War Machine

The rain poured down.

After sending the burden away, Bai Zhi raised his hand and fired a shot at the fire in front of him Frost Bullet instantly extinguished the burning fire.

In an instant, everything around them was plunged into darkness, and Bai Zhi's figure disappeared into the Shadow as well.

The eyes are one of the most important tools for people to receive information from the outside world, but when this most important tool is affected, under the influence of fear in people's hearts, one terrifying Fantasy Manifestation after another becomes reality.

In some ways, this Anomaly is even more dangerous than the Mutation Curse and the Doll Curse.

After all, the first two possibilities can be avoided and controlled, but if this Anomaly were to infiltrate the Real World, who knows what bizarre and terrifying things would be born under the processing of human beings' rich imagination.

Reality and illusion intertwine; fantasy becomes reality.

--This is Anomaly a company that can mass-produce all sorts of bizarre and terrifying Monster.

"If there are any survivors left in this city, they must all be blind, or they must have blinded themselves..."

Having changed into a black hoodie and put on the hood, Bai Zhi stood in the pouring rain, his hands in his pockets, silently looking down from the edge of the rooftop.

In the beginning, this city was home to quite a few Monster that materialized from human imagination.

Even if we assume that each person manifests only one Monster, the total population of a city would result in a terrifyingly large number of Monster.

To reiterate, even if a Player realizes that Monster are manifestations of human imagination, unless they possess similar Skill or Equipment, they simply cannot distinguish between reality and illusion.

Whether you mistake illusion for reality or reality for illusion, the slightest carelessness can lead to your death.

Given that the entire population of an entire city has been infected by that Anomaly, what will the Player in this world do?

His gaze seemed to pierce through a thick curtain of rain; with his eyes slightly narrowed, Bai Zhi raised his head and looked into the distance.

The first thing to do is to isolate them.

Although he doesn't know how these Anomaly spread, from the most Sanity perspective, the Players would never allow the people in this city to go anywhere else.

Domain of Delirium... perhaps it exists for this very reason?

Or perhaps the [Domain of Delirium] itself was built by the Player of this world?

How many places like ours are there within this place?

I am currently in a wasteland, and a city is trapped here. Are there other places where Anomaly Site are set, trapped in different settings?

Does the existence of six Safe Evacuation Point imply the presence of five other locations in places like the wasteland?

Are the other Player in other areas?

Once the Safe Evacuation Point opens, its location will be marked on the map. Perhaps then, I'll be able to determine whether my reasoning was correct...

Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

The Monster that emerge from fantasy are given various characteristics based on human imagination, such as Xu Lian's dismemberment by Five-Horse Dismemberment. But perhaps humans could also use this to add other settings to the Anomaly that emerge from fantasy... like Monster that like to devour other Monster?

The more powerful Player, the stronger the Monster that materialize from their imagination will be.

If there really were Player willing to sacrifice themselves and create such a Monster, then it's understandable why this city, which should have been teeming with Monster, has become so deserted...

This is Bai Zhi's reasoning, which combines previous clues with the current situation in the city. It is the most logical deduction in the current context and may not be entirely correct, but it is definitely on the right track in general.

"So, the survivors in this city must be Hiding Spot somewhere underground... Are those Monster the only ones left in this city?"

Sensing the Shadow Guard he had sent out to explore below disappearing one by one, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

"It has a particular fondness for preying on Monster that materialize from fantasy..."

When the beings that Xu Lian had previously imagined appeared before her again, the Monster lurking throughout the city sensed their presence and quickly rushed towards her.

In just a few short minutes, they had arrived inside the building. The deaths of the Shadow Guard who had been peacefully exploring the building were the best warning.

"I wonder what these Monster actually look like..."

Turning around to look at the rooftop staircase, listening to the rumbling sound coming from below, Bai Zhi closed his eyes. As he activated his God's Perspective, [Magic Type] was already in his hand.

Running away is not the solution. Besides wanting to accumulate more points to improve his ranking, he also wants to test his current combat abilities.

I should be able to call myself an Expert now, right?

--But he never expected that more than a dozen grenades would be thrown out of the door at the same time.

The timing of these dozen or so grenades was quite insidious. Just as Bai Zhi had a clear view of those dozen or so dark things in the downpour through God's Perspective, the grenades, still in mid-air, exploded all at once, and the violent shockwave, mixed with the flames of the picture book, rushed towards him rapidly.

This is like in those Zombie movies, where the Zombie all have guns, ride tanks, and fly planes... Bai Zhi was completely caught off guard.

"Damn it, you guys have no sportsmanship..."

The white Protective Shield belonging to the [Holy Spirit Pendant] was quickly activated, and then quickly dimmed in the Explosion. The already dilapidated rooftop collapsed in the torrential rain under this wave of explosions.

As for Bai Zhi, he was directly blasted into the sky by the shockwave from the Explosion. However, thanks to the protection of the [Holy Spirit Pendant], he was not seriously injured, at most appearing somewhat disheveled.

In mid-air, Bai Zhi raised the [Magic Type] in his hand and fired six shots in quick succession at the entrance to the rooftop.

[Armor Piercing] + [Explosion] + [Holy Light] + [Piercing]!!

Four additional attributes were instantly stacked on the Bullet, and then, through the [Support] effect of [Magic Type], the six Bullet instantly turned into a Rain of Bullets, completely engulfing the stairwell.

With a deafening roar, the stairwell followed suit, collapsing onto the rooftop.

Just as Bai Zhi was falling downwards from the Ninth Floor due to gravity, his figure suddenly blurred, turning into a Flowing Shadow, and leaped like lightning to the edge of the rooftop of a nearby high-rise building.

In the pouring rain, the Flowing Shadow transformed back into Bai Zhi's figure, assuming a half-crouching stance on the rooftop. As the [Magic Type] retracted into his Inventory, a Sniper Rifle gleaming with silver-white light appeared in Bai Zhi's hand, his eyes already fixed on the scope.

The entire set of movements was fluid and graceful, displaying unparalleled elegance.

With the [Reaper] special effect activated and the [Failed Writer] Skill initiated, Bai Zhi fired a shot at the dust-filled stairwell without needing to aim at such close range.

... It really was a "boom".

Even though he currently possesses 24 points of Constitution and 20 points of Strength, his shoulder still felt slightly numb from the impact of that shot.

"Damn, this thing is really not for humans to use..."

Rubbing his shoulders, Bai Zhi tossed the [Silver Reaper] into his Inventory, looked down at the nine-story-high rooftop, and decisively jumped off.

He had barely left his original spot when a Rocket Launcher came hurtling straight toward him, and the rooftop he had just been on was instantly blown to pieces by the Rocket Launcher.