Online Game: My Decay Drives the Entire Server Crazy

Chapter 69: Talent Upgraded Again, Unlocking Cross-Map Infection MechanismLin Ye couldn’t describe the feeling of wearing the abyss decay set. It wasn’t just the simple thrill of skyrocketing stats; it was a sense of power seeping out from his very bones. With all eight SSS-grade pieces of equipment active simultaneously, the range of his Decay Domain expanded directly from fifty meters to two hundred and fifty meters. The maximum number of Decay Debuff stacks doubled; originally, it could stack up to one hundred, but now it could reach two hundred. The stat reduction effect also doubled; originally, each stack reduced stats by one percent, but now each stack reduced them by two percent.

He stood on the top floor of the Unscrupulous Business Center, his Decay Domain active. Dark purple and pale golden light covered the entire building and was still extending outward. The players in the Main City Square were all enveloped within it.

The world channel exploded instantly.

”Wocao Wuqing: I was setting up a stall in the square when a Decay Debuff icon suddenly popped up above my head! It scared the hell out of me! Then I realized it was Brother Ye’s Decay Domain, and the icon disappeared again.”

”Brick-Moving Expert: Can Brother Ye’s domain distinguish between friend and foe now? Didn’t it use to cover everything indiscriminately?”

”Data Emperor: It’s not distinguishing between friend and foe. It’s a hidden effect of the abyss decay set. Non-hostile targets within the domain won’t trigger the Decay Debuff; only hostile targets will get stacks. Brother Ye can now stroll around with his domain active.”

”Invincible Sword God: Strolling around with a two-hundred-and-fifty-meter instant-death domain active? Who would dare to cause trouble in Dawn City then?”

”Yes Little Follower: It’s not just Dawn City. It’s the entire Chinese Server. Brother Ye is standing in the main city with his domain active, and monsters in wild maps can all be covered.”

Lin Ye didn’t look at the world channel. He was staring at his Talent panel.

After putting on the set, an extra line of text appeared on his Talent panel. It wasn’t a description of the set’s effects, but a gray, translucent line of text that looked like a bug.

He stared at that line of text for a long time.

”Cross-Map Decay Infection: Not Unlocked.”

Six characters, no explanation, no unlocking conditions, nothing. It was like a scrapped game feature that the programmer forgot to delete, leaving a line of code on the interface.

Lin Ye turned the panel toward Su Qinghan: ”Look at this line of text.”

Su Qinghan leaned over to look, her brows knitting together: ”Cross-Map Decay Infection? Can a Talent take effect across maps?”

”I don’t know. It only appeared after I put on the set. It wasn’t there before.”

Su Qinghan thought for a moment: ”Try it?”

Lin Ye nodded. He activated his Decay Domain, compressed its range to the minimum, and then targeted an Abyss Minion in the wild map of Dawn City. That Abyss Minion was a subordinate of the Lord of Destruction, had signed an employment contract, and was honestly mining. Lin Ye applied one layer of Decay Debuff to it. An icon popped up above the Abyss Minion’s head, and its health started to drop. Then Lin Ye turned off the domain and stared at that gray line of text on his Talent panel.

No change.

”It’s not for Abyss Monsters.”

He tried it on normal wild monsters in the wild map again. He applied one layer of Decay Debuff and stared at the panel. Still no change.

”It’s not for normal monsters either.”

Su Qinghan suddenly said: ”Try the Abyss Rift. Does ’cross-map’ mean infection through the Abyss Rift?”

Lin Ye’s eyes lit up. He walked over to the Abyss Rift. This rift was left over from the Abyss Invasion version, connecting the game world and the bottom layer of the abyss. The rift didn’t disappear after the version ended; it became a permanent passage. He stood at the edge of the rift, activated his Decay Domain, and injected a stream of Decay Debuff energy into the rift.

The Abyss Rift acted like a fuse, sucking in the dark purple energy. The energy extended down along the rift, crossed the boundary between the game world and the bottom layer of the abyss, and entered the bottom layer of the abyss. Then, a faint resonance came back from the other end of the rift.

The gray line of text on the Talent panel lit up for a moment. It didn’t fully light up; it just flickered, like a faulty light bulb.

The corners of Lin Ye’s mouth curled up.