It's time to become an evil god.

Fire Fist Ace my foot! Do you think I haven't watched Yu-Gi-Oh!?

The immortal firebird charged towards the puzzle killer. In the narrow space, he had nowhere to escape, so he could only use a shield-like prop to charge forward!

Boom!

A deafening roar erupted from the underground space, and raging flames scorched the earth. All the paper effigies of the spirit houses were engulfed in the blazing inferno. Wailing cries echoed from the village as the paper figures and horses tumbled and rolled in the flames before finally disappearing into the orange glow.

The wave of fire surged in, advancing slowly.

Before the tidal wave of fire even arrived, the scorching wind had already erupted, causing the underground cave to shake violently. The tough rock walls, which had stood for countless years, were instantly shattered by the burst of scorching air waves!

The upper part of the cave wall was blown away by the impact, and moonlight pierced through the gaps overhead.

The silversmith, having barely managed to crawl out of the abandoned ward area, turned around and his eyes widened instantly. A beam of fire shot out from beneath the abandoned old building, breaking through layer after layer of concrete, and soaring directly into the sky. It illuminated the sky in a fiery red! This fiery dragon, almost piercing the night sky, could be seen from several kilometers away.

"How is this possible..."

The silversmith bit his tongue to make sure he wasn't dreaming. The first thought that popped into his head was to run away. Such a commotion would definitely attract the attention of the Special Affairs Bureau, and then he would only have one way out: death.

However, at this very inopportune moment, a quest notification sounded in the silversmith's mind.

Take the crematorium with you.

"Grass!"

A blazing inferno stretched out beneath our feet, every inch of scorched earth radiating intense heat.

The Puzzle Killer was now utterly exhausted, his body covered in burn scars. The Plague Doctor mask he wore was shattered, revealing half of his bloodied face and singed hair. The Shield of the Empire in his hand was also broken and fragmented; the energy released from the burning souls of countless hells had even turned his Swift Sword into a bent, charred iron rod.

"I didn't expect this guy to be so ridiculously strong. Luckily, the last life-saving item blocked the fatal blow."

The burn marks on his body healed almost completely in an instant, but they depleted the last bit of strength in his body.

Dropping his broken and useless shield, the Puzzle Killer reached into his pocket for a small strength-restoring potion, but the next instant, a cold metal pressed against his temple.

He didn't move, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a revolver that could hold six bullets pressed against his head.

Without the protection of props and skills, he is now just an ordinary person at the mercy of others, and can only slowly raise his hands.

A deep voice came from beside my ear, "Don't be nervous."

The puzzle killer paused for a moment, then whispered, "I'm not nervous."

No, you're mistaken.

Bai Ge explained, "I said that to myself just now."

Upon hearing these words, the jigsaw puzzle killer froze, a sense of foreboding washing over him. Meanwhile, in his dangerous patient ward, he didn't stop the silversmith's subtle actions; to him, eliminating uncertainty actually increased the chances of success.

Unexpectedly, this small uncertainty became the final stumbling block.

What exactly do you want?

The puzzle killer tried to reason with the victim, saying, "If you're willing to let me go, you can get a generous reward."

"No no no."

Bai Ge shook his head. The Phoenix state he had just used up a lot of his power. Now, the only thing he could trust was the American-made M1917 Smith & Wesson in his hand.

"I just want to play a game with you. If you win, I'll let you go. If you lose..."

The puzzle killer asked timidly, "Is it a Russian roulette game that you only play once?"

"Yes."

The puzzle killer breathed a sigh of relief. A one-in-six chance was enough, and if he could just stall for a few more minutes, whether it was the Special Affairs Bureau or anyone else, as long as they could break the current situation, he would have a chance to escape.

"it is good!"

Now emboldened, the puzzle-solving killer said, "I bet your gun isn't loaded!"

However, the next second, Bai Ge's words completely shattered his last glimmer of hope.

"Excuse me, I have six bullets left in my gun."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the puzzle killer was completely dumbfounded and hurriedly asked, "Wait, how do you play roulette with a six-shot revolver?"

Bai Ge pulled the hammer safety off the trigger and calmly said, "I'm betting on whether the bullet will jam."

The puzzle killer was completely dumbfounded. After a long silence, perhaps thinking of something, he said with emotion, "To be honest, seeing you has strengthened my resolve to let my son apply for medical school."

"But you won't have the chance either."

……

At this moment, Xi Zeliang was rushing towards Xushi Mental Hospital. He never expected that the Special Affairs Bureau would conceal this potentially dangerous restricted area. If it weren't for the towering flames that could be seen from most of Xushi, he would never have imagined that a containment object excavated more than a year ago was hidden here.

The Special Affairs Bureau's resources are beginning to wane, the game's scale is constantly expanding, more and more people are gaining qualifications, and the struggles between players and real-world mission instances are all constantly impacting the existing order.

This also left Nishizawa Ryo feeling helpless and powerless.

The concrete of the abandoned building was pierced directly by the scorching pillars of fire, and a strange, burning smell emanated from it.

There were traces of something crawling on the ground in front of the gate, but he ignored them and went straight to the scene.

Even though the flames had been extinguished, the intense heat emanating from them was still shocking to Nishizawa Ryo.

The terrifying power that erupted here earlier was comparable to the impact of a full-force attack from a three-headed steel dragon.

"What exactly happened in this godforsaken place before?"

Upon arriving at the scorching pit, Nishizawa Ryo leaped down, landing directly at the bottom.

The air was still filled with the smell of incense and paper ash, and the ashes drifted in the air like black snow.

In the very center of this vast underground cave lay a still-warm body, with only a bullet wound on its temple.

