Long Live the Goddess? The Terrifying Deception Order!

Before long, Qin Feng flew over on Osirio, maintaining his invisibility.

Sitting atop Osirio with Grey Chicken summoned onto his shoulder, he entered spectator mode from a distance while remaining invisible…

When this event occurred in his previous life, it was already the 'Silent Era,' and communication was not well-developed.

Thus, Qin Feng did not have a clear understanding of the specific details regarding this disaster in Sakura Country.

"I didn't expect to have the chance to experience this disaster so immersively…"

Qin Feng naturally had no intention of stopping Tejima Ichiro.

Regarding that long-tailed snake goddess statue, even Qin Feng was extremely cautious and vigilant now.

He didn't dare to approach it recklessly, let alone participate in its activities.

This kind of eerie thing was even more terrifying than those Epic-grade BOSSes that appeared openly before people!

This statue, after all, was just a statue.

It hadn't yet been activated to become a 'BOSS'.

If Qin Feng approached rashly, he might very well end up trapped himself.

Although the 'Blade of Judgment' possessed divinity and provided some protection, Qin Feng couldn't guarantee whether his lifespan would be enough to cover the costs if he were to be pulled into it…

When Qin Feng arrived, he happened to catch the moment Tejima Ichiro finished his worship.

He then saw that Tejima Ichiro was incredibly excited.

"As expected, I only spent 100 days of lifespan to gain 10 points in all attributes."

"This is too great a deal! Long live the Goddess!"

"Most importantly, I drew a hidden reward. From now on, for every person I bring here to worship, I can gain an additional 0.001 points in all attributes…"

Tejima Ichiro's expression became somewhat crazed as he watched the attribute growth on his status panel.

Hearing these mutterings, Qin Feng was stunned.

"How is that possible?"

"Doesn't this mean that as long as ten thousand people worship in the future, Tejima Ichiro can increase his attributes by another 10 points?"

"And a hundred thousand people would mean 100 points in all attributes?"

To Qin Feng, this small amount of attributes meant absolutely nothing.

But for an average player, the implications were self-evident!

One must know that even top-tier players like An Yu and Wang Meng, currently the best aside from Qin Feng, only had four-dimensional attributes reaching just over three hundred points at most, which was already considered extremely top-level.

If all attributes increased by 100 points, that would be a massive boost in strength!

However…

Qin Feng could tell at a glance that this was fake.

Why would an Epic-grade BOSS give away so many attributes for nothing?

Even putting everything else aside.

Even making a player permanently increase a single attribute point was an extremely difficult feat.

"It's likely an optical illusion."

"So, does this statue truly possess some kind of power of Order?"

"One that can modify how players view their own attributes and the subsequent changes those attributes bring?"

This Order was quite impressive, but it clearly required certain trigger conditions.

'Worship' was the trigger; once one worshiped, it was equivalent to consenting to have one's perception modified by the power of that Order…

Of course, this was just Qin Feng's speculation.

If it truly was such a power of Order, it could indeed achieve this.

Using deception to make people fall into the joy of attribute enhancement!

This 'deception' wasn't just visual; it was perceptual, and the most terrifying part was that it was cognitive.

Any irrational phenomenon brought about by this 'deception' would be ignored by the player.

That was the most fatal part!

Qin Feng wasn't entirely certain yet and needed to observe further.

"If this is the effect of that statue…"

"Then it's likely a tool used by some Ancient God to control and develop followers."

Qin Feng continued to watch.

After Tejima Ichiro finished his worship, he did not leave immediately.

Instead, he lowered his head, seemingly listening to words coming from the 'long-tailed snake goddess statue'.

Soon, Tejima Ichiro nodded respectfully: "As you command, my Goddess."

He wasn't actually a believer.

But the statue before him could continuously increase his attributes, which made him see a future where he would rise to power.

"If this keeps going, it won't be impossible for me to crush Shadow or trample the Great Xia!"

Tejima Ichiro sneered.

He then performed a few movements on the spot, seemingly testing his physical strength after the attribute increase.

Soon, he must have 'confirmed' that his attributes had truly increased.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It was clear this guy was relatively cautious, but unfortunately, he had encountered the power of 'Order' which he could not comprehend…

A moment later, Tejima Ichiro's subordinates arrived.

The balding Priest 'Yoshida', the cold assassin with short white hair 'Hojo', and nine other players rushed over together.

Under Tejima Ichiro's instructions, they knelt and worshiped the long-tailed snake goddess statue one by one.

Every time someone worshiped, that person would show a shocked expression, followed by a slight look of regret.

Evidently, the people following him did not obtain the 'hidden reward' like Tejima Ichiro did.

But even just gaining 10 points in all attributes was quite good for them, equivalent to gaining two or three levels.

Immediately after…

Qin Feng saw the eleven of them lift the long-tailed snake goddess statue together.

The entire statue probably weighed several dozen tons, but these players each had Strength attributes dozens of times higher than a normal person's, so lifting it was not a problem.

Then…

The white-haired assassin 'Hojo', who had been watching from the side, cast a group invisibility skill.

Making everyone invisible!

"They are…"

Qin Feng watched the scene with great interest.

He still kept the 'Insight' effect turned off to avoid interfering with their operations.

Qin Feng originally thought these people wanted to move the statue into their Hideout.

As it turned out…

These people were actually moving the Long-tailed Snake Demon statue toward a 'black rift' that had just appeared in the ruins!

That black rift was a passage connecting to the reality of Blue Star.

Players could not enter, but monsters could.

"Good grief, what are they doing?"

Qin Feng was a bit bewildered.

But soon, by observing the lip movements of those invisible guys as they spoke, he managed to gather…

It seemed that while the statue was within the game, Tejima Ichiro's 'hidden reward' did not take effect.

It had to be in reality for subsequent people to provide Tejima Ichiro with extra attributes after worshiping.

This group was chatting through their team channel, so Qin Feng could only barely judge by their lip movements; the meaning was roughly correct anyway.

"No wonder they need to pull off this stunt."

"With the temptation of that 'hidden reward,' even if Tejima Ichiro felt something was wrong, he would still choose to move the statue to reality!"

Things had suddenly become interesting.

Unfortunately, soon after the statue was moved to the pitch-black rift and thrown inside by Tejima Ichiro and the others, the group quickly logged off.

At this moment, Qin Feng was pondering a question.

"If this truly is an Order ability similar to deception."

"Why would it appear in the East Capital Ruins?"

"Logically, such a thing shouldn't appear in such an obvious place…"

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.

Clearly, that Epic-grade BOSS… or rather, the future Legendary BOSS, the Long-tailed Snake Demon, had performed some clever maneuvers in advance to reach the East Capital Ruins. As for how she did it, Qin Feng didn't know.

But to Qin Feng, that wasn't important.

What mattered was…

This BOSS was going to trap and kill over a hundred thousand people, obtaining enough lifespan in one go to advance to a Legendary BOSS!

Just how much lifespan would that be?

When the time came…

If Qin Feng took the opportunity to kill her and pocket all that lifespan, wouldn't that be a massive harvest?

One could only pity the Long-tailed Snake Demon.

This BOSS would never have imagined that while she dug such a huge pit, thinking she could advance herself to Legendary rank, there was an old fox behind her acting as the 'mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind'!