Chapter 127 The Road Home (6)
"Old Bai, are you really going to take Bai Jin to the human world?"
Led by Bai Jin, the group headed into the unknown darkness. Gou Wenyan approached Bai Ye at some point and whispered a question.
"You have the same thoughts as them?" Bai Ye felt slightly disappointed.
Of the group, only Gou Wenyan was someone he could confide in.
Gou Wenyan lowered his voice even further, "What I'm worried about is the future. You think Bai Jin's abilities are unmatched even by top-tier supernatural beings in the supernatural world? Have any other supernatural beings ever seen her afraid of anything?"
"Just say what you have to say."
"Human technology is developing rapidly, but it hasn't reached the point of being mystical yet. What if Bai Jin's abilities cause a huge upheaval..."
Gou Wenyan whispered in Bai Ye's ear, "Old Bai, if you're really determined, you must make a deal with her. It's for your own good, and it's also for the good of that world."
Bai Jin's abilities have been exposed, which has caused trouble not only for Bai Ye, who is his caregiver, but also for Bai Jin himself.
If you are targeted by dangerous elements or "valued" by the state, you have no freedom to speak of, whether you compromise or resist.
Bai Ye knew this, but for now, he didn't want to think about it.
So he calmly said, "That's something to talk about after we find the exit."
Gou Wenyan stopped nagging and changed the subject after giving a reminder.
The group wandered aimlessly in the darkness until Bai Jin suddenly stopped.
"Xiao Bai, what did you find?" Bai Ye stepped forward.
Bai Jin shook her head, thought for a moment and said, "Dad, that old lady seems to be up ahead."
Who is the old lady?
Could it be Aunt Yao?
"Yes, I can smell her scent. She's blocking the way."
"Aunt Yao's abilities are superior to yours, can you bypass her?" Bai Ye didn't want any more conflict at this moment.
Bai Jin shook her head, "She blocked all the roads."
Bai Ye hadn't understood yet, but Xing Lei and Kong Yuehan, who were following behind, had already noticed something was wrong.
Xing Lei: "There is air moving around us."
Kong Yuehan: "It's starting to thicken; it's the result of human intervention."
Realizing that the eerie itself is a mass of energy, everyone quickly understood that the old woman was a top-tier eerie entity, like an impenetrable net that had enveloped them.
"What does this old woman want? Is she going to swallow us all up?"
Ding Yue had also met the old lady, but his impression of her was still from when she was acting crazy. "Bai Ye, you're the closest to her, can you talk to her?"
"I'm afraid Bai Ye is in danger." Zhang Tao disagreed.
Bai Jin, however, squeezed her father's hand in the darkness.
Bai Ye understood immediately, "I'll give it a try. You all stay where you are."
Led by Bai Jin, Bai Ye quickly found the ball of energy in the darkness.
When Bai Ye reached out and touched the substance, he couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that the strange thing, as a ball of energy, could be touched even though it was invisible.
This is simply unbelievable.
It's basically an invasive species!
If such a case were discovered on Earth, it would likely spark immediate discussions about extraterrestrials and advanced civilizations.
But for now, Bai Ye was only slightly surprised, and then, within this mass of gas, he groped for the other person's hand.
The moment it was grasped, the gas gradually solidified.
"White Hair, are you going home?" It was the old lady's soft murmur.
That voice was so familiar; in the hazy night, Bai Ye dreamt of their first meeting.
The old lady stared at me with a timid yet curious look in her eyes.
His nose suddenly stung with tears, and he murmured, "Aunt Yao, we don't belong to this world. We have to go home, whether we live or die. So, Aunt Yao, can you help us?"
"Is the white-haired guy going home to take this little monster with him?"
“Aunt Yao, Xiaobai is my daughter. Regardless of whether she is supernatural or not, she should live with me.”
"This is a bit tricky."
"So Aunt Yao, you have a solution, right?"
Bai Ye understood the unspoken meaning in the other person's words and tightly grasped their hand, that pair of hands that were cold yet slightly warm. "Aunt Yao, please help me, I really want to go home."
"Going home is so hard!"
Bai Ye immediately said that she would try no matter how difficult it was, as long as she could leave.
The old lady, unusually lucid, told me the most direct and straightforward solution.
