Lily continued her walk to look for the exit door located in the labyrinth ' What kind of life is in here ? " ' All sorts of life such as abysmal creatures and survivors " ' So there are others that aren't ... Is there a short term used for the abysmal creatures ? "
' They can be called the immortal abyss but the data in the encyclopedia suggest they are called abyss by many to shorten " ' Is there anything here that can kill me ? " ' There are " ' Can I avoid them with the mirror ? "
' If you use the mirror's ability [ Inverse ] you can create an antithesis of the abyss " Neo looked around walking to the route the encyclopedia set up for her ' Hmm should be easy ' She held the mirror in her hands preparing it as the abyss that the encyclopedia marked was getting closer to her .
' I should prepare [ Absorb ] too it will be much surefire to suck in the abyss instead of inversing it to something I have no idea of based on behavior ' Lily picked up a rock and threw it at the side which made the abyss pounce at the wall .
Lily saw the abyss hitting on the wall and threw the mirror whilst activating [ Absorb ] and [ Inverse ] . The abyss was sucked in and a creature similar in looks but not color or origin appeared " Gotcha " she picked up the mirror looking at the inverted abyss .
' What are the inverted traits ? " ' It became an antithesis but no changes in behavior patterns " " Meh that's fine " Lily thought about where the inverted was even held ' Is there a world behind the mirror ? "
' No , but it is possible to make one using [ Absorb ] " ' Then what do I need ? " ' a small world for the mirror to absorb " ' Can it be anything ? " ' Yes " Lily thought for a while thinking she might be able to get as many lands from around her .
" Maybe this would be great to have then " she looked at the mirror and disabled [ Inverse ] . She found an abyss charging at her " Good timing " she widened the mirror to bring the abyss to the inverted .
' Info on the mirror ? " ' The world behind the mirror has expanded due to the introduction of the mass inside . " ' If I give this enough mass and energy would the mirror be able to generate a mirror world ? "
' Yes " " Interesting " Lily boosted herself with ki and ran through the route picking up more abyss and inverting some of them turning [ Inverse ] on and off simultaneously ' So I need to master this kind of ability perfectly '
Lily kept charging until she dodged an arrow and her mind started to process so fast ' But the abyss doesn't rely on tools , is there a survivor who came to this place ? But if it is are they hostile there was an abyss in this specific location so that means they have been hunting them for a long time '
' But what kind of species are they ? ... humans , elves , demons , merfolk , dwarves or beastkins ? ' she turned and took a stance to see a young adult " Another human ? " he looked at Lily as she kept her stance looking at him .
' Is he hostile and beatable ? " ' No and yes " " Who are you and what do you mean by "another human" ? " " How can I trust you ? " Lily saw that he was going to be hostile if she answered his question wrong .
Lily got the mirror to disable all its abilities and used shapeshift to make a dagger made entirely of mirror material so it was reflecting the light as a normal mirror would . The man raised his guard becoming hostile as Lily made a small cut to stain the blade with blood .
He charged at her whilst performing a breathing technique ' I can throw my blood on his mouth ' she slowly moved the dagger pointing at the man and suddenly increased the speed flicking the tiny amount of blood to his mouth .
" Ugh " he grunted in disgust at the bitter blood ' Is this poison ? ' " It's medicine if you're thinking my blood is acidic or poison if either was what you were thinking . It's basically a highly potent elixir . "
The flower she ate from inverting the flower that turns people to the abyss was inverted to suit her needs by transforming her blood to carry the ki and mana but most importantly the technique she was using .
And the blood the man swallowed was cleansing blood which messed with his body to allow mana to cleanse the body allowing him to avoid turning into an abyss as they were the only food edible .
