After a few messages, the two, having reached a consensus, immediately walked into the crowd and began to sequentially check the physical conditions of these severely ill patients. This process was not complicated, nor was it time-consuming. After all, the people gathered here for Yu Cheng's concentrated treatment were all in poor condition, and the changes in their bodies were obvious enough that even most of the inquiry process could be skipped.
Half an hour later, Yu Cheng, who had incidentally exhausted her magic power during the inquiry process, left the severely injured individuals and trotted over to Mo Tan, who had been waiting nearby. She smiled apologetically, "Sorry to keep you waiting!"
"Not for long at all," Mo Tan shook his head and got straight to the point, "I've confirmed it just now. The Plague symptoms on everyone have lessened, and quite significantly. The effect is second only to your Dawn Wish."
Yu Cheng pulled out a bottle of mana potion from her satchel, taking small sips as she pondered, "But in terms of external injuries, no one has shown any improvement. Not even the slightest wound has healed or alleviated. So my interfered Luminescence should not have a healing effect... right?"
"It doesn't need to have a healing effect," Mo Tan shrugged, looking back at the injured patients whose complexions were much better than before. He raised his hand and lit a wisp of light at his fingertip, "Those external injuries are the easiest to deal with. Divine arts, potions, magic, or even simple bandaging can provide relief. There are plenty of people who can do these things. The key is..."
He extinguished his authentic Luminescence and gently wagged his finger at Yu Cheng, "Your modified Luminescence can widely dispel... no, to be precise, 'absorb' the Plague."
"And the cooldown is very short, much faster than Dawn Wish," Yu Cheng leaned against a wooden stake at the camp entrance, smiling sweetly at Mo Tan, "Dawn Wish can only be used once every an hour and a half, and it consumes a lot. Even if Dawn Divinity is triggered, it's still forty-five minutes. But Luminescence was originally a skill with no cooldown. Even if it gains a five-minute cooldown after being interfered with, it's still very worthwhile!"
Mo Tan blinked, puzzled, "A five-minute cooldown?"
"Mm-hmm," Yu Cheng extended her small hand and waved it in front of Mo Tan, the dazzling halo flickering continuously between her fingers. "See? Like this, there's no cooldown. But if I use it again after interference is triggered, it becomes five minutes."
"Uh, you don't have to demonstrate the authentic version for me; I know this skill too," Mo Tan, almost blinded, quickly turned his head away, covering his face with his hand and smiling wryly, "For old times' sake, Holy Maiden, please turn off the light."
Yu Cheng froze for a moment, then darted in front of Mo Tan like a rabbit, forcefully raising her golden, glowing small hand to cover his face, protesting in a low voice with a flushed face, "I didn't say 'old flame'!"
"I didn't say 'old flame'!" Mo Tan immediately squatted down, clutching his head, his muffled voice sounding a little hysterical, "Where did you imagine that 'flame' from?!"
"Huh?" Yu Cheng blinked twice, her mouth agape, and it took her a while to react. Then, with a flushed face, she dispelled the Holy Light from her hand and flusteredly pulled the person, who had fallen into the Blinded state, up from the ground. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to mishear... and I didn't mean to blind you. Uh, actually, I guess I did mean to blind you... I'm sorry!"
Mo Tan shook his head and waited for a while before his vision returned. He sighed leisurely, "Don't worry, even if I wanted to take advantage of you, I wouldn't be so blatant..."
"Uh! It's better not to, I guess..." Yu Cheng stuck out her tongue, then suddenly leaned in and said to Mo Tan with a giggle, "You looked so cute just now, squatting down with your head in your hands!"
Perhaps because the two were now familiar enough, Yu Cheng, who was originally extremely introverted and shy in any situation, had become quite cheerful when alone with Mo Tan. This situation was unimaginable to both of them a week ago. It must be said that the Innocent World game had indeed, to some extent, brought people closer. Not to mention Yu Cheng's genuinely shy personality in reality, even Mo Tan, an atypical mental patient, could freely express his 'personality' here without various constraints. Wen Qiu, who had spent most of her life in hospital rooms, could also find playmates and fun here.
In this place, which was no different from the real world, yet lacked so many rules and restrictions, every 'player' was their own absolute master. They could choose to be their true selves, their ideal selves, or a different self...
