This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Do you have commissions where you can exchange ingredients for recipes?"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but smile and raised the pointer in her hand.

"To be honest, I'm quite interested in all kinds of unique recipes. If I could exchange some special ingredients for such recipes..."

"I understand."

The male servant named Jiumu smiled knowingly and pointed to the side, leading the way for the two people.

"Please follow me, my two distinguished guests."

Led by Jiumu, we arrived at an elegant quiet room with a strong oriental style on the second floor. Then a beautifully dressed maid in a long dress came with a sweet smile to serve tea.

"Wow~"

Harwell looked at the maid with shining eyes, then coughed twice, pretended to be a gentleman, took the tea, and did not forget to say thank you.

After the maid served tea and left, Ye Yiyi looked at Halville, who looked unsatisfied, with a slightly strange expression.

"I don't mean to hit you, but that maid is actually a puppet."

Not only Nanagi and Kyuubi who have strange names, but even the maid with an impeccable smile is actually a doll.

Hearing this, Halville sipped his tea with his eyes narrowed, and shook his finger at Jiumu's interested gaze.

"Of course I know it's a doll, but that doesn't stop her from having the sweet looks of a young girl and the sweet smile that only young girls have.

"For old men like us, a girl's smile is a remedy for our worries. It can make us forget our age and return to our youth."

Halville smiled and looked at Jiumu who was sitting across the table.

"If I'm not mistaken, the one controlling that puppet should be a young girl, right?"

"Yes, Master Halville really has good vision."

Jiumu crossed his palms in front of him, supported his chin and showed a noble smile.

“If you want the puppet to not reveal any flaws during the reception, you need someone with a temperament that completely matches the puppet to control it.

"After all, appearance can be disguised and hidden, but a person's temperament cannot be concealed at all..."

Jiumu looked at Ye Yiyi standing beside him and once again showed his noble and elegant smile.

"Do you think I'm right? Mister Michaela, or... Mister Gus?"

"Did you see all this?"

Ye Yiyi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then took off the Yongyue pointed hat and put it aside, smiling at Jiumu.

"But you're right, it's hard to hide your temperament, and I didn't expect it would be you who would come to greet me... Long time no see, paperhanger."

"It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say it's been a long time, but welcome to my gourmet workshop..."

The Queen of Hearts from the Moon Mystic Art couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard the words of the paperhanger who had replaced Jiumu.

"You don't know what we've been through in these three days..."

"Actually, I'm pretty much the same. I've been through a lot as well."

Ye Yiyi spread his hands and said casually in the face of Halwell's horrified eyes and the solemn expression of the paperhanger:

"I spent the entire night exploring the ruins, killing a corrupted ancient servant, a flying dragon warrior, and thousands of soul-sinking puppets and sons of Hell... Oh, and I also destroyed over twenty Hell Gates and killed a Demon King."

"This……"

The paperhanger and Harwell looked at each other in confusion.

The amount of information contained in these words was so overwhelming that the two magicians couldn't react at all.

"..."

The quiet room was silent. Ye Yiyi glanced at the two people who were thinking and digesting something, then turned to look at the transparent perfume bottle filled with amber liquid on the table. She was stunned by the subtle and elegant fragrance at the tip of her nose.

"……terribly sorry."

After a while, the paperhanger apologized and finally raised his head from his thoughts.

He personally added tea to Ye Yiyi's teacup and smiled bitterly again.

"Compared to your Excellency's experience, our experiences over the past three days are nothing.

"But since you are willing to tell me all this, I think there must be other reasons, right?"

"As expected of you, you guessed it right away."

Ye Yiyi took the teacup, lowered his eyes to look at the deep black tea, and said in a low voice.

"The Crimson Calamity, sealed in Hell, has escaped by possessing an ancient servant. It's dangerous and possesses the power to open the gates of Hell and summon its children... I think you know what this means, right?"

"Crimson Calamity..."

The paperhanger repeated the word and sighed helplessly.

"If it were three days ago, I might have been confused by this name, but now...

"...Then I can tell you, Your Excellency, that I know what it is and what kind of harm it can cause."

"Is it?"

Ye Yiyi looked up at the complicated and handsome face of the paperhanger.

"It seems that you have had a very fierce battle with the Cybersons over the past three days."

"The word 'intense' might not be the right word," the paperhanger shook his head. "I'd rather use the word 'tragic'."

"How to say?"

"A secret research facility of the Cybersons in Glow City was exposed, where a large number of illegal human modification experiments were conducted.

"Two high-ranking investigators from the Imperial Audit Bureau were killed during a search by a unique creature equipped with a magical prosthetic body. Documents recovered during the subsequent search revealed that this creature was called a demon, or a spawn of hell...

