Chapter 129 The Road Home (8)
The mission environment is a breeding ground for the strong.
All players know that from the initial dungeon lobby they encounter upon entering the bizarre world, to the various reward and punishment mechanisms interspersed within the dungeon game, everything is monopolized by the top-tier bizarre individual, Nine Venerables.
Even the representative of the bizarre laws, the Supreme Prosecutor, only appeared once in the critical instance.
Furthermore, it cannot completely overturn the ability of the dungeon's small world.
This demonstrates just how powerful the Nine Venerables are.
The player's entry into the desperate mission was merely a clandestine act; everyone assumed it was being carried out in secret.
Now that the darkness has been banished, it is only now that we realize that everyone shared the same "idea".
Any player with a modicum of intelligence would immediately realize that they had been tricked.
"We need to find a way to get out of this mission as soon as possible."
"We must get out, or we'll be trapped like turtles in a jar."
"This is the territory of the Nine Venerables! Hurry, run!"
One person started running, and the others immediately followed suit, but no matter which direction they scattered, it was all in vain.
They used "loopholes" or cards to enter the desperate mission, but want to get out?
But they couldn't find the right method.
"How could this be? Have the Nine Venerables become this powerful?" Cheng Danyang found it hard to believe.
Gou Wenyan, however, believed it. “How could it be impossible? You know how powerful the cards I use are. This is only a part of the power of that top-tier, bizarre one.”
"Brother Gou, are you alright? You have so many of his cards on you." Cheng Danyang was even more worried.
"It's nothing. He schemed against me, but I'm not one to be trifled with," Gou Wenyan said vaguely, without mentioning what he and Bai Ye had done before.
The players in each squad were whispering among themselves, discussing what would happen next.
Just then, a series of "heavenly sounds" descended.
"The passage is open. Human players, immediately strip away everything from this eerie world and leave as soon as possible."
"The passage to the human world will close in five minutes. If you don't want to stay in this eerie world forever, act now."
"Humans should stay where humans are, and freaks should stay in the world of freaks. Whether you choose to be human or freak is up to you."
The old woman's voice was completely undisguised, and players who had contact with her quickly realized that this was the action of a third-party force.
As for why this top-tier weirdo would help their human players, nobody knows.
"Stop thinking about it, the passage is right there, it's real, I can feel the aura of our original world."
"Hurry up and leave, or you really won't be able to go home."
"Holy crap! The passage is narrowing! That old lady was telling the truth, there really is only five minutes!"
The halo in front of you is like a door. On the other side of the door, you can clearly see the mountains, rivers and seas of the human Earth, and everyone sees a different picture.
Without exception, they were all in the regions they were most familiar with.
Homesickness is a natural human emotion.
After years of wandering and struggling to survive in foreign lands, an opportunity has presented itself to allow me to return to the place I know best.
Even if it means smuggling or even robbery, we must fight for it.
This strong desire is probably hundreds or thousands of times stronger than the desire of people who study or work abroad to return home.
The method of stripping is simple. The old lady personally instructed that by destroying the "savings warehouse" on the player's screen, the internal structure is damaged while the power of the rules is used to seal it.
“Human players, each of you has a personal item you carried with you when you first entered this strange world. Now, hold it, and it will bring you home.”
"Don't be afraid, children who have left home, I'll see you off on your way."
The old woman's voice was compassionate and full of sympathy, especially her repeated cries of "go home," which brought tears to people's eyes.
Players rushed to strip off everything they owned, discarding anything they had acquired in the bizarre world.
Of course, there were also those who couldn't bear to part with them, believing that these were all valuable items and that if they could secretly take one or two back with them, they would surely make a fortune.
So they pretended to be completely stripped away and stepped into the light.
However, the moment they came into contact with that faint light, it was as if they were doused with flaming oil, instantly bursting into flames.
All that could be heard were piercing screams, and in an instant, those players would turn to ashes and vanish into the darkness.
