When the bell rang and a reddish barrier appeared above the City of Bliss, the people of the City of Bliss opened their windows and looked up at the sky with expressions of extreme fear and anxiety.
The humans living in the hotel quickly ran downstairs to ask the human helpers in the city and the friendly weird people living in the hotel what was going on with the bell and the barrier.
Then these adventurers saw that the innkeeper who had been telling them that the City of Bliss was the only pure land in the strange world and that the City of Bliss would always be peaceful, had the same uneasy expression as them.
Even the weirdness that belongs to this world is counting the bells nervously.
“9, 10, 11…15…20…24!!”
"Twenty-four bells! City-wide martial law at its highest level!!"
"That's right. Even the barrier is red. Something terrible must have happened. Who dares to cause trouble in the City of Peace? Eat it, eat it, eat it—"
Those weird creatures no longer had their previous cheerfulness and friendliness. They ran out of their homes and hotels quickly with cold and even ferocious faces.
The behavior of the strange creatures caused the humans, who were panicked and confused, to run behind them anxiously.
Until all the monsters and humans came to the central dance square of the City of Peace.
This vast square is right in front of the ball castle, large enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of humans and monsters.
At this time, this huge square was crowded with people and monsters, but no matter how many humans there were, their number was less than one tenth of the monsters.
When entering the City of Bliss, the humans in the city did not feel a significant difference in numbers. Perhaps it was because the monsters had always treated them in a friendly, or at least harmless, manner, so that many humans had the illusion that the monsters were their own kind and that this was the human home.
But when they saw the entire square filled with ferocious monsters with expressions completely different from their usual gentleness, the humans who had gathered together unconsciously suddenly realized that there were so many monsters in this city, so many that they felt that more than half of the monsters were ferocious and ugly that they had never seen before.
Perhaps the strange things that appear before them in the city every day are all carefully selected in order to make humans feel that this place is good and not dangerous.
But when the glaciers under the deep sea emerge from the water, humans who have only seen the tip of the iceberg will be shocked to realize that this is not a paradise for humans at all, but has always been a strange paradise.
Zhang Ba's team and other human adventurers gathered together and saw the short-haired mature lady team and the otaku team who had milked cows together before. He looked around and really couldn't find the fourteen people of Wu Xiangwang. With more than thirty years of experience as a gangster, he had a hunch that this matter might be related to that group of people.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ba suddenly had an urge to curse.
He guessed that the woman and her team were not quiet people and would definitely stir up some trouble, but no matter how much trouble they made, there should be a limit!
It has shocked tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of weird people in the entire city. What a huge hornet's nest this is!
Did that woman cheat the city lord out of all his wealth?!
Zhang Ba cursed in his heart and waited anxiously for further developments.
Soon he saw a tall and strange figure walking out from the second-floor platform of the ball castle. He was wearing a brown fur cloak, had a long face, a big mouth and nose, and ears standing high on his head.
When this weirdness appeared, Zhang Ba and other humans could clearly feel a huge pressure coming from the position of this tall and weird thing. Some people could not hold on and fell to their knees or even sat down on the ground, but Zhang Ba, the short-haired lady and some other humans gritted their teeth and stood up even though veins on their foreheads bulged.
However, Zhang Ba soon fell to his knees with a cry, lowering his head and looking very scared.
Damn it. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the person standing on the second floor gave him a strange and sinister look.
Haha, I've made it in life after all, and I can bend and stretch myself. This kneeling down is like an early funeral for you.
Then Zhang Ba noticed that many weird creatures around were suppressed to the point that they couldn't raise their heads or stand up. He immediately sneered in his heart. The city lords on the weird side didn't know how to be a good boss. They kept suppressing their subordinates with force, and they were not afraid that one day their subordinates would take their lives when they were weak!
When you are a boss, the most important thing is to use both kindness and authority!
Zhang Ba was thinking about this when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the weird place. He looked up again and found that the tall weirdo in the brown-haired cloak had walked out from the side of a white-haired cat-man weirdo in a white cloak. He was from the weird guard team that he had seen when he entered the city.
This strange white cat looks like it should have a very high status, even high enough to be on par with that tall strange cat.
Zhang Ba looked at the two weird people standing side by side, then suddenly lowered his head and pulled the corner of his mouth sharply.
Hey.
This is interesting.
The strange white-haired one doesn't look anything like the brown-haired one.
But they are still on equal footing.
