MTL - My Beast Master is Really Not An Evil God-Chapter 126 Corpse dragon god, enter the mother river (ask for a monthly ticket)
Chapter 126 Corpse dragon god, enters mother river (seeking monthly ticket)
【Corpse mountain mask (exotic object): Miraculous props bred in fantasy, originated from people's desire for the dead, the dead's desire for the living, born in love, but endowed the dead soul with endless pain.
After being released from the cage by the master of the door, the soul sublimated after satisfying its obsession, and a miracle of fantasy was born, and obtained the complete blessing of the mother river-the mark of "Smiling Corpse Mountain". 】
【It cannot be used directly, but it can make pets or non-human beings with a fitness rate higher than 80% enter the "spiritual erosion" form. Humans can easily be eroded by forced use
In a special form, it will have a special suppression effect on the dead, and it will be blessed with courage, which can ignore the pressure suppression of a higher level of life.
Be able to gain the power to control the mountain of corpses and manipulate corpses. When there are enough corpses around, you can extract their deaths and repair your injuries. The corpses will not die, and you will not die.
If there are enough condensed corpses, you can create a mountain of corpses to cover yourself, disintegrating or even ignoring the damage from the outside world, or you can use this as a basis to create a mountain of corpses that grows infinitely, turning into a mountain of corpses , and even the planet of corpses, evolved into a special ecological mystery, breeding undead beasts as servants.
The side effect is that every time you use it, you need to feed enough corpses, otherwise the desire for hunger and thirst will overflow and affect your own spirituality. 】
【You thought you devoured the corpse? No, you bear the weight of death. 】
"Carrying the weight of death..."
Lu Yu murmured softly, he never expected that because of his kindness, he would actually obtain a powerful whimsical object.
Different from the previous failed corpse mountain, this time the corpse mountain mask has obtained the complete blessing of the mother river and has the ability to "smile".
Facing death with a smile is the greatest contempt the living have for death...
is an unspeakable courage!
The effect is also simple and rude, and can ignore the coercion and suppression of life one level higher.
You must know that once the overlord pet beast's overlord aura is activated, most of the low-level pet beasts will be directly stunned, and even if the rest can stay awake, they will be suppressed by 30-40% of their strength.
There is a huge disparity in strength, and if the strength is suppressed, the only fate left is to be crushed.
If you can not be suppressed, and you can close the gap between the two, for some top beasts, the difficulty of the step-up challenge will become lower.
After all, at the commanding level, even if it is spiritual transformation to challenge the morning star overlord, there are very few in history who can succeed.
In particular, this ability can evolve with the growth of the pet beast's strength, even if it is at the monarch level, above the monarch, or even in the face of divine power, it may not be suppressed.
True bug-level abilities.
The second ability can devour corpses to repair itself. In theory, as long as the number is enough, it can be immortal.
A pseudo-immortal body!
Besides, you can also strengthen your own defense by bearing the death of others, create a corpse mountain with fantastic objects as the core, and give birth to a special undead secret realm with unlimited growth potential.
It can be used as a servant to turn it into a natural disaster of the undead, or it can be sold as a commodity to collect a lot of money.
The side effects are not that big. After all, the corpses are not limited to human beings. You only need to accumulate some monster corpses. At worst, there are shops that sell this type of thing.
After all, some undead beasts need to eat corpses, but as long as they are not humans or some friendly races, the Alliance will turn a blind eye. After all, they can’t be allowed to forage for themselves, right?
Then it will be a mess, no one knows whose ancestor's grave will be dug.
It's no wonder that strange objects are regarded as treasures, each one is the embryonic form of a natural disaster.
"In addition to the mask of the mountain of corpses, I don't know if there will be a strange object of the sea of blood. I don't know who he will be most compatible with..."
Lu Yu thought in his heart, and handed the corpse mountain mask to the little spider.
"Huh?"
The little spider tilted its head, and gently stroked the corpse mountain mask, as if greeting the little ones before.
The smile on the corpse mountain mask became wider, but it didn't change.
Lu Yu used the Eye of Truth to check the fit, and it was only 51%. Think about it, the little spider's attributes don't match the Corpse Mountain mask at all.
So they found Shushu again. After all, it possesses the soul and ever-changing abilities, and is connected with the underworld, so it should be the most suitable.
