Chapter 038 Mirage (XV)

The moment he walked into the hotel banquet hall, Dong Jin pressed the light switch beside him.

In the darkness, he directly projected the contents of his mobile phone onto the front wall of the hall.

As the toxicity suddenly erupted, the monsters finally began to realize that something was wrong. Before they could make a noise, they looked up and saw the bullet screen on the left side of the wall, which was like an explosion, and the grand opening of the latest opera of the Water Opera House on the right side of the wall.

At this moment, Xin Ge on the screen was wearing a sacrificial outfit similar to Dong Jin's. He was standing with his eyes closed under the temporary temple built in the center of the stage. He sang the first scene of the entire opera, as if praying or questioning:

"Is this the anger of the gods, or is it the monsters lying?"

"Uncontrollable sorrow filled my chest..."①

"What is this?!" The moment the sad and extremely penetrating singing voice sounded, it overwhelmed all the noise from the outside world. The terrifying lyrics, coupled with the bizarre scene of a group of monsters being poisoned, made the bullet screen and the words of the monsters in the banquet hall coincide with each other as never before.

"Dong Jin, what's going on with this opera? And did you poison the food?"

These monsters who knew the inside story of the tsunami had already watched the rehearsal of the original opera, so they certainly couldn't be unaware of what the original script was like. So when the revised opera appeared, the monsters who realized that everything seemed to be out of control were inevitably extremely emotional.

In the blue light quietly emanating from the projection screen, Dong Jin lowered his eyes and scanned the monsters at the table with anxious faces. He found an empty table closest to the door and sat down, then smiled at them naturally, "Why ask when you already know the answer?"

Xin Ge, who was standing in the temple, continued to sing.

The changing scenes on the stage seemed to be recreating the dream in her lyrics:

"In the silent night, I dreamed of the waves of the tsunami."

"It came from the sky, with endless joy, leaving humans alone wandering on the earth."

If the "monsters are lying" in the previous opera can be said to be a coincidence, then the word "tsunami" mentioned specifically now almost explicitly tells that their plan has been exposed. So the monsters, who can no longer be complacent, are completely broken:

"Dong Jin, you...!!"

Before they can even curse, the flying poker simply cuts the throats of these monsters.

"Sigh... Xin sings so well, can you be quiet and continue listening?"

At this moment, in the dark banquet hall, no matter how red the blood is, it is hard to see clearly. However, the bloody smell that continues to spread around and Dong Jin's light tone are transmitted to the senses of all monsters very clearly.

Those monsters who are used to despising humans have never understood so deeply what it means to be "a fish on a chopping board while others are the butchers". At

this moment, the dead silence in the banquet hall and the wonderful singing of the opera on the screen formed a sharp contrast.

In this extremely weird atmosphere, another mobile phone on Dong Jin's body suddenly rang - this second mobile phone was bought when he was strolling on the island two days ago.

Because one of his phones had to be live today, in order not to delay things, he had already replaced the original SIM card with the new one. But he didn't expect that the person who called him at this time was not Feilin, but Lei Ming who had disappeared for a day.

"Dong Jin, although I know there is little hope, I still ask you according to the procedure - do you consider stopping?"

At this moment, Lei Ming's low voice came slowly from the other end of the phone with the whistling night wind. Dong Jin couldn't tell for a moment whether this person was rushing to the hotel or the opera house.

Although he couldn't figure out Lei Ming's destination for the time being, he could not help but answer at this time:

"I'm sorry, I'm a rebellious person by nature."

"You made up a lie like the tsunami for mankind, intending to drown the whole world. In return, I turned your story into an opera for my fellow humans to appreciate, which is also a courtesy, right? There is no question of whether to stop or not?"

After getting the expected negative answer, Lei Ming wanted to hang up the phone and continue on his way. At this time Dong Jin opened and closed the remaining poker in his hand, and said meaningfully to the other end of the phone:

"Speaking of which, 53 monsters came to the banquet hall today. I listed 53 dishes on the menu, but only wrote the names of 52 dishes, and so far only 52 dishes have been served to them. Do you know why?"

Lei Ming felt something when he heard it, and his figure, which was rushing in the night, paused slightly: "Tell me about it."

"Because the 53rd dish is you, my dear Mr. Monster."

"You are the main course I carefully prepared for the whole world. So are you willing to come over for the banquet?"

The moment these words fell, Lei Ming on the other end of the phone stopped completely. After about ten seconds, he sneered in an increasingly hoarse voice: "Then you'll have to wait a little longer."