"The human world is full of vitality, while the eerie world is rife with death. When vitality and death collide, unexpected effects will be produced."
"The edge of life and death?" Bai Ye seemed to understand a little.
"Yes, the edge of life and death is the weakest point connecting the two worlds. As long as you unite as one, you can travel back. Remember, when you leave, discard everything you have gained in this world and take nothing with you, otherwise you will not be able to leave."
Bai Ye was about to ask for more details when the force in his hand suddenly disappeared.
Kong Yuehan walked over at some point and said, "The stagnant feeling in the air has disappeared."
"Aunt Yao has left."
"So, is there any result?"
...
The seven people formed a circle and remained silent after Bai Ye's explanation.
Both vitality and death were too unfamiliar to them. Where could they find such invisible and intangible things?
Gou Wenyan thought of something and said, "Hey, I've thought of a way that might allow us to find a large amount of death energy."
"How did you know?" Ding Yue asked, somewhat skeptical.
"Don't you believe me? I really do know. Remember when we first became ordinary players, we did a mission called the 'Death-Defying Quest'?"
"The one where at least four people take the order, clear the dungeon, and the last two get the free service?"
"Yes, that's the mission. The goal of the 'Desperate Struggle' mission is to clear dungeons and reduce the chance of getting the desired item. But conversely, if we just give up during the mission and let ourselves take damage—note, as Old Bai has already said, the damage we take doesn't really affect us—we can simply keep 'seeking death' and accumulate death energy for the mission..."
"In short, do the opposite of what others think, and desperately 'kill' yourself," Gou Wenyan concluded.
Everyone: "..."
No one expected that there would be such a bizarre way to obtain death energy.
But upon further reflection, I have to agree with Gou Wenyan.
Cheng Danyang was direct, immediately praising the other person, "Brother Gou, you're amazing! Only you, King Gou, could come up with such a wicked idea."
"Surviving is a skill, you didn't believe it before, humph!" Gou Wenyan said smugly.
"Bai Jin, is this feasible?" In the end, we still need to get "authoritative" certification.
Bai Jin was also surprised by Gou Wenyan's human brain, which was indeed quite useful. "Okay, if you can withstand it, you can continue in this mission until you accumulate enough death energy."
"But can we still do quests now? I mean, Nine Venerables has stopped releasing dungeon games." Cheng Danyang was worried about this.
To everyone's surprise, Gou Wenyan casually pulled out three cards, saying, "I have the [Universal Card], accepting the quest is no problem."
"You're amazing, Gou Ge!"
"Gou Wenyan, you are truly impressive."
No one knows how Gou Wenyan managed to secretly hide these cards, and how they weren't taken back by the Nine Venerables.
Even Ding Yue, who was the most unconvinced, exclaimed, "Awesome!"
"No problem, just lucky, just lucky."
Gou Wenyan kept one card for himself, gave the second card to Kong Yuehan, and the third card to Bai Jin.
"To start the mission, we'll need Bai Jin's help. We'll be fighting tooth and nail inside, and Bai Jin will have to help us keep watch to prevent others from finding out and taking advantage of us."
As for survival, it still comes down to Gou Wenyan's skill. His only remaining card, "Nine Deaths and One Life," is the best card to find a way out.
This can be done simultaneously during a life-or-death mission.
"Dad, when we were collecting death energy, you secretly used the power of judgment to materialize it." Bai Jin whispered to Bai Ye before entering the mission.
Bai Ye's heart skipped a beat. "Those are the ones we collected before?"
"Um."
"What's the use?"
“The solidified death energy has even greater energy. As long as Dad has a strong will to live, the passage that opens up will be brighter, and I will be able to go home with Dad.”
Bai Ye nodded, indicating that he understood.
Since this matter did not harm anyone's interests, Bai Ye simply kept quiet about it.
Once everyone was engaged in a life-or-death mission, their survival instincts kicked in, and they instinctively began to fight back, resulting in extremely fierce attacks.
When they realized they were about to give up, they quietly stopped.
However, the act of giving up and seeking death is far beyond human instinct. When faced with one sudden danger after another, the instinctive resistance is simply a conditioned reflex.
After all that work, the deathly aura on his body was practically gone.