"Hmph, cultivating people, I really need Shushu!"
Shushu had been secretly watching this scene for a long time. After seeing Sister Spider's failure, it knew that it was about to make its debut as the mouse of destiny.
The artifact is home to those who are virtuous, and this object is destined to be related to Shushuwo at first sight.
"Ordered by the sky, the rat will live forever!"
Shushu enthusiastically stretched out his little paw and lifted it up, already thinking about how handsome his [Spiritual Eclipse] form is in his mind.
Unfortunately, the corpse mountain mask on the mouse's paw didn't respond at all, but the smiley face visibly decreased a little, like a silent mockery.
After checking, Lu Yu found that the fit between it and Shushu was only 67%, which was less than 80% of the required bottom line, and it couldn't resonate at all.
"I'll try another body!"
Shushu was aggrieved, and kept prodding the corpse mountain mask with the power of his soul, but there was no response. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this should be a problem with the ontology.
As a result, it turned into the brilliant black red dragon ant queen, but the fitness was even lower, only 10%, petrified in situ.
Lu Yu just wanted to say a few words of comfort, but Shushu suddenly stood up, waved his hands smartly and said:
"Think about it carefully, Shushu, I am already too strong, and I don't need this kind of foreign embellishment at all."
Obviously he was eliminated, but it turned out that he didn't want it. Spiritual victory, right?
Lu Yu sneered and said, "So, if you get a suitable strange object in the next battle for strange objects, you don't need to give it to you, right?"
"Ahem..."
Shushu froze, then waved his little paw, and said with an awkward smile:
"If you don't take it, you will be punished by God! What's more, this is to better protect you, Xiuren, and I can only use it reluctantly."
As he spoke, Shushu patted himself in front of himself with his little paw, indicating that he had sacrificed a lot and needed potato chips as a reward.
Lu Yu didn't bother to care about it, so he handed the corpse mountain mask to Dandan, and went through the procedure as usual. After all, Dandan is a living weapon mainly made of dragons, and it should be similar to the Huanghei Red Dragon Ant.
Unexpectedly, the mask of the mountain of corpses bloomed with gray light, and it was directly attached to the shell of Eggy.
It's just that the next moment, he was thrown out by the uncomfortable balls, pulled out from the soil, stuck back, and continued to be thrown away, repeating the cycle.
In the end, Eggy was too sleepy, so he let it stick to his body.
"This, this, this..."
Shushu was dumbfounded seeing this scene, inexplicably feeling like licking the dog's expectations for the goddess, and finally giving up out of shame, only to see the goddess cheating on her roommate in a blink of an eye, and feeling disgusted in the end.
Break the defense!
"Hey!" The little spider nodded happily, the harvest this time was not in vain.
Wait until Egg gets a new shape before making a brand new doll for it.
"It turned out to be successful..."
Lu Yu was also surprised, it seems that because of Eggy's ability to swallow resentment, the compatibility with the corpse mountain mask has reached an astonishing 95%.
It's a pity that Eggy is not yet a perfect body, and cannot enter the [Spiritual Eclipse] form.
But if he waits for his transformation to complete, wouldn't he be able to achieve a perfect 100% fit?
At that time, with the phantom of the mysterious holy city, wouldn't it be possible to carry a kingdom of the dead and directly compete with the underworld for business?
In theory, there are enough bones to devour, and Eggy even has a chance to become a corpse dragon god!
This pancake is really delicious!
But Lu Yu was excited for a while, and soon calmed down, thinking of a question:
"So many corpses, where should I get them? After the destruction of the Tomb Village, most of the rest are serious cemeteries guarded by the Dormition Church. It seems that the only one with the most wild corpses is... the border battlefield!"
Lu Yu didn't know much about border battlefields, but he had heard people say that monster attacks in the human border were nothing compared to the border.
Frontier, is the real meat grinder!
The price for human beings to occupy half of the world and make countless ordinary people live happily is to compress the living space of other races and have more resources. It is the alliance army and countless battle groups that stand on the border day and night like the Great Wall. Blocked the invasion of countless monsters.
Before, Lu Yu had received invitations from several top 100 battle groups including the [Cangling Giants Battle Group]. As long as he went to the border, he could directly become a core seed trainer, but he declined.
