Online Game: My Decay Drives the Entire Server Crazy

Chapter 112 Trouble in the Magical Dimension, Forcing the Shadow Dragon to Hand Over Magic CrystalsHe reopened his character panel and carefully checked the confirmation prompts for the cross-dimensional effects. All skill icons were lit up, and the shadow crystal in his inventory lay quietly in the third slot. The item description read: ”Source energy crystal of the Shadow Plane, can be used to strengthen the Cross-dimensional Decay Domain or as a forging core material for Magic Era exclusive equipment.” Below that was a small note: ”This item can be synchronized for use in reality. After synchronization, the reality effect of the Talent will double, and the duration depends on energy consumption.”

Lin Ye closed the inventory interface and opened a cross-dimensional voice chat with Ghost. The signal wasn’t very stable, and Ghost’s voice came through intermittently, saying he was monitoring the data stream of the Magic Era server. He had confirmed that at least half of what the Shadow Demon Dragon said was true—Magic Era had indeed secretly implemented a hidden dungeon entrance called ”Plane Rift” in the recent version update, which used the same underlying protocol as the cross-universe channel that had just opened in God’s Domain. Another unconfirmed piece of news was even more intriguing: players on the Magic Era forum had already discovered abnormal activity in the Shadow Demon Dragon’s territory. A player had recorded a video and posted it on the forum with the title: ”The Shadow Demon Dragon moved on its own just now, it seems like it was talking to something.”

Lin Ye chuckled. NPCs in holographic games didn’t move on their own unless someone modified their behavior scripts in the backend. The person capable of modifying a World Boss script was either the game officials themselves or an existence with higher authority than the officials. Since the Magic Creator God could make the Shadow Demon Dragon act as a mouthpiece, his actual control over the game Magic Era was likely even more thorough than the God’s Domain officials’ control over their own version.

He switched the voice chat back to the Shadow Demon Dragon. The dragon was still lying in the valley, its massive dragon head resting on its front claws, its two dark purple eyes half-closed, looking as if it were dozing off. But Lin Ye noticed that the tip of its tail was constantly tapping the ground gently, the rhythm perfectly matching the speed of its speech earlier—the dragon was nervous.

”You say your boss is willing to provide shadow crystals regularly every month, but who gets to decide the quantity, him or me?” Lin Ye walked to the edge of the valley, found a flat rock to sit on, crossed his legs, and spoke in a tone like he was bargaining with a street vendor.

The Shadow Demon Dragon opened one eye, the purple light in its pupil flickering: ”One per month, this is the base supply amount set by Lord Magic Creator God. If you can assist us in repelling the Abyss Council’s advance force in Magic Era, the supply amount can be doubled.”

”One per month? Are the drop rates for bosses in your Magic Era all this stingy?” Lin Ye took the shadow crystal out of his inventory and tossed it in his hand. ”You said this thing is a top-tier material, but I just took a look at the crafting recipe—it takes three to forge one piece of cross-dimensional equipment. One per month, and I have to wait a quarter to gather enough for one piece of equipment. Will the Lord of the Abyss wait three months for me?”

The Shadow Demon Dragon’s tail stopped tapping. It was silent for a long while before it spoke again, its voice significantly lower than before: ”The condensation of shadow crystals requires the consumption of the Shadow Plane’s source energy; excessive mining will disrupt the plane’s balance. Lord Magic Creator God had considerations when setting this quantity.”

”The plane’s balance is your business; my needs are my business.” Lin Ye put away the crystal, stood up, and brushed the stone dust off his pants. ”How about this, I won’t take them for free. Besides the Shadow Demon Dragon, are there any other World Bosses in your Magic Era? Dungeon bosses or field bosses, as long as they can produce magic materials.”