret, I can't tell you. I can only say that Boss Wayne still loves me."
"Damn, idiots have good luck!"
"I don't understand, why is this happening?"
Seeing that XB had obtained another hidden task, the surrounding players tried to talk to him but to no avail, and were filled with envy and jealousy. Some clever players had begun to repeat XB's actions, competing with others, and then letting the statue smash themselves to death. For a while, the statue had killed hundreds of people, and countless souls gathered together to run over the corpses.
"This..." Zhou Ning curled his lips and simply issued a follow-up mission for the entire faction. He had to be a good person to the end. After all, the wool came from the sheep. These experiences would still come back to him in another way.
Listening to the players' cheers downstairs, Zhou Ning's lips curled up slightly. The players were quite easy to please. Of course, this was also due to his long-term operation experience. Now, let the players choose between him and Lao Chuang, who is stronger. Zhou Ning suspected that most people would choose him.
Next was the last reward. Zhou Ning chose to receive it without hesitation.
[Randomly selecting reward types...]
[You randomly received the following reward type: All Categories/Items/Skills/Blueprints (Top Level).]
[Please choose one of the following six top-level extraordinary items/blueprints/skills as a reward.]