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Published at 8th of January 2024 11:00:26 AM


Chapter 354.1

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Elder Qingcheng struggled to get up from the ground, coughing up a sticky black substance as he did.

His entire body was wrapped in filthy black stuff, and he looked extremely disgusting.

Upon hearing a slight disdainful sound, he froze and quickly raised his head. His eyelids, coated in the viscous substance, opened wide.

“Bai Lixin, why are you here?!”

As he spoke, he noticed a somewhat familiar monk beside him. “It’s you? Why are you here too?”

“How come you’re together?!”

Bai Lixin complained, “Why so many whys? Do you have a hundred thousand whys?”

Elder Qingcheng was stunned, and looked a bit dazed.

Just as he was about to say something, a terrifying roar suddenly came from behind him.

The sound drew all his attention as he swiftly turned around, witnessing the horrifying black thing swelling like a giant balloon. As it expanded, numerous black substances were ejected from its body, landing on the surrounding ground.

A bunch of the black matter landed right in front of them. Bai Lixin glanced down and noticed it was squirming and devouring the ground.

Wherever the black matter went, everything was eaten up.

Looking at the grotesque monster, Bai Lixin said, “Why do I feel like this thing is different from what I saw before?”

Dijia: “Creating a god with a mortal body, how could a real god be produced? It’s just a false-god.”

It wasn’t the true God of Death and Plague, but it was even more hideous and greedy than the real one, surpassing the real one in every aspect.

Bai Lixin glanced at Elder Qingcheng on the ground and said, “Look at all this, it’s all your good deeds.”

Elder Qingcheng was momentarily bewildered. “You… You already knew I was a fake?”

Bai Lixin: “You can pretend to be anyone, but you chose to impersonate him. Trying to give me false information and showing interest in me, are you overestimating yourself or underestimating me?”

Elder Qingcheng: “…”

He stared at Bai Lixin for a while, then slowly sat up from the ground. He gasped for breath before saying, “Although I deceived you, I didn’t harm you. Since you knew I was fake, you should have guessed my identity, right?”

Bai Lixin: “The master of this copy?”

Elder Qingcheng took a deep look at Bai Lixin. “You indeed guessed it. Little Overlord was right; you are cunning and crafty. I underestimated you.”

Bai Lixin: “You are indeed from the Shentian Guild. Did you drag me here from a normal copy? What did you want? To kill me here?”

Elder Qingcheng gulped and, after a pause, said, “I… I didn’t plan for that. I just wanted to teach you a lesson. You embarrassed Little Overlord on the 250th floor, and he wanted you to make a fool of yourself in front of everyone.”

“I agreed to help him. I knew you had a strange lover, I’ve seen his face. I thought of pulling you in, approaching you with his identity, playing with your emotions, and then ruthlessly dumping you. You’d have made a fool of yourself in front of the audience and in this way, you will no longer be the God Xin they believe in, and you will be abandoned like a weakling. If you hadn’t embarrassed Little Overlord first, we wouldn’t have made you look bad.”

Dijia, who was standing beside Bai Lixin, glared at Elder Qingcheng, was boiling with anger.

Bai Lixin: “You’re good at evading responsibility. Did you really not plan to kill me?”

“As long as I don’t complete the task, I’ll be punished by the system. You wouldn’t have to do it yourself, you only need to obstruct my task progress.”

“If you act but fail, it will still be a stain on you after the exposure. It’s not that you didn’t kill me, you just meticulously calculated everything.”

“From the moment you pulled me into the copy, you had no intention of letting me go.”

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In the live broadcast room

[What? What’s a master?]

[ I seemed to have heard them say Little Overlord and the Shentian Guild?]

[Fuck, I feel like I’ve discovered some incredible secret. Which pro can explain to me what ‘master’ means?]

[I’ll do it. I know a bit about this. In super copies level six and above, players have the chance to turn the copy into their exclusive one, becoming the manager of the copy. This manager is called the Master.]

[Based on their conversation just now, it seems like Little Overlord joined that mysterious Shentian Guild, right? Looks like this Little Overlord not only has ‘little’ in his name but also a mind as small as a needle. Ever since he lost and God Xin took away his tokens, he’s been holding a grudge, never giving up the idea of revenge against God Xin.]

[Damn, is this the top-ranked Shentian Guild on the leaderboard? Disgusting! They even want to toy with our God Xin’s feelings. What a garbage guild. I used to have high expectations and fantasies about the powerful Shentian Guild. Turns out, it’s just a trash guild. When nothing’s going on, they keep a distance, but when there’s trouble, they descend to oppress us ordinary players. My filter is completely shattered.]

[But there are indeed many experts in the Shentian Guild, that’s an undeniable fact. Maybe not everyone in there is like this? We can’t lose faith in the Shentian Guild just because of one person. No matter how powerful God Xin is, the Core Fire Guild’s ranking is really not good. They only have one God Xin in their guild. But the Shentian Guild has many powerful players.]

