Background: Bai Yang (Part Two)
Dad was holding a small white Rabbit Plush Toy with Little Rabbit, fluffy, drooping ears; it was a gift for him later.
"Dad, get out of the way!"
"Pfft!"
The Dad's blood splattered on the cake, freezing everyone's smiles on their faces.
Bai Yang didn't know why this gray shadow was able to kill so many of his friends, kill his Dad, and continue to kill those who loved him.
After realizing what had happened, his mother grabbed him and held him tightly beneath her, then huddled in another room.
"Little lamb, don't cry. Close your eyes, cover your ears, don't be afraid." The mother's voice trembled slightly. She said, "The news said that a kind of 'strange Rules Instance' might appear during this period. As long as you don't speak and don't open your eyes, you'll be fine."
"Trust Mom, everything will be alright."
Bai Yang obediently curled up, shrinking himself together, covering his ears to suppress his sobs, not daring to make a sound, until everything fell silent.
He crawled out from under his mother's body, staring blankly at everyone who had once loved him, all of whom lay on the ground.
The cozy birthday decorations in the house were all torn down, and the walls were stained red with blood.
The Dad's body had lost its warmth, the cake was already stained red with blood, and the white Little Rabbit lay on the ground, its face covered in glaring blood.
When the rescuers arrived, they saw the only surviving child kneeling silently before the corpses, clutching a blood-stained Little Rabbit.
The boy's empty eyes met the Little Rabbit's bright, gem-like eyes, and he saw a gray figure in those gem-like eyes.
He gouged out those two annoying eyes, and finally the gray figure was out of sight.
As Bai Yang was being helped onto the stretcher, he heard them say...
"It's speculated that the 'Strange Being' is an F-rank, solitary individual, characterized by loneliness, and Rules is to kill all of the target's friends and family."
Bai Yang understood; he was the one who deserved to die the most.
All those who loved him are dead, leaving him the only one still alive. And these people died because of him.
He had clearly seen that shadow long ago, but he was powerless to save these people.
He killed his Older Sister, and he killed everyone who loved him.
It's all because of him, all because he's too weak! He's the one who deserves to die.
Dad parents left him in the end were those lifeless Puppet that could become his friends.
The images in the Little Rabbit's eyes gradually faded, and the empty blackness slowly swallowed up the brightly colored scenes.
[Congratulations, host! You have achieved a perfect fusion of the card background (the background, character identity, experience, appearance, and abilities are 97% compatible). You are rewarded with 1000 Performance Points, which have been added to your system balance.]
[System Performance Points can be randomly added to any card that needs Performance Points to increase its Performance Points, and can also be used to upgrade the system.]
Lin Nieran flipped over Bai Yang's card. Bai Yang was still huddled in the corner on the card, but the Little Rabbit now had irregular tearing wounds around its eyes, and bright red blood seeped from its drooping ears.
And there was a "Happy Birthday" sign hanging on the back of its pretty little skirt, stained red with blood.
"System, upgrade Bai Yang's cards."
Card Upgrade Guide:
1. Card abilities will change after upgrading, and this change is irreversible.
2. Upgraded card abilities will be related to the added background information; the abilities are random.
[This upgrade is for the card: Doll Master Bai Yang (F card), now upgraded to Doll Master Bai Yang (E card). Upgrading requires 10,000 Performance Points. Confirm?]
"Confirm."
[This upgrade card is: Doll Master Bai Yang (E card), upgraded to Doll Master Bai Yang (D card). Upgrading requires 10,000 Performance Points. Confirm?]
"Confirm."
[The card being upgraded this time is: Doll Master Bai Yang (D) card. Upgrading to Doll Master (C) card and (B) card requires 10,000 and 30,000 Performance Points respectively. Confirm?]
Bai Yang used up all his Performance Points, just enough for him to upgrade to B-Rank.
Upgrade successful!
[Doll Master / Bai Yang:]
Grade: B
Identity: Person
Characteristic: Loves to perform.
Background: Unlocked
Introduction: Doll Master skilled in creating, controlling, imbuing, and manipulating spirits; an ordinary person who enjoys feigning weakness and indulging in killing.
Compared to the Moonlit Night card, which has hardly changed, the Bai Yang card has undergone a complete transformation.
Without the Parasitic Spirit that Lin Nieran provided for the F-card Doll Master, his Puppets would have been unable to fight at all. The two Puppets that followed were no different. Although powerful, they were still subject to the limitations of the Rules.
However, now that Bai Yang has reached B-Rank, he can create B-Rank Puppet on his own, and controlling several Puppet at the same time is not a problem.
Furthermore, he doesn't need to make or repair the Puppet himself, which is much more convenient.
The more Puppet he has, the stronger he becomes.
The maximum level people can use the Weird Object dropped after death is generally B-Rank. Most people will lose control of the Weird Object if they exceed B-Rank, making them more susceptible to being devoured by the strange items.
The same goes for the cards, which is why the Puppet he prepared for Bai Yang were always B-Rank.
The Purger deal with the supernatural every day and use Weird Objects frequently enough that their bodies are full of energy. Once they have enough energy, they can control higher-level Weird Objects.
In Lin Nieran's view, the system upgrade is to infuse energy into the original card body, especially when upgrading from C-level to B-Rank, which consumes 30,000 Performance Points and is the largest level jump.
"Finally done." Lin Nieran was fairly satisfied with the card. It was created using his own mental energy, and he felt more at ease using it if it had higher capabilities.
Having used up most of his Performance Points and Fame, Lin Nieran had completed his preliminary preparations and was just waiting for the cards to complete the mission and return.
And that Blank Card —he'd already written down the identity he wanted on it.
Everything is ready.
In Lin Nieran's view, these three days were just ordinary and short, but for the Calamity Crossing Squad, what they experienced in these three days was no less than the training of an S-Rank Instance.
Sheng Qingqiao and the Doctor clashed several times in Linxi District, fighting tooth and nail when they were trying to catch the last person impersonating the organization.
That person possessed a strange ability to Weird Object, which he used with great skill and cunning. He could always transform himself into the person they most wanted to see, while simultaneously turning others into the person he least wanted to see.
Because of this ability, Sheng Qingqiao was caught off guard and stabbed twice by Wu Liang, almost disemboweling him. Of course, he also stabbed Wu Liang twice in return.
Mei Long initially tried to stop them, but eventually couldn't tell who was genuine and who was feigning, so he simply gave up.