Excessive ferocity due to caution

Chapter 222 New Mount

A golden library.

An oval, gilded wall topped the tall, square dome, with flowing red silk that would flutter in the occasional slanting breeze blowing in from the windows.

Beside rows of tall bookshelves, a handsome man in a bathrobe and slippers was reading a book.

This person was Drax.

This enormous library was also a gift of his private property from the Horn-Blowing Camp Guild.

It's hard to imagine what kind of enormous sum of money lies behind the library.

They gave it away as soon as they said they would.

This is enough to demonstrate the attitude of the Horn-Blowing Camp Guild.

Long——

The door was pushed open, and starlight streamed in.

Two figures stepped into the library.

One male and one female.

The man has a mixed style of non-mainstream artistic youth, while the woman has a dark gothic style.

She was pierced with torture instruments, her flesh was mangled and bloody, but it did not affect her movement.

These two are Parthias (male), the dream weaver, and Gynts (female), the penal writer.

The two crossed a small pond inside the library and arrived at the bookshelf.

The woman said to Drax:

"Drax, what do you want with us?"

Drax's gaze remained fixed on the pages of the book in his hands, and he said calmly:

"X-0 has appeared in Valley Suspension Town."

He recounted Zhao Yi and his game to the two of them.

The woman frowned and said:

"You believe him?"

Drax twisted his neck:

"One should not completely disbelieve, nor should one believe everything."

"Whether it is or not, I'm not sure."

"So after contacting Parthias, I contacted you."

"Randall and I are enough for the ruined city. You guys go to Valley Suspension Town this time. Parthias can play with X-0. As for you... Gwenth, don't reveal your whereabouts casually. Look carefully for Ouyang Feng's body. If you really can't find it, then it can be considered as indirectly proving that what X-0 said is true."

"He did indeed hide Ouyang Feng's body."

Gurness sneered:

"Drax, when did you become so timid?"

"How ridiculous... Why would you play pretend with an ant that you could crush with a single finger?"

"Just arrest him, subject him to torture, and he'll confess to everything, won't he?"

Drax raised an eyebrow.

He shifted his gaze from the book to Gurness with displeasure, and said indifferently:

"Next time you speak, I hope you'll think it through."

"A form of punishment based on suffering?"

"If this thing were useful, would the priests of the Void Containment Facility have been executed for dereliction of duty back then?"

"The torture method... Void Containment has used it on him countless times. Have you seen the Containment Bureau extract any useful information from X-0's mouth and mental world?"

Gwyneth opened her mouth to refute, but she was speechless in the face of the facts.

Drax stared into her eyes and continued:

"This operation is fraught with enormous costs and risks, and I don't want any accidents to happen!"

"Since the Black Butler has appointed me as the leader of this operation, you all have to listen to me. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong and we return to the church... you'll have to explain to the Black Butler yourselves!"

Upon hearing the mention of Black Butler, Gwyneth's expression immediately became much more composed.

She felt a deep-seated fear of that guy!

Seeing that she had given in, Drax turned to the man and said:

"Parthias, I want you to play this game with X-0."

"And...you have to win!"

Parthias seemed to be half asleep and yawned.

"Dealing with a one-legged rat is nothing; winning his boring, childish game... won't take long."

He didn't take Zhao Yi seriously.

The difference in strength between the two is simply too great.

Before they arrived, they had already scouted the entire area of the abandoned city and found that there were very few things that posed a threat to them.

As for remote places like Guxuan Town... they pose absolutely no threat.

With his spiritual power, controlling a hundred people to become believers in the church would be as easy as taking candy from a baby!

Drax's words were meaningful:

"Don't underestimate your enemy."

"This guy... he's the one who made the priests of the Void Containment Facility suffer back then."

"His ability to escape the asylum through multiple possessions is enough to prove the strength of his mental power and the strangeness of his methods..."

Possession.

A very strange method.

Its full name is Spiritual Possession.

Some beings with advanced expertise in the field of mental power can also do this.

But someone like Zhao Yi, who repeatedly possessed bodies in a short period of time... has never been seen before.

This behavior... is tantamount to suicide!

Because every possession causes irreversible and enormous mental damage to the person who uses the ability!

Unless absolutely necessary, no one would use this method to escape.

Parthias's expression became slightly more serious.

But it wasn't because he started to value Zhao Yi.

Rather, he felt that Drax, a member of the Red Gloves, seemed to look down on him.

"I'll prove it to you."

Parthias uttered those words, one by one.

"But you'll have to apologize to me for your attitude then!"

