[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission: [Sweep the Twilight Forest!]]
"Please select the two mods you wish to unlock: [ ] [ ]"
Though Lin Tian heard the voice in his head amidst his crazed laughter, he paid it no mind.
Having just personally slain the Knight of the Apocalypse, he now felt every cell in his body cheering in exultation. He even had the feeling that he was the master of the world. Moreover, he could revive infinitely, which made his expression grow more and more savage.
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: Lord Lin Tian.]
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: Lord Lin Tian?]
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: Lord Lin Tian!]
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: Could it be that you've fallen into that state again?]
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: So this is the side effect of revival...]
At this moment, Lin Tian had entered a state of madness, laughing wildly, barely able to hear any sound as he brandished two Netherite swords.
Perhaps Zhongli's voice truly did affect him. Lin Tian's footsteps were carrying him, step by step, toward the edge of the high platform, while he simultaneously stripped off his Netherite armor, piece by piece.
Finally, Lin Tian stood laughing at the edge of the platform and leaped off.
...
"Ugh..."
Revived once more, Lin Tian clutched his head with one hand. Though it didn't hurt, he still felt a slight mental haze.
'I didn't expect it to end like this. It seems having Steve's constitution isn't enough. I've only obtained a powerful physical body, but not a powerful mind!'
Lin Tian had discovered a shortcoming of his. In the original game, Steve could also suffer from negative status effects like nausea. It seemed he still lacked mental training.
But for now, there was no special way to train his mind or mental state. He could only set it aside for the time being, waiting until he unlocked a corresponding mod or someone specializing in this area joined the group.
[Lord of the World: I'm fine now. I was just having a bit of a mental breakdown, but I'm better now.]
[Wandering the Mortal Realm: Is that so? That's good.]
Of course, Zhongli didn't believe Lin Tian's words, but since he said so himself, it wasn't his place to interfere.
After replying to Zhongli, Lin Tian turned his attention to the system.
Seeing the mission completion and mod selection prompts, Lin Tian grew excited.
He had worked so hard for so long, even nearly going insane—wasn't it all for these two selectable mods?
But at this critical moment, Lin Tian hesitated.
Although he had made up his mind at the beginning, after some thought, he came up with even more good mods.
The ones he wanted to unlock most were Equivalent Exchange and Avaritia. After all, the Sword of the Cosmos from Avaritia could instantly kill any living creature, even those in Creative Mode.
But even crafting a single Sword of the Cosmos required an astronomical amount of materials! Without a Transmutation Table, it was practically impossible to make, as the time required was simply too long!
In his previous life, he had watched videos from various master players online and had ground it out for a long time with almost no sleep to finally create this weapon.
However, other mods had even more powerful items, such as Super Steve, the Administrator's Blade, The Final Sword, the Blade of Concept, Balance Breaker v6, and from the SlashBlade mod, weapons like Chaos, End of All Things・Endless Starry Sky, and the Blade of the Otherworldly Administrator.
But wasn't the Blade of the Otherworldly Administrator deleted by the developers? He didn't know if it would be available in the mods he unlocked.
Besides these weapon-type mods, there were also mods that could strengthen him personally, like Classic of Mountains and Seas, Primordial Cultivation, and Apotheosis.
...
After much thought, Lin Tian finally chose Equivalent Exchange and Avaritia.
After all, he had died from grinding for the Sword of the Cosmos in his past life. Tragically, he had died of exhaustion before he even had a chance to play with the weapon.
Moreover, with the Equivalent Exchange mod, he would never have to worry about resources again! And if he managed to craft the Sword of the Cosmos, he would truly be invincible in the universe!
After all, even with Steve's constitution and right arm, he wasn't sure if he could defeat a being like Emperor Huang Tiandi.
Although some people in his past life said that Steve's base strength had reached the level of a single-universe box, it still wasn't enough.
And even with the ability to revive infinitely, his opponent would only need a single thought to make him die over and over, unable to do anything.
But in the end, it was because he liked the weapons and armor from Avaritia. After all, they looked so cool!
Having made up his mind, Lin Tian finally announced his choice to the system.
"System, I choose Equivalent Exchange and Avaritia!"
[Ding! Confirming Host's selection. The two mods will now be unlocked.]
[Ding! Unlocking Equivalent Exchange.]
[Ding! Unlocking Avaritia.]
[Detecting that the mods unlocked by the Host are powerful, the system will undergo an update. The remaining four missions are now available.]
[Ding! Reporting to Host, the seventh mission is now available: [The Ender Dragon Swarm!]]
[Ding! Reporting to Host, the eighth mission is now available: [Dance of the Wither!]]
[Ding! Reporting to Host, the ninth mission is now available: [The Starting Point of Alchemy!]]
[Ding! Reporting to Host, the tenth mission is now available: [The Bearing of the Cosmos!]]
[Reporting to Host, all missions have been activated. The system will now enter hibernation mode. When the Host completes all missions, the system update will be finished, and the mission mode will be changed at that time.]
[Note: The four missions correspond to their respective mods and will be unlocked automatically upon completion by the Host.]
After this long string of messages, the system fell silent.
It didn't respond no matter how many times Lin Tian called out to it.
Looking at the four mission imprints remaining in his mind, Lin Tian wore a miserable expression.
Kill ten Ender Dragons? Simple.
Kill fifteen Withers? Simple.
Craft a Transmutation Table? Also simple.
Craft the Sword of the Cosmos? Simp... My ass! This is ridiculously hard, okay!
Seeing the tenth mission, Lin Tian felt like breaking down. This was asking too much!
Sighing, Lin Tian could only accept it. It wasn't like he could refuse. Ultimately, he still had to rely on the system. Besides, crafting the Sword of the Cosmos was his goal from the start, and now he could get an extra mod out of it. Why not?
Lin Tian didn't dwell on it. It was time to go home; a lot of time had passed.
Although it was always night in the Twilight Forest, he still had some concept of time. It should be... morning by now.
Lin Tian teleported directly to the vicinity of the Twilight Forest portal and jumped in.
"Um... good morning, everyone."
Seeing Shinobu Kocho, Mitsuri Kanroji, and the others looking at him with serious expressions, Lin Tian forced a smile and greeted them.
The women exchanged glances, then their eyes focused on Lin Tian.
"......"
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