Lily looked at the man and thought that there might be a settlement ' Is there a settlement of unlucky survivors who came here ? " ' No " " Hey are you alone so you don't eat your comrades when you're desperate ? "
Lily saw his body status using the encyclopedia and understood his reaction ' Looks like there are survivors here ' Lily looked at the man and picked up the flower she had found ' Though I still don't get why that flower was able to meet my demands . Encyclopedia can you answer that ? "
' Yes , The mirror met your demands of positive which made it that way " ' Is evolving this kind of artifact that easily ? it feels like it was supposed to be way harder " ' It would if you didn't propose the idea of linking the encyclopedia and the mirror together "
' I thought it was gonna be harder but to think it would be so convenient is this the power of the encyclopedia and the mirror ? ' Lily picked up some flowers which were the same ones as before ' Analyze this please "
' The flower expands the energy reserves by filling it with the abyss's energy though the energy was called by many names such as ki , mana and etc. " ' Well the mana I felt was different why is that ? "
' It is because this "mana" was taken from nature " ' And my ki ? " ' It is derivative of mana made out from eating food , drinking water and breathing air or any activity a body would use to procure energy from external products " ' So it's like processed mana of the body then ? "
' Correct " ' I enjoyed that quiz ' Lily looked at the pile she had gathered and then at the man who was feeling better " Thank you little miss I don't know what you did but thanks for helping me I am in your debt " " Oh you recovered now eat this "
Yoch looked at the blood-infused grounded abyss flower which looked like a well-kneaded dough the size of a marble " What's this ? " Lily shoved the dough into his mouth and watched him groan again .
" If you can pass the pain you get a strong body that matches an abyss " Yoch held the scream back knowing it will attract a nearby abyss . So Lily expanded some mirrors around him to stop the spread of sounds .
By reflecting it " ARGH !!! " the noise was painful to Yoch but at one point he could no longer hear it ' He destroyed his ears , what else did he destroy ? " ' His brain is deteriorating but also getting healed which would result in no aftereffects "
" What happened to me ? " Yoch's body was changing colors as his skin paled and darkened " Status " ' the blood and the flower effects are fighting each other and his body is like a battlefield being healed constantly by the blood who is armed with martial arts technique "
Lily imagined the skeletal structure of Yoch and a red-colored body whose silhouette was like a martial master and a flower that looks very simple like a child's drawing running around the structure performing attacks . With the blood transforming between a doctor and a martial master .
Yoch grunted one last time and gasped for air " Ugh " " Hey do you wanna leave this place ? " " I already tried there is a monster in the labyrinth that is preventing us from going in " ' What is it ? "
' A giant plant monster that covers the whole area they naturally prey on abyss because they are better food than the survivors " " Then wanna come with me and be useful " Lily got up as Yoch tries to get used to the newly formed claws he has now .
' She has that blood that can improve conditions then I should definitely follow I may be able to escape this abyss ' Yoch followed Lily hoping she could help him escape " Say when did you come here ? "
" A few minutes ago " " So you came by an accident , but why are you so calm ? " " First , I didn't come here by accident I only came here willingly without knowing the destination which would be like an accident but not so much and the reason why I am calm is that I have no problem with surviving here since I still have edible food , clean water and a good weapon "
" You're telling me information that would tempt me into killing you ... Why ? " Lily kept walking as if to ignore Yoch's sentence and the question " Will this convince you then ? " Lily held a knife on Yoch's neck while pulling his head back to further expose his neck .
' Since when ? ' " Yes " Lily let go and kept walking the same path and Yoch caught some air and gasped ' It would've been a wrong move to betray her she could swiftly kill without me noticing at all .
' So any other tips on subduing the monster other than trapping it in the mirror world ? " ' The encyclopedia has spells , data , the experience of the previous user if used the user can obtain a higher chance in subduing the monster "
' Convenient ' Lily continued walking to the route while absorbing the data collected by the encyclopedia . She wasn't having a headache due to the flower she ate helping her prevent the headaches by enhancing the performance of her weakened brain .
