pjbooks Chapter 200 Liu Cang Appears, His Request
Chapter 200 Liu Cang Appears, His Request
Liu Cang.
He stood there on the rocky outcrop.
The wind blew his tattered clothes, making them flutter.
The ancient golden spear in his hand, with its blood-red tassel and pale golden luster, made him appear like a wrathful god descended to earth.
The black shadow that had been blasted away reformed itself a dozen meters away.
It had no facial features, but Chen Yifan and the other two could clearly "feel" that a gaze full of malice and incomprehension was fixed on Liu Cang on the mountain rock.
It is wary.
Wang Fugui scrambled to his feet, staring at Liu Cang's retreating figure, his face trembling with excitement.
"Senior Liu... Senior Liu! You... you've finally arrived!"
This cry was filled with the bittersweet joy of a strong man who had narrowly escaped death and finally found his savior.
Liu Cang did not turn around.
His cloudy yet all-seeing eyes remained fixed on that dark figure.
"The three little ones hid behind me."
His voice was not loud, but it carried a reassuring calmness.
Chen Yifan pulled up Lin Xiaoyu, who was still somewhat dazed, and together with Wang Fugui, they quickly retreated to a safe area behind Liu Cang.
He wasn't as excited as Wang Fugui.
In the instant after surviving the ordeal, the brain begins a frantic deduction.
Not right.
Something's not right.
The shadowy figure's power was pure "heretical power," ignoring rules, devouring spiritual energy, and annihilating life.
In no way inferior to Wang Qingyun...
This power is the natural enemy of the [World Engine] system.
And Liu Cang...
His shot just now was incredibly powerful, with dazzling golden light.
However, the essence of its power remains psionic energy under the rules of the [World Engine].
A player who followed the server rules forced a cheating GM to retreat with a single shot.
This is illogical.
unless……
The shadowy figure had a fatal weakness that Liu Cang was able to exploit.
wrong!
That's impossible.
Or perhaps...
Chen Yifan's gaze fell on Liu Cang's slightly trembling right hand.
"You beast!"
At this moment, Liu Cang spoke, his voice loud and clear, each word like a judgment.
"This is the territory of my Dragon Kingdom! How dare you heretics and demons run rampant here! If you know what's good for you, get back to your ditch at once! Otherwise, I will make sure you are annihilated today!"
These words were spoken with righteous indignation and murderous intent.
Wang Fugui was so excited that he wanted to kowtow to Senior Liu on the spot.
But Chen Yifan's face remained expressionless.
The dark figure seemed to understand.
It tilted its head in a human-like manner, and its cold gaze slowly moved from Liu Cang to Chen Yifan and the others.
It paused for a full three seconds.
In those three seconds, Chen Yifan felt as if he had been thoroughly licked from his soul to his body by a cold, venomous snake.
Then, the shadowy figure began to fade, disappearing silently like ink blending into the air.
gone?
They're leaving already?
The suffocating pressure completely dissipated.
Wang Fugui plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.
"My goodness...that scared Fatty to death...Fanzi, does this mean we...we've been reborn?"
Chen Yifan did not answer, his gaze remaining fixed on Liu Cang's retreating figure.
Liu Cang slowly turned around.
The moment he turned around, the golden spear in his hand, with a "whoosh," turned into countless specks of light and scattered in the wind.
His face turned visibly pale, as if all his energy had been drained away, and he even swayed as he stood.
"Senior Liu!"
Upon seeing this, Wang Fugui quickly got up to help him up.
"I'm fine."
Liu Cang waved his hand, walked up to the three of them, and his sharp eyes swept over them one by one before finally settling on Chen Yifan.
"Kid, you reacted quickly and killed decisively."
A hint of approval flashed deep in his eyes.
"You flatter me, senior. If you hadn't arrived in time, we would be three dried corpses by now."
Chen Yifan remained neither humble nor arrogant, while secretly observing Liu Cang's condition.
"Yes, those people you just killed," Liu Cang said with disgust, "were already corrupted by that stuff and turned into 'eyes and ears' monitoring this place. Kill them all."
He paused, then wearily rubbed his temples.
"To be honest, the situation is very bad right now."
Liu Cang did not hide anything and briefly recounted what happened after they left.
The military's withdrawal was unavoidable. A fully equipped heavy regiment of a thousand men was wiped out in a single encounter.
After paying a heavy price, the authorities were forced to retreat.
As a guardian, he refused to give up and has remained here ever since.
"That thing, we call it the 'Outer God'." Liu Cang's voice was deep. "It's 'keeping' this instance, and everyone who escapes will be eliminated by it."
"Then we..." Wang Fugui started to speak, but then stopped himself.
Yes, why were they able to survive?
Because Liu Cang saved them.
But why did Liu Cang save them?
Chen Yifan's mind was as clear as a mirror.
Sure enough, Liu Cang's gaze fell on them again, this time with a hint of pleading.
