My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 187 Surprise Attack, Collapse, Devastation (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

One minute ago, in the movie world.

The long, black-and-white streets were deserted, with Gothic-style spires of houses stretching endlessly. A massive clock tower stood in the city center, its pendulum swinging ceaselessly.

Before long, a total of seven movie screens suddenly appeared on the long street, which was as deserted as a silent film.

One by one, figures emerged from the curtain: Xia Pingzhou, the Queen Statue, the unconscious Red Street Lamp, and the four members of the Ghost Train Group.

They blended into this black and white world, gradually losing their original colors.

Xia Pingzhou was slightly taken aback. He looked down at his faded body. This was his first time entering Ke Qirui's movie space, so he was naturally surprised.

Looking up and around, the whole world was black and white; there was no sound of wind, nor of human voices. The oppressive atmosphere made it hard to breathe.

Ke Qirui put the pipe back into his trench coat pocket, and then broke the silence by speaking.

She said, "We should be safe here for now. Let's stay in the movie world for a while and see how things go before we go out."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Xia Pingzhou, who remained silent: "Xia Pingzhou, do you know those children?"

Xia Pingzhou met her gaze and thought that no matter how skilled a hacker was, he shouldn't be able to hack into the electronic devices in the movie world, so he didn't need to worry about being eavesdropped on.

Thinking of this, he shook his head and replied:

"No... but my gut feeling is that they are very strong, and we are no match for them."

The queen statue raised its eyes, which burned with cold flames, and surveyed the silent world like a noble swan.

Su Zimai turned her head and looked at Xia Pingzhou as if she were picking a fight: "We've never even fought, so what makes you think that?"

Xia Pingzhou didn't bother to respond, or even glance at her.

"In the end, do we really need to run?" Xu Sanyan said, lighting a cigarette. "Although we don't know their background or strength, they're just a few kids."

Smoke swirled around his fingertips, and even the flame from his lighter was black.

Lin Zhengquan crossed his arms and said calmly, "Don't doubt the commander's decision."

Su Zimai also frowned, looking puzzled. However, remembering that Hei Yong had warned them about uninvited guests during this operation, she understood.

She looked down at the traffic light on the ground: "Although we've caught the traffic light, we have to take him back to the association, otherwise he'll die from blood loss soon."

“I can heal him.”

As he spoke, Xia Pingzhou reached out and touched the black and white ring road, pinching the chess piece shadow of the bishop's statue.

If Red Light died, he would naturally be unable to extract information about the Salvation Society from him through Black Chrysalis. That's why the goal of this operation was to capture Red Light alive, not to kill him.

The Salvation Church's mentor once said: If possible, it wouldn't matter if even the traffic lights were killed.

This means that... there must be a secret hidden in the traffic lights that the Salvation Society wants to bury.

With a "crack," the chess piece shattered.

Immediately afterwards, a stone statue of a bishop holding a thick religious text and wearing a white robe appeared beside Xia Pingzhou.

The bishop's statue has lowered its eyes, solemnly turning the pages of the religious text in its hands, and reciting verses from the Bible.

A beam of holy light spilled from the pages of the book, gradually spreading out and covering the wound on the back of the traffic light. His injuries were visibly healing; broken bones were setting, and exposed flesh was closing up.

Su Zimai crossed her arms, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "If you heal him, won't he suddenly get up and smash our heads with a lamppost?"

Xia Pingzhou said slowly, "I can only heal some of the wounds that could be fatal, and I used the Magician's Demon to put him into a coma, so he definitely won't wake up anytime soon."

"You've made a pact with a magician demon?"

"If you say so, then so be it..." Xia Pingzhou said. He didn't really want to tell Su Zimai that he could collect one-time-use demon chess pieces by killing demons, for fear of hurting her pride.

Ke Qirui was silent for a moment: "At first I thought Mr. Black Chrysalis was just joking with us, but I didn't expect that in this operation we would actually encounter a character with a mythical legend."

"A mythical tale?"

The other three members of the train group looked up and asked suspiciously.

Ke Qirui nodded and said casually:

“That’s right. The thing that the little girl was sitting on should be the ‘Somersault Cloud,’ and the staff she summoned was the ‘Golden Cudgel.’ This is probably the power of the mythical wonder, the ‘Great Sage Equal to Heaven.’”

She paused for a moment, then said, "Judging from this, the other four children who hang out with her are probably quite capable as well."

The other three members of the Ghost Train group were slightly taken aback.

Ke Qirui took them away too quickly; they didn't have time to see the details clearly, only the five children.