And the teacher at Meteor High School suggested that he go to Imperial University, the sacred place of beast masters, for further studies.
Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. If Eggy evolves in this direction, then the frontier will be the best option.
After all, there are many stories of ordinary beast masters who fought desperately to enter the frontier battlefield and got the opportunity to become morning star-level or even higher-level beast masters.
Only blood and flesh can forge the ladder leading to the strong.
Especially for Lu Yu as the master of the door, the more materials he has, the faster he can improve.
But the imperial capital, as the core of the alliance, possesses a large number of cutting-edge extraordinary technologies, gathers a large number of magical mysteries and ancient secrets, and can discover the essence of the world through learning.
Especially the taboo sun, what secret is involved?
It's really hard to choose...
"It would be great if there was a way to get them all."
After Lu Yu finished expressing his emotions, he couldn't help laughing at himself for his insatiable greed. The world doesn't revolve around him.
But there is no rush, there is still a lot of time to think about it slowly.
After all, only gold rank beast masters are eligible to enter the battlefield.
By that time, he has already contracted Dandan, and his overall combat strength is at least comparable to spiritual transformation, or even the morning star rank.
Even at the frontier, he can be regarded as the number one person, whether it is self-protection or going deep into the monster ecology, he can do a job with ease.
You can also look at what the president said, what the world outside the human race looks like.
and the "domain" of human beings, what kind of power does it hold?
When Lu Yu turned around, the president still looked at him calmly. The peach-shaped curve was perfect, but there were some red marks on the thighs covered by white silk.
Was it strangled by Bai Si?
It's hard to see at first glance. Next time I find a chance, I suggest that I wear black silk for a long time.
Black silk does not strangle people, it only kills, and kills hundreds of millions of lives!
Lu Yu asked curiously: "President, didn't you come to find the materials for the evolution ceremony? Have you already found it? Or...you forgot?"
Chi Yuemeng's eyes froze, she turned her head calmly, and whispered:
"I haven't forgotten!"
You are not guilty, why are you turning your head away?
Also, your voice is obviously lacking confidence, you haven’t eaten, so please speak louder!
Lu Yu rested his hand on his forehead, feeling a little helpless. Although the president was occasionally very sassy, most of the time he was so innocent that he even forgot his purpose for coming.
The Abyss Demon Eye, who was still eating melons and watching dramas, suddenly reacted. This time... it seems to be looking for evolution materials for himself.
The master forgot to see the man!
If this continues, will I really have a chance to evolve?
The Devil's Eye of the Abyss suddenly felt that his future was a bit dark...
Why don't you ask for glory from the seller earlier? Anyway, the owner will be very happy.
However, Chi Yue dreamed of her own purpose, and came to the priest of Netherland, causing the Abyss Demon Eye to condense an abyssal energy tentacle, penetrated into his clothes, and rolled out a black seed.
Even if it has dried up, you can still feel the huge life energy contained in it.
Before Lu Yu could open the Eye of Truth, the Priest of Nether Earth spoke first, and said calmly:
"This is the seed of the ancient tree of life. According to legend, it has a huge vitality and can bring the dead back to life. I found it after encountering a small elf tribe in the sky tree country. I killed them all and got them in my hand. Later, it was discovered that it had already died.
Thinking about it, if they were protected by the Ancient Tree of Life, how could they be easily slaughtered by me? Wanting to bring people back to life is the greatest ambition of a mortal, and they are destined to be fooled by fate..."
Lu Yu ignored this guy's emotion, no matter whether he came to his senses or not, the crime he committed is enough to die countless times.
Although the seeds of the Ancient Tree of Life are dead and unable to be planted, what the Evil Eye Tyrant Ceremony requires is the gentle vitality contained in it to assist.
And this thing is a specialty of the elves in the Sky Tree Kingdom, and the difficulty of obtaining it is second only to the heart of the Huangquan Dragon, the branches of the Ghost Emperor Tree, and the tears of the Great Mistress.
Especially the last one, Lu Yu took out this evolutionary path at the beginning, because this path involved the layout of the great mistress, which is essentially a high-dimensional existence layout, rather than a normal evolutionary route.
In fact, all the evil-eyed tyrants were spawned by him.
It can be said that this almost impossible path is best used as a reference to develop a new evolutionary path.
