pjbooks Chapter 192 Death, Resurrection, and the Cycle Continues
Chapter 192 Death, Resurrection, and the Cycle Continues
Death, resurrection, pilgrimage, sacrifice.
A perfect, self-sustaining closed loop.
As Wang Fugui watched the recurring terrifying scene, a chill burst forth from his tailbone, rushing straight to the top of his head, and all the fat on his body taut like stone.
"Fan...Fanzi, this is a fucking pig farm!"
His voice was hoarse, filled with uncontrollable horror.
"But what they're feeding isn't animal feed, it's human lives!"
Lin Xiaoyu did not speak.
Her hands, gripping the hem of her clothes tightly and knuckles drained of color from the effort, betrayed the turmoil within her.
Chen Yifan's gaze, however, was as calm as a bottomless, icy pool.
He ignored the disgusting sacrificial rituals and did not look at the bewitched "believers".
His gaze, like a highly precise probe, was fixed on the pulsating black heart in the center of the pit.
He took a breath, his mind completely focused.
[Secret Investigation]!
hum-
A force completely different from the one he had encountered when exploring the resurrection altar before, more violent and chaotic, fiercely rebounded from his mental tendrils.
"Hmm!"
Even though Chen Yifan's mental strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
Failed!
A blood-red warning flashed wildly in his field of vision.
really!
Chen Yifan endured the piercing pain from the depths of his soul, but a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
This heart is a "heretical" object.
The inability to analyze it means that its weaknesses cannot be understood and its capabilities cannot be predicted.
"Brother Fan, what's wrong?"
Lin Xiaoyu noticed his unusual behavior immediately, her voice filled with unconcealed worry.
"fine."
Chen Yifan waved his hand, his face was a little pale, but his eyes became even sharper.
"It's just that some things have been confirmed."
"Fan...Fanzi, shall we...run?" Wang Fugui's voice trembled. "This place is too eerie. I'd rather fight a hundred earth dragon lizards to the death than stay here."
run?
A bitter smile appeared on Chen Yifan's lips.
It's too late to run now.
The moment Wang Fugui spoke, those "believers" who had previously ignored them began to make new moves.
They slowly, one by one, turned their heads.
Hundreds of eyes focused on Chen Yifan and his two companions.
Those eyes held no human emotion, only a strange light mixed with obsession, fanaticism, and... hunger.
They are the livestock in this "farm".
Chen Yifan and his two companions were wild animals who had wandered in and were not "domesticated".
In the eyes of domesticated animals, freedom is the original sin.
"Hey, I mean... wouldn't this be like going to a mental hospital and finding out you're the only sane person there?"
Looking at those distorted faces, Wang Fugui chuckled dryly, trying to alleviate the almost tangible pressure with a joke.
"I think it's more like," Chen Yifan calmly replied, "that we're three people who wanted to freeload without buying tickets. We're about to be forced to buy tickets by a group of members who did."
His analogy startled Wang Fugui, who then realized what he meant, and the fat on his face twitched.
"What kind of bullshit membership is this! This is clearly a VIP recharge trap set by a heartless slaughterhouse! Recharge to get resurrections, then make it easier for the boss to repeatedly slaughter people! Is this some kind of despicable idea that a human being could come up with?"
Before he could finish speaking...
In the crowd, the young man who was the first to be drugged and the first to be revived suddenly raised his arm and pointed at them.
A fanatical smile spread across his face, contorted with obsession, and he shrieked in a tone as if chanting a hymn:
"They...did not hear the Lord's song!"
"They are unclean!"
"Purify them—!"
boom!
In an instant, the entire pit seemed to boil over.
Hundreds of professionals, like a swarm of disturbed bees, roared and howled, their faces filled with fanaticism, and charged toward the location of Chen Yifan and his two companions!
Their attacks were completely haphazard, and their skills were a jumbled mess.
However, the combined power of hundreds of professionals, including many elites at levels 50 and 60, is enough to tear any well-trained team to shreds in an instant!
Moreover, the three of them are of different ranks...
That's way too low.
"Fatty, get out of the way! Xiaoyu, block the way! Don't let them get any closer!"
Just as the chaotic torrent of energy was about to engulf them, Chen Yifan's voice, like a cold nail, pierced firmly into their minds.
There was no panic, only pure and unquestionable instructions.
"Okay!"
Wang Fugui's nerves, which were taut with fear, were instantly awakened by this low shout.
He roared and hurriedly dodged away in a sorry state.
Immediately afterward, Lin Xiaoyu, who had also dodged, moved as well.
There was not a trace of hesitation in her clear, cold eyes.
A slender, pale finger swept across the air, and the main vine of the [Bloodthirsty Poison Vine] beside her suddenly erupted like a giant abyss python awakening from its slumber!
Swish swish!
Dozens of scarlet vines split off from the main vine. Instead of attacking, they spread wildly backward along the ground, walls, and cave ceiling at an astonishing speed.
However, the opponent's numerical and skill advantages were overwhelming!
A fire mage of level 58 grinned as he chanted a spell, and a fireball the size of a human head, burning with dark red flames, hurtled towards him!
"puff--"
Lin Xiaoyu's face turned deathly pale instantly. She bit her lip tightly, squeezing out the full potential of her A-level talent!
The dozens of vines instantly intertwined to form a thick wall of flesh and blood, attempting to block it.
boom!
The fireball struck the vine wall and exploded!
Dark red flames licked the vines frantically, making a sizzling, teeth-grinding burning sound.
The vines were howling, curling up, and turning into charcoal!
But thanks to their terrifying vitality from their A-level talents, they managed to withstand the fireball for a full two seconds!
Two seconds later, the vine defense line was completely burned through.
Lin Xiaoyu trembled, a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, and her eyes dimmed slightly.
With just one blow, she was severely injured!
The moment the defense line was breached, Chen Yifan made his move.
Two daggers appeared out of thin air in his hands.
Nightmare Fang, withered Fang.
"Heretical Path—Matter Control!"
Chen Yifan enveloped his mental energy over the two daggers.
The next second, two epic-level daggers flew out of their hands.
puff!
The Lv.58 mage, who had just unleashed a fireball and still wore a sinister grin, froze instantly.
A dagger pierced through his back like a ghost, drawing out a handful of scalding blood.
He looked down in disbelief at the bloody hole in his chest, then vanished in a flash of white light.
The other dagger, meandering along the ground in a strange arc, instantly severed the Achilles tendons of three heavily armored warriors!
puff!puff!puff!
The first seven or eight professionals who rushed up had no chance to get close to Wang Fugui's shield before their lives were precisely reaped by those two elusive "hands of death"!
It could pierce the throat, rupture the heart, or behead the victim!
Chen Yifan was like a conductor strolling leisurely on a bloody battlefield. Wherever his mental power reached, his dagger would strike, reaping lives with an efficiency that was outrageous!
In the blink of an eye, the momentum of the charge ahead was halted by him alone!
The believers vanished in a flash of white light, only to be reborn at a distant resurrection point, where they charged forward once more with fervor.
Wang Fugui stared at Chen Yifan's retreating figure, his mouth agape in an "O" shape.
Is this... is this his brother's true strength?!
"Walk!"
Chen Yifan gave a low shout and patted Wang Fugui on the shoulder.
Without looking back, the three of them turned and retreated back through the passage they had come from.
But they hadn't gone far when Wang Fugui suddenly slammed on the brakes and screamed in terror.
"What's going on?! The road...the road is blocked!"