If it were in the past, Jie Fangcheng would probably be confused after hearing such words.
But after Gu Shanshan said this, Jie Fangcheng, who had experienced the "House of Wax" copy, immediately reacted.
"We are NPCs?"
Gu Shanshan nodded and then shook her head.
"It shouldn't be the NPC from the infinite game we experienced." As she said that, she handed a strangely shaped pen with no ink in it and three pieces of paper to Jie Fangcheng, "Brother Jie, take a look at this."
The moment Jie Fangcheng took the pen, he understood what Gu Shanshan meant.
The skills and props possessed by the players of the Infinite Game are ultimately condensed from Yin Qi, and are not physical objects. After entering the real world, the players are ghosts, and without practice, it is difficult for them to continue to possess this Yin Qi.
The pen in Jie Fangcheng's hand is a real object. Its shape is like a slender brush, but the tip of the pen is in the shape of a fountain pen. There are only a few traces of red in the transparent pen body, which should be the ink.
The moment he got the game, although there was no screen in front of Jie Fangcheng's eyes, he suddenly understood something in his heart.
[Tool: Answer Normal]
[Introduction: A magical pen that can answer everything. As long as there is enough ink, it can write everything. ]
[Hint: It is just an ordinary pen. Whether its answer is correct is still unknown. ]
[Function: Answer all questions.]
This pen is well preserved, but you can still see some traces of time. The tiny scratches make it look more real, which also reminds the person holding it: this is not a prop made of Yin Qi, but a real object.
Jie Fangcheng opened the first piece of paper, and red handwriting appeared in front of him.
[Who are those people from the bottom of hell?]
[Player]
The first line was written by the Lord of Mount Dongyue, but the two words "player" below were written in a language that Jie Fangcheng had never seen before.
But strangely, Jie Fangcheng understood its meaning after seeing it.
Those people? Who are those people
The bottom of hell is where souls who have committed heinous crimes but cannot be dealt with directly are exiled.
For example, the Three Kings of Hell who betrayed the underworld.
Their strength far exceeds that of evil ghosts in the human world. If they are struck by lightning, even if their souls are shattered, the fragments of these people's souls will float in the human world, which will definitely be a disaster for ordinary humans.
The space at the bottom of hell is extremely chaotic, there are no [rules] here. You may be surrounded by the ocean in the last second, and it becomes purgatory in the next second; you may be walking in the previous second, and become a corpse in the next second.
Everything here is in unimaginable chaos. No living creature can survive here, and it is impossible for anyone to pass through the bottom of hell and reach the underworld.
Even if someone can pass through that place, only the Lord of Dongyue knows how to open the bottom of hell.
But this line of words was indeed written by the Lord of Mount Tai.
This piece of paper is ordinary paper. Jie Fangcheng could recognize that it is at least 1,500 years old.
1,500 years ago, before the war in the underworld, all departments used this kind of paper. The white ghost grass planted by the river on the other side was stimulated by Yin Qi, and after being stimulated, it became the size of an ordinary book. After cutting, it became a piece of paper that would not bleed ink. It was very convenient and quick, which also led to everyone being able to use it, even ghosts waiting to be reincarnated in the underworld could use it after practicing.
After the war in the underworld, in order to prevent the occurrence of forgery of official documents, the official paper used in the underworld was unified into rice paper from the human world.
Ordinary ghosts cannot go to the human world. Even ghost messengers need corresponding approval to go up. And even if a ghost messenger goes up and obtains rice paper through some means, the paper is stained with yang energy and it is not so easy to bring it down.
It was from then on that the underworld established a finance department. Xie Fangcheng was responsible for purchasing rice paper back then, but now times have changed and he is now responsible for purchasing A4 paper.
Nowadays, ghosts are still using ghost paper, but ghost paper has not appeared in the office building of the underworld for more than a thousand years.
The ghost straw paper in Jie Fangcheng's hand is very old and even has a little curling at the edges, but the handwriting on it is still clear, and the red ink is flowing on the paper like flames.
And underneath the ghost grass paper is ordinary rice paper.
On the rice paper was the familiar handwriting of the God of Mount Tai, which looked very hastily written.
[Why did the player appear again?]
This time the answer seems to have triggered the [Unknown True or False] BUFF, which is ridiculous.
[Farming]
Xuan paper... Xuan paper has been around for at least a hundred years.
The underworld switched to A4 paper a long time ago because it does not bleed ink and is cheap.
