Chapter 475 - Fear
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"Stop blowing, youâre going to blow Tombstone Sis to death."
Li Cheng rolled his eyes and took the buzzing suona from Gray Rainâs hand.
The black-clad womanâs power is definitely above Level 33, no less than the headless reindeer encountered in the previous battery escort task. Even acting as the final boss in a punishing killing field task feels perfectly natural.
Listening to White Horse Tombstoneâs last calm tone, she seems to probably, possibly, perhaps really be confident she can hold out...right?
"Cough coughâ"
Blood Lion Roar, who had been repairing under the truck for a while, crawled out with a face full of black oil smoke, shook his head and said, "The truck is too damaged, this is the best I can do."
He waved his hand, transforming the heavy-duty truck into a Gundam with sparks and lightning, but the legs were completely scrapped due to total damage.
In its place was a tank chassis with seven pairs of road wheels, taken by Blood Lion Roar from his spatial device.
"For a Gundam, legs are just for show, the people up top wouldnât understand."
Though Blood Lion Roar said this, the Gundamâs upper body sitting on the tankâs floor still had a comical look like a burly man driving a tiny go-kart. Combat-wise, thereâs no guarantee.
Zhangsun Yao felt headache, turned to Li Cheng, "How are Red Spider and Nikola doing?"
"Thereâs probably no risk of rescuing them."
Li Cheng shook his head, Nikola clearly overextended himself using the Exile Technique, falling unconscious and depleting both his Spiritual Power Value and Sanity Value.
The former is manageable; even though his head turns pointy, he just needs to drink some Replenishing Potion to recover.
But once sanity falls below 30 points, it leads to madness or, worse, permanent brain death.
Li Cheng poured Move Drink into Nikolaâs brain using a soy sauce funnel, but didnât succeed in reviving him.
As for Red Spider...
Li Cheng pulled out the USB from the back of his neck, and Red Spider immediately opened his eyes and croaked, "Do you know who I am? Iâm Johnny Silver Hand who nuked Huangshan Tower! Let me go!"
Not Johnny Silver Hand, not Johnny Silver Hand, not Johnny Silver Hand?
Li Cheng rolled his eyes again, plugged the USB back in, and let Red Spider continue to lie down.
"Phew..."
Zhangsun Yao sighed heavily, grabbed her hair in frustration. The current situation is like a nunâs convent being demolished â dire straits,
White Horse Tombstoneâs fate unknown, both Red Spider and Nikola down,
The current fighting strength only includes her, Pifu, Binary Tree, Blood Lion Roar, and perhaps half of Gray Rain.
Forget the black-clad woman; even a Gray Green Giant would be hard to tackle.
Facing such adversity and contemplating her unfinished endeavors, Zhangsun Yao found herself envying Blood Lion Roar â he had long prepared for reality by backing up his consciousness and cloning his body, able to "regenerate" with backup persona even if killed in the killing field, so he could stay with his family as part of him.
Self-deception or not, holding onto hope is essential as long as youâre alive...
Zhangsun Yao was about to speak when Binary Tree suddenly interrupted with a hand gesture, "Shh, everyone quiet."
The scene fell silent, Binary Tree sniffed like a hound sensing prey, quickly picking up the pace.
This corridor was filled with basalt pillars, akin to the real worldâs Northern Ireland natural landscape â "Giantâs Causeway," a stone pillar forest formed by repeated volcanic magma outflow and ocean wave erosion.
The group followed Binary Tree, trotting past a section of stone pillars, discovering in a low-lying area...
"Mikazuki?"
Zhangsun Yao exclaimed in surprise; lying in the stone pillar forest was the Lv25 white-haired, purple-eyed girl Mikazuki, belonging to the Navigator Guild.
She lay flat on the ground, there were no external injuries, already long gone, lips curled in a satisfied smile, a glass goblet was placed beside her.
A trace of crimson liquid still remained in the cup.
"WTF? How did she end up dead here?"