" By the way how long were you here ? " " Years " ' So does more land get into this world annually then ? " ' Unknown , the encyclopedia has traveled in and out of this world so information will have yet to be obtained "
' What a headache ' Lily continued to trap the abyss into the mirrors she expanded to existence and sent them to the original mirror since she can't maintain the mirror world for too long " So what was your world like before you came here ? "
" Peaceful " " How is it peaceful ? " " Kingdoms don't go to war with each other and all worked on making alliances to benefit each other " " Then how did you make a living ? " " Killing monsters , diving into dungeons and sometimes tagging along on a labyrinth subjugation "
Lily thought about it and can see how Yoch manage to survive the abyss for years " How many abysses have you killed ? " " Don't know never counted since I only cared about the geological advantage and ecosystem "
" Any info you'd like to share about the giant monster ? " " It's like a giant extending plant with vines that entangle abyss . Touching them won't do much since they only react to does who have the abyss's presence in them . "
' So do I have this abyss presence he is talking about ? " ' No , the flower you ate has lost its presence when you changed it " ' What about him ? " ' You have learned to purify your body of any presence or lifeforce that isn't yours so when he drank your blood he has also lost his abyss presence "
Lily thought for a while about what the encyclopedia said about him losing his abyss presence " Hey so is that the vine of the monster you are talking about ? " Yoch looked at the roots and hid behind Lily .
" We need to tread carefully as you go closer to the center the denser the roots are " " So we are very close to the monster then ? " ' That means he avoided this path because the vines might entangle him then '
Lily went forward while Yoch carefully dodged the dangling vines . While Lily thought she can scare him a "little" " Ahh " she tripped on the vines and grabbed Yoch pretending to fall and using him to stop her from falling .
Yoch was too shocked to react and felt his innate sense of danger as he falls to the vines " AAAAHHHH !!!!! " Lily hit the soft vine first and Yoch landed on her ' Feels like when I was squished by many crocodile babies . '
Yoch clenched his eyes to try and dull the pain but after some silence , he wondered why there was no movement " By the way this abyss presence in our body is gone you basically lost it when I gave you my blood "
He realized he was on top of Lily and got off " Stupid idiot " his veins popped but he couldn't talk back since she helped him after all ' Okay encyclopedia please analyze this " Lily held the stone she nabbed out of Yoch since she saw something shine when he was groaning in pain .
' In your sense , it's a philosopher's stone " ' But ? " ' It is a little different , this stone is more potent than the ones you know " ' This must be why he survived , So when you say more potent what does that mean ? "
' The one who held it achieves immortality " ' Any Buts ? " ' As long as the holder held it for a year they already are immortal in some senses " " Hey do you mind giving me this ? " Yoch looked at the stone and opened his satchel .
" When did you take it ? " " Just tell me if I can have it " Yoch looked at Lily's stoic expression knowing he will owe her more as she helps him escape " Sure " ' I don't want to owe her too much '
Lily looked at the ruby red stone and sliced it in half as one of them fell on the vine . She used the mirror's [ Inverse ] ability and watched as the red color of the stone turned into deceptive gold .
' So if the previous was a philosopher stone what is this then ? " ' In your sense a fool's gold , it does completely opposite of the philosopher's stone due to you using the [ Inverse ] ability "
' Please explain " ' It's like medusa's eyes capable of making anything worthless and killing slowly with gas without the need for a humid environment " Lily covered it with the mirror and asked the encyclopedia again .
' What will happen if I keep the [ Reflect ] ability on it ? " ' It will preserve it " ' Can it be strengthened ? " ' If you link the encyclopedia and the mirror the fool's gold can be strengthened in addition to any other artifact you find "
' Speaking of artifact what was that chest you came out of ? " ' That chest was part of a game " ' Say what ? " ' There are some gods that bring a selected people to this world so they can provide for their home world "
' So there are some kind gods but how are they gonna be safe ? " ' They have a system similar to the ones you play in survival games which allow trade , chat and buy from the shops " ' Convenient are those gods stronger than the gods that sent us here ? "
' Unknown , but they are smarter in terms of subjects only not in experience on the battle " " Hey Yoch when you came to this world what was it like ? " Lily looked at the labyrinth from a cave opening which gave her a bird's eye view of the labyrinth .
