Alright, I'll do this. 好吧,我会这么做的.
I need to get into the right state and focus on crafting a thrilling "power fantasy" story.我需要进入正确的状态,专注于创作一个激动人心的"权力幻想"故事.
The earth roars, and the rocks in the mountains moan in pain.大地轰鸣,山上的岩石痛苦地呻吟.
This is a cruel display of power, with the air filled with the scent of crushed stones and the heavy aura of primal magic.这是一场残酷的力量展示,空气中充满了碎石的气味和原始魔法的沉重光环.
The members of the Earth Magic Squad, their faces twisted, launch an attack with determined resolve.地球魔法小队的成员,他们的脸扭曲着,以坚定的决心发起了攻击.
My lazy protagonist, Lin Xiuyuan, is completely unaware of this, not sensing anything.我懒惰的主人公林秀远完全没有意识到这一点,也没有感觉到任何东西.
I think he's completely protected.我觉得他被完全保护了.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiuyuan, oblivious to the turmoil, receives his ninth-day reward: the "Dust-Repelling Robe."与此同时,林秀远没有意识到这场动乱,他收到了第九天的奖励:"除尘袍".
Really? 真的吗?
At first, it seems like a joke.一开始,这看起来像个笑话.
But I know that for this kid, it will eventually come in handy.但我知道,对这个孩子来说,它最终会派上用场的.
He puts on the robe, which disappears, blending into his plain clothes, making it look just a little more luxurious than what he usually wears.他穿上了袍子,袍子消失了,与他朴素的衣服融为一体,使它看起来比他平时穿的要豪华一点.
At first, this reward seems like a waste.起初,这个奖励似乎是一种浪费.
Then, a chain reaction occurs.然后,连锁反应发生了.
Su Wanqing, in her latest attempt to advance to the next magic level, feels a powerful force surge into her meridians, a mysterious energy she has never experienced before.苏万清,在她最近一次尝试进入下一个魔法阶段时,感到一股强大的力量涌进了她的经络,一种她从未经历过的神秘能量.
She successfully breaks through, but she doesn't know how she did it.她成功地突破了,但她不知道自己是怎么做到的.
"This... this shouldn't happen. I didn't even practice the techniques for this stage!" she mutters, completely bewildered."这...这不应该发生.我甚至没有为这个舞台练习技巧!"她嘟囔着,完全不知所措.
It seems my protagonist's influence is much deeper than he imagines.
More mysteriously, Aunt Illusory Sound is hunched over in her study, researching an ancient, yellowed scroll titled "The True Interpretation of the Idle."
The faded text and fragile pages seem to tell the secret she has long pursued.
This scroll reveals the truth about Lin Xiuyuan's power: it's not some stupid system, but the Dao itself!
He is the walking natural law, the conductor of power.
Her expression turns serious, deciding to keep this secret and information in her heart.
When the time is right, she will take action.
Back on the mountain, the magic power grows stronger.
The entire terrain is warping under this force.
The ground starts to tremble and crack.
The power keeps accumulating, accumulating... this will be spectacular!
The Earth Magic Squad's attack finally reaches its peak.
The mountain peaks begin to split, and rocks start collapsing.
Right now, everything is about to crumble!
But as the ground cracks around the cottage, the true effect of the Dust-Repelling Robe manifests.
An "invisible field" envelops Lin Xiuyuan's cottage, distorting the collapsing force.
The soil, the rocks... they flow around the cottage like water going around the stone.
The squad members can't believe their eyes; there's not a single mark of destruction where the cottage stands.
They look in horror at everything.
Zhao Wuque, upon receiving the news, his face twists into a mask of anger.
His plan has failed.
He needs to find someone to solve this problem.
He roars in fury, summoning Greytooth, the one he hired to kill the protagonist.
"What... what's going on?" Zhao Wuque asks viciously, his voice filled with anger.
Greytooth's usually expressionless face trembles slightly, claiming, "There's an invisible barrier, an ancient protective barrier." If Greytooth is smart enough, this is a good lie that can save both him and the protagonist.
Zhao Wuque doesn't fully believe this story, but he has a backup plan.
He will perform a "Purification Ritual" to expose Lin Xiuyuan.
It will be a public performance, scheduled for the upcoming lunar eclipse night.
He's upping the stakes!
Back to our lazy protagonist.
Lin Xiuyuan decides to test his system and skips a meal.
He receives a warning.
He grumbles as he opens his lazy lunchbox, staring at the steaming magical food.
He has no choice but to enjoy this delicious meal.
Greytooth's pet fox watches this scene with interest, adding a touch of warmth to the scene.
Greytooth watches from afar, a slight smile on his face.
Elsewhere, Su Wanqing has been meticulously creating a magic monitoring array.
When she notices a small stream of energy flowing from the sleeping Lin Xiuyuan, she is shocked, wide-eyed, as it is an indirect "experience flow."
