Trial Area
Just as Ba Tu expected, the ghoul that was parasitic in his body this time did not touch his soul.
He stood up from the corner and looked at both sides of the street along with the ghoul's vision.
Yong'an Street was divided into two narrow passages by the flowing mat in the middle. In the passages, the players of the trial group had already given up their efforts to strangle the ghouls and fled in all directions, howling like ghosts and wolves.
Strangely, players who tried to hide in the shops on either side were repelled by some invisible barrier. Players who tried to use mobility skills to leap onto the rooftops of the buildings slipped and fell awkwardly into the arms of the ghouls.
What was even more bizarre was that the extremely bloody and chaotic scene did not affect any of the tables at the buffet.
The players who had smashed their bodies against the long table in the melee all slid down from the sides, leaving not a drop of soup on the table spilled, and not a drop of blood on the tabletop.
Not only the players, but also the crazy ghouls encountered the same situation.
A ghoul, perched directly above the dining table, began to transform frantically, its bones bursting forth, twisting and tangling like wildly growing branches. Yet, its massive body still couldn't move the dining table at all.
Skeletal roots hung down from both sides of the long table, and the sharp bone spurs on their limbs were also unable to penetrate the buildings on both sides and were forced to grow upwards.
But it caught the few players who jumped onto the roof.
His vision slowly scanned the surroundings, without the slightest tremor. Ba Tu's extreme nervousness was strangely soothed by the ghoul's composure.
The scene is set on the street.
Unlike the trial group, the "teachers" of the observation group only faced one ghoul, his former father, Kuang Dao.
But the pressure they bear is far beyond that of other players.
There were more than a dozen players, and each of them was injured. Some had their arms chopped off, while others had less serious injuries, including bleeding heads and multiple stab wounds.
A great god with high martial arts skills is no match for a few golds and mere silvers.
Even Ba Tu could see that if his father had not shown mercy, they would have died long ago.
The thought made him a little dazed.
Will the ghoul show mercy to the player? Damn it.
But seeing is believing.
Ba Tu couldn't help but start to hope: Could it be that Dad is resisting the ghouls in some special way?
At this moment, the picture suddenly began to move.
It moved very quickly, and the scenery and faces on both sides flashed by.
When he suddenly stopped, a player from the observation group took a blow from his father and stumbled back. At the same time, his hand, at lightning speed, touched the back of his neck.
The players in the observation group suddenly froze.
He’s turned into a ghoul, he’s turned into a ghoul! Ba Tu shouted anxiously, trying to warn his father.
But my tongue was completely out of control.
The screen flashed again, and his hand touched the back of the neck of the second player from the observation group.
His vision did not stop. The scenes and figures in front of him were so chaotic that Ba Tu could not see clearly at all. When he stopped again, everyone in this small area had stopped moving.
As far as the eye could see, all the players in the observation group were stuck in the ground like wooden stakes. His tall and mighty father, standing in their encirclement, a smile crossed his eyes for the first time.
Ba Tu was stunned.
Having been his father's son for nearly thirty years, he couldn't even figure out what that smile meant.
But Ba Tu had a vague feeling that something worse was about to happen.
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The third floor of the business.
An Rou disconnected all consciousness connections and glanced at Yong'an Street below through the glass.
With her current abilities, she was more than capable of controlling a hundred or so ghouls. If she had, the situation wouldn't have been so chaotic.
But she didn't.
An Rou smiled and looked at Paopao: "Go ahead."
Paopao frowned: "Boss, I want a real fight, not just you handing me a target."
"Others can rely on their fathers, but you can't rely on your boss?" An Rou said, "Besides, most of the ghouls down there have nothing to do with me. They're not like other employees who won't attack you."
"Really?" Paopao was skeptical.
An Rou rolled her eyes: "Do I have the time to lie to you? Remember, don't just kill ghosts, kill people too. Also, don't go to the streets."
Paopao poked his head out to look at where Kuangdao was, wondering, "Why?"
"Not suitable for children."
"oh……"
Paopao scratched his head, and began to get excited. No matter what, it was a massive ghoul wave!
This was his first time to truly go deep into the battlefield.
Paopao took out the Huangwu Tang sword, took a few deep breaths, ran downstairs, and his leaping figure appeared on the chaotic street.
An Rou stared at it for a while, then shifted her gaze to Kuang Dao.
Being parasitized by Meng Ziyu, he was already a piece of meat on the chopping board. But she would not let him die too easily.
An Rou's eyes were empty: [Let's get started.]
Meng Ziyou: [Really want to do this?]
