Death Servants from the Death Plane

Before Gu Ding appeared a primeval forest, reminding Gu Ding of the scene when he first arrived in this world.

"If I'm not mistaken, this so-called Trial Space should be a secret realm, right?" Gu Ding looked around and came to this conclusion.

"You guessed right, this is indeed a separate secret realm," the Sea Emperor confirmed.

"Since it's a secret realm, it means that besides us contestants, there should be some 'native residents' here."

Gu Ding knew that a secret realm that had existed for a long time, unless it was in ruins, usually possessed a complete internal circulation system. This circulation allowed the secret realm to remain active and prevent it from being abandoned. And this circulation also led to the birth of various life forms.

"You guessed right again. This world does indeed have some unfriendly 'native inhabitants,' all of whom are transformed from the dead. The reason for this transformation is that an Elementary Death Servant is hidden in this secret realm. Fortunately, that undead servant is currently dormant; otherwise, none of us who entered, including you, would have left alive." The Sea Emperor's tone was very serious when he said the last sentence.

"Deadpool? A creature from the Death Plane?" Gu Ding frowned slightly. He knew that Sea Emperor wasn't bluffing when he said such things. "Just how strong is he?"

"That's right, Deadpool does indeed come from the Death Plane of the Higher Plane. He is a special life form born from death and belongs to the noble class of the Death Plane. He is Elementary Death Servant. In fact, he only has the Combat Strength of Tenth Sequence True God, but he is an existence that many gods in the Death Plane are unwilling to provoke."

"Deadpools possess incredibly powerful curse abilities. Once someone enters their attack range, they can instantly zombify life forms with soul strength inferior to their own, completely controlling the other party's will. Elementary Death Servant can control millions of True God-level powerhouses with soul strength inferior to their own, while Intermediate Death Servant and Advanced Death Servant are even more powerful. It can be said that, at the same cultivation level, Deadpools are almost invincible, and they are one of the main Combat Strength in the Death Plane's conquest of other dimensions."

"Even if only one Elementary Death Servant appears in an Elementary Plane, it will be a devastating disaster for that plane."

"There are now over 600,000 zombie-like life forms in this world. My advice is to collect all the metal tokens as soon as possible and then leave," the Sea Emperor continued.

"Are those zombie-like life forms very strong?" Gu Ding couldn't help but ask.

"That's not the reason. It's because once more than 20% of the zombified lifeforms are slaughtered, that undead servant will awaken and replenish its army," the Sea Emperor expressed his concerns. "There are over 30,000 of you who entered this secret realm. Even if each person only slaughters one zombified lifeform per day, the number slaughtered will exceed 120,000 in four days. At that time, that Elementary Death Servant will definitely awaken. In fact, we've only been in this secret realm for less than three minutes, and hundreds of zombified lifeforms have already been killed for actively attacking outsiders. At this rate, in just two and a half days, the number of these zombified lifeforms slaughtered will exceed 120,000."

"In two and a half days, probably only a handful of people will be able to complete the mission. Once that Deadpool awakens, most of them will be doomed." Gu Ding frowned. "Don't the people of the Heavenly God Palace know there's a Deadpool here?"

"They probably don't know, because I tested the degree of isotope decay in these zombies. The latest one is over two million years old. That means that for over two million years, this secret realm has most likely been closed, with no outsiders entering. Even if outsiders did enter, there shouldn't have been any conditions to trigger the Dead Servants' awakening. Dead Servants are intelligent life forms; they possess extremely strong concealment skills. Even if a Celestial-level being discovers the anomaly and comes in to investigate, they might not be able to detect the Dead Servants' presence. Moreover, it has been too long since the last time the Dead Servants awakened. I estimate that many people in the Heavenly God Palace today may have forgotten what happened back then, or think that what happened back then was just an accident. That's why they reopened this secret realm as Trial Space."

"But the problem now is that while my leaving early can avoid danger, I doubt many of the others will survive." Gu Ding frowned. Large-scale deaths of contestants were not the outcome he wanted to see.

"This assessment is entirely under the examiner's surveillance. Neither you nor I can reveal our identities. We can only wait for the examiner to discover the anomaly and then report it to the Palace Master of the Heavenly God Palace so that he can suppress it. Once a Heavenly God enters this secret realm, that Death Servant should immediately stop and hide."

"But if the examiner doesn't report to the Palace Master and comes in to investigate on his own, things will get complicated. Not only will all the contestants die, but the examiner will also die. By the time the Heavenly God Palace discovers the anomaly, there probably won't be a single survivor."