Hehehehe... One city cannot have two masters.
Who of these two is the real city lord?
Zhang Ba was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind when he suddenly heard a heavy, low and strange voice:
"To all the citizens and guests who have come to the City of Peace, I apologize for causing you to feel alarmed and gather here on this otherwise peaceful morning."
"It's just that something extremely terrible has happened in Anle City. If this matter is not reported to the residents of Anle City as soon as possible, the safety of every resident of Anle City, and even every human guest who enters Anle City, will be greatly threatened."
"So I can only ring the golden bell, activate the protective energy barrier of the City of Peace, and summon everyone to the square in front of the palace to inform all the citizens and humans present of this matter, which concerns the safety of the entire city."
Having said that, the tall and strange man in a brown fur cloak suddenly took a step forward and stretched out his arms!
"Everyone!! According to my recent discovery, Wu Xiangwang, the bloody A-level wanted criminal from Carnival City, and Liu Sha, the A-level wanted criminal who has long disrupted the weirdness and the peaceful settlement of humanity in our City of Peace, have joined forces!
This man and this demon have teamed up to destroy the entire Anle City and make all the humans and demons there live in unrest. They want to create chaos in the city!"
"The bloody wanted criminal Wu Xiangwang stabbed my precious nephew's right eye, and Liusha has already attempted to assassinate me countless times in the city.
I had originally planned to capture Liusha once I had recovered and put an end to the chaos in Anle City. But just as I was about to capture him today, I discovered he had teamed up with that wanted criminal and his team.
"These two wanted criminals are ruthless thugs who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals! Before I arrived, I witnessed with my own eyes that the human wanted criminal, in order to gain Liusha's trust, brought the innkeeper, Jin Richeng, who had always been so hospitable to them, to Liusha and killed him with his own hands!"
The tall and strange Jax said this with a very sad expression on his face: "This is what that crazy human being is capable of! He even doesn't let his fellow human beings go!"
"Furthermore, he abandoned his teammates during the battle and tried to use them as shields. I have never seen such a shameless human being."
"Because of the two of them working together, I ultimately failed to capture Liusha. But!!"
Jax's voice suddenly became louder:
"We can no longer allow these two Class A wanted criminals to do whatever they want in our Anle City!"
"Liu Sha has killed thousands of humans and hundreds of monsters in the past six months. And that Wu Xiangwang had the audacity to kill the monster Niu Er on the second day after entering the city, and the human Jin Richeng on the third day. He is a criminal even more brutal and terrifying than Liu Sha!!"
"For the well-being of the City of Peace and for everyone's happiness, we must do something!"
"So, I activated the ninth-level energy barrier! While the energy barrier is active, no human or monster can leave the City of Bliss! I need all the citizens to find and capture Wu Xiangwang, Liusha, and the dozen or so wanted humans who are in cahoots with them within three days!
Then, in the largest square of this City of Peace, execute them all en masse!!"
Jax's voice deepened again. "Everyone, you are all the most outstanding and powerful monsters in the City of Bliss. Although the City of Bliss is a friendly city and has the greatest goodwill towards humans, but..."
"If humans and even the weirdos want to destroy the peace and beauty of the City of Bliss, if humans are the first to give up their goodwill towards the City of Bliss, then the weirdos in our City of Bliss will not be weak trash that can be bullied!"
"My fellow citizens! For the next three days, I allow you to throw away your kindness, bare your fangs and teeth once again, and let those sinful humans who look down on us feel the powerful fighting power of the City of Joy!!"
"It only takes three days!! Three days!! Capture Wu Xiangwang, Liusha, and all those stupid humans who followed them!!"
"Catch them back! Catch them all back!!"
"Ahhhhh! Capture all those damned humans! Drag them all to the guillotine to face the punishment of death!!"
"Drain their blood and eat their flesh!! No human can dance on a weird head!!"
"All humans deserve to die! All humans deserve to die—"
Countless excited and weird roars instigated by Jax ended up looking at the human adventurers in the square surrounded by them with murderous eyes.
At this moment, the thousands of adventurers gathered together felt a chill running down their spines.
Even the nearly 10,000 not-so-pure "humans" who had lived in this city for a month, two months, or even longer, felt a chill all over their bodies when they discovered that the cannibalistic gazes of those weird creatures were also fixed on them.
So what if you choose to stay in the city of peace and happiness?
So what if I have become a strange lackey in an unknown place?