Jie Fangcheng looked at the last piece of paper.
This is a brand new A4 paper.
And on this paper, the question looks strange.
[How to close a channel?]
But when I wrote the last word, the pen ran out of ink.
The person who asked the question did not receive an answer.
Over there, Gu Shanshan had already made some analysis.
"That is to say, at least two groups of 'players' have been discovered so far, and they came in from the bottom of Hell. The first time, it is very likely that someone in the underworld killed or repelled them, and thus took this pen as a trophy - I guess everyone didn't sit around the table and talk about it, otherwise they wouldn't even know who they were in the first question. I tend to think that the first time the 'player entry' was resolved by force."
"And the second time the player entered, the person who wrote this question seemed to be in a hurry... I guess this person might have been closely monitoring the bottom of Hell during this time. He thought that this was the only place where players would appear, but he didn't expect that some players didn't appear from the bottom of Hell, but appeared from other places instead. Therefore, his question was very confusing and seemed to have no value. It was more like he asked it when he was emotionally unstable."
Jie Fangcheng nodded, and looking into Gu Shanshan's eyes, he knew that the girl had guessed it.
"The person asking the question is Dongyue Shenjun, the supreme ruler of the underworld, and he is now dead."
Gu Shanshan understood.
She thought for a moment and looked at the last piece of paper.
"The last question is 'how to close the channel', which means that the person who asked this question has found the channel leading to the location of the 'player', or perhaps he has been there. And... Brother Jie, I think that the infinite game we participated in was really done by Dongyue Shenjun."
Originally, Jie Fangcheng firmly believed that a game that aimed to consume human kindness and cultivate evil spirits could not have been created by the Lord of Mount Dongyue.
But now, the pen in his hand named [Answer] is so similar to the props in the infinite game, with the same three entries: [Introduction], [Hint], and [Function].
Even the name of the infinite game is "Don't Answer".
If you think about it carefully, the modernization reform of the underworld was carried out very hastily. As the person in power, Dongyue God did not choose to let the people of the underworld receive training in computer operation or the like. Instead, he chose to hire temporary workers and push the underworld towards high-tech as soon as possible.
Was the underworld so short of manpower at that time
The Book of Life and Death is placed in the Eighteen Levels of Hell and has developed intelligence. It is not easy to steal the Book of Life and Death unless you are at the level of the Ten Kings of Hell or above.
All the evidence points to the same answer.
but why
Dongyue God, he is a barrier protecting the human world.
Even if we are worried that more [players] will continue to enter this world in the future, we should not release such a game into the human world.
Xie Fangcheng looked at the paper in his hand, and after a while, he put the paper and pen into his pocket.
"Please look for it first. I'm going to go out for a while."
Gu Shanshan nodded quickly.
After Jie Fangcheng walked out of the door, he thought for a moment, then drew out his [Manager Jie's Special Sword] and held it in his hand, then walked down with the sword in his hand.
Regardless of whether there is a body left after the death of the people in the underworld, the coffin must be parked at the intersection of Huangquan Road, symbolizing a beautiful wish of "although dead, but will come back in the next life".
When Jie Fangcheng arrived at the Huangquan intersection, he saw that there were indeed three layers of ghost officials surrounding the place, setting up a stage to send off the God of Mount Dongyue in a grand manner.
As soon as Jie Fangcheng arrived, Cui Jue, who was in charge of the affairs here, saw him. He was stunned for a moment and then hurried to greet him.
"Master Jie."
It is now rumored everywhere that the death of Dongyue God is related to Jie Fangcheng. Cui Jue naturally does not believe this, but Jie Fangcheng almost went berserk at that time, and there was no one else who could testify that he was not the murderer. Therefore, when Jie Fangcheng arrived, Cui Jue was fine, but many of the ghost officials behind him drew their weapons and were ready for battle.
Cui Jue looked down at the sword in Jie Fangcheng's hand and smiled bitterly.
"Master Jie, what are you doing?"
Jie Fangcheng said calmly, "I want to see Dongyue God's coffin. Is his body still there?"
The Lord of Mount Dong is not an ordinary ghost. He has a temple and a golden body has long been made. His golden body should remain immortal even after his death.
Cui Jue looked back and then turned back: "Goodbye? You know what the trend is now. They won't agree."
Jie Fangcheng shook the sword in his hand: "Yes, I know."