The players behind were all terrified and stood rooted to the spot, too scared to move.
The old woman sighed, "What greedy humans! I told you, don't take anything from the strange world. Those things don't belong to you."
"I...I didn't bring anything, I'm naked, completely naked!" one player cried.
A wisp of air, like a gentle breeze, swept past and directly pushed the player into the light circle.
Amidst the player's wailing and screaming, nothing happened.
All the human players fell silent, and after a few seconds, they scrambled to run forward.
It's true!
As long as we are not greedy and do not take anything with us, we will definitely be able to go home!
Charge!
Within just a few minutes, most of the players had entered the light circle.
Only one small team remained motionless. They were Bai Ye's group of seven.
Bai Ye was still pondering why things had changed so quickly, and what exactly had happened.
Gou Wenyan and Cheng Danyang, on the other hand, did their best to strip off all their belongings and went to great lengths to destroy the player's screen and [savings warehouse].
The higher the player's level, the more strange items they carry.
This also applies to players who have activated the Strength stat.
Of course, there is an even more special case, which is Gou Wenyan, whose luck is off the charts and who has been manipulated by the Nine Venerables. He carries so many strange items that they are countless.
"What's going on? I can't get it clean?" With less than two minutes left, Gou Wenyan was extremely anxious.
As she spoke, she glanced to the side and saw Bai Ye holding the child without moving, and immediately became anxious again.
"Hurry up, this is our only chance. It's all thanks to Aunt Yao's help. Let's get out of here quickly, or we won't have a chance to escape when Jiu Zun and the others arrive."
Bai Ye nodded, then turned to look at Kong Yuehan, who, like him, made no move.
"What are you thinking about?" Bai Ye asked.
"What are you thinking about again?" Kong Yuehan didn't answer, but asked instead.
Bai Ye lifted the child up a little, frowned and said, "Everything ended too suddenly. Too smooth an outcome often makes people uneasy."
Kong Yuehan nodded, "I still don't understand what the purpose of the new [Savings Vault] on the screen is, but is the old lady really only asking us to destroy the [Savings Vault] just to prevent the Nine Venerables from controlling us?"
"What do you want to say?" Bai Ye's fingers twitched.
Kong Yuehan glanced at the halo and shook her head. "The way back should be real. There's only one chance. Although there are still many things I haven't figured out, I don't have time to think about them anymore."
"What?"
"Strip away, get out of this hellhole, I don't want to deal with anything else anymore."
If given enough time, Kong Yuehan really wanted to find out the truth.
But there wasn't enough time, so going home became the most important thing.
Xing Lei and a few others also had doubts, but they only hesitated for a moment before choosing to separate.
Until finally, the rules for clearing the level were extracted, and the power of those rules was used to seal away all the strange things.
"Old Bai, hurry up!"
"Brother Bai, you're the only one left!"
The other six were all ready, but when they looked back, lo and behold! Bai Ye hadn't made a move yet!
"We can't wait any longer, the aperture is getting smaller and smaller, let's hurry up and go," Ding Yue urged.
Zhang Tao nodded and pulled Kong Yuehan along.
Kong Yuehan struggled internally for a moment, then turned around and resolutely stepped into the circle of light.
Next was Xing Lei, then Cheng Danyang, and finally only Gou Wenyan was left standing at the edge of the light circle, shouting loudly at Bai Ye.
"Old Bai, hurry up and bring Bai Jin over here, there are only thirty seconds left!"
"You really want to stay in this godforsaken place? Didn't you say you were going to take Bai Jin to see the beautiful landscapes of our motherland?"
"I'll wait until the last three seconds, hurry up!"
"Dad, what are you thinking about?" Bai Jin hugged Bai Ye's neck and nuzzled him. "If Dad wants to stay, then I'll stay here with you. I'll protect you, and you won't be afraid in this strange world."
Although I really want to leave the world of Eternal Darkness, if my father wants to stay, then I can tolerate it.
