Chapter 124 Madness and Chaos

With the basic version of the talisman, Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing began to consider whether to lure the ghost in or to actively go out and find it.

They preferred the latter, but the original inhabitants who remained in the building did not want them to leave. If they left and the ghosts came, the remaining two players, even if one of them had two guns, would be no match for a thousand ghosts.

Rong Yi decided that he had to take the initiative. If he used the ghost crystal to lure ghosts, he might accidentally attract all the ghosts in the district, and then those people would suffer.

She laid out everything Wei Yanqing had given her on the table. “We have to take this step eventually. These things are still here. You can try drawing them too. Remember to keep your minds calm.”

The other two players also stepped forward, saying, "Although we have limited ammunition, we should be able to hold off the attack for now."

The indigenous people ultimately did not try to persuade them to stay.

Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing walked out the door. A strong wind was blowing outside, ruffling their hair.

The people standing by the glass door hugged their arms tightly; it had only been a short time, yet it had already gotten so cold outside.

"Pick a direction." Rong Yi fiddled with the gun in his hand.

Wei Yanqing pointed to her right, "Over there, I feel like there's a group of ghosts."

Without hesitation, the two walked in that direction and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps it was Wei Yanqing's talent, but after walking about a kilometer, they came across a residential area.

There was a vortex-shaped black cloud above the neighborhood, which was actually a gathering of ghosts.

Rong Yi raised his hand and fired a shot into the sky, attracting the attention of the large black cloud. Soon, a smaller part of the black cloud split off and drifted over.

"Are they really that stupid? I even fired a shot on purpose. They don't suspect I'm here to kill them."

Wei Yanqing took out his gun after a long time. "There are very few players here. They have never suffered a loss, so of course they don't realize it."

The small black cloud arrived quickly, and when it reached us, it split open again, transforming into more than ten second-tier ghosts.

They are ugly in different ways, ugly in a variety of ways.

Rong Yi's pupils contracted, the muzzle flashed, and bullets rained down, hitting the weak point between the eyebrows of each second-tier ghost.

No matter how these second-tier ghosts dodged, she could always hit them, as if the bullets had built-in navigation.

Before the five second-tier ghosts could even get close, they were reduced to ghost crystals. To her surprise, Wei Yanqing had also dealt with four second-tier ghosts, and the remaining three were held in mid-air and unable to move.

"Your marksmanship has improved, and you're very fast now."

Compared to the previous instance where a single shot only scratched the zombies, this time every shot was deadly, almost matching her performance.

Wei Yanqing's lips curled up, "I combined my talent to correct the bullets' deviation, making them hit the target as I wish."

Rong Yi tilted his head. "I see. Then why bother with a gun? Just fire bullets to control them."

Wei Yanqing thought about it carefully, "What you said makes sense."

Rong Yi: "...Alright, let's test the effect of the talisman first."

The first thing she took out was an ordinary, dull talisman, but even this made the ghosts both surprised and angry when they got close to it. As soon as they made a sound, Wei Yanqing grabbed them.

He put his index finger to his lips and said, "Shh."

However, the dark cloud was not far away to begin with, and they could already feel the power of the talisman, with the vortex showing signs of dissipating.

Rong Yi slammed the talisman heavily onto the ghost.

"Ah—!" Even though Wei Yanqing used his talent to restrain it, this second-tier ghost still couldn't resist the talisman fire and struggled.

The talisman fire was fierce, burning away one-seventh of the ghost, but the remaining parts of its soul filled the gaps, making it look quite intact.

The horde of ghosts hovering above the neighborhood couldn't stand it any longer. Right in front of them, they took out talismans, and the vortex closed, transforming into a tightly closed oval shape as it rushed towards the two people.

Rong Yi stepped forward steadily, and the massive horde of ghosts instantly engulfed her.

Wei Yanqing released the little ghosts and then wrapped his body with his spiritual power, watching as the ghost horde surrounded him.

Beyond the protective shell of his spiritual power, ghosts revealed their terrifying forms, crashing against the invisible defense and attempting to tear him apart.

Apart from the pale blue protective gear, it was completely dark all around.

But he trusted Rong Yi completely and stood there waiting for everything to end.

From the abyss-like darkness, a flame as red as the blazing sun shot straight forth, and the ghosts that came into contact with the flame were like brittle pieces of paper stuck together, easily ignited.

The soul acts like a catalyst, making the fire burn even brighter.

Seeing that something was wrong, the ghosts on the periphery roared and tried to break free from the sticky group, but the talisman fire spread too quickly and burned the entire ghost group to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Looking up at the shimmering embers left after fireworks had finished blooming, a strand of his high ponytail was blown out by the wind stirred up by the ghosts and fell to his ear.

She smiled brightly and turned to Wei Yanqing, saying, "I used the one I drew myself, and I didn't expect it to work so well."

At that moment, her eyes seemed like shining light sources, reflecting her own solid strength.

She quickly stopped laughing, as if she had remembered something, and pointed to the fire points slowly falling from the sky, "If they're all burned out, can you still absorb the soul body?"

Wei Yanqing snapped out of his daze, raised his hands to gather them together, and said, "Okay."

The fire points flew rapidly toward him, each one disappearing into his palm. "Not only that, but after being burned by the talisman fire, the souls that can be absorbed are even purer."

Previously, his body would expend some mental energy to filter the magazines, but this time it was completely unnecessary, saving a lot of energy.

Rong Yi flicked the remaining talisman paper in his hand. "It seems that even if it's drawn on white paper with red ink, it can still work as long as a certain amount of energy is injected." He then asked doubtfully, "But these are all ordinary people. How can you make the talisman paper work?"

She truly possesses flowing energy within her, unlike the indigenous people.

“Didn’t I say that?” Wei Yanqing said, “Even the most ordinary creatures possess a certain amount of spiritual power as long as they exist, and the same goes for energy, only their energy is very weak compared to ours.”

Regardless of how you look at it, this is a good thing.

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The two players were sitting with the locals in a spot where they could see outside the gate. When they saw the familiar figures appear, they all excitedly stood up.

"How is it?" asked the female player who opened the door first. "Does it work?"

Rong Yi nodded, "Okay, but we won't have a chance to try every single one."

It's unclear who started clapping, but more and more people joined in afterward.

After being tormented by these ghosts for so long, we've finally found a way to fight back.

Once they stopped on their own, Rong Yi took out the remaining talismans. "Keep these. Now that we have offensive capabilities, we need to do our own thing. We can't keep being your bodyguards forever."

Now that we're all settled here, we can't just sit here doing nothing.

The indigenous people were somewhat apprehensive.

"So what should we do?"

Rong Yi: "We have already provided these as references for books that contain talismans."

But others didn't think so. Someone tried to open their mouth to say something, but was pulled back by the person next to them.

Rong Yi is right. They have no obligation to act as everyone's bodyguards. They have provided defensive measures, and they are no longer at the mercy of others.

If we try to use moral blackmail again, we'll completely offend both of them.

The majority of the people in the crowd were sensible, and the rest weren't stupid either, so they had no choice but to shut their mouths in frustration.

(End of this chapter)