Harrow doesn’t know much about the rules of the world.
It wasn’t an initiator, and it couldn’t provide help on the actual steps to be taken.
Lu Yao could only try them out himself one by one.
He first used the [Banquet Bird] to try his hand.
In this Gravel World, King Wu Ji was still leading the Wu Ji Clan to excavate and collect Omnipotent Stones, and quite a few places in the entire world were covered with holes.
Lu Yao found the phrase [Death] in the background and sifted downwards to find the associated words [Ghost] and [Undead]. While in these sub-phrases, there was no description or definition of the underworld or one-way anchoring.
In order to cross-check and verify, Lu Yao checked the other two worlds, the Temple in the Clouds and the Yao Clan world likewise, and there were no relevant records.
He came to a preliminary deduction: the one-way anchoring of many worlds pointing to the Underworld, as well as the Underworld passageway for ghosts to enter was hidden deeper in the rules of the world.
Either even the Lord God could not change this rule, or the relevant descriptions were hidden in some ingenious way.
Whichever it was, there was nothing Lu Yao could do at the moment.
He couldn’t help but think.
It would be good if the ghosts could be given the option of choosing a gathering place …… just like soldiers who had finished their training in a strategy game barracks, who would be uniformly assigned to gather at the schoolyard.
Right.
It could be done this way!
Underworld Passage and One-Way Anchoring couldn’t be touched on their own, but one could embark on the word Ghost.
Lu Yao immediately started writing the rules in the background of the [Banquet Bird] world.
He added a new command under the [Ghost] word entry.
–All Ghosts will temporarily stay in [Shadoo Tower].
This directive was vague and focused on testing the basic mechanism, and the new rule consumed 20,000 points of faith.
Lu Yao clicked OK and waited for the rules to run in the world.
About half an hour later, a ghost really did appear next to the Shadoo Tower at the bottom of the Feast Bird World. However, this apparition only stayed for about two seconds and immediately disappeared without a trace.
Lu Yao, however, was greatly cheered.
Useful!
He tinkered with it, constantly checking it against the actual effect of the rule, and found that to make the ghost stay for an extremely short period of time, a vague description would be more stable and feasible.
If a precise time was forced, it would be difficult for this rule to function stably, and it would show [Invalid] in a while.
After a dozen or so trials in the Feast Bird World, Lu Yao summarised two experiences.
Experience 1: The number of ghosts that borrowed the world to transfer was extremely low.
He had observed for a total of nearly 3 hours before and after, and there were actually only 4 passing apparitions, each of which symbolically flashed in front of the Shadoo Tower and then immediately disappeared.
Lesson 2: It was much harder than expected for ghosts to settle down, and the conversion rate was extremely low.
None of the 4 passing spectres stayed.
Although Lu Yao had predicted the difficulties involved, the severity and difficulty of the real situation still hurt him a bit.
Was this plan really not feasible?
He ordered half a box of egg tarts from a takeaway and asked Harrow for advice with his food.
“When the gravel world is weak, there are fewer ghosts.”
The three-headed dog licked the tart and said, “The bigger the world, the stronger the power of the rules. You need to recruit passing ghosts to do so with a large divine kingdom. The ghosts will focus their transfers and teleportation on the larger worlds, and the rule power will be able to fully utilise the one-way anchoring effect.”
Lu Yao drifted off.
It turned out to be related to the world itself.
He changed his target and chose the Cloud Temple as his test site, which was also the largest volume of worlds that Lu Yao had at his disposal.
Lu Yao was pleasantly surprised to find that the number of ghosts had indeed increased.
He set the command ground by the artificial lake, and from time to time, apparitions appeared, far outnumbering the Feast Birds, with 10 of them passing by in just half an hour.
Most of the apparitions remained fleeting, but a very few would linger for a while.
They would usually look around as if they found nothing peculiar about the place, and then dissipate and leave.
