It's time to become an evil god.

This is his closely guarded trump card, capable of perfectly avoiding a fatal attack during a mission, and of taking the opponent down with him in the event of a second fatal attack. With this mutual destruction attack, he also intends to take Bai Ge away in one fell swoop, use the cane's ability to seize his harmonica, and then leave.

Suddenly, the concrete floor was breached, and countless arms emerged from it, gripping Valentine's feet firmly like the tentacles of a sea anemone. He instantly lost his balance and fell to the ground. The entire room was filled with densely packed fingers, surging and undulating like waves.

A huge blood vessel hung down from the ceiling and pierced Valentine's shoulder, hanging him high like a sharp iron hook. The blood vessel seemed to have a life of its own, tearing a huge gash in Valentine's left shoulder. A fountain of blood gushed from his mouth, and he curled up like a shrimp, his back bent.

pain.

A burning pain shot through his shoulder. The moment his finger pressed the remote control, the vein hooked onto him quickly withered and broke, and the tear in his shoulder healed at that instant.

Luckily I dodged it, otherwise I would have been dead this time.

Before Valentine could even show a look of relief, another indescribable, excruciating pain shot through his abdomen. Somehow, more blood vessels pierced his lower abdomen, and the bloodstains on his clothes were rapidly spreading. The tear was growing larger and larger, threatening to rip his body in two.

However, his finger was already resting on a button on a device that looked like a remote control.

[Forced Exit Device]

Since escape is impossible, let's die together. At least, he still has the staff given to him by the bishop in his inventory. Even if he dies and his flesh dissipates, he will return to the real world as a soul and complete the task assigned by the bishop.

However, he didn't press down. Valentine saw Bai Ge take out the harmonica that Mr. Men had given him from the quest item inventory.

Valentine's eyes widened instantly, staring intently at the harmonica in the white singer's hand. He swallowed hard, wondering if he would finally have the chance to see the true function of the harmonica before he died.

No, I can't die yet!

All intelligence must be reported back to the organization!

While Valentine was still pondering what other items he had that could relay the entire scene before him back to the organization, Bai Ge on the other side suddenly sent a private message.

"Sorry, I took the wrong one."

Seeing Valentine's will to survive rekindled in his dark eyes, Bai Ge silently apologized and then took out a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument).

Valentine was completely stunned.

Bai Ge said quietly, "I'll play a coffin dance for you as a final farewell."

"Then thank you."

Valentine's lips twitched, and he cursed through gritted teeth, "Let me, in my last moments of despair, still think of killing you in my final moments."

Valentine broke free of the controlled arms, and a strange wooden puppet, covered with silver needles, appeared deep in his palm. The dilapidated puppet seemed to be alive, and it began to vibrate continuously from the moment it appeared.

Bai Ge immediately recognized it as a Haitian voodoo doll. As a religious practice among Negroes in Africa, they firmly believe that the power of voodoo dolls comes from the Loa, the supreme god who unifies all things, and possesses unknowable and mysterious power. The object in his hand was clearly not a souvenir bought for a few dollars on the roadside to fool tourists; wisps of black mist were slowly spreading from the voodoo doll.

[Item: Voodoo Doll]

[Quality: Inferior]

[Special Feature: Able to merge the caster with the "life form" appearing in the quest, erasing their humanity and trapping them forever in the instance world, unable to escape]

[P.S.: You played a Super Polymerization card to your opponent.]

This is an item he obtained when he killed a player from an African tribe. Although the item is unpredictable, it can sometimes have the unexpected effect of causing mutual destruction.

Valentine stained the voodoo doll with the blood from his abdomen. The doll, which had been lifeless, suddenly came to life, its blood-red eyes darting around. It broke free of its restraints and burrowed directly into Valentine's blood-filled abdominal cavity.

"Mmm, ahhhhhh!"

Valentine let out a painful roar as his body slowly assimilated into a puppet. His jaw and joints became moving puppets, and even the arm on the wall that was gripping Valentine turned into the puppet's fingers, a forced assimilation.

The pulsating blood vessels on the ceiling gradually faded, eventually transforming into a relief-like carving.

Once the suicidal voodoo doll is used, Valentine's soul and the soul of the living being will be shattered and then rebound together, merging into one, a true fusion.

Even using a cane to forcibly extract the soul, it is impossible to extract the part that belongs only to him.

But now, if he wants to defeat his opponent, this is his last Ripple!

The fingers that gripped each other stiffened and assimilated, eventually releasing one another.

After breaking free of his restraints, a puppet monster nearly three meters tall appeared before Bai Ge. Its legs were made up of countless human heads, and its shoulders were covered with densely packed arms, resembling a humanoid spider monster. It bent its head as if looking at its hands, lost in thought.

