Chapter 241 Scavenger (End) Year-end Bonus: Resurrection Coin
After saying this, Gao Mengtang put his arm on the handle and continued to ask: "So, what is the Torii thing about?"
Lei Gong laughed first, and kept saying, "Chen Yuan, you are too serious," and "I almost forgot, but he still helped me remember it." As he laughed, his voice suddenly choked.
"Although I don't want to admit it, Hei Yankai's work is indeed better than mine." Lei Gong's smile was uglier than crying, "But I am dissatisfied in my heart. I don't have his handsomeness, his talent, his popularity, I can't compare to him in any way!!"
As he was speaking, Lei Gong suddenly roared, picked up a stool, and smashed it hard on the unconscious Hei Yankai.
"I have thought of a field that can surpass Hei Yankai's field." Lei Gong flashed in front of Gao Mengtang again, leaning on the armrest of the chair, with a gleam in his eyes, "Architecture."
Hei Yankai is a life from the inner world through and through, and his understanding of the culture, physics, etc. of the outer world is very shallow.
He couldn't even tell the difference between a kitchen and a children's playroom, and he mistook kitchen utensils for toys. He also mistook a church for a civilian house, because when the Black Feast was in the other world, they lived in a black tower that looked like a church.
"He asked a particularly stupid question," Lei Gong turned his back and quickly wiped his tears, "He asked me why the buildings in the outer world are always built straight, rather than crooked and with more variations."
"Idiot! He has no common sense of physics!"
Gao Mengtang: “…” A little angry.
Therefore, with the idea of "surpassing Hei Yankai in a certain field", Lei Gong chose architecture as his major and studied hard without slacking off. After graduation, Lei Gong finally got a chance to show himself.
For some economic purposes, Tanhualing decided to build an amusement park. There will be a ghost town in the amusement park, and the relevant staff gave this job to Lei Gong.
Lei Gong was overjoyed, and spent more than three months drawing blueprints, including the castle, gardens, and interior furnishings, and also proposed many feasible ideas for the equipment of the haunted house.
When he handed in his results with full confidence, Hei Yan had just returned from his trip.
"I will never forget that day." Lei Gong sat back in his chair dejectedly.
After Hei Yan drove in, he put his white suit jacket on the back of the chair with a smile on his face: "Is this the design of the haunted house? Drawn by Lei Gong? Kid, you did a great job."
"No, no." Lei Gong was so happy in his heart that he felt like a tree full of birds jumping up and down.
"I saw a very cute building while traveling," Hei Yankai said excitedly, "It's called Torii, and its shape is like the Chinese character 'kai', which is very similar to my name."
The project leader said lovingly, "It's really cute, like your name."
"I heard that we are going to build an amusement park," Hei Yankai picked up the design drawings. He couldn't understand them. "Can we add some torii here?"
The person in charge smiled helplessly: "The Torii is a building that separates humans from the residence of gods. This is a design drawing of a haunted house."
"What do you mean?" Hei Yankai asked blankly.
Lei Gong mustered up the courage to speak: "It means that it cannot be added to the haunted house."
"Oh, I see. That's a pity..." Hei Yan opened the design drawing and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I took a lot of photos of the Torii. I'll show them to you. I can use my phone now."
The project leader said seriously, "Who said it can't be used? I think this is a great idea."
At that time, Lei Gong thought it was just a joke from the project manager. On the day of construction, he found out that his drawings were not adopted.
The project leader decided to add a row of torii gates in the amusement park, and in order to match the style of the torii gates, the castle was changed into an oriental courtyard.
The design drawings that Lei Gong had spent three months to complete with infinite expectations were all scrapped.
"What are you angry about? At that time, the person in charge told me this," Lei Gong chuckled, "Although we didn't use your design, we gave you money."
"I yelled at him: Is this about money?"
"It's really not about money. The project leader told me that you are the adopted son of the twelfth virtuous king, and you are not short of money. So what are you angry about?"
After listening to this, Gao Mengtang was silent for a long time. He is also a creator, so he understands this feeling.
Hurting children will cause greater pain to parents, and despising works will bring deeper trauma to the creators.
"I'm sorry." Gao Mengtang said sincerely.
Lei Gong sneered, "Why are you saying sorry to me? It's my dear foster father who should say sorry!" He kicked Hei Yankai on the back, "Why! Why! Why!"
Such a ridiculous idea as adding a torii gate to a haunted house was called "creative", while his three months of hard work was thrown into the waste paper pile.
"I finally destroyed that haunted house!" Lei Gong said frantically, "I committed a murder there, and the haunted house stopped operating. But why?!"
Five years of study and three months of hard work, in the end, are no match for Heiyankai's words: "I think the Torii is very cute."
In order to make Hei Yankai happy, they even used the best wood to build a row of completely mismatched torii gates in the haunted house!
"Is it just because of this face?" Lei Gong grabbed Hei Yankai's chin, dragged him in front of him, and then threw him away. "Is it just because he is more beautiful than me? Everyone likes him! Is it just because of this face?!"
Bai Jie muttered fearlessly: "No, he is kinder, more normal, and more broad-minded than you."
"Shut up." He Lun poked him hard.
After Lei Gong vented his anger, Hei Yankai's clothes were covered with footprints. He took a long breath and looked up at the ceiling, "It's finally over."
"My ugly, humble life."
