Crazy Guesswork

The next moment, "Buddha Saves the Predestined" not far away smiled playfully and said faintly:

"After this kid dies, I want this item."

"This is at least a Tier 2 quality defensive equipment. As for the points reward for killing the Con artist, I can compromise."

"You take two-thirds, I'll only take one-third."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of displeasure crossed "Eagle of Justice's" face. However, noticing the Red Skirt Phantom blocking the way like a human tower, he abruptly retreated several steps, not daring to engage the red skirt rashly.

After all, in the dungeon earlier, even though they each had some hidden trump cards, they were still sent running with their tails between their legs by "El's" ghostly soul.

This psychological shadow caused the Sheriff, "Eagle of Justice," to not want to face the phantom summoned by Qin Shang alone.

Moreover, priests are the nemesis of all unholy things, and "Buddha Saves the Predestined" was a Level 2 Priest.

With his help, capturing this kid was a sure thing.

Thus, with his thoughts racing, "Eagle of Justice" coldly said:

"Fine, deal."

Only then did the Elder Priest, "Buddha Saves the Predestined," place the Cross in his palm, truly joining the battlefield.

He clasped his hands above his head, his gaze fixed directly on Qin Shang, radiating an intense coldness.

As a white light surged from his palm, the Elder Priest's figure seemed to grow taller, his mature, steady face taking on a sacred and majestic aura.

"[Purify]!"

As the two words fell, Qin Shang felt a splitting headache.

The red skirt blocking the two also let out a "sizzle," as if struck by some unseen attack.

However, it still dutifully blocked the incoming attacks from "Eagle of Justice" for its master.

Qin Shang clutched his temples, his expression filled with fear.

Is this a skill from a Path of the Gods player?!

No, that's not right...

This must be an item skill!

After the Elder Priest unleashed that move, his entire being rapidly withered, like a deflated ball, appearing significantly weaker.

[Cost]

The cost of using the item!

His red skirt also seemed to have something similar.

The Elder Priest now looked as if he had just had his yang energy drained by a female ghost; he must have paid some price to use the item!

At the same time, the visible sizzling sounds disappeared.

However, nearly half of the greyish-black, mist-like filling inside the red skirt had also vanished.

If the red skirt's figure had resembled a robust young adult earlier, it now looked like a girl just reaching twelve or thirteen, her body still undeveloped.

This caused Qin Shang's sense of security to plummet!

He endured the intense pain in his skull, a feeling difficult to describe, as if his temples had been hit by a basketball.

His vision swam, and the entire world seemed to sway.

But he knew the red skirt could hold on for a little longer.

His inability to use items was also a weakness.

Since the Path of the Gods game had a leveling system, confrontations between players likely weren't just a free-for-all with items.

For example, using King of Glory as an analogy, if a Level 1 Li Bai was given a Black Cleaver, he could easily defeat a Level 15 Bai Li Shouyue. What would be the point of setting up levels then?

Therefore, players must be able to empower their items.

But he didn't know how to do it...

"Damn it, being a newbie is a disadvantage..."

It was precisely because of this consideration that Qin Shang didn't rashly put on the red skirt to try and escape.

As a newbie player, even if he were given the obviously item-based [Gloves] from the Sheriff or the Elder Priest's [Cross], he might not know how to use them.

The next moment, he communicated with his Character Card and opened the panel.

[Time; 15 minutes]

Damn!

Qin Shang's mouth twitched, and he pulled away, running towards the second carriage behind him.

The Sheriff directly engaged the Red Skirt Phantom, the white glove-wrapped fist shadows fiercely striking the skirt's hem. The phantom continuously emitted a "sizzling" sound.

It seemed that after being attacked by the Priest, the red skirt was struggling to withstand "Eagle of Justice"!

At the same time, as he looked back, he caught sight of the Elder Priest, who had been standing still, now looking directly at him.

The next moment, as their eyes met, the Elder Priest immediately started running towards Qin Shang!

"Fuck your mother!"

Both of them were veteran players, and he definitely wasn't a match for them fighting alone.

Seeing the Sheriff fighting the Red Skirt Phantom and the Elder Priest summoning white light in his palm, anyone who didn't know better would think they were Taoist priests descended to earth.

He felt like a useless piece of trash, with two of his three skills about to go on cooldown.

But [Inheritance] was completely useless at a time like this.

[Decipher] and [Heal] were also no good...