More importantly, she detects that this energy is helping her enhance her abilities.
The inner conflict is evident: "Is this really fair? Should I get stronger this way?" But the concept of "laziness" seems to make sense.
Maybe... maybe this is the true essence of Dao.
Night falls, and Lin Xiuyuan is almost asleep.
He's preparing for the tenth day.
His reward is the "Environmental Synchronization" ability.
"Oh... now everyone can sleep well," he mumbles absently, completely unaware of the impact of this ability.
Meanwhile, deep in the ancient study, Aunt Illusory Sound researches the old scroll.
The scroll begins to react, and the prophecy starts to unfold.
"The prophecy has begun," she whispers, her voice filled with reverence and concern.
The tenth night passes quietly, and as the first ray of sunlight on the eleventh day hits the window, the promise of a warm, comfortable, and peaceful sleep draws closer.
The night is as dark as ink, and the killing intent brews in the cold wind.
Zhao Wuque's orders spread like a death warrant, quickly reaching the tribe's most elite Earth Magic Squad.
These men, who usually build defenses and carve paths through mountains, now wear a cruel excitement on their faces.
Being able to bury a legendary hero, even if he's a fake one, is enough to be a lifelong boast.
At dawn, all is quiet, the perfect time for creatures to sleep deeply.
Dozens of Earth Mages have secretly positioned around Lin Xiuyuan's cottage, their hands pressing on the cold ground, dark incantations escaping their throats.
The earth begins to tremble lightly, like a sleeping giant waking up, exhaling impatiently.
Magic power spreads like underground roots, locking the entire mountain structure, preparing for a devastating blow.
However, in this darkest moment before dawn, a familiar voice rings in Lin Xiuyuan's mind.
[Ding!
Continuous sign-in for 9 days, reward: Dust-Repelling Robe (automatically dust-repellent and moisture-wicking, with a slight invisibility effect, blurring the outline when moving)].
A gray light flashes, and a plain, almost gray robe drapes over him.
Lin Xiuyuan, half-asleep, sits up, casually putting on the robe.
An indescribable sense of freshness instantly envelops him, as if all the fatigue of the past days has been swept away, making him feel three pounds lighter.
He moves his body, and out of the corner of his eye, he notices his silhouette in the dim morning light is slightly blurred.
"Hey, this is the legendary 'social anxiety invisibility cloak'?" he mumbles in satisfaction, rolling over to try to catch some more sleep, completely unaware that the invisible field on the robe is subtly distorting the magic flow for miles around in an extraordinary way.
At the other end of the tribe, in the witch doctor's room, Su Wanqing is performing her daily morning meditation.
She closes her eyes, guiding the magic within her body to move along a fixed path, pushing against the bottleneck of a Junior Mage.
In the past, this process was incredibly tough, every bit of magic advancement like carving stone with a needle.
But today, everything is different.
The surrounding magic elements are unusually gentle and active, like rivers converging into the sea, rushing toward her.
The flow of magic in her body surges, and almost effortlessly, she feels the solid barrier of the bottleneck crack.
The magic starts to compress to an extreme, almost turning into a liquid state!
"Magic liquification!"
Su Wanqing is stunned, suddenly opening her eyes and forcibly interrupting her meditation.
Her chest rises and falls, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.
"How is this possible... I haven't practiced the techniques for this stage!" Magic liquification is a barrier for Intermediate Mages; forcing it could cause chaos in magic or even sever her meridians!
If she hadn't stopped in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
She gazes out the window, sensing that this abnormal surge of magic seems to be coming from the direction of the hero's residence.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the library, Aunt Illusory Sound, leaning on her cane, ignores the numerous prohibitions and steps into an untouched area.
She stops in front of a dusty stone wall, her withered fingers tapping out a peculiar rhythm, and the wall silently slides open, revealing a hidden compartment.
She takes out a worn, ancient scroll with scorched edges.
"The True Interpretation of the Idle."
Blind but seeing clearly, her fingers slowly trace the twisted ancient characters, reciting almost inaudibly, "...the idle one does not compete; all things return to flow; their body is like a abyss, and all laws come to greet..."
Suddenly, she pauses, lifting her head, her empty eye sockets seemingly piercing through the barriers, staring directly at the direction of Lin Xiuyuan's cottage.
A mysterious "Dao aura," similar to the one described in the scroll, is quietly spreading there.
"So... it's not the system..." Aunt Illusory Sound's lips curl into a smile, her voice carrying a sense of relief and awe, "It's the 'Dao' that chose him." She carefully tucks the scroll into her wide sleeve, turns, and leaves, deciding to keep this shocking secret buried for now.
On the other side, Lin Xiuyuan's plan for a nap is interrupted by a growing vibration.
He frowns, turning over, wondering why this place has earthquakes.