Ding Yue: "What should I do? I can't control myself."
Zhang Tao: "Indeed, the willingness to die is completely contrary to the human instinct to survive."
Kong Yuehan: "Gou Wenyan's [Nine Deaths and One Life] has already taken effect. The more you resist, the more chances of survival you will have. I remember this desperate mission has a time limit. If you don't collect enough death energy within this time, it will be impossible for you to leave."
This is a personal battle; whether you choose to die or live, it all depends on yourself.
No one else is allowed to interfere.
Xing Lei also encountered the same difficulty; in fact, because his combat power was too strong, he could hardly gather any death energy on his body.
He subconsciously looked at Kong Yuehan, who probably had the same problem as him.
To his surprise, Kong Yuehan had the most death aura of all of them.
"How could this be?" Xing Lei exclaimed in surprise.
"Brother Lei, you need to adjust your mindset and give up resisting psychologically. This mission only lasts eight hours, and time waits for no one." Cheng Danyang and Xing Lei had partnered many times, and Cheng Danyang couldn't help but feel a little biased and said a few more words.
After saying that, he pointed in another direction and said, "Brother Lei, you should learn from Brother Gou and just act like a quail."
This sentence drew everyone's attention to Gou Wenyan.
Gou Wenyan stood there, his eyes closed, enduring all harm. No matter how dangerous the attack, he would only furrow his brow.
Because of his strong will to survive, the series of attacks only increased the damage value on him, and then transformed into a faint death aura that lingered around him.
Every few minutes, Gou Wenyan would open his eyes, look around, and then silently collect death energy.
Incidentally, let's gather up the vitality as well.
When he looked up and saw everyone staring at him, he felt bewildered. "Why are you all looking at me? Hurry up!"
Of the seven people, none of them noticed Bai Ye.
After entering the desperate mission, he silently retreated to an inconspicuous corner, enduring the damage and absorbing the death energy, while using the power of judgment to solidify this death energy.
This is a very simple process.
But the power of judgment can see the bizarre past and right and wrong.
During each trial, Bai Ye witnessed bizarre creatures rampaging through the missions, the vast majority of whom were evolved from human players.
His entire life, both as a human being and as a treacherous existence, was laid bare before him.
As Bai Ye watched, he couldn't help but have a hallucination, as if he had lost himself in all these past rights and wrongs.
A very definite thought suddenly arose in my mind: if I wanted to, I could become the master of these strange things.
To become the master of the uncanny, to become the master of this world, the operation of all world laws is but a thought away for me.
I am the only one who matters in the whole world!
"dad!"
A soft shout startled Bai Ye awake.
Coming to my senses, I shivered violently.
"Xiao Bai, is that you?" Bai Ye murmured softly.
Bai Jin's voice seemed to be right next to my ear, "Dad, I can sense that something's wrong with you. What's wrong? Are you in danger?"
Yes, I almost lost myself.
Faced with the utterly defenseless aura of death, the power of judgment is tantamount to amplifying desire.
"Xiaobai, I've recovered."
"Dad, are you really okay?"
"I'm fine, don't worry."
Bai Ye became wary and exercised caution when using the power of judgment again.
We must never succumb to complete depravity!
The abilities in this bizarre world are full of pitfalls.
Meanwhile, there was another person who encountered the same situation.
Gou Wenyan had hidden more cards than just these; there were even more hidden cards. He was now secretly using these item cards during the life-or-death mission.
The deathly aura accumulating on his body was not obvious at first, but as time went on, it expanded rapidly at an exponential rate.
Everyone was focused on their own things, and no one noticed that in the corner where Gou Wenyan was, death was almost forming a cocoon.
And the vitality within is being constantly devoured.
Bai Ye awoke from her daze with a start, feeling a sudden unease in her heart.
Is this life-or-death mission really just a matter of simply collecting death energy and life force?
If I experience this kind of disorientation and hallucination, what about others?
"What if, what if this is yet another eerie trap..."
Bai Ye suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.
In the dim environment, everyone appeared normal, their vitality and death energy maintaining a relatively balanced state.
"Thank goodness, maybe I was just overthinking it."
Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue.
Turning around, I saw a huge cocoon in an inconspicuous corner.
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