Forbidden Zone of Deception

Chapter 238 Lady White Night
at the same time.

Jin Shumei, who has returned to Qingtan Community, has already escaped from the apartment building.

Of the members of the bloody team that went in this time, she remembered that in the end, only she and Zhou Chen and Qin Mei were left, and she didn't know whether the two of them were dead or alive.

The immense relief of surviving the ordeal and the lingering fear made her tremble uncontrollably, her phone still pressed against her ear.

"Have you returned safely?" Blood Lord's voice came.

"Um... Commander, but I don't know if Zhou Chen and Qin Mei are alive or dead..." Jin Shumei's voice was still trembling.

"It's alright now." Blood Lord's tone softened somewhat, but the killing intent within was undisguised. "How dare he put my woman in such a desperate situation... Li Yuanxiu... I'll skin him alive sooner or later!"

Hearing this, Jin Shumei's heart trembled, and an indescribable warmth and emotion welled up inside her. She knew that the leader had many women around him, such as the shrine maiden Xia Yu, who was nothing more than a plaything. But she, like the vice-leader Bernadette, was the leader's truly cherished right-hand woman, someone he was willing to invest resources in nurturing, and one of the women he trusted most.

Blood Lord then asked, "Didn't you encounter Bai Mia at Lanruo Temple?"

"No..." Kim Suk-mi tried to calm herself down. "It's a pity that we didn't find any trace of her."

"Alright." Blood Lord seemed somewhat disappointed, but didn't say much. "You should return to the Samsara Camp as soon as possible and wait for my return. I need the firsthand information you bring back about Lanruo Temple to see if there's any hope for me to advance to LV5."

"Yes! Captain!"

After hanging up the phone, Kim Suk-mi took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down and prepare to leave this dangerous quarantine zone as soon as possible.

On the other end of the phone, Blood Lord put down his phone.

In front of him, a car was twisted and deformed, its windows shattered, clearly having been through a fierce battle, but Li Yuanxiu had already escaped.

“That slippery mudskipper!” Blood Lord cursed. He turned to Georgia, who was practically pressed half her body against him under the pretense of fear, and Aurora, who was on guard beside him, and said, “I’ll probably have to find a chance to go to the Lanruo Temple instance again in the future. The water there is deeper than I imagined.”

Upon hearing this, Georgia pouted and said in a sickeningly sweet voice, "Captain, you really dote on Sister Jin. If something happened to me and Aurora, would you be just as anxious and angry?"

Aurora glanced coldly at Georgia, her tone flat but tinged with barely perceptible sourness: "Georgia, stop dreaming. Do you think anyone can compare to Sister Jin? She was one of the core veterans who fought alongside the leader from the very beginning. We joined later, how can we be the same?"

Blood Lord listened to the two women's words with no expression on his face, but his mind was as clear as a mirror.

Loyalty? Character? He sneered inwardly. If it really came down to these things, Kim Suk-mi was no different from Aurora and Georgia in front of him. Once he lost power and could no longer provide protection and resources, they would most likely scatter like birds and beasts. The only one who might actually stay by his side was probably the vice-captain, Bernadette.

But when it comes to "emotional value" and "effortlessness," no woman in the entire group can compare to Kim Suk-mi. She is very clear about her position, never makes excessive demands, is good at understanding people's feelings, is capable of handling matters, and knows how to make him feel as comfortable and in control as possible.

Ultimately, in this cruel cycle of reincarnation, what is there to be truly open and honest with each other? It's all about mutual exploitation and getting what one needs.

He needs their service and bodies; they need his strength and protection, nothing more.

"As long as you remain loyal to me, I will naturally treat my meritorious officials well."

Soon, Blood Lord's phone received a video clip from inside Lanruo Temple sent back by Jin Shumei, who herself was equipped with surveillance equipment.

He immediately began to examine the video intently. The video included footage of the fight between Kim Suk-mi and Lee Sung, as well as a close-up of the still slightly wriggling black liquid left behind after Huiming melted away.