Lu Yao made further adjustments and changed the marker to underneath the Ghost Lighthouse in Sand City.
This had an immediate effect.
More ghosts flashed and hesitated in the vicinity.
Most of them eventually left. Only one ghost stood under the lighthouse for a long time, looking up at the top of the lighthouse as if full of curiosity and reluctance.
Lu Yao viewed its details.
……
[Lamp Clan LV2] Lamp Rider
Life Value: 16/16
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 1
Defence: 1
Speed: 3
[Evasion
[Lamp Maker
Specialises in making lamp products of various forms.
……
This Lamp Spectre has a peculiar form, a translucent villain with a shimmering silver metallic lustre and a dull flame on its head.
The lamp multiplier looked up at the green bonfire at the top of the spectral lighthouse and seemed to be wistful.
It took two steps forward and then stopped.
Ghosts came and went around it, and it was the only one that couldn’t make up its mind.
It could not interfere at this point.
Harrow made it a point to emphasise that the ghost must stay of its own free will. When in a one-way anchored ghost passage, only the initiator in charge of the world’s rules could briefly see their traces, and no one else, not even the gods, could discover them.
And once the initiator came into direct contact with them, it would destabilise the channel, causing it to briefly shut down or collapse, with unforeseen disordered consequences that would outweigh the loss.
Lu Yao also had no intention of directly intervening.
If the introduction of passing ghosts still required himself, the initiator, to persuade them one by one, it would be a little too tiring.
Demonstrating the treatment of the ghosts of Sand City, those who were interested would consider staying, and those who were unwilling would not be forced to do so.
After half an hour of mental struggle, Light Ride took a step into the Ghost Lighthouse.
Lu Yao couldn’t help but wave his fist.
The first one, take it!
At Lu Yao’s gesture, Slymod quickly appeared next to Light Ride.
“Welcome, guests from afar. I am the mayor of this city, this is the Spectre Lighthouse, a necessary place for the spooks to rest at home, the living environment is relaxed and comfortable, you can choose a place as your private room.”
Slimerd picked up a thick leather book next to him, “Books such as these, synonymous with knowledge and elegance, have always been a favoured boarding house for spooks.”
“No favourite? How about this one then?”
He grabbed another oil lamp next to him, “This is an oil lamp invented by the Prophet’s Medicine Spoon, with a brass base, a glass shade, and a magic oil fill, with a long-lasting flame and a light fragrance …… carefully polished by skilled craftsmen, for texture and warmth at the same time.”
A red heart emerged from the lamp multiplier’s head and it nodded.
“Then this will be your private room from this day forward, please keep it.”
Slymod handed the oil lamp to the other before adding, “There are no mandatory obligations in the Ghost Lighthouse in Sandtown. However, if you want to live a little more enjoyable, or display your own talents to realise a desired ideal or goal, Sand City will give every contributor the rich rewards they deserve ……”
“You’re tired from the travelling, so please rest first.”
Slymod was about to leave.
The lamp multiplier finally spoke, “I can make lamps. Lamps that are much better than this one in my hand.”
“Oh? What materials do you need? I can go and prepare them for you.”
“Metals are needed, copper, iron, gold, and silver are all fine, preferably gold and silver, as well as hammers and tongs, anvils and leather, this thing called glass is thinner than crystal, it’s good to use this ……”
Lamp Ride spoke, and then suddenly alas.
“I forgot, now I can’t make a lamp, I’m dead.”
“Death is another beginning.”
Slymod introduced again, “So, how about trying the [Ghost Armour] made by the Yao Clan? As long as you wear this set of armour, you will be able to be as dexterous and mobile as you were when you were alive, and using any tool will be no problem.”
“There’s such a thing?”
A huge question mark popped up on Light Rider’s head.
“Of course, try it and see.”
After putting on the Ghost Armour, a black exclamation mark popped up on Light Ride’s head, “Incredible …… unimaginably fine armour with such wonderful powers, like coming back from the dead!”