The corpse was holding a revolver in its right hand and pointing its left index finger forward, making a gesture that everyone was very familiar with.

This scene made Nishizawa Ryo's DNA stir, and he almost blurted out, "Don't stop!"

"Calm down, who could be so bored as to choose such a 'death'?"

After checking to confirm that the body was not contaminated, Xi Zeliang carefully walked over and squatted down to examine it.

His gaze unconsciously followed the direction of the corpse's index finger, where there were five large characters written in blood on the ground.

I committed suicide.

Xi Zeliang's lips twitched, and he muttered to himself, "Why does it feel like this murderer thinks I'm an idiot?"

Chapter 98 It's okay, I'm not picky about food

The Xu City Mental Hospital was unusually lively tonight. After a busy night of screening and comparison, not only were two or three people caught faking mental illness to escape legal punishment, but they were also put on the urgent execution list for next month. Furthermore, the Special Affairs Bureau personnel were finally able to confirm that the person who died in the deep pit and was forced to commit suicide was the newly admitted Puzzle Killer, whose actual identity was a member of the Frankenstein Alliance, [Plague Wizard Viper].

However, it remains unclear why the madmen of the Frankenstein Alliance, who have always advocated keeping a low profile, suddenly emerged and caused such a massive riot in Xu City.

The remaining hospital staff member, Professor Yang, the dangerous mental patient Silversmith, and Patient No. 1 have gone missing. The Special Affairs Bureau determined that the remaining two are very likely players who were carrying out a mission, and may have used some kind of prop to leave without leaving a trace, blending into the crowd and disappearing, making it another unsolved case.

The daily tasks that have been triggered recently have become increasingly outrageous, such as judges on the street who sentence people to death in order to meet targets for the first half of the year.

The paper figures used to commemorate ancestors in the cemetery mysteriously disappeared. The investigation revealed that it was a crackdown on prostitution in the underworld, which was a serious offense against the illegal burning of female paper figures during tomb sweeping.

A filial son, Xiao Zhang, prepared Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) for his father, who loves to eat pig brains, for dinner, which prompted a neighbor to call the police.

While dealing with a series of crises, Nishizawa Ryo was also busy dealing with scripted tasks that could be triggered at any time, leaving him overwhelmed.

After a brief investigation, Xushi Mental Hospital had no choice but to hastily close the case. The manpower and resources required to catch the real culprit were too enormous, and the Special Affairs Bureau, which was increasingly stretched thin, could not afford to waste time in such a place.

"It seems that from now on, all major public buildings in Xuchang will need to have staff from the Special Affairs Bureau stationed there."

After returning to the Folklore Research Association, Bai Ge didn't rest. He instructed the paper effigy and other vengeful ghosts to obediently kneel on durians before heading to the basement where the nuclear radiation alchemy furnace was stored.

After being strengthened by the incomplete umbilical cord of the ancient god, Bai Ge has reached the point where he can brew coffee with Fukushima tritium water, and the mere nuclear radiation alchemy furnace can no longer cause any impact.

Take out the Hell Furnace disguised as a crematorium from the quest inventory. At this time, the furnace has shrunk to the size that a normal person can hug. The demon soul fragments hidden inside the furnace are extremely fragile after the previous ordeal and cannot cause any more trouble in the short term.

Bai Ge took the demon soul out of the furnace and opened the monster breeding box.

The flesh-and-blood fungus carpet laid inside the box seemed to sense the food and began to float and churn, eagerly wanting to devour the fragments of souls before it.

"and many more."

The demon's soul fragment panicked and tried to struggle, but the other party absorbed most of the burning soul power, leaving him extremely weak and firmly held in its grasp.

"I followed your instructions strictly before. You can't just take my help and then discard me like this."

Bai Ge countered, "When you made deals with those ordinary people before, did you personally tell them about the costs and consequences?"

The demon soul fragment pondered for a moment, then said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I was just asking."

After saying that, Bai Ge tossed it into the monster breeding box. The moment it touched the rolling flesh, it immediately engulfed it. Watching the orange-yellow light disappear into the crimson fungal carpet, Bai Ge closed the monster breeding box again. The countdown on it had increased by another day.

The current monster training boxes are like a big mess, with countless high-level materials thrown in but no fixed alchemy recipe. The final product depends entirely on luck.

It could be a dragon with five heads, or it could be a Japanese quintet of five girls with five heads.

"I wonder if five giant dragons will appear in the end."

Bai Ge even came up with a powerful name for it: Five Emperors Dragon!

Ding dong.

At that moment, a system task notification sounded in my ear.

Bai Ge was stunned for a moment.

Why did this dungeon appear so quickly?

[Free Story Quest: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons]

This mission is quite difficult. Players have 10 minutes to prepare. During this mission, all players will have their teammate damage shield disabled, so please choose your teammates and enemies carefully.

[Quest Rewards: Upgraded Death Fishing Line, Ghostly Realm Skill Scroll, One-Time 100% Truth Potion]

"This time it's... a parade of a hundred demons? And they've even removed the damage shield for teammates, which means players can complete the mission through various means. For example, they can be the sixth player to kill other players and take all the loot, or they can cooperate to fight enemies. Not only do they have to be wary of the monsters in the mission, but they also have to face the treacherous and cunning nature of humanity? Tsk tsk tsk, I can only say that this is truly a free-story dungeon."

Bai Ge seemed to have suddenly realized something, and rushed out of the basement, saying to the group of vengeful ghosts who were obediently kneeling on durians in the courtyard, "You guys stop kneeling."

Upon hearing that it no longer needed to kneel, the paper effigy almost jumped for joy, but what it heard next left it frozen in place.

"Come here, all of you, and volunteer to carry out this mission."