“This liquid…” Blood Lord’s eyes narrowed, “It might be one of the carriers of the Lanruo Temple memetic contamination! Bringing it back for the ‘cleaner’ to identify might even generate specific ‘resentment crystal fragments’ from it!”

To reach LV5, one needs a deeper understanding of the corruption of rules; experiences from different professions and different people are rarely mutually transferable. Even when his exceptional talent was discovered in the past, he was only considered to have a theoretical chance of advancing to LV5.

Just as he was engrossed in his analysis, Aurora, who was on guard duty, suddenly shouted, "Captain! Someone's coming!"

Blood Lord suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

In the shadows on the other side of the street, two figures were seen standing silently.

There were two women.

The two, one older and one younger, looked remarkably alike, both wearing elegant yet undeniably charming cheongsams.

Blood Lord's pupils suddenly contracted, his facial muscles tensed instantly, and his expression became more ferocious and violent than ever before!

A palpable killing intent swept out from him like a storm!
"Bai Yewei! Bai Miya!"

He practically gritted his teeth as he squeezed out those two names!

Bai Miya was in her early twenties. Her delicate face had fair skin, a high nose bridge, and large, clear eyes that seemed to contain two pools of newly melted snow, carrying a sense of innocent and fragile purity.

If Bai Miya's beauty was a clear, shallow stream, then Lady Bai Ye's beauty was a deep, icy lake with unfathomable depths and swirling eddies. She was already in her forties, yet time had not diminished her beauty in the slightest. She wore a dark green cheongsam that perfectly accentuated her exaggeratedly stunning figure. The high collar of the cheongsam made her swan-like neck appear even longer and more elegant, but below, the fabric was pushed high by her full, proud breasts, outlining breathtaking curves. Her waist was unusually slender, seemingly fragile, and then her hips suddenly bulged, forming a full, rounded, astonishing curve. Finally, beneath the hem of the skirt, a pair of beautiful legs that would be unforgettable to anyone who saw them.

Looking at the mother and daughter before him, whom he could recognize even if they were reduced to ashes, Blood Lord did not hesitate at all. He slammed his hands together, and a complex sacrificial array composed of countless illusory souls wailing in pain suddenly unfolded beneath his feet!

[Sacrifice in the Black Prison]!
One of his strongest core class skills at LV4!

He had only been forced to use this move before, when facing the Demon King Freddy in the Annihilation Realm of this instance! This shows how deep his fear and hatred for the two people in front of him were!

Li Yuanxiu's figure slowly emerged from the shadows behind Madam Bai Ye and Bai Miya, coldly staring at the Blood Lord.

Lady Bai Yewei spoke slowly, her voice as cold as a venomous snake: "After Li Sheng's death, his ghost has returned to my side. Blood Lord, I need your Bloody Team to hand over the 'meme carrier' obtained from Lanruo Temple."

The Blood Lord grinned, revealing an incredibly cruel smile, his voice like it came from the deepest hell: "Bai Yewei... Bai Miya... Good, that's great! Saves me from searching everywhere for you! Today, I'll make sure you two... never return!"

The two sides are on the verge of a war, and it's about to break out!
The air on this street was so heavy it felt like it was about to drip water.

Georgia and Aurora immediately went into battle mode, flanking Bloodowl Lord on either side, their eyes fixed intently on the core members of the opposing Insectoid Swarm.

Bai Miya gently took her mother's arm, seemingly weak, but her eyes gleamed with a cunning and dangerous light.

Now that the imperial court has decided to eradicate the insect nests, the most important thing is to eliminate as many of the court's available forces as possible.

First, he assassinated Ye Xiu, and then... he killed Blood Lord!

Faced with the Blood Lord's overwhelming killing intent and the terrifying pressure of the [Black Prison Sacrifice], Lady Baiye merely raised her chin slightly, her eyes remaining cold and arrogant.

At this moment, a past buried deep within the Blood Lord's memory, completely opposite to his current image, suddenly burst open the floodgates of his consciousness like a stubborn ghost, causing him to be momentarily dazed.

Absolutely, no one would dare to imagine it.