Suddenly, the doll's head turned 180 degrees, and Valentine's stiff, expressionless face stared at Bai Ge in front of him, his eyes, now as clear as glass, fixed on Bai Ge.

"awesome."

Valentine murmured to himself, "I'm starting to understand everything."

Chapter 149 Your Bishop, How Many Divisions Is He Worth?

Valentine opened his hands, his eyes, devoid of emotion, seemed to have seen through the truth of the world. His whole being wore an expression of enlightenment, as if he had become one with the strangeness of the entire hospital. Even his voice became stiff and hollow, like a puppet on strings, his tone revealing the calm and indifference that came after profound understanding.

"It's such a wonderful feeling when you gradually understand everything."

How many dishes do you want to eat?

Bai Ge frowned and asked, "If there were even a single peanut, he wouldn't be this drunk."

Valentine ignored Bai Ge's sarcasm and muttered to himself, "Strange events are also occurring frequently in this instance world, with a large number of people dying. They are being attacked and killed by monsters, and the people are filled with fear. The officials of various countries are also completely baffled and have no way to deal with it."

The legs, composed of human heads, began to speak. Valentine paused, picked up a rotting human head from the ground, splinters of wood scattered around, and slowly said, "Ten years ago, this world experienced a horrific event similar to the one in the real world. The difference is, they were unable to destroy the anomaly. The human civilization within the instance made numerous attempts, utilizing modern firearms, talismans, holy water, crosses, Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, yet all exorcism methods failed to create any substantial image of the anomaly."

They are tangible yet intangible, manipulating space, time, and even causality.

Driven by a natural instinct to slaughter, they may establish a foothold in one place or move freely without any pattern, killing any living person they witness, or they may multiply and reproduce through memes.

Humanity named these unkillable, bizarre phenomena "anomalies" and categorized them. Soon, the human world crumbled, becoming a death zone everywhere. The previous world order collapsed, and human civilization, having lost billions of people, was forced to huddle in a few relatively safe areas to preserve its flame, until they found this abandoned hospital.

"Official records refer to this hospital as the 'Reincarnation Anomaly.' According to official records, it was originally an ordinary hospital, but during a strange incident, all the patients and medical staff merged into the hospital. After investigation by a research team, it was discovered that this hospital possessed special containment characteristics; once an 'anomaly' entered the hospital, it would be forever trapped in this world where time and space were distorted, unable to return to reality. Therefore, they organized a large team of human volunteers, paying a heavy price to trap and kill the vast majority of anomalies in the world within the hospital."

"Originally, according to the plan, they would use this method to eliminate most of the [anomalies] in the world. However, the [Reincarnation Anomaly] is different from other anomalies. It has the ability to devour the methods of killing [anomalies]. This place is not just a prison, but also a monster that is constantly devouring and strengthening itself. Our mission is simply to take advantage of this world's anomaly hospital to conduct a nonsensical live broadcast. As for the viewers in the live broadcast room, to be honest, it's hard to say whether they are even humans from this world."

Bai Ge curled her lip and said, "Your character setting is enough to write a novel in the online fiction genre."

Valentine raised his centipede-like, densely packed arms, and after completely merging with the monster, his living consciousness was rapidly invaded by a chaotic and blurry awareness. At first, Valentine was able to maintain his sanity and clarity, but soon he found his consciousness disintegrating. Great power often comes with a terrifying price; he had to eliminate his target before he completely degenerated into a beast.

"So, you should just die!"

Valentine felt all the strange power coursing through his body, as if he had become an all-knowing god, stretching out all his puppet arms toward Bai Ge.

huh-huh-

A barely perceptible breeze was gently blowing along the back of Bai Ge's neck through the crack in the door behind her.

This terrifying hospital has been abandoned for many years. Although it appears to be connected to the outside world, due to the unique spatial distortion of the [Reincarnation Anomaly], it's very difficult for outside wind to reach here. This faint sound of wind only reveals a chilling truth.

Something is coming from behind.

The next instant, with a loud bang, the door behind Bai Ge was smashed open, and countless pale arms and swollen heads emerged from inside, grabbing Bai Ge's collar and shoulders, trying to drag him into the narrow, gloomy corridor behind him.

Countless puppet joints and fingers emerged from behind. Faced with this inevitable death, no props were of any use, unless one directly abandoned the physical body and ascended to immortality.

Valentine watched helplessly as Bai Ge was swept into the depths of the dark corridor behind him, and finally, with a bang, the door slammed shut and he vanished without a trace.