He dragged his heavy steps and walked towards Yin Mingwu again: "I will kill you first, and then erase all traces of Hei Yankai's existence. Then, I will use you," Lei Gong pointed at Wei Wei, "use your body to start a new life. Everyone will love me and respect me..."
Yin Mingwu was lifted up by the Thunder God again, holding his skull. He was very panicked: "Lao Kui, are you here to listen to stories?! Think of a solution! Gao Mengtang, why don't you say anything!"
"I gave Chen Yuan a resurrection coin." Gao Mengtang ignored Yin Mingwu's call for help.
Lei Gong was too lazy to even laugh: "You gave him 100, what does it have to do with me? Your souls will be turned into powder under my high voltage."
For the resurrection coin to work, the scattered souls must be summoned back first, and then the broken body must be repaired. The soul is high-level, and the body is low-level. Even if the body turns into pulp, the resurrection coin has the ability to restore it.
But if the soul is too seriously injured or highly alienated, the resurrection coins will be powerless.
"Your souls will no longer exist. Let me see how you can be resurrected." Lei Gong tightened his fingers and Yin Mingwu struggled violently.
Gao Mengtang smiled calmly: "I'll let Chen Yuan revive you."
"What?" Lei Gong was stunned.
"You are a hybrid of the dead born and humans. In order to study the dead born, Epiphyllum Ridge must have retained complete data on your blood, muscles, and body." Gao Mengtang crossed his legs and folded his hands on his knees.
Lei Gong's expression changed from bewilderment to anger, and electricity crackled throughout his body.
"The self-healing ability of the dead is very strong. With the resurrection coins, only a small piece of flesh|tissue is needed to replicate a complete body." Gao Mengtang kept smiling, "So, I said to Chen Yuan, if this person is among us."
Gao Mengtang nodded at Yin Mingwu.
"If anyone dies, Chen Yuan will resurrect you after your soul enters a new body. The resurrection coin will bind your soul to the replicated body."
Wei Wei's chest and trachea would itch if he didn't smoke for a while. Gao Mengtang took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a long puff.
"The blind man threw my pipe in the conference room." Wei Wei still felt upset, "That pipe is very expensive."
He Lun: "..."
Bai Jie: "..."
Tu Cheng: "How long will Gao Mengtang need to continue the therapy? There is an ocean below us, and I am afraid of water!"
"After being resurrected, what are you going to do, Thunder God?" Gao Mengtang asked with interest, "A weak body like the Hollow Man can't stand your powerful soul going in and out. You need to create another body."
"But, if all traces of Hei Yankai's existence are erased, how can Lei Gong exist?"
"Without the identity of 'Black Feast's adopted son', are you still worthy of living a peaceful life?"
"Can you conduct any more experiments on hollow and solid people?"
"Deadborns, such despicable lives, will only return to the sewers, or the lab, or," Gao Mengtang tapped the metal floor with the tip of his shoe, "be eaten by a shredder, like that one, what's it called?"
Yin Mingwu: "Many-faced Buddha! Wei Wei, you talk a lot today..."
Gao Mengtang pretended not to hear: "Yes, like the many-faced Buddha, it was eaten by the paper shredder."
"Your words are not enough. Will you give such a precious item as the Resurrection Coin to Chen Yuan?" Lei Gong held on to the last glimmer of hope.
Gao Mengtang: "Think carefully about it. Chen Yuan's behavior at the voting meeting was very strange. I clearly used the things in your pocket to frame him, but he didn't even say a word in defense."
"This can't be the result of my chicken soup for the soul, right?"
This time, Lei Gong felt the electric current on his body penetrate into his muscles. His two feet were nailed to the ground, and he couldn't open his mouth no matter how hard he tried.
"Chen Yuan is only worried about Hei Yankai's life or death. I left Hei Yankai a way to survive. Whether he can enter Tanhualing or whether he is framed by you is no longer important to him." Gao Mengtang threw away the cigarette butt and crushed the flame with his leather shoes.
Lei Gong was panting heavily, wishing he could eat Gao Mengtang alive.
"I'm going to kill Chen Yuan now, and see who will resurrect me!!" Lei Gong roared and flashed to the gate of the shredder fence.
"Please." Gao Mengtang made a gesture. "You can only teleport, not know everything. Now, Chen Yuan has been running for half an hour. How do you plan to find him? Besides, do you have time?"
Gao Mengtang pointed at the unconscious Hei Yankai and said, "This is the twelfth Xianwang, the core figure of Tanhualing. Half an hour ago, you killed all his guards and kidnapped him."
"He has been missing for half an hour now. The administrators of Epiphyllum Ridge, such as Xiao Tien, must be extremely worried."
The electric currents from Lei Gong's body approached Gao Mengtang all at once: "Are you stalling for time?!"
Gao Mengtang shook his head slowly: "It's not a delay. I think, with your fighting power, you can at least hold on for half an hour. This period of time is enough for you to throw Hei Yankai into the mouth of the shredder, and then occupy the body of the hollow man to complete your rebirth."
After that, Gao Mengtang stood up, walked to the control console, and slowly pointed at the screen: "My only request is that you don't kill us. Anyway, we will lose our memory, so it doesn't make any difference whether you kill us or not."
Lei Gong: "Do you want to enter the password?!"
Gao Mengtang snorted, as if he was answering, but also as if he was just being perfunctory. Thunder God immediately appeared beside him and grabbed Gao Mengtang's wrist.
The control console is not an interface for entering a password, but a control interface for the building's gate.
