Chapter 65: Chapter 62: Senior Sister Fufu, Our Children Make Us Proud
The second simulation, the timeline advanced by 20 years.
Due to the Desire Mother Tree, Chloe and Senior Sister Fufu’s private lives were utter chaos.
years later, 28-year-old Rephya met Senior Sister Fufu again in the imperial capital.
By then, Fufu was already pregnant with his sixth child.
years later.
Chloe deliberately incited conflict between the Flesh and Blood Hermitage and various forces.
The Evil God’s Followers, crazed with ambition, were exhausted in their battles with various forces.
He even directly killed the human form of the Desire Mother Tree and had Rephya kill him, who was about to become the Filthy Moon Demon King.
Thus, the second simulation ended.
Desire Mother Tree Offspring +46
Senior Sister Fufu Offspring +11
Undoubtedly, these are incredibly insane numbers.
The Shadow Legion was obtained from the children of him and Fufu.
In fact, since he entered the Silver Coast Maze, he had already been gradually releasing the Shadow Legion.
The soldiers summoned by the Shadow Legion had a hive mind, capable of sharing memories with each other.
Although he was not the terminal, he could share their memories through touch with Ying Yi.
To round it off, he was practically the Legion Commander.
Rooney’s death was not in vain.
If he had known that his attempt to arrange the assassination of Chloe at the water spot was being observed by the Shadow Legion the whole time, one wonders what he would think.
Even his attempt to settle his physical needs with quick hand movements, before killing Chloe, was documented by the "shadows" in detail.
LOL.
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However, now the Shadow Legion had a new mission.
Chloe instructed them to focus more on intelligence in various gray areas.
Especially the casinos where the Flesh and Blood Hermitage had previously appeared, which were of utmost importance.
The shadows were adept at hiding themselves.
Even Chloe couldn’t detect their presence.
"Flesh and Blood Hermitage, why do you force me?!"
...
That night.
Chloe was perusing a semi-transparent Magic Guidebook.
This was an item manifested by Awakened Talent, named the "Shadow Magic Guidebook."
Shadow Magic Guidebook (R): Sequence Upgrade, automatically grants one instant-cast opportunity for the corresponding sequence shadow magic, once per day, resets weekly.
This was the talent of his and Senior Sister Fufu’s eldest child.
As the name suggests, each sequence grants one instant-cast opportunity for shadow magic.
Equivalent to a limited Spell Instant-Casting Specialization.
However, this talent not only resets weekly but also has many restrictions.
The Shadow Power required to use magic must be supplied by oneself, meaning without pursuing the Shadow Stab pathway or the Shadow Mage pathway, this talent would be wasted.
Moreover, the weekly random magic is very unfavorable for tactical planning.
If one only had this talent, he could be sure it would be wasted.
Without Shadow Power, he couldn’t even perform the basic operation of casting spells.
He couldn’t possibly switch jobs to an assassin by taking assassin magic potions just for this talent, could he?
Fortunately, Senior Sister Fufu was truly amazing.
The children between her and him had a pretty high success rate.
He looked at the shared offspring talent message previously spammed by the system:
Shadow Affinity (R)
Shadow Magic Guidebook (R)
Shadow Legion (SR)
Shadow Monarchy (SSR)
...
Undeniably, the quality was exceedingly high.
Among them, the highest-level Shadow Monarchy was not an independently awakened talent of the child but inherited from the child’s mother.
That’s right.
Shadow Monarchy was Fufu’s talent.
The shadow stab genius maiden could never fake it.
This ability’s effect was outrageous, belonging to the highest tier of SSR talents Chloe had seen.
Shadow Monarchy (SSR): Automatically gain advanced Shadow Affinity; greatly enhances shadow magic learning efficiency; shadow magic cast is considered to have gained Super Magic Specialization.
This talent came from their third child.
In the simulation, before the child even came of age, they had stepped into Sequence Nine.
With the support of two powerful parents, their early growth rate was even slightly faster than Fufu’s.
And how strong could Fufu be?
Unlike the Little Gourmet Knight who joined Rephya’s party early on.
Fufu had to complete corresponding side quests to join the party in the mid-to-late stage as a special SSR character.
Once in the team, she possessed formed combat power.
Her talent was among the strongest tier within the many SSR talents.
Almost approaching UR.
Put simply, advanced shadow astral affinity was already SSR talent, and Shadow Monarchy had it built in.
Greatly enhanced shadow magic learning efficiency was also equivalent to an R-level talent.
Shadow magic automatically gaining Super Magic Specialization, while heavily restricted, was comparable to top R-level talents.
In sum, it truly approached UR infinitely.
Pretty absurd.
However, this talent was even harder to realize than being vibrant.
Without pursuing the Shadow Stab pathway and not connecting to the Shadow Demon Net, his ability to demonstrate its effects was limited.
The Shadow Demon Net was a special magic network rooted in the Shadow Plane, containing a large number of shadow magic spell models within.
For Shadow Stab and Shadow Mage pathways, as long as they completed the promotion, they could automatically connect to the Shadow Demon Net, gaining the ability to activate extraordinary skills.
Don’t underestimate this function.
It meant practicing before learning.
Cross-referencing practice and knowledge not only allowed Shadow Mages and Shadow Stabs to better understand spell models but also deeply consolidate their knowledge.
If one didn’t pursue this pathway, they wouldn’t enjoy the Shadow Demon Net boost, and learning would be as slow as a snail.
Now the question arises...
What if Chloe also had the Shadow Magic Guidebook?
This week’s Sequence Nine magic was Shadow Entanglement, which could slightly restrict opponent’s movements.
The Sequence Eight magic was Dark Curtain, which could reduce one’s presence.
