Devils Arriving in the Abyss

"If I were you, I wouldn't recklessly absorb the anomalies from corpses."

A voice carried over.

Feng Buzhi turned his head and saw a Goat-headed Man walking toward him. This Goat-headed Man was much smaller than the large goat-headed monster he had killed in the mist earlier.

Its goat head was somewhat different as well. The large goat-headed monster from before had possessed a grayish-white ram's head, with thick horns curling into circles. This Goat-headed Man had mottled brown fur and goat-like horns on its head.

The Goat-headed Man wore a well-tailored set of black aristocratic clothing, along with golden glasses over its eyes.

The Goat-headed Man looked Feng Buzhi's naked body over, a friendly smile appearing on its face.

It seemed this was a human, most likely someone who had come to the Endless Abyss for the first time.

Humans were a weak race.

Having received no systematic inheritance, they would resort to such dangerous actions.

Still, according to his senses, the anomaly quality in the other party's body appeared rather high.

Of course, the other party's anomaly quality made no difference to him. What mattered was that people like this were easy to fool.

The Goat-headed Man gave an elegant bow. "I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Balu. This must be your first time awakening anomalies and entering the Endless Abyss, sir. Anomalous power is full of uncertainty. Though the anomalies contained in these corpses are abundant, they are extremely violent. If you continue absorbing them like this..."

"Bang!"

Goat-headed Man Balu made an exploding gesture, then wore a regretful expression.

"By then, the anomalies in your body will erupt. Your soul will be devoured by the anomalies, while your flesh will become a monster. If you wish to absorb anomalies, sir, you would be better off absorbing the mist here. This blood-colored mist is very pure and has far fewer side effects."

As the Goat-headed Man spoke, Feng Buzhi stopped drawing the corpse's anomalies into his body.

It was not because of the risks the Goat-headed Man had mentioned. He had already crushed the anomalies' self-awareness, so even if he absorbed these more violent anomalies as food, there would not be much of a side effect. At most, there would be a little more noise in his head.

Once he had thoroughly digested and absorbed these violent anomalies, the noise would gradually weaken before vanishing completely.

Feng Buzhi carefully examined the Goat-headed Man's clothes. They gave him a near-modern feeling.

Combining this with some things the shadow had revealed, Feng Buzhi understood something—these intelligent beings of other races were likely the Human Race's enemies in this world.

Seeing Feng Buzhi stop absorbing the corpse's anomalies, Goat-headed Man Balu smiled. It seemed this human had heeded his "advice."

The Goat-headed Man said, "You must be very curious, sir, about why we have appeared here in the Endless Abyss, and what exactly this scenario represents."

"I happen to know a few clues."

"This scenario is the Million-Player Battle Royale. The specific rule is to survive for as long as possible. Dying too early will bring certain penalties, while lasting for a period of time will earn some rewards."

"Though you are a human, sir, you must have heard this saying—in the Endless Abyss, you can obtain everything you desire."

"This battle royale scenario is an opportunity for you. All manner of treasures lie hidden in the Fallen Plains, but many of them cannot be obtained by one person alone."

"So, I have a proposal. How about you and I form an offensive and defensive alliance for this Abyss trial?"

Goat-headed Man Balu smiled, intending to trick the other party into signing a contract and becoming his slave. Then he saw Feng Buzhi raise his head to look at the sky. Confused, he looked up as well, but found nothing. He only felt that the blood-colored sky was somewhat chaotic, and staring at it for too long made him dizzy.

[Current participating beings: 972384]

Feng Buzhi looked at the information in the sky. The number of participants had already reached 970,000. It seemed the Million-Player Battle Royale would begin soon.

Then, before the battle royale began, could they attack one another?

In an ordinary battle royale online game, players could not attack before the game began.

Feng Buzhi lightly pinched his chin and looked at the Goat-headed Man before him with a puzzled expression.

A minute later, Feng Buzhi pinched his chin again. Looking at the Goat-headed Man's corpse, he wore an even more confused expression.

This Goat-headed Man was very weak, or perhaps it had not prepared for battle. Feng Buzhi had very easily pressed both hands against its goat head, then snapped its neck. Throughout the entire process, the Goat-headed Man had not resisted in the slightest.

This showed that even though the battle royale had not begun, they could still attack one another.

But that was only one of Feng Buzhi's reasons for attacking the Goat-headed Man.

The other reason he had killed it was the clothes it wore.

He did not particularly like being naked.

The Goat-headed Man's build was not much different from his own, so Feng Buzhi had thought he could strip its clothes off and wear them himself.

Yet at the instant the Goat-headed Man died, all of its clothing vanished, leaving behind a naked Goat-headed Man.

Feng Buzhi had no choice but to settle for less and decided to skin the Goat-headed Man and make a mottled sheepskin apron.

Before he could act, however, the Goat-headed Man's corpse began to decay rapidly. It first turned into a pile of rotten flesh, then the rotten flesh and putrid bones quickly became liquid and seeped into the ground. After a while, even the traces of liquid could no longer be found.

Completely unlike the corpse of the red-skinned monster not far away, the Goat-headed Man's corpse decayed extremely quickly, but it contained no anomalous energy and gave off no foul stench.

"So where did its clothes come from?"

Feng Buzhi asked in confusion. Then he suddenly sensed something and looked toward the sky.

[Current participating beings: 1000000]

[Million-Player Battle Royale has begun]

[Fallen Demon Legion, Plague Curse, and Scarlet Eye will be deployed in the target areas. Corrosion Swamp has been generated. The following areas will be submerged shortly]

The anomalous words congealed in the sky changed again, while the map below displayed numerous markers.

The contents of the markers were not complicated and were easy to understand.

There were no deployment markers for the Fallen Demon Legion, Plague Curse, or Scarlet Eye near him. But if he continued to remain where he was, the area around him would be submerged by the Corrosion Swamp, since his location was at the edge of the map.

"It really has a strong online-game vibe."

Feng Buzhi muttered softly and continued looking at the sky.

[Current participating beings: 999892]

During the time he had spent reading the information and the labels on the map, more than a hundred participants had already been eliminated.

Feng Buzhi quickly began moving. Following the sonar feedback provided by the blood-colored mist, he headed toward the nine o'clock direction.

About a hundred and fifty meters away in that direction, there was a member of another race with a very long tail.

In fact, even before Goat-headed Man Balu had come looking for him, that creature had been standing there without moving. It was still there now.

Soon, Feng Buzhi saw a Lizardman almost completely motionless, its body hidden in the dirt. With its natural camouflage, the Lizardman blended seamlessly with the surrounding soil.

Feng Buzhi's pupils contracted slightly.

He did not see any clothes on this Lizardman. Besides, its scales were too rough and unsuitable for being skinned into an apron...