Move the wrist that is being strangled towards the screen little by little, and click [Open]
There was a low rumbling sound, and the door cracked open, allowing the night wind to blow in. At the same time, a strange and terrifying whistle was heard from afar.
Hearing this voice, Hellen's whole body trembled. It was too much like the howl of the Many-Faced Buddha! The memory of fighting with it was too unforgettable, and he could not completely forget it until now.
As the call sounded, every cell in Heren's body entered combat mode.
"What's that sound?" Lei Gong asked, "What did you do again?!"
A small octopus crawled in through the crack in the door, its tentacles wrapped around Wei Wei's pipe. Gao Mengtang lifted He Luo up with his palm and smiled apologetically at Lei Gong: "I am indeed stalling for time."
The door was halfway open, and the ground outside was shaking, raising fine dust. Next to the door, a magic circle suddenly lit up.
"A teleportation array." Wei Wei said, "Just now, He Luo drew a teleportation array outside the fence."
Bai Jie: "What are you doing?"
Wei Wei moved back a little, leaned his back against the wall, closed his eyes and recalled for a moment: "Other people who were vaccinated with the virus."
"What? What?" He Lun asked anxiously.
"The fifth document recovered by Lin Li was a handwritten letter," Wei Wei said, "which mentioned that Jiang Xin was not the only one missing. Twenty people who joined the shredder project with Jiang Xin also disappeared one after another."
[I heard that 100 boxes of MD1010 virus injections were stolen from the Mental Health Center. You are currently tracking down the whereabouts of the virus injections. You must be very busy at work. I am deeply sorry for writing to you at this time.]
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[Not only Jiang Xin, but also the 20 people who joined the Shredder Project at the same time as Jiang Xin have disappeared one after another. This matter must be very complicated. ]
[I am just a marginal employee of Tanhualing and I know nothing about the secrets of Tanhualing. I am unable to find out the cause of Jiang Xin's death, but I hope that you, Jiang Xin's friend, can help me and Jiang Xin.]
[In addition, before Jiang Xin injected herself with the virus, she asked me about the knowledge of the teleportation array many times. I don't understand her intention.]
The contents of the letter flashed through the player's mind, and Bai Jie shuddered: "In order to avoid being wiped out, these 20 people all turned into monsters?"
He Lun said dully: "In other words, 20 multi-faced Buddhas?"
"How did He Luo teleport them here?" Tu Cheng asked, "I've read The Secret of the Moon. Teleportation arrays appear in pairs. Only paired arrays can trigger teleportation."
Wei Wei: "That's right. Before I attacked the Many-Faced Buddha, he was lying on the grass, drawing something."
That location was right in front of the gate of the shredder fence.
Wei Wei didn't think much about it at the time. Now that he recalled it, the Many-Faced Buddha was just drawing a teleportation array. Jiang Xin's plan was to teleport all the people who had been injected with the virus with her and destroy the shredder fence!
It was not difficult for He Luo to restore a complete teleportation array based on the fragments of the array drawn by Jiang Xin.
"Brother Mengtang can actually think of this!" He Lun almost cheered, "Are we saved? Let the 20 multi-faced Buddhas kill Lei Gong!"
Bang. Bang. Bang.
There was a dull thud of heavy objects hitting the soil, and huge, bloated, and terrifying monsters appeared one after another. Their skin gradually became brighter and translucent, and a red light like magma was surging underneath.
"Run!" Yin Mingwu shouted.
He Lun rushed over, picked up Gao Mengtang horizontally, and flew high. Tu Cheng turned into flames and wrapped around He Lun. Li Mo rolled up Bai Jie and Lin Li, and He Luo tremblingly stretched out a tentacles, trying to catch his real master.
Someone flashed over even faster, it was Lei Gong. He wove a dense electric current from his palm, spreading it into a ball with a diameter of two meters, wrapping Wei Wei and Hei Yankai inside.
The strong current was adsorbed on the metal wall, and the blast from the explosion could not shake the electric ball at all. Wei Weian stayed inside safely, while the others were dizzy from the series of explosions, hitting the walls repeatedly like ping-pong balls, and finally fell heavily to the ground.
"Quick, He Luo, teleport." Gao Mengtang said.
He left the pipe outside, giving He Luo enough time to restore the magic circle and arrange the black clay puppet teleportation point in advance. Now, as long as he weaves another black clay puppet, he can teleport his teammates away.
He was weaving the puppet awkwardly. Wei Wei's body was not in good condition because of the previous injury. His mental value was only 80 points. After weaving this puppet, his mental value would be less than 30 points.
If the spirit value is below 40, you will be in danger.
This is also the reason why Gao Mengtang wants to exchange souls. He can maintain his sanity for a long time in a state of low mental value, and perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope...
The clay figure's arms grew longer like noodles, encircling He Lun, Bai Jie, Lin Li, and Tu Cheng. Gao Mengtang grabbed Yin Mingwu's arm and threw him into the black clay figure's arms.
"I can only trust you, Lao Yin." Gao Mengtang's eyes went white and he saw double. "Protect my teammates."
In the brief moment when he looked into those eyes, Yin Mingwu seemed to read a complex emotion in those scarlet eyes.
Scarred but hopeful. It seems that after recognizing the truth, there is still a trace of naive fantasy.
Yin Mingwu was stunned. He spoke again, stammering, "I should stay here and help you. I haven't investigated the cause of death of the miracle doctor and the others yet."
