Chapter 24
An Rou had to admit that this was a failure from the perspective of recruiting workers and purchasing goods.
Both Wang Da and Wang Er were killed, and in the whole farm, only Bao Fu was left as the ghoul.
Although the number of potential "applicants", no, the number of ghosts, was once as high as four.
Twelve players, twelve once-living corpses, now nothing left. The restocking attempt was a complete failure.
However, Wang Da and Wang Er were both dead, and Bao Fu had eaten his fill in one go, so purchasing goods was not so urgent.
The thatched house, painstakingly rebuilt, lay in ruins, riddled with holes. Everything inside was destroyed, and one outer wall had mostly collapsed, letting in a chilly night breeze.
An Rou sat on the ground numbly - picking up money.
Looking around, the house is full of gold.
That was the only good thing.
Upon arriving, Chizen Ichiming slew five ghouls, leaving the ground covered in gold coins. Before dying, he also killed the madly transformed Liu Qingsong. Having devoured the souls of so many players, Liu Qingsong, according to the game's mechanics, simultaneously devoured their wealth. Meanwhile, his level-up increased the quest rewards.
As soon as he died, the gold coins were like a flood pouring out of the void, and even the size of the rich man was submerged by half.
Oh, it was the size it had been in before Baofu. Now, after it had eaten a gold and a great god in quick succession, Anrou had driven it outside the house to "evolve."
From the beginning, An Rou hadn't really wanted to work with Qin Wudi. He was just a Gold player, nearly 30 levels behind Chiqian Yiming. And An Rou herself was just an NPC, possessing a blue weapon but unable to activate its skills.
Even if the sneak attack injures Chizen Yiming, the possibility of killing him is very small.
The real killer move has always been to get rich quickly.
In other words, it lies in the game mechanics.
Players of any level who come into direct contact with a ghoul or hear the soul-calling song will lose control of their body. This is a player's most fatal weakness.
The bone knife of the rich man was inserted into the body of the man in front of him. This was of course a very direct contact, and it was already at a negative distance.
Pretend to cooperate with Qin Wudi, then unexpectedly feed Qin Wudi to Baofu to let Baofu strengthen his strength. This is all the prelude to the plan. After that, use the Seven Souls Sword to attack Chiqian Yiming twice. Regardless of whether he can kill him in one blow, Baofu's final killing move is always necessary.
After all, An Rou doesn't have the confidence to plant the corpse of a great player underground and wait for him to bloom and bear fruit again and again.
Instead of doing that, it’s better to feed it to the loyal little helper.
A whole night with this group of players is not as dangerous as the five minutes after the ruler appeared.
"I will never do such a risky thing again." An Rou was still frightened. She let out a breath and picked up the last gold coin.
Then he looked at the balance.
Bah, bah, bah, just pretend she didn’t say anything!
530,000!
That’s just too much!
The ecstasy of getting rich suddenly came and swept away the haze.
An Rou ran out of the house excitedly: "Bao Bao, we got rich!"
She had just reached out her hand when she suddenly remembered the tragedy that nearly occurred the last time she "high-fived" and quickly retracted it, folding her arms above her head in the shape of a big heart.
“Nice cooperation, Pen Refill!”
The rich girl's head was bigger than her whole body. When she lay down, her body was like a small mountain. When she stood up, her limbs were higher than the roof, and her flat body was like a dark cloud.
It stood up.
An Rou was shocked.
The reason why it was driven out of the thatched house was that after devouring Chi Qianming, Bao Fu's body began to swell rapidly - An Rou really didn't expect that it would grow so big.
It’s a circle bigger than her two houses!
An Rou suddenly glanced at the searchlight on the distant city wall and was about to remind Bao Fu to lie down, but Bao Fu raised his body and stood up using his hind legs to support himself.
Like a giant a hundred meters tall.
The bone blade under his body emitted a faint white light, like a centipede's leg, and after waving it around randomly, it suddenly stopped.
Forming a huge heart of love.
An Rou paused at the tip of her tongue and burst out laughing.
Two kilometers away, on the city wall.
A soldier on night watch suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked somewhere below.
"What is that?"
"What did you find?" The companion came over.
"There seems to be something."
"It's pitch black, there's nothing there, you must be dazzled."
The soldier rubbed his eyes. In the distance, apart from a very dim yellow light, there was nothing unusual.
The dark clouds that had obscured the glimmer of light just now disappeared.
It's really an illusion, right?
His companion nudged him: "Stop looking. We're on night watch to see what's outside the wall. Why are we looking inside? Besides, didn't you see the forum? It's on fire!"
"Fire? What's the news?"
"Chizen Ichimura is offline!"
The companion's tone was exaggerated, but after the soldier saw the excitement on the forum, he felt that he was not exaggerating at all.
Soul-Guiding Song has tens of millions of players. It is late at night now, and many people should have logged off to rest, but the number of online people displayed in the upper left corner of the forum has reached three million!
According to the homepage post, several million-story buildings have been built, which is an unprecedented event!
【Chiqian Yiming falls off the Destiny List! 】
[Reliable news, Chiqian Yiming not only fell off the Destiny Ranking, but was completely offline! ]
[The entire Huaiyin branch of the Orli Guild is online to thoroughly investigate the cause of Chiqian Yiming's death! ]
These three are the posts with the highest number of posts, and are also the order in which they appear.
Initially, some players noticed that Chizen Ichimura's name had suddenly disappeared from the top 100 players in the Destiny Rankings. For any high-level player, this would have been a major event, but Chizen Ichimura was different. His ranking had fluctuated, and he had fallen off the Destiny Rankings before.
