Harvest

Chapter 36: Harvest

The seven people's "stone coffins."

Were actually narrow rectangular spaces.

Similar to shoving coffins into a wall.

They were somewhat like the prison cells in the organization's underground laboratory.

Each person's name indicated the location of their "stone coffin."

Tang Luo, "one person," punched them all open.

The moment their "stone coffins" were opened, Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian had no time to react.

They felt a moment of dizziness, and then found themselves lying in the stone coffins.

Struggling to climb out, they saw they were still wearing their original clothes.

Tang Luo stood in the tomb chamber, his clothes now his original tracksuit.

Under his jacket, the slightly bulging part was the revolver Omen, with a portion tucked into an inner pocket to prevent it from falling out.

Equipment that could be brought out of a mission world and brought back in.

Tang Luo clasped his hands together and recited a few Buddhist scriptures in a low voice.

In the other stone coffins were the corpses of Li Liang and the others.

Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian also sighed.

Although they had only teamed up temporarily to complete the mission.

It was impossible to say they had any real feelings for each other.

To claim to be deeply saddened would be hypocritical.

It was merely a sigh of emotion.

A sense of shared vulnerability.

"We should be able to open the gate now," Tang Luo said.

Zhou Zhenguo walked over and tried it. Sure enough, the iron gate, which had been unmoving, was easily pulled open by him.

"So we were operating in the form of soul projection the entire time."

Chu Chongtian remarked.

"This mission..."

Zhou Zhenguo found it difficult to put into words.

The entire mission was built within a world of the departed.

Everyone was a "soul."

Jack the Ripper was a "soul within a soul," a "dead person among the dead."

This explained all the strangeness.

Why Li Liang could "die and come back to life."

Because at that time, he hadn't truly died at all.

At most, his "soul was injured."

Why the corpses and even bloodstains of the small city residents disappeared?

They were devoured by Jack the Ripper.

It also explained the origin of that abyss-like chasm.

It was likely the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

This vaguely familiar small city was long gone from the mortal realm.

Perhaps everything that had happened in the past was just endlessly repeating.

It might await the next batch of God and Demon Walkers to enter and begin the mission once more.

The three walked downwards, on a path that truly led to the "world of the living."

The surroundings seemed to shake slightly.

Even though Jack the Ripper had been killed by Master Xuanzang.

Zhou Zhenguo and Chu Chongtian couldn't help but quicken their pace.

Tang Luo's steps paused slightly. He glanced back, then continued walking down.

A few minutes later.

The carriage, invisible from the outside, swayed as it moved.

Sending Tang Luo and the others back to the real world.

Three Light Beams appeared out of thin air, falling upon Tang Luo and the other two respectively.

"Hiss~ Ah--"

Chu Chongtian couldn't help but let out a groan.

Like someone who had been exhausted for three days and three nights, immersed in a warm hot spring, all fatigue began to disappear.

However, the entire process was very short.

It stopped just as Chu Chongtian felt he had "recovered" and was about to enjoy it.

"This counts as healing."

Zhou Zhenguo explained, "It's healing after completing a mission, but it's not absolute. 'Recovery' is a more fitting description."

"Mm."

Tang Luo nodded.

Healing my ass!

At best, it was like a cup of water, just enough to prevent dying of thirst, a mere life-saving measure.

It only gave dying God and Demon Walkers a chance to return to the real world and go to the hospital to indicate they could still be saved.

For Tang Luo, it was over before it even began.

To be a "God and Demon" and yet so stingy.

Facing a BOSS, completing a mission regardless of life or death, expecting immediate return and healing – this kind of desperate mode.

In the God and Demon Game, it was clearly not encouraged.

Moreover, there was the mission just now, which didn't allow for immediate return, and the method of return was part of the "mission itself."

To fight until the brink of death, only to find out you still had to go somewhere to return, was truly tragic.

"Do you have skills?" Zhou Zhenguo asked. "I got a new skill."

Chu Chongtian nodded.

The Light Beam provided more than just a little recovery.

More importantly, it rewarded them with skills.

After the Light Beam fell, just like the mission appearing, information about the skills also quietly appeared.

They had all obtained skills.

Zhou Zhenguo's face was beaming with joy, his gums showing as he smiled: "So this is the reward for surviving six missions without dying."

"What?" Chu Chongtian, who was repeatedly observing the "information" before it disappeared, couldn't help but ask.

"Passive Solidification Skill."

Zhou Zhenguo said, "Obtained after surviving six missions without dying. It comprehensively strengthens physical qualities in aspects like strength, reaction speed, endurance, damage resistance, and recovery."

"That's great."

Chu Chongtian said.

This was an all-around improvement.

More importantly, it truly widened the gap between God and Demon Walkers and ordinary people.

Instead of purely relying on "skills."

Without skills, they weren't much stronger than ordinary people.

"You can get it too, as long as you survive six missions," Zhou Zhenguo said.

This wasn't a randomly awarded skill, but one that every God and Demon Walker who survived six missions without dying would receive.

It was as if they had been acknowledged by the Gods and Demons?

This was considered truly passing the beginner stage?

"Besides this skill, my true reward for this mission is the skill--Tide of Recovery," Zhou Zhenguo revealed the skill he had been rewarded with.

It rapidly restores injuries and various abnormal states on the body.

Each use consumes over a year of lifespan.

The lifespan consumed increases with the severity of the injuries.

Zhou Zhenguo revealed some of the information to Tang Luo and Chu Chongtian.

Expressing his goodwill.