" Uhm well , nothing change much since I was used to hunting monsters except this time the monsters were immortal " " Well looks like we don't have to worry about them now " Lily showed him the fool's gold covered in the original mirror .
" Gold ? " " Fool's gold I made this by slicing the philosopher's stone you agreed to give me by half . Also , it is a little different from the good parts of fool's gold in spiritual properties " " Why does it look as big as a fist ? " " By the way , that stone you gave me was very valuable thank you "
Yoch froze and thought of it realizing he lost something very valuable " Oh look there's a girl fighting the monster " Lily pointed at the girl who was at an advantage thanks to climbing on the walls and cutting off the roots of the plant .
' Say is she one of those who plays the game ? " ' Yes the world she came from is poor but prospered by helping teenagers to prepare for when they are transmigrated to this world " " Yoch help her "
" Wait why ? " " Because you owe me " " Wait for one I don't owe you , you took the precious stone " Lily didn't care much and pushed him with her leg as he fell out of the hole ' Good thing I have a popcorn pack .
Yoch fell down and knew he had no choice but to fight the monster " Hey Carrie I'll help you " Carrie looked at Yoch recognizing him despite the traits he had gained " We'll talk later " ' So they're companions '
" How about we talk now ? " Carrie said seeing that she can win as she saw Yoch tearing out the rocks with his claws " Fine it will be much easier this way , basically a small girl probably half your age saved me by giving her blood which purified the abyss presence in me "
Carrie used a sword to defend against the thrusting vine splitting it in half ' Why are they talking during a battle " ' The plant's main sense is touch so talking won't help the plant detect them " ' Okay then can you help me with ... "
" Are you for real about the girl ? " " She said she came just recently not even a day or hour " " A newbie then ? " " Well in terms of how long we came here , yes , but in strength , she's better " " What kind of newbie can beat you ? "
The battle continued as they increased the DPS ( damage per sec ) on the abyssal plant " The kind that isn't normal " ' They should hurry up if they want to beat the plant ' " Hey you guys should hurry that thing is gonna execute a killer move "
" WHAT !!! " Carrie and Yoch looked at the plant which started to open its "petals" and dark colors of light gathered to the center where the seeds appear ' Looks like a sunflower but what is it going to do ? "
' Shoot a beam using the life source of the seed and surroundings " ' Explain " ' Life source is like a source of water and the lifeforce is the water that comes out of the source " ' Good guess I'll help them then "
Lily placed the Fool's gold on the bracelet and injects the gold with ki pointing it at the flower ' Good thing there was a technique which is immune to the Fool's gold ' a blast pierced the sphere of energy as it dispelled the energy killing the plant in the process .
" This time you two owe me for helping you escape " Lily walks down with mirrors being created to serve as steps " She's the one ? " " Yes " Lily looked at the monster as it falls down ' So how do I get up again ? "
' There is a teleportation platform inside " ' Okay then can I make it so I can traverse between this and the farm ? " ' Yes by altering the current destination to the farm and then taking a teleportation platform to the farm "
" Okay you two I'm gonna go alter the course of the teleportation so we can leave ... but we are going to my house so don't complain after all I save you " " Uh uh yeah " Carrie said and Yoch kept quiet since he doesn't even know how to use the platform in the first place .
" You must be a player of that system " " !!! How do you know ? " " because I can tell from your reaction " " What ? Then if I hadn't reacted you couldn't have known ? " " No I already know just wanted to see your smarts "
" See my smarts ? " she thinks for awhile while they both follow Lily " So where do you live ? " " A beautiful island and by the way at the inactive volcano there are some lava monsters know anything about them ? "
" I do , despite their looks , they are a child-raising species " Yoch said and was interrupted by Carrie " Really ... Oh my god I remembered killing one of them " " Then you will go apologize when you went there "
Lily blew away the dust and made Yoch pick out all of the trash around continued to explain " They specialize in warm incubation and exhibit a great sense of heat which allows them to put the eggs or any life at the right place to grow "
'Are there any treasures here ? " ' There are eggs and specimens which are prototypes stored inside preserving rooms and containers respectively " " Guys follow me " she led the way and found a door .