After all, at most, it was just starting over. Compared to the various things outside the game, this wasn't even a cost.
Even if they said the wrong thing or did the wrong thing, what then?
Even if they crossed some lines that no one could touch in reality, what then?
Anyway...
It was No Wrongdoing.
"Alright, alright, back to business~" Mo Tan gave a wry smile to the girl in front of him, who was deeply influenced by ACG culture. "I think we both misunderstood your Inconstant Divinity talent before."
Yu Cheng tilted her head, "Misunderstood?"
When they were still in Hofur City, the two had already studied Yu Cheng's Inconstant Divinity from a player's perspective. The 'Dawn Divinity' effect, one of the two triggerable effects, was straightforward: it doubled the effect of her next Holy Light spell/divine art and halved its cooldown. However, the 'Darkness Interference' trigger effect was more ambiguous. Its description only stated: "Causes your next Holy Light spell/divine art to mutate, increasing its effect by 100% and reducing its cooldown by 50%," but it didn't specify how it mutated...
At the time, the two had discussed it and unanimously believed that the so-called 'mutation' meant producing the opposite effect. For example, if Yu Cheng's Enhanced Holy Healing could restore 8% of Mo Tan's health, after Darkness Interference, it would instead directly eliminate 16% of his health. And Recovery Prayer, which restored less than 1% of Mo Tan's health every two seconds, would instead cause him to lose 1.5% of his health every two seconds. Not only was it exactly the opposite of the skill's original effect, but there was also no discrepancy in the damage and healing amounts before and after the increase.
"But now it seems it's not that simple," Mo Tan reactivated his authentic Luminescence, furrowing his brows and muttering, "Holy Healing, Recovery Prayer, Life Link, Calm Aura, and Dawn Nova indeed showed completely opposite effects under interference. However, Luminescence, which is used for illumination and reducing the Stealth level of surrounding units, did not follow this principle. And most importantly..."
"A cooldown appeared, right?" Although Yu Cheng could be quite naive and adorable in some situations, she was not stupid at all. After hearing Mo Tan say this, she had completely understood. "The cooldowns of other skills did not change at all when used under Darkness Interference, but Luminescence, which originally had no cooldown, gained a five-minute cooldown."
Mo Tan nodded slightly, then turned to Yu Cheng and said seriously, "I think your skills might not just be producing opposite effects; they might have completely transformed into another set of skills, skills dominated by the Darkness Goddess."
"Dark... Darkness Goddess?!" Yu Cheng's eyes widened.
"Yes, Darkness Goddess," Mo Tan repeated firmly.
He still remembered the words the two goddesses said during their tearing... uh, divine war. They both claimed Yu Cheng was their God-blessed one. Darkness Goddess Diliya claimed she discovered Yu Cheng first, while Dawn Goddess Pakesi stated she also took a liking to the girl, and Yu Cheng initially appeared in her territory (the Light Capital could be considered the center of Holy Church United, theoretically the territory of all Holy Church United deities), so there was absolutely nothing wrong with this Dawn Saintess.
But Pa Ke Xi had also personally admitted in Mo Tan's mind that she had allowed the Darkness Goddess to exploit a loophole.
In short, as Mo Tan put it at the time, two thieves had put their hands into the same pocket.
Yu Cheng was that pocket...
And those two 'thieves' didn't steal anything out; instead, they both put things in.
Like their 'favor'.
"And you were first found at the entrance of the Dawn Sect," Mo Tan rubbed his forehead in distress, then spread his hands to Yu Cheng, "When you went in to pray to complete your guiding quest, you were immediately identified as a 'Dawn Goddess God-blessed one,' and then you became a Holy Maiden. Most of your time in the game has been spent in Pa Ke Xi's territory, living side-by-side with Holy Maiden Xia Lian and others, and you've been learning various Dawn Divine Arts. In this situation, it's naturally not easy for the Darkness Goddess to interfere, but she's not entirely powerless, so..."
Yu Cheng opened her character panel, looking at the Inconstant Divinity in the talent slot and the ??? corresponding to Holy Light Avatar, and nodded thoughtfully, "I think I understand."