So, it's quite possible that they unintentionally escaped a disaster?
Ke Qirui lowered the brim of his hat and quietly pondered on the black and white street.

Last night, while they were traveling by train, Hei Yong had given everyone these instructions:

"Miss Ke, if you do encounter people from that 'mysterious organization' during this operation, do not think about fighting them. Instead, do everything in your power to escape as soon as possible."

"Before the operation begins, both parties may communicate by mobile phone, but during the operation, do not carry any electronic devices, and... under no circumstances should I reveal my presence to anyone."

"More importantly: after the operation is over, you must not mention what you saw to anyone, no matter how much you trust them, otherwise it will definitely bring you huge trouble."

Thinking back to this, and recalling what she had just witnessed in the underground bar, Ke Qirui couldn't help but gasp.

Somersault Cloud?
Fragments of mythical tales?
According to a friend of mine who is a mystery enthusiast, that thing is something that even a Calamity-level ability user can't compare to. Why would it appear in a place like this?
What is the connection between the traffic lights and this mysterious organization?
For a moment, Ke Qirui's mind was filled with a jumble of thoughts, and she felt as if she were in a fog. However, the image of the black pupa seemed to become even more mysterious.

Given how powerful and secretive this organization is, why does Black Chrysalis know its inner workings...? Did he join our operation to fight against this organization?
"Just who is this guy?"

As she was pondering, Xia Pingzhou suddenly spoke, shouting in a tone of urgency they had never heard before:

"Ke Qirui, hurry! Use the movie 'Devil' to get everyone out of here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present felt their hearts skip a beat, and then they all turned their surprised gazes to him.

"What's the reason?" Ke Qirui turned to look at him.

She thought to herself: those children are still guarding outside. At most, she can move the train group to a nearby location, but they will still be caught up by the somersault cloud. What's the point of that?

"Stop asking, hurry up!" Xia Pingzhou almost roared, and the eyes of the queen statue beside him burned with fierce fire, even startling Su Zimai.

But just then, a black notification box suddenly appeared under the black moon.

"Is it still too slow..." Xia Pingzhou looked at the black game prompt box, his face darkening.

From the moment Mario announced his ability to track down this other world until the game scene loaded, he only had two seconds to react. In those two seconds, getting Ke Qirui to lead everyone away was a pipe dream.

At this moment, the huge game notification box attracted the attention of everyone present.

They both looked up at the same time and saw the message box displaying the following:

The game is loading...

This short line of English brought them a great sense of eeriness and shock, like seeing a clown with a sinister smile and holding a balloon in a children's playground.

"So he really did come..." Xia Pingzhou thought to himself, he couldn't stop Mario from tracking him here.

"Commander, what is this?" Su Zimai was taken aback, and the line of English was reflected in her bright pupils.

Ke Qirui remained silent, raising his eyes from under the brim of his hat and staring intently at the notification box.

"Just in case, should we leave?" With that thought, she raised her hand to straighten the one-way mirror, wanting to use the power of the movie demon to take the people present away as soon as possible.

But she couldn't do it.

Instead of the movie screen, a cold, impersonal notification popped up.

[Note: You cannot force log out of the game during the 60-second "administrator maintenance period".]

"Sixty seconds?" Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow. "Is that the Sky Drive ability of those kids?"

Just then, color suddenly appeared in the black and white world of silent film.

The buildings on all sides are like the anti-counterfeiting layer on a lottery ticket; as they are scratched away with a fingernail, the true nature of what lies beneath is gradually revealed.

"What's going on?" Lin Zhengquan frowned.

They raised their heads high and looked around.

A primeval jungle burst forth from the concrete ground, with trees as large as giants and shrubs tall enough to cover skyscrapers growing wildly upwards, obscuring the Gothic buildings along the long street and enclosing them within its embrace.

Xia Pingzhou looked up and saw the game icon of "Destructible Vegetation" flashing on the fern leaves.

The whole world is collapsing, or rather... another world is replacing the original one. The black part of the sky is breaking apart, like tiles falling from the ceiling during an earthquake.

Immediately afterwards, a bright sun emerged from the broken sky, shining down on the earth like at dawn, sweeping away all the grayness with overwhelming force.

That silent, black-and-white world has completely disappeared.

Instead, under the blazing sun, a desolate landscape resembling an ancient desert shimmered. The enormous trees surrounding the group grew wildly, like demons reaching out their claws towards the sky.

Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan stood frozen in place, their figures bathed in sunlight.

"What on earth is this..."

