Midnight Terror, An Attack from the Scavenger

The two of them ultimately didn't go through the window. Tullatin found a set of robes belonging to the Church Core Personnel from somewhere, and Cheng Shi changed into them before swaggering out of the high-rise building with him.

The library was located at the deepest part of the church's outer courtyard. The two walked through it and ran into Scorpio and Gao Ya in the backyard next to the corridor. The four of them then met up and headed towards the library.

Tullatin ignored the disappearance of Zhang Jizu, knowing full well that such organizations had many things to do and that losing one or two people was insignificant.

But the other two teammates were very curious. Gao Ya hesitated for a long time, then frowned and asked in a low voice:

Where is the Gravekeeper?

Cheng Shi didn't hide anything and said, "He went to take a dump. He's constipated and probably won't be back for a long time. We don't need to wait for him."

"..." Gao Ya's face turned as red as if he were constipated after hearing this.

Scorpio, on the other hand, seemed to have gradually gotten used to Cheng Shi's rhythm, and after listening, he just smiled and didn't say anything.

The church grounds were quite large, and the library was not close by, so on the way there, Cheng Shi gradually revealed a little of his idea. There were no absolute fools in this segment, and the other two were stunned when they heard his imaginative method.

Scorpio, somewhat bewildered, asked in a low voice, "What if there really is the Life That Should Not Be Born during the Trials?"

Cheng Shi stroked his chin and replied, "Then it shouldn't have been born."

"..."

"Brother, I don't think what you did counts as cheating. You've created a set of questions for yourself. Is that even allowed?"

We still have six days, there's no need to rush.

"How could we not be in a hurry? We need to get through quickly, it's all about speed."

"Don't worry about whether I'm getting it right or not, just tell me how fast it is."

Scorpio was speechless and could only nod.

That's really fast...

Gao Ya scoffed at their conversation and followed behind without saying a word.

It wasn't that she didn't want to participate in the discussion, but she didn't want to be the one who was looked down upon, because in her opinion, Cheng Shi's method was not crude at all, but rather quite ingenious.

She had seen similar problem-solving methods that skirted the edge of reality in other games, but these methods were only for top players and ordinary players couldn't learn them. Firstly, novices didn't have the ability to get all their teammates to work together, and secondly, normal people couldn't come up with such tricks.

Since she could speedrun the game, she naturally preferred to finish it sooner. After all, there was a Cleaner lurking outside the game, and his hunting game was probably not over yet. Being watched was not a pleasant feeling.

Thinking of this, Gao Ya frowned and asked again in a low voice:

"Is there any cake left from the Mo Shu made before?"

Cheng Shi paused mid-walk, turned back to look at Gao Ya, and asked in surprise:

"What's wrong, are you hungry?"

Gao Ya remained silent for a long time with a complicated expression before reluctantly nodding.

Cheng Shi almost couldn't help but smile at her unwillingness to back down, and without thinking, he blurted out, "Aren't you afraid of problems?"

"..." A meaningful glint flashed in Gao Ya's eyes as he replied, "I'm afraid there's no problem with it."

Cheng Shi seemed to understand, and he smiled and said:

"If you want to eat it, you can, but you can exchange it for something else."

If you don't want to change, out of humanitarian spirit, I can give you some other food, like snot or something, as much as you want, enough to fill you up if you don't mind. Want some?

"?"

When Cheng Shi pulled out two bottles of snot, Scorpio and Gao Ya's expressions changed.

Who would eat this if they were a decent person with a score of 2000 or higher?

No, I should say that no decent person alive today would eat this kind of thing.

Gao Ya glared at Cheng Shi with hatred, hesitated for a moment but decided to "give in", so she took out a scale from her personal space.

"A B-rank item, the Scale of Bearing Evil, when attached to an enemy, increases the damage they receive by 30%, in exchange for half a cake."

Looking at the scales that emitted a faint blue light, the little Assassin was dumbfounded. Wait, how come half a cake can be exchanged for a B-rank item?

However, Cheng Shi curled his lip and said, "Trash. If I could get close to the enemy, I would have twisted his head off long ago. Why would I need this? There aren't even 1.3 heads on the other side for me to twist off."

"..." Gao Ya was choked with anger. She glared at Cheng Shi and gritted her teeth, "Wood Elf can twist people's heads?"

"Didn't you say I wasn't Wood Elf? Maybe I'm Druid?"

"..." Gao Ya was furious and was about to speak sarcastically, but when she saw Cheng Shi suddenly withdraw the snot from his hand, she gritted her teeth and held back. Then she took out a pair of thin gloves from her personal space.