To test the limits of the system, he decides to be lazy today and not eat, just sleep, to see what the system will do to him.
Time passes, his stomach empty.
Just as he's drifting off, the system's warning tone rings inconveniently.
[Warning: Host's nutrient intake is severely insufficient; if no food is consumed within twelve hours, today's sign-in will be considered a failure].
Lin Xiuyuan opens his eyes wide, almost laughing: "What's going on? Even lying down needs a check-in for meals? This system really treats me like a nursing home resident!"
Reluctantly, he opens the system's "lazy lunchbox" with a thought.
A flash of white light, and a steaming, fragrant bowl of monster meat porridge appears before him.
The rich aroma instantly gets his little fox's attention, its furry head rubbing against his chest, making "gurgle" sounds.
Lin Xiuyuan chuckles, scooping up a spoonful of porridge, and they share it on the bed.
Outside the window, the patrolling Greytooth happens by, seeing this warm scene, his usually tense face can't help but crack a smile, a smile he's not even aware of.
But the next second, he quickly regains his composure, as if the softness was just a mirage, and continues his patrol with a blank expression.
Su Wanqing, after the morning's magic surge, is filled with doubts.
She decides to set up a precise twelve-hour magic monitoring array between her witch doctor's room and Lin Xiuyuan's cottage.
The array, in the form of light points, draws a dynamic star map of the energy flow between the two.
The result is astonishing.
The map shows that whenever Lin Xiuyuan enters deep sleep, an extremely weak but pure "experience flow" travels through the air from her direction to Lin Xiuyuan's residence.
However, this is not a one-way plunder.
Whenever she tries to cast a spell or meditate, a more pure, "Dao-infused" energy flows back from Lin Xiuyuan's side, greatly enhancing her cultivation efficiency.
She finally confirms her guess.
"He's sleeping... but the magic we release is nurturing him. And his existence is feeding back to us..." Su Wanqing looks at the star map, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
"All of us risk our lives in hard cultivation, while he absorbs the results by lying down... is this fair?"
But as soon as this thought arises, she thinks of the warriors in the tribe who became disabled due to excessive cultivation and the near-disaster she almost caused by the magic surge.
She looks in that direction and whispers, "No... perhaps... this is true fairness." A higher fairness that avoids unnecessary sacrifices.
In Zhao Wuque's tent, the atmosphere is as cold as ice.
"What do you mean? Failed?" He stares intently at the Earth Magic Squad captain kneeling on the ground, his eyes like they're ready to devour.
"Leader... we clearly launched the 'Mountain Collapse Technique,' but... but all the soil and rocks, when they approached the cottage, it was like... like encountering a reef in water, they... they split apart!" The captain is terrified, his words incoherent.
Zhao Wuque kicks him over, his chest heaving.
He doesn't believe it!
How can a mere waste resist the crushing force of ten thousand tons of rocks!
He calls Greytooth in, coldly questioning, "Why didn't you report the failure of the poisoning?"
Greytooth kneels on one knee, his head lowered: "Leader, I investigated, and there seems to be an ancient barrier around the hero's residence. Any poison approaching it would dissipate." He lies, blaming everything on a non-existent barrier.
"Barrier?" Zhao Wuque squints, his eyes full of killing intent, "A useless one who can't even use magic, how could he have a barrier?" He takes a few steps, pulling out a pitch-black jade talisman with strange runes, his voice icy, saying, "Since the dark way doesn't work, let's go public. It's time to start the 'Purification Ritual.' Pass my order, on the night of the lunar eclipse in three days, I will expose his true face in front of all the tribe members, let everyone see who the true hero of this tribe is!"
Night falls again.
After a day of chaos, Lin Xiuyuan, finally content, cuddles the well-fed little fox, ready to sleep.
He's too lazy to think about the earlier vibrations; let the tall ones handle the falling sky, sleeping is the real priority.
As he's about to slip into sleep, the system's prompt rings again.
[Ding!
Continuous sign-in for 10 days, unlock 'Environmental Synchronization' function - during the host's sleep, within a thirty-meter radius, all life forms' energy and physical recovery speed +20%].
"Oh... now everyone can sleep well," Lin Xiuyuan mumbles drowsily, completely falling asleep.
He doesn't know that this "everyone" also includes those who harbor ill intentions toward him.
Nor does he know that Aunt Illusory Sound stands quietly outside his cottage in the wind.
The scroll in her hand, "The True Interpretation of the Idle," flips to the last page without a breeze.
There are only eight blood-red ancient characters, shining ominously in the moonlight.
"The Idle One arrives, all spirits rest."
Aunt Illusory Sound whispers, her eyes empty but reflecting future mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.
"The prophecy... has begun."
That night, many in the tribe sleep exceptionally well, their fatigue swept away.
And as the first light of the eleventh day pierces the darkness, a new reward awaits Lin Xiuyuan.