A dream lasting a thousand years ends with waking up in a modern society where spiritual energy has dried up.
Qin Fu'an had already planned to lie flat and wait for his cultivation to fad...
94 Mysterious Dream Fairy Tale (17)
Why not call it a one-stop funeral service?
Meeting Qin Fu'an's astonished and even shocked gaze, Little Sunflower paused for a moment, nodded blankly, and then quickly shook her head.
"They are sunflower seeds from the sunflowers that grow outside Fairy Tale City."
It turned around, took out a small bag from the drawer, opened it, and poured out all the sunflower seeds inside. It said, "Although we toys don't need to eat human food, we are all very curious, so we often try to find things that humans can eat. These sunflower seeds are from wild sunflowers that I found outside the city."
The bird's question about sunflower seeds was simply a way of giving it a treat, much like an adult playing house with a toy...
As the explanation came, Qin Fu'an's expression gradually improved, but looking at the sunflower seeds on the table, he still felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
So before Xie Zeyuan came in and found out, he first gathered all of Little Sunflower's sunflower seeds into his own spatial storage.
Fake birds don't eat real sunflower seeds, so confiscate them.
"I still have..." Little Sunflower was very generous.
But Qin Fu'an stopped it from taking anything out, saying, "He doesn't need it, you keep it for yourself."
"Oh~" The little sunflower nodded obediently and pulled its two outstretched leaves back in.
At this moment, Xie Zeyuan, who had been circling outside for several times, finally strolled in slowly and shamelessly.
"Hello, my name is Xie Zeyuan." He ignored Qin Fu'an, flew to the table in front of the little sunflower, folded his wings and greeted it with an air of nobility.
"I'm Dr. Sunflower." Little Sunflower smiled at him, her eyes crinkling, but she was noticeably more distant from Qin Fu'an.
Xie Zeyuan even vaguely sensed a hint of hostility from the other party.
Hostility?
The pure black metallic bird tilted its head and examined the little sunflower for a moment, then flapped its wings and decided to avoid provoking it.
Like Qin Fu'an, he doesn't seem to be someone who's truly easy to bully or has a gentle personality.
Maybe it's a soft, glutinous dumpling filled with black sesame paste.
No, that's not right. With Qin Fu'an protecting her, even the most easily bullied and manipulated little dumpling can be turned into a prickly little hedgehog by Qin Fu'an.
Just looking at Qin Fu'an's intention to treat all the residents of Fairy Tale City makes it very clear.
After the three non-humans had met, they managed to maintain a semblance of peace. While Little Sunflower and the city guards were diligently promoting Qin Fu'an, the dozen or so players who had met at the city gate that morning finally gathered together.
Because they shared a common enemy to eliminate, they quickly united despite coming from different guilds. They first shared the healing resources in the temporary team, and after their injuries in the dream had mostly healed, they began to discuss how to successfully eliminate Xie Zeyuan and Qin Fu'an.
With a dozen or so people, there are a dozen different minds, and they come up with several different solutions.
Some people say that if they just went straight for the attack and launched a group assault, even if the two people were on guard, they would definitely not be able to withstand so many people attacking together.
Some people suggested that we should try to defeat them one by one, lure Qin Fu'an and Xie Zeyuan away from their mountain stronghold, and then eliminate them as quickly as possible.
Some people support taking a long-term approach, while others are backing out and just want to survive in this instance for the time being.
Within the same instance, some casual viewers would move around on their own. After comparing the discussion results of the two factions, they found that both sides actually preferred to deal with the enemy first and then complete the mission.
After all, it's been a full month to complete the game, and the players are no longer novices. They have more or less gained some confidence and skill. So, both sides have the same goal: to kill the enemies as quickly as possible and then slowly figure out how to complete the game.
But just how fast is "as soon as possible," and which side is faster, will soon be known to everyone.
Just as the dozen or so players were still arguing heatedly about how to deal with Qin Fu'an and Xie Zeyuan, the bell prop that one of the players had hanging in the room suddenly rang as an alarm.
The sharp ringing of the bell made the dozen or so players who were still healing and discussing suddenly tense up and became defensive, as if they had seen a ghost.
As they searched for the intruder, a black bird in the shadows of the haunted house stared at them with a mocking and sinister gaze.
If one had to find a word to describe Xie Zeyuan's gaze at this moment, perhaps "looking at a dead man" would be the most appropriate.
In his eyes, these hopping creatures were nothing more than grasshoppers in autumn, mere confused souls about to be bound to his soul-locking chains.
As for whether they will be wary of the power behind them?
To be honest, every year, the number of souls that are guided in the Ghost City is in the millions, if not tens of millions. Which year doesn't include some well-known and prominent figures among them?
Compared to an entire country or even a race, they are just a few guilds in a game. Xie Zeyuan felt that even being wary of them would be beneath him.
Qin Fu'an went even further than him.
In Qin Fu'an's eyes, these people were not even ants. Their only use was probably to give him a few more toy hearts after they died.
That's all.
"Should we leave them alive?" Before taking action, Xie Zeyuan, who was hidden in the shadows, used his spiritual power to form a thread to ask for his opinion.
His intention was to have Qin Fu'an experiment on these players to explore the hidden information about the Heart of Toys.