[Forget it. What do you mean an individual can’t represent the guild? Have they ever sent anyone down to help us? This is a horror game, and we understand that it’s not easy to go it alone. But if we have to compare, I stand with God Xin’s Core Fire Guild. Some people may complain that God Xin’s guild is small, but from the first day of its establishment, they’ve been giving out prop cards to new players in the first-floor lobby every day. The props they’ve distributed could probably encircle the tower several times. If they used all these props for guild development, they would have been among the top-ten guilds already!]

*I remember hesitating between using “Core Fire Guild” or it’s Chinese name “Xinhuo Guild”, but I don’t remember what I chose!

[As far as I know, even before establishing the Core Fire Guild, the vice presidents of the Core Fire Guild used to visit the first floor from time to time to give props to novice players.]

[I have the final say on this matter. I once received their gifts and got two prop cards. Back then, I naively thought they were NPCs amd that all new players would get one. In my first copy, I almost died. If it weren’t for that prop card, I wouldn’t have the chance to speak here now.]

[Me too, a card from the Core Fire Guild saved my life.]

[And me.]

[And me.]

[Raise your hands.]

Slowly, countless barrage messages appeared, saying, ‘And me.’ Seeing the scrolling messages all over the screen, players realized that over the past two years, the core members of the Core Fire Guild had helped and saved so many lives.

Do they want something in return?

No, they asked for nothing.

[To those who worship the Shentian Guild, open your eyes. The ones you idolize only look down upon you. The low-ranking guilds that you disdain are the ones who selflessly helped others without expecting anything in return. Others may be good, but doing nothing is like treating me as a decoration hanging on the wall. I am truly grateful to the Core Fire Guild, it saved my life and assisted me.]

[Yes, that’s right. Shentian Guild is just trash. Core Fire Guild is the best guild! Shentian Guild wants to be immortal? Then stay in the divine realm forever, don’t come down to oppress our God Xin. Do they really think our God Xin has no one behind him? Even if God Xin is played with emotionally, we will only feel sorry for him.]

[Even if God Xin is rotated by ten people, he is still our God Xin!]

[??? Brother, are you sure you’re not God Xin’s black fan? Are you intentionally coming out to seek attention? Are you here to stir up trouble?!]

[It would be great if all those ten were the big boss. I really hope to see God Xin surrounded by all kinds of the big boss one day. Grinning, [censored].]

[[Censored], I also want to see. Wuuu, I’m saying it loudly, I really want to see!]

[Isn’t the car drifting a bit too skillfully?]

[Don’t argue with those idiots; it’s bad for your health. Watch me purify the barrage. One person writing a blood letter begging for a photo with all the big bosses!]

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“That’s just your personal speculation,” Elder Qingcheng wiped the corner of his mouth. “Now, this monster is causing trouble in the copy, and we should unite to kill it.”

“Do you agree?”

‘Damn, this monster won’t stop eating.’

If he hadn’t cleverly used an prop card to rush out of the monster’s body earlier, he would probably have become part of the monster’s body by now.

This monster can’t be used by him, and it wants to destroy his copy; it must be eradicated.

Dijia narrowed his eyes and asked, “Can I kill him?”

Bai Lixin took a step back. “Feel free.”

Elder Qingcheng stood by the river, and his eyes lit up when he heard their conversation.

‘Right, let’s kill it together.

This is how people should be. There are no permanent enemies, only common interests.

They are now a community of interests. Unless they are fools, they will choose to cooperate.

No one can refuse my olive branch.’

Thinking of this, Elder Qingcheng quickly turned his head and showed a smile to them.

The next second, his smile suddenly froze.

He lowered his head in disbelief, staring at the golden sword piercing through his body.

Dijia snorted coldly, reached into the air, and the sword in Elder Qingcheng’s body instantly pulled out, turning into a golden staff in Dijia’s hand.

Elder Qingcheng fell on his knees.

The sword was precise, directly stabbing his vital point.

Blood gushed out from his body. He tried to cover the wound, frantically trying to send the flowing blood back into his body.

But everything was in vain.

He could clearly feel his life rapidly slipping away.

He quickly took some healing cards from his backpack, and used five before the wound on his body completely healed.

He was breathing heavily after surviving the disaster, but before he could catch his breath, the sword plunged into his vital point again.

Fresh blood splattered once more.

This time, life passed even faster than before.

Elder Qingcheng quickly used healing cards again, and simultaneously activated a protective shield card.

A huge, transparent light shield enveloped Elder Qingcheng. When the next sword attack came, the sword collided with the barrier, causing scattered sparks, and then bounced off to the terrifying black-robed monk.

