Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The safe zone of the Mansion of the Dead, Beiqi.
A dense crowd of people gathered around the resurrection point, waiting patiently for the presence of the hated player.
After waiting for about three hours, a figure that everyone anticipated had finally appeared at the resurrection point.
Once he entered the game, Hu He was taken aback after witnessing a large group of players gathered together there waiting for him. He revealed an awkward smile on his face and quickly quit the game, vanishing from sight.
Everyone was speechless.
“Damn it! Did he just run away? He didn’t even allow us to vent our anger!”
“Idiot, I thought of asking him to return the skull of Cha Na. What’s the point of waiting when he’d just run away like this?”
“I don’t believe this brat will ever get back online. C’mon, it’s time to fight…”
Therefore, the players started keeping their guard up and Hu He did appear at the resurrection point a few times within this period. However, Hu He would go offline when he found that the group of people there still hadn’t dispersed.
After enduring for half a day, Hu He reappeared again, but this time he did not go offline. Instead, he fixed his gaze at everyone with a dispirited expression on his face.
“Hello everyone, don’t you find it boring?”
Upon hearing that, some players fetched their chessboards and started playing chess, some players fished out their tea set and began making tea, while others gathered together to play poker cards. All sorts of entertainment were available and no one seemed to have the thought of leaving.
Hu He was dumbfounded at the sight of this. He swore in his heart. What a way to play this game! So, they seriously want to confine me in the safe zone.
Looking at this, the only choice he had was to wait until they exceeded their time limit to be online in order to escape secretly. Hu He felt sad to even think about it.
At this moment, a group of people was approaching from afar.
“Hey brothers, it’s time to change shifts. Go ahead and complete your quest if you have one and go hunting if needed.”
Once the people surrounding the resurrection point heard that, they packed their things and rose to their feet. One after another left and a new batch of people sat around the resurrection point.
Hu He was utterly out of words.
“Just give up. Every major guild has come into a consensus to be on duty for turns of 24 hours without resting at all. Are you prepared to surrender?”
Gu Yu from the Myth Guild walked a few steps forward and proceeded toward the resurrection point to pat on Hu He’s shoulder.
“Isn’t it interesting?” Sun Qi asked as he sat by the side of Gu Yu’s leg and gnashed his teeth.
“It’s so immoral for you all to do that!” Hu He was overwhelmed with sorrow and anger.
“Immoral?” Gu Yu was left stunned upon hearing that. It seemed a bit awkward to hear a word coming out from a person who had dug his own tomb.
“Where was your morality when you stole the skull of Cha Na and replaced it with a wooden-carved one?” Sun Qi who was beside Gu Yu grit his teeth as he retorted.
Hu He waved his hand, indicating that he was extremely dejected. He sat down at the resurrection point without saying a word. He kept looking into the eyes of Gu Yu and the others, making it seem like he was trying to convince them of his sincerity.
“Oh yeah, tomb-digging guy, what did you dig, causing you to be in such great trouble?” Gu Yu and Sun Qi asked out of curiosity as they were playing chess.
This made Hu He recall Hiderigami of whom he almost laid his hands on. He could not help but heave a deep sigh.
“I nearly obtained Hiderigami and almost became the most invincible player. If I possessed Hiderigami, I would never be afraid of anyone and I could do whatever I liked. I was so close!” as he mentioned it, he used both his index finger and thumb to make a gesture, indicating a very short distance.
“Hiderigami!” upon hearing it, Gu Yu felt refreshed all of a sudden.
Even though his Demonic God’s Apostles were the strongest in the inherited character class, the disadvantage of his character class was that the progress of development was not systematic. Hence, if he could not develop himself in the long term, then he would certainly be surpassed by latecomers.
Hiderigami was the key to his class development and also his most important task at hand.
“Where is Hiderigami?” Gu Yu questioned hastily.
“He’s in Evil Nightmare City. He was trying to recuperate through energy intake from the seal. I wasted a lot of energy to dig him out. Who knows how the fragile seal just broke apart. I feel infuriated just thinking about this,” recalling the past provoked Hu He’s rage.
“How did you get into the place?” Gu Yu was astonished.
He led a few people to go in with him a few times but they were all blocked by the Zombie Poison Formation. They all died even before entering the place.
“Have you been there as well?” Hu He was startled.
“Quick, tell me! How do you get in?” Gu Yu asked eagerly.
As he listened to this question, Hu He seemed to have thought of something, hence he chuckled as he uttered, “One needs to possess a certain skill to get into the city. Since you’re not part of our zombie forging community, for sure you don’t know how to be flexible. It’s very hard to enter but if you bring me along, I can help you to get in.”
Hu He’s statement caused Gu Yu to have conflicted feelings.
He finally found out about the way to enter Evil Nightmare City, but it seemed like this awful player was the only one who knew the way. As a result, it left him wondering what he could do.
“Brother, if you want to enter the place, you need me. You can think about it first. I can obviously see through the desire in your eyes,” as Hu He knew that the possibility was high, he grinned from ear to ear.
“Boss, we can’t let go of this guy. If not, our guild will be done for!” Sun Qi interjected promptly to discourage the seemingly interested Gu Yu from having such a thought.
Gu Yu certainly knew the repercussions. Now, the major guilds came to an agreement to take turns in defending the area so if he released him without authorization, he would surely be besieged.
It was so rare to see hope for class development, hence he did not want to give up too easily.
After much consideration, Gu Yu created a live chat group and added Chen Ziyu, Wu Guoyi, Lu Zhan, Liu Chai, and other leaders into the live chat channel.
Gu Yu: “Fellow brothers, I have something to discuss with all of you!”
Ye Xue’er: “What’s the matter?”
Chen Ziyu: “I’m in the midst of killing a ferocious spirit. I’ll talk to you later!”
Liu Chai: “Same question, what’s up?”
Seeing that the leaders from each major guild were already in the group, Gu Yu started to explain his intention.
Gu Yu: “Fellow brothers, I have something to discuss with all of you! Can I borrow the most-hated player for a bit? I guarantee that I won’t let him run away!”
Ye Xue’er: “No!”
Liu Chai: “No +1”
Wu Guoyi: “No +2”
Chen Ziyu: “No +3”
Gu Yu felt a headache when he saw the replies of disapproval from all of them.
But he was not ready to give up the chance for class development. Therefore, upon further deliberation, he tried to explain again and come clean about his difficulty for class development. Without Hu He, it was unlikely that he would be able to accomplish it successfully.
Upon witnessing Gu Yu’s sincere manner, the leaders of the major guilds began to hesitate.
As the saying goes, strike the iron while it’s hot. Hence, Gu Yu proceeded to promise some benefits and assured the rest that he would surely send him back to the safe zone when they were done. After all his efforts, they finally agreed reluctantly to let him borrow Hu He for a short period of time.
After receiving approval by the major guilds, Gu Yu heaved a sigh of relief. He then averted his gaze toward Hu He.
“Let’s go, bring me to Evil Nightmare City, but to ensure you don’t run away or go offline, you need to maintain your state of combat.”
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s statement, Hu He showed a surprised look on his face while thinking of how foolish it would be to not escape.
However, once he heard Gu Yu mention maintaining the state of combat to prevent him from going offline, he was stunned for an instant.
“How can we maintain a constant state of combat?”
“Simple, let the dog bite you along the way!”
Both Hu He and Sun Qi didn’t know what to say.
