Wu Xin and Wu Shang both frowned, especially Wu Xin. He felt that Tianyi's state was becoming increasingly abnormal. She used to just have a peculiar personality and a Logic that differed from ordinary people.
But now, seeing how Tianyi interacted with Tao Bai Bai, he felt that the two of them had become somewhat similar.
Bai Cangshu and Tianyi both seemed to be unaware of the others' strangeness, or rather, they didn't care.
Bai Cangshu took the tea from the woman's hand, and Tianyi said accordingly,
"The so-called Faded is a special title. They are not bound by the golden law. Of course, the power of grace is no longer that strong, but they still retain the two most important characteristics."
"First, they possess the characteristic of 'Returning to the Tree'. As long as there is a Golden Tree alive in their world, the Faded can be revived through the Golden Tree after death."
"Second, under the guidance of a witch, the Faded can also use the power of Runes to strengthen their own abilities."
Bai Cangshu drank the tea. It wasn't particularly delicious, but it had a natural fragrance.
He turned to look at the Golden Tree outside the window and didn't continue to ask about the Faded title. Instead, he changed the subject.
"How did 9527 get this thing, and how was it destroyed?"
Although Ping Zhongshi's strength was mediocre, this was because he was just an ordinary person with low strength, without the blessing of special bloodlines, and the Golden Tree in the Naruto World had just been planted, so he didn't receive much grace.
But for 9527 to obtain multiple Golden Tree saplings, it must have gone to a world where the golden law was flourishing.
In places like the Lands Between, Dragon Kings and giants were successively flattened by the golden law army, and even outer gods could be sealed. To gain such a huge harvest in such a world is simply not something a breeder team, only famous in the Second Ladder or even Third Ladder, could achieve.
Tianyi did not hide anything. This matter had now settled, and all the turmoil was merely her means to completely wipe out 9527's breeders and the subsequent greedy information brokers and diviners.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai should also want to ask me how I, as a mere slave, managed to successfully counter-kill those veteran Reincarnators..."
When she said this, her gaze turned to the imposing Li Qingzi. Li Qingzi also noticed the woman's gaze. Her expression grew even colder. This woman was indeed similar to Tao Bai Bai, constantly exuding a special kind of malice.
Just like that one look, it was clearly meant to provoke her against Tao Bai Bai.
Li Qingzi appeared docile, but to say that she had completely submitted was naturally impossible. However, having such thoughts exposed in advance still made her lower her eyelids.
Wu Shang became increasingly curious about this masked woman. Such a powerful aura did not belong to an unknown person. He was thinking about any famous Reincarnators who had recently become involved with Tao Bai Bai or disappeared.
Bai Cangshu sipped his tea, his expression calm, completely disregarding such provocations. In his eyes, the lively thoughts of the others were all futile.
In this world, only power is real and true.
He could control Li Qingzi not because of a contract, but because he defeated Li Qingzi. If it was true then, it was even more so now that he had become much stronger.
He is stronger, so he is the master.
Tianyi also seemed to have just mentioned it casually, without any intention of provoking. She continued to explain.
"Many times, even if I have nothing, as long as I can make others believe that I can give them many things in the future, then those people will be influenced by me..."
With just a few words, Bai Cangshu understood the woman's methods. Just like in the Naruto World, this woman was probably very skilled in information, situation judgment, and strategy.
She was a typical "strategist" type of Reincarnator in traditional infinite flow stories.
Therefore, she helped 9527 find ways to trigger highly rewarding hidden quests and events, and ultimately obtained rewards with some sacrifices.
For a breeding team, there is not much camaraderie among members. Sacrificing a very small number of people for greater benefits is easily accepted by the team.
This woman was like that, gradually weakening 9527 while accumulating wealth for the team, and also making her "strategy" trusted by the team.
Ultimately, just a bit of information caused the team 9527, which had suffered casualties but possessed excessive resources, to collapse and become a hunted target.
Snap!
Tianyi rubbed her fingers and snapped them. A woman in a long robe with white cloth hanging from both sides of her hat, covering her neck, walked out from behind the Golden Tree.
The woman had slave shackles around her neck, but unlike the plot characters seen in the market who were used as sex slaves, this woman had lively eyes, clearly an expensive type that brought out Mental, and even experiences and abilities as information.
This was a Finger Maiden, a witch who believed in the Two Fingers, possessing the ability and responsibility to guide the Faded.
"When will you let me go back? Vyke will go mad if he doesn't see me. I must guide him... He is the one who will eventually become the Elden Lord..."
