Excessive ferocity due to caution

The butcher's knife was very fast.

From top to bottom, Xiang Weishan's upper body was cut in two, and blood gushed out violently. The mess inside made people weak all over!

What's most terrifying is that even so, Xiang Weishan is still alive!

He made strange noises, his hands scratched at the air like seaweed, and a sinister smile gradually appeared on his face.

That smile is exactly the same as the boneless corpse that everyone saw in the guild's headquarters earlier!

Finally, the butcher threw the iron chain he was holding, and Xiang Weishan was immediately hung upside down from the ceiling inside the butcher shop, hook and all!

The corpse swayed on its own without wind.

Xiang Weishan's underlings stood frozen in place, their faces ashen!

"What happened?"

"Didn't Xiang Weishan finish the game?"

Why did he die?

They were far away and didn't know exactly what happened. They only saw Xiang Weishan shout at them for a while, then suddenly he was attacked by the butcher, and then... he died.

The three people inside the butcher shop also looked terrible.

The butcher... has started killing!

Who will be next?

Is it Zhao Yi standing next to him?

They held their breath, their minds blank with fear.

But soon they discovered... the butcher seemed to have no intention of continuing the slaughter.

He turned around and went back to the butcher shop, took out a bowl of soup from the kitchen and handed it to Zhao Yi.

"You have completed my task; this is your reward."

Zhao Yi accepted the meat soup from the butcher, a glimpse of information about the soup flashing in his eyes.

……

[Item: The Butcher's Carefully Cooked Soup]

[Quality: Consumable]

[Synopsis: Though a butcher, his culinary skills are impeccable; however, for some reason, the food he makes always seems to contain resentment and bitterness!]

[Effect: Prematurely depletes part of your life force, granting immense power, but also triggering a maddening rampage that affects even your closest relatives. This rampage lasts for five minutes. For twelve hours after the rampage ends, you will be completely incapacitated!]

[Note: Do you want to be a coward for life, or a hero for a moment?]

……

"grateful."

Although this product has significant side effects, it is highly effective and can be a lifesaver in certain emergency situations!

He accepted the butcher's medicine, and the system began broadcasting news about Zhao Yi.

[Congratulations to player Zhao Yi for opening a new guild area – the Butcher Shop. This area remains neutral; players can purchase meat from the butcher shop, but will not receive any protection in the vicinity. Also – please do not attempt to provoke the butcher, the owner of the butcher shop.]

[The world-building tutorial quest is complete. Based on participation, player Zhao Yi receives three talent points, while players Fang Bai, Bai Shuiji, and Liu Han each receive one talent point.]

The open-world quest has been updated to "Resolve the Resentment Inside the Train." Please check the system for details.

……

Guild Chat Room

The butcher shop has been unlocked too?

Holy crap, this tutorial quest that I haven't been able to complete in the last three years has actually been completed! My youth is over!

Damn, this newcomer is really something!

In the last instance, Qinglang was telling me that he wanted to bring Zhao Yi in!

Unfortunately, this world quest has been marked by Zhao Yi, and now no one of higher level than him can do the world quest on this map... unless he dies.

Upstairs, your idea is dangerous!

If we don't kill him, then we'll only have a chance to do it when he unlocks the next large map and the world quests fully open up NPC side quests.

Just wait... Although the big shots at the top don't really care, I think if you really kill someone like Zhao Yi, they probably won't just sit idly by. After all, the value of such a person to the guild is hard to measure!

……

The chat room was filled with all sorts of comments.

They were simply envious of the rewards, but due to some special rules, they were unable to take on some recent tasks.

Therefore, some people had wicked ideas.

They wanted Zhao Yi dead.

Unlike other guilds, the "All Scoundrels Guild" doesn't explicitly prohibit players from killing each other, so they have many ways to kill each other.

The fierce competition has led many new members of this guild to consider switching to another guild.

However, switching guilds is quite troublesome.

It requires passing a fatal test.

The terrifying mortality rate of that thing deterred many players who wanted to switch guilds.

After receiving the system notification, Zhao Yi did not immediately leave to return to the guild headquarters to heal his wounds. Instead, he asked Butcher about his daughter.

"Do you have any information about your daughter?"

The butcher who was splitting bones stopped what he was doing, stood there for a few seconds and thought for a while, then turned around and went back to a break room. He took out a key, opened the door, and took out an old recorder and a damaged ID card.

"I don't remember many things about my life before I died."

That's what the butcher said.

The recorder was stained with bright red blood, which had not dried and would not dry.

The butcher's love for his daughter during his lifetime transformed into endless hatred and murderous intent after his death, which attached itself to the recorder!

It's easy to imagine that something must have happened back then.

Zhao Yi took the ID card from the butcher and glanced at it.

The butcher's daughter's name is Sun Baibai.

She was a very beautiful and slender girl.

After putting both items back into his storage space, Zhao Yi said:

"I will do it as soon as possible."

"Also... I need to take a few people with me."

The butcher said coldly:

"You can take them all with you."

The tutorial mission is complete; it is now a neutral unit and no longer shows obvious hostility towards the player.

Moreover, Zhao Yi also needs to help it find its daughter.

Therefore, the butcher had no reason to refuse Zhao Yi.

Upon hearing this, the people in the shop were overjoyed and trembled with excitement!

The butcher's meaning is clear: he won't kill them!

Not only did they survive, they also gained two talent points for free!

Blood earned!

Bai Shuiji, who was originally very weak, was able to walk without Fang Bai's support after gaining a little more strength!

Zhao Yi glanced at the people inside and revealed his signature smile.

"No... In fact, I didn't intend to take them all with me."

"There are some things I can't do, but you can do them for me."

"Anyway, you've done this many times before."

Everyone froze upon hearing this, then suddenly realized that Zhao Yi was trying to use someone else to do his dirty work!

The butcher asked bluntly:

"Who are you going to kill?"

Zhao Yi's gaze fell on Liu Han, whose face immediately turned deathly pale!

"No……"

"Zhao Yi...you have no reason to kill me!"

"I haven't done anything to wrong you... I, I'm just like them!"

Liu Han was sweating profusely and frantically tried to explain.

Zhao Yi gently brushed his hair aside with the only remaining middle finger of his left hand and replied with a smile:

"I never mind sharing meat with others."

"But there are two things I cannot tolerate..."

"First, it's because others are eating the meat from my bowl."

"Secondly, there are those who live off me...who want to eat my flesh!"

"Just because I have no interest in killing doesn't mean I won't kill."

"You should have realized this sooner... but it's okay..."

"Be more careful in your next life."