“How did you do that?” Zhang Ying Hao asked.
Gu Qing Shan stroked the cat’s head: “This guy snuck in, or rather, was tacitly allowed in here by [Chaos]—— while here, it can also choose one type of supernatural ability once per hour, and I’ve also chosen the same ability, which resulted in what we have right now when both is activated at the same time”
Ye Fei Li carried the bowl of noodles over.
The black cat took one strand, chewed on it, then spat it back out.
Xiu!
It patted its stomach to express that it was full.
Gu Qing Shan: “…”
Zhang Ying Hao: “…”
“No emotions whatsoever, that’s a bowl of noodles I carefully made” Ye Fei Li picked the bowl of noodles up and complained.
“Sorry about that, in truth, it only requires the origin power of the soul” Gu Qing Shan replied.
All of a sudden, the expressions of all three of them changed.
There were only two minutes left on the [Chaos] UI timer.
Gu Qing Shan said: “Adorable, the Apocalypse is about to arrive, quickly find the closest place we can take refuge in”
The black cat reached its paw forward and pointed at the lake:
Meow—– pii! Wu wu!
Gu Qing Shan nodded in praise: “Well done, seems like you managed to substitute it just fine”
The three of them jumped into the lake and swam down.
They followed the black cat deep underwater, and swam a long distance before finally reaching a location next to a large rock at the bottom of the lake.
The black cat pointed at the rock.
Gu Qing Shan examined it carefully.
There was a door hidden under this underwater rock.
Gu Qing Shan pushed the door open.
A long flight of stairs made of rock appeared in front of them.
This flight of stairs led deep underground, with a wooden tab hung next to the entrance, which read:
[Attention: Please remember to close the door once you’re inside]
[Tonight 8 PM, an Apocalypse will arrive, the type is: Darkness Assimilation]
[If you hate the unending Apocalypse, please spend your spare time at the Nightshade Bar]
[Nightshade Bar, 30km this way]
At this point, the entire bottom of the lake was suddenly plunged into an even darker state.
The three of them looked up.
Only to see the moonlight and starlight over the lake had completely vanished.
The thick darkness was slowly but surely spreading throughout the entire world.
It was time.
The Apocalypse had arrived!
Without hesitating any longer, the three of them quickly went through the door and closed it tightly from the inside.
After travelling a few hundred meters downwards, they found an invisible barrier keeping the water out.
The three of them now stood on the rocky flight of stairs, completely wet.
Ye Fei Li looked at Gu Qing Shan and asked: “Where’s your cat?”
“It was a substitute actor who only agreed to perform once, it has already returned” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them began drying themselves off again.
“If I knew earlier, I wouldn’t have changed” Zhang Ying Hao complained.
He shivered, once again changing into a black leather jacket, jeans, and a pair of sunglasses.
His black cat was sitting on his shoulder.
“A bar where people can take refuge from the Apocalypse huh?” Zhang Ying Hao loudly clapped his hands, apparently quite interested.
“Right, and it was also a location pointed out to us by your black cat, perhaps this place isn’t only used to take refuge from the Apocalypse, but also find other information——— after all, this is [Chaos]’s turf, we’ve never even heard about it before” Gu Qing Shan replied
“A completely new world, perhaps there would be a lot of treasures and mystical forces hidden here” Zhang Ying Hao muttered.
“Then what else are we waiting for?” Ye Fei Li stated.
The three of them flew down along the rock flight of stairs.
A few moments later.
Two wolves stood in their way.
“The Nightshade Bar welcomes you, please pay the admission fee” one of the wolves told them.
“We have to pay here already?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Yes, from this point, you will have entered the range of the Nightshade Bar, which would reset your supernatural abilities” the other wolf replied.
“By ‘reset’, you mean——–” Zhang Ying Hao asked.
One of the wolves replied: “You will be able to choose the supernatural ability you’d like to use once again”
“That’s quite decent, and reasonable, but what exactly do you take as fees?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Money, tools, treasures, weapons, information—– anything of value will do”
Gu Qing Shan nodded and reached towards his hip.
Nothing.
——-right, to supplement the Crimson Demon Divine Spear’s power, he had literally given up his entire Inventory Bag, so Gu Qing Shan was now completely poor.
“No money?” one of the wolves narrows its eyes.
“There is” Ye Fei Li walked forward and casually tossed them a small bag.
A wolf received the bag, estimated it a bit before pouring out a few gemstones of wonderful color and texture.
“Top-quality goods”
The wolf praised it before signaling the other one to move away.
Both of them bowed: “Welcome guests to our Nightshade Bar”
Ye Fei Li then took out a few golden coins of slightly darker color, shoved them into their hands, and whispered: “This is the first time we’re here; have you got any advice?”
