I slay demons and monsters in a bizarre city.

Chapter 61 The Qi of Heaven and Earth (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations)
"The stone giant smiled at you?" Xia Mengmeng had finished her lollipop, but she still had the stick in her mouth; she loved lollipops so much.

"That proves you're quite popular! The Giant Wall isn't the time wall of Lord Lin Jiuge, the Dark Night Censor. We still don't know whose handiwork it is. Alright, let's get ready to go back. You've seen what Black Sea City looks like."

Lin Mo's nostrils twitched rapidly. He smelled a familiar scent—the white wolf of the werewolf clan. It must be nearby.

The crimson fog was thick, and the north gate of Blacksea City was shrouded in it, making it difficult to see clearly.

Li Changgeng blinked. He did see a stone giant smiling at him, but that smile was more sinister and eerie than the smile of the Grim Reaper, like a mockery and contempt for the human race as ants.

Upon closer inspection, it wasn't just stone giants; there were also many giants resembling monstrous beasts. Some of these beast-like giants had tiger heads, some had wolf heads, some had ape heads, and there were also monstrous beasts that Li Changgeng couldn't name—they were all incredibly diverse.

The beast giants and these stone giants were stacked one on top of each other, towering into the clouds. Li Changgeng inexplicably thought of the cosmic wall. When mankind explored the stars and the sea, there was such a "wall" in the vast universe, which could block mankind's exploration of other advanced civilizations in the universe.

What kind of world lies outside these giant walls?
Is it a scene of wailing and corpses strewn across the land, or one of peace and tranquility, with flowers in full bloom and people enjoying themselves? These towering stone giants and beast giants stretch as far as the eye can see, with no end in sight. This doesn't make sense.

However, Li Changgeng quickly calmed down. How many things in Black Sea City made any sense? What happened to him was one thing, but Lin Mo climbed onto the metal high-speed rail of the TV station, touched the lightning rod, got struck by lightning, and was still unharmed!
Xia Mengmeng, who is beside me, has merged with the soul of the Buddha Snake. Isn't that outrageous enough?

Perhaps there are too few ordinary people in Black Sea City. Some monsters have transformed into humans, and there's also KMS game company, all of whom are digital cyborgs. Li Changgeng even doubted whether he was a normal carbon-based biological human.

Li Changgeng took a few steps forward, feeling an urge to go out and take a look.

Xia Mengmeng pouted, with another lollipop in her mouth.

Sizzle... Beep beep...

Xia Mengmeng stuck out half of her wet tongue and licked it a few times, quite enjoying herself. When she saw Li Changgeng looking at her with a strange gaze, Xia Mengmeng blushed and quickly flicked her tongue back. She didn't usually eat lollipops, but ever since she met Bai She, Bai She just couldn't resist eating them.

"Could you please stop making that kind of noise?" During his university years, when Li Changgeng stayed in a small hotel with poor soundproofing, Xia Mengmeng would often make this kind of noise next door. Li Changgeng could basically guess what she was doing, but he just couldn't see it because of the wall.

"Okay, Brother Chang Geng!" Xia Mengmeng's rosy face turned cold.

"Has no one tried to get out of here?" Li Changgeng asked in confusion, as this did not make sense.

Xia Mengmeng remained expressionless, as emotionless as a machine. "Don't be silly. You can't get out! I've tried! Even my White Snake couldn't fly out! There are ancient protective barriers here. Tanks, machine guns, and artillery are just noise, like fireworks. Even intercontinental ballistic missiles can't penetrate them! Hot weapons are actually the least effective! Cold weapons do more damage to them. Isn't that strange?"

"Not surprising!" Lin Mo clenched his fists. The werewolf, White Wolf, was watching him from somewhere nearby.

"As the eternal night and mist descend, mythology revives, ancient gods emerge, and the spring of evil gods arrives. We are living in a world where mythological civilization and modern economic civilization intersect. This is not surprising, is it?"

Lin Mo drew a "well" character in the air with his bare hand. This golden "well" character spun in the air and gradually disappeared.

"That was a talismanic technique from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs, specifically the Well-shaped character. This thing is far more lethal to demonic beasts than guns, bullets, or C4 bombs."

"Correct!" Xia Mengmeng looked at Lin Mo with a hint of surprise. "Wow, you're pretty quick to grasp things. You can even use talismans now, drawing them out of thin air and drawing upon the Qi of heaven and earth."

It was almost time, and Li Changgeng still needed to go to AIDK Technology Company to find Li Zhiman, the campus belle of Black Sea City University, to attend Gu Chao's midnight adventure party.

You can still catch the last subway before curfew.

Black Sea City is indeed too strange. If what Xia Mengmeng said is true, Li Ying can be saved if she finds the Heavenly Sea Spring in the Sky Sea. The problem is, there is no red death countdown in front of Li Changgeng right now.

Now, he's actually looking forward to the countdown taking him to the Sky Sea.