Dong Jin didn't say another word after confirming Lei Ming's final destination. He hung up the phone directly, and then sent a message to Feilin: "The final boss is heading towards you, be careful, I'll be there soon."

Feilin, who was in the opera house at the moment, replied almost instantly:

"Got it! But you don't have to worry too much, we can still hold on."

Then she sent another supplementary message: "Before, those trial participants were thinking of leaving early to attend the dance party on the beach at 8 o'clock, but once this opera was sung, no fool would mention leaving. Now they are all honestly maintaining order and secretly dealing with the monsters in the audience who want to take action. Don't worry, we will do our best to finish this opera."

Just look at Lei Ming's BUG-like martial arts value, even if he is still seriously injured and not healed, I can't be at ease.

After Dong Jin finished reading Feilin's message, he glanced at the time. It was 19:30.

He had never thought about attending the dance at 20:00 tonight. After all, not attending the dance would only mean losing the qualification to participate in the "No Heartbeat Challenge". This matter was not mentioned at all in the main and side quests.

With his current popularity, even if he immediately opened a new live broadcast room, he would undoubtedly be the most popular. Since it does not affect his completion of the dungeon mission, whoever wants to go can go, anyway, he is not free.

Moreover, after tonight, it is not certain whether the dungeon can continue.

Thinking of this, Dong Jin jumped down from the empty table where he was sitting.

At this time, the opera on the projection screen had already reached the second act.

On the stage, Xin Ge, who looked like a priest, resolutely took off the olive branch crown on his forehead, then opened his eyes that had been tightly closed before, and sang in an increasingly high-pitched voice:

"Is this the anger of the gods, or the monsters lying?"

"The madness that gradually rises in my heart tells me what faith is..."

Dong Jin, who was also attracted by the shocking song at this time, glanced at the screen subconsciously, and happened to catch a glimpse of the golden crown thrown to the ground.

He didn't know whether it was because of the picture quality or some other reason, but he always felt that the clothes and accessories worn by Xing Ge were not even as exquisite in details as the ones he

was wearing. It couldn't be that all the money was spent on ordering clothes for him, so Xing Ge could only make do with what he had?

Not really, really not. If he had known this, he would at least send the accessories back.

"This is human beings singing, with a stubborn edge!"

The rising tone of Xing Ge's voice on the screen interrupted Dong Jin's fleeting doubts. The next second, he stopped guarding the gate and walked slowly towards the monsters that were completely poisoned and could hardly move.

"Let the tsunami retreat in a hurry, and send death to the monsters..."

As if echoing the song, every step Dong Jin took, his sharp poker harvested a monster's life.

Under this suppressed panic and trembling, some monsters with strong resistance to poison no longer pretended, and they began to rush towards the empty entrance.

However, these guys' actions basically did not escape Dong Jin's eyes, and most of the monsters died before they even reached the door.

"52?" After cleaning up the monsters in the banquet hall and walking around the intersection, Dong Jin didn't count the bodies. He just took a look at the remaining cards in his hand.

Just now, he always dealt one monster with one card.

Now there are only two cards left in a deck of 54 cards, which means there is still one that has escaped.

Did it just miss him, or did it hide in the underground garage?

Although the "Eye of Truth" is very powerful, Dong Jin will not rely on it blindly. In such a chaotic situation, he is a human and does not have a 360° vision. It is normal for the monster to escape when he is not careful.

But if the monster really ran away, that would be fine. If the other party hadn't run away and was still in the garage...

Dong Jin gently opened the remaining trump cards in his hand, and then walked slowly towards the garage.

On the way to the garage, he recalled the arrangements he had asked other trialists to make, and he already wanted to sigh for the monster that might be hiding inside.

It turns out the surviving monster is indeed in the garage.

Dong Jin had just reached the door of the garage when he bumped into Pigg who was pedaling his bicycle furiously and was about to pass him by.

Seeing this, he not only did not stop him, but also generously moved out of the way. Within two seconds, he heard the tire of the bicycle being punctured, and then the sound of a heavy object suddenly falling to the ground along with the entire vehicle.

"#&#!" Then, a series of curses that witnessed the diversity of monster language came out of Pig's mouth as he fell to the ground.

"Ah..." This time, Dong Jin, who had watched the whole process, sighed directly in front of him: "Why don't you just stay in the banquet hall? You will only be humiliated a few more times if you run here."

Perhaps it was because people who were about to die were always extra sensitive, Pig on the ground instantly understood what Dong Jin meant by "a few times". At this moment, he didn't even care about the pain of being poisoned and falling. He just raised his head and said to Dong Jin with gritted teeth:

"So you put up those two 'Road Construction Ahead' signs at the intersection, and you punctured those rows of car tires, and even the thumbtacks in front of the garage were your work?!"

