Panting for a moment after returning home, Fang You clenched his fist fiercely.
"Yes!"
Tonight's rollercoaster of emotions was too thrilling, especially when the Black Blade struck down the ghostly evil just now; he almost screamed, only truly relaxing now.
Holding his phone, he was beside himself with excitement.
Fang You meticulously tested the game's status for a while and found that although it required a phone as a medium, it... didn't seem to consume battery power.
This hypothesis was confirmed after he powered off the phone.
The turned-off phone could still run this Salvation Game.
You ask how he started it?
He wanted to open it, and so the game opened.
This was an ideologically driven game.
Having reached this conclusion, Fang You immediately dug out an old, discarded phone from a few years ago.
Small memory.
Often lagged.
But it was perfectly fine for running this game on standby; it wouldn't take up space on his current phone for reading novels or playing games.
Perfect.
(Salvation Game: Are you polite?)
"As expected, running this game on a broken phone doesn't cause even a sliver of lag, offering a silk-smooth experience."
"This is the efficient utilization of old items."
Fang You entered the game.
After the Black Blade slew the ghostly evil, the game seemed to have undergone a major update, with a lot of information.
He first flipped through the diary, browsing through the previous prompts.
"Destiny Points +2!"
He remembered that Destiny Points were related to Destiny Draws and were the most crucial resource in the entire game, akin to microtransactions in a normal game.
Too bad this game couldn't be paid for.
He opened the Destiny Draw tab; the current number of draws was zero, with remaining Destiny Points of "2".
"Prompt: Your balance is insufficient."
"Consuming Destiny Points can purchase a ten-draw for Destiny. The first purchase requires '3' Destiny Points, the second purchase requires '9' Destiny Points, the third purchase '27' Destiny Points, the fourth..."
"Correspondingly, as the number of draws increases, the probability of obtaining high-tier items from the River of Destiny or forming contracts with Destiny Apostles will continuously increase."
To obtain the second, third, or even more Destiny Apostles, the only way was through these Destiny Draws.
This game seemed to have no setting for giving apostles as clear-game rewards.
...Besides, there were no levels.
"The Black Blade was a guaranteed reward; I wonder if the second ten-draw can summon a Destiny Apostle? According to usual game probabilities, and my streak of bad luck, it seems perhaps a bit unlikely?"
"Will this second Destiny Apostle be a tough guy or a young lady... I hope for a young lady with a good-looking character art... uh, of course, she must be strong first."
If forced to choose between a delicate young lady and a powerful, security-providing tough guy, Fang You estimated he would still choose the tough guy after a moment's hesitation.
Safety first, no shame in that.
Below the 'Destiny Draw' option, previously there were only 'Apostle List' and 'Item Compendium'.
But now a fourth option had been added - 'Mission Dispatch'.
"Mission Dispatch: This function can detect ghostly evils within a certain range. By dispatching Apostles to kill the ghostly evils and remove the harm, you can obtain Destiny Points, basic items, and other rewards."
"This module is equipped with a 'Ghostly Evil Compendium,' which currently has 'Door Knocker' recorded, with an information completeness of 33%."
On the compendium screen, there was only a black silhouette.
Not tall, strong legs, three claws.
But beyond that, nothing else could be discerned, only a supplementary note: "Ghostly evils that like to bang on doors, perhaps they are a bit sick in the head for doing so."
A total riddle.
"Perhaps because the Black Blade couldn't see the Door Knocker, the image wasn't recorded."
"Even though they couldn't see them, they could take down ghostly evils with one... or two blows. The Black Blade is truly formidable."
"This compendium may not seem very useful now, but if the organization gains more Apostles in the future and more ghostly evils are recorded in the compendium, it should prove to be quite effective."
The future is promising!
But for now, Fang You closed the compendium.
The Mission Dispatch module had multiple functions, with two branches: 'Ghostly Evil Compendium' and 'Dispatch Map'.
He opened the map.
It was somewhat similar to how the Black Blade was deployed yesterday, but this time the map area was larger, covering about... half of the southern district of Baijiang City.
His home was in the southern district.
On the circular map, the detection light rotated, and soon, red markers indicating the presence of ghostly evils and available mission dispatches began to emerge like mushrooms after rain.
Fang You was stunned!
His face stiffened.
Ghostly evils represented missions and rewards; he should have been happy, but why did he only feel a chill down his spine?
Baijiang City was a small city, not large to begin with, and the old urban area in the south was even smaller.
Yet, within such a not-very-large area, there were as many as eleven locations where ghostly evils existed.
Were they even letting people live?
Was this world so dangerous?
Fang You stared at the red markers above; the closest one was only a few hundred meters from his home.
He became even more resolute in his determination to stay home and hide behind the game.
But just because he could hide at home and not go out didn't mean that the ghostly evils were homebodies. What if a ghostly evil decided to drop by one day?
Still so dangerous! Dammit!
He lightly touched one of the mission points.
"Ghostly Evil: ??? (One Star)"
"Prompt: This danger level and the number of detected ghostly evils are for reference only. The dispatch system is not responsible for unexpected occurrences."
"Prompt: Upgrading the map detection function, completing the compendium, or gathering intelligence through other means can improve the accuracy of danger estimations."
One star was the lowest level.
Of the eleven places where ghostly evils were detected nearby, ten were one-star, and only one was two-star.
No, why was he using the word 'only'! It was terrifying!
Fang You pondered, "One-star might be the level of the Door Knocker, but usually, one-star and one-star are not the same. They could be stronger or weaker."
"There are no comparable targets yet."
"But whether strong or weak, for ordinary people, it's a Level One lethal danger. It shouldn't be this numerous."
If ghostly evils were so common, wouldn't there have been an uproar long ago?
Connecting this to the behavior of the 'Door Knocker', Fang You speculated that these ghostly evils had their own 'hunting' logic; if they didn't encounter resistance... then for the time being, they were safe.
But they were still ticking time bombs, mobile, and could erupt at any moment.
Still very dangerous!
He wished he could summon the elder brother Black Blade to clear out all these ghostly evils.
However, in reality,
The elder brother Black Blade could only be deployed once a day, and today's deployment opportunity had already been used; he could only wait until tomorrow.
During this cooldown period, he felt very insecure.
"Mission dispatch, clearing out ghostly evils; this is definitely a task for the experienced and powerful elder brother Black Blade. I'll just be responsible for long-range support."
"But this world runs deep and is very dangerous. Relying solely on the Black Blade is clearly not enough; I still have to rely on myself."
And since he himself was on the Apostle List, it meant he could improve and escape his weak, low-tier status.