It's time to become an evil god.

Just then, Little X walked in from inside, humming a little tune, and gave Bai Ge an OK sign. "It's all alright now. The monsters in the corridor are behaving themselves now. If anyone misbehaves, I'll give them a little punch in the chest."

Punch its chest with your little fists...

For some reason, the first scene that popped into Bai Ge's mind was Lu Zhishen punching Zhen Guanxi... The girl's punch might really send him flying to the sky.

A player he had never seen before appeared before the Holy Lord, who asked in surprise, "And who are you?"

Little X put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "Didn't you see the horns on my head? I am the Dragon King."

"..."

The Holy Lord silently closed his eyes, seemingly accepting his fate. He gritted his teeth and said, "It was so close. If I had known, I shouldn't have deciphered the plague virus ahead of time."

"You're already very lucky."

Bai Ge patted the Holy Lord on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Luckily, someone else acted before me. If it were me, you wouldn't be anything special, you'd probably just have your head left."

"What do you want now?"

The Holy Lord silently closed his eyes, seemingly resigned to his fate. However, Bai Ge picked up the Holy Lord, who was now only half-dead, and walked towards the door.

"Now it's your turn to tell me the truth."

"The truth? What truth?"

The Holy Lord was still feigning ignorance, asking, "I don't know what you're talking about?"

"You probably know the truth behind the trial mission, just like some other players, but I believe that with my meticulous care, you will be able to tell me everything you know."

To prove that the Holy Lord was indeed harboring ulterior motives, Bai Ge pulled out a replica of the Truth Serum from his inventory, which he had previously borrowed from the Special Affairs Bureau through his connection with Section Chief Xing. Although its effect might not be as strong as the system mission reward, it was enough to pry open the other party's tightly shut mouth.

"What, what are you trying to do? Don't do anything reckless! Glug glug glug."

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Ge pried open the other man's mouth and poured all the truth serum into the Holy Lord's mouth. Now he didn't even have the chance to use the plague virus again. This item that brought death and shadows could only be used once in a single mission instance.

The entire potion was poured into the other person's mouth. The Holy Master stuck out his tongue, trying desperately to vomit up everything he had swallowed. His face was pale as he said, "Why does this Truth-Revealing Potion taste so awful?"

"Does it taste bad?"

Bai Ge was stunned for a moment, and said incredulously, "That's not right, I clearly added two spoonfuls of sugar before, it shouldn't taste bad, right?"

Bai Ge crouched down, picked up the name from the ground, glanced at the label, and shouted, "Oh no!"

"Can you please stop being so dramatic?"

The Holy Lord said with displeasure, "What's wrong this time?"

"It's nothing."

Bai Ge tossed the bottle aside and casually explained, "I accidentally poured dichlorvos into your mouth thinking it was truth serum."

"Ugh~"

This time, the Holy Lord was terrified, his face turning ashen. He vomited frantically, trying to expel all the pesticide he had been forced to drink. Bai Ge, however, said unhurriedly, "Tell me the secret behind this, or I have many other ways to make you feel what cruelty is. Back then, I cruelly forced my victims to watch me perform these acts, which led to their deaths. Now I have a set of eighteen kinds of torture, guaranteed to cure your high-level paraplegia immediately after I use them."

“I’ll say it, I’ll tell you everything.”

The Holy Lord realized this guy was a madman; no normal person would do such a thing. His voice trembled as he said, "Based on some clues left behind, we can deduce that something is being summoned behind the game. In the end, either we work together to fight that thing, or all the players fight together to seize it. That's all I know. I don't know much else, really, that's all I know. Can you let me go now?"

"It sounds like you've already prepared your next little trick."

Bai Ge had no intention of letting this guy leave prematurely. His eyes scrutinized the other man from head to toe. The Holy Lord felt uneasy under his gaze and silently swallowed. In fact, he had lied to Bai Ge on the most crucial point. He had only prepared for this trial mission because he had received a divine decree from the Lord of All Things, and he had been preparing for so long for the very last moment.

As a result, this guy disrupted the entire plan.

The Holy Lord felt an inexplicable fear, especially after drinking the pesticide. He began to feel nauseous and vomit, and his hands gradually became cold.

Shouts and explosions echoed from every floor. With the threat of the plague virus gone, the surviving players began to fight back against the monsters on each floor, with screams and cries of terror filling the air.

Soon, dawn will break again, and he will face the risk of trial or vendetta. The Holy Lord, who never entrusts his fate to others, hardens his heart and decides to escape from here alive.

At the very least, the rituals concerning the return of the stars as stated in the oracle must be completed.

He tentatively said, "I have a perfect-level item in my inventory. If you're willing to let me go, I can give you that perfect-level item. We have no past grudges or recent conflicts. We're just trying to complete the trial mission, right? Why should a wage slave make things difficult for another wage slave?"

"You're right, but one prop isn't enough."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Ge nodded, clenched his fist, and said confidently, word by word, "I want all your props."

Chapter 194 The Giant Glowing Human Head Balloon

During the mission, players are indeed allowed to privately sign contracts to transfer temporary and permanent usage rights to one or more items. This is considered compliant behavior in Evolution Games, but you can't fucking use this rule to exploit others, can you?

The Holy Lord's eyes flickered; he was still trying to stall for time and find an opening to eliminate his opponent. Bai Ge also sensed disobedience in his silence and said with a smile, "Little X."

The little girl squatted down, stroking the trembling, three-headed hellhound monster that was several times her size. She patted its menacing forehead and said in a sweet, childish voice, "Good boy, little puppy. My owner is a very kind dog lover. He just said that he found a lost stray dog ​​and kindly took it to a hot pot restaurant. He felt sorry for the dogs being sold for meat at the market, and even though he didn't have enough money, he insisted on buying half of one."