"You only have 36 spirit points left, what are you saving?" Gao Mengtang said, "Find a chance to take my teammates out."
"If you can remember my kindness and save me again at the critical moment, it will be perfect." Gao Mengtang smiled.
At that moment, Yin Mingwu seemed to see divinity in Wei Wei. He asked stupidly, "Don't you hate me?"
"Hate?" Gao Mengtang smiled gently, his eyes lingering with a tenderness that transcended trivial disputes and everything in the world. He sighed and said, "I don't hate anyone."
Don't hate anyone...
Bang——!
Another explosion, and even though Helun Baijie shouted "I won't leave", the black mud man puppet disappeared at the same second when the new round of explosion began.
The vibrating air waves tore off the puppet's arms, and Tu Cheng took the opportunity to get out.
He shouted amid the explosions: "I won't leave, I'm with you!"
"You!" Gao Mengtang was very angry, but couldn't say anything. He bit his tongue and tried to make his mind clearer.
The three men smashed bottles of defensive potions one after another to resist the aftermath of the Many-Faced Buddha's explosion. Deep in the center of the explosion, the electric current on Lei Gong's body flickered continuously with the fire of the monsters.
The pitch-black night was illuminated by the lightning and fire from their bodies.
"Come and hide here!" Wei Wei tried to pull his teammates in by swinging the railing of the electric ball cover. But as soon as his hand came out, he was electrocuted and lost consciousness.
The explosions here were earth-shattering, and the explosions over there were a thousand times more tragic. He was fighting 20 multi-faceted Buddha-level monsters alone.
The body was shattered and healed, and repeated hundreds of times.
"Wow," Tu Cheng exclaimed, "Is this a Level 1 dungeon? This is my first time entering a dungeon, and it really opens my eyes."
Except for Wei Wei, the remaining two people were severely shaken by the air wave. They lay on the ground to reduce the impact.
The harsh sound of metal friction was so sharp that it felt like a needle piercing my eardrum. The floor beneath me trembled for a moment, and then, with a loud bang, it fell down. The two people lying on the floor had their chests suspended in the air for a very short period of time, and then they fell down.
"What's going on?" Wei Wei looked around, "I feel like this building is sinking."
Gao Mengtang looked at the gate and said, "It's just sinking."
The gate of the shredder fence was completely open, and Lei Gong was guarding the door alone. An obvious fault appeared at the connection between the metal building and the soil, and the area of the fault was rapidly increasing.
If you look down from the sky, the soil around the cylindrical building is broken due to the series of explosions, and the entire building is slowly but irresistibly sinking.
There was another knocking sound from beneath the metal floor. Every time the shredder struck, the floor vibrated violently. The player was like a small ball on the drum, bouncing back and forth with the movement of the drumstick.
"I hope we don't have to say hello to the Shredder when we leave the dungeon." Tu Cheng said numbly, "Is there such a dungeon? There's a monster guarding the door to the dungeon?"
"…I'm not kidding you," Wei Wei said, "but it's possible."
The breathtaking battle lasted for more than half an hour. The continuous explosions made Gao Mengtang wonder if he had changed from a [0000 blind man] to a [0000 deaf man]
Lei Gong walked back covered in blood, and behind him were the remains of 20 multi-faceted Buddhas. The cylindrical building had sunk more than 4 meters deep. The bottom was soaked in sea water, and the building swayed left and right with the waves, hitting the surrounding soil and rocks.
"Is this your trick, Nine Thousand Year Old?" Lei Gong stretched out his meter-long tongue and licked the corner of his mouth. "Summon them here to consume my energy and then wait for an opportunity to kill me?"
With a crackling sound, Lei Gong raised his hand and shot out an electric current that pierced through the 4-meter-thick steel plate, and a ray of moonlight shone in through the small hole.
"I still have some strength left. Do you want to fight with me?"
The three of them stared at him warily. Lei Gong looked at their serious and frightened expressions, sneered, and walked straight past Gao Mengtang and towards the iron cage where Wei Wei and Hei Yankai were imprisoned.
"Fortunately, you are not disfigured." Lei Gong stroked Wei Wei's cheek with his blood-stained hand, "I will soon be as beautiful as you."
In the blink of an eye, Lei Gong teleported to the control console again, pressing the buttons while asking, "362...how much is it? Oh, 3620607..."
The others stared at him silently without saying a word.
Lei Gong can kill 20 multi-faceted Buddhas single-handedly within an hour.
Such combat power is dozens of times greater than theirs, and they are simply unable to contend with it.
Gao Mengtang felt even more dizzy, and his mental strength dropped to 25 points. He relied entirely on Tu Cheng's auxiliary skills to barely maintain his consciousness.
There are only 15 minutes left in the countdown for the soul replacement.
"You must have a way, right, Gao Mengtang?" Tu Cheng asked nervously, "You won't sacrifice Wei Wei to get through this."
Lei Gong suddenly appeared in front of them: "Sacrifice? Why, who wants to sacrifice?"
The floor beneath my feet shook violently again, and a crack appeared in the middle, slowly opening to both sides. Seawater poured in through the crack.
Tu Cheng remembered again that there was an ocean below, and his face turned pale immediately.
"None of you are dead," Lei Gong's voice sounded a little exhausted, "Abide by the agreement and don't let Chen Yuan revive me."
The reflective metal plate revealed Lei Gong's face. He glanced at his own face and sighed, "If you lived my life for a day, you would know how much I hate my own body."
