126: Chapter 125 The Changes Brought About by the Power of Merit (4k)

When Sun Po immersed his mind into the system panel, the system panel before his eyes made him feel somewhat unfamiliar.

The light screen of the system panel, which was originally just a light blue panel, was now like a long-neglected bulb with a low battery fitted with a new battery. Not only did the whole thing emit a slight colorful glow, but that colorful jelly-like object of the custom mod loading system panel was also surprisingly active at this moment.

Sun Po still did not know what had happened to the system, but he could see some clues through the text. At the very bottom of the system panel, a colorful energy slot was prominently marked, and at this moment, that energy slot had only poked out an imperceptible small fraction.

Sun Po could not help feeling regretful in his heart: "I do not know what use this power really has, but for now it seems useless, except for making the system panel more dazzling and adding this energy slot below. It doesn't seem to have any immediate improvement to my strength."

But next, when he looked closely at the familiar system function panel, he discovered differences.

At this time, although the entire system panel exuded a faint colorful radiance, a line of text seemed to exude a brighter colorful radiance: "[Successfully loading a mod onto a card will increase the card quality, and failing to load a mod will not decrease the card quality]"

After Sun Po read it completely, his heart suddenly gave a start!!

How the hell could this be called no change!?

This is like a calf riding a rocket, it's heaven-defyingly awesome!!

If I had this feature earlier, how could my [Spirit Monkey] have dropped all the way from [Hundred-Color 7-Star] to [Gray 1-Star]? How could I have come to this world for so long, spent all my parents' inheritance without finding high-compatibility materials, and finally fallen into the predicament of losing both money and cards, even being forced to sell my house?

If it weren't for the skeleton of [Changyou] flowing out from the Xu Family just in time, I am afraid I would have already been eliminated by now. Truly, milk comes after the child dies, and an umbrella is opened after the rain has passed.

But on second thought, if I hadn't been driven to a desperate situation, I might not have dared to desperately try purple materials. Then there would be no subsequent [Changyou], let alone the Water God of Huai River [Wuzhiqi] who now bears the appearance of Six Ears.

One can only say that every sip and every bite has its own cause and effect.

Secondly, the mod loading system also has a feature:

"[The success rate of loading a mod is affected by factors such as the compatibility between the mod and the card, the gap in quality between the mod and the card, and the number of already loaded mods]"

Among them, the more mods loaded on a card, the lower the success rate of loading a new mod.

Of course, only when Sun Po uses the mod loading system to load mods for cards will he be affected by this. Cards self-loading mods seem unaffected by this rule. Just like back then when [Changyou] loaded so many skills, it relied on its own comprehension rather than the system, so this rule seemed to have no effect.

But not all cards have the heaven-defying comprehension of [Wuzhiqi]. If in the future one of my cards has difficulty loading new mods by itself after loading a mod, I can continue to use card-making materials to keep adding mods to it until the materials dissipate. After all, the card's quality will not decrease, so what is lost is just some materials.

And this is an enhancement to the basic functions of the mod loading system!

If the mod loading system is the "golden finger" for enhancing cards, then this so-called Power of Merit currently exhibits the ability to enhance the "golden finger".

It is equivalent to Sun Po himself being a cheating player, and this Power of Merit can actually further strengthen his cheat?

Is there actually such an outrageous power in this world?

This is still only getting a tiny bit of the Power of Merit. If I can get enough Power of Merit to make my system truly mutate successfully, just how strong would it become?

He guessed in his heart: "Someone has obtained this Power of Merit before, and according to Yin Tianzheng, the performance of these people after obtaining the Power of Merit varies. That is to say, it is impossible that it only affects my mod loading system, nor is it possible that it was generated only for me."

"My mod loading system can be considered my exclusive talent. Could the function of this Power of Merit be to cause exclusive talents to mutate?"

But looking at the text set against the colorful glow, he affirmed in his heart:

"I'm afraid it's not any mutation. If it were a mutation, there should be both good and bad, but judging from Yin Tianzheng's words, he is quite envious. I'm afraid most of those who have obtained the Power of Merit have good effects currently. And looking at the functional changes of the mod loading system, it directly eliminated a negative effect of mod loading failure. What kind of mutation is this? This is a pure enhancement!!"

Sun Po knew in his heart that this was probably not the full ability of this Power of Merit, otherwise it would have been figured out long ago. But it is also possible that it is due to too few individual examples. In short, information is insufficient now, making it difficult to make an accurate judgment.

However, Sun Po being able to reach this point, the mod loading system is definitely the key among keys. At this moment, he is full of curiosity about this Power of Merit that can enhance the mod loading system.

