The Burning City

As time goes on, the horror of this world deepens and increases.

As time goes by, not only objects like beds, tables, and chairs, but also household items in people's daily lives have come to Life.

The bouncy alarm clock, the clatter of pots and pans in the kitchen, the Notebook accessing the "study materials" folder on the hard drive, and the mobile phones huddled around the computer, engrossed in their work... the list goes on.

To be honest, Bai Zhi thought all this footage could be used to make a whole "Toy Story" movie.

Especially after the electric bikes and cars parked on the road came to Life, the streets, already Utter Chaos, became even more disorderly.

Compared to those grotesque limbs, these cars are somewhat more palatable, but only slightly better.

In addition, Bai Zhi also discovered the main reason why these things attacked them: the Players' Spiritual Energy Spiritual Energy, which was the food of these variant.

Even though he had been careful to guard against these things, Bai Zhi still accidentally got bitten while moving things in a store.

--The thing that bit him was the carpet under his feet.

In the darkness, he focused all his attention on his surroundings and didn't notice the carpet that blended Perfect into the darkness. Suddenly, the carpet rolled up and bit his ankle hard.

Although he reacted immediately and kicked the carpet away, a large chunk of flesh was still bitten off his ankle, leaving it bleeding profusely.

Although the [Ring of Shadow] has the function of automatically activating Protective Shield when threatened, this Protective Shield, which is made of pure Spiritual Energy, is as fragile as paper in front of these variant.

"Protective Shield aren't a panacea; it seems I'll need to get some Type Equipment to wear from now on..."

Bai Zhi looked down at the long, narrow, laceration on his ankle and frowned slightly.

Unless they are players who have given up their bodies and chosen to transform them into Steel Body, or Player Anomaly have experienced some Type of mutated and whose Life form has been transformed into another form, the vast majority Player are made of flesh and blood.

A body of flesh and blood means it cannot withstand extreme environmental changes. Even if you increase your Constitution too much, it only increases your resistance.

Transforming one's body into Steel Body and using a chip to carry one's consciousness directly elevates Survival Ability by several levels. As long as the chip is not destroyed, even if it is dismantled into pieces, it can be repaired again.

In the Western Player Organization [Scientology], there is a Player who has transformed his body into Steel Body. A large part of his body was made of [Adamantium], which was refreshed from the System Store. It can be said to be an absolute weapon of mass destruction.

Bai Zhi knew all this thanks to a certain Campus Belle who, after becoming Player, was quite enthusiastic about collecting all sorts of information from Player Forum and eagerly wanted to categorize and compile it into a book.

During a dinner, the other party had an enthusiastic discussion with Xia Wen Night Owl about the topic of world-renowned Player.

Basically, in the world's well-known countries, each country has one or several representative figures. These representatives are not necessarily positive; some are even quite notorious wanted criminals.

For example, in Japan, there's a story about a Player obtained the Sharingan, but planned to use it to upgrade to the Mangekyo Sharingan Sharingan kill his entire family, which led to him being wanted by the authorities...

It just goes to show that the world is a vast and wondrous place, and all sorts of Player are possible.

"As expected, the Spiritual Energy recovery rate has dropped to zero..."

While skillfully taking out a stapler and tape to treat the wound, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly as he observed the changes in his Spiritual Energy Value over this period.

"I have 1800 Spiritual Energy left, and the [Ring of Shadow] still has 2100 Spiritual Energy stored inside. That should be enough for now... Let's move on to the next location."

After wrapping his ankle wound tightly with tape several times, Bai Zhi reached out and picked up the carpet he had shot dead.

After doing all that, he raised [Magic Type] and casually fired a few shots at the row of clothes hanging on the clothes rack. The Bullet were enhanced with the [Burning] attribute, and in no time, the shop was engulfed in flames.

To date, he has set 128 fires, detonated three Gasoline stations, and also destroyed more than a dozen tanker trucks with a [Silver Reaper] from a distance, as well as detonating thirteen underground natural gas pipelines...

The city, shrouded in night, was engulfed in a raging inferno.

He was having a great time on one side, using his high mobility to set fires and cause destruction everywhere, while on the other side, West Pavilion Gardener were dumbfounded as they watched the city Explosion and catch fire.

After several hours of effort, they have set up several Safe House on the rooftop. The entire rooftop floor is isolated with bed boards, and the Safe House are built one by one on these floors. They are not particularly beautiful, but they do have a Picasso- esque aesthetic.

As a price, the degree of mutated in Fireworks of Romance, Li Tong, and Panties also became increasingly severe, to the point that the three of them almost wrapped themselves up like mummies...

The only thing to watch out for on the rooftop is those flying eyes in the air. However, these eyes are very afraid of fire, but as long as you light a few more fires, there won't be any problems.

While doing so would initially attract the attention of many variant in the vicinity, with the entire city engulfed in flames and Explosion occurring continuously, it wouldn't matter if a few bonfires lit up the hotel rooftop, or even if someone played a large Radio and danced to Plaza dance music there...

Those Organ Variant feared fire, after all, they were merely limbs that had given birth to Life from human bodies.

Small flames might attract their curious onlookers, but in the spectacular sight of almost the entire city ablaze, they will spontaneously form groups and flee the fire zone.

So after discovering this situation, West Pavilion Gardener and his team decisively poured Gasoline all around the hotel, turning the area around the hotel into a raging fire zone.

Gasoline and similar substances can be found in hotels, and Player also carry some themselves. Since Bai Zhi had previously instructed them to collect large quantities of substances similar to Gasoline before the Organ Variant were even born, there is actually a sufficient supply of Gasoline.

What they initially complained about—that it was unnecessary to take so much gasoline—has now proven extremely useful.

"... So at that time, did he already have this crazy idea in his mind that he wanted to set the whole city on Ignite?"

Standing on the edge of the rooftop, watching the towering Tian Huo that followed the series of violent Explosion in the distance, West Pavilion Gardener remained silent for a long time.