It's a bit of a shame that we can't go and see the human world where the sun rises and sets normally.
Bai Ye chuckled softly, "What are you thinking? I said I'd take you away. And I mean it."
"And who is Dad?"
"I was just wondering why we couldn't take away the strange object? Was it because the aura itself was repelling it, or was it something the strange was doing on purpose?"
"Does Dad suspect that Nine Venerables?"
Bai Ye nodded. "This is, after all, a place where we risk our lives. He might still have some control left. Xiao Bai, can I really take you away?"
Bai Jin understood.
The father was worried that he wouldn't be able to take him with him.
So that's how it is!
"Dad, don't be afraid, we will definitely succeed." Bai Jin suddenly leaned closer to Bai Ye and said something.
Bai Ye's eyes widened in disbelief, but her daughter's smiling face suggested she was not lying.
"Then, shall we go?" Bai Ye suddenly felt a little excited.
Bai Jin nodded, raised his hand and brushed it across Bai Ye, removing the strange object from the other's body in just one second.
Bai Ye placed his personal belongings, which originally belonged to him, into Bai Jin's hands. "Little Bai, although you said you have top-level strange power, I'm still worried. Hold this, and I'll hold you."
"Hmm, so Dad, have you stripped yourself of the power of the rules?"
"good."
Bai Jin peeled it off and sealed it himself, while Bai Ye walked towards the direction where Gou Wenyan was standing.
The aperture got smaller and smaller, almost shrinking to the width of a person.
Gou Wenyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Brother, you scared me to death. I thought you were really not leaving."
"Won't."
"Alright, let's hurry up and go. I don't even know if we'll still be alive when we get back. If we are, remember to come find me. I live in Chuancheng, and my address is..."
Before Gou Wenyan could finish speaking, he had already entered the circle of light.
Before leaving, Bai Ye thought of something, turned around and looked at the endless darkness before him. He nodded slightly towards the darkness as a farewell.
"Aunt Yao, thank you."
After Bai Ye finished speaking, he hugged Bai Jin and turned to step into the last bit of light.
As the light faded, Bai Jin suddenly sighed.
Bai Ye looked up and saw a horrifying scene!
Outside the aperture, a large mass of gas was locked in a fierce battle with the Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor, two bizarre entities.
It goes without saying who that mass of gas belongs to.
But what's strange is that there are other colors faintly swirling around that mass of gas, colors that are vibrant and colorful, like a rainbow.
“It’s the power of the rules that human players have stripped away.” Bai Jin could see it clearly. “That old lady is absorbing that power of the rules.”
"Aunt Yao?!"
"Dad, you've been fooled. That old lady isn't a good person either."
Bai Ye remained silent, unsure of what to say.
Bai Jin suddenly raised his hand and flicked it, and the last bit of light in front of him slowly gathered together. This time, Bai Ye could see more clearly.
Beside that mass of gas was an "old acquaintance"—Lin Xiaojuan was assisting the mass of gas in dealing with two top-tier monsters.
"Lin Xiaojuan, the second-highest level weirdo who was kidnapped!"
"That's a puppet."
Bai Jin's abilities have broken through, and she now sees things completely differently. She clearly knows what Lin Xiaojuan really is.
"That puppet was part of that mass of gas. So even the top-tier bizarre puppets are at least second-highest level bizarre; their power is truly immense."
While Bai Jin was still sighing, Bai Ye fell completely silent.
Indeed, one should not be too naive.
Trusting capital is probably the most tragic thing for an ordinary person.
Whether it's the Nine Venerables, the Supreme Prosecutor, or Old Lady Yao, whatever their ultimate goal may be, it's all a contest between the top powers at the top.
As for the cattle and horses at the bottom, they are merely beings to be exploited.
The only difference is which side is using you, and how much you can profit from being used.
"Xiao Bai, I want to take away a power of rule, is that alright?" Bai Ye suddenly asked.
