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Li Cheng was indeed curious, "I’d love to hear more."

"Under the killing field system, high-level Transcendents generally have one or more means of self-preservation. Low-end ones include GS Biotechnology’s clones and Whale Song Guild’s consciousness upload,

while the more advanced ones include Evil Science Alliance’s Soul Devices and GOC’s Flashback Mother Tree."

Andre explained that the so-called Flashback Mother Tree was a mysterious giant tree discovered by the Global Supernatural Alliance at a certain location in the killing field entity.

Players who consume its fruits will be granted a Buff for the next 50 hours. Upon death, their bodies and souls will quickly flash back to the state 17 minutes before death,

injuries healed, spiritual power recovered, position changed, and losing 17 minutes of memory. It’s equivalent to an extra life.

The Flashback Fruit is listed by GOC as a high-grade specialty never to be sold externally due to its scarcity and low production, only distributed to core members who need to perform dangerous tasks.

And according to those who have eaten it, the taste is extremely foul; compared to it, stinky tofu and natto are nothing, while tear gas grenades are just rookie stuff.

Comparable to pickled puffin smeared with herring can juice, paired with shark sashimi, and using skunk gland liquid as a beverage.

Just the smell alone makes one feel life quickly slipping away,

taking a bite feels like stuffing the sweaty size 45 feet of Sister Yu, who worked a day in the Dongbei fields, into one’s mouth, dust from the socks displaying a gentle Tyndall effect in the air.

In summary, if one dies after eating the Flashback Fruit, it’s all good, at least not a loss.

If one eats the fruit and doesn’t die in 50 hours, it would be a big loss.

"As for our Holy Temple Knights... just as stated in `Bible·New Testament·Corinthians`: ’What is sown is a physical body, what is raised is a spiritual body.’"

Andre took out a peculiar adornment from his collar, made of silver with exquisite craftsmanship, shaped like a large eyeball surrounded by dozens of wings,

the eyeball itself being a gilded gemstone.

[Item Name: Heart of Cherub]

[Type: Wearable/Armor]

[Defensive Power: Weak]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Requiem. At the moment of the wearer’s bodily death, it automatically absorbs their soul, and the adornment becomes invisible, difficult to observe through conventional visual inspection.]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooling Time: None]

[Use Conditions: Wearer must have any form of religious faith]

[Note: This item must be bound to its holder. Once bound, it cannot be transferred and only drops upon death.]

[Note: Upon completion of binding, all player data including level, backpack, skill bar, and Game Coin will be related to soul integrity.]

[Note: This item is standard equipment of the Holy Temple Knights. If found, please return it to the nearest Holy Temple Knights office promptly, and you will be generously rewarded. God Bless you, Amen]

Hmm?

Li Cheng paused, quickly realizing.

For ordinary players, their souls and bodies are a whole; once the body dies, the soul finds it difficult to exist alone, rapidly dissipating over time.

(Unless they are some sort of Ghost Cultivator refining soul strength)

And the [Heart of Cherub] forcibly elevates the soul’s proportion in player qualifications without changing soul strength.

Even if the body dies, it guarantees the soul remains intact.

Assuming a player at Level 20 wearing the [Heart of Cherub] dies in a script task, the adornment immediately absorbs the soul and enters an invisible state.

Because the soul is not destroyed, the task continues, and when the task fails (or other teammates exert effort and complete the task), the adornment is teleported back to the mortal world to be retrieved by the Holy Temple Knights,

then it’s only necessary to extract the soul and transfer it to some body without a soul,

upon awakening, it remains at Level 20, with the backpack and skill bar panels unchanged from before.

This is much more advanced than GS Biotechnology’s clones and Whale Song’s consciousness upload technology, capable of retaining all assets.

The only two flaws are that the Soul Stone only has invisibility function, still susceptible to destruction by large-scale AOE,

and the resurrected artificial body can’t inherit attributes, needing self-training to regain them.

"No wonder we couldn’t find your corpse in the Secret Realm back then."

Li Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "To pair with this adornment, you probably have another item, that when your body is judged dead, it immediately sprays acid or releases a Curse or something to obliterate the body,

"To prevent the opponent from checking the corpse and discovering the accessory."

"Exactly."

Andre nodded, and a nun beside him timely said, "If you need it, Mr. Pi Fu, we can custom-make one for you."

"Well... hahaha, not for now. I already have the immortality potion."