If the Elder Priest caught him, he was as good as dead.

"This shouldn't be happening. Doesn't the Path of the Gods game always maintain a delicate balance mechanism?"

The number of God Slayers and Accomplices could never exceed the Team Leaders and Passengers; that was a clear indicator.

Otherwise, with the enemy outnumbering the allies, this round of the dungeon would be a death trap, and no one could clear it!

Everything was for the sake of balance.

Then the Path of the Gods should also know that if the game was cleared by relying on the Con artist this round, the Con artist would likely face betrayal from other players.

As a public enemy, a walking ATM, those people would have no reason not to stab him for money after the game ended.

As the saying goes, people die for wealth and birds die for food. Although he hadn't fully grasped the use of points, he had a general understanding of what points meant to the vast majority of Path of the Gods players.

The Path of the Gods couldn't possibly leave the Con artist players with no way out, could it?

The game's matching mechanism was all about balance, so there must be a way for Con artist players to get away safely after the game ended.

It's just that I never noticed...

Just then, Qin Shang suddenly noticed the diaries on the walls of the second carriage.

Diaries?

When they entered the second carriage for the second time, 'Grandpa Niu Cosplays Maid to Seduce Zhuang Zhuang's Mom' seemed to have torn off a diary page.

At that time, Qin Shang thought the little girl's survival instincts were kicking in, curious about what clue she had found on the wallpaper...

Qin Shang had also judged from that detail that that woman was not a Priest at all!

After all, Priests had Night Vision, so there was no need to tear off the diaries on both sides of the carriage window to see their contents.

At this thought, a shocking idea arose in Qin Shang's heart.

"Damn it! I was completely wrong, I analyzed one part incorrectly!"

"The disappearance of their bodies wasn't an illusion, I wasn't hypnotized."

"Grandpa Niu' didn't hypnotize me that round, and I couldn't see the bodies because they were eaten by the ghost formed by 'El'."

"So every time Mary and Jack's personalities entered the loop and began the judgment, bringing the passengers to the third carriage, the passengers were all one-sidedly slaughtered by El and then eaten by El."

"This is why there's always a stench in the third carriage, but no corpses."

"The only corpse was Jack's body, who died of old age in the third carriage. The Elder Priest also found the last diary on that corpse, which was Vien's diary..."

'Heart-to-Heart Sister' died in front of him, and his body being eaten by El was proof.

That ghost thing really did eat people!

"Normally, when not contaminated, the [Train Exploration] dungeon shouldn't have a second round."

"In other words, if the first round of [Death Train] is the entire content of [Train Exploration], with the same scene, then these things are actually a seal to prevent the ghost formed by the fusion of 'El', 'Jack', and 'Mary's' souls from entering the carriage."

"[Death Train] is just an expansion of the [Train Exploration] dungeon!"

The moment this guess surfaced, Qin Shang's mouth twitched.

However, based on his many years of gaming experience, this guess held up to scrutiny.

This was because whether it was [Train Exploration] or the contaminated [Death Train], the dungeon number was 0927.

This meant that Death Train was not a dungeon that appeared out of nowhere.

It was an expanded dungeon.

This was why the dungeon number remained unchanged...

Thinking of this, Qin Shang's throat involuntarily bobbed.

So Grandpa Niu tore off the diary on the wall to break the seal, allowing 'El' from the expanded dungeon to enter the second carriage?

And I was engrossed in reading diaries in the first carriage.

I didn't act, and I didn't make a sound.

That's why I wasn't attacked by the 'El' phantom at the time?

That ghost thing left after eating people...

Is that the entire process of the bodies disappearing!?

Then...

Qin Shang swallowed hard at this thought, a hint of madness welling up in his eyes as the footsteps from the carriage behind him grew closer.

Clearly, 'Buddha Saves the Predestined' was about to catch up to him.

Heaven knew how much longer the 'Cursed Red Skirt' could hold out under the Sheriff.

He looked at the windows on both sides. The diary pages torn off by the Little Loli had indeed returned.

The entire carriage number two was dark and enclosed, with the diary pages on both windows blocking out all light...

Refresh!

The instance teleported us back to carriages one and two, back into a refreshed instance.

With this realization, Qin Shang took a deep breath.

He'd take the gamble!

The next moment, he turned his head to look at the Elder Priest and gritted out:

"Old man, did you think you'd won?"