The woman's body trembled slightly, her hands clasped in front of her chest, a sign of fear.
But when the woman mentioned the man named Vyke, her eyes lit up.
Bai Cangshu's eyes showed a strange expression when he saw this.
Tsk, Vyke the prospective Lord's Finger Maiden, huh...
Wu Xin immediately stepped forward to explain, but Wu Shang roughly walked over and grabbed the witch's hand. Under the golden light, he gained the ability to exchange Runes for power.
The witch's expression was very reluctant, but Wu Shang simply said,
"You wouldn't want Vyke to only find your corpse and go mad, would you?"
The petite witch then obediently guided the power of grace for him.
This method of adjusting grace through a witch was a last resort for the warriors of the Golden Dynasty in the Lands Between after losing their grace, but it was the most ideal method for Reincarnators.
When Bai Cangshu heard the name Vyke, he understood the time point when 9527 had entered, and even roughly guessed the woman's actions.
It was nothing more than using the powerful strength of the Ancient Dragon clan and the Golden Dynasty to form alliances, and then seizing the opportunity when the Elden Ring shattered, successfully "stealing" the rewards, and before leaving, capturing the powerful Ancient Dragon Knight, Vyke, who had the potential to become the new Elden Lord, along with his Finger Maiden.
A flash of light appeared in Bai Cangshu's hand. It was the Golden Rune that Tianyi had previously traded to him.
He played with the Golden Rune and was not in a hurry to ask about the Faded milestone. Instead, he suddenly asked,
"You're very afraid of me. Why?"
This question was very abrupt. Even Wu Xin, who was comforting the Finger Maiden, turned his head, not understanding what madness Tao Bai Bai was up to now.
Only Tianyi knew Bai Cangshu's true meaning.
Indeed, Tao Bai Bai's fearsome reputation was well-known, so it was normal for ordinary Reincarnators to fear him.
But ordinary Reincarnators would at most think of not offending him, or not approaching him.
But this woman was different. Whether in the Naruto spin-off world or back in the space, this woman was overly solicitous, as if she was extremely afraid of any dissatisfaction from him.
She gifted Golden Runes, shared major events, and actively bore the risks caused by major events.
This nearly fawning attitude was not what a "strategist" would do, or rather, a true "strategist" would only make such a choice if they saw a compelling reason to do so.
Bai Cangshu was asking about what Tianyi had seen.
Tianyi thought for a moment, then nodded. She raised her right hand and suddenly shared an information panel.
"Talent: Mr. Mouse · Tier 2 (Hundred Click) (Similarity 94%) (S-) — A special soul allows you to interfere with probability worlds, foresee multiple world lines based on your Mental, and make choices. Unchosen world lines will disappear. Observing probability worlds will cause damage to your brain and Mental. Continuous observation will cause your existence to deviate. Multiple observations of the same world will generate probability entropy. Excessive probability entropy will cause your own world line to disappear."
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai, you are very abnormal. I guess you've also noticed your abnormality. Although you don't know it, because of this talent, I thoroughly experienced your terror in the Naruto World."
"I am not a strategist. I just chose the only correct answer after hundreds of trials and errors, that's all."
"Moreover, Mr. Tao Bai Bai, your talent doesn't seem to have stabilized yet?"
"I know too well the power of talents that are difficult to anchor in space when they finally take shape. Mr. Tao Bai Bai, my fear of you is a reasonable and correct choice."
Tianyi spoke a lot in one breath. Li Qingzi finally raised her eyes and looked seriously at this equally psychologically twisted woman. The other party was indeed very smart; at least, she hadn't realized this before fighting Tao Bai Bai to the death.
Bai Cangshu also noticed the words "Tier 2" in the woman's talent. He remembered that the goddess had previously hinted that he should choose to let her help him anchor his talent and choose to advance.
That was a path to quickly becoming stronger.
Now seeing this woman's Tier 2 talent, its powerful effect indeed somewhat subverted his understanding of "Talent Abilities."
It was almost more exaggerated than any of The Chosen One he had seen.
Although the "Mr. Mouse" ability in the Twelve Battles could be considered a "BUG," considering the limitations of the user's power ceiling in that world, it was not ultimately invincible.
But in the hands of Reincarnators, a special existence that can continuously strengthen itself as long as it doesn't die, this talent, which allows for sufficient trial and error and then the selection of the optimal solution, is in a sense immeasurable in value.
Bai Cangshu's gaze shifted to the woman, and the greedy malice that radiated in that instant was captured by Tianyi.
Truly a greedy monster... Tao Bai Bai.