The leader of this bloodthirsty team, who now treats human life like dirt, views women as disposable resources, and is so ruthless and brutal that he inspires fear, was once a LV4 peak Soul-Stealing expert. Long, long ago, when he was just a greenhorn who had just become a reincarnator due to meme contamination, full of naivety and outdated ideals...

He, a genuine seven-foot-tall man, had little interest in fighting and killing in online games or action-packed anime, but... he had a shameful hobby: he was particularly fond of romance novels and their adaptations into ancient costume dramas serialized on female-oriented platforms, which many men scoffed at as "brainless romance."

He wasn't particularly fond of the romantic entanglements in the stories, but rather of the unwavering love depicted in the tender and delicate prose. He admired the powerful, noble, and authoritative male protagonists who could sacrifice everything, scheme against the world, and even destroy an empire for one person, all for her smile, yet maintain an almost obsessive loyalty in their emotions. At the time, he felt that was true "charm," an aesthetic that transcended vulgar desires.

On the contrary, he felt genuine disgust and contempt for the "overpowered protagonists" in mainstream male-oriented novels of the time, who were always harem-building, had countless followers who would fawn over them with a mere tremor of their bodies, and whose women were unconditionally showered with attention, making them seem like bulldozers. He believed that such characters reflected the creators' lack of imagination and inner emptiness, with plots devoid of logic, displaying nothing but vulgarity and crudeness, and were cowardice disguised as strength.

At that time, he believed in the resolute yet poignant words of Zhuo Wenjun, a talented woman from the Han Dynasty: "I wish to find a single-hearted man, and stay together until our hair turns white."

He naively believed that great power and loyal emotions were not contradictory; in fact, the former should be the cornerstone for protecting the latter.

Therefore, he felt extremely uncomfortable and disgusted by the generally chaotic private lives of the high-ranking leaders in the Reincarnator team at the time—each with double-digit mistresses, numerous illegitimate birth records in various hospitals, and the practice of treating female team members and even female characters in the story as playthings, casually possessing and distributing them as rewards. He often watched coldly from the sidelines, secretly sneering: A bunch of pathetic wretches blinded by power, unable to even control their most basic desires, dare to call themselves strong?
At that time, he gave himself a code name that had a slightly childish feel to it but that he thought was cool and aloof—"Night Owl".

With his amazing talent as a Soul Reaper, he quickly rose to prominence and was highly regarded by the veterans in the team, and his future seemed bright.

The only one who stood out was Lady Pussy, the founder of the Insect Nest team. She always believed that Night Owl's determination to cultivate was not firm and that he lacked self-discipline, so it was hard to say what his future achievements would be. Therefore, she repeatedly rejected the proposal to promote him to vice leader: "What's the rush? Let Night Owl advance to LV3 first, and then we'll consider whether he is suitable to be vice leader."

Although Blood Lord was unwilling at the time, he took these words as encouragement. He was completely unaware of the horror of meme contamination and thought that although governments around the world were struggling with the sudden "meme contamination" incident, with so many reincarnators around, they could eventually control it and it would be completely resolved sooner or later.

Then, the Insect Cave team recruited Lady Baiye, a famous LV3 Yin-Yang Envoy and Reincarnator, and her daughter, Baimiya, a LV2 Soul Master and Ghost Raiser.

Their arrival caused quite a stir within the Bug Nest team, which was in a period of rapid expansion at the time.

Bai Miya was like a heroine from one of the novels that Blood Lord had read, possessing a kind of aloof, fragile, and breathtaking beauty that instantly struck his heart, which had been overly idealized by ancient romance novels.

Without any hesitation, he used all the "infatuation" and "respect" he could imagine, which he had learned from novels, to approach her cautiously and pursue her clumsily and sincerely.

He felt that Bai Miya was the one he would "offer his empire as dowry," the one he would give everything to protect—his "one-hearted person." He even fantasized that one day, when everything was stable and the meme contamination was completely eliminated, perhaps he could…

Back then, Blood Owl Lord, still known as "Night Owl," believed that his strength and potential were enough to match his feelings for Bai Mia. She neither accepted nor rejected his pursuit, especially the resentment crystals and items he gifted her, which she accepted without question. Moreover, Madam Bai Ye seemed to be happy with the situation, frequently inviting him to her home.

