Volume 4 Dungeon Dungeon Chapter 147 The Incessantly Chattering Corpse-Gathering Demon
... Two presidential suites. The cost of staying there for a night would surely be in the hundreds of millions. Ordinary people would be astonished, but Li Wei didn't care about the expense at all.
Besides, the expenses were paid by Director Zhang, who assured us he would cover them. Why not stay?
After ordering everyone to stay away, Li Wei locked the door. He ate something first, then went to the spacious bathroom and took out Copper Pot. He made a hand seal, and a stream of light flashed out, revealing the Corpse-Gathering Demon that had been trapped in the kettle earlier, now inside the bathroom.
Instantly, the once spacious bathroom was packed to the brim.
The Corpse-Gathering Demon looked around in confusion, clearly unaware of what had happened. However, when its murky eyes saw Li Wei, it revealed a fawning expression.
Then, Li Wei witnessed a scene that left him speechless: the Corpse-Gathering Demon was trying to move its enormous body closer to him, and... on that face that couldn't even be called a face, a small "smile" appeared.
"Stop!"
The Corpse-Gathering Demon's body was 2 meters tall and about the same width, making it a moving ball of flesh. If it weren't for its hideous human face, arms, and fleshy spikes, it would actually be quite cute.
If this enormous thing moved too much, the bathroom would probably be in trouble, so Li Wei stopped it in time.
The Corpse-Gathering Demon seemed to understand Li Wei's feelings, and with a gurgling sound in its throat, it squatted down again, staring at Li Wei.
No matter how you looked at it, this monster seemed to possess sentience and could even understand what he was saying. Li Wei tentatively asked, "What's your name?"
As soon as he asked the question, Li Wei felt a little ridiculous, but the Corpse-Gathering Demon actually answered.
"Mo" Morlock, Morlock!
The pronunciation was very halting, but clear enough to understand what it was saying. Li Wei laughed, then moved a chair and sat opposite "Morlock."
"Morlock is hungry. Morlock wants to eat," the Corpse-Gathering Demon murmured. It had already smelled a lot of "delicious" food outside the door, but because Li Wei had told it not to move, it obediently squatted there.
Li Wei went to the living room, brought over the large steak that room service had brought earlier, and placed it on the floor.
Upon seeing this, the Corpse-Gathering Demon Morlock's eyes widened in shock. His rotting flesh throbbed rhythmically, clearly indicating his immense excitement.
"You have a keen sense of smell!" Li Wei chuckled, stopping Morlock from lunging at him once again.
"Morlock, I have a question for you. You'll only get this if you answer correctly!"
Pointing at the steak, Li Wei looked every bit like a villain.
"Please ask, Lord Demon, Little Morlock will not lie to you," he said, his eyes never leaving the steak.
Devil Lord?
Li Wei frowned, and immediately thought of the first question.
Why do you call me Lord Demon?
Corpse-Gathering Demon's fanged mouth. "The scent... the demon lord possesses a scent that even Morlock fears. We cannot disobey the orders of the superior demon."
Is this it?
Li Wei took out the Ring of the Lord of Destruction. Unexpectedly, as soon as the ring appeared, the Morlock Corpse-Gathering Demon collapsed to the ground, muttering something, but Li Wei couldn't understand a word it said.
However, the problem clearly lies with this ring.
After putting the ring away, Morlock raised his head fearfully, still muttering to himself, but the eerie, deep notes continued unabated, much like a nagging old woman.
"Morlock, what are you saying?"
Without the ring's intimidation, the Corpse-Gathering Demon straightened its back considerably, but its voice still trembled slightly. "Morlock, praising the greatness of the Lord of Destruction, and swearing 'forever, I am his servant!'"
Li Wei really hadn't expected that Morlock would be so talkative. Apart from asking him questions, this fat blob kept praising the so-called Lord of Destruction in that demonic language. However, during this time, Li Wei also learned a lot of information from Morlock.
"This world is about to collapse. All order will vanish overnight. For the final seven days, nightmares will test the beings of this small world, testing whether they have the right to continue living. On the seventh day, the power of demons will lure the dead back to the mortal realm; on the sixth day, crimson moonlight will envelop the earth, and more dead will Purification this world; on the fifth day, the Lord of Destruction will choose his new servants from among all living beings; on the fourth day, the earth will crack, and demons will crawl out of the abyss; in the final three days, the Doom Tree will grow and sprout alongside the rebirth of this world."
These were all spoken by Morlock; from the moment it was born, these words were imprinted in its mind in the language of demons.
Li Wei, on the other hand, wrote down these words on Yellow Paper.
The appearance of the Corpse-Gathering Demon should confirm the words of the Seventh Day; they are indeed reborn dead. Generally speaking, at least five corpses are needed to form one Corpse-Gathering Demon.