They murmured in unison, their hearts filled with immense bewilderment and shock.

Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow and muttered to herself, "That's outrageous. Did they actually chase us all the way to the space created by the movie's demon? What kind of monster could do something like that?"

When I came to my senses, this Gothic silent street had been completely replaced by another scene.

A vibrant, wild green expanse came into view—a primeval forest. To the east of the forest stretched a vast grassland and a long river. To the west, deep within the forest, stood a towering cliff.

"This is... a forest?"

Ke Qirui murmured softly, trying to communicate with the movie demon and ask it to take everyone away, but the only response she received was a red exclamation mark.

[There are 40 seconds left in the "administrator maintenance time." You cannot leave the game scene during this period.]

At that very moment, from the high cliff deep in the jungle, a gate made of pixels slowly emerged, followed by a white cloud flying out from it.

Three children in hospital gowns were sitting on the somersault cloud.

Sun Changkong, who was in the lead, lowered his baseball cap and looked down at the group trapped in the primeval forest, a smirk playing on his lips.

She said, "It seems they're all here."

Mario looked up from his black handheld console and reminded the other two on the Flying Nimbus: "That woman in the trench coat is quite powerful, or rather, the demon she contracted is quite powerful, so I can only seal this alternate dimension for 60 seconds... During that time, they can't escape, but now because the scene loading took a little time, there are only 30 seconds left."

He paused for a moment: "In other words, you have to take them down in 30 seconds and get the traffic light back."

Sun Changkong snorted and said confidently, "Ten seconds will be enough."

Filio nodded as well.

"Let's get this straight... I'm not good at teamwork, so I'll be disrupting their positions. We'll split up, and you guys figure it out yourselves."

After saying that, Mario shook the joystick and tapped the icon on the handheld console.

Immediately afterwards, the group trapped in the primeval jungle suddenly saw a pop-up notification box appear in front of them.

Welcome, our player. Your spawn point has been randomly determined.

The moment their eyes fell on the text in the prompt box, all four members of the Ghost Train group, including Xia Pingzhou and the Queen Statue, experienced a sudden blackout.

They disappeared from the spot at the same time.

A moment later, when Xia Pingzhou opened his eyes again, he found himself still deep in the jungle, with Su Zimai and the Queen Statue appearing beside him one after another.

Their view was blocked by huge bushes and trees, and they couldn't see anyone else.

"What's going on?" Su Zimai asked.

"It must be the power of that handheld gamer boy; he deliberately separated us."

As Xia Pingzhou spoke, he looked up and gazed at the three children in hospital gowns on the cliff.

He thought to himself, "Actually, it's possible to fight them. They're all wearing collars, which limits their strength under the Salvation Council's restrictions... But the problem is that no matter how we fight, we can't win because once we push them to the brink, they'll break through the restrictions and unleash their Calamity-level... no, far beyond Calamity-level strength."

Under Xia Pingzhou's gaze, Mario landed on the Flying Nimbus and stood alone on the cliff.

He glanced at the map displayed on the handheld console, where red dots were jumping around, representing the locations of "other players".

Mario said, "Leave the two in the forest to me. You guys go find the others, and bring back the red light first."

“Okay.” Sun Changkong nodded and used his somersault cloud to carry Filio through the jungle and land on the vast grassland.

The two children looked up.

Ke Qirui stood alone on the grassland, with a red streetlight lying at her feet.

Not far away, Lin Zhengquan and Xu Sanyan were teleported by Mario to the vicinity of the rushing river. The river connected to a cliff, and a waterfall cascaded down from the top of the cliff.

"How so?" Sun Changkong asked.

"Boss, you grab that woman in the trench coat, I'll take care of the rest." As he spoke, Filio's pupils dilated sharply.

He jumped straight off the somersault cloud, rolled around on the grass, took off his hospital gown, and then covered his entire body with black and white fur, charging towards the river on all fours like a leopard.

The boy's body changed drastically as he ran, his claws carving out dark furrows in the ground.

Before long, he transformed into a black and white giant wolf nearly ten meters long, roaring as he attacked Xu Sanyan and Lin Zhengquan.

Meanwhile, on another corner of the grassland, Sun Changkong lowered his baseball cap, rode his somersault cloud, and shot towards Ke Qirui from a thousand meters away like a whirlwind.

Her long, dark red hair flew wildly, and the golden cudgel in her hand danced in mid-air.

Staring directly at the red-haired girl approaching, Ke Qirui murmured softly, "There's really no other way... It seems I have to fight you monsters."

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