Looking back now, it was all just an elaborate trap.

That night, Madam Baiye invited him to her private residence in Muxu City under the pretext of "inspecting her future son-in-law".

During the meal, Madam Baiye was exceptionally hospitable, frequently urging people to drink, and using a specially made spirit wine that could greatly inhibit reincarnators from metabolizing alcohol using their professional skills.

At the time, Blood Lord was completely unsuspecting, thinking only that his mother-in-law was growing increasingly fond of her son-in-law, and eventually got completely drunk and unconscious.

The next day, he was awakened by a series of sharp cries and curses.

With a splitting headache, he saw himself being escorted to the insect camp, where countless people looked at him with shock and disdain.

Lady Baiye, disheveled, with her hair in disarray and tears streaming down her face, pointed at him and accused him in a shrill voice of being "outrageously lecherous," "using alcohol as a pretext for violence," and "attempting to commit indecent acts against both her and her daughter at the same time!"
Bai Miya huddled in the corner, shivering and crying with tears streaming down her face, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Look at Madam Baiye's looks and figure! It's not impossible that Night Owl is truly driven by lust, is it?"

"That must be it! I've always felt that the way he looked at Madam Baiye was strange!"

"You can never judge a book by its cover! He's a complete hypocrite, the scum of the earth! Just because he's talented doesn't mean he can do whatever he wants! He's a disgrace to our insectoid lair!"

"I told you long ago, all men are potential rapists!"

He was completely dumbfounded and speechless.

My memory of last night is completely hazy, and I can't refute it at all. But this isn't some melodramatic soap opera; how could a heavily intoxicated person do something indecent!
Lady Baiye gave him no chance to sober up or explain, instead tearfully repeating her accusations and adding "helplessly," "Although my rank is higher than his, my professional skills are prohibited in the real world... and he, claiming to be a founding member of the Insect Nest and a future vice-captain, completely disregarded me, daring to be so audacious! In the end... in the end, I only managed to repel him and preserve the innocence of my daughter and me by illegally using some of my medium's professional skills..."

Lady Pustules, the team's supreme leader, turned ashen-faced upon hearing these baseless accusations.

She could be considered a semi-feminist, a veteran user of Xiaohongshu, and she already had a strong prejudice against Blood Lord, so she believed Baiye's words without a doubt.

No matter how Blood Lord struggled to explain, or how he emphasized his innocence and the unusual events of the previous night, Lady Pussy only looked at him with cold, disgusted eyes.

He only regretted that he was a Level 2 reincarnator, otherwise he could have used the Mind-Seeking Leech to prove his innocence!
Finally, Madam Pustule slammed her hand on the table, pointed at his nose, and shouted angrily!
Those words, like a poisoned dagger, are still deeply etched into the soul of the Blood Lord:
"If you're so capable, then don't do something so despicable. You did it and you don't even dare to admit it. Are you even a man?"

In Madam Pustule's view, the motive (the man's lust), the ability (the courage given by his status as an elder), and the victim's accusations (both mother and daughter identified him) are all there, so what is there to question?
If it were a frame-up, why would a mother risk both her own and her daughter's innocence? Besides, is it believable that a new member would frame a veteran member?
Thus, the verdict was swift and brutal.

Blood Owl, once a highly regarded genius and a candidate for deputy leader, suddenly fell into the mire and became a "perverted lecher" despised and scorned by everyone.

All honors and status were stripped away, and all resources were reduced to zero.

Ultimately, considering his past contributions, he wasn't expelled from the team. Instead, he was treated like trash and thrown into the newly established "Fog Swamp Branch," which was located at the most dangerous front line, to start over as an ordinary member from the very bottom.

The precious "Resentment Crystal Shards" that were originally intended for him to use in his attempt to reach a higher level were instead given to Bai Mia, who was "greatly frightened and injured," by Lady Pussy, who was given the opportunity to attempt to reach LV3 Soul Refiner.

To the outside world, Lady Pussy claimed it was "for the sake of Lady White Night and her daughter's reputation," and did not reveal the true reason for Blood Lord's demotion.