" Old style locks " " We can just break it " Yoch said Lily stopped him and took her hairclip randomly pushing it in and out of the keyhole while pulling it down Click " There we go "
She took the lock and held it suddenly the door opened and arrows shot at them " Woah " the arrows froze as the lock glowed dropping them to the ground " Neat " " Like hell , we could've died , those arrows are enchanted with death so one touch would be enough to kill us "
Lily didn't mind and looked at the lock with the hairclip still in and felt some space at the end ' Hmm ' she pushed the hairclip a little to see the light of the hallway they come from lighted up " So this is like a remote controller " she repeated it again to hear air exiting .
' Maybe a little too all-purposed ' she point at the lights and pushed the hairclip again to reveal many cracked eggshells and broken glasses but there were three containers one was opened and the others were closed " Why do you use a hairclip when your hair barely touches your neck ? ' Carrie's question was immediately ignored due to irrelevance .
' Appraisal " ' The egg contains an unknown being the egg can't be scanned but from the records gathered around here this egg is the fruit of research that used to be a powerful experiment . The two other containers are the scientist that made it "
' So that couple made this thing ? " ' Yes , they are also dead " " So much for expectations " Lily looked at the female's things which had hairclips just like Lily's " Hmm so they love gold " " What do we do about this egg ? "
Yoch asked " Carry it with you we are going to the surface " " Wait How are you gonna alter the destination point of the teleportation in the first place ? " " I have my ways " " She's not kidding she could purify the abyss presence out of my body so it may not be too hard to change the course "
Yoch carried the egg while Carrie was thinking about the system if it can respond yet " By the way miss player what is your status on the connection on your world right now ? " " Bad I guess the abyss is far from the reach of the system "
" Good then if we get up we can use this system of yours to get trades all over the world of players or we can get some contact in your old world " " Well I can do that but what gain can I get "
Lily turned her head up to Carrie while extending her hand " Well how about the incubation center of professionals that owns a dormant extinct yet warm volcano , a route where I can buy magic pearls from merfolks , three races who are living together each with the professions of planting , crafting and taking care of sacred beast "
" DEAL " Carrie took Lily's hand sealing the imaginary deal " By the way what was your old world like ? " " Very poor , slums would be everywhere if it wasn't for the system saving us " " Then how is the technology ? "
" Pretty modern with lights , solar panels . But we mostly concentrate on martial arts , and survival skills to prepare for coming to this world " " Wow not impressed at all " " Why ? Are your martial arts that good ? "
" Of course , I beat that giant flower with martial arts I learned from the artifact I accidentally absorbed " " How can you accidentally absorb an artifact " " Long story , very long story " they arrived at the teleportation platform and Lily went to it and changed the course of destination at the same time allowed it to be a two-way portal .
" Okay get in we will be heading right on my farm " " What does your farm look like ? " " A very very big island " they stepped in as light consumed them and they arrived at the forest where Lily put in the magical trees .
" Here we are Yoch follow me and you have surveillance on you so don't try to steal from me " " Not like I will " Yoch followed Lily as some drones arrived to pick them " What are these ? " " You must be in some primitive world to not know about this "
Lily stepped on some of them as they gathered to form a platform to support her and Yoch was a little cautious since he never went too high up in the sky unless it was through a cliff or mountain " What kind of creature like this would listen to you ? "
" It's a very advanced technology or something you would call uhm I have no idea what you would call it . I made them so they have all sorts of advantages and uses . " " Then where are we headed ? " " To the lava or magma whatever it is called monsters so they can help me incubate this egg "
" Wait will I be alright ? " " The heat won't even bother you since your body drank my blood " " What is wrong with your blood ? " " Nothing much other than able to influence you when you drink it ... by the way my blood type is O which is very good for donating you don't have to worry about drinking my blood when you hear about blood types "
Yoch didn't understand what Lily told him and just looked at the volcano they are going to " So do you have any goals right now ? " " No only to survive " " Then you can go to the three races' town "
" Is that the official name ? " " No but I'd call it that since there are dwarves , elves and beastkins over there " " Why are you sending me there ? " " So you can try to be useful " " But " Lily looked at the egg and clicked a few commands sending the drone he is standing on away .
