But Xu Yuan was somewhat curious about what this control mode was all about.
After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan decided to activate the control mode first and see what happens.
[Do you want to consume 100,000 Faith Points to activate Control Mode?!]
[Control Mode Activated!]
[Control Mode Lv1: Gain the vision of infectees and half-infectees, control duration 10 seconds, cooldown 12 hours]
[Note: The control duration is shared across all infectees. For example: if 2 seconds are used on A, the remaining control time for other infectees will be reduced to 8 seconds.]
After seeing the explanation of the control mode, Xu Yuan finally understood.
"This skill feels exactly like HIM's ability in that annoying village..."
In that annoying village, HIM could also control players.
After killing a player, HIM would possess their body, turning them into his doppelganger, lurking among the players.
Moreover, possessed players would retain their previous combat habits.
The stronger the possessed player, the stronger the doppelganger.
Some doppelgangers could even inherit HIM's abilities.
After thinking about this, Xu Yuan opened the infectee interface again.
He was curious about the difference between infectees and half-infectees.
With this in mind, Xu Yuan clicked on the ID of a half-infectee player named Kuri.
As soon as he clicked the ID, Kuri's vision appeared in Xu Yuan's mind in real-time.
"I've already contacted the Wenyu Guild, and they're willing to take us in."
"Luckily, the Wenyu Guild isn't too far; just a few more hours of walking should do it, right?"
"Yeah, if it weren't for worrying about the equipment on us, dying and respawning near their guild would've been faster."
The players were chatting when they suddenly turned around and saw Kuri frozen in place.
In that instant, it seemed like Kuri's eyes emitted two beams of white light.
The players were momentarily stunned.
"Did I just see wrong... Did his eyes just glow?..."
"Bro, are you trying to scare us?! Why are you rolling your eyes back there?!"
"Damn, you're not infected, are you?!!!"
Kuri indeed seemed a bit off, and when the players turned around, it really felt like his eyes glowed.
Just like HIM's eyes.
But in that fleeting moment, the players couldn't be sure if they were imagining things.
Hearing the players' words, Kuri scratched the back of his head blankly.
"I just spaced out for a bit. What were you guys saying?"
Kuri seemed completely unaware of what had just happened. He only felt like his consciousness had drifted for a moment.
Like the feeling of daydreaming.
Kuri often spaced out normally, so he didn't think much about it.
Although the players didn't notice anything strange about Kuri anymore, they were still a little uneasy.
"Man, if you're going to zone out, at least stop rolling your eyes like that!!"
"Yeah! You scared us to death; we thought HIM possessed you!"
"Wait, are you really Kuri? What's your girlfriend's name?..."
Hearing this, Kuri rolled his eyes. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt
"I don't have a damn girlfriend!"
When the players heard this, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Seems like you're really Kuri."
"Hearing that, I'm finally at ease!"
After controlling Kuri, Xu Yuan finally understood what a half-infectee was.
A half-infectee seemed to be someone Xu Yuan had injured but not killed, so they became a half-infectee.
They were still technically players, but they could be controlled by Xu Yuan.
However, this control mode wasn't very stealthy.
Judging by the players' reactions, it seemed that during control, the player's eyes would change.
This made it very easy to expose them.
"So controlling depends on luck? If the player is chatting with others, won't it completely expose me?..."
As Xu Yuan thought about it, he heard the system's voice in his mind.
[Player ID colors in the control interface represent their current status]
[Red: Player is in a highly exposed environment]
[Yellow: There are other players nearby, but no direct interaction]
[Green: Player is in a safe environment]
After hearing the system's explanation, Xu Yuan finally understood.
Previously, he had noticed the player ID colors, but he hadn't realized their significance.
With this in mind, Xu Yuan asked the system:
"Can the visual changes of a player under control be turned off?"
If every time he controlled a player their eyes turned white, it would be incredibly inconvenient and very easy to expose them.
That's why Xu Yuan asked this question.
[Upgrading control level will allow disabling visual changes in controlled players]
Hearing the system's response, Xu Yuan felt slightly relieved.
In short, it was all about the Faith Points.
After understanding half-infectees, Xu Yuan selected a green-colored infectee ID.
"Being a zombie is so great; I can roam freely without worry~"
"Yeah, I don't understand those who committed suicide. No way I'm going back~"
"I wonder if we can infect other players. If we can, our team will definitely grow stronger!!"
Seeing through this player's perspective and noticing the group of zombie players around him, Xu Yuan finally understood.
It was probably because of the Epic Siege MOD being activated.
That's what gave Xu Yuan the ability to infect others.
In the Epic Siege MOD, zombies could infect players.
So Xu Yuan inherited this infection ability.
But Xu Yuan's infection ability was more advanced.
Players killed by Xu Yuan would directly become zombies and continue surviving.
Players injured but not killed by Xu Yuan would become half-infectees.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel excited.
"Fear Points and Faith Points are no longer a concern!"
Players' worship and faith in HIM allowed Xu Yuan to gain Faith Points.
Xu Yuan had just heard the infectees talking.
From their conversation, players killed by Xu Yuan would become zombies, but dying once would allow them to revert to their player state.
Despite knowing this, they still chose to remain zombies.
This meant they willingly became monsters.
So every time they felt satisfied with their monster state, they would generate Faith Points for Xu Yuan.
Because it was HIM who turned them into monsters.
In this way, Xu Yuan just needed to infect as many people as possible. Among them, there would always be players willing to remain monsters.
The more players turned into zombies, the more Faith Points Xu Yuan would earn.
Although Xu Yuan couldn't currently hack into networks to find player locations, the presence of half-infectees compensated for this.
Unlike infectees, half-infectees still looked like normal players. They could blend into player groups naturally.
These players could gather information. Some would inevitably join guilds. Once they joined a guild, Xu Yuan could pinpoint their location.
At that point, he could repeat what he did at Pengpeng's guild base.
Kill some players, spare others.
Among those killed, some would willingly become monsters.
Thus, Faith Points would be secured.
Those who escaped wouldn't realize they had been infected. Unknowingly, they would become Xu Yuan's eyes.
When they joined another group, Xu Yuan could repeat the process.
It was an infinite loop. With this, both Faith Points and Fear Points were guaranteed.
"Who would've thought infection would be this useful?"
Xu Yuan hadn't expected the Epic Siege MOD's zombie infection feature to be the most valuable ability.
If he had known earlier, he would have activated this MOD before upgrading other skills.
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