These two spells couldn’t be effectively utilized when he killed Rooney.
But the Shadow Magic Guidebook could replicate the effects of the Shadow Demon Net.
Though it’s random.
Though it only left him a week’s time to learn.
But don’t forget, Chloe also had the accelerated learning speed from Shadow Monarchy!
As for why many people don’t take up the roles of Shadow Stab and Shadow Mage, and thus don’t have Shadow Power...
What does that have to do with someone like him, who’s stacked with affinity buffs?
Why take on a job?
Isn’t it just about opening the Magic Guidebook, and the Shadow Power just drills in automatically?
The night was getting deep, and without a beauty to accompany him, he decided to learn Shadow Entanglement and Dark Curtain properly.
Without spending the night in fierce battle with Sister Fufu at the hotel, what else could he do but learn magic?
But after picking up the Magic Guidebook, he put it down again shortly after.
Boring.
Because he realized after reading it twice, he had already mastered the Magic Model.
What comes next in terms of use and improvement, those are matters for practice.
No way, Fufu, you never told me your Shadow Monarchy effect was so overbearing, huh?
Chloe was bewildered yet amused.
He remembered the Awakened Talent his child reported back during the second simulation with the Desire Mother Tree.
Vibrant (1/3)
Wood Affinity (1/2)
Wood Affinity (1/2)
Vibrant (2/3)
Super Strength (1/2)
...
The age-old issue, damn Tencent’s talent fragments.
The output of the Desire Mother Tree is getting lower and lower.
Of course, it’s not without useful stuff.
[Advanced Water Affinity 2/4]
[Advanced Earth Affinity 2/4]
[Dragon Spirit and Tiger Fierce (N)]
[Ice Skin Jade Bone (N)]
[Dark Creeping (N)]
Counting the [Advanced Water Affinity 1/4] from the first simulation, whenever he can snag another fragment from the system, he can synthesize a new SSR talent.
Three N-level talents, better than nothing.
Dragon Spirit and Tiger Fierce: When your stamina is exhausted, you’ll gain a combat continuation ability, allowing an unconditional release of one Awakened Talent or skill.
Ice Skin Jade Bone: Your skin texture improves, your bone structure undergoes slight changes, and the tactile sense of extraordinary power increases slightly.
Dark Creeping: When stepping on a shadow or being in darkness, your movement speed slightly increases.
If you say they’re useless, these talents are quite handy in specific situations.
If you say they are useful... at most they patch up some of his weaknesses.
It’s not that the Desire Mother Tree Human Form is useless.
It’s just that the greatest value of the descendants was almost completely revealed in the first simulation.
...
So Fufu is still great.
Fufu and his child are promising.
As he mentioned before, Shadow Affinity (R) + Intermediate Shadow Affinity (SR) + Advanced Shadow Affinity (SSR) inherent in Shadow Monarchy, who needs the Shadow Stab path?
Just open the Magic Guidebook and let it flow directly.
A healer who doesn’t want to be a Warrior is not a good Shadow Stab.
The effects of the Shadow Affinity series need no further elaboration.
Its essence is basically the Spirit Root of Xianxia.
The quality of the Spirit Root determines your initial cultivation speed.
A good Spirit Root is very scarce, but bringing its talent to fruition takes time.
"But aren’t affinity-type talents more like buffs that can continuously stack, unlike Super Strength or Giant Strength?"
After obtaining Giant Strength, the lower-level Super Strength was directly canceled.
This indicates that Giant Strength is an optimized advancement from Super Strength, and they can’t coexist.
But affinity-types aren’t like that.
Shadow Affinity (R) and Intermediate Shadow Affinity (SR) can coexist, and even the Advanced Shadow Affinity of Shadow Monarchy (SSR) can take effect.
And the Shadow Magic Guidebook gives this talent the ability to be realized in advance.
Given time, couldn’t he master Shadow Magic completely, and then do a Shadow Mage cosplay?
out of 11!
Sister Fufu, you’ve made a contribution.
Must find an opportunity to properly reward you.
Only his gaze fell again on the offspring section.
Desire Mother Tree Offspring +46
Senior Sister Fufu Offspring +11
First Simulation Offspring +42
Over two simulations, his offspring count reached 99?
Unbelievable.
He waved his hand, and the Magic Guidebook dissipated into smoke.
The next moment.
He felt his consciousness start to rise.
"Huh? The simulation is starting?"
Only then did he remember that there was the Lantern Festival on Tuesday, then the president’s treatment on Wednesday, and after that he spent a few days in the Maze.
Counting the time, it indeed was time for Rephya to start a new simulation.
When he came back to his senses, he saw Rephya pouting on the bed.
She was wearing a thin nightdress.
Perhaps because she was in the dormitory, she didn’t consider any potential exposure.
Of course, although Chloe mocked Rephya for being small, in reality, she wasn’t that small at all.
Quite large for the BA scale.
But compared horizontally with the neighboring battleship women, that’s disheartening.
He gently approached Rephya and whispered:
"Xiaolu, eavesdropping is not a good habit."
Despite Rephya being unable to hear anything, she shivered involuntarily.
She wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, muttering:
"Bad senior, I thought you were a good person, but you’re still this bad, I really have to test you thoroughly."
At this moment, Aisha’s voice came from the curtains nearby:
"Rephya, are you thinking about Senior Chloe again? Want me to do a Sweet Fragrance, Energy Absorption, plus Synthetic Poison combo package for you?"
In an instant, her cheeks blushed.
The Heroic Maiden pulled open the curtains and said: "No way, you do it yourself!"
Using it wouldn’t even have the ingredients!
She sulkily closed the curtains.
Demon King, let me see your true face!
Simulation, start!