Li Cheng chuckled, pulled out his phone, opened the message interface, and showed it to Andre and others,

only to see hundreds of unread scam messages, amidst a heap of junk messages like bank card violation freezes, Southeast Asia seven-day trip prize notifications, and Myanmar North high-salary recruitment,

there was "I am Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Crazy Thursday V me 50, and give you an immortal medicine, free shipping."

???

The devout nuns almost didn’t hold it back—Emperor Qin Shi Huang also goes crazy on Thursdays?

Does he eat Portuguese egg tarts or golden chicken nuggets?

"Accurately speaking, it’s Korean fried chicken."

Li Cheng seemed to have guessed the nuns’ inner complaints and explained earnestly, "I once went to a friend’s home in Xi’an who was an archaeologist. He wanted to serve me Korean fried chicken. I took a bite and spat it out; the meat was too tough to chew.

Then my friend took out Chu Kingdom fried chicken, Qi State fried chicken, and Yan Country fried chicken from the fridge, which were over two thousand years old."

...

The nuns wearing headscarves tried hard not to show an egg-pained expression. They now understand why the church’s senior leaders didn’t have much hope in converting Pi Fu to Jesus Christ.

This man doesn’t need to believe in God; he is a godlike person himself.

Li Cheng politely declined the invitation from the Holy Temple Knights. After some insipid conversations, Li Cheng watched Andre and the others leave.

"All are thousand-year-old foxes..."

He lightly tapped his fingers back and forth on the counter. The [Heart of Cherub] from the Holy Temple Knights, like the GOC’s Flashback Fruit, is an extremely precious non-sale item.

The reason they are willing to sell it to Li Cheng at cost price is partly to build a closer relationship—[Heart of Cherub] requires the wearer to have a certain religious belief.

On the other hand, they hope to leverage his growing fame to advertise within the player community.

Unfortunately, one tends to be restrained after accepting favors. Using the Holy Temple Knights’ accessories likely means needing to use their resurrection methods, becoming subject to them,

and besides, he really doesn’t need it.

Li Cheng glanced at the [Merciful Soul] gloves on his hands...

This is a better substitute.

Li Cheng casually tore off the soundproof barrier floating like a plastic film in the air. The curious customers peeking inside the store quickly averted their gazes when they met his eyes.

It’s somewhat darkly humorous that because Li Cheng is too lazy to fuss, the Star-casting Anvil hasn’t gone public to cash in like many other similar logistics shops in the stock market,

but because his family buys a large number of artifacts, many companies selling illegal artifacts have successfully gone public and even made a fortune.

Unlike in the real world, where many elites have money laundering needs, the number of players truly interested in antiques is limited,

so these companies selling illegal artifacts lack core competitiveness within the killing field, their stock prices strongly correlating with the Star-casting Anvil.

And to heighten or short stocks, unscrupulous users fabricate fake news on forums 24/7,

like [Killing Field TV: Plant beans under the southern mountain, grass flourishing and bean seedlings sparse. Pi Fu officially announces retirement, retreat to the fields!]

[Killing Field TV: Gold wind and jade dew meet once, better than countless moments in the mortal world. Pi Fu declares bringing his talents to the Witch Alliance!]

[Witness history! Star-casting Anvil successfully manufactured a legendary item for the first time! Experts say it will rewrite the killing field’s landscape; it’s not too late to enter financial derivatives now]

Li Cheng could only roll his eyes at these fake news; debunking rumors is never as fast as creating them.

He ignored the customers in the shop, minding his own business as he retrieved metal racks from the three-dimensional warehouse, each equipped with a tablet device with a touch screen and a small 3D printer.

Li Cheng rearranged the layout of the Star-casting Anvil, placing more shelves, then walked to the store entrance and picked up a blackboard, adding a few items below [Customer Notice].

[From today, the store will undergo business adjustments. In addition to body modification enhancements and customized equipment, we have added two new services: "B2T Group Purchase" and "Crowdsourcing Assemble Device"]

[B2T Group Purchase: Multiple consumers can order the same type of item in bulk through the APP to receive discounts from our store, with up to 20% off available]

[Crowdsourcing Assemble Device: Multiple consumers can form a group through the APP, contributing their artifacts to our store to create higher quality items, with shared profits distributed according to pre-agreed shares once completed]

[Note: Take a gamble, turn a bike into a motorbike! Become rich overnight, just today!]

[Note: Our store does not participate in any legal disputes arising from the crowdsourcing assemble device service. Any conflicts should be resolved outside the store through duels or other means]