"Ahhh!! There are too many! Too many! We can't kill them all, ahhh!!!"
"You idiot dead last, hold your position! Don't move around!"
"Obito, Kakashi, keep it up! We can do this!"
"Don't worry! Your teacher will protect you!"
The sounds of flesh tearing, slicing, impacts, and Explosive Tags detonating intertwined with the howls of the living corpses.
This was the situation Minato's Team was facing.
After advancing for a while and easily killing some living corpses, they encountered a signature feature common to zombie games—the corpse tide.
Once the situation reached a certain point, whether because of a loud noise or a special living corpse capable of calling its companions through cries, huge numbers of living corpses would rush out from every direction with terrifying howls.
Of course, in a game, they appeared to be rushing in from all directions, but from a god's-eye view, one would see that they had simply spawned out of thin air.
These living corpses surged forth like waves without end, filling the entire visible area. For the ninja world, this was another unprecedentedly terrifying sight. Whether they were fighting within the Genjutsu Game or watching the livestream in the real world, everyone was shaken by the spectacle before them.
Quite a few people did not even dare keep watching. They turned their eyes away, their heartbeats accelerating wildly as their heads buzzed, fully displaying the impact of their fright.
However, just like most timid people watching horror movies, those who had been frightened enough to look away could not resist secretly continuing to watch. They merely watched differently. Most covered their eyes with their hands and peeked at the projected image through the gaps between their fingers.
They were scared, yet still wanted to watch.
Then, several bull-like roars sounded, followed by long, piercing shrieks. Special mutated monsters entered the scene alongside those cries.
The first to appear were several "people" over two and a half meters tall. One of their arms was thin, while the other was incredibly thick. After appearing, they charged like raging bulls with their massive arms leading the way. The bull-like roars had come from them.
These creatures charged forward like armored vehicles. Any living corpse in their path was smashed into chunks on impact, fully displaying their bloody brutality.
Next came the shrieking creatures. Every one of them was a grotesque, scrawny thing with a terrifying rotting body, like a monkey. They leapt through the horde of living corpses, often stepping on their heads or shoulders and using them as springboards to continue forward.
The targets of these mutated monsters, unlike ordinary living corpses, were the four members of Minato's Team. They launched a fierce assault on the group, who had maintained their formation until then.
In that situation, the four-corner formation could no longer be maintained. At Minato Namikaze's command to "Scatter," the four hurriedly dispersed and dodged the ambush from several charging bull-like monsters. However, unlucky Obito had a monkey mutant that came rushing in afterward leap directly onto his head. It then began madly tearing and biting at him, leaving Obito able only to scream in agony.
Once this monkey monster rode atop a player's head, it inflicted a "hard control" effect. The attacked player could do nothing and would either run around uncontrollably or simply collapse to the ground. They had to be rescued by someone else before they could break free.
At the critical moment, Minato Namikaze acted. He used precise shuriken throws to blow apart the monkey monster's head, then threw more shuriken in succession to knock down the other monkey monsters, resolving the trouble of being surrounded.
Afterward, Minato Namikaze held a katana and entered an unstoppable mode alongside Kakashi, while directing the rescued Obito and Nohara Rin to use ranged weapons to restrain the bull-charging mutants.
For a time, flesh flew everywhere and blood splashed through the air, creating a horrific and thrilling scene like a meat grinder.
In a world with absolutely no censorship ratings, the footage naturally played without any cuts.
Some people with low psychological tolerance immediately felt intensely nauseated and wanted to vomit.
Fortunately, the staff had been instructed in advance to prepare for this. People immediately came forward with vomit bags and water to assist the audience members who could not take it.
Fortunately, there were actually very few people like that. Konoha was originally a military stronghold, so its residents had more or less seen some bloody and terrifying scenes. The merchants who had come from elsewhere were also worldly and experienced. Moreover, the ninja world was itself a savage place where human lives were cheap, so people's reactions were generally manageable.
What was produced in greatest quantity was the Emotion Value generated by this unprecedented new experience.