Tonight, on the sixth day of the prophecy, Li Wei went to the window.
It was nearing dusk, and the moon was now visible. Indeed, compared to its usual bright silver hue, the moon now appeared tinged with a blood-red hue.
Li Wei sighed inwardly.
After thinking for a moment, he dialed a few numbers. At this point, he no longer needed to worry about anything. Using his alternate account, he directly ordered a team of special police officers to take control of the five-star hotel building and impose a curfew.
At the same time, Li Wei also notified Zheng Yutong and Xue Yan to speed up the establishment of their team's base. Fortunately, Xue Yan had already chosen the address over the phone, and the team members' relatives and friends were being picked up there one after another.
Finally, Li Wei sent an email using the email address the Doctor had left for him in the room. The content was the doomsday prophecy; he had done everything he could, and the rest was up to fate.
In the bathroom, the Corpse-Gathering Demon Morlock had licked the plate of steak no less than five times. Li Wei still had things to do, so he didn't immediately put Morlock back into the Copper Pot.
What Li Wei needs to do is very simple: learn the demon language.
In Shadow Street, Li Wei remembered that there were many Skill Book that could quickly master a certain language, but those were limited to language categories in the real world, and there were none for Demon Language.
From that "prophecy," Li Wei understood. This world would inevitably have many demonic creatures in the future, so mastering the demonic language was absolutely essential.
Since there's still time, let's find Morlock to learn from. This Corpse-Gathering Demon has extremely high expectations of Li Wei, and if he teaches well, he'll even get roasted meat. The simple-minded Corpse-Gathering Demon Ma Zhi has already taken a liking to this game.
Before long, time had passed, and an hour later, it was completely dark.
The blood-red moon outside unsurprisingly caused panic, and the streets outside were in chaos. Soon, Li Wei heard someone let out a piercing scream.
Li Wei had no time to pay attention to those things, nor was there any need for him to. How could his power alone possibly change the world? Even the Daoist had chosen to accept it.
Perhaps the Daoist had already planned all of this, and his reason for entering the mission space might have been to escape this cruel reality.
Li Wei thought to himself, perhaps he should do the same. Should he go to the Sword Immortal World to keep the Green-Robed Sword Immortal company? Or should he go to the Heavenly Sword Sect in the martial arts world to drink and chat with Ximen Feng? Or should he first go to the Resident Evil World to adapt to life in the apocalypse for a while?
Both seem like good ideas.
Just as Li Wei was lost in thought, his Yellow Paper suddenly appeared. Li Wei quickly put away the Morlock first, and then looked at the information on the Yellow Paper.
"Prompt: According to Reincarnator No. 1, your slave Reincarnator No. 1 requests your help. The dungeon mission world is 'StarCraft,' dungeon number 'Old Ugly.' The mission is in progress: Martyrdom Stones, seconds." Enter the mission world immediately?
Li Wei remembered the slave he had just taken in who liked to dress as a man, but she was a high-ranking slave. Would she also encounter trouble? However, since she seemed to want to escape to the mission world, this was a perfect opportunity, so he clicked "agree."
A flash of light, and Li Wei's figure disappeared from the presidential suite.
The next second, Li Wei entered the mission world.
Having just regained his sight, Li Wei saw Amakusa, who was dressed as a man. She was wearing a mechanical marine uniform and talking to a group of people around her.
Li Wei's appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Amakusa ran over first, looked at Li Wei, and then gave him an expression that made Li Wei wonder whether to laugh or cry, which annoyed Li Wei.
What are you looking at?
The group that had initially spoken with Amakusa also gathered around. They were all dressed similarly, and Li Wei recognized them as wearing the mechanical armor of Terran Marine from StarCraft. There were also Firebat mixed in, carrying huge Firearms Mastery and flamethrowers. Judging from the wear and tear on their armor, they had clearly just been through a fierce battle.
"Brother Amakusa, this guy wouldn't happen to be the helper you found, would he? Hahaha... but this outfit suits him quite well!"
Outfit? Li Wei then realized that he was also wearing a set of mechanical armor, the only difference being that his armor was white, and "there was a red cross symbol on his chest."
This is bad!
Li Wei felt something in his hand, and when he picked it up, his eyes widened in surprise.
"What's this?"
With his Eye of Perception, Li Wei knew exactly what it was. It was an instrument, somewhat similar to a syringe, but filled with a white liquid.
"Battlefield Healing Device Type 7, an item that can heal teammates within a field's radius, automatically replenishing healing fluids. Healing fluids are currently in an active state."
The unique mechanical armor, unlike anything else's, and the thing in his hand— Li Wei vaguely guessed the outcome, but the outcome was something he couldn't quite handle.