Drax casually remarked:

"Of course, the premise is... that you can prove yourself."

The two received their new mission and left the library.

Shortly after they left, Drax received a new phone call.

It was Randall calling.

Randall is a senior B-level member of the Black Boots, and he is quite experienced in his work, unlike the two younger members, Parthias and Gwyneth.

"Randall, what's up?"

Drax's attitude became much more serious when facing Randall.

A deep, resonant voice came from the other end of the phone:

"We have news from the church that the technical advisors couldn't find anything wrong... Ouyang Feng's body suddenly disappeared from our surveillance; there's only one explanation for this..."

Drax's heart inexplicably started beating faster.

"What explanation?"

Randall:

"An external force blocked the tracking signals from Ouyang Feng's body."

"And the ability to do this means that the opponent possesses at least the strength of a near-peak Great Fiend!"

Upon hearing this, Drax immediately retorted:

"Impossible. We already scouted the area before we came. There are no hidden near-perfect monsters here, let alone peak-level ones!"

Randall remained silent.

indeed.

He also believed that the church's investigation would not go wrong.

Because over the past few centuries, the church's detectors have undergone epic improvements and have never malfunctioned again...

So... where did the problem lie?

...

Guxuan Town.

Zhao Yi sent a long message in the guild group.

And he used his warehouse administrator privileges to pin the message to the top.

The other players were immediately shocked when they saw this message!

"Ten days from now, a major calamity will strike the guild headquarters. More than one potential high-ranking member of the Skull Church will launch a frenzied attack on the guild headquarters at that time. All players should leave in advance to avoid the turmoil... Holy crap, more than one potential high-ranking member? Really?"

"I have a feeling that Zhao Yi is just messing around... What the hell is the Skull Church? I've never even heard of it..."

"This kind of news... it can't be a joke, right?"

"Has anyone asked him about it?"

"I asked, but didn't get a reply."

"..."

After pinning this message to the top, Zhao Yi ignored the guys in the guild.

The stratification within the "Honest Guild" is extremely severe; the top residents on the seventh floor are all Lv50+, approaching Lv60.

The highest level on the lower floors is Lv30.

There have been players above level 30 before, but they later switched platforms and left.

This guild offered them no hope of future development.

Therefore, for the remaining players, facing a half-step Great Ferocious beast head-on is their limit.

But what if four potentially major villains were to attack the guild's headquarters simultaneously...?

Once the protection mechanism of the guild's territory collapses, they will be completely wiped out!

A flood of messages poured towards Zhao Yi, but he remained unmoved as the 99+ unread messages kept flashing.

This whole thing started because of him, which is why he specifically reminded these unlucky bystanders who were caught in the crossfire.

Whether they listen or not is their own business.

Zhao Yi ignored the unhelpful messages and went to the abandoned train station, where he found the butcher's family.

Inside the butcher shop, as usual, the butcher cooked Zhao Yi a bowl of beef noodles.

Just beef, not noodles.

Zhao Yi said while eating:

"I've already spoken to Hu Aotian; he's arranged a shop for you in Changsheng Mall. Tonight, you'll set off to get the land deed, and then you'll take refuge with the clown."

The butcher continued cutting the meat, but remained silent for a short while.

"You weren't this serious when the mountain god came last time. It seems this time the trouble is quite serious."

Zhao Yi replied:

"Four mountain gods."

"And it has no weaknesses."

After he finished speaking, the butcher clearly couldn't stand still.

"So, if you stay here, aren't you just waiting to die?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"I can only survive if I stay in this place."

"Staying here is tantamount to waiting to die."

The butcher asked:

"Is there really no other way?"

Zhao Yi saved his family, and the butcher had a very high opinion of Zhao Yi and was unwilling to see Zhao Yi in such a dangerous situation while they did nothing.

After finishing his beef, Zhao Yi patted his belly and replied:

"Of course there's a way, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed."

Seeing his appearance, the butcher sighed, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said in a muffled voice:

"I just remembered a precious pet I've raised for many years, which I can give to you."

"Maybe this will be helpful to you..."

Zhao Yiyi became interested upon hearing this.

"What treasure?"

The butcher put down his knife and casually wiped it with a rag.

Since his wife returned, the rag has become noticeably cleaner.

He led Zhao Yi through the back door of the butcher shop, across a muddy path, and into the butcher's farm.

Various kinds of meat are raised here.

move on.

Until a peculiar iron cage appeared before Zhao Yi's eyes.

Inside was a black, fat boar.

It was filthy and had a terrible body odor; it was sleeping inside.