An Rou: [What? Ghouls also have a sense of shame?]
Meng Ziyou sneered: [I just think you humans are boring.]
An Rou remained silent and turned to ask Zhang Da: [How long can you control it?]
Zhang Da: [Half an hour.]
Aside from Crazy Blade and Yu Xian, it had divided the rest of the observation group. Controlling fourteen newly divided ghouls simultaneously was a bit stressful.
An Rou nodded: [It won't take half an hour. You need to return to your body within twenty minutes.]
When a ghoul transfers its host, the original body will die within an hour. If it exceeds an hour, Zhang Da will not be able to return.
An Rou didn't want to see Cui Gaoshan's face again after today. This guy must have copied his father, making the face of the game character look exactly like the real one.
It's hard not to recognize it.
In addition to this reason, there is also Dragon Flame.
Because of Jie Xin's existence, any calls for help from the surviving players in the Trial Group to the outside world were intercepted. However, players who died temporarily, or those who lost their qualifications and completely logged off, still had ways to contact the guild in real life.
It's been five minutes since the ghoul wave erupted. Even if the Dragon Flame Guild is slow to react, they'll surely arrive soon. The farm needs to leave before then.
No... She overlooked one thing.
The farm is ready to go now!
An Rou connected with the consciousness of a farm worker and quickly explained everything.
On the other side of the farm gate, a temporary back door was opened, and Qiaojie, Heng Batong and a farm employee, along with a long line of people, entered one after another.
They didn't go too deep and stopped at an uncultivated open space.
A few NPCs in the trial town were bolder and looked around, but were driven back to the team by Heng Ba Tong with curses.
After serving as the mayor for many years, his aura as a "superior" finally played a role.
An Rou saw this scene through the staff's perspective and smiled slightly.
[Open wide and start.]
There are fifteen minutes left, so you can have fun.
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The feeling of unease grew stronger and stronger, but Ba Tu could do nothing about it.
It turns out that the "sit" and "stand" in "fidget" are used to relieve anxiety. Unfortunately, with only his consciousness remaining in his body, he couldn't perform similar movements at all.
The anxiety reached its extreme and turned into a burning flame.
Suddenly, he saw the ghouls who had become the observation group move. They took steps, moving in unison, approaching his father.
The encirclement shrank into a small open circle, with the gap facing him, allowing him to see everything at a glance.
Kill them, Dad, kill them! Kill them now!
Ba Tu shouted silently.
However, Kuang Dao not only did not take action, but dropped his weapon.
With a clang, the fearless knife fell to the ground.
Ba Tu was extremely nervous.
What do they want to do? What do these ghouls want to do?
Full of questions, he saw... Overlord taking off his armor.
Kuang Dao raised his right hand and pressed the mechanism under his left armpit. With a clang, the heavy armor that he was so proud of and stained with countless blood fell to the ground.
He wore no close-fitting clothing beneath his armor, leaving his bloodstains, scars, and bronzed skin exposed to the air.
Ba Tu murmured silently: It's very dangerous, so much skin is exposed, it's very dangerous, Dad...
But Kuang Dao didn't stop.
He unfastened his broad metal belt.
Ba Tu knew that the belt, like the Fearless Blade, was a high-level Green Weapon. Compared to armor, it was the most important defensive item for the Crazy Blade.
But now, Dad has thrown away the belt.
There’s more.
Kuang Dao pinched the waistband of his pants with both hands, glanced at him with a slightly smiling look, and then... he took off his pants in a flash.
Ba Tu's mind was blank.
What on earth is Dad doing?
A sudden female voice rushed into my mind.
"Don't you understand the situation? You once wanted your father to watch you being raped."
If Ba Tu could still control his body at all, all the hairs on his body would stand up.
An Rou, it’s An Rou’s voice!
No, it can't be her. Dad said that An Rou is dead. She was burned into charcoal by the thousand-degree flames in the crematorium and then ground into ashes!
It can't be An Rou!
At this moment, the field of vision shook slightly.
Ba Tu saw the dark outline of the mountain outside the farm, which seemed to be moving.
It's not the mountain that's moving, it's the farm.
The farm is flying...
I must be crazy. Not only am I hallucinating, but I'm also seeing things.
Yes, it must be an illusion. Anrou’s voice, the taking-off farm, the naked father… they are all illusions.
Holographic games connect nerves, so it's normal to have hallucinations.
"Cui Gaoshan, don't be distracted." An Rou's voice sounded again, "The good show I want you to see is still to come, so stay focused."
Hallucination, hallucination, it must be an hallucination.
