Within the Qinglu Villa.
Hu Qi sat quietly on the sofa, turning a deaf ear to the chaos outside.
Vera and Zhou Zhipeng looked at each other and hesitated to speak.
"Don't worry about me."
Hu Qi didn't even raise his head, his voice was calm.
"If you want to go out, go ahead."
Side Quest three: see blood
Task description: Kill a human killer and receive 30 points of royalties as a reward (can be stacked)
Human killers, to put it bluntly, are humans who kill wantonly in Slaughter Day.
Rewards obtained after killing can also be stacked.
There are almost all such people out there now.
Because normal people will not appear outside even if they have not left, but will look for a place to hide.
Under such circumstances.
The two of them really couldn't hold back. After all, the benefits brought by this kind of hunting were extremely attractive.
"Boss, I still want to follow you!"
Zhou Zhipeng spoke first, with a firm tone.
Vera opened his mouth, but the words were blocked and he could only swallow them silently.
Although Zhou Zhipeng comes from an ancient dynasty, during this time, he deeply experienced the horror of thermal weapons.
With ordinary pistols at close range, he might be able to barely dodge or block with his skill.
But if faced with multiple guns, or even intensive fire from machine guns, no matter how strong his skills are, he will be beaten to a pulp in an instant.
Not to mention those more terrifying heavy weapons.
Unless his inner energy can break through again and reach the level of a second-rate Houtian martial artist, and can be released to the outside world.
Vera also has concerns.
Although her mental hypnosis ability can control ordinary people, her physical strength is no different from ordinary people.
In the chaotic Slaughter Day, a little carelessness can lead to death.
What's more, there are other Intern Reader lurking in this city, and it is too risky to act rashly.
The safest choice right now is to hold on to the thigh of Hu Qi.
Hu Qi knew their thoughts clearly, but he did not reveal them.
at the same time.
Outside the Qinglu Villa.
The dim street lights swayed in the night, making the figures of several groups of gun-wielding thugs look hideous and distorted.
They were armed with all kinds of firearms, and their tactical vests were full of magazines, and they were approaching Qinglu Villa like hyenas smelling blood.
As the top wealthy area in Shenmu City, Qinglu Villa naturally became a plump prey in the eyes of the thugs on Slaughter Day.
However, the security system here is completely different from other places.
The top of the towering wall flashes a faint red light of warning, and the automatic defense weapons hidden in the green belt have been quietly activated.
now.
Qinglu Villa's security team is on standby.
These are soldiers who have retired from the battlefield.
Everyone sticks to their posts like precision instruments.
Their generous annual salary and strict professional ethics allow them to protect the safety of their owners even in chaos like Slaughter Day.
In the monitoring room, the security captain stared at the approaching red dot on the screen.
Press the communicator. "Attention all teams, an intruder has been found outside area A, implement B-level defense plan."
"Yes!"
A clear voice responded.
This is one of the most proud selling points of the Qinglu Villa.
Even if Shenmu City falls into madness, this place is still the last bastion of order.
It is this priceless peace that keeps housing prices here high.
In addition, due to the special rules of Slaughter Day, although the official government acquiesces to the proliferation of guns, it strictly prohibits the emergence of weapons of mass destruction such as rocket launchers.
Once discovered, the official will force the money to be cleared.
After all, the city still had to get back up and running in four days.
What's more.
If the corpse is blown to pieces, Yin Energy cannot be produced, let alone Yin Beast.
Those Yin Beast lurking in the upper echelons of mankind will never allow this to happen.
However, the temptation to loot wealthy areas is too great.
A famous painting or antique can easily be worth tens of millions.
As long as you get one, ordinary people can become rich overnight.
Driven by greed for money, there are always people willing to take risks.
Just for a moment.
Qinglu Villa's security fought fiercely with the gun-wielding thugs who surrounded and suppressed them.
Bullets continued to pour, and lives were harvested.
Qinglu Villa's security guards are retired soldiers and have experienced many battles.
It's just a moment of fighting.
A group of gun-wielding thugs were easily harvested.