After receiving the money, the two wolves became a lot more amicable.
“There are no rules in the bar, as long as you have money, you will be able to buy various things and enjoy respectable service as you wish” one of the wolves replied.
“The bar isn’t responsible for anyone’s safety”
“We will largely ignore competition and murder between guests, unless something occurs that is to big to ignore. In which case, the conflict must be resolved through gambling, those who refuse will be directly transported into the Apocalypse, where their pitiful outcome will be broadcasted live for the entire bar to watch!”
“This is the reason our bar had always been in business” the other wolf excitedly gritted his teeth and explained.
“Enjoy yourselves to your heart’s content!” the two wolves spoke in unison.
“Thanks” Ye Fei Li replied.
All three of them went forward following the stairs.
“Oi, Fei Li, how did you get those rare gemstones?” Zhang Ying Hao couldn’t help but ask.
Ye Fei Li explained while walking: “Last time, Laura summoned me in person, then explained how she had been observing me for a while. She said that I was a decent person, and is a good brother of Gu Qing Shan, so as the official Duke of the Bramble Bird Kingdom, I can’t sully the name of the kingdom and need to be careful of various points…”
“Get to the main point!” Zhang Ying Hao urged.
Ye Fei Li tried to keep himself as calm as possible and explained: “After that, she gave me a world—– I think it was a bit larger than our homeworld, which was filled with treasures, all the way to the stratosphere——– she said that world of treasures is my tentative allowance for the month and that I should ask her for more if it’s not enough”
Zhang Ying Hao: “…”
Gu Qing Shan: “…”
Zhang Ying Hao was stunned for a long while before he sighed: “I feel like I’ve lost my way on the long path of living up to this point, it was only just now that I finally found the correct path”
Gu Qing Shan was about to say something when he suddenly stopped.
The other two stopped as well.
Lines of grey text began appearing on their [Chaos] UIs.
[Attention, after crossing through the barrier 300 meters up ahead, you will have entered the Nightshade Bar]
[You have entered the range of the bar]
[From now on, you may reset your supernatural abilities]
[When necessary, please remember to change your supernatural abilities]
[Attention]
[You will still need to find the way to pass through the Secret Wall]
The three of them continued forward as the notification reminded them and soon saw a half-transparent barrier at the end of the stairs.
“We’re here” Ye Fei Li stated.
“Hm, let’s go in” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The three of them entered the barrier.
The world instantly became entirely different.
Loud noises filled this space.
Bright lights of numerous colors illuminated the bar within the loud screams and cheers of its patrons.
On the stage, a beautiful snake woman of the beast race and a Yuki-onna with snow-white complexion from the youkai race were madly dancing to the music, acting as the lead dancers for a trope of over 10 other beautiful women.
Alcohol, smoke, women, light, as well as—–
「 Where did these shitty humans come from, weak sauce! Scram! 」
A towering two-headed demon was dead drunk as he swung a giant scythe towards Gu Qing Shan’s group of three.
Gu Qing Shan’s hands swiftly moved, but then stopped.
Next to him, Zhang Ying Hao had already pulled his revolver.
Bang!
With a loud noise, both of the demon’s heads exploded in blood and it collapsed.
“Double Quickdraw? Been a long time since I saw this gun technique” Gu Qing Shan praised.
“I learnt it when I was 7, nothing but foundational knowledge” Zhang Ying Hao replied.
The blood fluttered as mist in the air.
A group of men and women arrived closer to take in the fresh smell of blood.
Several bar attendants came and carried the demon’s body away without a single word.
One of them turned to Gu Qing Shan’s group and said: “Welcome our new guests, would you like a drink?”
“Strong liquor, preferably this bar’s specialty” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Ye Fei Li tossed him a gemstone, then sneaks him a gold coin as well and smiled: “Same thing”
“Ah, please wait a moment, I will bring it right away”
The bar attendant put the coin into his pocket and nodded.
He then made his way behind the counter to make the drinks.
While the three of them were waiting, another bar attendant stepped onto the stage and declared: “Tonight’s first dish, roasted two-headed demon! Any guests who would like to try it please proceed to Zone 1”
Quite a few stopped dancing and started to head towards a certain direction of the bar.
“I want his heart”
『 I’ve never tasted this kind of demon before…』
「 Trust this bar’s skills, they can make any part taste like heaven 」
『 Really? I want to try that demon…』
They slowly went away.
Gu Qing Shan patted Zhang Ying Hao’s shoulder and commented: “You killed that guy, but no one minded that at all—— seems like this really is a place that’ll ignore everything”
Zhang Ying Hao put his revolver back into his holster, then muttered: “Hm, I like this place”