"This black-haired wild boar is named Peppa. If you can tame it, it will be willing to be your mount!"

Zhao tilted his head back slightly and squinted his eyes.

What a divine mount!

Who would want a black-haired wild boar as a mount?!

Riding a big, fat pig around on the street is just too weird!

Besides, this pig is already so fat, it can't even run as fast as my two legs!

Just as Zhao Yi was internally ranting and raving, the black-haired wild boar in the cage spoke arrogantly:

"Release me."

"If you can catch me, I, Peppa Pig, will be your mount!"

Zhao Yi was speechless.

Damn it... Why can this wild boar talk like a human?

The butcher opened the cage, and Peppa Pig slowly shuffled out, looking strange and out of place.

"Are you ready?"

"Ignorant mortals, beware! Peppa Pig's strong and beautiful body is faster than the wind!"

The wild boar boasted, and with a single leap, it flew out of the water!

call out!

A sonic wave suddenly erupted in the air!

In the blink of an eye, Peppa Pig had almost disappeared from sight!

Even Zhao Yi couldn't help but clap his hands in admiration:

"That's brilliant!"

"This mount is... absolutely amazing!"

This thing is way faster than a rapist's skateboard!

Who would have thought that a wild boar that was so round it was almost a ball could move at such terrifying speed?

That speed is probably at least a thousand, if not eight hundred per second!

But catching it... isn't difficult.

The wild boar turned around and gave Zhao Yi a provocative look.

Little did they know, it was this look that made it bark!

Zhao Yi locked onto the wild boar and threw the beef bag from Xiao Kelepin at his feet.

boom!

The wild boar kicked its hind legs and lunged forward, its speed even faster than before!

In just a brief moment, it stopped in front of Zhao Yi, imitating a dog's bark while eating the steamed buns on the ground.

After it finished eating, its eyes looked dazed.

Raising its head, Zhao Yi grabbed its fat ear and said with a smile:

"So you're the one called Peppa Pig?"

Peppa Pig immediately realized what was happening, grunted, and angrily said:

"You cheated!"

Zhao Yi shrugged:

"You didn't say I couldn't cheat."

"What, are you going to back out?"

The wild boar grunted and puffed, eventually hanging its head low.

"No regrets."

"I, Paige, always keep my word!"

Zhao Yi sneered:

"She has quite a backbone."

After Peiqi and Zhao Yi confirmed their mount relationship, they were taken into a special mount training pod by the system.

Zhao Yi also obtained information about Page.

...

[Mount: Peppa Pig]

[Quality: Purple]

[Introduction: Peppa is a riding boar. Don't be fooled by its round appearance; although it's strong, it pulls a lot... hmm, something seems off, but that doesn't matter! What matters is its keen sense of danger. Once it encounters danger, it will charge back at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!]

[Peppa's message: Disaster always lags behind me!]

...

Zhao kept exclaiming, "Wow!"

A mode of transportation even more outrageous than the rapist's skateboard has been born!

Although it's not as cool as a skateboard, it's fast!

After settling things with the butcher, Zhao Yi went to Guxuan Town.

He was going to see that crybaby Fangfang.

Perhaps she can be of great help to me.

Inside the orphanage, many little kids were playing.

A child was playing with a lasso when he pulled out his own intestines and threw them around the neck of another child, hanging him from a tree. The other child's face turned ashen, and white foam appeared at his mouth.

"Hehehe!"

The child retracted his intestines and ran away in a flash.

Because it's time.

dinner's ready.

Zhao Yi walked over to the three children who were playing the game "You Chop, I Cut" and asked:

"Do you know Fangfang?"

A chubby little boy turned his head, his face covered in brown smear, and pouted, saying:

"I know her. She's a slovenly, cowardly girl who won't even eat shit. Nobody plays with her!"

As it spoke, it stuffed a handful of fresh excrement into its mouth.

Zhao Yi took two steps back and said politely:

"Where is it?"

The little boy frowned and said:

Why should I tell you?

Zhao Yi took out 100 yuan and handed it to the little boy.

"This hundred yuan can buy a ton of poop in the toilet."

The little boy took the money and said briskly:

"The children in the orphanage don't like to play with Fangfang. There's only one little girl from outside who plays with her, so she usually waits for her at the back door."

Zhao Yi said thank you and went to the back door.

Sure enough, a little girl wearing a bib stood at the old, red-painted iron gate.

She put her thumb in her mouth and sucked on it, seemingly because she didn't have a pacifier. She gripped the iron gate with one hand and stared longingly at the ghosts coming and going on the street in the distance.

