Black Queen!
One dark and windy night.
Two groups of men in black robes met on the top floor of a building and began a transaction. Both groups simultaneously took out a briefcase and opened it to display their findings.
The person with the Hand of the Serpent tattoo opened the suitcase first, and inside was a huge crystal diamond.
"This is what you wanted. Although it is also Containment Object, let me make it clear beforehand that it has no special purpose, at least we haven't found any."
"If this product does not meet the Black Queen's expectations, we will not offer a refund."
On the other side, the men in black robes wore neatly arranged black and white playing card masks, each with a different design.
A black-robed man with a "K" on his face stepped forward and opened the box they were carrying. Inside the box was a book.
A human skin book, or rather, a completely segmented human face.
The face held a huge amethyst in its mouth, and its eyes were dark and lifeless.
You can even see dried fibrous tissue in that book.
"The Black Queen never goes back on her word."
The man with the Hand of the Serpent stared intently at the book before him. He couldn't understand a word on the cover. "I can't understand any of the words on it. How can I be sure this is real?"
"If you can't understand it, then it's real. Is there any need to distinguish it?" said the person wearing the K mask.
"Moreover, we don't have the habit of counterfeiting. After all, it's harder to counterfeit this kind of thing than to get the real thing directly."
"In addition, books borrowed from the library must be returned sooner or later. The deadline for returning this Ghoul Book is six months."
"Remember to tell Cain that if anyone comes to collect the book in six months, he should return it obediently, unless he wants to die."
"Of course, since we borrowed the book, just in case, we will take it back from Cain before the deadline and return it to him."
Upon hearing this, the Hand of the Serpent members suddenly closed the box. "We went through so much trouble to snatch this gem from the Chaos Splitter, only to receive a temporary Ghoul Book in return."
"No matter how you look at it, we're at a loss."
The person wearing the K mask took out the Ghoul Book and slowly turned to the first page. "Then I think it's necessary to show you the value of this book."
As he spoke, a man wearing a mask with a "J" pattern kicked the person next to him to the ground and pulled out a long knife, plunging it into the man's head through his throat.
Pfft!
Blood splattered, and the body fell.
J Mask casually tossed the corpse in front of K Mask.
The K-mask then began chanting a strange melody and reached out to try and grab something from the Ghoul Book.
Soon, he pulled a green orb filled with the smell of decay from the Ghoul Book.
When the green light was shone on the corpse, the corpse suddenly began to convulse and twist, making a series of cracking and dislocation sounds!
A moment later, the corpse roared and stood up, emanating a putrid stench, its eyes a dark green.
"As long as you have the Ghoul Book, anyone can control him. Isn't that convenient?"
"We can give you this ghoul along with it."
The Hand of the Serpent member was about to say something more when a urging voice suddenly came through his earpiece.
"Hurry up and grab your things and leave. So many eyes are watching you. Do you still have the mind to haggle here?"
The Hand of the Serpent member hesitated for a moment, "Lord Cain, I just..."
"Stop talking nonsense."
"OK."
The members of the Hand of the Serpent closed the briefcase, and a man named K also put the Ghoul Book into the briefcase.
The two parties exchanged briefcases, thus completing this secret transaction.
"It was a pleasure working with you, and I hope this isn't our last collaboration."
As K the Mask spoke, he turned and leaped into the air, and so did the others behind him.
Watching these people leave, the Hand of the Serpent member lowered the brim of his hat and then walked up the stairs and left.
Don't ask why they're taking the stairs; they can't fly.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Meng Qing, focused solely on weightlifting, paid no attention to what was happening outside.
He now repeats the same routine every day: exercising and then entering the Game Space at the appointed time.
Today is Meng Qing's fifth time entering the Game Space, and he has accumulated 17,000 points.
But that's not much.
The in-game index is now highly polarized, with some people holding indices ranging from 10,000 to 20,000.
Some people don't even have an index of 5,000 yet.
As for why, it's because they keep losing, it's that simple.
Meng Qing did not receive a special identity in this game; he was the 'younger brother'.
That is, D-Class Personnel, abbreviated as DD.
He and nine others were resurrected in one place.
"Why is it my younger brother again?"
"I don't care anymore, I'm rioting this time! I'm going to attack the scientists and steal their access cards!"
"Same rules as always, eat some candy! One candy will keep you healthy, two will make you explode!"
Because the game has been played many times, everyone except the newcomers has already figured out the rules.
D-Class Personnel are the weakest at the start, but they have the most diverse choices.
There are currently three known tactics: retreat with the researchers, then rejoin the battlefield as Nine-Tailed Fox Private.
Another example is what someone just mentioned: someone beat a researcher to death, stole the access card, and ran away.
This is what's known as a riot, but a riot will turn your name into a red name, and you might get shot by the guards.
Moreover, after a successful evacuation, they will not turn into Nine-Tailed Fox, but will return to the battlefield as Chaos Splitter.
And finally, the pure younger brother playstyle.
Find a female monster that can reproduce and become a fodder for the monster faction.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a dog; you earn points, so there's nothing shameful about it.
But regardless of the approach, the first step is to dive into the light Containment Zone and take whatever you can find.
Each round will randomly spawn various Containment Object, but some are fixed, such as Candy Box.
If the monster faction knows how to play, some monsters will immediately block the lightly Containment Object and kill all those who want to take it.
But with so many D-Class Personnel, there are bound to be a few who slip through the net.
Everyone rushed forward, figuring that if they died, they could just wait a few hours and come back as Chaos Splitter.
Yes, if the game continues for a certain period of time without a winner, all the dead will return to the battlefield as Chaos Splitter.
The Chaos Splitter's weapons are quite interesting; they're either shotguns or submachine guns, and they're really effective at hitting people.
Unlike the Nine-Tailed Fox's side, which is almost entirely armed with rifles and machine guns.
Meng Qing also joined the main force in a forced charge into the light Containment Zone.
Suddenly, I ran into an acquaintance on the street. "Hey, you're here too!"
The ID of the person in front of me is a bunch of numbers, like something a primary school student would randomly type out.
However, although this person's name is a bit perfunctory, he is quite famous.
He is now known as the Monster Commander by players.
He was randomly assigned to the computer twice and another monster once, and won three games by commanding the monsters, never losing.
"Does the commander have any suggestions?"
Meng Qing asked as he ran.
The man seemed troubled by the string of numbers, saying, "This game is probably going to be God Slaying Bureau."
"When I respawned in the F area before, I found that the lights of cards 001 and 023 were all lit up. There might be two Angels in this hand."
"If we're lucky enough to find an electric cannon, we can go in and ring the bell to wake the angel up before it evolves, then shoot it dead. That should make things much easier."
"Otherwise, we'll have to go for the core-based god-slaying strategy this round."