Gao Mengtang tried to chat again, trying to delay time: "But you are very powerful, dozens of times more powerful than us..."
"Shut up, damn eunuch," Lei Gong cursed weakly, "You are just as handsome, you don't have to hurt your waist to talk while standing."
He smashed the electric spherical cage, pulled Hei Yankai out, and carried him to the side of the slowly opening gap.
A tired but satisfied smile appeared on Lei Gong's face, and his voice had never been so gentle: "Goodbye, godfather. I never regret meeting you."
With a loud splash, the water was stirred by the giant beast, and the waves hit Lei Gong. He grabbed Hei Yan's hand that was holding his collar, and slowly let go...
"Thunder God, do you want my face?" In the electric ball cage, Wei Wei held a knife against his cheek, "How about I destroy it?"
Lei Gong turned his head and glared at him. Anger made his voice powerful again: "Stop, or I will kill all your teammates!"
"Come on." Wei Wei smiled, his eyes curved into two crescents, "Let me see, who is faster at killing people, you or me at disfiguring people."
As the last word fell, the tip of the knife pierced his forehead, cut across his brow bone, and across his eyelids...
"No——!" Lei Gong screamed and flashed to the side of the electric current cage. The exploding electric light made Wei Wei's whole body numb and the knife in his hand was taken away by Lei Gong.
Lei Gong's shaking hands brushed across the wound, from the forehead to the eyelids, and his voice was filled with tears: "How dare you, I have fantasized about your beauty for decades, and you actually, you actually..."
"Goodbye." Wei Wei said softly, "If there is an afterlife, I hope you can be very satisfied with yourself."
A dark octopus tentacles had already touched the back of Lei Gong's clothes. Its tentacles were like poisonous snakes, quickly wrapping around Lei Gong. Lei Gong struggled twice before he stopped moving.
The tentacles wrapped around the limp body and retracted into the sea with a whoosh.
Plop. A splash of waves hit my knees.
it's over.
System: "The main mission [Kill Thunder God] has been completed."
"Congratulations on successfully completing the dungeon [Scavenger]"
"System rewards are being settled..."
"【Scavenger】 is a Tier 1 instance, and there is no automatic logout mechanism. The narrow door to leave the instance has been opened, please go there on your own."
To log out automatically, the player just needs to stand still and wait to return to reality. To log out from the narrow gate, the player must first reach the narrow gate, and there is still a possibility of encountering danger on this road.
Tu Cheng couldn't help but curse: "Can you be more deceptive? It's tiring enough to clear the level, and you make it more difficult when you log out!"
"Let's go, the narrow gate is not far away." Wei Wei supported his body and stood up. After taking two steps, he felt extremely dizzy and fell to the ground again.
System: "The countdown for [Skill Scroll·Soul Exchange] has ended. [000 Blind Man] [101 Nine Thousand Years Old] Both parties have completed the exchange."
After the exchange, Wei Wei returned to his own body with a spirit value of less than 20 points and immediately fainted on the ground.
Gao Mengtang returned to his body again, his spirit value slowly recovered, and he immediately felt refreshed, his eyes were no longer blurry, his head was no longer dizzy, and he walked in a bouncy manner: "Lin Li, He Lun, and Bai Jie are all alive, come on, let's take Wei Wei away."
An obviously impatient "tsk" interrupted Gao Mengtang's joy.
"What a trouble! Why aren't you dead yet?"
A dark red crack appeared in the air, and Lin Li, Bai Jie, and He Lun were thrown out one after another, uttering three painful cries. Finally, a man in a black robe emerged from the crack.
The man in black robe raised his head, the sharp beak of the bird-beak mask flashed with cold light, and his two huge eyes reflected the exhausted figures of Gao Mengtang and the other two.
The dark red cracks closed. All the Moon Banner members could see that this was the personal skill of [900 Collapser] Song Zhong.
Seeing him, Gao Mengtang's eyes gradually darkened: "I didn't expect you to come."
"I'm still short of half a soul," the man with the bird-beak mask shook the lantern in his hand. He wore a voice changer, so his voice was distorted. "I want to use your soul, Gao Mengtang's, to make up for it!"
The cylindrical building trembled again with the dull sound of huge waves hitting it. The seawater poured in and reached the player's ankles. A group of black octopus tentacles squeezed out from the unsealed hole.
The tentacles climbed up the hole and pulled the huge body from under the sea up little by little. When it completely emerged from the sea, everyone present was speechless with surprise, except for the bird-beak mask.
The first time they saw the full appearance of the shredder, it was exactly the same as He Luo!
The only difference is that He Luo is dark green, while the Shredder is completely black.
"I don't like to talk nonsense," the bird-beak mask stretched his waist, "but I suddenly changed my mind."
"Why don't we feed all of you," he pointed at Gao Mengtang and his group, "to the shredder and make you all disappear into thin air. Go ahead."
The player was shocked once again that the Shredder actually listened to his orders, but the situation did not give them much time to react as the octopus tentacles stretched out towards them menacingly.
He Lun's face turned pale: "It's over..."
Suddenly, a white object blocked the way in front of him. It was the scroll that Li Mo had unfolded. The tentacles of the shredder tightly wrapped around Li Mo, and half of his body appeared in the scroll: "Don't worry about me, run."
The giant black octopus rolled up Li Mo and retreated into the ocean.