So although the first post attracted some attention, most players thought the poster was making a fuss out of nothing.
It was not until the second post appeared that the poster confidently said that Chizen Ichimura had lost his qualification to play the game.
The place exploded instantly!
You have to know that the top players on the Destiny Ranking are all the most promising young players from the major guilds who are most likely to become Legendary players. Currently, there are only two players from the Ouli Guild on the list. Chiqian Yiming, who has been a new member for two years and has risen through the ranks rapidly, is the one with the highest hopes.
Died suddenly?
[768810L: He definitely didn't die at the hands of another expert player. With such a high Life Points and unique reincarnation skills, he should have had dozens of resurrection opportunities, right? He was suddenly disqualified from the game, so he must have been eaten by a ghoul! And he was devoured whole, without even having time to use his Soul Card!]
[788921L to 768810L: Why are you pretending to be so smart? He was completely removed from the Destiny Rankings. If not eaten by a ghoul, what else could be the reason? You're just talking nonsense! The question now is, what high-level quest did he activate, and what level of ghoul was eaten by him!]
[814682L: That's right. From my perspective, Shakuzen Kazuaki's greedy and impatience suggests he might have found clues to an SSS-level quest and, in order to successfully advance to Legendary and complete the final quest, he went solo. He ended up underestimating the ghouls and overestimating himself.]
[932900L: That makes sense. Otherwise, why would Ou Li mobilize the entire Huaiyin branch? Investigating Chiqian Yiming's death isn't important; he's no longer valuable. What's valuable is the clue to the SSS-level quest. Once found, Ou Li can help him become a Legendary player and begin the ultimate quest!]
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The cover was too high, and it took the soldier a long time to finish eating the giant melon.
He stared at the moonless and starry night sky, stunned for a moment, and suddenly frowned: "I remember... Chi Qian Yiming was in Zhongsu Town a few days ago, right?"
His companion laughed in disbelief. "You didn't think there was an SSS-level mission in Zhongxu Town, did you? Don't dream, buddy."
He added, "What level are high-ranking players on the Destiny List? They can sit on a teleportation array, activate their movement skills, and be hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away in the blink of an eye. I guess he's already gone."
“…Oh, that’s right.”
The holographic cabin where the two soldiers were located was indeed thousands of kilometers away.
In the Japanese-style building, his holographic projection was silent and quiet, and he even forgot to tie his bathrobe.
"Chiqian, tell the truth!" The minister couldn't help but stand up.
The seedlings that were once the most valued have lost their eligibility to play the game. In other words, they are no longer valuable to the guild and the country.
The minister's demeanor and tone subtly revealed this change.
Chizen Kazuaki's face paled slightly, but his eyes remained indifferent as always. He spoke softly, "I'm telling the truth. Before it devoured me, its ghoul rank was only A. After it devoured me, the situation remains unknown."
"An A-rank ghoul can eat your soul. You'll lose to an A-rank ghoul?!"
Chi Qianyi's brows were slightly raised, but soon relaxed.
Even if ten A-rank ghouls attacked him simultaneously, they wouldn't be able to harm him. The real reason for his downfall was that woman...
That woman who was not sure if she was a player or an NPC.
There was clearly some kind of cooperation between her and the ghouls. On a more exaggerated note, perhaps she could control the ghouls.
This was something no one had ever accomplished in the twenty-plus years since Soul Song launched. Or rather, it was a bug.
Ironically, it was the Minister who had forcibly pulled him out of the game a few hours ago, disregarded his original investigation, and replaced it with a high-level mission.
Suddenly disqualified from the game, Chizen Ichimura was somewhat bewildered. Instinctively, he did one thing—hid the existence of the woman.
What I can't have, no one else can. I wait for you all to follow in my footsteps.
The minister was furious: "As of now, your contract is still with the guild. Don't forget the mission entrusted to you by the country!"
Chizen Kazuaki stood up, a cold and sarcastic smile on his face: "It's just a game, Mr. Kuwata."
He pointed to the stormy night sky outside the window and suddenly emphasized: "Open your eyes and look, this is our country!"
The narrow continent extends northward, and across the sea dozens of kilometers away is another peninsula country.
In the dark and cold interrogation room, Qin Wudi was covered in half-dried neural sensors and was terrified.
"What are you afraid of?" The interrogator on the other side smiled faintly. "Although you still can't explain what happened, you did a good job in preventing the mission clues from falling into Chiqian Yiming's hands."
"Now, tell me your position."
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After the excitement of suddenly becoming rich, An Rou was almost worried to death.
The guilds in Soul Song are different from all previous games. Many guilds' organizational structures have spread from online to offline, with strict management, and they even sign contracts and pay salaries to members - this is common knowledge.
After killing Chiqian Yiming, the farm was 100% exposed.
She leaned against the rich face, worried.
After becoming rich and gaining weight, her head alone was taller than her entire body. When she lay down, her head looked like an oval boulder.
Of course, there were upside-down, terrified faces carved into the stone.
The eyeballs were as big as An Rou's fist.
The eyeball rolled around and met An Rou's gaze.
An Rou patted its forehead and sighed.
"Baobao, what do you think? Should we run away with Dad?"
"With you here, there's no need to be afraid no matter how many ghouls there are in the Land of No Life, right?"
"But there are only ghouls and no humans in the Land of No Life. I don't know if I can find seeds and grow vegetables..."
"The farm was just built, and I invested tens of thousands of gold coins in it..."
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