She sent a recording to the drone and landed on the volcano " Human why are you here ? " " Take this "
She gave the egg to the lava monster who was resting beside the solar device " I believe you know who I am right ? " " The human who gave us this place ? " " Correct now you will take care of this egg and make sure it hatches "
" Yes ma'am " Lily followed the lava monster down the volcano looking at the magma at the bottom " Say do you know about hot springs ? " " Ehh those lakes of water that are very hot ? " " Yeah "
" Uhm we do have someone who learns about them " " Okay , so where are we going right now ? " " To the cave , we put unhatched eggs inside and sometimes our children to heal " ' Hmm looks like it isn't hot if I use the [ Inverse ] properly '
" Here we are " Lily looked at the cave as the lava monster looked for the manager of the cave ( Yeah this is what they call it ) the area was not well organized because of the required area where the eggs and children are different .
' Guess I can trust them in cracking the egg's shell without killing it ' " Human if you need anything you can ask . " " Do you need more of those things I put up at the volcano ? " " No human we're asking if you need anything ? "
" Then I'm asking the same " " But we are the ones getting more from staying in your volcano that giant magic item is giving us so much sunlight it's like it is the giant sun itself " " Are you kidding me ? "
" Huh ? " " If you are not even good enough for having more of that then what am I going to do with the mini sun ? " " Mini sun ? " " Yeah I have one big one at my farm though I haven't activated it yet "
" Please wait for a moment " the lava monster didn't understand much but he knew what sun mmeans ' Ahh technology is such a good bargaining chip ' Lily looked around her looking at the eggs and some sleeping baby rocks curled up or spread out to get more heat .
' Am I getting a much bigger reward ? I am going to need to create a sun or it will be cold ground at some point ... I can use it to support my Skylands to carry out further progress ' she can already see it .
A floating land with a burning sun under it about the size of her main island ' But I also need to do something like a Geostorm project but I need a lot of materials " her problem was immediately answered by the encyclopedia with a response .
' Geo satellite project can be completed by procuring material which can be obtained very quickly using the player of the system the user met " ' I would look into that but I will prepare other backup plans . "
' You can use the teleportation platform that was remotely made from the labyrinth to travel back down and send mining drones to obtain the materials " ' That's the idea , but since I need to empty out my farm I can just send out the excess food out to her '
Lily thought about all the resources she can get and thought about the numerous projects that she couldn't even start due to the lack of materials and there was no need to create a giant weather-altering satellite back on the planet since there already was one .
" Human wait !!! " a lava monster of bigger size than the ones she met before came running to her " Please we will consider your offer about the small sun of yours " " Oh then what can you offer " " Our valuable treasures !!! "
A sun that is high above the sky and the core of the planet were the heat that helps these monsters live forever as long as they have enough . Lily looks at them and smiles weakly " Are you considering all of your resting statues too ? "
They were shocked ( obviously ) " Uhm yes you can even have our statues " " Hmm then I'll bring the sun reactor " she clicked open a file and selected the sun reactor file as a drone bought the small reactor which was referenced from one of her previous world's reactors .
Only on a much smaller and forever-lasting scale as it provides its own energy to keep it going " Inside this is a mini sun " the lava monsters were surprised but Lily laughed at their expression " It's very hard to actually explain this you might even think I'm lying "
Lily shrugged her shoulders and took hold of the reactor " It's very hard to wonder or even imagine for you "How can a giant hot and burning ball of lava be possibly inside a small object in my hands" I can relate if your a kid you can't even imagine about this idea unless you were introduced "
Lily used her bracelet and checked the status of the sun to see that the magnetic fields are still strong enough to hold back the heat " Shall we demonstrate then ? " Lily looked at the current king .
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