In the darkness, countless arms covered Bai Ge's body, seemingly wanting to devour him completely. Painful, ashen, dead faces struggled and roared, trying to tear their prey to pieces.

Bai Ge frowned. He felt the incomplete umbilical cord inside his body becoming increasingly excited, as if it were sensing a greedy and familiar taste of food. It uncontrollably surged out of his body, breaking through the finger covering his body and flooding the corridor.

Valentine knelt on the ground, his arm clutching his throbbing head. Even the slightest exertion felt like his consciousness was about to shatter. Fragments of memories flashed through his mind, and he even saw glimpses of other players from various organizations.

"I remember these people are players from some mysterious Eastern organization. What are they doing here?"

However, before Valentine could even use his remaining human consciousness to figure out why, the tightly closed door began to vibrate, as if something was desperately pounding on the thin wooden door. Finally, the wooden door was broken open, and countless eerie black tentacles crawled out from inside, exactly the same as the monsters in the Endless Gate before!

"Impossible! That's the power of the [Endless Gate Strangeness], how could this guy..."

Valentine's eyes widened, only to find that what emerged from inside was not a player, but a monster made entirely of tentacles, which forcibly tore through the corridor and squeezed in, with only human features remaining on its face.

Even though Valentine had merged with the Reincarnation Monster, he could still feel the monster's instinctive trembling within him.

"This is the truth?"

"Has this guy completely lost his humanity?"

Faced with the overwhelming disparity in strength, Valentine felt so desperate that he couldn't even express his despair with facial expressions. He gave up resisting, stood still without any hope, and waited for death.

Cheer up, you're not the first person to see it, and you won't be the last.

Before his gradually dulled senses could react, with a snap, his hands and feet were cleanly severed, leaving half of his body rolling to the ground.

His entire body was covered in horrifying cracks, but Valentine was not completely dead. At this moment, he was like an insect completely held in someone's hand, unable to resist or struggle.

One of the tentacles grabbed Valentine by the neck and pulled him up, while the other two hands hung limply at his sides, swaying unsteadily.

Why did you spare my life?

"Spare your life? Don't get your hopes up."

The wriggling tentacles temporarily halted the decay of the wound, and a severed wriggling tentacle was inserted into the puppet's body.

Bai Ge explained, "We can't let you die in the instance right now. We need to teleport you out after the [Reincarnation Anomaly] assimilates with your consciousness. I think your accomplices will definitely not know that you have become this inhuman and ghostly state after you get out. And what you will do when you lose your mind will be on the headlines the next day."

Valentine seemed to understand something instantly. He gritted his teeth and glared at her, "You bastard..."

Bai Ge smiled and said, "By the way, please pass on a message to the organization behind you."

"Sending you there this time is just an appetizer; I'll go there myself to settle accounts with him next."

Valentine's eyes gradually lost their luster, having reached the final stage of assimilation with the [Reincarnation Anomaly]. Retaining only a sliver of his consciousness, he cursed, "You'll remember this! The Bishop, he will absolutely not let you go!"

"Your bishop?"

Bai Ge curled his lip dismissively and asked, "How many divisions is he worth?"

Chapter 150 The Lich of the Golden Kingdom

As his figure slowly disintegrated and disappeared, Bai Ge and the monster, still clinging to the last vestiges of anger, vanished into thin air, leaving the entire hospital to be engulfed by the out-of-control fingers, and everything in the instance world vanished into thin air.

Thousands of miles away, in the abandoned London Underground tunnels, intricate and eerie magic arrays are set up on the deserted subway platform. These arrays are designed to bind the soul and retrieve the harmonica as quickly as possible.

The group of people dressed in black robes stood aside, anxiously awaiting the return and descent of the souls.

The sound of the wind echoing in the dark subway tunnel grew louder and closer. Tiny pieces of concrete falling below the tracks were also blown up by the gale, tumbling and hitting the steel subway tracks, making a clanging sound.

The wind grew increasingly fierce, and a deep, emerald-green light shone through the complex array of locked doors, illuminating the tunnel walls. The sudden gust of wind whipped up the sand and dust on the ground, startling the insects hidden in the darkness.

The man behind the golden mask opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on the magic circle before him, which was beginning to display intricate patterns and was radiating a dazzling light.

Then a human figure gradually appeared in the center of the magic circle. Valentine actually left the dungeon world alive, but his face was paler and thinner than it had been a few minutes ago. His cheekbones were now clearly visible on his face, which was not very angular before.

The bishop stepped forward excitedly and asked, "Did you get the harmonica?"

Valentine suddenly raised his head, his empty eyes devoid of any emotion, giving everyone present an ominous premonition.