However, although these gun-wielding thugs are not as experienced as these security guards in combat, their numbers are there after all.
Under the huge disparity in numbers.
Despite the security composed of these retired soldiers, under the desperate attack of these gun-wielding thugs, some injuries were inevitable.
However, that's all.
Plus the defense facilities around the community villa.
There's no way these thugs can get in.
For a moment, the two couldn't help but fell into a deadlock.
However, according to normal circumstances.
If you have been unable to break into it.
Plus the constant deaths of people.
These gun-toting thugs may just choose to leave.
After all, they are in it for money, not really afraid of death.
The night poured down like thick ink, and thick clouds rolled and surged in the sky, like the backs of ancient beasts.
Suddenly, a pale thunder split the cloud curtain, and in the fleeting light.
It illuminates another location of the Qinglu Villa.
"Scar Brother, this Qinglu Villa is one of the top three top luxury residential areas in Shenmu City. The people who live here are either rich or noble, and the security system is impregnable.
How about we change our goal..."
In the woods.
A heavily armed man wearing a skull mask looked at the imposing Qinglu Villa in front of him.
and the sounds of distant firefights.
There was hesitation in his tone.
However, he wasn't done yet.
His head was slapped.
The person who did it was none other than the young man known as Scar Brother.
There was a cross-shaped ferocious scar on his face, and his skin and flesh were turned out, making him look terrifying and abnormal.
He was wearing a black body armor, and the rifle in his hand glowed coldly under the streetlight.
He blew out a smoke ring and crushed the cigarette butt under his feet.
"Look at how cowardly you are!?"
Scar Brother grinned, showing yellowed teeth.
"It is precisely because it is a wealthy area that we need to do this.
If you grab any one house, it will cost at least hundreds of millions.
Moreover, I have already set the target for this mission. "
He turned around, glanced at the eager accomplices behind him, and pointed in a certain direction.
"Do you know where that place is? That's the residence of Shenmu City real estate tycoon Matsumoto Yasuo.
As long as we can succeed, the benefits obtained will be enough for us to have enough food and clothing for the rest of our lives.
In addition, after we succeed, we can stay here and use their security system to last until the end of Slaughter Day."
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger.
Qinglu Villa, as a top villa area.
There are not many buildings in it.
There are only nine buildings in total, and the distance between each one is extremely far.
At this moment, most of the houses were completely dark, and from the outside, no light could be seen at all.
However, there is one difference.
That's the villa on the right side of the One and Only, which is brightly lit at the moment.
The location is excellent.
There is an oval lake next to it, and because of the high location of the villa, people living there can overlook the garden landscape of the entire villa area.
I saw this three-story European-style villa flashing with luxurious lights in the night, like a golden mountain within reach.
See this scene.
The flames of greed danced in everyone's eyes, and even their breathing became heavy.
Naturally, no one is unfamiliar with Matsumoto Yasuo.
The other party is the apparently richest man in this Shenmu City.
He is a man who often makes the headlines of short video searches.
The other party's financial resources, based on published assets, amount to hundreds of billions.
Even if this is just one of the other party's residences, it is not comparable to an ordinary mansion.
"But, Scar Brother, how do we get in?"
A tall, thin man wearing a black mask asked in a low voice, his fingers rubbing the handle of the gun uneasily.
Scar Brother A sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth, and the scar on his face looked particularly ferocious in the dim light.
He raised his hand to signal everyone to silence.
"I have my own solution for this, come with me."
His voice was low, as if he had everything under control.
Everyone looked at each other and followed silently.
Scar Brother led them through the dense forest, and the dead branches and leaves under their feet made a subtle cracking sound.
Soon, he stopped in a hidden corner, bent down and lifted up a rusty manhole cover.
"As long as we pass here, we can enter Qinglu Villa."
There was a glint of pride in his eyes.
This secret passage is his father.
At that time, he was the person in charge of the design and construction of the Qinglu Villa.
Deliberately left behind.
For today.
Without saying anything, everyone got into the sewer one by one.
The humid air was filled with the musty smell of decay, mixed with the smell of rust and sewage.