Blood Lion Roar was puzzled; the Navigator Guild is famous for mysticism, its members are skilled in tarot reading, spirit mediumship, prophecy, and even opened a divination section on the player forum.
Navigators usually help predict fortunes for players, occasionally moonlighting as online matchmakers, offering paid predictions for player relationships.
Fate is predetermined by heaven but happiness belongs to oneself. Edit a message with "your name + the name of your desired partner," like "Guo Jing + Huang Rong," and send it to the Navigator Guild to learn the fate index.
Mikazuki was an outstanding figure amongst navigators, leading to the formation of a team to enter the Secret Realm on her claim that "within the Inverted Pyramid, all danger is virtually absent, with high chances of survival."
"She killed herself."
Binary Tree solemnly picked up the glass goblet, VR glasses read and projected the liquid information inside.
This liquor is a specialty of Japanâs Anomaly Affairs Investigation Bureau, with many middle to lower-tier players spending money to buy a cup for their Backpack.
At the brink of despair, downing it results in peaceful self-inflicted death, better than being torn by zombies, tormented by ghosts, brainwashed by Evil Gods. At least itâs painless.
"Hmm..."
Gray Rain rubbed his chin, recalling a literary short video seen on TikTok, raising a hand and saying, "Wait a minute, âLife as bright as summer flowers, death as tranquil as autumn leaves,â isnât this line from Indian poet Tagore? Who is this Florian Wilet?"
"Head of a Swiss euthanasia company called âLast Resortâ in the real world."
Li Cheng checked Mikazukiâs corpse and said casually, "This company supposedly uses high-tech capsule equipment to slowly induce death by hypoxia and nitrogen gas for customers,
but in reality, halfway through nitrogen infusion, the CEO himself strangles customers to death with a rope.
In some sense, itâs indeed assisted death.
Family: Peace.
CEO: Joy.
Customer: Death."
The killing field randomly inserting this arrested Florian Wilet in the description came close to a Hell joke.
Based on onsite traces and Mikazukiâs rigor mortis, she likely drank , voluntarily dying three hours ago.
In her stiff palm was a portable sports camera.
Previously, the ticking sound from the camera caught Binary Treeâs attention.
The players exchanged glances, Binary Tree pulled out the camera, connected it to VR glasses using a data cable to project the footage.
Fizzâ
Mikazukiâs projection emerged mid-air; she stood among the stone pillars, took a deep breath as if making up her mind, said to the camera, "Zhangsun Yao, Pifu, Binary Tree, Blood Lion Roar, when you watch this video, Iâll be dead.
Between the Inverted Pyramid and the surface exists a reality-distorting barrier that interfered with the divination results. I mistakenly predicted upon entering the Secret Realm, causing many deaths. Iâm very sorry for this."
Mikazuki bit her lip in pain, said bitterly, "But after entering the Inverted Pyramid, my prophecy ability somewhat recovered.
I know by this moment, you experienced repeated fierce battles, with Red Spiderâs brain damaged, Nikola unconscious, and Pifuâs Magic Pet in the best condition,
I also know its next words are âWhoâs the Magic Pet? Did you call me Magic Pet? Call me Magic Pet!â
âWhoâs the Magic Pet? Did you call me Magic Pet? Call me Magic Pet!â
Gray Rain angrily waved his hammer, overlapping his voice with Mikazukiâs, indirectly corroborating her prophecy ability.
"Iâm very sorry, I donât have the courage to hold out until you arrive; no matter how many predictions I make, I canât find my own way out nor see your ending â the bottom of the Inverted Pyramid conceals some anomalous existence, interfering with my word spirit."
Mikazukiâs expression seemed lost, her voice echoed, "I can only sense a clue that might be useful to you â Red Star Orphanage, in Yin City in the real world."
After saying this, Mikazukiâs face changed abruptly, anxiously said, "Get ready, an anomaly is approaching,
his name is F, his power is...infinite fear."