Yin Tianzheng said: "Little friend Sun is truly a person of boundless good fortune. How many people never get to see this Power of Merit in a lifetime, yet now it has actually shown traces in the tiny Gaoping City with a population of hundreds of thousands."

As he spoke, he suddenly increased his voice and said:

"However, Little friend Sun's good fortune was obtained by helping our Yanhuang National Defense Force protect Gaoping. His things are the things of our Yanhuang National Defense Force. If this old man hears that Little friend Sun has suffered any accidents after returning from the outer domains, the Thunder Department will simply have to carry out a major purge first."

"Boom!!"

As his words fell, a sudden thunder flashed, and a scream sounded. Sun Po vaguely saw a figure in the clouds, who was actually struck directly into flyash by the lightning.

Behind him, [Wen Zhong] held golden twin weapons, his three eyes tightly closed. He retracted his bearing calmly and leisurely as if nothing had happened at all. If it weren't for the wisps of electric sparks still dancing on his weapons, Sun Po would have almost thought it really had nothing to do with the [Wen Zhong] behind him.

Sun Po was also thinking at this time: "If this flash of thunder strikes me? Can I block it?"

"From the aura, it is even stronger than [Wuzhiqi] going all out using Ren Water Divine Power in the state of Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth. This is just a casual strike, and I didn't even see how [Wen Zhong] made his move. At this speed, I'm afraid my armor combination wouldn't make it in time."

One can only say that he is truly the head of the Thunder Department who has been through hundreds of battles. His profound foundation is fully displayed between casual strikes.

What Sun Po did not know was that in the army, those who awakened the true names of the Thunder Department, such as heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, inherently had the strongest killing power and the fastest speed. If other deity cards of the same grade wanted to compare speed and lethality with those of the Thunder Department, they probably wouldn't stand a chance.

However, the Thunder Department deity cards also share a common characteristic, which is that they are not enduring enough.

Strong killing power, fast speed, high burst, then sustained combat power is generally a shortcoming.

And water-attribute divine powers like [Wuzhiqi] precisely emphasize endless regeneration, with extremely strong sustained combat power.

Therefore, even after becoming a deity, according to the differences in divine power attributes, they generally have their own strengths.

Of course, [Wuzhiqi], who had just stepped into the golden quality, facing [Wen Zhong], whose quality was already Gold 9-Star, would probably find it difficult to maintain endless regeneration.

The orange quality of a card is a watershed. Below orange, among the same quality, a few star gaps can also be made up for through skills, traits, etc., and turning defeat into victory is not impossible.

Back then, [Changyou] relied on Insight into Heavenly Secrets with a quality of Purple 3-Star to defeat Enlightened Monk Yang Wulang who was then at Purple 7-Star. But upon reaching the golden quality, the gap between each star is even comparable to the grade gap below gold. And after reaching high stars, the gap between each star will become larger and larger. Correspondingly, the enhancement of each star is no longer a simple accumulation of resources, but requires years and months of accumulation, as well as a medium. The difficulty of raising stars is comparable to the quality advancement of cards below gold.

Yin Tianzheng would never have thought that a high school student, after seeing the Thunder Department commander's move, was pondering whether he could block it.

However, it is indeed true that Sun Po is too unusual. [Wen Zhong]'s card grade, due to the lack of a divine position, has been trapped at Gold 9-Star for many years.

Although his casual strike is comparable to the power of [Wuzhiqi] going all out, Sun Po keenly felt that the essence of the two is already at the same level.

That is to say, compared with [Wen Zhong], the commander of the Thunder Department, what [Wuzhiqi] lacks right now is merely accumulation.

Yin Tianzheng did not know what Sun Po was thinking, and continued loudly: "The Jin family brothers Jin Taiyan and Jin Taimu colluded with the Ten Thousand Souls Sect of the Triangular Demon Domain five years ago to refine 500,000 living beings in Xingping City. Your brother has already been brought to justice, so you should stay as well."

With that, another streak of heavenly thunder struck down, and a scream sounded in the air once again.

This time as a bolt of thunder struck, faint sounds of air-piercing departing could be heard in the sky.

Yin Tianzheng snorted coldly and said: "It's a pity this old man cannot return often. These rat droppings within the domain rely on their fathers' merits to lie within the domain and lord it over others. It would be best if they were all wiped out."

Sun Po naturally knew what these people came for. His [Huang Chao - Yin God Form] hadn't been able to arouse these people's greed, but this Power of Merit is a solid rare item in the eyes of anyone.

Even if they couldn't make it their own, they wanted to seize it to study it. After all, the Power of Merit is too rare and mysterious. Even if they want to study it, they lack research subjects.