"It's quite shy and likes to eat alone." The hem of the black robe of the bird-beaked mask fluttered, and a spear exactly the same as He Lun's appeared in his hand. "I'll prepare the side dishes for him first. Gao Mengtang, say your last words."
He rushed towards Gao Mengtang, unstoppable. Pei Jiana howled "Awoo--" and the colorful aurora flew towards the bird-beak mask.
Waves splashed, and the tentacles of the shredder stretched out, breaking up the aurora. With a casual slap, Pegana was knocked to the ground, groaning in pain.
Several other tentacles also followed suit and flapped around. The Moon Banner members, who were originally standing together, gradually dispersed to avoid the tentacles' attacks.
Gao Mengtang was surrounded by shredders from all sides. He dodged them with difficulty. When he turned his head, he saw a shining tip pointing towards his forehead.
"Brother Mengtang!"
“Boss!”
The mournful cry penetrated the deep and heavy muffled sound of the waves. Gao Mengtang had no way to escape, and a black quagmire condensed in front of him.
Puff. The sound of the sharp spear piercing through flesh and blood, and warm liquid splashed on the face. At that moment, time was very slow, and Wei Wei's body, like a falling leaf, slowly floated down.
Gao Mengtang murmured in disbelief: "Wei Wei?"
"Brother Wei!!"
"Squidward!"
The man with the bird-beak mask didn't seem to expect that Wei Wei would suddenly pounce on him. He swung his hand, the spear disappeared, and Yang Tian sighed.
System: "【101 Nine Thousand Years Old】 has died."
What? What does the system say?
Is Wei Wei dead?
The seawater rose up, gradually submerging the players' knees. However, the players felt as if their entire bodies were immersed in the water, and the sounds and scenes before them were unclear.
The temperature of the body in his arms gradually cooled down, Gao Mengtang hugged him tightly, and used his body temperature to warm him up. All these efforts were in vain.
Wei Wei opened his eyes wide, looking at the ceiling, his pupils dilating little by little.
The bird-beak mask sighed repeatedly: "Wei Wei, Wei Wei. Why are you so stubborn?"
He crouched down, the hem of his robe spread out in the water, and behind him, the Shredder's tentacles retracted into the ocean like the ebbing tide.
The gloved hand pressed on Wei Wei's eyes, which he had not yet closed. A silver light appeared out of nowhere in the palm of his hand - the resurrection coin.
System: "【101 Jiuqiansui】used the resurrection coin and successfully resurrected."
Why does this person have a resurrection coin? In most cases, only players can use resurrection coins. Even in a Tier 1 instance, the system will force NPCs to not have/cannot use resurrection coins.
Otherwise, if an NPC that several people killed at great cost of their lives was resurrected in the blink of an eye using resurrection coins, there would be no balance at all.
Most likely scenario: This person is not an NPC
"It's really you, Yin Mingwu." Gao Mengtang was still hugging the unconscious Wei Wei tightly.
A low laugh came from under the mask. Yin Mingwu lifted the sharp beak of the mask and revealed his true face: "I knew you would find out."
The skills of [013 Soul Splitter] have not been announced to the public, and one of them is [Soul Copy]
: If Soul Slicer stays within 10 meters of any player/NPC for more than 3 minutes, it will copy the player/NPC's skills.
: After the skill is copied, it will be adjusted to match the strength of the [013 Soul Splitter] ID card. The copied skill can be used up to 3 times.
Gao Mengtang asked expressionlessly: "What on earth do you want to do?"
"I have no intention of making an enemy of you, but this is all too coincidental." Yin Mingwu wiped the blood from the corner of Wei Wei's mouth with his gloved hand. "My ID card is severely damaged and needs to be repaired. I entered this instance just to do business with the black marketeer."
"Actually, I know the reward in advance. Five souls."
"Wei Xiangchen clumsily sent you the wrong key, which caused you to enter the [Scavenger] dungeon, which caused me so much trouble. I should have joined this dungeon with my subordinates, the Black Gull members."
Gao Mengtang said, "Oh!" and said, "And then you harmed your own people? Your teammates gave you all their resurrection coins."
"Of course, those who give their trust will also pay with their lives," Yin Mingwu smiled slyly, "Look, when I killed the doctor, the ghoul, and the farmer, it didn't take much effort."
"Wolanbei's soul is picked up by me. There is only one left, and I am aiming at Tu Cheng." Yin Mingwu raised his head and stared at Tu Cheng. The latter was afraid of water, so he stabbed the steel plate with a sharp blade, and his whole body was hanging on the water.
Yin Mingwu: "But Tu Cheng is being monitored by Lao Wei."
"I aimed at Lin Li again, but you rescued him."
Gao Mengtang waited quietly for him to continue.
"I don't want to show my cards unless it's absolutely necessary." Yin Mingwu shrugged. "The shredder was made by Xiao Tien, and I am the other half of Xiao Tien's soul."
The other half of Xiao Tien’s soul?
The leader of Epiphyllum Ridge, Xiao Tien, the head of the wizard family?
Gao Mengtang put his hand on Wei Wei's face, and his palm felt itchy when his eyelashes scratched it.
Wei Wei is blinking.
The moment their minds connected, Gao Mengtang's frown gradually relaxed.
"What are you talking about? The other half of Xiao Tien's soul?" Bai Jie asked.
Yin Mingwu didn't care much: "Whatever you think. I don't like nonsense, so I'll send you on your way. Shredder, leave Wei Wei behind and take the rest away."
