Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

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"You two, uh, handsome young men?"

He tentatively began to speak.

The two eerie children looked at him with eyes that had no whites.

Hmm, could there be a chance?

Encouraged by this, Liu Zheng continued.

“This is our first time visiting a cemetery, and we don’t know the rules. Please feel free to ask if you need anything, and we will do our best to accommodate you.”

The two eerie children exchanged a glance, then looked at him, their expressions seemingly changing slightly.

"Two Grade D tomb-sweeping packages for the two of you, consider it making friends. How about it?"

Liu Zheng said.

The eerie child seemed to purse his lips.

"Then two C-grade copies."

He changed his tune.

The ghost child continued to slap the bloody handprints.

"Then two Grade B copies."

Liu Zheng gritted his teeth and said.

The vampire girl clenched her teeth even harder.

The eerie child remained unmoved.

"Isn't the A-level package a bit too much? We're very sincere, but you two can't be asking for an exorbitant price, can you?"

His voice turned cold.

"We don't want anything."

"We just want you dead."

"Hee hee hee!!!"

The two eerie children finally spoke, but what they said was not satisfactory.

"So there's nothing to talk about?"

Liu Zheng said coldly.

"Hee hee hee!"

The eerie child let out a sharp, hoarse laugh that made his head ache.

Seeing that the bloody handprint had already covered two-thirds of his back, Liu Zheng knew it was time to make a decision.

"Which of you can handle both of them?"

he asked.

"I have a move that I'm sure can take them down, but once I use it, I'll basically lose my ability to fight."

The female diver said.

"I have a move that has a high probability of dealing with them without affecting my combat power, but it will definitely affect you. You should be fine, but the little vampire will probably be seriously injured."

The nightingale also said.

"I won't affect your combat power or cause any friendly fire, but I will take back the essence from your body."

"That's what the vampire girl said."

"They seem pretty capable most of the time, but they're useless when it really matters."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

"Humph!"

The three women were very dissatisfied with his attitude, but they were powerless to refute it.

The main reason is that the three of them are all martial arts-oriented, so fighting against this kind of more mechanical combat isn't really their strength.

However, since it is a mechanism-based problem, there must be a solution.

Liu Zheng carefully observed the two strange children, trying to find clues to break the deadlock.

Soon, he made a discovery.

Although these two ghost children had all four limbs, their heads were defective.

One head has a dent on the right side, and the other head has a bulge on the left side.

"Were they conjoined twins?"

Liu Zheng guessed, based on his observations and experiences in the hospital.

Since we have doubts, we might as well give it a try.

"Vampire girl, put their heads together."

he ordered.

Why give someone such an awful name?

The vampire girl wasn't happy with her new name, but she still obediently moved closer to Liu Zheng.

Upon seeing her actions, the two ghost children showed panic on their faces and quickened their pace in slapping the bloody handprint.

"It seems I guessed it right."

Liu Zheng was overjoyed and moved closer to the vampire girl.

The two eerie children's bodies twisted wildly, but their heads seemed to be fixed in place by some force, and they could only watch helplessly as they were pieced together.

The protruding left brain is perfectly embedded in the concave right brain.

The two eerie children let out a piercing scream as their heads began to melt at the point where they joined, until they vanished into nothingness.

The bloody handprints on their backs gradually disappeared.

"You'll have to suffer the consequences of your refusal to listen to reason."

Liu Zheng sneered.

As it turns out, those who don't negotiate terms with him usually don't end up well.

These weird residents just never learn their lesson.

"Amazing."

The nightingale gave him a thumbs up.

Although given some time, she should be able to figure out the mechanism of the ghost child, but she certainly wouldn't be as fast or as decisive as Liu Zheng.

The female diver pretended not to care, but there was still a hint of admiration in her eyes.

As for the vampire girl, she was practically starry-eyed.

"What's so great about it? He was just forced into it."

Liu Zheng himself was quite clear-headed.

It is precisely because he lacks the ability to suppress the inhabitants with force that he has to exploit the mechanisms of these strange residents.

If fists could solve everything, who would bother to use their brains?

"Let's go."

He waved, and the four of them continued walking forward.

Although they had just almost suffered a loss, the team members all said they were in stable condition.

After all, three of the four people weren't human, and the remaining one was a seasoned veteran who had seen it all.

However, it was probably the encounter with the ghost child that deterred the other tomb owners, and no one dared to cause trouble on the rest of the way.

The Gold Coin Squad successfully reached their destination, Cemetery No. 18703.

Although it's called a cemetery, it's actually a three-story villa with a garden.

A black iron plate is welded onto the gate, serving as both a tombstone and a doorplate.

"The cozy cottage of the terrifying duke".

Liu Zheng read out the second half of the inscription on the tombstone.

All three of them wore strange expressions.

"Wasn't your blood father a viscount?"

he asked.

"That's just bragging. Anyway, no photos were posted."

The vampire girl shrugged.

So, the truth is neither terrifying, nor just, nor heartwarming?

"How to get in?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Just go straight in, there are no security measures. But be prepared, my blood relatives might be hiding inside the house."

"That's what the vampire girl said."

The three nodded and prepared for battle.

Pushing open the gate and stepping into the garden, Liu Zheng felt the temperature rise slightly, replaced by a strong, putrid smell of blood.

"The old man raised a lot of bloodworms underground. They taste terrible and are poisonous, but the advantage is that they can produce blood by eating soil."

"That's what the vampire girl explained."

"Wouldn't this also count as an inheritance?"

"It's useless. Fresh blood is expensive these days, but secondhand blood packs are still quite cheap. Only these old guys who can't keep up with the times are still raising these things, because they can't fetch a good price."

The vampire girl shook her head.

"But how does it taste?"

Liu Zheng thought of the white spider.

If it tastes good, I might take some back and ask the calico cat to help me make it into a meal for that socially anxious spider.

"eat?"

This question stumped the vampire girl.

They use bloodworms to suck out the juice, and then put them back after they're done. Who would eat them?

"If the sauce tastes so awful, the meat probably won't be good either, right?"

She said hesitantly.

"How will you know if you don't try? When you're done, grab some for me to take with me."

Liu Zheng said.

"alright."