Cui Gaoshan kept muttering.
He tried to close his eyes, but his eyelids refused to obey him. The scene he saw began to move again, gradually approaching the gap in the encirclement.
His body filled the gap.
Kuang Dao looked at him, his smile deepening: "Good son, watch carefully. Dad will show you what a bus is."
What... what... bus...
Before Kuang Dao could finish his words, a clanging sound suddenly occurred beside him.
They are taking off their clothes...these ghouls are starting to take off their clothes too!
Why, why do you want to take off your clothes...
Cui Gaoshan suddenly understood the meaning of those three words.
No, don't take off your clothes, you are not allowed to take off your clothes! Put your clothes back on, all of you put your clothes back on!
No ghost could hear his screams that were gradually getting out of control.
Kuang Dao couldn't hear either. He followed the instructions and turned sideways to Cui Gaoshan, bending his burly body and holding his knees with both hands.
He turned his head and looked back with a smile: "I see it clearly."
I don’t want to see it, I don’t want to see it… Dad, please, I don’t want to see it…
A ghoul left his position and walked behind Kuang Dao.
I don’t want to watch it!!!
"Cui Gaoshan, are you looking forward to it? Isn't it exciting to watch your proud father do this kind of thing up close?"
...An Rou, it’s An Rou’s voice again!
No, I beg you, An Rou, I beg you...
Cui Gaoshan watched in despair as the ghoul took a step forward and merged with Kuang Dao.
No...
Bright red blood flowed down Kuang Dao's legs.
No...
If despair is an abyss, Cui Gaoshan is already standing at the bottom of the dark abyss.
What he didn't know was that this abyss was far from the bottom.
The first ghoul brought out a puff of blood, and the second ghoul took its place.
Then came the third one.
The fourth one...
Mom, Mom, come and save me, Mom, save me...
"Coward, you must be calling for mom, right? I want to call for mom too." An Rou's voice was filled with regret, "Why doesn't she play games? Otherwise, it would be great if all three of you could join in."
"It's a happy reunion, full of joy. Who wouldn't envy me when seeing this?"
What does it mean...the whole family of three is involved...what does An Rou mean?
"Do you think this is the end? Don't think too much."
"Cui Gaoshan, you are the grand finale! The eldest son of Qingshan Farm, your parents' beloved child. How can such a wonderful drama be without you?"
Cui Gaoshan was horrified to find that he had raised his hand.
He is taking off his clothes.
don't want!
His hands slowly but surely removed each piece of clothing.
don't want!
He reacted where he shouldn't have reacted, and he took a step forward, walking towards Kuang Dao.
No!
An Rou, I was wrong, I was wrong!
Rouer, I'm sorry. We, our whole family, are sorry for you!
But you died on your own!
I didn't touch you, my parents didn't touch you, no one touched you!
Why would you do such a cruel thing to me!
Anrou, Anrou, Anrou Anrou Anrou!
Please, please!
…
The gods did not answer his prayers.
The gods made him open his eyes, use the closest distance, the best perspective, and the most determined actions to commit the most beastly crime against his glorious and great father.
Amidst the blood, Cui Gaoshan suddenly took a step back.
An Rou frowned, but she didn't give any orders.
[What's going on?]
Zhang Da: [The soul disappears.]
The soul disappears?
Cui Gaoshan is dead?
No, when a player enters a temporary death state, their soul disappears. Cui Gaoshan may have simply fainted and lost consciousness, accidentally going offline.
Tsk.
I didn't even consider this possibility.
That's a bit of a bummer, Cui Gaoshan.
But it was also true that this wimp's mentality was all given to him by his father. His father's image was completely destroyed, and even if he returned to reality, both father and son would probably be left with a lifelong psychological trauma.
On the other hand, Cui Qing.
An Rou looked at Kuang Dao from all angles through the eyes of the ghouls and felt sincere admiration for him.
Compared to Cui Gaoshan, Cui Qing's sense of shame is even more intense, right? Yet he has persisted and remained sober until now.
Meng Ziyu didn't notice that his soul had disappeared.
An Rou did have more torturous methods, but after seeing this step, she had lost interest.
Not very interesting.
[Let’s wrap this up.] An Rou gave the order.
Zhang Da was naked. He used his mobility skills to fly straight into the trading company. After returning to his parasitic body, he paused for a second looking at Cui Gaoshan's body.
He raised his sword and chopped off Cui Gaoshan's head.
It picked up Meng Ziyu's parasitic body, which was only half a person's height, and flew back to Kuang Dao.
An Rou had already arrived at the scene wearing goose-feather boots.