"So, your Holy Light Divine Arts are not strictly 'mutated,' but rather transformed into corresponding Dark Divine Arts or similar things. And that avatar talent the system gave you is a protective measure. If I'm not mistaken..." Mo Tan stared into Yu Cheng's eyes and said softly, "The content of the second question mark trait in Inconstant Divinity should be completely opposite to the first one, and the same goes for the question mark talent corresponding to Holy Light Avatar."
Yu Cheng was immediately taken aback, "Mo Tan, your memory is so good! I still have to open my panel to remember the specific content inside!"
"Uh?" Mo Tan choked, then smiled wryly, "Now isn't the time to be surprised by such things, is it? Your situation is very complicated."
"Perhaps," Yu Cheng, however, merely spread her small hands, a pure and clear smile curving her lips. "Light or darkness, it doesn't matter. And if it weren't for that Darkness Interference, I wouldn't have been able to heal so many people at once. Uh, well, not 'heal,' but even just alleviating their Plague is a good thing."
Mo Tan looked at the girl's smiling face and couldn't help but pause for a moment... two... several moments, then turned his head and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "You're right, I might have been overthinking it. After all, it's just a game. Light or darkness, it makes no difference."
Just then, two system prompts sounded simultaneously in their ears.
【You have unlocked the Epic illustration: "The Darling of Light and Dark." Holy Light School Level +1, Shadow School Level +1, Faith Cap +20, Civilization Attribute: Knowledge +3】
"There's even an illustration like this that can be unlocked?" Mo Tan was startled, then looked at Yu Cheng, whose eyes were also wide. "Did you hear that too?"
Yu Cheng nodded vigorously, "Yes, I also..."
Then her words were interrupted by two more system prompts.
【Your talent 【Inconstant Divinity】 has been fully unlocked.】
【Your talent 【Dominion of Darkness】 has been unlocked. Current status: Inactive.】
"Wait a moment!" Yu Cheng exclaimed softly, then immediately opened her character panel.
【Inconstant Divinity】
Passive Talent
Trait 1: (Omitted)
Trait 2: When you cast a Shadow spell, there is a 50% chance to trigger Shadow Pact, increasing the effect of your next Shadow spell by 100% and reducing its cooldown by 50%. There is a 25% chance to trigger Dawn Interference, causing your next Shadow spell's effect to mutate, increasing its effect by 100% and reducing its cooldown by 50%.
【Note: They are high above, they love (crossed out) kill each other, they are at loggerheads... but they both dote on you.】
...
【Dominion of Darkness (Inactive)】
Passive Talent
Effect: When activated, all your skills will carry the 'Shadow Entanglement' effect.
【Note: The black in front of your eyes is not black~ What white are you talking about?】
...
Yu Cheng blinked blankly, and before she could even be surprised, two more system prompts sounded in her ears.
【Your profession 'Saintess' has been converted to 'Dawn Saintess'. Profession level and bonuses remain unchanged.】
【You have gained a new profession 'Dark Saintess'. This profession shares levels with 'Dawn Saintess' and does not provide additional attribute bonuses upon leveling up.】
Yu Cheng: (⊙⊙)
Ten minutes later...
"Protagonist template, definitely a protagonist template!" Mo Tan looked at Yu Cheng with a complex expression, saying with great emotion, "Aside from the fact that you appeared in Innocent World through a game cabin rather than transmigration, everything is very scientific. Hmm, very powerful, very popular, very 'Ao Tian'!"
Yu Cheng nodded in perfect cooperation, "Then am I 'Ao Tian's' first harem member?"
"Pfft..." Mo Tan nearly choked himself to death, quickly forcing himself to ask about the real matter, "Do you feel anything different?"
Yu Cheng shook her head.
"What about that interfered Luminescence from before? Besides restoring some of your magic power, does it have any other special properties?"
Yu Cheng shook her head *2.
"Did you hear those two sisters bestow any divine oracles upon you?"
Yu Cheng shook her head *3.
"Alright~" Mo Tan shrugged, spreading his hands. "Later, I'll go with you into the camp to find a few people in better spirits to try it out and see if your modified Luminescence can completely dispel the Plague."
"Okay~"
Yu Cheng nodded obediently.
Chapter 205: End