Upon hearing these words, the three-headed hellhound's legs went weak, and it lay motionless on the ground, completely suppressed by the little girl's bloodline, transforming from a ferocious hellhound into an obedient and adorable Akita.

Upon hearing Bai Ge's call, she turned around and skipped in, nuzzling Bai Ge's hand with her little head. She then grabbed Bai Ge's fingers with her two soft, white hands and asked, "Little X is here, Master! What do you want me to do?"

Bai Ge pointed at the disabled Holy Lord in front of him and said, "Make your move and let him know that you are not someone to be trifled with."

"Alright, let him know what it means to be the Dragon King."

The little girl nodded seriously, her round little belly sticking out as she stood in front of the Holy Lord, hands on her hips, taking a deep breath.

"he~tui~"

He spat a mouthful of phlegm directly onto the Holy Lord's face.

Both the Holy Lord and Bai Ge were stunned on the spot.

Little X clapped his hands, a smug and arrogant look on his face, "Are you scared? Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch~"

Immediately, Bai Ge grabbed Fate by the scruff of her neck, lifted her up with one hand, and threw her out.

With a bang, the door slammed shut, leaving only Bai Ge and the Holy Lord staring at each other.

Bai Ge gripped the other person's shoulders with both hands and said sincerely, "Actually, I'm trying to help you. If you hand it over now, I can save your life. But those vicious players who appear next are the kind of people who will dismember you and then cruelly brand you with knives."

"...Okay, I'll give it to you, but could you please move the knife hanging around my neck?"

Ultimately, under Bai Ge's coercion and enticement, he had no choice but to obediently hand over all the life-saving items he had on him, returning to square one overnight. If he hadn't lost his lower body, he probably wouldn't even have been able to keep his underwear.

[Plague Virus], [Head of Abominations], [Large-Scale Restore Life Potion], [Perfect Restore Life Potion], [Imperial Dew Replica], [Mask of the Painful Doll], and a perfect-grade [Horn of the Minotaur].

This is a bull horn engraved with silver ornaments and covered with dense red cuneiform script.

[Item: Minotaur Horn]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Feature: Once the Horn of the Minotaur is sounded, the gates to Tartarus, the underworld, will be opened.]

[Postscript: Only death is fair to everyone.]

Meanwhile, some players had already gathered in the room, and just then, the ebony clock in the corridor struck six times.

The restless monsters deep in the corridor seemed to receive a command and instantly fell silent, stopping in their tracks.

The surviving players were panting heavily, remaining on high alert. They hadn't expected the monsters to stop attacking.

"What exactly is going on?"

The chainsaw man tossed aside a section of the chain that was hanging from its sharp blade and said breathlessly, "Why aren't the monsters moving anymore?"

When the time came, the various grotesque monsters that had filled the corridor instantly reverted to their hotel staff appearance, moving slowly like expressionless puppets with empty, numb eyes.

At this moment, the system notification sounded in the minds of all the remaining players.

The mission to survive until dawn has ended; remaining players will automatically advance to the next round.

"It's finally over."

The other survivors breathed a sigh of relief, and many players slowly sat down against the wall.

After a terrifying night, the corridor was instantly refreshed when the bell rang. The monsters' corpses disappeared, and the traces of the battle quickly vanished, as if everything that had just happened was nothing but a mirage.

The script was more difficult than they had anticipated, and this was only the first phase of the task.

The other players' gazes grew increasingly somber. If they had worked together, they could have easily withstood the attack and avoided heavy losses. Now, after counting the number of people, excluding the missing, they had lost nearly forty percent of their numbers.

Everyone vented their anger on the instigator, the Holy Lord, wishing they could tear him to pieces. If this guy hadn't used the plague virus, they wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses.

"Get out of the way."

The chainsaw man glared at Bai Ge, brandishing his saw and gritting his teeth as he said, "If you don't get out of the way, I'll take care of you too."

"Are you going to protect him?"

The witch shook her head and advised Bai Ge not to go against the players under these circumstances.

"You, you must save me, just to keep me alive."

The Holy Lord was so frightened that he lost his mind and regarded Bai Ge as his last lifeline, clinging to his clothes and refusing to let go.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense."

Bai Ge immediately stepped aside, distancing himself from the guy in front of him, and said righteously, "Let go! Don't tear my clothes. Do you think we're that close? Whose surname are you? Do whatever you want with him, I have no objection."

"you!"

Seeing this, the Holy Lord was so angry that he almost had a heart attack.

The others wore expressions of schadenfreude. Good heavens, they actually dared to make a deal with someone surnamed Bai. They probably don't even know the word "scam."

"Wait, what the hell is that?"

Suddenly, Wuxian pointed out the window in surprise. In the still dim sky, a huge head emitting an eerie green light appeared and began to rise slowly like a hot air balloon. Although there was a stiff smile on its lips, everyone could feel that the terrifying eyes were scrutinizing the other players in the room. Those eyes seemed to be filled with strong resentment and pure malice.

However, it wasn't just one; there was a second, and then a third bizarre hot air balloon with human heads slowly rising.

Bai Ge walked to the window. The ocean in the distance was an eerie, ghostly green, completely still, like a lifeless, fluorescent, deathly still sea.

"What the hell is this thing?"

The Blood Demon couldn't help but swear, "Weren't we here to attend an art exhibition? What is this, some kind of underworld art exhibition?"

Even stranger, each head-shaped balloon had a vertical banner with black paper and white characters hanging below it, resembling a funeral couplet, which slowly floated in mid-air.

[Artists from all over the world are welcome to participate in the Tokyo Art Fair]

The largest balloon, shaped like a human head, had a line of text hanging below it.

[Artistic Performance Director: Junji Ito]