Sticky water droplets seeped out from the rusty pipe walls, making a "ticking" sound in the silence.
The footsteps of everyone echoed in the narrow passage.
The group of people were like mice, weaving through the intricate maze of pipes.
Finally, when the last piece of the gate was removed.
A wisp of night wind mixed with the fragrance of grass and trees blew in my face.
Soon, a group of people leaned out from the drainage outlet, and the outline of Qinglu Manor was looming under the reflection of the street lamp in the distance.
Those towering walls and strict sentry posts were all left behind at this moment.
The night wind blows and the shadows of the trees dance.
Scar Brother made a gesture, and everyone dispersed in tacit agreement, using the cover of the shadows to approach the brightly lit European-style building at the top.
However, just as they arrived downstairs.
Bang!
The sound of gunfire suddenly broke the silence.
Scar Brother's body stiffened suddenly, and blood gurgled out of his chest.
He turned around slowly and looked at the shooter in disbelief.
It was the man wearing the skull mask who asked the question before.
The other party is his deputy and can also be said to be the person he trusts most.
"You... why..."
Scar Brother's lips trembled, but he could no longer say complete words.
He fell heavily to the ground, and the light in his eyes quickly dissipated.
The incident happened so quickly that before the remaining people had time to react, gunshots rang out again.
Bang! Bang!
Several more gunshots were fired, and people fell down one after another in the crowd.
"Mad! There's a mole!"
"Who?! Who fired the shot?!"
Panic and anger broke out in the crowd. They instinctively raised their weapons and fired wildly at each other.
However, it was impossible to tell the difference between friend and foe in the darkness.
Bullets flew and blood splattered.
In just a few seconds, the ground was filled with wailing figures.
At this time.
The villa door opens.
Several figures walked out of it.
The leaders are none other than Hu Qi.
The reason why these people killed each other just now was naturally due to Vera's ability.
Her abilities may be of little use against those trained soldiers.
But it's easy to deal with these gun-toting thugs who are blinded by greed.
As long as a spiritual guidance is needed, these people can kill each other.
Hu Qi looked at the guys lying on the ground and kicked a wailing man in the neck.
Just listen to a crisp sound of 'click'.
The man's neck was twisted out of shape, and he died on the spot.
"Ding, kill a human killer! Reward thirty points of royalties!"
Subsequently, Hu Qi followed the same pattern and killed another person.
But this time there was no prompt.
Be aware of this.
Hu Qi's eyes moved.
At his signal.
Vera, Zhou Zhipeng divided the remaining people equally and killed them one by one.
As expected.
Only three of them will receive royalties after being killed.
As for the other people, there was no movement after they were killed.
"As expected!"
Face this situation.
Hu Qi seemed to have expected this.
Killing a human killer can earn you thirty points of royalties.
If this is the case.
Now, even if there are few people in Shenmu City, there are still hundreds of thousands of people.
Among them, Intern Reader, coupled with his own abilities, as long as his luck is not too bad, he can definitely accumulate a large amount of royalties in this Trial World.
This is too simple.
It now appears that there were other requirements.
If his guess is good.
Human killers, the emphasis is on killing.
Only humans who have killed people can be recognized as killers.
There may even be a time limit, such as a killer who has killed people during this Slaughter Day.
These thoughts flashed through Hu Qi's mind.
He turned back into the house.
Until another two hours passed.
It was already three o'clock in the morning.
After this period of fermentation.
The screams were much less than at first.
There were ferocious tongues of fire everywhere in Shenmu City, and thick smoke swirled and rose like a dragon.
Above the night, thick dark clouds continued to accumulate, and electric light traveled among them, splitting the night sky into fragmented and pale fragments.
It seems that the accumulation has reached its limit.
With a deafening thunder, heavy rain poured down like a sky river bursting its banks.
This sudden heavy rain directly and violently extinguished the flames dancing throughout the city.
Dense raindrops hit the ground, making a deafening crackling sound, completely swallowing up the scattered sounds of firefights in the city.
At this moment, the world fell into a brief silence
In the villa, Hu Qi opened his sleepy eyes.