"You mean, it's all down to luck?" Gu Ding asked, somewhat unwillingly.

"What I mean is, you must complete the assessment as soon as possible and leave this world immediately to ensure your own safety," the Sea Emperor said in a very serious tone. "Also, don't forget the main purpose of this trip. If you die, this world will forever be that god's ranch, and over time, he will have devoured far more than 30,000 people."

After a moment of silence, Gu Ding finally nodded. "I understand. Give me the coordinates of the first person."

A few minutes later, Gu Ding appeared in front of the first person, a tall and strong man who was nearly four meters tall.

The man was very happy to see Gu Ding.

"Hehe, looks like I'm in luck, someone actually came to me on their own initiative..."

But as he looked into Gu Ding's eyes, the burly man's consciousness gradually blurred.

"Hand over your metal tag." Gu Ding's voice was like magic, making the burly man unable to resist. He stood there with a dazed look in his eyes and reached into his underwear. After a while, he took out a metal tag and handed it to Gu Ding.

Gu Ding, somewhat speechless, pinched the metal plate with his fingernails and put it into his pocket.

"Remember these few things I'm about to say. First, pay attention to your personal hygiene; don't hide random things in your underwear. Second, don't slaughter the native life forms in this secret realm. If they attack you, just injure them and drive them away. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" the burly man nodded immediately.

"Now, I am about to leave. You will wake up in one minute. When you wake up, you will find that you have been knocked unconscious, and the metal token on your body has been stolen by a powerful person. Then you will continue your assessment." After Gu Ding finished speaking, he quickly left the spot.

A minute later, the burly man's unfocused eyes finally refocused.

"What just happened?" After asking this question, the burly man hesitated for a moment, then reached up to touch the spot where he had hidden the metal tag. "I was knocked unconscious, and the metal tag is gone. Damn, people these days have no shame, they even pull down men's underwear..."

A few minutes later, Gu Ding appeared in front of the second person, hypnotized him in the same way, and obtained the second metal card.

Under the guidance of the Sea Emperor, Gu Ding seized more than a hundred metal tokens in one day and successfully hypnotized more than a hundred people, preventing them from killing the local zombie life forms.

The examiner also saw Gu Ding's actions through the surveillance footage. "So this Scarface is a soul cultivator after all. What powerful hypnotic abilities! He told the others not to kill those zombie-like beings. His heart is so kind, completely contradicting his appearance..."

"This is only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. There are over 30,000 participants. To hypnotize everyone would take at least a month," the Sea Emperor advised, explaining that Gu Ding's constant travel and intense use of hypnosis would cause some damage to his body.

"Although I can't change anything, I'll do my best to make things easier for them after they fall." Gu Ding shook his head and expressed his thoughts. "If I could tell them the truth, perhaps none of them would have died, but I can't. So, in a way, they also died because of me."

"You can't think like that. Some things are ordained by fate. Even if this hadn't happened, many of them might still have perished because of certain events," the Sea Emperor comforted them.

"Next one..." Gu Ding didn't say anything more, but continued with his hypnosis plan.

Two days later, Gu Ding had hypnotized more than 280 people and stolen more than 280 metal plaques.

He snatched so many metal tokens so that the assessment could end sooner.

"The number of zombie-like life forms that have died has exceeded 100,000..." The Sea Emperor also brought some bad news. "Gu Ding, you should inform the examiner to send you away. It will be dangerous if you stay any longer."

"Let's wait and see, next target!" Gu Ding refused to leave.

"Notify the examiner to send you away!" Sea Emperor was also getting angry. "I won't tell you the location of the next target. You must leave immediately! I won't allow you to joke with your life! Deadpool is not someone you can handle. Once you enter its attack range, you will likely be instantly zombified without any chance to resist, and your consciousness will be completely extinguished."

Gu Ding clenched his fists. "Even if you don't tell me the location of the next target, I won't leave! I must bear the consequences of the disaster I caused!"

"If you die, what will happen to the three-year agreement?! What will happen to our comrades?! Are you going to be a person who breaks his promise?! Lily and the others are waiting for your return every day. What you're doing is completely irresponsible!" Sea Emperor roared loudly.

"I will do everything I can to survive, Sea Emperor, believe me." After a long silence, Gu Ding gave the Sea Emperor the answer he didn't want to hear. (To be continued~^~)