The End

"Look at that, this is the end result of making enemies on all sides."

"That is precisely why I have always insisted on being kind to others."

Zhou You glanced at the sea of blood that had been blocked, silently retracted the leg he was about to kick out, and continued with his grand plan of running away.

Behind him, countless faces surged from every direction. They covered the entire body of the sea of blood, dense and packed like locusts, biting incessantly. Every single bite left behind a massive, charred black spot—what existed inside those mouths were not tongues or throats, but raging, scorching flames!

Liu Shang's face wailed and shrieked. The sea of blood acted as if it were his own body, striking wildly at the opposition. Amidst flying bricks and stones, numerous faces were swept off him; even though there was a constant supply of new faces to replace them, it still could not keep up with the speed at which the sea of blood was tearing them away.

A few minutes later, accompanied by a loud crash, the alleyway collapsed.

Zhou You had by now reached the small stall. Looking at the extinguished lamp, he directly slapped down the shop sign he had obtained at the very beginning!

The old incandescent bulb flickered a few times before lighting up again. The hunchbacked shopkeeper lifted the door curtain, nodded at Zhou You with a beaming smile, and then, looking at the approaching sea of blood, suddenly spoke.

"Old brother, there seem to be quite a lot of guests today. Is this pot of soup of yours... still enough?"

A human head floated up in the soup pot, its bloated mouth opening to utter a silent sentence.

"Probably not enough to stew people, but to stew them... it's more than enough."

With that, the boss picked up a ladle and bowed with a kind smile.

"Guests, welcome to my humble shop. I wonder... what exactly is it that you want?"

While the boss was speaking, Zhou You had already arrived at the final location.

It was the place where this script had first begun.

The security office.

The clues from the past were connected one by one.

...No matter how many days and nights passed, the security office was always the starting point.

...The security captain who, even when terrified to the point of trembling, would inevitably come here every day.

...And finally, the crime scene that had been ransacked during the day, as if someone were specifically looking for something.

"So, there must be something here that they were forced to find."

Saying this, Zhou You kicked the door open!

The security captain who had been tied to the chair was long gone, leaving behind only a pile of clothes that seemed soaked in blood. The room was filled with scraps of flesh and bone fragments. Seeing a new living person enter, all the anomalies in the room turned their heads at the same time, fixing their gazes on Zhou You.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible to conduct any detailed search, but Zhou You did not even blink, directly using the consumable item he had obtained earlier.

It was also the only purple-tier item he had obtained so far.

Blood-Stained Document!

Right in front of him, a black hole suddenly tore open in the air. A withered bone claw reached out from within, fumbled around for a moment, and then grabbed the document.

Vaguely, a voice that could not be distinguished as male or female drifted from the hole.

"Yellow Springs Service Agency, very happy to—damn, another one skipping the bill—forget it, there's collateral on the books anyway, the rest is none of our business. Now that the item is in hand, as for you..."

Zhou You suddenly felt a chill crawl into his bone marrow. When he looked at his own skin, it had turned ashen gray like death, but at the same time, all the anomalies in the room seemed to lose interest in him and all went quiet.

Behind him, the stall owner's voice grew faint. Zhou You could no longer afford to delay and began searching the entire room.

Flower pots... tables and chairs... behind the clock... the corners of the walls...

However, he had searched every inch of the place, yet he could not find any suspicious location.

"Could it be... that I guessed wrong? That Wutao Sacrificial Statue isn't in the security office at all, but in some place I haven't explored?"

Zhou You's brows furrowed deeper. Not far away, the sea of blood seemed to be surging again. He took a deep breath and scanned the room once more.

Then, his gaze stopped at a certain point.

Time left no room for regret. Zhou You strode forward and arrived directly at the only suspicious spot.

—The television set that had long since broken.

"The scene of me smashing it during the day misled me, making me subconsciously feel that there was nothing inside—but the problem is, the time of day and night are not synchronized, and according to the plot, night... is the main time for the sacrifice."

Zhou You looked at the distorted figure on the screen, then lifted the television with all his might and smashed it directly against the ground!

The screen shattered instantly, and a pitch-black Bodhisattva Statue rolled out from within!

Although he had never seen it before, Zhou You understood in an instant that this was the sacrificial vessel of the Bodhisattva.

Zhou You picked it up without hesitation. At the same time, an extremely ear-piercing scream came from outside.

"No!!!!!"

The mountain of corpses and sea of blood surged into the room, but Liu Shang's face no longer held any ferocity. In his remaining eyes, one could only see miserable pleading.

"Put that down, I beg you, put that down!! We can talk this over, I can give you whatever you want, I can even give you the Bodhisattva, but please, don't break that!!!"

As these words fell, the system's notification sound rang out.

"Respected player, you have reached the final branching point of the plot. You may choose to return this ritual vessel to Jixiang Jimiao Guimu Bodhisattva to receive its blessing. Please note that this opportunity is extremely rare; please cherish it..."

Zhou You closed the system prompt directly, then smiled at Liu Shang and spoke.

"You want this?"

The person opposite nodded desperately.

"Seeing how anxious you are, I assume that without this thing, something terrible will happen to you, right?"

"...This is the last chance the Bodhisattva has given me. If I mess this up, It will surely make me wail in the sea of blood for all eternity. So please, give this to me. All the assets I have left behind can be yours, and you can also make any request you want to the Bodhisattva, as long as..."

"I see."

Zhou You said in agreement, and then he took a step forward, appearing as if he intended to hand the object over to Liu Shang.

A look of hope welled up in the other person's eyes.

However, at that very moment, Zhou You's hand suddenly went limp.

"Splat."

--It was not until three or four seconds later that Liu Shang realized what that sound was.

His pupils turned blood-red in an instant.

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you, I'm definitely going to kill you, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The final string of screams was the only sound he had left to make.

Zhou You looked up and discovered that the night, which had seemed as though it would never dissipate, was finally fading. Dawn was about to break, and a faint radiance had already begun to glow on the horizon.

The flesh and blood that constituted Guimu Bodhisattva melted away rapidly under the morning sun, much like ice and snow thawing. At the same time, the sea of blood and the face before him melted away along with it.

"Congratulations to the player for achieving the special ending of this scenario: Resealing."

"The player will return in ten seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7..."