I am Jinshan Youxia

Chapter 77 Let's do it!

[The main god isn't reacting at all?]

Zhang Chengyi is acting strangely. It's fine for him to actively boost his score, but helping someone save a life will get him warned and under close scrutiny.

He thought about it again and realized there seemed to be no problem. If the semi-guides couldn't help or take charge of boosting scores, how could Zhang Jie's horror movie experiences be as rollercoaster-like in difficulty as Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and Final Destination?

In fact, whether they are semi-guides or members of the God's squad, everyone is under the close surveillance of the God.

From mind to body, from genes to soul, otherwise there wouldn't be a situation where an identical copy could be created and sent to the Demon Team.

When a copy is first made and stands next to the original, it is impossible to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

What Zhang Jie did and what he wanted to do could not escape the "eyes" of the main god. Perhaps in the eyes of the main god, increasing the score could reasonably increase the difficulty and thus stimulate the unlocking of the gene lock.

It could even be said that the existence of the "semi-guide" bug is because the main god believes that the existence of a "semi-guide" with emotions and bonds can better enable others to unlock their genetic locks.

Zhang Chengyi has had the light orb for some time now. The reason he hasn't contacted anyone from the Central Continent Team is that this omnipresent surveillance prevents him from directly telling the members of the God Squad that he wants to rebel against the God, and he also can't speak to everyone directly as the God.

During the enhancement process, the team members are enveloped in the light of the orb, which is equivalent to actively entering the 'game'. The concept level of the modifier has an impact that the main god cannot monitor in real time. Once the enhancement is complete and they leave the orb, the main god will immediately know what they said.

Zhang Jie is an exception, because only he has the ability to erase memories, which is why he can become a qualified tool, I mean a collaborator.

Even before entering the horror genre, Zhang Chengyi had been repeatedly testing the limits of the main god.

The created being is considered part of the game by its original self and cannot be monitored; the created being possesses strange thought processes and logic; the created being has unknown knowledge and power; the created being helps by providing weapons and martial arts manuals; the created being attempts to help with score farming...

It was only his act of saving people that triggered the close attention of the Supreme God.

In other words, the main god's bottom line is that it cannot save lives or interfere with unlocking genetic locks. So let's go even further in other ways of boosting scores and see what happens. As for the increased rating that boosting scores will lead to...

Oh.

Zhang Chengyi's face revealed a strange smile, and his act of holding the explosives with one hand made the newcomers around him fear that he might self-destruct at any moment.

The mercenaries also silently retreated a bit, making no attempt to conceal their heightened vigilance.

They are right.

"Shh!"

The explosive charge was thrown into the air, attracting the attention of the mercenaries who remained. Then, Zhang Chengyi disappeared from the spot like a ghost.

At such close range, facing a human with superhuman martial arts skills, the mercenaries were all knocked down before they even had a chance to fire.

The main reason was that they were hesitant to use the explosives, fearing that an accidental discharge would cause an explosion and kill everyone in the confined space. Therefore, they were not prepared to fire immediately. By the time Zhang Chengyi took action, they had no chance to fire.

Apart from the two who went to drain the water and the one who went to explore another path with Zhang Jie, the other mercenaries, including the black captain, quickly fell to the ground.

He didn't die.

Alice, Spence Parks, and Matt were all stunned. Of course, they weren't the only ones; the rookies of the Central Continent team were also stunned.

"Da~"

Zhang Chengyi tossed the pistol over, but no one caught it. It landed on the ground and spun around. He looked at the stunned newcomers and said, "Everyone gets one."

Zhan Lan quickly realized what it meant. Since there would be a reward for saving a character from the story, there was a high probability that there would also be a reward for killing a character from the story beforehand.

The newcomers in this horror movie aren't really idiots; they all understand the meaning behind the gun and the unconscious mercenary. But for these newcomers, who were law-abiding citizens just twenty minutes ago, to actually kill someone is really crossing a line.

"I'll go first!" Li Xiaoyi, who had been silent and invisible all along, was the first to bend down and pick up the gun, his expression almost ferocious.

After taking a deep breath, fearing he might miss, he walked over to the black captain Matthew Addison, raised his gun with trembling hands, and pulled the trigger forcefully.