At that moment, there seemed to be two substantial cold lights flashing through the dim living room.
Vera and Zhou Zhipeng nearby shivered involuntarily.
"I'll leave this to you, I still have things to do."
Before he finished speaking, there was no chance for the two of them to speak.
Hu Qi stood up and his figure flashed.
He disappeared directly in front of the two of them.
"How strong is the boss?"
Vera looked at the direction where Hu Qi disappeared, his voice trembling.
This ability is almost teleportation.
It reminded her of the LV5 space superpower she once saw.
But then a more practical question came to mind.
The boss is gone, what should they do?
Feeling the gaze from Vera, Zhou Zhipeng smiled bitterly.
"Vera girl, now that the boss is not around, it would be safer for us to stay here."
If you haven't encountered Hu Qi.
He would definitely choose to go out and hunt.
But in the past few days of contact, he has been hit by doubts about life.
I seriously doubt whether there are such strong people in other Intern Reader, otherwise it makes no sense at all.
Because this is too unfair. The gap is so big, how can we fight?
Vera nodded silently.
Although she was unwilling to do so, she was well aware of the level of danger outside.
Rather than act rashly, it is better to stick to this place.
With the two of them, plus the controlled mercenaries and the original security force of the villa, it should not be difficult to survive Slaughter Day and complete Main Quest as long as nothing unexpected happens.
As for other tasks, forget it.
After all, only living is the most important thing.
I am afraid that only existences like Hu Qi can have the ability to roam and harvest in this world.
The night is dark.
On the edge of the rooftop of the high-rise building, the figure of Hu Qi quietly emerged.
He looked down and saw that the prosperous scene of Shenmu City no longer existed.
Human body parts can be seen everywhere on the streets.
The glass curtain walls of the office building reflected the dancing firelight.
One of the layers was burning, and thick smoke twisted like a giant python and rose into the night sky.
On the street, several cars were burned to nothing but charred skeletons, and the rain hit the hot metal, making a hissing sound.
Fortunately, the sudden heavy rain is suppressing the fire.
In the rain curtain, sporadic flames danced unwillingly, eventually turning into a few wisps of smoke.
Hu Qi's attention was not at all on the tragic situation around him.
He stared at the mutilated bodies.
I saw wisps of Yin Energy that could not be seen by the naked eye rising from the corpses.
In the dark corner, strange rustling sounds came one after another, as if some kind of terrifying life was being gestated.
That's when Yin Beast was born.
Catalyzed by the mass death of Shenmu City, Yin Beast, which originally took six or seven hours to take shape, is now breaking out of the body at an alarming speed.
These twisted and mutated monsters are astonishing in number and come in different shapes, like creatures crawling out of hell.
It is a manifestation of the darkest and twisted emotions in the human heart.
Hu Qi watched all this with an indifferent expression.
This is exactly why he chose to show up at this moment.
In addition to waiting for the killers to complete their "job" and transform into real killers.
It is even more necessary to give Yin Beast enough gestation time.
There is no point in taking action too early, just like a farmer would not pick the fruit before it is ripe.
Think of this.
He flicked his wrist, and a broken Black Banner appeared out of thin air.
The Tattered Black Banner material obtained from Nightmare World is a mystery. It once resisted a full blow from the true god realm of White King without being damaged.
The most terrifying thing about it is that it can control and harness spiritual power, which is something that defies heaven.
After continuously drawing on the power of emotions in Cave Heaven World to repair it during this period, the incompleteness of Black Banner's flag has been restored to about 80% completeness.
Now, although his body is just a clone, he can summon this Tattered Black Banner directly through the connection with the main body Mind Realm.
Hu Qi held Black Banner and raised it lightly, a layer of translucent black smoke spread like ripples from the flag.
This strange black smoke ignores all physical barriers, penetrates walls and buildings, but has no reaction to ordinary humans.
Only those new Yin Beast were bound by invisible force and were all sucked into Black Banner.
"Ding! Kill a junior Yin Beast and get a hundred points of royalties!"
Modification Points+9 (12%)
"Ding! Kill a junior Yin Beast and get a hundred points of royalties!"