The black shadow enveloped everyone, ignoring their screams and curses, and dragged them into the sea. Gao Mengtang never struggled, but just looked at Yin Mingwu coldly.
When she was submerged, she gave him a smile.
"Gao Mengtang is about to die, but he still thinks he's taking artistic photos." Yin Mingwu snorted disdainfully, "Wei Xiangchen, get out here."
Wei Xiangchen gradually changed from a ghost state to a semi-transparent state: "What are you doing?"
"Take a look at Wei Wei's soul and see if there is any problem. Why hasn't he woken up yet?" Yin Mingwu said.
Wei Xiangchen looked at Wei Wei twice, and then looked at him again. He put a finger under his nose and said, "No problem."
Yin Mingwu: "Then why don't you wake up?"
Wei Xiangchen sneered: "Please allow me to remind you that the miracle doctor has been killed by you. I don't know anything about medicine."
"What do you mean by that?" Yin Mingwu sneered, "You seem to have a big problem with me?"
Wei Xiangchen's face was wooden: "I dare not. When there is no disaster or trouble, we are brothers. When there is a disaster, brothers will protect the disaster. This has always been your code of conduct."
"Just remember it." Yin Mingwu said sarcastically, "It's not your turn to prevent the disaster anyway. You've been dead for hundreds of years, but you're still so stubborn."
After a while, Yin Mingwu said impatiently, "Gao Mengtang and the others have all gone into the shredder. In another ten or eight minutes, they will be dead. In half an hour or so, Wei Wei's memory should be completely erased."
I don’t remember Gao Mengtang, I don’t remember He Lun, Bai Jie, Lin Li... I don’t even remember Yue Fan.
"Now, Xiao should be satisfied. He has always hoped that Gao Mengtang would die soon, leaving only Wei Wei alive." Yin Mingwu raised his hand to check the time. "It's almost time. Let's go. The Shredder will deliver their souls to me. We just need to go back to Heiou and wait."
Cough cough. After two light coughs, Wei Wei slowly opened his eyes and looked at Yin Mingwu without speaking for a long time.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Yin Mingwu snapped his fingers in front of him, "Don't you remember me?"
Wei Wei seemed to have just woken up, and his consciousness was still scattered. He looked at Yin Mingwu indifferently for a moment: "Chief, Chief? No, I remember that I have resigned."
"What job do you want to quit?" Yin Mingwu threw a black opal bracelet over. It was Heiou's keepsake. "Let's go. You just passed the level. You are too badly injured. Your memory is messed up."
Those scarlet eyes were still a little blurry: "Is that so," Wei Wei said slowly, "Gao...my forehead...my head hurts." He rubbed his forehead and relaxed for a while.
"Gao Mengtang, who is that?" Wei Wei asked.
The shredder was created by Xiao Tien, and its memory-erasing function is ineffective for a few people, including Xiao Tien. Yin Mingwu, as Xiao Tien's "other half of the soul", will not be affected by the shredder.
So Yin Mingwu pretended to be confused: "Who? Gao Mengtang? I don't know him. Do you know Wei Xiangchen?"
Wei Xiangchen looked at him, then at Wei Wei, and scratched his nonexistent hair: "I am old and often forget things. It seems that Gao Mengtang... has visited Chief Yin's grave?"
"Nonsense, your grandfather hasn't died yet." Yin Mingwu cursed and thought, Wei Xiangchen didn't remember Gao Mengtang either, the shredder worked.
He carried Wei Wei on his shoulders and said, "Let's go, let's leave this instance."
Before jumping into the sea, Yin Mingwu stuffed a resurrection coin into Wei Wei's hand.
Wei Wei was still a little confused: "What do you mean, Chief?"
"Year-end bonus," Yin Mingwu said with a smile, "You saved me three times in this instance. Do you remember that? I'll give you one."
The sea breeze filled his ears, and Yin Mingwu's voice was vague and unclear. Wei Wei nodded slightly: "I remember."
The narrow door that led out of the dungeon was suspended alone on the sea, and in the night, it shone with a milky white light. Yin Mingwu struggled twice, but his identity card was broken, and he was exhausted, and soon his muscles ached and his legs cramped.
"Lao Wei, where is your He Luo? Take it out and use it as a boat." Yin Mingwu said.
Wei Wei did not answer, but turned back with a sense of realization: "I always feel that I have forgotten something. I want to go back and take a look."
"What are you looking at?" Yin Mingwu pulled him forward and swam, "Let's get out of this instance."
But Wei Wei didn't listen to his dissuasion and broke free from his arms. Yin Mingwu turned around impatiently, strangled Wei Wei's neck with his arms, and told him to go back.
"You dare to disobey the leader's orders. I just gave you a year-end bonus of 1 resurrection coin, and you—"
A dagger pierced into Yin Mingwu's heart. Wei Wei held the knife firmly in his hand, and pink blood mist spread around his hand.
Yin Mingwu's ID card was already broken, and the heart is the organ connected to the ID card. After the knife stabbed him, Yin Mingwu felt that the ID card was like a tempered glass that was broken into countless small pieces.
He stared at the dagger, then slowly raised his head and stared at Wei Wei: "What do you mean by this?"
"I don't like to be fooled." Wei Wei raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.
I seemed to have seen that smile just now. It was a smile full of deep meaning, coldness, and mockery.
Before Gao Mengtang was dragged away by the paper shredder, she gave him such a smile!