"Crack!"

"..."

The kid was too nervous and had never used a gun before, so he didn't even take the safety off.

Li Xiaoyi's face turned bright red in the blink of an eye. He lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone else, and tried to fumble for the safety lock. This time, he was not so nervous. His hands stopped shaking, and his breathing became less rapid.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the voice of the Supreme God rang out at the same time.

His face lit up with joy, and he turned his head to speak, but Zhang Chengyi put his index finger to his lips in a shushing gesture and glanced at Alice and the other two.

Li Xiaoyi controlled his excitement and the urge to continue drawing his gun and killing all the mercenaries on the ground, and proactively handed over his pistol.

The second was the chubby boy, the third was the middle-aged woman, the fourth was Zhan Lan, and the fifth was Mou Gang. On the contrary, Zheng Zha, who was supposed to be the 'most well-mannered', was left at the very end, his expression one of intense struggle.

Having not been exposed to too many horror movies, Zheng Zha is clearly a good person who is indecisive. He is far from the captain of the Central Continent Team in the middle of the novel, who could kill characters in the plot at will in order to survive, let alone the ruthless gorilla in the later stages.

Zhang Chengyi watched without urging them on. Instead, he subdued the three mercenaries who had rushed back after hearing the noise, then walked closer and said casually, "Although the Supreme God is not omnipotent, creating a dead friend, relative, or lover is still an easy thing for him."

"If you are strong enough, you might be able to forge a new path. Even resurrecting your former friends and family would be a simple matter."

Zheng Zha's eyes, which had been shrouded in a deathly aura until now, suddenly changed.

"Besides, do you think you can survive in a world like this without killing someone?" Zhang Chengyi actually had some patience for the original protagonist.

Just like how he found Qiao Feng pleasing to the eye, he was somewhat influenced by the characters he knew well, though only slightly.

If Zheng Zha continues to hesitate, then we can just give up and raise him like a pig.

Anyway, with him in the Zhongzhou team, there's no need for geniuses or sages. Ideally, everyone should be like Li Xiaoyi or Little Fatty, good-for-nothings who have no talent but are willing to follow along and get a share of the profits.

Slacking off is the way to go!

There are only twenty spots in a team. The more useless people there are, the more they are filled in advance, so that those with talent and the ability to unlock genes won't come in and annoy him. That's why he saves people, even a middle-aged woman who looks like the worst of the worst.

"I know, thank you." Zheng Zha closed his eyes and then opened them again, took the gun from Mu Gang's hand, his eyes filled with pain, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

Chapter 78: If you have a gun but don't use martial arts, how can you call yourself a grandmaster!

Why did I create him?

Zhang Jie watched as the newlyweds excitedly shared how many points they had earned, and fell into deep thought.

He didn't know why he created a strange man who called himself Zhang Chengyi, possessed considerable power, and was unfathomable. He even inexplicably exchanged some weapons for him, which led the newcomers to be led step by step into the abyss by this strange creation.

If the newcomer doesn't understand, doesn't he?

By boosting ratings and reviews, the "main god" (a term used to describe a powerful force or influence) will increase the difficulty of horror movies. If, as Zhang Chengyi suggests, the plot is drastically altered, restaurant B is blown up, and zombies are used to flood the screen, the difficulty of the next horror movie will likely be raised to the level of twenty people.

It's like the Grim Reaper has arrived.

He didn't want to continue watching the newcomers die tragically for no reason, so he planned to use a mild threat to prevent them from disrupting the plot. However, plans don't always go as expected, and Zhang Chengyi had already started racking up points with the newcomers before he could even speak.

Furthermore, the constraints of his semi-guide status mean that any outrageous actions by the creator will implicate him, since he was the one who created him. Logically and morally, he should immediately stop Zhang Chengyi's actions to prevent the main god from forcibly eliminating him.

But for some reason, he had an exceptionally high tolerance for Zhang Chengyi, almost as if...

It's as if he's hinted at something to himself on a spiritual level.

Zhang Chengyi, of course, noticed Zhang Jie's inner conflict, looked up at him, and smiled slightly.

This was originally a deal that the two of them had agreed upon.