Those who are not of my race must have different hearts!
No race can accept another race without any reservations!
What's more, these two races are born to fight to the death.
When the chill and fear in the hearts of these human adventurers reached its peak, Jax, who had been paying attention to them, curled up his lips into an extremely sinister and complacent smile.
Humans, a species that considers itself intelligent, are actually much easier to control than monsters. All it takes is understanding their inner fears and weaknesses.
But most of the time, the weird ones only recognize strength and are crazy and brainless to death.
So, Jax thought to himself, He actually prefers weak species like humans.
"Dear citizens! Please don't scare our friendly guests from the City of Peace."
Jax took another half step forward and reached the front of the second-floor platform.
"Although the Scarlet Wanted and his human teammates are evil and unreasonable, we can't just smite all humans.
Isn't Liusha also a weird one? Although his original species is not very good.
However, humans also have polite and good people, and monsters also have disobedient and evil ones!
We have to distinguish them! I believe that the people who can stand in the square at this moment are all people who hate wanted criminals and love peace just like us.
So please don't target them. Our City of Peace is still a friendly city after all."
The monsters calmed down a little because of Jacks' words, and the human adventurers who were being stared at gloomily by the monsters also breathed a sigh of relief.
But they didn't relax for long before they heard Jacks' next words:
"However, to ensure that everyone here enjoys peace and happiness and shares our strange beliefs, human adventurers, you must do something to prove yourselves."
"My suggestion is that you all work together with the weirdos to help us catch the wanted criminals who killed Niu Er and Jin Richeng within these three days."
"You don't need to take any real risks to get involved. You just need to... send out some messages at the critical moment."
"Please believe that the strangeness in our City of Peace is friendly. After three days, peace and tranquility will return here again."
The thousands of adventurers standing in the square were silent for a moment. Instead of voluntarily staying or leaving, this time Jax gave them the human choice of "raising the butcher knife against their own kind."
It sounds like they really don't need to do anything, just see suspicious humans tipping off.
But…but…
This is different.
Some of the slower ones hadn't yet figured out the reason for the deep discomfort they felt. But Zhang Ba, the leader of the gang, was already cursing inwardly, his face drastically changed.
Isn't this the first step in corrupting the cops and becoming their protectors?!
Although he thought he still had some bottom line and blood and had never done anything too immoral, he knew too well the means that could corrupt people's hearts.
First you just need to turn a blind eye, then lend a hand, and finally, before you know it, there is no bottom line anymore, and you have walked from light into darkness.
And now, as long as this is agreed, the boundary between "human and weird" will become blurred in the minds of all these adventurers.
Once this line becomes blurred, it will never be clear again.
"Fuck, what on earth is that bastard Jax trying to do?! Is he training people to be rapists?!"
Shang Chong stood on the roof of a villa far away from the square, stretched his neck to look at the square over there and cursed with gritted teeth.
"This isn't about cultivating treachery; it's simply about using fear and security to gradually break down the bottom line in the hearts of those adventurers.
Also, keep your voice down and don't show up! We're here to investigate and find clues, not to deliver food.
Now we see that the densely packed Uniques and humans in that entire square have all become our enemies, either actively or passively. But we still have important things to do. Stay out of the way and remember to throw the thunderball at the critical moment."
Wu Xiangwang's expression was much calmer than Shang Chong's. He had fought with Jax before and already knew what kind of person that bastard was.
Although it seems that the dog can be even more dog-like and shameless now, we can't compare this weird dog with humans.
But this Jacks...
"That's quite unexpected. That Jax is more human than many humans."
This was Wang Xiao's voice. He turned around and saw Shang Chong giving him a disapproving look. He smiled and said, "I'm saying that when it comes to confusing right and wrong, scheming sinisterly, and even... fighting for power and profit, he's really not like those crazy and weird people who always want to hunt down humans and start a fight."
This dog monster probably has a lot more things called "brains" than other monsters.
Well, or according to His preference, you can say that He is very cunning.
Shang Chong thought about this for a long time and found that he had no way to refute it.
However, Wu Xiangwang looked at Wang Xiao and raised his eyebrows at him: "So, you also saw it?"
Wang Xiao pushed his glasses and said, "It is known that the white cat is strangely the young city lord, but Jacks took two steps forward while speaking, clearly intending to suppress the white cat.
Afterwards, He even shouted out "My citizens" and seemed to have used a power that only the city lord could use.