Slemod added, “You are lucky to be the first Lamp Clan to join Sandy City, this set of armour will serve as a welcome gift from Sandy City, I hope you like it.”
“Like it, very much! Mr Mayor …… this must be very precious?”
“It is not worth much to the goodwill and friendship of Sand City.”
“Mayor, I’ll make the lamp now, I have it in me!”
The lamp multiplier immediately set to work on the lamps.
Slimerd’s doppelganger delivered the needed materials and tools one by one, and the lamp maker then devoted himself to the craft ……
A few minutes later, a spherical lamp was born from the hands of the armour-clad Lamp Rider.
It was shaped like a large glass ball, with a claw-like iron rod underneath and a long hemp rope attached to the bottom.
After nightfall, the lamp rider brought it into the open space next to the lighthouse, and with a gentle pull on the rope, the ball lamp fluttered and flew up, creating a warm white light in the air, causing the surrounding Sand City residents to look up at it one by one.
Lu Yao clicked on this prop.
……
[Hanging Lamp]: A fine prop crafted by the Lamp Clan, capable of levitating high in the air and bringing a stable light.
Life Value: 1220/1220
……
Peac*ck Lamp?
Lu Yao immediately realised that it was more than that.
It was incredibly bright, and this hanging lamp alone illuminated the entire Ghost Lighthouse.
Lu Yao observed it for a while and found that the life value of the hanging lamp lost 1 point every 1 second, which represented the durability of use.
“A pity. With so many excellent and sufficient materials, and even an Omnipotence Stone, the Hanging Lamps I made still can’t compare to those excellent Lamp Makers ……”
A sighing expression surfaced on the lamp multiplier’s head.
On the other hand, Slemod’s head sprouted a smile, “You’re already great! Sand City has never had a device like this before, an overhead flying lantern that emits such a dazzling light, a remarkable skill.”
The lamp multiplier’s head turned a sigh into a smile, “Thanks to the omnipotence stone you provided, it made up for my lack of crafting ability.”
“Originally, the Lamp Rider had to hold the lamp cord to keep the hanging lamp floating and moving in the air, but now even if it is tied aside, it can remain stable and suspended, all thanks to the power of the Omnipotent Stone.”
It went on to speak, “The most highly skilled giants of the Lamp Clan are able to create a [Heavenly Lamp] that operates in the sky.”
“In the world where the Lamp Clan is located there is no sun, and we need to rely on the Sky Lantern for illumination to ward off the monsters in the black mist. By the time I died, the giant craftsman hadn’t been around for a long time, so we had to tinker with the old sky lanterns and keep using them. They often malfunctioned as they aged, lighting up and dimming ……”
“There will come a time when the sky lanterns will need to be replaced, every seven days, and that’s when it’s at its most dangerous juncture. Everyone has to hold on to their hanging lamp and not let it be blown out by the fog beasts.”
“I was killed by the fog beast after my lamp went out.”
Speaking of his own experience, a dejected expression appeared again on the head of the lamp multiplier.
“If only there was still sun in my hometown.”
Lu Yao’s heart fluttered.
A heavenly lamp?
Artificial suns?
It sounded like the Lamp Race had groped their way into an extremely high stage in the lamp-making industry, something to do with the special environment of the region.
Slemod inquired, “What about the gods of the Lamp Clan? Doesn’t He care about yours?”
“The gods ……”
Lamp Ride was silent for a moment, “Many eras ago, I heard that the god of “Misty Harbor”, the Firefly God, fought with the World Pot and fell into the black fog, no matter how much he prayed He could not hear …… Shortly after that, an alien god stole our sun.”
“The Lamp Clan is an abandoned clan.”
Lu Yao rubbed the hot water bag in his hand.
There are gods that have left their followers behind, such as Cloud Cui-ui Hak, and the former Prayer God counts.
But a god that fought with a pot and a god that burgled the sun, this was the first time I had heard of it.
