Excessive ferocity due to caution

After learning that the captain was not there, Zhao Yi returned to his guild's headquarters.

Inside the room, he began to organize his spoils.

...

[Item: Bloodline Crystal]

[Quality: Green]

[Description: These strange stones typically appear in desolate ancient battlefields. No one knows their origin. These stones can directly enhance the power of activated bloodlines; the degree of enhancement varies greatly depending on their quality.]

[Note: You can sell or give it to other players or NPCs. Bloodline crystals of any quality are ineffective against you.]

...

"Bloodline crystals have no effect on me?"

Zhao Yi was speechless.

How awful!

After all that effort, all I got was one item.

Let's leave it for now and see later.

Zhao Yi thought for a moment, then took out another small treasure chest and weighed it in his hand.

It was the Treasure Chest of Destiny that he had obtained before.

"What will we get this time?"

Last time, when Zhao Yi did a backflip, a body-shredding machine was launched.

This time, he decided to try a different approach.

If you're unlucky, you have to be a little more flashy.

Zhao Yi took a durian from the warehouse, picked out the pulp, mashed the sticky pulp, smeared it all over the treasure chest, and put it in the microwave in the room.

Set the time to 30 seconds.

The microwave oven is operating.

Soon, a strange smell filled the room.

Those who don't know the situation would most likely think Zhao Yi is cooking excrement.

Di-

Time's up.

Zhao Yi turned on the microwave.

I leaned closer and took a sniff.

well.

This microwave oven is no longer usable.

Taking out the foul-smelling Treasure Chest of Fate, Zhao Yi threw the microwave oven directly into his body shredder.

puff!

The shredder spat out the microwave oven.

And with obvious disgust, they closed the entrance, giving Zhao Yi no chance to take advantage.

Clearly, it couldn't understand Zhao Yi's act of throwing in the heated "shit".

Zhao Yi was slightly surprised, but quickly shifted his attention to the Treasure Chest of Destiny!

Holding the treasure chest of destiny high, with devout eyes!

"Come out!"

"The Golden Legend!"

A flash of golden light appeared, and a key suddenly appeared in Zhao Yi's hand.

...

[Item: K-49]

[Quality: Other]

[Description: In its visual form, it often resembles a key. The holder is constantly tempted by it to insert it into any keyhole with a hole, and frantically twist and turn it until the tip of the key vibrates, at which point the temptation stops.]

[Effect: Opens most manual locks.]

[Inventor's note: Damn it... I knew I shouldn't have invented something while trying to have a baby with my wife. It's really gone astray!]

...

Zhao Yi looked at the strange invention in his hand with a strange expression.

Why are there so many strange scientists in this chaotic world?

This is truly perplexing.

However, having a key that is good at picking locks is a pretty good bonus.

He weighed the key in his palm.

Kogan sensed a powerful electromagnetic wave invading his mental world and attempting to influence his behavior.

Unfortunately, this weak control was of little use to Zhao Yi.

After putting the key K-49 into his inventory, Zhao Yi discovered that he had received a large remittance from the Joker.

A total of 20,000 ghost money.

This is equivalent to four months of Zhao Yi's wages.

After receiving the money, Zhao Yi suddenly remembered something and went to the abandoned train station, where he found the clown in the general store.

Upon seeing Zhao Yi, the clown's eyes lit up as if he had seen a god of wealth!

"Zhao Yi... that idea you had for the board game was really great. I happen to have a lot of those cards stored here, and I made 100,000 ghost coins in just one month!"

"Not only will I break even next month, I'll also save a lot!"

Zhao Yi grabbed a bottle of Oriental Tree Urine from the shelf next to him and gulped it down several times.

"Clown, how much do you know about Zili Village?"

Sitting in his chair, he interrupted the clown who was counting money.

The clown didn't react for a moment, and after a while, he forced a smile.

"Why...why are you asking this?"

Zhao Yi shrugged.

"Aha, I had a sudden inspiration and decided to grace Zili Village with my presence, so that it may bring honor to our humble abode."

The clown rolled his eyes.

"I advise you not to go to that place..."

"Any outsider who enters that place will be cursed!"

"The longer you stay in the village, the more terrifying things you will encounter..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yi's expression finally became more serious.

"Is there really no other way?"

This was different from the information he had previously received from the warehouse ghost.

The clown remained silent for a moment.

"Why do you insist on going to such a dark place?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Help the butcher find his daughter."

The clown glanced at the butcher shop on the second floor, thought for a few minutes, and seemed to have chosen to compromise.

To be fair, it doesn't want Zhao Yi, its cash cow, to go to such a dangerous place.

But it couldn't stop Zhao Yi.

"If you absolutely must go, remember these three things—"

"First, never stay in the village for more than 24 hours!"

"Secondly, you must never eat anything from the village or drink any water from the village!"

"Third, try to talk to as few people as possible in the village, especially... living people!"

Zhao Yi was slightly surprised:

"There are still living people in Zili Village?"

The clown's gaze was meaningful, filled with deep apprehension.

"Isn't this weird?"

"Back then, the half-step Great Ferocious Station Demon reached its peak strength and was about to break through to Great Ferocious, allowing it to leave the station area for a short time. It saw an opportunity and wanted to devour more living beings, so it led tens of thousands of monsters to invade Zili Village..."

"You've seen the outcome."

It glanced around at the dilapidated and abandoned station.

When Zhao Yi entered the instance, the system took him to a timeline from many years ago, where he had a deep understanding of the terror of the station ghosts.

The fact that even something like this was destroyed in Zili Village is enough to show just how deadly the terror within Zili Village truly is!

"A living person..."

Zhao Yi felt that something was not quite right.

Moye Village was gone, and even Guxuan Town was destroyed by an unknown omen, with no survivors.

How could there still be living people in such a small village as Zili Village?

Zhao Yi bid farewell to the clown ghost and set off on his journey with its blessing.

The train conductor brought Zhao Yi to the outskirts of Zili Village.

There is no station here, and the train conductor would not normally stop near this area, but because of the favorability rating, the train conductor still agreed to Zhao Yi's request.

As soon as Zhao got off the train, he watched it disappear into the distance, shrouded in twilight, into the withered grass before setting off for Zili Village.

It's still quite a distance from here to the entrance of Zili Village.

Along the mountain road, you can hear the chirping of insects and the howling of wolves.

This is definitely not a living thing.

The path was winding and consisted entirely of hard dirt, making it difficult to walk on.

Zhao Yi walked forward for about several hundred meters when he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the nearby jungle to his side. He immediately took out his Blue Flame Gatling gun and warmed it up.

Although the Blue Flame Gatling Gun significantly reduces the damage to ghosts, its suppressive firepower allows Zhao Yi to have a safe respite immediately.

"come out."

"Otherwise, I'll just open fire."

Zhao Yi chuckled.

Six... players suddenly emerged from the jungle.

They also had guild insignia on their bodies.

"Holy crap... Zhao Yi, what are you doing here?"

When the chubby Fang Bai saw Zhao Yi, he was immediately dumbfounded.

PS:

Question: Author, you updated so late today, the outline must be very detailed, right?

A: I watched hi-sil all day.

I'm sorry! I've disappointed everyone again!

Great!

Just kidding, there's one more chapter. I'll go write it right away and try to get it to over 3500-4000 words.