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Yang Tao felt a little dazed as he took the Sculk Catalyst from Green Robe.
Seeing Yang Tao's current state, Green Robe made a grunt unique to Villagers and turned to leave.
'This... does Green Robe have anything else on him?'
Players can't get anything from Villagers, no matter how much they try to take it. Yang Tao really wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Green Robe right now, but Blue Knight was still waiting for him at Stormstone Keep.
Blue Knight hadn't come to the Overworld. After all, casually entering an unfamiliar level, even for Blue Knight, was an extremely dangerous thing, not to mention his intuition told him that Yang Tao's world was extremely dangerous.
'Forget it, I'll go fix Stormstone Keep first... I'll talk to Green Robe properly when I get back.'
Looking at the Sculk Catalyst in his hand, Yang Tao felt a little emotional. If he had gotten this thing before reaching an agreement with 'Red Moon,' he wouldn't have had to work so hard chopping trees.
When a creature dies within an 8x8 area centered on a Sculk Catalyst, the top of the Sculk Catalyst will display dynamic sound wave patterns and soul particles. It will then convert nearby convertible blocks into Sculk Block, Sculk Sensor, or Sculk Shrieker using the experience it drops. If blocks cannot be converted, Sculk Veins will generate on them.
Furthermore, Sculk Blocks connected to a Sculk Catalyst can extend the effect of the Sculk Catalyst.
As long as a maple tree dies within the range of a Sculk Catalyst and a Sculk Shrieker is generated, the fun will begin.
At that time, countless Wardens will kill all the maple trees making strange noises around them, thereby gaining a large amount of experience and further spreading Sculk Blocks, thus falling into an endless cycle.
(In the game, Shriekers generated this way do not summon Wardens, but in my setting, they can...)
By then, let alone the Entity maple trees in the Bloody Forest, any existence that makes a sound will be besieged to death.
"Let's see which level will enjoy this thing then..."
Throwing the Hidden Catalyst into his backpack, Yang Tao felt like he was carrying the T-Virus. If he were to place this thing down at a specific location and time, the consequences would definitely be no less than a nuclear bomb.
Leading ten Villagers to Stormstone Keep and explaining his requirements, Yang Tao then let them busy themselves.
Villagers are very magical; as long as Yang Tao doesn't interfere with them, they can achieve better than expected results.
Before starting work, Yang Tao gave each person three emeralds. This immediately made the group of Villagers full of energy, yelling and rushing towards the damaged city walls.
For a time, there were sounds of demolition and block placement everywhere.
Blue Knight stood beside Yang Tao, looking at these blocky Villagers. Even as an Entity, he felt a little bewildered at this moment.
"Mr. Yang, how come I've never seen such Entities in the Backrooms?"
Looking up at the busy Villagers, Yang Tao said with a smile, "That's because you haven't been out enough. Maybe in the future, all levels of the Backrooms will be filled with them."
These Villagers' reproductive ability is simply too strong. Initially, there were only a dozen Villagers, but now there are no fewer than a dozen Villagers wandering the Overworld, and that's not even counting the young Villagers who haven't grown up yet.
"Just leave the repair task to them. If you have any requests, you can tell them."
Blue Knight nodded slightly. Although the tapping and placing sounds of these strange Entities were a bit chaotic, they gave him a special sense of security.
Unlike before, when he was the only one in the entire Stormstone Keep...
...
In the fortress castle, Blue Knight personally poured Yang Tao a cup of coffee. Yang Tao said thank you and then asked:
"Blue Knight, I want to ask you something. Do you know anything about the Bloody Forest?"
"Bloody Forest? You mean Level 14? To be honest, I don't have a good impression of Level 14. Some humans who came from there were brainwashed, and even I found their ideas unacceptable."
Blue Knight thought about some things concerning Level 14, then said very seriously, "You are very lucky to have come out of there and not been affected by the Entities there."
"To be honest, I went there once. That moon wanted to control me mentally, but my chaotic thoughts triggered a violent thunderstorm, and the other party gave up on controlling me, so I was able to leave unharmed."
"If you want me to take you to Level 14, I might not be able to guarantee your safety..."
Hearing Blue Knight's narration, Yang Tao once again understood the horror of that bloody moon; it could even control the powerful Blue Knight.
Yang Tao picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.
It was bitter, but he didn't say anything.
However, this didn't stop him from showing off in front of Blue Knight.
"Red Moon? Heh heh, that guy has already compromised. It has marked out an area in Level 14 for me, and left a small path in the Bloody Forest leading to your place. Perhaps in the future, some people who accidentally enter Level 14 will frequently appear here."
Blue Knight: "..."
Although his expression couldn't be seen, it was not difficult to tell from his motionless body that he was shocked by Yang Tao's words.
Yang Tao picked up the coffee again and took a sip. He didn't know why the taste of the coffee hadn't changed, but he felt it tasted a little better now?
"I wanted to ask about the notebook placed in the Bloody Forest. Do you know about this thing?"
"Notebook? Has it even handed over this thing?"
Blue Knight's words were filled with disbelief, as if he had seen something that shouldn't have happened.
"What exactly did you do in Level 14?"
"Nothing much, just chopped down some maple trees."
Blue Knight didn't believe Yang Tao's words. Things were definitely not as simple as Yang Tao said. One must know that Level 14, among the preceding levels, could be said to be a notoriously dangerous place.
He didn't know that the level and Entity most skilled in mental control would encounter an existence like Yang Tao, who was purely immune to mental attacks. It was truly an eight-lifetime stroke of bad luck for it.
The simple and pure attribute counter made Red Moon have to compromise, unless it wanted to perish together with Yang Tao. Of course, this was Red Moon's own perceived mutual destruction.
"Basically, all powerful Entities know about the Level 14 notebook. It records the key or rather, the authority, regarding the Backrooms."
"Using it, you can change some minor settings, such as connecting to other levels, enhancing some weaker Entities, or changing the environment of some levels..."
"Of course, its abilities are limited. For anything more difficult, its authority is insufficient..."
"Also, this thing is useless to humans. Humans use another kind of item. For example, the failure of the laughter repellent was due to humans changing the settings..."
Yang Tao immediately understood the function of the notebook upon hearing this. He hadn't expected this thing to be so abnormal. That damn beast cheated him.
Although from the beginning, he never intended to honestly hand this thing over to the Beast of the Fifth Floor.
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