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"Ugh—!"

Cheng Zhuo hadn't even had time to deal with the green-haired brothers yet.

Suddenly, the jar let out an unusual low growl towards the end of the stone hall, which caught his attention.

"Oh, right!"

Xia Chan suddenly remembered what had happened in the stone chamber, "That strange man, he cracked open Brother Meng's skull!"

Perhaps worried that Cheng Zhuo might misunderstand, he hurriedly added:

"A guy who looked a bit rough around the edges but was very kind-hearted helped my sister and me during the day and even saved a baby."

"Where?" Cheng Zhuo looked toward the stone chamber that was glowing with an eerie light.

"Mmm," Xia Chan replied.

Cheng Zhuo handed the green-haired brothers to Guan Guan, letting it play with them like mice for a while.

He then turned and walked towards the stone chamber.

Before he even got close, he felt a chilling, needle-like aura emanating from the doorway.

"You guys stay away."

Cheng Zhuo had just finished speaking.

A man in a white shirt slowly walked out of the stone chamber.

His long, slender hands were covered in blood. He was unremarkable in appearance, but the look in his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses was unusually sinister.

Like a venomous snake,

It exudes a chilling, eerie atmosphere.

Cheng Zhuo noticed that in the stone chamber behind him, there was a large man lying there. His skull was intact, but he was covered in blood and his face was deathly pale.

"It's him! Luo Qiyang!" Xia Chan whispered from behind Xia Mo.

"He's a bit strange, Brother Zhuo, you have to be very careful!"

"Hehe."

Luo Qiyang stared at Cheng Zhuo, a strange smile curving his lips:

"Kid, it's not smart for a summoner to stay away from their pet..."

Cheng Zhuo didn't reply, but raised his hand and fired a crossbow bolt.

To his surprise...

The crossbow bolt was aimed straight at Luo Qiyang's face, but he simply touched the ground with his toes and twisted his body to easily dodge it.

Cheng Zhuo felt inferior to such a reaction.

The Cursed Humans

[Origin: Unknown - Psychic] (No information found in the current world database)

[Biomaterial Strength: Level 11.6]

【…】

How can you be only level 11.6 so fast?

Cheng Zhuo was slightly taken aback, but his hands didn't stop; he kept firing his crossbow.

At the same time, he secretly activated his meditation technique, transforming his "Dragon Form" attribute.

Luo Qiyang moved like a ghost, each flash grazing the tail of the crossbow bolt. Behind his glasses, his sinister eyes remained fixed on Cheng Zhuo.

"call out--"

Taking advantage of a brief pause during the loading of a crossbow bolt,

Luo Qiyang suddenly raised his hand.

Five gleaming scalpels appeared out of thin air, aimed directly at Cheng Zhuo's face!

"Goodbye, kid!"

After finishing his swing, he didn't look back, but stomped his toes and dashed towards the gate.

"roar--"

Just as Cheng Zhuo dodged the scalpel,

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the stone chamber!

"Bang!"

"Splash—"

The stone gate shattered with a crash, and amidst the flying debris, a dark figure nearly three meters tall suddenly burst forth.

Its long, dark brown fur stood on end, its muscular arms were thicker than Cheng Zhuo's waist, and its scarlet eyes were fixed on Cheng Zhuo. It was a humanoid bear beast!

It is large in stature, but its speed is by no means slow.

In an instant.

A palm the size of a palm fan, accompanied by a whistling sound, came towards Cheng Zhuo.

Cheng Zhuo only had time to raise his hand to block.

"Bang!"

The moment the force struck, Cheng Zhuo felt as if his arm had been hit by a truck. He staggered back several steps before finally regaining his balance, his arm trembling and numb.

How is that possible?

Cheng Zhuoxin was startled.

With his dragon-type attribute activated, his physical strength has reached the first-tier level.

This bear beast was actually several times stronger than him!

"Da da da—"

Just then.

Suddenly, the sound of machine gun fire came from outside the stone hall, mixed with several screams.

The previously frenzied bear suddenly froze, a glimmer of clarity flashing in its scarlet pupils, before it collapsed heavily to its knees with a thud.

His long hair receded at a visible rate, his muscles gradually contracted, and he finally transformed into a burly man.

It was the man named Da Meng who had been lying in a pool of blood earlier.

Cheng Zhuo's gaze swept over it.

Seeing his heavy breathing, as if he had lost some kind of strength, he was clearly no longer a threat.

Only then did he look outside the hall, a cold smile playing on his lips.

The gravity body has an intelligent program and can be remotely controlled.

Cheng Zhuo strode to the outside of the stone hall.

Beside the stone wall, Luo Qiyang stared with bloodshot eyes, his chest riddled with bullets, his gaze filled with resentment:

"...Why, why would there be an opportunity...?"

"Goodbye, kid."

Cheng Zhuo returned those words to him verbatim.

He slowly raised the crossbow at his fingertips, aimed it at his brow, and fired another shot without hesitation.

"Whoosh—"

The crowd at the entrance of the stone hall erupted in chaos, shouting, "Another person has died!"

These are all civilians from the city. They've seen plenty of monsters being killed, but for most of them, this is the first time they've ever witnessed human killing.

This was also the first time Cheng Zhuo had killed someone.

But in this cataclysmic world, bloodshed is inevitable.

He paused, taken aback.

He didn't come to his senses until he felt something soft on his hand.

It's Xia Mo.

She had somehow appeared beside Cheng Zhuo, her silver hair flowing, her clear eyes filled with concern.

"I'm fine."

Cheng Zhuo took a deep breath, put away the crossbow, and patted the back of her hand.

Yu Guangzhong noticed a yellowed parchment slipping from Luo Qiyang's chest, which caught Cheng Zhuo's attention.

Cheng Zhuo bent down to pick it up, and the moment his fingertips touched the paper, the system's annotation panel popped up:

The Incomplete Pharaoh's Secret Treasury

[Quality: Forbidden items]

[Effect: Grants the user the initial fundamental skill of the Necromancer class upon use]

Usage restrictions: None

[Description: This is a lost page from an ancient tome, cursed by the Pharaoh, which will automatically resonate with the nature of the seeker.]

[Cursed item detected. Can be purified by spending 100 Harmony Points. Purify now?]

Cheng Zhuo's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart skipped a beat.

Origin Technique?!

He instantly recalled the common sense he had learned:

The fundamental techniques are the foundation of Kashu's abilities, and can only be learned additionally when advancing in rank.

It's common knowledge that a Tier 1 character only has one skill.

Unlike meditation skills or advanced skills that require consuming source energy, initial source skills may have limitations, but they do not require consuming any source energy.

For example, Cheng Zhuo summons a jar.

He can keep the jar outside without it affecting him at all.

Therefore, the original technique is the foundation of Kashu's power!

This parchment actually gave him an extra initial primal skill, which was an unexpected surprise!

Cheng Zhuo couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity about Luo Qiyang's identity.

According to the system's annotation, this parchment is a forbidden item in this Void Realm. How did it end up in his hands?

who cares.

"Purify," Cheng Zhu murmured.

Since the system can purify curses, there's no need to consider the side effects of this forbidden item.

He believed that the underlying power of the system was definitely higher than that of this Void Realm.

The voice just fell,

A faint golden sheen shimmered on the parchment.

Cheng Zhuo noticed that the description of the parchment had changed:

[Description: This is a lost page from an ancient tome, cursed by the Pharaoh, automatically aligning with the essence of the spy—but the curse has been erased by an incredibly powerful force.]

"..."