As Zhao approached, he noticed that the little girl's face was dirty and her nose was constantly covered in snot, which she occasionally wiped with her hand.

"Fangfang?"

Zhao Yi tentatively called out.

The little girl turned her head, her big eyes filled with curiosity.

"Who are you?"

Zhao Yi didn't know what to say.

He had always thought the Crybaby was an adult female ghost who worked there, but after arriving, he learned from the other children that Fangfang was actually a child from an orphanage.

Ghosts are different from humans.

Their minds are difficult to develop.

If it is a young ghost, even if its strength reaches the level of a half-step great evil, or even higher, its thoughts and ideas will not be much more mature.

In other words, this type of ghost is very simple.

Seeing Fangfang's appearance, Zhao could roughly guess that she must have been abandoned by her parents and sent to an orphanage when she was very young. After she died, Fangfang did not harbor any resentment. So even though she is now very powerful, she is still bullied because she does not want to hurt other people or ghosts.

However, Fangfang didn't mind.

Because she also found a very good friend.

Zhao Yi thought carefully about Fangfang's question and replied:

"who I am?"

"Um... I am a 'person'."

Fangfang lowered her head and thought about it seriously.

"I've never heard of him."

Zhao Yi glanced at Cotton Candy not far away.

"Want some cotton candy?"

Fangfang's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

It twirled its fingers and whispered:

Fangfang has no money.

Zhao Yi patted her head, went to the other end of the street, bought two rolls of cotton candy, came to Fangfang's side, and handed one roll to Fangfang.

"Thanks!"

Fangfang flashed a sweet smile and grinned at Zhao Yi.

Seeing Fangfang's smile, Zhao Yi suddenly gained a deeper understanding of Cheng Kong's persistence.

He must really love this little place, Guxuan Town, right?

There's a reason for having a passion.

"Fangfang, who are you waiting for?"

Zhao Yi asked casually, and Fangfang tilted her head, revealing a bright smile:

"Waiting for Xuanxuan."

"Xuanxuan comes to play with Fangfang for a while every day after school!"

Xuanxuan.

This name left a deep impression on Zhao Yi.

That was his first large-scale world instance.

That was my first encounter with the station ghost.

The little ghost girl who helped him was Xuanxuan.

Later, Xuanxuan followed the station ghost to Guxuan Town and was sent to school.

Unexpectedly, she ended up playing with Fangfang, the crybaby, at the orphanage.

This seems to be good news for Zhao Yi.

With a bridge in place, it will be easier for Zhao Yi and Fangfang to get closer.

The human and the ghost chatted for a while when suddenly a joyful voice came from afar:

"elder brother!"

Zhao Yi and Fangfang both looked up and saw a little girl with pigtails and a small backpack running towards them with a big bag of snacks!

She snuggled into Zhao Yi's arms, nuzzled his head, then took out the snacks and enthusiastically handed them to Fangfang, muttering to herself:

"The snack shop recently launched some new products, especially the dandruff-flavored Maltesers. I bought some for you to try, hehe!"

The two little girls chatted for a while, and the atmosphere was pleasant.

Just as he was leaving, Zhao Yi suddenly said:

"Xuanxuan, after today, you may not be able to come here for a while."

Xuanxuan was taken aback upon hearing this:

"What's wrong, brother?"

Zhao Yi said:

"The situation is complicated. The warehouse ghost will arrange for you to go into hiding for a while. Once this is over, you can go back to school and play with Fangfang as usual."

Xuanxuan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

She agreed and went to say goodbye to Fangfang, saying that she had to go on a long trip due to some urgent business. She promised Fangfang that she would bring her lots of delicious food and Fangfang's favorite comics when she returned.

Fangfang waved her little hand reluctantly to say goodbye to the two of them.

She stood on tiptoe by the iron gate, watching their backs disappear before returning to the orphanage as if holding a precious treasure, clutching the snacks Xuanxuan had given her...

...

The next day, Parthias and some ordinary missionaries from the church arrived in Valley Hanging.

With Zhao Yi's help, their entry into the town went exceptionally smoothly.

Zhao Yi did not hide, but went to greet them personally.

"I am Parthias, from the Black Boots organization of the Church, codename Dream Weaver."

"I'll play this game with you."

Parthias stared at Zhao Yi in front of him, his expression subtle.

This guy... is much weaker than it imagined!

Drax... actually made him play games with such weak ants...

PS: This chapter has over 6000 words.

I've laid some groundwork, so the writing is slow.

I deleted and revised a lot.