Witnessing this scene with my own eyes, I still feel it is a bit eye-irritating.
An Rou remained calm across from Kuang Dao and said with a smile, "Meng Ziyu, are you really not considering a different host? He's a great god."
Meng Ziyou's original parasite was just an NPC boy with no combat power at all. Compared to Kuang Dao, the difference was even greater.
From An Rou's understanding, ghouls not only desperately desire the souls of high-level players, but also their bodies. After all, greater strength can increase their success in predation.
However, Meng Ziyu's answer was still no.
"Because of Zisha?" An Rou asked tentatively, "I can arrange for another ghoul to parasitize Meng Ziyu."
"How dare you!" Meng Ziyu shouted in a stern voice, "You promised to let us go!"
It has a very different face, but its fierce expression remains the same.
An Rou smiled and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? You are a great god after all. If you don't want it, I will."
She gestured to Zhang Da to bring the parasite over, and then warned Meng Ziyu: "Just one bite, don't bite too much."
Meng Ziyu sneered disdainfully and put a hand on the little boy's head.
It couldn't return to its own host first and then bite Kuang Dao's soul. Kuang Dao was a master after all, and this move was too dangerous. It could only do the opposite, first bite Kuang Dao's soul, and then quickly return to its own host.
This process must be fast.
If it was a few seconds later, the residual soul of the mad sword would differentiate into a new ghoul and coexist with it in the same parasitic body, which would only lead to one result - mad transformation.
Two ghouls cannot coexist in the same parasitic body; coexistence means mutual destruction.
"Let's do it." An Rou said.
Before he finished speaking, Meng Ziyu had already opened his eyes inside the little boy's body.
"No, hide quickly!" An Rou's voice came into his ears.
Meng Ziyu only felt his body rapidly retreating, and his blurred vision quickly became clear.
The cold knife light came towards him!
-
Outside the north gate of Area 3, two super gods were fighting hard.
Kaiche was confident that he could defeat Witt because he was ranked one place higher than Witt. However, as time went by, his confidence was shaken.
The heavy sword named "Gentleman's Hand" is much more difficult to deal with than imagined!
Kairi had no time to pay attention to the light screens that popped up frequently, nor could he hear the calls of the Longyan guards on the city wall, until one of the guards sacrificed himself, rushed into the battle, and died on Kairi's double-edged sword.
"Look...the message..." The guard said these three words and then died.
Disembowelment: "Grass."
What's so important about this news?!
Witt was quite a gentleman. Seeing this, he put away his sword and stood, holding the hilt with both hands, just like he did at the beginning.
The excitement of the disembowelment was spoiled, and he turned on the light screen in frustration, and was stunned.
SSS-level mission?
An SSS-level mission appeared in the trial area?!
The trial members who were completely offline finally had the mission details delivered to him through the headquarters.
At this time, the dead guard used the resurrection card to come back online, covering his bleeding stomach and not bothering to drink the life potion.
"Every department in Area 3 has already sent people over! Minister, you are in charge of overseeing the trial area, so hurry over there too!"
Kairi glared at him: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"
The guard curled his lips, only daring to complain in his heart: "You two fought so hard, but you didn't read the news or listen to the calls, and you blame me? I even lost half of my life points."
My destiny has dropped, and my luck is bad. It seems I can only do low-level missions for the time being. That SSS-level ghoul tide is out of my reach.
Witt was standing at a distance and couldn't hear the conversation between the two. The expression on his face made him realize that something was wrong.
He called up the light screen map.
Sure enough, the flashing positioning point disappeared again!
After leaving Yuyangling, Witt had no location to track and could only search for suspicious traces in his own Gal Guild's territory. However, apart from finding a few low-level tasks, he found nothing.
He had to log off and rush to the funeral home to place his brother's body.
After waiting to come back online, I suddenly found that the location had reappeared, in Longyan District 3!
Witt rushed over via the teleportation array.
Everyone knew that Area 3 was off-limits to outsiders. As expected, he was stopped by Kairi.
If it wasn't Area 3, if it wasn't the disembowelment... he would have definitely arrived at the location!
Having missed the opportunity, Witt just frowned slightly and took a few steps to Kairi.
"High-level ghoul?" He said in his usual gentle tone. "What level, SSS?"
Kaipi suddenly looked up: "None of your business!"
Witt's eyes were calm: "It's mine."
"A mission appeared on our territory, and you say it's yours?" Kairi naturally didn't believe it. "Don't you know that high-level ghouls have territorial restrictions?"
"It's mine," Werther repeated. "It's the one that killed Ali."