The gloves appear to be woven from translucent, shimmering silk threads. They feel weightless against the hand, yet when folded up, their slightly reflective outlines are visible.

"A-rank item, Puppet's Grasp, originates from the research on the [Silent] Assassin Puppeteer by the [Tower of Civilization Isolation] at the end of the Chaos Era. Wearing it, you can use fake puppet control threads to delay your opponents out of thin air. This is one of my escape equipment, enough to exchange for half a cake!"

Upon seeing these gloves, the little Assassin Scorpion's gaze sharpened.

Grade A? What kind of cake can be exchanged for A-rank item?

When something seems strange in every way, the strangeness isn't in the thing itself, but in the person who can't figure it out!

He immediately realized that there must be something wrong with the cake, and then he began to recall everything about the cake. But before he could sort out all the logic, Cheng Shi smiled and nodded.

"You're really generous! This is truly a good product. Trading it for half a cake would be a huge loss. Here, have the whole piece."

As he spoke, Cheng Shi pulled out a whole cake, but just as he was showing it to everyone, a sudden thought flashed through his mind, and he blurted out:

"Come out, I know you're here."

Upon hearing this, Scorpio Gao Ya immediately tensed up and looked around. Even Tullatin, who had been walking briskly, paused for a moment.

He frowned and looked around, unable to believe that anyone in the church would dare to openly block him. But because he had something to hide, he cautiously took a step back and moved to Cheng Shi's side, asking in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Cheng Shi chuckled twice, about to say he was just joking, when the piece of cake in his hand suddenly vanished into thin air.

!!

His pupils contracted sharply, and he tackled Tullatin to the ground. Then, he swung his knife at his side with ease. This strike used all the strength of a Clown and was both fast and accurate. However, when the tip of the knife passed by, everyone clearly saw that half of the Scalpel disappeared into the air!

The power of Annihilation!

The Cleaner did indeed arrive, and they were right next to us!

As an Assassin, Scorpio should have the highest perception of crisis and deadly situations. However, the attackers this time had the ability to Annihilation all killing intent, which turned him into an "ordinary player" like Cheng Shi, only able to watch everything happening around him.

But this undoubtedly made him even more convinced of his idea that anyone who could keenly detect the approach of an enemy from this otherwise unremarkable environment could not be an ordinary person, and the [Prosperity] Believer in front of him must be Baldy Uses Pantene!

But even if a teammate is a [Prosperity] Chosen of God, it doesn't necessarily mean they can survive among the [Annihilation] Chosen of God. So, the moment Scorpio saw Cheng Shi's Scalpel disappear, he summoned his Arc of Time Restoration and slashed around the air in mid-air.

He planned to use the slowing power of [Time] to set up a swamp trap as a defense, exposing the attackers to the power of [Time].

As Singer, Gao Ya lacks the ability to fight enemies, but to reach this score, everyone has some backup plans to defend themselves.

She quickly threaded the Puppet's Grasp into her hand and then gently gripped the spot where Cheng Shi's Scalpel had disappeared.

This grasp did indeed yield results. The strands of control threads shooting out from the glove suddenly taut, seemingly having caught some unseen target. But the next second, these taut threads were all torn off, and Gao Ya suddenly lost his strength and fell backward, along with the glove being pulled off.

She underestimated the strength of a warrior and the agility of the [Annihilation] power.

Cheng Shi seeing this, Cheng Shi frowned, quickly pushed Tullatin away from the corridor, whispered "Go first," then crouched down and rolled to the side, immediately picking up the gloves and putting them into his personal space.

Gao Ya watched as his equipment was taken away without him getting a single piece of cake. A complicated expression flashed across his face, but he didn't say anything. He simply stood up quickly and moved towards Cheng Shi's position.

She was a smart woman, and she could tell that in the current situation, probably only this teammate who called himself Wood Elf could hold off the hunter.

As for that little Assassin, well, forget it, he was so scared his back was soaked with sweat.

Fear might be an emotional burden for Scorpios, but for Cheng Shi it was a godsend. With the help of the three people present, his [Death] Amusement Ring was finally fully charged.

This also means that the Clown, who was previously powerless, suddenly has some leverage to put up a fight with the other party.

Just as the three people in the corridor approached each other, the Cleaner who had been hiding his face also appeared with a smile in the courtyard outside the corridor. As soon as he appeared, he caused three gasps of surprise.

"Cleaner!"

"Mo Shu!"

"It really was you!"

The Cleaner had disappeared for half a day hunting, still looked shy, which seemed out of place with his black trench coat. His expression made it seem as if he was the one who had just attacked him, but someone else.

Seeing his posture, Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, we've run into a pervert.