"That secret research facility is where the Cybersons transplanted demon organs, attempting to replicate the organs' properties in humans.

"So far, the number of human remains recovered from the facility... exceeds one thousand."

"I knew that none of these half-human, half-mechanical beasts had a mother!" Halville's face flushed red and he couldn't help cursing.

The paperhanger glanced at Harwell, then looked at Ye Yiyi, who had an expressionless face, and sighed slightly.

"I have a question." Ye Yiyi said.

"Excuse me."

"The identities and origins of those human remains from failed experiments shouldn't just be from the eastern border, right?"

"Yes." The paperhanger nodded.

"Judging from the ethnicity of those human remains, they basically came from all over the bordering areas, and most of them were slaves trafficked by the southern bordering countries.

"Of course, it's unclear how many of them are actual slaves or simply civilians who have been trafficked."

"Is there any meat man?" Ye Yiyi suddenly asked.

"What?" The paperhanger was stunned.

"They are soulless beings, humans whose souls have been stripped from their bodies, leaving only the flesh."

Ye Yiyi spoke and gave a brief explanation to the paperhanger about the flesh man found in the capital of Campbell and its origin.

"I need to ask about this."

The paperhanger was keenly aware of something, and his consciousness temporarily left him, and the doll's head drooped down weakly.

It didn't take long before the maid refilled the tea and the paperhanger returned to the doll's body.

"I asked Huhu..."

The paperhanger was a little out of breath, as if he had just done some intense exercise.

But his eyes were shining with a cold aura.

"Inside the facility, there are the flesh humans you mentioned. They seem to be the subjects of another transformation experiment. I don't know the specific details yet, but that experiment is definitely related to the soul!"

"Is that really the case..."

Hearing this, Ye Yiyi lowered his eyes and sighed.

There is no doubt that these meat people were specially transported from the Campbell Kingdom to the Rodno Empire bordering the east.

In this way, the existence of a cooperative relationship between the Son of Cyber ​​and the Curse Master is almost certain.

"Where are the Sons of Cyber ​​who are involved in this matter?" Ye Yiyi asked.

"Still at large," replied the paperhanger.

"The person in charge of the facility belongs to a fanatical faction among the Sons of Cyber. He drove the transformation demon to kill the investigator and quickly fled the scene."

"Fanatical faction?"

Harville's eyes were as dark as ink, and he suddenly spoke coldly,

"Then it can only be those cyber-psychopaths from the Guijiu faction!!"

Chapter 473 Overlooking the Sun and [Puppet Hand]

"Return to the Jiu Sect?"

Hearing Halville speak, Ye Yiyi frowned slightly.

This name was not as unfamiliar as he had imagined. He seemed to have some impression of it, as if he had seen it in the game.

As for the cyberpsychosis mentioned by the old magician...

Ah!

Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up, and she finally remembered where she had seen the Guijiu Sect.

When players go to the underground foundry on the eastern border, they need to pass through a heavily guarded fortress first.

This fortress guards the entrance to the Great Pit and is protected by both magicians and cybernetic beings. It also contains many powerful elite enemies.

The final boss of the fortress level is a cyborg named [Guijiu "Aifa"].

The degree of prosthetic modification of this boss is comparable to the final boss of another shooting game that Ye Yiyi had played before.

Except for the brain, all other parts and organs on the body have been replaced with magical prostheses.

This not only allows him to use endless magic to attack, but also acts like a cannon blasting out artillery fire.

His powerful physical qualities also gave him high magic resistance, a strong body, and extraordinary melee abilities.

Coupled with a two-meter-long large sword, Ye Yiyi, who was pioneering in the new land, suffered a lot.

But after becoming familiar with the opponent's moves, you will realize that this guy actually has quite a lot of interaction when fighting, which is quite enjoyable.

The reasons are nothing more than the wide-ranging moves, the lack of light pollution in melee attacks, the absence of counter-intuitive fast and slow swords, and the fact that most moves can be parried.

If you fight him with a katana that can counterattack, it will have a bit of the flavor of a samurai duel.

Thinking of this, Ye Yiyi asked.

"Ai Fa from the Guijiu sect, does this name sound familiar to you?"

"Alfa?"

The paperhanger frowned slightly, then shook his head.

"I haven't heard of that name..."

"I've heard of it!"

Halville on the side suddenly spoke.

"Oh? Have you heard of it?"

Ye Yiyi looked at him in surprise, only to find that the old man's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip out, and his eyes were filled with strong murderous intent.

Seeing this, Ye Yiyi seemed to understand something.

It seems that this guy named Alfa has a grudge against the old man.

"I once secretly investigated the details of the Guijiu Sect..."

Halville lowered his murderous eyes and said in a deep voice;

"Those lunatics believe that the human body is too weak to match their knowledge and wisdom.