Seeing that the opponent couldn’t attack him, Elder Qingcheng breathed a sigh of relief. The next second, he shouted at Bai Lixin, “Bai Lixin! He is the enemy, are you crazy? I hurt him before, he is a demon! He’s a monster. I am your comrade, be sensible, don’t be deceived by him.”

“Then, do you know…” Bai Lixin smiled at Elder Qingcheng, “I am also a demon?”

As he spoke, two large fox tails suddenly bloomed behind him, quickly separating into nine fiery red fox tails.

Elder Qingcheng was stunned, and then he came to a realization, “You are the fox that was by his side at that time! So, your character is a fox?!”

“It seems you can’t communicate with this monster, and you don’t know what this monster knows,” Bai Lixin spoke as the nine fiery tails behind him blossomed like flowers. “You think you are the master, controlling this monster. But you don’t know, it is much smarter than you think.”

“Do you think the mysterious deaths of those people are due to the backlash from killing demons?”

Elder Qingcheng: “Isn’t it?”

“At first, I thought so too,” Bai Lixin said. “You gave the meat to the villagers to share the hatred, so they were entangled. Because everyone who died had either been to Qingcheng Sect or eaten immortal meat.”

“Isn’t it?” Elder Qingcheng repeated.

“No.” Bai Lixin shook his head. “They died because of this monster. You all thought the monster was still sleeping, but it could control its clones. It attached its clones to humans and then controls, observes and participates in this world in advance. You think you are the leader, but you are also deceived.”

Elder Qingcheng stared blankly at the black monster in the distance. “How is that possible? And how could there be such a coincidence?”

Bai Lixin explained, “It’s not a coincidence, it deliberately made selections. I believe those who have consumed the divine meat may not show apparent changes to us, but this monster has grown from the grievances of monsters. By absorbing the resentment of monsters, it can probably see different things, thus screening out those who have eaten immortal meat.”

“Those who have no rejection will be possessed, and those who reject will end up in a miserable state. Since they all happen to have eaten the divine meat, ordinary people will jump to the conclusion that it’s because of the divine meat.”

“A mortal body wanting to create a god, use a god or even control a god will undoubtedly face some backlash, even if it’s just a false-god.”

“But even so, why did he want to kill me? If you blame me for hurting you before, you have killed me twice now, and we are even now.” As he spoke, he discreetly glanced around, looking for a place to escape.

He could feel the murderous intent aimed at him, it seemed that the other party would not let him go.

After taking two moves, he knew he was not that monk’s opponent. Now he could only escape.

After escaping, find a place to hide, wait for the game time to end, and leave this copy.

Although he is the master, entering an copy also has requirements.

Once entered, one must stay for the time required by the system.

This time requires nine days and nine nights.

As long as he persists until the ninth day, he can leave this copy.

But it’s a pity for this copy.

Elder Qingcheng suddenly gritted his teeth, feeling a pang of heartache.

Such a good copy was ruined like this; it’s too heart-wrenching.

This was his only copy.

Dijia and Bai Lixin glanced at each other, then Dijia began to stroll towards Elder Qingcheng.

He walked very slowly, as if he were taking a leisurely walk.

Seeing Dijia coming towards him, Elder Qingcheng subconsciously shook his body.

Just at this moment, he saw a gap in the huge monster ahead.

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly used a flying prop card, flying rapidly towards the escape exit.

But as soon as he started, his body seemed to hit something, and he was immediately bounced back.

He fell to the ground and immediately turned his head to look at that direction. There, a huge closed lotus was slowly appearing in the silent air in front of him.

Elder Qingcheng’s pupils shrank. Before he could escape again, a sinister and terrifying face suddenly appeared above his head, looking down at him like a fierce ghost crawling out of hell.

Elder Qingcheng’s pupils shrank, and he saw the monk reaching out towards him.

Just as he was about to touch him, his hand suddenly stopped in midair, not moving.

Elder Qingcheng was almost scared out of his wits. He froze for a moment, and suddenly reacted. He had forgotten that his barrier prop was still in use.

‘Damn, that scared me.’

“Okay, spare the hero.” Although the barrier can be used, it won’t last forever. The defensive prop cards in his backpack are not many, adding up to only five barriers, each lasting half an hour. In other words, he still has two and a half hours to find an opportunity to escape.

Two and a half hours, no problem, he can do it.

The black monster had already started moving towards the outside. As long as it leaves the space blocking the passage, he has a chance to escape.

He is a veteran players. He has been on the 800th floor for a long time. He has rich experience in dealing with various situations and many experiences of escaping from death.

What is the situation now? He has experienced situations much more thrilling than now.

He had lost count of how many times he managed to survive at the last minute.

Now there are still two and a half hours, so what’s the rush?

What he needs to do now is to appease the monk in front of him, lower his guard, and find a chance to escape.

Yes, that’s right, just do it like this.





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