"I know this request is unreasonable... but I need your help."
"Senior, please speak!" Wang Fugui patted his chest, his voice filled with righteous indignation, "I would go through fire and water without batting an eye!"
Liu Cang gave a wry smile, shook his head, and looked at Chen Yifan.
He knew that the one who truly held the reins in this small team was this seemingly most unremarkable boy.
"There are still survivors in the instance, including a military special operations team."
"That thing can't enter the instance; it seems to be restricted by some kind of rule."
"I need you... to go in again."
Liu Cang's voice was hoarse.
"Bring them out."
"On what grounds?"
It wasn't Chen Yifan who spoke, but Lin Xiaoyu.
Her face was expressionless, though her eyes were resolute.
"We just barely escaped from inside, and you want us to go back now? There's a monster outside that we can't possibly defeat. Senior Liu, this isn't helping, it's sending us to our deaths."
Wang Fugui opened his mouth, looked at Lin Xiaoyu, then at the silent Chen Yifan, and swallowed his words.
"I understand." Liu Cang wasn't angry; he just sighed.
He took out a palm-sized bronze compass and handed it over.
"【Boundary-Breaking Star Chart】, an S-rank one-time use item, allows teleportation within a 100-kilometer range, ignoring all rules. This is my last resort for survival; I'm handing it over to you."
"As long as you can bring people out, I will find a way to distract the 'Outer God' and create an opportunity for you."
Wang Fugui's eyes lit up.
An S-rank teleportation item, a priceless and invaluable life-saving treasure!
However, Chen Yifan's gaze lingered on the compass for only a second before returning to Liu Cang's face.
"not enough."
He uttered two words softly.
Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu were both stunned.
Liu Cang also narrowed his eyes.
"Oh? Kid, what do you want?"
"intelligence."
Chen Yifan shook his head.
"First, what is the weakness of the 'Outer God'? Why was your shot able to wound it?"
"Secondly, why did you save us? Where were you when the Blood Axe Mercenary Group came out?"
"Third, what was the objective of that special operations team?"
The three questions were all increasingly pointed.
Wang Fugui broke out in a cold sweat. This kid was interrogating his savior!
Liu Cang fell silent.
He stared intently at Chen Yifan, and for the first time, genuine astonishment appeared in his cloudy eyes.
a long time.
He suddenly laughed, a laugh tinged with admiration, helplessness, and self-deprecation.
"You little rascal...you've got some nerve."
He countered with a question:
"If I told you that my shot was just a smokescreen using an S-rank item to temporarily scare it away."
"What if I told you that it wasn't that I didn't want to save Bloodaxe, but that I simply didn't have the time and could only watch them being slaughtered?"
"If I told you that the reason I chose you was because you came from a dungeon and have some understanding of what's inside, and that I couldn't find anyone more suitable than you right now..."
Just as Wang Fugui was about to speak about the situation in the dungeon, Chen Yifan raised his hand to interrupt him.
"I see."
Chen Yifan nodded, his expression calm.
"I am deeply grateful for your frank advice, senior."
His reaction surprised Liu Cang once again.
"Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid."
Chen Yifan is very honest.
"But I'm afraid it won't solve the problem. Besides, I owe my senior a favor."
He reached out and steadily took the bronze compass.
The compass felt cold and heavy to the touch.
"We accept the [Boundary-Breaking Astrological Chart]."
"We'll go in and try our best to find that team."
Chen Yifan paused, then grinned, revealing a perfectly timed, slightly snobbish expression.
"Of course, we only guarantee to do our best. If things become impossible, we will use it to escape immediately. We hope you won't blame us for wasting your precious item."
"it is good."
Liu Cang looked at the young man before him and finally nodded.
"Do your best."
"There's no time to lose."
Chen Yifan said no more and turned to walk towards the huge vortex that was still slowly rotating.
Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu immediately followed.
Just before stepping into the vortex, Chen Yifan paused almost imperceptibly.
He didn't turn around.
But deep in his eyes, a glint of cunning flashed that no one could decipher.
go back?
save people?
Chen Yifan sneered inwardly.
He is not some selfless hero.
Moreover, regardless of Lin Xiaoyu's rebuttal or his own three questions,
It's clear that the current Liu Cang is completely different from the domineering Liu Cang before the dungeon opened.
The other party was so patient in explaining to the three little ones who were turning around.
He doesn't believe there isn't some problem in this.
In addition, he is a genuine heretic.
They knew that the power of unorthodox methods could absolutely crush professionals.
If it is said that external paths can bring a person's strength to its fullest potential.
So the rules under the [World Engine] compress that 100% to 20% or even 10%.
Despite such a difference, Liu Cang was able to scare the other party away.
but……
Similarly, they had no choice.
If we don't agree, there's no guarantee that Liu Cang won't do something.
Going in doesn't mean you're going to your death.
He can go in.
Then... wait.
Wait for the right time.
As for those survivors?
Wouldn't a simple "not found" suffice?