Only a fool or a weirdo wouldn't be able to see that there's a problem."
Fool Shang Chong: "..."
Wu Xiannan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "That's right, remember this, it might play a crucial role someday."
Then Wu Xiangwang looked at Liusha, who had been squatting beside him and looking at Jax in the distance with hatred.
However, Wu Xiangwang covered his eyes with a handmade eye patch.
Liusha's hateful gaze can be easily sensed by powerful monsters, so it's still okay to look at it, but it's better to block it.
Of course, there is no need to block now.
The moment the blindfold was taken off, Liusha became alert.
"Are you going to go?! I'm going to fly so fast!"
Wu Xiangwang took a deep breath and looked at Wang Xiao: "It depends on you. We don't have to succeed in one go. We still have three days. We can even have longer if we hide well. But your eyes are now irreplaceable monster-killing weapons. You must ensure the safety of you and your eyeballs."
Wang Xiao twitched his lips when he heard what he said and took out a glasses cloth to wipe his eyes.
Then, Wu Xiangwang discovered that this guy actually put the glasses into a wooden box and gave it to Liusha to put in the space???
Without his glasses, Wang Xiao revealed his narrow, fox-like eyes. His face was clearly the same, but without his eyes obstructed, he suddenly looked... treacherous, evil, and wicked.
Don’t forget each other: “!!!”
Shang Chong: "Fuck you, Lao Wang! Why are you so upset?"
Wang Xiao sighed: "These are the fox eyes that our family has inherited. I wear glasses just because I don't want others to judge me by my appearance."
"But I won't wear it at this time."
"In any of my financial battles, there's no such thing as failing and then trying again."
Wang Xiao looked at Wu Xiangwang and said, "After all, if we fail, we will be bankrupt. We will have to live under the overpass."
Then Wang Xiao turned to look at Liusha: "Come on, Liusha, let's find out where that bastard's heart is..."
In the escape battle early this morning, he used his upgraded skill "Data Eye" to see the data of Jax's entire body at the last second before being taken into the Liusha Space.
In his eyes, data is interconnected and flowing.
He saw the empty chest of Jax, whose data was the strongest and weakest and kept fluctuating.
Although Jax's chest was empty, the flowing data were all being pulled in one direction!
In other words, as long as he can follow the "data" of Jax's body, he can find Jax's heart, which is hidden in an unknown place!!
Even if it is just a general direction, this is the most critical point they must know.
This battle is just like every other one before, if you win you will make a fortune, but if you lose you will lose everything!
"I don't want to jump off the building."
Liusha grabbed Monk Wang Xiao and rushed away.
Wu Xiangwang instantly activated the strange state of the big-toothed ant and quietly blended into the countless strange groups in the square.
At this point, Jax is already giving the humans in the square an ultimatum.
He had a seemingly gentle smile on his face, but every word he spoke was filled with immense pressure.
"Everyone, do you agree? If you agree, please raise your hands."
"We're arresting the most wanted criminal. Why should we hesitate?"
"Or... you..."
"Who dares to spy on me?!"
Jax suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words, with an extremely angry expression on his face. His right hand shot out a claw at the void like lightning, directly knocking out Liusha, who had brought Wang Xiao to the center of the square to spy on Jax.
Liusha took the claw head-on and did not run away. Wang Xiao pressed his index finger between his eyes and was still struggling to observe the data of Jax's body being pulled.
The data seemed a bit confusing and complicated at this moment, and he still needed some time to grasp the right line!
At this time, Shang Chong was released. He used all his strength to create five ball lightning and threw them out.
At this time, Jax rushed over in great anger, sneering: "You are looking for death!!"
Wang Xiao took a step back at this moment, blood streaming from his eyes. "Alright! Let's go!"
Liusha pulled the two people into his own space at the fastest speed and disappeared on the spot. At the same time, the ball lightning exploded, catching the monsters in the square off guard.
But Jax was not affected by the ball lightning. He accurately captured the fluctuations in the air and pounced down with his huge claws again!
boom--
However.
He did not hit the peeper hidden in the space, but instead hit the extremely eye-catching amber-red color in the dust.
And that face that was beautiful enough but even more disgusting to Gui.
Wu Xiangwang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, laughed and gave Jax the middle finger, then jumped back and instantly blended into the countless chaos and weirdness.
"You bastard! We will kill you within three days!!"
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