The seed of the ancient tree of life is a special catalyst in it. It only has one function, that is, to promote the fusion of the tears of the great mistress and the heart of Huangquanlong, and it is not needed in the rest of the beholder path.
Need to get it, which means that Lilith is not researching a new path, but is collecting materials to try to evolve the evil-eyed tyrant.
"It seems that the origin of the president is far more terrifying than I imagined."
Lu Yu thought, actually he has the branches of the descendants of the Ghost Emperor Tree, which is the Thousand Faces Soul Tree, which is stronger than the general descendants of the Emperor Tree.
If the chairman only lacks this material in the end, he doesn't mind helping out, after all, he is one of the few true friends of his own.
With his current strength, it won't be too conspicuous to take out the branches, the only thing is to work hard for Shushu.
"Ah Choo..." Shushu sneezed, always feeling that someone was thinking about him.
In the following time, Lu Yu continued to clean up the battlefield, and after making sure that nothing was missed, he waited for about ten minutes, and the people from the special department arrived. Unexpectedly, the leader of the team was an acquaintance...
People sent Sun Jie, the person in charge of the black market nicknamed "Burning Man" and "Barbecue Shop Owner".
At this time, he is driving the Ghost Lantern, sweeping across the sky mightily, like a galaxy of will-o'-the-wisps. The blazing high temperature makes the air begin to distort.
Looking at this scene, Lu Yu also nodded secretly, feeling relieved.
After all, this guy in front of him still owes himself a vest [collector] a big favor, which can be cashed out at critical times.
But how to use this favor is a bit troublesome...
Lu Yu originally wanted to appear as an apprentice, but the identity of [Collector] has been upgraded to a taboo existence since the last time in the secret realm of the Ant Mound. Collectors make deals in exchange for opportunities.
If you get involved in a relationship at this time, it is easy to become the target of public criticism, and even expose your own secrets.
"Forget it, think about it slowly."
While Lu Yu was thinking, Sun Jie jumped off the ghost lantern with the members of the 16th team of the special department.
They greeted Lu Yu, a recently popular genius, in a friendly manner, then turned on the law enforcement recorder, and began to ask about the cause of the incident.
Actually, the vice president, Situ Kong... knows everything, but this guy's body is coffee, and he can't leave it for a moment, so they can only work **** their own.
Lu Yu cooperated very well with this. After all, this time it was a credit. Except for the strange object that needs to be concealed, the rest does not need to be hidden.
Even if the abnormality was exposed, with his current status, it would be no problem to take one.
So he began to explain what happened, but he turned his calculation of the white porcelain mask girl into a hard support, and finally waited for the president's support.
Otherwise, spread the news about a suspected powerhouse who surpassed the morning star. Although you will get a moment of glory and praise, it will also make others wary of you, and you will not be able to count next time!
Must live on!
When they heard that the villagers used evil rituals to sacrifice, the members of the special operations team showed angry expressions on their faces. They are working hard to defend the order of the human race, and there will always be these guys who are holding back.
It's just that after hearing about the Faceless Brotherhood, everyone's angry expressions eased. After all, this group of guys is the best at manipulating people's hearts, but the mistakes made by the villagers are true, and they need to be judged by the Tribunal.
Those who should be killed, those who should be reformed through labor, must accept the three major orthodox churches including the Church of Thorns before release, and check whether their spiritual will is normal, etc.
Once one item fails, they have to be sent back to continue labor reform.
This cumbersome procedure can also be regarded as a means of deterring people from committing crimes.
But what shocked them the most was that Lu Yu single-handedly killed an entire branch of the Netherland Religion, and then powerfully killed a mountain of corpses at the level of spiritual transformation.
Although Lu Yu said that he used the life-saving means obtained from the Dragon's Secret Realm, everyone still couldn't believe it.
You must know that they just got the news that Lu Yu was able to compete against the high-level commander in the beast master assessment, but in less than half a day, he told them that he could crush the high-level commander, even the level of spiritual transformation. .
This growth rate is completely the top monster on the frontier.
Maybe after a while, this young man will become a big shot they need to look up to.
"Amazing..."
Sun Jie looked at the ruins of the battlefield left by Eggy, and he could feel the terrifying power in it. He was already comparable to the morning star. If he hadn't been promoted successfully, he might not be qualified to join this battlefield.