After he woke up, he didn't think of coming to see the body of Dongyue God. After all, Jie Fangcheng was not a very meticulous person. If there were any doubts, the King of Hell in the Fourth Hall would have discovered them long ago, and it would not be his turn to shine on the details.
And when he came to see the Lord of Mount Tai, there must have been a group of people stopping him from seeing.
In front of the Lord of Mount Dongyue, Xie Fangcheng was unwilling to have such a conflict.
But now, he had a reason to come and see.
Cui Jue pulled him and was about to say something to persuade him, but after meeting Jie Fangcheng's eyes, Cui Jue paused and silently let go of his hand.
Jie Fangcheng walked towards the coffin of Dongyue God with sword in hand.
Immediately, someone started to shout in dissatisfaction: "Jie Fangcheng! How dare you..."
"Looking for death?" Jie Fangcheng asked calmly.
There was complete silence all around.
Jie Fangcheng continued to move forward. An invisible barrier seemed to appear around him, pushing to the sides the ghost officials who were holding weapons and seemed to want to surround him.
Everyone had a complicated expression on their face, but Jie Fangcheng had a strong record in combat, so when he said "seeking death", it was not really a threat.
No matter what the people around him thought, Xie Fangcheng finally saw the body of the Lord of Mount Tai, who had been his superior for more than 1,500 years.
In the dark coffin, the person lying inside had his eyes closed and his skin was pale.
He lay there as if he was asleep, or like a puppet that had finally lost the soul in its core and returned to dead silence.
Ghostly energy covered his palms, scanning the body of Dongyue God from top to bottom as he moved.
Nothing at all.
There was nothing unusual and no wounds were found.
It should be that the attack method directly acts on the soul.
Just like a bullet containing strange divine power, it can directly shatter a person's soul.
Who attacked Dongyue God? Was it those "players"
Why did they come here and why did they attack the Lord of Mount Dongyue
Jie Fangcheng stood quietly beside the coffin for a long time, then finally turned around and left.
Just when Cui Jue breathed a sigh of relief, Jie Fangcheng, who had already walked a few steps, suddenly stopped. He seemed to have thought of something, turned around, and walked back quickly.
"Jie Fangcheng... What are you going to do?!"
This time, even Cui Jue exclaimed in surprise.
Over there, Jie Fangcheng stood beside the coffin and stretched out a hand.
He pried open the eyelids of Dongyue God.
Back then, Jie Fangcheng was a fierce ghost who went to the realm of gods. He almost lost his soul when he was suppressed. The Lord of Mount Tai ignored the opposition of those around him and personally gave him a great gift - he plucked an eyeball from the statue of the god and gave it to him.
From then on, Jie Fangcheng was able to control his anger, and he also had the "divine eyes" that could distinguish between truth and falsehood.
But this kind of gift will harm the Lord of Mount Dongyue himself.
Although he will not lose the vision of one eye, his ability to distinguish true from false will be reduced.
But not long after the battle in the underworld, Jie Fangcheng met him once.
Dongyue God has a pair of blood-red eyes. He doesn't look like a god, but rather like a vampire in Western mythology.
At that time, Jie Fangcheng asked, and Dongyue God smiled and said, "Maybe I've been staying up late lately."
Jie Fangcheng knew that he had many secrets and was too lazy to ask.
But at this moment, when Jie Fangcheng opened his eyelids—
Only dark, empty eye sockets were left of the God of Mount Dongyue.
The blood-red eyes disappeared.
.
Under the night sky as magnificent as the stars in the universe, in the busy and spacious space that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people entering and exiting at the same time, white lights flash from time to time at hundreds of transmission points.
At the teleportation point marked Area B11-107, five figures appeared after a flash of white light.
The three people who were still barely standing spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments after coming out of the teleportation point. Immediately, a machine scanned the surroundings, making a "beeping" sound.
[Warning! Your vitality is detected to be rapidly decreasing. Do you want to activate the medical cabin? ]
The elf named Xiao Qi had the strongest vitality and was the least injured. She immediately forced herself to tap the void a few times, and tubes of varying thicknesses immediately appeared around her and connected to the five people, quickly turning into a huge cocoon that wrapped them up.
After about a few minutes, the three huge cocoons split open from the inside one by one, revealing the three people who had completed treatment.
Their injuries have not yet fully healed, but no matter how rich they are, they are reluctant to spend money so lavishly. The emergency medical cabin in the player lobby is very expensive, costing tens of thousands of points per minute.