And the other existences that have obtained the Power of Merit are not people that these petty villains can provoke. Therefore, naturally, more hyena-like fellows have set their sights on this place.

And Yin Tianzheng's action this time was both to execute members of large clans who had committed major crimes, and more importantly, to protect Sun Po.

Civilian Card Makers have always been the majority in the army, and even he came from a civilian background back then. Therefore, he naturally felt closer to Sun Po, who was also a civilian. Seeing such a world-shaking talent born from a civilian background, he naturally developed a feeling of cherishing talent, but also had the intention of recruiting him.

After all, he hasn't entered university yet. If a good impression is established in advance now, when he goes to the outer domains in his junior or senior year of university, he might just be able to recruit an unparalleled proud son of heaven for his own troop.

Sun Po could naturally see Yin Tianzheng's good intentions, and his favorability towards the army also increased a bit in his heart.

Moreover, his decisive and swift style of doing things also suited Sun Po's taste very well.

However, Sun Po really had a doubt in his heart at this moment. He had been staring at it since earlier, but still couldn't tell how [Wen Zhong] made his move.

In Sun Po's perspective, [Wen Zhong] had always been resting his eyes and maintaining his spirit, never moving at all.

But apart from the electric sparks flashing on his weapons, Sun Po still couldn't see any signs of [Wen Zhong] having made a move, which greatly shocked Sun Po's heart:

"It seems that the path for me and [Wuzhiqi] is still very long. Such unpreventable heavenly thunder—"

Yin Tianzheng seemed to see Sun Po's shock and smiled:

"Within [Wen Zhong]'s Heavenly Thunder Divine Domain, heavenly thunder can move according to thoughts. Wherever thoughts reach and eyes can see, heavenly thunder arrives immediately."

"This method of condensing a divine domain is still too early for you. That Yin God of yours should have just entered the golden quality, and still needs to precipitate and consolidate."

Hearing this, Sun Po quickly cupped his fists and said: "Thank you Commander Yin for clearing up my doubts. I am unworthy of Commander Yin's ardent care."

Yin Tianzheng waved his hand and said: "Hey, this is just a flick of the finger for this old man. Your Yin God is the one that helped this old man and that stinking brat President Chen Wang a huge favor. This Power of Merit has almost been absorbed by you, so this old man will return to the outer domains first. Later when you go to the outer domains and want to join the Thunder Department, just give this old man a word at any time."

Sun Po nodded: "This kid will seriously consider it."

Yin Tianzheng laughed heartily with satisfaction, and then with a flash of lightning, he and [Wen Zhong] directly disappeared.

Sun Po and [Yang Xinyue] also walked on the way home together, watching the security team members on the street conducting cleanup work.

Sun Po could clearly feel that [Yang Xinyue]'s whole person had relaxed a lot.

What Sun Po didn't know was that she had actually been busy since Sun Po's municipal competition ended. At that time, it was the fish-ization disease spreading from Puyang City. She had just been promoted to director of teaching not long ago, and entrusted by the principal, she originally went to the dock to help as an external aid, but once she got busy, she never stopped.

Deep Ones and Huchang came one after another. [Yang Xinyue] hadn't slept a single peaceful night for a month.

The two walked on the asphalt road back home, looking at the fiery red sunset glow, [Yang Xinyue] sighed:

"The little brat who used to cry every day in this old lady's arms back then has also grown up, and can now turn around to take care of this old lady."

Sun Po muttered: "Sister Xinyue, stop calling yourself this old lady every other sentence. You're only six or seven years older than me. When you took care of me when I was little, weren't you also a little brat yourself?"

[Yang Xinyue] laughed: "Alright, your wings have hardened, and you know how to talk back."

As she spoke, her expression turned lonely and somewhat gratified: "However, you have indeed graduated from apprenticeship, and I haven't failed your parents' entrustment. It's just a pity that in the city where my parents were back then, there wasn't a hero like you who stood up."

Sun Po rarely heard [Yang Xinyue] mention her parents. The parents of both families were originally family friends. When Sun Po was an infant, he didn't leak urine on [Yang Xinyue] less often. It was just that midway after [Yang Xinyue]'s family went to another city, contact became less frequent.

When they met again, [Yang Xinyue] had returned to Gaoping City alone, and coincidentally happened to teach Sun Po, who was in high school.

But in those intervening years, what happened to [Yang Xinyue]'s family and where her parents went, Sun Po had never heard [Yang Xinyue] mention.

Sun Po timely opened his mouth to ask: "Sister Xinyue, did Uncle Yang and the others also die in the invasion of such mystic realm monsters?"