The young people nowadays are really scary.
I heard that he is still the junior under Zhou Cheng's care. This guy really found a treasure. From now on, if he hugs his thigh, he can ascend to heaven.
He and Zhou Cheng are brothers, which means that he can hug his thigh too!
Thinking of this, Sun Jie said with a smile:
"The evidence is almost collected, and these villagers will be handed over to us to take into custody. As for the relevant bounty, the bounty for destroying a branch of the Netherland Church will be credited to your card in these two days, but because of the other There are no corpses, only one priest left, which should be around 4 million."
The bounty is floating, and the amount will be higher if you keep the three beast corpses of the opponent or collect the spoils.
But because they were all taken away by Lu Yu, only the basic bounty offered by the alliance remained.
Originally, these matters required Lu Yu to go through the process, but Sun Jie didn't mind selling favors and helping him with these small matters.
Lu Yu nodded, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, this time he got rich again!
Oh yeah! The **** of poverty is no longer favored!
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that it only costs a few pieces of high-level materials...
Still poor.
Afterwards, a group of villagers were awakened, and seeing the people in the special department, they looked ashamed and were escorted away together with the priest of Netherland.
Sun Jie originally wanted to give Lu Yu a ride, but after seeing how they flew, he ended up with only one sentence:
"6!"
On the other side, in the unknown wilderness, a butcher wearing a blood wolf mask, who was the former leader of the limb-grabbing demon, punched the blue iron troll in animal skin clothes and holding a giant hammer through the heart.
Afterwards, a large number of tentacles spread out from the butcher's body and turned into sharp blades, cut off two arms, and then connected them to his body. A total of six arms were spliced with different monsters.
"Fortunately, I left a few spare arms before. The arms of the shark demon, violent mountain ghost, storm troll, and blue iron troll barely recovered two-thirds of their strength."
While the butcher was speaking, the flesh and blood on his body squirmed, arching meat **** one by one.
Compared to before, the current him is actually not only weakened in strength, but also the distortion curse about the taboo sun in his body has never disappeared, instead it keeps deforming the flesh and blood, causing severe pain.
Only by relying on the pious belief of "Father of Truth" can this aberration be curbed.
The butcher was not sad or regretful about this, but felt unprecedentedly enriched. In this pain, his soul continued to sublimate.
Therefore, whether it is the splicing ability of the Limb Grip Demon or the peeling ability of the Faceless Brotherhood, they are just foreign objects to him, and they are just means to gain strength. Behold, even become its apostle.
Practice the plan of laying out the human race and even the whole world for him!
The butcher bent down, his hands melted like paraffin, and covered the blue iron troll's face, quickly infecting it, and began to slowly peel off the face, turning it into a white wax mask.
The blue iron troll's face turned into a hollow, as if its face didn't exist in the first place.
Peel off the face, and after wearing it, you can simulate the target shape for a short time. This is just an introduction.
To be able to obtain memory from faces is considered a success and become a real [Face Stripper].
It’s just that you need to pay attention during the process of change. Not only do you need to devote yourself to it all the time, but you must also remember that you are only acting, otherwise you may be replaced by the mask in reverse.
Replacing the sense of presence, it is the ability of the next level [Performer].
As for 【The Reveler】, according to Eight Fingers, it has the ability to open a grand theater, making all life that enters a part of the script.
Through a grand performance, steal the karma of all beings in the world, please yourself and the faceless god, and be able to obtain gifts beyond imagination.
As for the Finger of God, its ability is extremely mysterious.
Just when the butcher was thinking about it and was about to put on the mask, the void not far away was torn apart, and a huge virtual ghost mask emerged, and the white porcelain body was covered with dense traces of electric current burns. The entire forest was ignited and turned into a sea of flames, scaring a large number of animals to flee.
"Water whirlpool!"
The butcher looked at the burning trees around him, and frowned. The arms of the shark demon formed seals, and the thin water in the air gathered and turned into a whirlpool, which spread out and extinguished the surrounding flames, but the fire could not be contained. spread.
At the same time, the ghost mask opened its mouth, and the woman in the white porcelain mask jumped out of it, patted the proud Cangshan Snow Bearing with lingering fear, and just wanted to say hello, but the butcher said suddenly:
"A wisp of smoke on the mountain, fifteen days in the camp!"