Zhang Jie used his bugged identity as a semi-guide to take the blame for him and divert the main god's attention, so that he could take Zhang Jie and his wife with him when he left the main god's space.

After a brief moment of excitement, the newlyweds were overcome by the Chinese people's fear of insufficient firepower. Everyone, including the middle-aged women, began searching the corpses for various weapons and protective gear.

The chubby boy struggled to put on the bulletproof vest, which was a size too small, and gasped for breath. He sat down on the ground and looked up, suddenly noticing Spence Parks sneaking around trying to escape via another route. He shouted:

"Brother Zhang, he's trying to run away!"

Spence Parks had no intention of sitting idly by and tried to speed up his escape.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the character who had somehow regained his memories staggered and fell to the ground. Before he could get up, he was hit by another shot and fell into a pool of blood.

Standing not far from Spence Parks, Zheng Zha, who fired the shot to obtain reward points and side quests, remained expressionless, even managing a forced smile as he said, "In times of emergency, I won't stand on ceremony."

They are very adaptable.

Zhang Chengyi gave the original protagonist a second look, from hesitating for a long time before starting to kill, to being the first to react and try to shoot a valuable character in the story.

No, it's more likely that they realized Spence Parks was valuable in advance, so they had been keeping an eye on him for a while.

He glanced at Zhan Lan, who had grabbed a pistol from the ground but wasn't quick enough.

Before Chu Xuan arrived, Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan were clearly smart enough and had a strong drive to rack up points. As long as their genetic locks weren't unlocked, they were good tools for his Central Continent Team's Big Light Sphere.

"Brother Zhang." The chubby boy brought over the tidied gun, trying to hand it over obsequiously.

Zhang Chengyi glanced at it and said, "Alright, whoever finds it can keep it. We'll need it to fight the zombies later."

Don't be fooled by the description of this guy as a 'chubby guy'. The novel explicitly states that he looks to be 27 or 28 years old, and he hasn't changed much in reality. At his age, he still understands the ways of the world.

The best part is that the little fat guy is both useless and obedient, and he's also very good at sucking up to powerful figures. He was the first one to go up and kill after Li Xiaoyi. He's greedy, decisive, and knows how to please powerful figures. He's a very worthwhile beast of burden to raise.

With a soft "buzz~ snap!" the bright lights went out, and in the dim environment, even breathing could be heard clearly.

"Boom!"

The sound of feet hitting flesh could be heard, and soon the lights came on. The expressions on everyone's faces were no longer as relaxed and cheerful as before.

Zhan Lan also noticed that the bodies that had been submerged in the laboratory, which had been drained of water by the mercenaries, were gone.

A sudden power outage, then zombies unleashed, and the plot changed?

"Don't worry, have you guys ever played a game where you cut down grass?" Zhang Chengyi said, stepping on Matt who had just tried to escape. "Ordinary zombies are just free points; ten of them are worth one reward point."

He put down two bags full of explosives and said, "However, we probably won't have a chance to bomb Restaurant B."

The rewards given by the main god are always based on the difficulty. Just like how Zheng Zha can get a B-rank side quest for saving Matthew Addison from the laser channel, mercenaries are a valuable gift package for newcomers.

Having accumulated so many reward points and side quests at once, the game master will inevitably increase the difficulty. The power went out and zombies were unleashed before we even entered the laser tunnel.

The main god strictly adheres to the principle that the reward corresponds to the level of difficulty; as the difficulty increases, the reward will inevitably rise. Normally, newcomers would quickly learn from their mistakes after one or two setbacks and would no longer dare to try to grind for high scores. But now…

"Ready to rack up points to your heart's content?" Zhang Chengyi grinned.

He was a handsome man whose refined and easygoing image was modeled after Wu Yazi, but when he smiled, the bandit-like aura that came from his very bones naturally emanated from him.

It feels very out of place.

The sound of sharp claws scraping against steel drifted from afar, and the newlyweds, knowing what this meant, felt somewhat uneasy.

The crawlers in Restaurant B are about to be released.

Mercenaries are dead all over the place, and the air is thick with the smell of blood. It would be strange if the creepers weren't drawn here.