I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 134 Side Mission
A young master whose status was likely to be very important was gone just like that.

All I can say is that the world is vast, but nothing beats the power of a fist in a dungeon.

Luo Feng, Su Mei, and the three sisters all reacted differently to this scene.

The first two were scared... Damn, can people kill so perversely? That flower of flesh bloomed so artistically... Could Cao Yu have some kind of antisocial personality disorder?
The latter three expressed approval—they have a high degree of "no return to town purity," believing that it is normal and worthy of encouragement for players to have their own hobbies... or to pursue their own nature.

Cao Yu took a moment to check on the newly acquired C-grade items.

One is a "divine fire substitute" activated by slave owners, which is a defensive type.

The other item is also a defensive item called "Reflect the Damage You Receive," which mainly reflects the damage you receive back to the user.

It's actually equipped with two defensive items... that's pretty cowardly.

He's already such a coward, yet he still tries to act tough in front of him... Xu Yuechu was right to scold him, isn't he just an idiot?

'As expected, killing is still the fastest way to make money... as is robbing... as is upholding justice.'

Cao Yu was filled with emotion.

Before leaving Division 008, he had a premonition that he would never lack evolution points again.

Look, even a random D-level young master player carries more wealth than An Li's greatest enemy—Xiao Chen, who is about to reach the strongest tier.

All I can say is that he truly lives up to his reputation as a local rich kid from node 09; he's incredibly wealthy.

"Brother, are you going to kill these two people?"

Xu Yueluo's voice brought Cao Yu back to his senses.

She pointed to the unconscious fox-eared woman and the dog-eared man who was bound by a red ribbon.

Cao Yu did not answer immediately, but instead asked:
"Among your 'superpowered gadgets,' are there any that can interfere with memories or distort cognition?"

"some."

Xu Yueluo took out her precious mirror.

She guessed what Cao Yu was going to do and offered to explain:

"This is it. It can not only interfere with the mind, but also dispel mental interference in others."

If Cao Yu remembered correctly, this precious mirror was called the Mirror of Misfortune.

“Then I won’t kill them,” he said.

He just controlled the slave owner for three minutes.

The transfer of evolution points and items took less than a minute. In the remaining two minutes, he asked the other party some questions and learned that the Li Ren family was using mind control to create "bodyguard slaves".

Simply put, it involves secretly capturing players with no background but good potential, interfering with their minds with superpowers and high-level items, and binding them into slavery to serve the Li Ren family's security business... It's even more hellish than a slave factory.

Both the fox-eared woman and the dog-eared man were controlled slaves.

The world of gamers is truly dark...

Cao Yu had Xu Yuechu bring the fox-eared woman over and throw her next to the dog-eared man.

Then, he had his third brother, Xu Yueluo, use the Mirror of Karma to remove and dispel the mental interference between the two.

“Brother, I’ve heard of the Li Ren family. The interference on these two is probably the effect of a high-level player’s superpower. My evolution level is not high enough right now, so I may not be able to help them dispel it.”

"It's alright, just do your thing," Cao Yu said.

As he spoke, he activated the "Life-Slaying Curse".

He blocked the possibility of "Xu Yueluo's dispelling failure" by cutting off the future twice, and successfully restored the fox-eared woman and the dog-eared man to their original mental state.

He then had Xu Yueluo alter their memories, distorting their perceptions—from that moment on, their memories of what happened here were erased.

“Brother is too cautious,” Xu Yueluo said. “At node 09, the Li Ren family can only be considered a small force… In short, any force without A-level players is considered a small force. If you don’t like the Li Ren family, brother…”

She suggested, with a hint of excitement:
"After we leave the instance, I'll call a few helpers, and we'll rob the Li Ren family together, what do you say?"

As she spoke, she used the Mirror of Evil to wake the two of them and gave them a mental suggestion—to leave this area.

"Let's talk about it after we get out."

Cao Yu's gaze fell on the Mirror of Calamity, and he asked curiously:
"Your 'super magical artifact' is quite useful. What legend or story did you use to manifest it?"

"Brother, have you heard of any myths or legends about the underworld?" Xu Yueluo asked.

"Ah, this..." Cao Yu replied, "Never heard of it."

"When your brother goes to the Spirit Realm's sub-district, you can try to learn about it; it's very interesting."

Xu Yueluo introduced with great interest:
"This magical artifact of mine is based on the legend of the 'Mirror Platform of the Underworld'."

In mythology, the Mirror of Retribution is the place where the souls of the dead are judged for their good and evil, determining whether a person will be punished in hell after death. It has a remarkable effect on suppressing the spirit. Therefore, my magical artifact can accomplish many kinds of spiritual intervention.

It also possesses functions such as information gathering, deception, and target locking. Oh, and by the way, it can even make the dead talk.

She boasted:
"Brother, isn't it amazing?"

"Yeah, that's pretty impressive."

Cao Yu gave his honest assessment.