Everyone said that he must have offended Lady Pustuca for some reason, but later, various versions of the rumors became more and more exaggerated, so Blood Lord was actually ruined.

Next, in the Misty Swamp branch, Blood Lord welcomed a new "guardian"—the branch's priestess reincarnator Sima Jin, and his newlywed wife—Xia Yu, known as the Witch Queen.

Sima Jin was assigned this arduous task because of his upright character, which naturally led to him being ostracized within the team. At the time, he was only LV2 and had not yet become the leader of the Misty Swamp team.

Xia Yu was once a renowned and beautiful reincarnator, so she felt extremely humiliated and dissatisfied to be assigned to "guard" a demoted reincarnator. She often gave Blood Lord a hard time, and it was common for her to make sarcastic remarks, deliberately make things difficult for him, and even publicly humiliate him.

However, her husband, Sima Jin, was an upright man who believed that one should not listen to rumors and arbitrarily convict people.

After his wife Xia Yu once again verbally abused Blood Lord, Sima Jin found Blood Lord alone at the training ground, venting his frustration by punching a sandbag.

“Night Owl, the environment in the Misty Swamp is harsh, and the missions are dangerous. But it's far from the troubles of the main group, and there aren't as many rules. You can consider accumulating enough merit, finding a way to continue cultivating, collecting resentment crystal fragments, and then advancing to LV3. Then you'll be eligible to apply to the team to independently establish a new branch. At that time… if your fists are strong enough and your merits are great enough, many things will naturally be said differently. If you're a man, don't lie here wallowing in self-pity. If you have any grievances, then fight back with your strength and take back what you've lost, with interest!”

Sima Jin's words deeply moved the Blood Lord at the time.

"Mr. Sima..."

"Just call me A-Jin. Come on, I'll take you to Changping Road Food Street for something delicious. Among ordinary people who don't know about the existence of reincarnators, no one knows about you. The spicy stir-fried clams over there are absolutely amazing, you have to try them!"

Since then, Blood Lord has completely shed his past pride and burdens, or rather, he has transformed all his humiliation, anger, and resentment into his most primal motivation.

He threw himself into the most dangerous and dirty missions of the Misty Swamp Division like a madman, accumulating merits and honing his skills through repeated life-risking performances.

but……

Reality isn't a movie; many things don't yield results simply through hard work.

Normally, a Soul Reaper needs five Resentment Crystals to advance to LV3; even one less won't suffice. How could a low-level squad member like him possibly have five Resentment Crystals? He couldn't even get them by stealing them!

In the end, he had no choice but to choose the forbidden path!
However, the one who ultimately reported him for using forbidden techniques was Sima Jin, the only person who had ever believed in and encouraged him!
Later, after finally gaining the opportunity to rise through the fully rule-based dungeons, he changed his name to "Blood Lord"!
Those sentences that he once regarded as gospel now sound utterly ridiculous!
"I wish to find someone who is of one mind with me?"
"To stay together until our hair turns white"?
Ah.

To him now, women are essentially no different from powerful tools.

They may have value to be used, to be admired, or to satisfy desires, but there is absolutely no such thing as "equal status".

They should be subordinates, resources, and pawns that can be sacrificed without hesitation when necessary!

He became the very person he once despised.

Isn't he supposed to be an unparalleled lecher?
He was tired of defending himself.

I'll just do it for you guys!
Therefore, everyone knows that Blood Lord has taken the female reincarnators in his team as his concubines. He even took Sima Jin's wife, the witch queen Xia Yu, as his concubine, turning her into the kind of person he once despised the most.

But ironically, now...

But no one dared to rebuke him in front of him.

Those who lack power are the true "sexual fiends".

A person with real ability is called "romantic"!
For example, Long Mingzhang, Yaochi Club is a place of pleasure where he regularly "selects concubines"!

this is the truth!
Blood Lord coldly looked at Madam Bai Ye and her daughter in front of him.

Bai Miya... Lady Baiye... Lady Pustules...

It's time for you to repay what you owe me, one debt at a time.

(End of this chapter)