Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

To defeat the "Chariot" demon, they looked at each other and chose the most dangerous attempt—

Fusion of mythical beasts.

Five people and five mythical beasts merged into a completely new being.

The risks and the success rate were unknown, but they had no choice.

In the scene, five people lay inside five enormous magic arrays, enveloped in light. Cheng Cheng saw a slight smile on Zhang Yu's lips before he closed his eyes.

Until the light exploded, a new being was born: it had the head of a tiger, the body of a bear, the claws of a wolf, the tail of a dog, and—

A burning rooster comb.

Like a spark, it burns forever and will never be extinguished.

A divine beast warrior surpassing even the Gold rank, known as a Platinum-ranked being—

Chicken, tiger, bear, wolf, and dog were born.

Then came an eternal war, as if the world had just begun.

Forty summers have boiled the sea, forty winters have extinguished the fire, the clash of steel and flesh has resounded through the heavens, never ceasing.

Until the last chariot was torn to shreds, chickens, tigers, bears, wolves, and dogs stood on the ruins, howling towards the sky.

Humanity has finally won peace.

however,

however……

In the final scene, an indescribable chaos surges forth from the abyss.

That is the original fourth face, the embodiment of all uncertainty, the bridge between light and darkness, the gap between black and white, the eternally uncertain mist, the truth that oversees all things, the final discordant note of the universe—

[Basic] Yesod, the Chaos Demon.

Everything that is in harmony will inevitably break apart, every certain future will shatter, and every cluster of existence will descend into chaos.

From the moment He looked into the world, the bodies of chickens, tigers, bears, wolves, and dogs began to disintegrate.

Zhang Yu's consciousness tried to grasp Bai Zhenzhen's consciousness, but he grasped nothing—the consciousnesses of the five heroes, which had once been perfectly integrated, were now forcibly torn apart, scattered, and disordered by chaos, turning into an indistinguishable mass of fragments.

Then, darkness fell.

Then came oblivion, domination, war, death, disease, hunger, and the unknown.

One by one, primordial demons emerged from the abyss, and human civilization came to an end in an instant.

Darkness enveloped everything, and countless years have passed.

Finally, the primordial demons departed.

When the sunlight once again pierced through the gray sky and shone on this desolate land, only one city remained in this world.

The eighth level of the underground city, "The Boundless City".

But those who were once human have long been twisted by the abyss into all sorts of monsters—faceless spirits, wretched corpses, limbs...

Those once mythical beasts have transformed into monsters—the rabbit, the white whale, the black snake…

Only humanity's last heroes—the chicken, the tiger, the bear, the wolf, and the dog—

A wisp of its lingering will transformed into a demon; chaos twisted its body, oblivion stripped it of its past memories, emotions, and bonds, and the rules of war reduced its thoughts to nothing more than its deepest instincts—

kill.

And so, in this long-deserted city, this lingering regret began its eternal wandering.

The image freezes on that final scene—

A huge figure walked slowly down the empty street, its tiger head bowed, its bear body hunched, and its dog tail trailing behind it.

Only the blood-red rooster comb was still burning.

Never stop

…………

The illusion gradually dissipated.

Cheng Cheng stood under the gray sky, looking down at the platinum key in his hand.

The key lay quietly in his palm, cold and silent.

Sylvia and Cheng Cheng both fell silent.

a long time.

After a while, Freya's voice rang out from beside her: "Man... Sylvia, what's wrong?"

Cheng Cheng let out a long breath: "It's nothing."

But he knew that Sylvia, like him, had experienced everything that had just happened.

It turns out there is such a world, and such a group of heroes.

It turns out that the chicken, tiger, bear, wolf, and dog were once the last hope of a world, but they fell into the abyss and eventually became the gatekeeper boss of the eighth floor of the dungeon.

It is not a monster.

It is Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, Bu Yingshu, Zhang Pianpian, Le Mulan... five heroes who once did their best to protect the world.

Cheng Cheng raised his head and looked at the gray sky. Countless questions flooded his mind—why would a world destroyed by demons appear in the game and become the first floor of the dungeon?

Could it be that the other levels of the dungeon are echoes of a world that was once destroyed?

The game world... the real Earth...

Both worlds are now facing the threat of demons, and if they fail...

Will Earth, after countless years, leave only a faint echo of all the blood and tears, war and fire, love and hate, in the underground city of another world?

Sylvia's voice echoed softly in my mind, very gently:

“Mr. Mambo”.

"Ah."

"We...won't let that happen, right?"

Cheng Cheng remained silent for a few seconds.

Then he laughed.

“Yes,” he said. “We won’t.”

…………

"Special quest item obtained: Witch's Tea Party Invitation Key"

"Note: After use, the player and the selected character will enter a special alternate dimension, 'The Witches' Tea Party,' to undergo trials by the witches and receive generous rewards. Limited to one use only."

"Note: The Witch Trial is extremely difficult, and you cannot rewind during the trial. Please make thorough preparations before using it."

Cheng Cheng stared at the line of text and remained silent for two seconds.

He was speechless, exasperated that this crappy game had plagiarized the Witch's Guild from "Gen Shen" again.

He took a deep breath, put the key into his system inventory, turned around, and looked at his team.

Paul sat on the ground, panting heavily, the wound on his chest that had just healed reopening and was bleeding.

Li Xianyu was pale. The Corpse Immortal of Myriad Industries only had one-third of its body left, and it was slowly wriggling, piecing itself back together, and recovering. Freya was alright, but she had just been quite exhausted and could still stand.

Of the twenty cultists, ten remained. Several were hit by stray bullets in the earlier battle and did not survive to the end.

Cheng Cheng remained silent for a few seconds.

"Let's go," he said. "Let's find a hospital."

…………

The city is vast, but hospitals are not hard to find.

After crossing three streets and turning a corner, a white building came into view.

Cheng Cheng led his men inside.

The moment I pushed open the door, everything went black. When I opened my eyes again, I was already standing in the hospital corridor of the fifth floor, the "Deadly Joke".

The faceless, faceless spirit nurses immediately surrounded them.

Cheng Cheng leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and let out a long breath.

Next, it's time to settle accounts with the Liu Group.

…………

Three days later, Silvershine City.

The headquarters building of the Liu Group.

Liu Ruyan looked out the window at the brightly lit city, her fingers unconsciously tapping on the window frame.

It's been three days already.

Three days have passed since the plan to assassinate Sylvia was launched.

There is no news.

She bribed a believer at No. 13 Mingke Street to learn of Cheng Cheng and his group's movements—to hunt down the boss on the eighth floor of the dungeon. She then immediately contacted the Obsidian Bishop and dispatched his strongest mercenary team, along with the last Silver-ranked member in the Obsidian Bishop's possession—that little boy—to lead over a hundred people to ambush them on the eighth floor, waiting for them to come to them.

Kill them all whenever Sylvia and her group appear.

Three days have passed, and none of the people sent out have returned.

We can't get in touch with them either.

The mercenaries' families have started making a scene, demanding their return, and she can only say, "They are on a mission and cannot be contacted at the moment."

But she knew that those people were very likely...

"Boss, a guest is waiting for you in the office."

The secretary's words brought Liu Ruyan back to her senses. She composed herself, turned, and walked towards the door.

"Let's go take a look."