Relentless Effort
In complete darkness, where nothing can be seen.
Even in a world without supernatural occurrences, being startled by someone speaking suddenly behind you can be quite frightening.
Not to mention that this world is inherently full of all sorts of strange and bizarre things.
Xu Lingwen was so startled by Lu Bai that his heart skipped a beat.
"Who... who is speaking?!"
Xu Lingwen suddenly turned around to face the direction from which the sound came, but unfortunately, under the influence of [Ink Dye], there was only darkness and he couldn't see anything.
"Don't rush."
Lu Bai reached out and patted Xu Lingwen on the shoulder, startling him so much that he instinctively took a half-step back.
Seeing this, Lu Bai was too lazy to appease the other party first, so he simply turned his attention to the still calm little girl.
He stared into the other person's eyes and asked, "Are you a weirdo?"
The effect of [Ink Dye] cannot be ignored, even if it seems bizarre.
The little girl clearly couldn't see what Lu Bai's expression was; she could only stare into the darkness and ask, "Are you Master Lu?"
"I am deeply grateful for everyone's kindness in calling me a master."
Lu Bai smiled, then quickly got to the point. "It's rare to find someone I can talk to, a weirdo. I have some questions for you."
The little girl remained largely unaffected; rather than calm, she seemed indifferent.
"Okay, go ahead and ask."
If we disregard the possibility of lying, the little girl's strange appearance, coupled with her willingness to answer every question throughout the entire conversation, is quite remarkable.
"... To put it bluntly, you're essentially raising all of humanity on a pedestal."
Lu Bai stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.
The little girl's story wasn't too unbelievable.
After all, given the abilities of these supernatural beings, destroying humanity would be no difficult task.
The only plausible reason why humanity can still survive is that the supernatural beings are pursuing a path of sustainable development.
"I advise you to join us. With your abilities, we will definitely give you the respect you deserve."
The little girl remained indifferent, showing little enthusiasm to recruit Lu Bai: "Unless you can eliminate all the strange entities, there's no point in protecting these people."
To avoid wiping out humanity all at once, the supernatural beings are essentially restraining their actions.
If we really let go of all constraints, we can easily make up for the population shortfall in this city.
You make a very good point.
Lu Bai nodded, smiling as he added, "But I still refuse."
Upon hearing Lu Bai's statement, the little girl's clothes reeked of blood. If it weren't for the blackening effect of [Ink Dye], one could see that her red dress had turned as crimson as blood.
Lu Bai seemed oblivious to the change and continued speaking to himself, "You've misunderstood something. I won't stay in this world forever. No matter what this world becomes, I don't really care."
As he said this, his smile grew even brighter, but unfortunately, no one could see it.
"I made this choice simply because I wanted to."
Swish~
The little girl suddenly slapped out, and the hem of her scarlet dress seemed to come alive, extending towards where Lu Bai was.
A chilling atmosphere and the stench of blood instantly filled the area, especially the blood, which was so strong that it even tasted slightly sweet.
Unfortunately, this sudden attack missed its mark.
Lu Bai's figure had already quickly disappeared into the distance. If it weren't for the darkness, one would think his speed was almost indistinguishable from teleportation.
He appeared behind Xu Lingwen in an instant and effortlessly snapped the man's neck.
[Points +1, Current Points: 28, Current Rank: 1/83]
Although Lu Bai moved too quickly, Xu Lingwen didn't even have time to scream.
But the little girl was, after all, strange, and she immediately noticed that Xu Lingwen's life force had disappeared.
This surprised her. "What are you doing? Aren't you planning to side with humanity?"
Lu Bai flexed his wrists and chuckled softly.
"You still don't understand what I mean."
Before the words could even reach the little girl's ears, Lu Bai himself had already appeared behind her.
A Yellow Talisman was swiftly and accurately affixed to the little girl's forehead.
The effectiveness of the [Flash Time] ability depends entirely on the user.
The faster the user is, the more they can do in that brief 0.5 seconds.
With the [Act Under Cover of Darkness] ability, everything within a 500-meter radius of Lu Bai's location falls within his attack range.
"Goodbye."
Lu Bai put his two fingers together and chanted an incantation.
The Yellow Talisman spontaneously combusted, instantly killing the strange creature in red.
After finishing all this, Lu Bai glanced at the number of surviving deathmatch fighters and muttered to himself, "I need to speed things up."
Whether they are ordinary people or death fighters, the strange creatures are all the same to them—they are food.
If we don't act quickly, the Deathmatchers might all be wiped out by the Weirdos.
Contrary to common sense, a dark environment can sometimes even make people feel safe and secure.
Compared to wandering aimlessly in the containment center, where you never know when a strange creature might suddenly appear and take your life.
The fact that everything has turned completely dark is actually much more bearable for the people in the shelter.
Since there's no way to escape it, hiding under the cover of darkness offers some psychological comfort.
As it turns out, what these people did was not wrong.
If the casualties at the containment center could be tracked in real time, it would be found that after Lu Bai turned the entire containment center black, the number of victims did not rise as sharply as it did at the beginning.
"The clown of Sequence 167?"
In the two-meter-wide passageway between the original refuge tents, Lu Bai dealt with the strange creature and a death fighter in front of him, then paused to catch his breath.
[Points +1, Current Points: 39, Current Rank: 1/64]
After half an hour of tireless effort, he completely cleared out the death row fighters from areas A and C of the containment center.
For this reason, he even abandoned the task of solving some of the strange occurrences in those two areas.
Unfortunately, the abilities of these deathmatchers are of little help to him, and he cannot optimize his current ability set for the time being.
Fortunately, I've accumulated quite a few points, and it looks like I'll be able to unlock the third round of Ability Pool soon.
Thinking of this, Lu Bai snapped his fingers, dispelling the darkness in the vicinity.
A series of exclamations rang out.
The sudden regaining of sight caused the surrounding crowd to squint.
Lu Bai smiled kindly, "Everyone knows me, right? Can anyone lend me their phone?"