"..."
The girl in the white porcelain mask was stunned, and said speechlessly, "My dignified ninth finger was not struck to death by Situ Kong's lightning, but was almost frozen to death by your cold joke."
"I think your mental state is quite good, and..." the butcher sneered and said, "Didn't you say you were the eighth finger last time? Why did you change your position?"
The woman with the white porcelain mask said confidently: "I'm a girl, and I'm away from home. I have to take a code name. What if someone comes to seek revenge?"
The butcher is speechless, you have put on a mask, and you are still afraid of others seeking revenge, and you are not afraid of Jiuzhi being sought revenge by others?
Keep saying that they are all family members, so it turns out that family members are used to cheat!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking:
"Are you really the Finger of God?"
To be chased and beaten by Situ Kong, a morning star peak, is too good.
"Of course it's the genuine eighth finger."
The white porcelain mask girl giggled, took out the clay puppet that summoned the corpse mountain before, and said playfully: "Situ Kong hides his strength, he is the beast master at the peak of Huiyue, and he has almost taken that step. It was more terrifying than we imagined, although the drama was ruined this time, luckily the [key] was successfully obtained.”
Whether it's the corpse mountain or playing the role of the village chief, it's just her interest.
Her real purpose is to get the root of the long years of peace in Bian Tomb Village, which appeases all the dead and is also the key to a certain place.
It's a pity that Lu Yu took one of the two keys.
The girl in the white porcelain mask was not angry about this.
Because... this man is really cool!
Thinking of this, she said to the butcher, "Get in the car, we are going to the next place, and the time to knock down the tower is getting closer and closer."
The butcher just wanted to ask where to go, but the girl in the white porcelain mask prepared to launch a magic attack first: "Family..."
The butcher decisively shut up and walked into the mouth of the ghost mask. Amidst the laughter of the white porcelain mask girl, the ghost mask sank into the void again, leaving only the blazing wilderness behind.
……………
On the other side, Lu Yu, who took the brain pad wave, quickly returned to Dayuan City, and bid farewell to each other under the envious eyes of a group of people.
Back home, Shushu wanted to occupy his sofa throne for the first time, but Lu Yu pinched the back of fate's neck and carried him in the air.
Shushu just wanted to accuse the tyranny of cultivators, but after a hard day at work, he didn't even give him a break.
Just as I was about to say, "How can I stay in the shadows for a long time", when I heard Lu Yu's voice:
"Take out the soul fruit and lay the corpse."
I thought it was something, but it turned out that I wanted me to give you good fruit to eat!
Shushu generously opened up the shadow, then took out two fruits from inside and handed them over, wiping away tears and saying:
"Cultivator, do you really want to eat them? After all, they are our children..."
"Get lost." Lu Yu said lightly.
"Come on!"
The **** got off like a mouse, and if he didn't run away, he wouldn't have to watch TV for a while, but Dandan followed in a hurry.
Seeing this, Lu Yu shook his head, then looked at the faint blue soul fruit in his hand, and swallowed it in one gulp because of its small size. The sweet juice exploded in the taste buds, turned into pure spiritual power and poured into the soul, growing it continuously.
Because there are two monarch cubs, Shushu and Little Spider, as filters, transforming the original spirituality all the time, so the spiritual power in Lu Yu's body has already reached the standard, or even overflowed.
If it weren't for the suppression of taboo characters, it would have been deformed and called a monster long ago.
Therefore, with the two soul fruits, Lu Yu not only broke through the middle level of silver, but also only one step away from the high level of silver.
The breakthrough at the soul level made Lu Yu feel that the world in front of him became clearer and more real. While his perception improved, the silver spirituality in the beast-familiar space was further purified, and it was fed back to the two pet beasts, so that Shushu and Little Spider also Together, they broke through to the silver middle level, and their strength improved by leaps and bounds.
In addition, there was a change that shocked Lu Yu.
Different from what he had expected before, he could already sense the call of the Supreme Mother River, as if the Mother Goddess slowly opened her arms, ready to embrace him.
It seems that there is no need to wait until the senior level of silver, he can row his small broken boat now, and enter the tributary of the mother river—the original spiritual sea...
Wave it!
8,000-character long chapter, ask for a monthly ticket, a little bit of text, justify it.
(end of this chapter)