In just a few seconds, he thought a lot and decided to fight for himself.
Bai Jin nodded, "Dad, we're already inside the aperture, I can give it a try."
"Okay, see if you can get back the copy of the rules I used to raise you. I remember there was a prompt when the power of those rules was taken away."
"Um?"
"The bond between father and daughter is an eternal and unchanging law. If I understand correctly, if applied to you, you should be able to truly become my child."
A strange entity entering the human world will ultimately be rejected.
If the bizarre world is filled with world laws, then the human world must be the same.
However, if they are related by blood and are a real father and daughter, then the situation is different.
Bai Jin looked at the colorful mass and reached out her hand.
In the last second before the aperture disappeared, a wisp of pale purple light vanished along with the light.
The three top-tier supernatural beings, entangled in their struggle, remained oblivious to anything amiss.
Seeing the light circle dissipate, Jiuzun said angrily, "Yao Tao, you are simply ignorant. Letting these humans go is a complete waste."
"The power of the rules is all within her. Stop her from absorbing it immediately. She wants to become the new law of this strange world." The Supreme Prosecutor realized the purpose of the gas cloud before him and was immediately terrified.
Nine Venerables were stunned for a moment, then immediately shook their heads, "How is that possible? She wants to become the law of the world? With just this little bit of power over the rules?"
"What do you know!" the Supreme Prosecutor roared. "Don't forget, her puppets have been working in your various instances, stealing countless amounts of rule power. Damn it! We shouldn't have scattered her in the first place; instead, we gave her the opportunity to lie dormant."
The Nine Venerables recalled each instance and finally found the same vague shadow in those high-level monsters.
The errand delivery worker scenario, featuring the old lady living in the alleyway.
The farming scenario features Li Bufan's kind-faced grandmother from Li Family Village.
The story revolves around a full-time stay-at-home mom, with the "wife" appearing as an observer.
Even more shockingly, the highest-ranking administrator has been secretly healing himself in the critical instance!
Both the Nine Venerables and the Supreme Prosecutor were filled with regret and fear. This mass of gas had been plotting for a long time, perhaps it had been targeted from the very beginning of their struggle.
While the two top-tier eerie beings were stunned, the energy cloud had completely absorbed all the colorful power of the rules, and then spread out in all directions until it covered the entire environment of the desperate mission.
It was clearly a small space that the Nine Venerables had set up themselves, but now it had become their burial place.
In the last second before being swallowed, none of the Nine Venerables could understand how a mere wisp of energy could possibly be swallowed up.
The chief prosecutor also couldn't understand why he, a mere wisp of air, could replace him as the representative of the world's laws.
Only the puppet, standing at a distance observing everything, wore a detached smile.
Lin Xiaojuan walked mechanically and stiffly towards the ball of gas.
There's a saying that's true: when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. In this strange world, there's no black and white. Gray is the only constant.
...
When Bai Ye opened her eyes, the surrounding environment was very noisy.
Before he could even figure out what was going on, a voice almost whispered in his ear, "Brother, this is really cheap. This is the price in the used car market right now. I'm just making a little extra for my work."
Bai Ye turned his head and saw a face that was both familiar and completely unfamiliar.
After a few seconds, he finally remembered that he was actually buying a used RV.
"So, I'm back, but time has gone backwards?" Bai Ye couldn't believe it.
I have memories of a strange world in my mind, but for some reason, I can't recall any specific details.
Just then, a woman carrying a child walked in and shouted, "Whose child is this? You just left him at the front door and he almost walked into the middle of the road! It was so dangerous!"
"dad!"
A child's clear and innocent cry.
Bai Ye's heart tightened, and he turned around, overjoyed, "Xiao Bai? Xiao Bai!"
"dad!"
"It's Daddy, it's me, Daddy, my Little White!"
The father and daughter embraced and wept bitterly, as if they hadn't seen each other for decades, leaving everyone else in the car dealership bewildered.