Seeing that his Emotion Value had surpassed one hundred thousand in such a short time, Uchiha Qi was quite satisfied. He experimentally spent ten thousand Emotion Value on a ten-pull—the Emotion Value lottery cost one thousand per draw, and unlike the initial mission, Emotion Value gained did not need to wait for settlement before it could be used.
In an instant, an extremely gorgeous crystal appeared on the system panel before Uchiha Qi, and then the crystal exploded apart.
Next, ten glowing objects burst out from within.
As far as visual effects went, it was quite impressive.
But...
"..." Uchiha Qi's mildly expectant expression instantly turned blank.
Because the items from that ten-pull were truly hard to describe.
It was not that he had drawn the classic "Thank You for Your Patronage." Every ten-pull guaranteed items. Unfortunately, those items only came in four varieties: canned cola, bagged potato chips, chicken leg burgers, and braised beef instant noodles. They were basically supplies for making chubby nerds happy.
And they were all unbranded, sketchy products with no manufacturer information.
In the end, Uchiha Qi could only say, "Six," before trying another ten-pull.
This time, there were two additional items: Orleans roasted chicken wings and pickled pepper beef instant noodles.
"..." Uchiha Qi looked at the items automatically deposited into the system inventory, then silently took out a can of nerd happiness juice, opened it, and took a sip.
Hiss~~
It tasted really good. It brought back the joy of returning to Earth, and he could clearly feel his mind becoming much clearer. It had never been chilled, yet it possessed a powerful refreshing effect.
Sure enough, after one sip, the frustration brought by that scammy gacha pool actually faded somewhat. While reminiscing about the past, Uchiha Qi also carefully examined the Emotion Value gacha pool.
Then, he noticed the number 20/300 in the corner of the system panel. After asking the system about it, he learned that it was a special "pity" mechanic. After three hundred pulls, he was guaranteed to get an item of blue quality or above.
Incidentally, the items Uchiha Qi had drawn from both ten-pulls were all white quality. The gacha pool's items came in the cliche five grades of white, green, blue, purple, and gold.
It could only be said that it truly was a game creation system. It had learned all the predatory monetization tricks from those scammy mobile games, specializing in learning the worst things rather than the good ones.
The pity only came after three hundred pulls, and even then it only guaranteed blue quality. Whether he could draw anything better depended entirely on luck. Judging from the current situation, the gacha pool was incredibly scammy. This Emotion Value gacha system was truly something else.
Compared with the gacha pool, the shop system was far more straightforward. One could see the good items being sold, and they could definitely be bought.
It could only be said that this artificial idiot system had truly gone to great lengths to turn its host into an ultra-competitive workhorse.
After silently complaining in his heart for a while, Uchiha Qi took another sip of nerd happiness juice. The refreshing sensation came again, causing his movements to pause slightly as he instinctively looked at the cola in his hand.
It seemed...
This nerd happiness juice was not ordinary nerd happiness juice.
After thinking it over, Uchiha Qi took out two fresh cans of cola and called over an Uchiha Guard. He had the guard deliver the cola to the Uzumaki Sisters in another room and relay the message, "Taste it, and see whether this cola has any special effects."
Although he was surprised that Uchiha Qi had suddenly produced something he had never seen before, the Uchiha Guard faithfully carried out his duty. He asked no questions and gave no extra thought to it, simply taking the items away.
After the guard left, Uchiha Qi turned his gaze back to the projection screen in the plaza. He continued watching Minato's Team's "performance" while occasionally drawing from the Emotion Value gacha pool, casually tapping away and leaving the results to fate.
Meanwhile, his system inventory continued to fill with all kinds of items, adding to his squirrel-like stockpile. After all, the "trash" produced by the system apparently was not ordinary trash. It came with special effects, so it was necessary to stockpile more and study it carefully later.
Then, after Minato's Team fought together for a while and adapted to charging and cutting their way through the hordes, they came up with a new source of entertainment.
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