But as soon as he asked the question, he saw the little teddy bear, who was also standing in the shadows, silently shaking its head.
Leave no survivors.
So, while the players were in a chaotic frenzy, searching for the enemy and attacking haphazardly, a dark chain suddenly pierced the darkness and lashed out at one of them.
On the other side, a black teddy bear held a few sunflower seeds in its hand, wrapped them in spiritual power, and then popped them out. In a short moment, they were deeply embedded in the toy skeletons and weaknesses of the players, causing great obstruction and damage to their movement and physical integrity.
Qin Fu'an put the remaining sunflower seeds into his spatial storage, then raised his hand and pressed the switch on the wall.
Fairy Tale City has no electricity, but it has a complete power system, so Qin Fu'an embedded the energy block he bought in the dungeon shop into it, and the haunted house regained its power.
Qin Fu'an stood under the eerie green, scarlet, and pale lights of the haunted house, watching Xie Zeyuan's hunting scene unfold before him.
These toys probably didn't expect them to find this place so quickly, or perhaps they were too confident that the two of them wouldn't dare to come looking for them, so they didn't take many precautions beforehand. This made Xie Zeyuan and Qin Fu'an's journey into this place extremely smooth.
They successfully caught the players off guard.
Qin Fu'an said no one should be left alive.
Xie Zeyuan didn't keep a single one.
The once light and airy Soul-Locking Chains, after binding more than a dozen souls, had one end dragging heavily on the ground, making a dull thud as they were dragged.
Throughout the entire process, Qin Fu'an seemed like a bystander watching the show, and apart from throwing out the sunflower seeds at the beginning, he never personally lifted a finger.
Until the chilling haunted house was filled with the mangled corpses of toys.
Only then did he begin to collect the corpses.
After killing Soul Locker, Xie Zeyuan ignored him. Seeing Qin Fu'an's actions, he folded his wings and stood aside, chuckling and teasing, "How about we call our team 'Funeral Dragon' from now on?"
They are in charge of killing, burying, and even sending people to hell and the underworld.
Upon hearing this, Qin Fu'an kicked at the mangled corpse at his feet and replied, "Whatever."
This so-called team needs at least four or five people to register as a team, and they haven't even seen a glimpse of their future teammates yet. Thinking of a team name now is really too farsighted.
After collecting the last corpse, Qin Fu'an walked to the wall where he had been standing and pried out the energy source embedded in it.
I only bought a few, so I have to use them sparingly.
"Let's go back."
The two figures quickly disappeared into the haunted house.
Behind them was an empty, silent space, just as quiet as the screen in their live stream room.
[...]
[…………]
No one spoke; no one commented on the battle that had begun so abruptly and ended so quickly.
Once they stepped outside, and the sunlight broke through their chilling killing intent, a few lines of text tentatively appeared on the screen:
[By the way... is Yuanyuan really that good with her hands?]
[From beginning to end, Brother Qin didn't really lift a finger, did he?]
[I'm a little panicked. Can I take back what I said before, that they were too soft-hearted and hesitant, and that they would suffer sooner or later? My understanding is being greatly shaken...]
[Silently removed the tag: Love-obsessed; Secretly replaced the tag: Funeral Master.]
[Pfft, what's with that "funeral master" thing? It sounds so detached from reality, but it actually seems incredibly down-to-earth!]
What followed was an explosive barrage of comments and countless donations.
Qin Fu'an and Xie Zeyuan were not the type of players who liked to thank those who gave them rewards, and they often ignored the various uproar in the comments, so their journey back was just as smooth as their journey there.
What they didn't know was that the four major guilds and countless solo players outside the game instance were completely enraged by their "massacre".
"President, I think we need to reassess the threat level of these two new players."
"Boss, all our men have been killed, including the brother of the fourth team leader. We need to give our men a clear answer about this."
“Vice President, as you can see, Xie Zeyuan was already difficult enough to deal with, and now there’s another living devil on top of that. It seems like he’s the one who’s in control between the two. I think we need to think things through before things get completely out of control and figure out whether we’re friends or enemies with them.”
"Sister, I've already had our people cast a wide net in the real world to find out who these two people are. We should have results soon. We need to come up with a plan as soon as possible, whether to win them over or resolve the situation."
"These two are really reckless. They didn't even show any mercy to the four major guilds. Aren't they afraid of being completely blacklisted by the four major guilds? This game isn't one where you can survive by fighting alone."
"What's there to be afraid of? They're already in a weird game, yet they're still hesitant and afraid of this and that. In the real world, they're already bowing and scraping, and now they have to be obsequious to others in a weird game too? Their lives are too pathetic. I think these two are really to my liking! With this kind of strength, what's there to be afraid of? At worst, I'll just kill them without a second thought!"
"...That's not quite right."
"On the other hand, there are already several well-known teams in the game. If these two can survive the siege by the four major guilds and successfully form a team, they will definitely be on the list in the future. Maybe we casual players will be able to breathe a little easier under the pressure of the four major guilds."
"Then wish them good luck."
"Wish us good luck too."
[Author's Note]
Leave of absence notice: My best friend is having a birthday party, and I'll probably be staying at her house for a couple more days, so I might have to stop updating. I'll try my best to update whenever I have time.
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