This is a considerable expense for A-level players.
Therefore, players generally seek emergency treatment first to ensure they do not die in the short term, and then seek treatment from players with healing skills.
"Shit..." One of the three couldn't help but curse, "The three of us just took a single blow from that guardian and almost lost our lives... This 'hunting ground' is indeed an S-level hunting ground."
After saying that, the man looked at the two captains who had not yet emerged from their cocoons with worry and asked, "Are the captains okay?"
Xiao Qi's face was pale. She stretched out her hand, and a bright green light emanated from her palm, surrounding the emergency medical cabin.
After a while, Xiao Qi put down his hand and shook his head.
"Not good, let's go to the hospital in area A1."
"Ah..." The person who spoke sighed, then cheered up, "But we have successfully completed the mission, and the reward is not bad."
As he spoke, he took out a pair of red, round gems from his backpack. The gems were like human eyeballs. They rotated in his palm, and the pupils looked quietly at Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi shifted his gaze in panic. The elves did not dare to look into the eyes of these strange [ghost eyes].
[Props: Ghost Eye (unidentified)]
[Introduction: A pair of ghost eyes that can see through yin and yang. Perhaps after installing this pair of eyeballs, you will discover more secrets in this world? ]
[Hint: You can only use this if you have [Ghost Power].]
[Effect: See through yin and yang.]
[Special note: This item has not been identified, so special skills cannot be activated. ]
This mission was the highest paying mission they could take, and the person who issued the mission provided very detailed information, so detailed that it was as if they had lived in that hunting ground themselves.
The mission claimed that it was an S-class hunting ground that was about to collapse, with only three or four guardians, none of whom were very strong.
Their mission target is the weakest guardian among them.
—The mission is indeed correct.
Their team of five people were teleported to the hunting ground through the anchor point given by the task issuer and quickly found the target of the task.
He was a very weak man with some ghost power on him.
He was in a wheelchair and his legs were gone.
However, there has always been a guardian with strong ghost power guarding him. Everyone did not dare to confront the guardian of this unfamiliar hunting ground directly. Everyone waited and waited until that day, when there was lightning and thunder, the stronger guardian seemed to have something else to do and hurriedly left the target of the mission.
Everyone took advantage of this opportunity and quickly killed the target of the mission.
Easy.
The other party seemed to have anticipated this and died under their attack without much resistance. The bodies that were preserved were very intact, and everyone prepared to take the bodies back.
The corpses of guardians from these S-level hunting grounds can be sold at a good price, and many will be refined into dolls.
I just don’t know if this lame doll can find a buyer.
Then everyone quickly found the mission items.
Is it an item that has not been identified yet
But since there are special hints, it must be a B-level or above item, right
If I hadn't been greedy at the end, I think this mission would have been easy.
"Captain, they still need a lot of points for treatment. Let's quickly contact the person who issued the task."
After saying that, "Brother Yan" opened his friend list.
When he opened the recent contacts, he was stunned.
"what happened??"
Xiao Qi hurriedly asked: "What's wrong, Brother Yan?"
Brother Yan opened his mouth and said, "My recent contacts... are gone."
At the same time, there is a teleportation point not far away.
A white light flashed.
Two figures appeared at the teleportation point.
One had a scar on his face, and the other had a large red birthmark on his face.
The two looked around silently, as if it was their first time here, yet they seemed strangely familiar with the surrounding environment.
It was as if they had heard about this place countless times even though it was their first time here.
"Brother, look over there."
Hearing this, the man with the scar on his face looked towards the team of five.
"Sure enough, as long as the 'channel' is opened, it can be transmitted over." Ji Ge looked excited, and he reached out and touched the necklace on his neck.
The necklace is made of two snake bones entangled together, with the two snakes biting each other's tails, which makes people feel uncomfortable at first glance.
Ji Chaoyang glanced at his necklace out of the corner of his eye and nodded in agreement.
"Let's go. Let's find a place to settle down first."
At this point, Ji Chaoyang's eyes also showed a strange sense of high spirits: "Finally we have come to this game, and we will become famous like before."
Ji Ge smiled: "Don't worry, brother! That dead woman left me a lot of inheritance, we will be fine!"
As they talked, the two quickly disappeared from the player lobby.
Over there, "Brother Yan" frowned.
"Could it be that the person who issued the task died? But if he died, his name should turn gray, he wouldn't just disappear... Why did he disappear?"
(End of this chapter)