Bai Ye eventually bought a used RV, but his destination wasn't the beautiful landscape; he was going home.
He was driving, and in the passenger seat was a secondhand car seat that he had also bought, with a three-year-old girl sitting in it.
Bai Jin was "bound hand and foot" and was very unwilling, but given that she had sweet ice cream in her hand, she reluctantly agreed.
"Dad, why do we need to drive? I can fly you there." Bai Jin sensed his own power and felt a little regretful. "It's constantly draining away. I'm about to become an ordinary human again."
"Xiaobai, the human world is currently inhabited only by ordinary people. Actually, there's nothing wrong with being an ordinary person. I will work hard to earn money and I will definitely give you a good life."
"Money, is it like the ghost coin? Can I buy ice cream with it?"
"Sure, we'll buy whatever you want to eat."
"Oh, then I can make money too. Although the power will be lost, it won't completely disappear."
"What?" Bai Ye was stunned.
Bai Jin thought for a moment and gave an example, "Well, after my strength completely disappears, I can probably knock down ten people like my father with one punch, and I can also lift things that are as heavy as ten fathers. I can see very, very far, and I can hear many very faint sounds."
"Wow, that's amazing! Enhanced five senses? A super strongman? My little white dog is really strong!"
"Dad, be careful, that car in front is swerving, be careful not to crash into it," Bai Jin said casually as she looked up.
Bai Ye immediately remembered how he had died before—it was because the truck driver was driving while fatigued, and he had suffered an undeserved disaster!
So we slowed down and simply exited at a nearby highway exit.
The father and daughter were eating at a small restaurant. Bai Jin was full of curiosity about human food, especially the sweet and sour pork tenderloin and the spicy and fragrant boiled pork slices. Now that she had a sense of taste, she ate her rice and vegetables with great enjoyment.
Bai Ye sat opposite, holding a cell phone and making a call.
The call connected, followed by a pointless exchange of pleasantries, before getting straight to the point: "Mom, do you have our household registration booklet? I need it, could you take it out?"
"What? You brought your girlfriend home?" Li Huijuan asked in surprise on the other end of the phone.
However, the surprise turned into a shock the next second.
"I don't have a girlfriend, but I'm a father now."
"What?!"
“Yes, I have a child, my own flesh and blood, and I want to register her on our family register. Yes, it's a daughter, her name is Bai Jin… Mom, I know you're anxious, but don't worry, wait for me to come back. I know you don't believe me, but I'll take Xiao Bai for a paternity test, it'll be real…”
After a satisfying lunch, Bai Jin sat back in his personal car seat and set off again.
On the way, she remembered something and turned to look at Bai Ye.
"Dad, you will gradually forget everything about that world, and you will forget those players."
"Yes, it's good."
"Dad, don't you feel regretful? You and that human surnamed Gou were getting along quite well, and you even made a promise to have a meal together."
Bai Ye thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, forgetting is the best rebirth. Sometimes, a new life with memories carries more burdens and doesn't bring happiness. But Xiao Bai, I shouldn't forget you. You will always be my daughter, right?"
"Yes, the power of the rules is in effect. I will always be Daddy's daughter."
It always has been, until the end of the world.
Bai Ye: "That's good. Even if I forget how this daughter came to be, I believe in the bond between father and daughter, and I will still love you very much, Xiao Bai. Once the household registration issue is resolved, I will take you on a trip. The world is so big, Dad will take you to see it."
Is the human world very big?
"It's very big, and it's colorful and vibrant."
"Is there a lot of food? Something even better than sweet and sour pork ribs?"
"There are so many! The eight major cuisines of China, endless delicacies from land and sea, and countless local snacks. Dad will take you to try them all."
That's great!
"Of course, being alive is a wonderful thing in itself."
...
I came from the darkness of hell. My father told me that the world was beautiful and that he would take me to see the light. So, I came out.
(End of article)
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