LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 17: Players are never bound by rules
Chen Xiyi looked at the continuous appearance of white dots in the underground pit, making him somewhat helpless for a moment.
Things seemed to be slightly out of control, someone must be secretly guiding and fueling the chaos.
Fortunately, although things were escalating, his own character setting was still intact, and now he just needed to handle the situation properly.
The main issue now was how to deal with so many people who wanted to take advantage of him.
Offering benefits? Absolutely not. It’s not that Chen Xiyi was stingy, but where there’s one person there will be more. To him, all these people were just part of his plan, not beneficiaries of the plan.
“So, I have to be firm.” Chen Xiyi climbed back into his stone house, resolutely thinking about how to cover the pit with the stone floor.
There might be better solutions, but Chen Xiyi knew one thing: his intelligence was only average, not as clever as those protagonist-type characters who could easily solve such matters in no time.
Even his character was created to cover his shortcomings in a cold manner, setting the stage for his current firm approach.
“It’s up to you next.” Chen Xiyi said to the water flowing on his stone armor.
[Jianghu assures you that there is no problem, and guarantees to meet your requirements.]
It must be said that this game log used for translation was very useful, although it might not fully translate what Jianghu was saying but it could accurately convey the meaning expressed by Jianghu.
Pushing open the door, Chen Xiyi saw a bustling crowd outside, with people chattering and bustling around, making him uneasy.
Seeing Chen Xiyi coming out, some people in the lead hurried towards him.
“Immortal, please bestow me with immortal technique, and I will definitely offer worship to the Immortal day and night.”
“Immortal, I have the potential to be an immortal, please accept me as your disciple.”
“Immortal, please…”
For a moment, the entire scene erupted, with some seeking longevity, others seeking wealth and prosperity.
It was as if they were treating Chen Xiyi as an almighty wish-granting machine.
This made Chen Xiyi’s face darken, did they think he was easy to bully or believe that the law doesn’t apply to the majority?
[Jianghu demanded 100 units of water from you, and you generously provided it to Jianghu.]
[Jianghu used water control, manipulating 100 units of water.]
[Jianghu used magic (water) to manipulate 100 units of water for a second time.]
Suddenly, everyone felt a bit stunned as they realized the sky was darkening for some unknown reason.
“Look, there’s something in the sky!!!”
Not sure who shouted, everyone looked up into the sky and saw a patch of watery clouds appearing.
And not far away, Chen Xiyi was standing on a flow of water, with his bizarre stone armor sending chills down everyone’s spine.
“Immortal technique, I have it. Longevity, I have it. I even have wealth and prosperity. But why should I give them to you?”
“Just because you flatter me and act pitiful for a few moments?”
“Or is it because you plan to contribute some mundane items that are useless to me in exchange for my precious immortal techniques?”
“If you want something, show me something that interests me. Otherwise, do you really think I only possess minor transformation abilities and lack the power to burn mountains and boil seas?”
Chen Xiyi’s indifferent voice rang out, making everyone momentarily calm down, only to erupt again.
“Immortal, you are an immortal, shouldn’t you help us?”
“Yes, if you don’t help us, then how can you be called an immortal?”
“…”
Chen Xiyi clearly saw on his mini-map that many people had turned into red dots, and the game diary clearly stated the reason.
[Your actions have caused Wang Gouzi, a hooligan, to hold a grudge against you. Wang Gouzi’s animosity towards you increased by +10. Current animosity level: 3 stars]
[Your actions have caused…]
Chen Xiyi was a bit puzzled by the situation with animosity level and favorability level. It was only an increase of ten points, so how did it jump straight to 3 stars?
However, Chen Xiyi didn’t care much about that. Seeing those who were trying to provoke him and attempting to morally pressure him, a hint of killing intent arose in his heart.
A group of NPCs attempting to morally pressure a player? It’s really getting tiresome. In a game where players can’t attack each other, Chen Xiyi might not have been able to do anything, but this was a sandbox game, and moreover, all these NPCs had health bars.
“Unyielding.”
Chen Xiyi sighed. Since that was the case, he had no choice but to make an example.
[Jianghu uses water spells to attack the enemies, Wang Gouzi the hooligan and Li Shang the brat]
In the vast water cloud, a large number of water arrows shot out, each one accurately piercing the heads of those red-named NPCs.
[Jianghu uses water spells to inflict 100% life damage on the enemies, Wang Gouzi the hooligan and Li Shang the brat]
For a moment, blood splattered with the water flow, and those who had been shouting the loudest immediately fell silent, partly from fear and partly because they had lost their lives.
[Jianghu killed]
“Run, the immortal is killing people.”
Due to the wide range of the attack, many people knew about it, and at once, everyone started frantically fleeing, afraid that the water arrows flying out of the sky from that water cloud might pierce their heads.
As a result, many red-named NPCs respawned, and Jianghu naturally wouldn’t let these red-named NPCs off the hook.
In addition to the red-named NPCs killed by Jianghu, there were also a large number of NPCs who died from trampling due to the chaos. At this moment, not only was it chaotic, but also extremely bloody around.
However, Chen Xiyi was quite satisfied with this. At least with this deterrence, no one would think that moral coercion or collective punishment could restrain him.
His character was that of an immortal-like figure, not a saint, nor a fool.
Seeing everyone dispersing, leaving behind a mess, Jianghu retracted the water curtain in the sky and slowly descended with Chen Xiyi in tow.
[Jianghu is overdrawn due to excessive use of water control and water spells. Please return it to the miniature landscape as soon as possible to rest and provide enough food for recovery.]
[Jianghu feels that it performed very well and is looking forward to your praise.]
Looking at these two somewhat log entries, and with no amplification of the water area, Jianghu had just been born and could not support such a grand scene, even if it was just a small water cloud.
Therefore, he quickly returned to the stone house, and then returned to the home garden, putting Jianghu back into the water scenery scroll miniature garden.
“You did really great this time, but don’t be so desperate next time. Rest well in the miniature garden, and we’ll talk after you recover.” Chen Xiyi took out all the jelly ice cream and handed it to Jianghu, praising him before reprimanding him.
[You praised Jianghu, and Jianghu feels very happy. Mood +10]
Jianghu nodded like a human, then jumped up and down in the water scenery scroll miniature garden, happily licking the jelly ice cream from time to time.