It must be said that Xu Yueluo's superpower "Legendary Divine Weapon" is quite similar to An Li's "Delusional Necromancer". Both are superpowers that are weak in direct combat, but can develop into something abnormal once they have access to resources, with their combat power fluctuating greatly.

Moreover, their serial numbers are very close, one is 68 and the other is 66.

"Alright, you can go in and win your badges now."

Cao Yu pointed to the door of the rock-paper-scissors gym.

The three sisters acted swiftly and decisively, immediately pushing open the door and going inside.

Cao Yu, Luo Feng, and Su Mei didn't go in. Repeatedly playing the rock-paper-scissors arena is pointless; you can't get a second winner's badge from the same sport.

Luo Feng glanced at the automatically closing door, then looked away and said to Cao Yu in a sighing tone:

"I really didn't expect that Brother Cao would let those two demi-human players go."

Hearing this,

Cao Yu looked at Luo Feng with an expression as if he were looking at an animal:
"Those two are slaves controlled by others; they're just unlucky and have had a miserable life. They haven't offended me. If I don't release them, am I supposed to kill them?"

He patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and said earnestly:

"Brother Luofeng, don't be such a beast. Don't be so narrow-minded. Be more open-minded."

Luo Feng: "..."

Oh no... he was actually criticized by Cao Yu for being too beastly?
Is this even acceptable?
If he weren't outmatched, he would have loved to punch him right there and then...

A moment later, the furious roar of a brown bear echoed from inside the rock-paper-scissors gym:

"Get out! All of you, get the hell out of here!"

The roar contained immense anger and resentment.

"He even started swearing..." Cao Yu commented, "What a sore loser."

Luo Feng: "..."

Su Mei stood quietly in place, without saying a word.

……

Five minutes later, the three Xu sisters came out of the rock-paper-scissors gym.

The furious brown bear wanted nothing more than to shut itself off from visitors, so it naturally wouldn't waste too much time on the competition.

After all, every time it competes, it will be insulted and ridiculed by the audience.

Its resilience is too poor; it probably wants all the players to go up and play rock-paper-scissors together as soon as possible to finish the game quickly.

"I'll borrow your badges for a bit," Cao Yu said to Luo Feng and the others.

Now, the six of them together possess a total of 12 winner badges, and he wants to see if they can trigger anything when they are put together.

This time, he received feedback—after gathering the tenth one, the evolution game's notification sounded:
You have started a side quest.

Side Quest: Win in swimming pool competitions to earn the Winner's Badge

'Swimming pool...?'

Cao Yu was a little surprised.

He thought the side quest was to get more badges... This swimming pool competition must be very different from other competitive events.

Either it is extremely difficult.

It's either related to "Mr. Pingzheng".

He handed the 10 badges in his hand to Luo Feng and the others one by one.

Soon, everyone received a notification that the side quest had been activated.

Xu Yuechu immediately unfurled her fiery wings and flew high into the sky, gazing and observing in all directions for a while.

About three minutes later, she landed on the ground and reminded Cao Yu and the others:

"This instance is freaking huge! The distance between the buildings varies, some are close together, some are far apart. I looked around and didn't find the swimming pool."

"Should we look for someone...?"

Cao Yu recalled the background and hints of the dungeon, but found no information or clues related to the swimming pool.

He thought for a while and said:
"Let's go to a place with many players and gather some information first."

"Should we still spread the information?" Luo Feng asked. "Side quests are unrelated to collecting badges, so spreading information to make it easier for other players to obtain badges seems pointless?"

"It's just unrelated to the first side quest."

Cao Yu reminded him:
"We don't know yet whether there's a second side quest, or what it entails. To be on the safe side, let's proceed with the intelligence dissemination plan as usual. If it's not ultimately needed... well, consider it a good deed."

“Brother, we can go and take a look at the ‘Dark Story House’.”

Xu Yueluo suggested:

"The competition in the Dark Story House is a storytelling contest. There are many audience members who will score the stories, and whoever's story gets the highest score wins."

The first competitive event my older sisters, myself, and I participated in was storytelling, but unfortunately we didn't win.

There's practically no danger at the Story House, neither during the competition nor after losing. I imagine other players will crowd around the Story House, repeatedly trying out the competition. There will definitely be a large crowd there, making it easy to spread information and gather intelligence.

“Okay.” Cao Yu nodded. “Let’s go take a look. Oh, by the way…”

He reminded:

"After we get there, we'll also try to find out some information about 'Mr. Pingzheng'."

Mr. Pingzheng is very likely the boss of this instance.

To get the highest rating, it is essential to find out all the relevant information.

After everyone had made their decision, they set off for the Dark Story House.

The story house was quite far from the rock-paper-scissors arena, but the six of them were all quite fast, and it only took them five minutes to cross the circular plaza, pass through the dense jungle to the south, and arrive at their destination.

(End of this chapter)