Jiang Ran's reminder made Wips realize the seriousness of the situation instantly!

Because of the lootable nature of Paradise Coins, even if a manager has less than 3,000 coins, as long as he keeps killing people with fewer Paradise Coins than him, he will accumulate more and more Paradise Coins, even reaching tens of thousands!

Killing people is all it takes to get Paradise Coins, which is much faster than playing the game! Besides, all the project managers have shut down the game, so how are they going to get new Paradise Coins?

"If we can't acquire Paradise Coins, our number will be caught up sooner or later!" Wips began to ponder. "Based on this calculation, there must be a new opportunity to acquire Paradise Coins. But what could it be?"

"I think the answer is already quite obvious." Jiang Ran paused. "Kill people, then steal Paradise Coins!"

"But wouldn't we be kicked out of the world if we committed murder?"

"Then we won't kill 'people'!" Jiang Ran lowered his voice, "We'll kill what we can kill!"

On this night, as long as you don't kill others to seize Paradise Coins, you will eventually be killed by those who hold more Paradise Coins! Whether you like it or not, under this cruel rule, everyone is driven by the invisible rules and becomes a killing worm.

In the end, only the most powerful Gu worm will remain here!

Jiang Ran looked up at the night sky: "This kind of thing... could this be a world you created?"

"Jiang Ran, who are you talking to?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Ran lowered his head and coughed lightly. "Although we have enough Paradise Coins now, we've only gained the qualification to kill, not the ability to do so."

If you randomly pick a project leader, they would at least be of "elite" level combat power. Ordinary ghost story writers would have no way to deal with them, which is not in line with the principles of the ghost story world.

“What about me?!” Gwen raised her little hand.

"I'm afraid that won't work. Little Gwen, you don't have Paradise Coins, so you shouldn't be part of the game. Even if you kill the other project managers, you won't be able to take their Paradise Coins."

Jiang Ran could indeed use his talent to control those powerful and bizarre creatures to kill other project leaders, but if there were other methods, he would not easily use his limited talent opportunities.

"So—we need to get our hands on weapons strong enough to kill these bizarre creatures!" Jiang Ran looked into the distance. "We need to hurry! Otherwise, our advantage will be gone!"

Of the eight rules in total, many still hadn't been demonstrated by the end of the afternoon. Jiang Ran reviewed all the rules again and realized there was one place he hadn't been to yet!

[Rule 8: Shops sell props, souvenirs, and food. Credit is not allowed. However, please do not go to shops with black signs.]

"A shop with a black sign!" Jiang Ran remembered there was such a shop across the street, but he didn't verify this rule when he passed by. For them at the time, it was indeed unnecessary.

"Come on, little Gwen, Wips, we have to go check this out!"

The three of them started running. Weps was a little embarrassed to find that he couldn't keep up with the two freaks, so he could only let them go first and he would catch up later!

Jiang Ran crossed the street directly, climbed over the high wall of the alley, and arrived in front of the shop with the black signboard!

As before, the shop doors were tightly shut.

With these two life-saving measures in place, Jiang Ran confidently pushed open the store door.

Gwen raised her large scissors, ready to deal with any potential danger!

The heavy door slowly opened with the force of the push, revealing a completely dark shop with no light source.

Jiang Ran stepped into the store and waited for a few seconds. Nothing happened. He took another step forward, and a strong hand landed on his shoulder.

Hello, guest.

By the moonlight, Jiang Ran saw a face wearing a wolf mask.

Jiang Ran remembered encountering someone wearing a wolf mask before. This was the first time he had met a second person wearing the same mask, but the wolf mask in front of him was slightly different from the previous one.

“It’s been a long time since anyone has visited my shop.” The shop owner took a step back, raised his hands, and as if noticing Jiang Ran’s confusion, he smiled. “This is a ‘jackal’ mask.”

What a mess?

“That’s not important.” He snapped his fingers, and the shop lights came on. “So—want to come and see what I sell?”

On the shelves, rows of firearms were displayed!

A glint flashed in Jiang Ran's eyes; perhaps he had found what he was looking for!

Just like in the previous Night Demon City, the shop owner doesn't participate in the game and is considered a completely neutral character who leans towards his own side.

"Want to try it?" Boss Wolf took a pistol from the shelf and played with it in his hand. "The new Ghost-078 automatic pistol, the power is not bad."

Jiang Ran pointed to the Gatling gun on the shelf: "How much is this?"

The wolf-like boss was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to have such a big appetite..."

"Eighty-eight thousand."

"Sorry to bother you."

"Damn, how can it run so fast?"

Wips remembered that when Jiang Ran first entered the same world with him, he had the physique of a normal person. How come he's like a superhero now? He must have obtained some special item at some point! And that ability to regenerate severed limbs—he wouldn't believe it wasn't an item!

"Sigh, when will I finally get a special item?"

Wips climbed over the wall, dusted himself off, and headed toward the place he remembered.

He looked up and saw a project manager wearing a lion mask blocking his way.

The man's watch displayed the number 8690!

Oh no! Weps realized something was wrong; this person's Paradise Coins had already surpassed his! According to the rules, he could take action against him!

Once the Lion Leader kills Wips, his Paradise Coins will skyrocket! They'll surpass Jiang Ran's, especially since this location is so close to Jiang Ran's. This undoubtedly plunges Jiang Ran from a safe place into danger!

"Looks like my luck isn't so good... I can't come to help you right away!"

To prevent any unforeseen accidents, Wips left a spatial imprint before setting off. He immediately activated his talent and disappeared from this place!

"Uh, why are you running?"

The Lion Chief removed his mask, revealing himself to be none other than the Iron-Blooded SSS-Class Ghost Stories Master, Bates!

If he killed Wips, he would be disqualified from completing the game, so of course he wouldn't do that.

“Jiang Ran…” Bates turned around with a smile, “You really found a good place!”

Tick-tock—tick-tock—

A light rain began to fall. Bates stood in the rain, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"Ah—this is a miracle from [Fate]!"