"...I didn't realize you were such a good runner." Dong Jin couldn't help but reply with a subtle expression when he heard it.

Although he didn't do these things himself, he was indeed inseparable from him.

He only thought that there might be monsters who couldn't get a taxi, couldn't drive a car, or had a flat tire while riding a bicycle or electric car, but he didn't expect that there would be a monster who would experience all three of the above, and that monster was the little fat man he was more familiar with.

Could it be that he was infected by his magical luck?

If you have the willpower, why bother with transportation? It might be more likely that you could just walk out.

Pig, who was choked by Dong Jin's words, finally came to his senses at this moment, so he tried to play the emotional card:

"Dong Jin, Brother Jin, we have become friends these days, so please let me go. I tell you, what you did today won't have much effect, and the live broadcast room might be blocked soon. If you spare my life, I can say a good word for you later..."

Dong Jin had already thought about the possibility of the live broadcast room being blocked, and he got a second mobile phone to prevent this.

Not only that, he also directly exchanged all the popularity points of the past three days for a large sum of money, and used this money to publish an anonymous bounty online - as long as his live broadcast room is not blocked between 19:00 and 21:00, the money will be distributed to all those who claim the bounty according to their contribution.

Obviously, he had already prepared to die if he failed today.

Dong Jin was too lazy to talk to Pig about these little details. He just perfunctorily replied to this monster who was still threatening before his death: "An alien taught me one thing before, that is, I must never be soft-hearted for no reason ."

"To be soft-hearted to others means to be hard-hearted to myself. I am a person who corrects my mistakes as soon as I know them, and I don't want to repeat the same mistakes again. So goodbye." As

soon as the voice fell, Dong Jin had already used his trump card to send Pig away neatly.

Considering that they had known each other for a few days, he gave Pig some time to say his last words. Since the other party didn't notice this at all, there was no need for him to waste words.

After dealing with all the monsters who came to the banquet, Dong Jin looked at the task panel of this copy.

At this time, the description of the second branch has changed slightly:

[Side Mission 2: Hunt Monsters (53 accumulated).]

Very good, it seems that none of those monsters are pretending to be dead.

After confirming this, he walked directly to a shabby car deep in the garage.

This was the only car in good condition that he asked Feilin and the others to leave behind. Although the appearance of the car was deliberately made to look like it was about to be scrapped, it actually did not affect his driving at all.

After taking out the key and starting the car smoothly, Dong Jin drove all the way to the opera house at lightning speed.

Judging from the background sound in the previous phone call, Lei Ming should not be driving tonight. Although it is not clear why, two legs should not be faster than four wheels, right?

I hope that the monster will not arrive when he arrives at the opera house.

As Dong Jin stepped on the accelerator, Kai, who was almost named by him just now, was admiring his current sacrificial attire in the commentary live broadcast room outside the dungeon. Dong

Jin had previously wondered why the performance costumes worn by Xing Ge were not even as good as his. In fact, it was because these things were not customized by Xing Ge at all.

Such temporary customized clothes and jewelry, even if the buyer is willing to spend more money, cannot produce such a delicate effect in just one day.

In fact, it was something that Kai had prepared long before the entire dungeon was opened.

At that time, Kai personally placed it in the opera house together with the Daytime Godhead.

Because Kai was confident that even without his memory, as long as he saw Dong Jin again, he would still be fascinated by him a thousand times.

However, even Kai did not expect that he had already prepared the costumes for the protagonist, but in the end he could not enter the dungeon at all, and even had to be trapped in this boring commentary booth.

So Lei Ming really hated him.

Kai originally thought that this set of clothes would be hidden in the costume room of the theater and would not see the light of day until the end of the dungeon. But this set of clothes was coincidentally found by Xin Ge who wanted to change his performance clothes temporarily.

This is far from the end.

Xin Ge not only turned out the clothes, but also had a good eye to see that it was the right size for Dong Jin. Even though she didn't know the origin of this outfit, she still regarded it as God's will, and then sent it to Dong Jin overnight.

That's why this scene happened at this moment.

"Destiny..." At this moment, Kai couldn't help but think of the melody of "Destiny" that sounded at the opening of the new opera.

Maybe just like the title of the new opening song, this is the fate between him and Dong Jin.

Thinking of this, Kai looked at Dong Jin in the live broadcast room again.

This outfit, which is exactly the same as his own style, is indeed very suitable for Dong Jin.

I think Dong Jin should have looked like this when he became his chosen one.