If one day they encountered an opponent with a similar skill, they could have it as a reference.

At the same time, he was showcasing his strength.

Of course, this display of strength was not to show off.

It was to show Tang Luo that he possessed sufficient strength.

If they encountered each other in the future, they could complete missions together, and he would definitely not be a burden.

"Ha, mine is a Movement Skill!"

After Zhou Zhenguo, Chu Chongtian also revealed the skill he obtained.

Gale Dash.

Wrap the whole body with the power of strong winds for short-distance rapid advances.

"The note says: As long as I E fast enough, my teammates' question marks won't catch up to me," Chu Chongtian said with a smile. "Do Gods and Demons play games too?"

"What game?" Zhou Zhenguo didn't understand.

"It's just a meme," Chu Chongtian scratched his head, not knowing how to explain it in detail to Uncle Zhou Zhenguo.

Just have fun.

The skill information each of them obtained.

Was not as simple as they said.

Chu Chongtian's "Gale Dash" skill, the complete information formed in his mind was like this--

Gale Dash, wrap the whole body with the power of strong winds for short-distance rapid advances.

Level 1: Maximum advance distance is 20 meters.

Level 2: Maximum advance distance is 40 meters.

Level 3: Maximum advance distance is 60 meters, with tearing and cutting effects on the body.

Note: As long as I E fast enough, my teammates' question marks won't catch up to me.

Level 1 cooldown is 2 hours, Level 2 is 1 hour, Level 3 cooldown is 30 minutes.

Under normal circumstances, no one would carelessly reveal the complete information of the skills they obtained.

Don't look at how well Tang Luo and the others cooperated.

But this was based on Tang Luo's powerful strength.

Among God and Demon Walkers, schemes, backstabbing, and killings were everywhere.

It was rare for people like Chu Chongtian and Zhou Zhenguo to reveal partial information; it was a gesture of goodwill.

"Then my note -1s is..." Zhou Zhenguo asked.

"Uh, Master, your reward--" Chu Chongtian interrupted Zhou Zhenguo, then stopped.

It was a bit awkward.

It was all Uncle Zhou's fault for saying such things.

It made him say inappropriate words again.

Just because they were willing to speak didn't mean Xuanzang was willing to speak.

Unless everyone intended to form a partnership and deal with this mission together, would they reveal partial information about some skills to each other.

After the mission, asking someone about their newly obtained rewards.

Was simply like asking "Where do you live, I have special knives here"?

It was very inappropriate!

"Empty Palm, strike a palm in the air, turning melee into ranged."

Tang Luo said with a smile, not angry.

Empty Palm.

An aerial palm strike, releasing power to form an invisible attack.

Level 1 maximum range 10 meters, power decay 50%.

Level 2 maximum range 30 meters, power decay 40%.

Level 3 maximum range 50 meters, power decay 20%.

Additional ability: Diffusion, attack range can be expanded to a certain extent.

Note: Do you remember a palm technique that came from the sky?

Cooldown: Level 1 is 2 hours, Level 2 is 1 hour, Level 3 is 30 minutes.

"This humble monk intends to call it 'Tathagata Palm'," Tang Luo said. "Remember to keep it a secret."

Regarding this skill.

Tang Luo was quite satisfied.

Creating a Tathagata Palm was very fitting for his "Buddha" identity.

To earn merit, one must have a good enough appearance.

Now is an era that values looks.

Uh-- no.

From ancient times to the present, it has always been an era that values looks.

Even primitive humans were the same.

Don't look at how primitive men would just knock someone out with a club and drag them back to their cave if they took a fancy to them.

Taking a fancy—what is it that they are actually fancying?

Isn't it just the "face"?

"Hmm, this name is good; let's call it the Tathagata Palm." Chu Chongtian smiled and offered his congratulations.

Zhou Zhenguo did the same.

As for the Empty Palm or whatever, let's just forget about it.

"Right!"

Zhou Zhenguo remembered something and pointed slightly at the Omen hidden under Tang Luo's jacket. "I've heard people say that in the real world, equipment can seemingly be 'stowed away'."

"Stowed away?"

He had just asked those three words.

The surroundings suddenly became noisy; the originally quiet and dilapidated carriage.

It became clean, bright, and bustling.

They had clearly returned to the real world.

Tang Luo glanced at the passenger beside him.

The other person was still playing on their phone, completely unaware that the Tang Luo beside them had vanished and then reappeared.

Or perhaps, in their line of sight and perception.

Tang Luo had been there the whole time and had never left at all.

Withdrawing his gaze, he looked at the scenery rapidly receding outside the train window and unzipped his jacket halfway.

He reached his hand inside and pressed it against the frame of the Omen.

In a short while, the cool black revolver vanished without a trace.

Tang Luo could feel the Omen in his right hand, ready to be retrieved whenever needed.

But it required some time.

In an extremely critical situation, there would be no opportunity to retrieve it at all.

This "storage" was merely to provide some convenience for God and Demon Walkers in the real world.

One must know that God and Demon Walkers are forbidden from revealing information related to the God and Demon Game to outsiders.

The Omen was actually fine; it wasn't very large and could be hidden.

If one were to obtain equipment like an RPG and it suddenly appeared after completing a mission, only to be seen by someone else, the scene would be far too beautiful to behold.

Thanks to book friends 201706, Fickle Eagle, Lamp Ghost 02, Surprised Beef Ball, Floating Cloud Business, book friend 20180317, Fat Monkey with Premature Kidney Failure, and Red Sword for their tips!