Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1053 - 687: Would You Like to Transmit the Fire?

[There? Feeling a bit empty, can we exchange some Monsters?]

"..."

The opening line on the Red Teeth letter worked as effectively as a Silence Technique, forcing Gong Qiying into a few seconds of silence.

"Did I... overestimate his seriousness a bit too much?"

Could it be that Red Teeth is the type who treats strangers with stern politeness but reveals his true nature once familiar?

"I still can't understand why his personal fetish is Dragons, do people actually like Dragons?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, he thought of the Monster Hunter. Realizing his slip, he fell silent again for a few seconds before continuing to read the letter.

[Just joking, it's fine if we don't exchange]

Your conflicted desire to express your wants without being too direct is all too visible on the page... reading this makes me think you're kind of tragic...

Sometimes, Gong Qiying finds himself as interested in sarcastic remarks as a new kid at school.

[To get to the point, after a brief investigation, I've already figured out the information about the Sealed Item in the Dungeon you will be heading to—Fanaticism Dungeon, another letter is attached with this information written on it]

While other City Lords are now discussing matters directly through voice messages or in person, only Red Teeth and a small group of people still stubbornly adhere to the tradition of letter writing, which seems to have become his obsession.

Perhaps flipping through history books and seeing which era had the most popular letter-writing might give a clue to Red Teeth's age.

Gong Qiying pulled out another piece of letter paper, which even had illustrations on it. Judging by the looks, they were hand-drawn by Red Teeth, and not bad in quality, vivid and lifelike.

The illustration depicted the classic image of a Cross, so classic that on first glance, he hallucinated a man with both hands moving nailed onto it, but in reality, it was just an empty Cross.

Beside the Cross were two upright figures, looking humanoid but with slender limbs and stark white, hairless skin.

They somewhat resembled SCP096, though thankfully they weren't, or Gong Qiying would indeed be in trouble.

"Honestly, Red Teeth could totally write light novels while working as an illustrator."

He casually criticized and then began to read the description of this Sealed Item.

[The Sealed Item of Fanaticism Dungeon—Unbelievers]

[The main body is the Cross, and the pale humanoid creatures are derivatives of the Cross, known as Unbelievers]

[Injuries to either side won't affect the other, but destroying the Cross can temporarily delay the Unbelievers' actions. The Cross currently cannot be destroyed and can regenerate every 666 minutes]

Unable to be destroyed, this aligns with the conditions for being sealed; if it could be destroyed, it wouldn't bother being sealed at all.

[Each Unbeliever is produced by the Cross, wielding powerful strength and precise movements without any special abilities]

This seems pretty weak, but the more ordinary this Derivative seems, the more extraordinary the Cross must be.

[As the source of the Unbelievers, the Cross cannot be destroyed and severely impacts the minds of surrounding creatures, specifically affecting their "Faith." Even fanatics willing to slaughter their kind for faith, once within the Cross's range, their faith in God will vanish without a trace, and they themselves will transform into Unbelievers]

[The power known as faith absorbed from these fanatics will become the source of the Cross's power. Whether producing Unbelievers, enhancing them, or other abilities, all require this power]

[If faith is not absorbed for a long time, and self is threatened, the Unbelievers will rapidly evolve intelligence and worship the Cross as a God. The Cross then absorbs this faith and feeds back to the Unbelievers, strengthening them. The Unbelievers losing their faith will experience significant intellectual regression]

[Such abilities must come with limitations, but if used even once in battle, the intensity of the fight will increase significantly]

[To combat such a Sealed Item, I recommend using puppets or any objects without self-awareness. Note that even a puppet, if controlled by someone attaching their spirit to it, will also have their faith absorbed by the Unbelievers, causing spiritual slackness and becoming a wastrel]

[Faith doesn't necessarily refer to Gods; even faith in a saying, a celebrity, or even lifestyle habits counts if believed to impact oneself in some way]

[Even the Dungeon Lord should proceed with extreme caution when facing this]

[Unbelievers emerged during the era when people's faith in Gods was at its peak, unleashing world-ending calamities. Looking far, today's decline in Gods' faith is partly its doing]

Gong Qiying roughly understood.

This Sealed Item, known as Unbelievers, is an existence specifically targeting "intelligent creatures."

According to its definition of faith, any intelligent creatures cannot escape the grasp of faith. Even as a City Lord, Gong Qiying himself believes in the saying "early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy," and this might be considered faith in front of the Unbelievers.

This Sealed Item is indeed unreasonable.

If that's the case, then Monsters initially possessing wisdom might also fall within the Cross's influence range, so careful selection of Monsters is necessary.

The Cross is the biggest trouble.

If it can't be killed, then periodic destruction is needed to suppress it, every six hundred sixty-six minutes, just over eleven hours.

Can't be that after taking over this Dungeon, he has to go down and beat on the Unbelievers every day, can it? That's a bit too torturous.

"Wait a minute."

Gong Qiying looked at the Cross in the illustration, his gaze suddenly as sharp as Rabbit Beauty.

No matter how you look at it, this Cross appears to be made of wood.

Speaking of wood, people surely think of Melina... no, no, wood as a fuel source.

So...

"Could Unbelievers be used as Ember King to burn?"

Upon thinking this, he suddenly felt an urge to try. If the Unbeliever evolves to understand human speech, he'd definitely go over and ask:

"Pass the fire?"

If the resurrection of the Cross is in-place rather than at random locations, perhaps it really could be burned with Primordial Flame.

[Additionally, I will invite the Lords of White Blood, Holy Light, and Blast Flame Dungeons to participate in this Sealed Item expedition. Meanwhile, I ask you to observe their words and deeds and select the most questionable ones]

[Also, I haven't told them you will take over this Dungeon in the future, worried that once they know, they won't be willing to come. By then, make sure not to spill the beans]

"Red Teeth is quite thorough in his considerations."

Gong Qiying replied to the letter; after correspondence, the time for the Sealed Item expedition was finalized.

It would be in two weeks.