Kairi opened his mouth and swallowed back the sarcasm.
The news of Ali failing to make the list had already spread throughout the server, but it was common for high-level players to lose their ranking or even be dropped from the entire destiny list.
Witt's tone was too heavy.
"What do you mean?" Kairi was unsure. "Not a temporary death?"
"No, according to the custom in our hometown, the burial must be completed within seven days at the latest. Today is the second day."
Kairi tried to connect the two things: "You mean, the reason why Ali failed the exam..."
He thought of several possibilities, but none of them seemed as plausible as this one: for whatever reason, Ali had died in reality, losing his eligibility to play the game and disappearing from the Destiny Rankings.
But Werther answered decisively with three words: "Because it."
It's completely opposite to the assumption of disembowelment.
Witt didn't say much.
As the head player of the Gal Guild, he naturally knew many secrets. However, judging by Kai's reaction, he seemed to be completely unaware of the phenomenon of sudden player death.
Perhaps, the other party doesn’t even know the existence of “divine revelation”.
Although Kairi's ranking is one place higher than his, after all, the chief player of the Longyan Guild is Chumo.
"The diplomatic application will be made by the Gal Guild later."
After saying this, Witt walked past the evisceration and headed towards the city gate.
The other Longyan guards immediately blocked their way, as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
Even though the location had vanished, Witt was unwilling to leave without reconnoitering the area where it had appeared. Seeing the guards' actions, he was already prepared to provoke a diplomatic conflict.
Unexpectedly, Kairi said from behind: "Let him go!"
Witt looked back at him in surprise and nodded, "Thank you."
Kairi chased after him and said, "Don't thank me too soon. If I find out you have ulterior motives, I'll have to settle this all over again."
Having said that, he already believed most of it.
Witt's guess about how much secrets Kairi knew was probably correct, but he underestimated the intelligence of this man who was ranked eighth on the Destiny List.
There are no fools who can climb to a high position in the game. Moreover, the society's metaphysical speculations about legendary players, the ultimate battle, the Ghost King and the Ghost Ruins have never disappeared.
The incident had been confirmed long ago, and the top management had concealed many things.
For example, as Witt said, the high-level ghoul in the game caused his brother's death in real life.
It's not impossible.
To put it another way, considering Witt's character, Kairi would also tend to believe that he was telling the truth.
Since that was the case, why not take this opportunity to combine the Gal Guild with his own guild? Even if the existence of the trial zone was exposed and he was held accountable by the higher-ups afterwards.
In comparison, I want to know what secrets are hidden inside.
One is ranked eighth on the list, the other ninth. Their speed in performing movement skills at full strength is far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
When the two entered the trial area, the troops sent by other Longyan branches had just arrived at the outer edge of the trial area.
"Not there."
Kai Ribbon's first reaction was to run towards the trial town on the top of the mountain, but was stopped by Witt.
Witt turned to the other side: "This direction."
Kaiche fell behind, opened the light screen, took a look, and frowned.
There were too many messages, and I glanced at them hastily before, missing an important piece of information: the mission location is on the south side of Cangling Mountain.
How did Witt know?
Kai Che suppressed his doubts, threw out the double-edged knife and quickly followed.
There is an empty space at the foot of the southern side of Cangling Mountain.
There is a literal gap.
The soil was bare and the rocks were flat, but there was not a single weed left in such a large area.
Even the mountain stream is cut off here, and the clear stream flows into a huge shallow pit, turning into a pool of muddy yellow water.
It was as if a spoon, huge beyond imagination, had dug a hole here, leaving a horrifying scar among the green mountains and clear waters.
Witt squatted in a place where the muddy water had not yet reached him, and gently brushed his fingers across the wet soil.
"Is this the place you are looking for? Where is the ghoul you are looking for?" asked Kairi.
"It's gone."
"Gone?"
He frowned as he watched Kaiche. Could it be that there are really ghouls that can break free from the constraints of their territory?
Werther was silent.
Kai Duan waited for a while, and people from other branches arrived one after another. The surprised and questioning looks from them made him feel upset.
"Fuck you, Kuang Dao, why haven't you replied yet!" he cursed in a low voice.
-
Kaichang didn't know that it wasn't that Kuangdao didn't want to reply to the message, but that he hadn't received any message at all.
Of course, even if he received the message, Kuang Dao would have no time to reply at this moment.
The incomparable humiliation turned into anger, and then into extreme murderous intent, making him stare at An Rou.
This dead woman.
It's actually here.
And she actually dared to humiliate herself like this!
Damn it.
She deserves to die!
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