"You still remember Gao Mengtang!" Yin Mingwu shouted, "Are you seeking revenge for him?"
Wei Wei kept a chilling smile, pulled out his knife, and stabbed Yin Mingwu's heart again: "This is not revenge. Please take a good look at what dragged Gao Mengtang into this?"
The rapid current hit the bodies of the two people. A group of black mollusk swam towards them at high speed. Gao Mengtang, He Lun and others were trapped between its ten arms and legs. The moonlight shone on the sea surface, and a layer of rose gold light was plated on the waves.
Under the shining light, He Luo shed his black camouflage and turned dark green again.
The moment he touched the resurrection coin, Wei Wei woke up. He pretended to be unconscious in order to find an opportunity to send He Luo into the sea and create the illusion that Gao Mengtang and others were captured by the shredder.
"You gave me your last resurrection coin, and I am very grateful." Wei Wei said softly and slowly, "But if you give trust, you will also give your life. You understand this truth."
Yin Mingwu swallowed the fishy sweetness in his throat and smiled grimly, but soon, the coldness on his face all melted away: "You said you don't hate anyone."
"You can think about this question slowly on your way to the underworld." Wei Wei drew out his knife, and He Luo followed his arm and merged into his body. He pressed Yin Mingwu's neck with both hands, and there was a click.
The head that was twisted off sank into the sea, its eyes still open until death, its mouth opening and closing, saying a few words: "Shredder, kill them."
System: "[013 Soul Splitter] has died, remaining players: 6 people."
Another bigger wave came, and in the shallow sea that was translucent under the moonlight, they could clearly see a giant octopus rushing towards them.
"Run!" Wei Wei shouted, and He Luo's tentacles swept up everyone and ran towards the narrow gate at full speed.
"Is there any more spirit value recovery potion?" He Lun was so anxious that he was about to cry, "Tu Cheng, Tu Cheng is dying!"
When they fell out of the shredder fence, they were entangled by the shredder and struggled for a long time before they got rid of it. While Lei Gong was fighting with the 20 multi-faced Buddhas, Tu Cheng was soaked in the water for nearly an hour.
Tu Cheng has the negative effect of being afraid of water. After all the trouble, his spirit value has dropped to 8 points.
However, after nearly half a month of consumption, they had no mental recovery agents left, and it was difficult to find a bottle of ordinary physical recovery potion.
The spirit value was below 10 points, and the body had begun to change. Tu Cheng's hair fell out bit by bit, and red rashes appeared on both sides of his cheeks again, as if there were earthworms crawling under his skin.
"Calm down!" Wei Wei patted his cheek, "Tu Cheng, you are a pirate, you are not afraid of water, you can swim, you swim better than any of us!"
Two rows of tumors appeared on Tu Cheng's cheeks. He opened his eyes blankly and said, "Pirates?"
Gao Mengtang: "Yes, we met on a boat, and you swam 10 nautical miles in one breath."
Under the moonlight, two octopuses jumped over a high-rising wave. The shredder bit off two of He Luo's tentacles.
Tu Cheng: "Pirate... I am a pirate? I believe you won't lie to me." Deformed eye holes grew on his face again, and two eyeballs popped out.
"Yes, pirates, hold on a little longer, half a minute, we will pass the level in half a minute!" Bai Jie cried.
He was just trying to comfort Tu Cheng. He Luo's speed was not as fast as a shredder, and he was carrying Gao Mengtang, Wei Wei and six other people. At this moment, all ten of his claws were gnawed off, and he was left with only one head, but he was still swimming forward with a strong will.
Pei Jiana and Li Mo tried their best but couldn't slow down the shredder. Even Gao Mengtang's black quagmire couldn't restrain the shredder.
It was like the black god of death, following you everywhere.
"Pirate... Pirate..." Tu Cheng muttered the word over and over again, "Pirates shouldn't be drowned in the sea like I did."
He burst out with amazing strength, pushed away the people around him, jumped into the sea, and swam towards the shredder. His spirit value dropped from 8 to 4, and finally to 0.
"Your death is the most embarrassing kind of death. Can you accept turning into a monster?" the black businessman asked Tu Cheng.
"accept."
"Ah, don't you want to leave a clean name in the world?"
"Yes," Tu Cheng said. "I want to be innocent more than anyone else. But I want to live more."
In just a few seconds, Tu Cheng's body expanded to 5-6 times its original size. A face grew on his left side, right side, top of his head, and back of his head, with different expressions of anger, laughter, and joy.
"Many-Faced Buddha." He Lun whispered.
Holding a guanidine in his hand, Tu Cheng leaped high from the sea like a furious King Kong, with the moonlight as his armor. Under his skin, a dangerous light like magma surged.
Before the explosion, his body was broken into thousands of pieces, and energy gushed out uncontrollably from the broken parts. His body blocked the moonlight, and the seawater was split into two parts by the explosion, one half was as black as ink, and the other half was as bright as ice.
The wave sent He Luo a way, and hit them in front of the narrow door. Before leaving the copy, the remaining five people seemed to have sensed something and turned their heads at the same time. They saw a giant golden Buddha, entangled by dark chains.
"Tu Cheng." Gao Mengtang repeated, "Will we forget this name too?"
Tu Cheng...
The light from the narrow door enveloped He Luo. At the same time, the system prompt sounded: "All players log out, the copy [Scavenger] is about to be closed."
"Dead players: 6."
"Surviving players: 6 people."
"Rewards and points are being calculated..."
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