The immersive game "God of Hunters" developed by KMS Games will officially launch the day after tomorrow. To enhance the sense of immersion, the first dungeon is a city that is exactly the same as Black Sea City, replicated to the same scale. Players can obtain gold coins in the game, which can be exchanged for real money through a virtual currency exchange system.

This is also how most people in Black Sea City, with its highly advanced technology, earn money. Apart from working in some special departments, gaming, biological, and technology companies, most people are unemployed. With the integration, full automation, and the existence of intelligent robots, there are very few job opportunities.

Aside from fulfilling basic physiological needs such as eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping, the people living in Black Sea City can be described as having nothing to do and plenty of time to squander.

With longer nights and a curfew in place, gaming has become the primary form of entertainment for most people, and it's also a great way to earn some extra money – a win-win situation. Almost every household has immersive gaming headsets and glasses. Black Sea City boasts over twelve backup power lines, including nuclear power plants, thermal power plants, and underground geothermal power plants, ensuring absolutely reliable power supply that will never be interrupted. As long as the power is uninterrupted, the internet will remain, and the game will continue indefinitely.

"Let's go back." Li Changgeng didn't want to stay outside. The bronze shrine seemed to have sensed something, and the color of the No. 2 blue spirit car card changed from blue to black. It was smashed by the martial spirit Taishan of Zhenhun Street with a punch.

"You and Sister Bing go first, I'll take care of my personal matters myself." Lin Mo sensed a faint murderous aura; he wanted to kill the despicable werewolf tribe leader, White Wolf.

"Lin Mo, don't overestimate yourself. The north is the territory of the werewolf clan!" Xia Mengmeng said sternly, "Don't blame me for not telling you, if it weren't for Imperial Censor Lin Jiuge's help last time, you and I would both have died at the hands of the white wolf."

"I told you, it's none of your business! This is my own affair!" Lin Mo walked alone towards the north gate of Black Sea City, feeling the white wolf's aura growing stronger.

"Anyway, I don't care anymore. Survival is the most important thing. The Night Slayer Division has also given us the Night Slayer Order, which means we can't provoke that white wolf! You're making this decision on your own and disobeying orders." Xia Mengmeng lightly slapped her forehead, and a lifelike phantom of a giant white snake appeared in the crimson mist. Xia Mengmeng's two fair legs clamped the white snake between them.

"Get on, hold on tight, and hold on firmly!"

"Hurry up, if you don't come up now, I'm leaving!"

Xia Mengmeng spoke coldly, her words sounding like she had ice cubes in her mouth.

"Can you stop switching between cold and hot? It's unbearable." Li Changgeng watched Lin Mo's figure disappear into the mist, too anxious to avenge his family.

Li Changgeng rode the white snake, and his legs instantly turned ice-cold; snakes truly are cold-blooded animals.

"Go!" Xia Mengmeng gently pressed the white snake's scales with the muscles of her calf. The white snake seemed to understand her and rose into the air from the ground. Li Changgeng was caught off guard and almost fell.

Li Changgeng held the snake's body, which was as thick as a water bucket, in both hands. "Can we slow down?"

"You think it's too fast? Then jump down now!" Xia Mengmeng sneered. "Where to?"

"AIDK Technology Company." The wind whistled past Li Changgeng's ears as the white snake, like a purple lightning dragon, swiftly darted through the scarlet mist.

……

Lin Mo passed through the north gate of Black Sea City. On the gate, several lines of large characters were written crookedly in English, Chinese, and several other languages: Death Zone, Military Jurisdiction! Unknown Creature Area, Unauthorized Entry Will Be Subject to Consequences!
"I know you're here, come out!" Lin Mo moved his fists, and his muscles swelled up, becoming several times more muscular.

stab...

Several bloody claw marks appeared on Lin Mo's shoulder. When the white wolf, which was over two meters tall and nearly three meters high, appeared, it injured Lin Mo's shoulder with one claw.

White Wolf gave a sinister smile. "I know you've been following me. All I did was eat your mother, your father, and your sister right in front of you. Do you really hate me that much?"

"Pah! Pah!" White Wolf turned his head and spat. "Your parents are old, that old man is too smelly, your mother is too sour, they're both unpalatable. Your sister tastes good, very tender and silky, and those big white rabbits are truly intoxicating!"

"I'll fucking kill you!" Lin Mo took a step forward, his iron fist cutting through a golden arc of light.

boom!
Lin Mo was sent flying more than ten feet away, crashing into the stone giant's city wall. His throat burned, and blood mixed with fragments of internal organs spurted from his mouth and nose...

The white wolf had a fierce look in its eyes, arms crossed over its chest, the leg that had kicked Lin Mo still hanging in the air, its feet clad in human skin shoes.

Countless photos were scattered around. "You overestimate yourself! This is your family photo. I have many more here; I've basically eaten everyone in the photos!"

Lin Mo braced himself on the ground with both hands, vomiting blood continuously. He was utterly defeated!

In the photo, he saw a familiar face—it was Li Changgeng. The other three people must be his family.

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(End of this chapter)