Modification Points+6 (73%)
On the top of the tall building, there was lightning, thunder, and wind and rain.
Black Banner flag is shaking wildly.
Various vague faces of Yin Beast appeared constantly, and screams were heard.
Accompanied by the pleasant reward of Reincarnation Book House and the sound of Modification Points arriving in the account.
Feeling the changes within Black Banner, a glint flashed in Hu Qi's eyes.
This Tattered Black Banner feeds on the power of emotions, and these Yin Beast, to put it bluntly, are essentially the aggregation of the resentment and extreme emotions of the deceased, which can be called the most perfect nourishment.
Each Yin Beast absorbed accelerates the repair process of this Tattered Black Banner.
However, using the power of the clone Hu Qi to control the Black Banner is a bit inadequate.
It can only be controlled within a certain range, about three kilometers.
After refining Yin Beast among them.
Just have to move.
Hu Qi is holding Black Banner and walking in this Shenmu City.
Passed along the way.
Yin Beast does not exist.
As for the killer who was entangled by Yin Energy that I encountered.
Hu Qi will solve it easily.
As for ordinary people, as long as they don't do anything to Hu Qi or unleash any malicious intent, he won't care.
Some ordinary people obviously noticed this strange scene.
Everyone looked at Hu Qi with frightened expressions.
I don't know where this weirdo came from.
The heavy rain seemed to be torn open between the sky and the earth, and the turbid rain washed away the city that smelled of blood.
On the roadside, the glass windows of a supermarket revealed dim light in the rain, standing abruptly in the darkness like an isolated island.
Inside the store.
Two thin figures huddled in the corner of the shelf, covered in mud, with fear written on their dirty faces.
In front of them stood five gun-toting thugs, soaked in blood, laughing and playing guessing games.
"Rock, paper, scissors! Haha, I won!"
A lean man with a stubble grinned, revealing jagged yellow teeth.
"These two cubs belong to me!"
The other four people cursed and stepped aside with annoyed looks on their faces.
The lean man shook the gun in his hand, pointing the black muzzle at the two children.
"Shh, don't be afraid, uncle will be very gentle."
Halfway through his words, his voice stopped abruptly.
"Takuya, what the hell are you dawdling with?"
The accomplice on the side pushed him impatiently.
The next moment.
The lean man's body fell straight down.
On the forehead.
A charred hole was clearly visible, and the flesh at the edge seemed to have been burned by high temperatures, without even a drop of blood flowing out.
"Grass!"
The scalps of the remaining four people exploded.
However, no action has been taken yet.
puff! puff! ...
After four soft sounds in a row, there were four more bodies on the ground.
Everyone has the same burnt black hole between their eyebrows.
In the corner, the older child heard the noise and opened his eyes tremblingly.
Under the dim light, a young man holding Black Banner appeared in the store at some point.
The broken Black Banner was constantly exuding thick black smoke, squirming as if alive, and just looking at it made people's scalp numb.
"Okay, find a place to hide, and don't come out if you have nothing to do."
The young man smiled.
The two children were stunned.
After reacting, he looked at the young man in front of him and squeezed out two words with trembling lips:
"Thank you."
Then, he dragged the smaller child into the employee passage behind the shelves.
Hu Qi stood in place.
He withdrew his gaze.
It was a rare thing to do something good, Hu Qi felt that his heart was sublimated a little bit.
Just as he turned around to leave.
"Bang!"
A deafening explosion suddenly sounded.
The entire tempered glass of the supermarket on one side burst with an explosion, and countless fragments scattered like a rainstorm.
Cold wind mixed with heavy rain poured into the house instantly.
Lifting up the broken hair on Hu Qi's forehead.
"Bang--"
The crisp sound of metal falling to the ground followed closely.
Looking down, he saw a severely deformed sniper rifle bullet lying quietly on the ground.
The warhead, which was nearly the length of a hand, was twisted out of shape at the moment. The brass casing was squeezed and deformed by some terrifying force, and the core was exposed.
It was like hitting a city wall made of fine iron.