414: Chapter 414: The Penultimate Carriage (Long Chapter Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets) 414: Chapter 414: The Penultimate Carriage (Long Chapter Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets) “Your soul…”
Jin Ya started in surprise.
However, before she could finish her sentence, a hand covered her mouth.
“Shh,”
A distinct profile erged from behind her shoulder, appearing in her field of vision, their cheeks almost touching at this mont, as if they were lovers in an intimate embrace.
“This is a secret that must not be disclosed.”
A sharp dagger pierced Jin Ya’s chest from behind, splattering fresh red blood with a hint of gray radiance around the debris-filled carriage, splashing onto He Ao’s calm face.
Jin Ya opened her mouth, wanting to say sothing, but she no longer had the chance to speak.
He Ao had already pierced through her energy nexus point, and her body was destroyed by the runaway energy in an instant, permanently extinguishing her spark of life.
Bang—
Her corpse collapsed like a boneless entity and hit the ground, producing a crisp sound.
He Ao crouched down, and after confirming she was thoroughly dead, he took the invisible sword from her hand.
A piece of information entered He Ao’s mind.
The sword was called ‘Shadowless’.
Its ability was quite simple: a form of ‘invisibility’ in a certain sense.
The more beings that died under its blade in a short period, the stronger, more solid, and sharper it beca, and the less detectable it was until it completely rged into the space around it, as if it never existed.
But if it did not ‘drink blood’ for an extended period, it would beco blunt, decay, and bring its master a killing disaster.
This was a C-level Transcendent object.
Generally, objects with such a singular effect tend to be strong in actual combat.
It was just unfortunate that there weren’t enough people for Jin Ya to kill here, preventing her from fully unleashing the effect of the Shadowless Sword.
Nevertheless, the ‘cost’ of this sword was interesting.
If its master didn’t use it to kill, it would bring a killing disaster upon them, essentially forcing the master to kill.
Of course, if the master was killed, that would conveniently provide it with a new master.
Indeed, Transcendent objects within this system of extraordinary powers often have so quirks.
He Ao put away the Shadowless Sword, its effects being quite useful whether for battle royale or assassination.
anwhile, He Ao glanced at the Nightfall Dagger in his hand, the edges of which were starting to roll.
The strength of a C-level body was slightly too much for the Nightfall Dagger to handle.
It was fine against ordinary C-level Transcendents, but against beings with body structures that had been enhanced like the monster he had just faced, this D-level dagger was sowhat inadequate.
Putting away the Nightfall Dagger, He Ao also picked up the red bead that had been pinched by Jin Ya’s fingertips.
The bead was blood-red all over, with faint glimrs of light twinkling inside.
When he first acquired the bead, He Ao didn’t receive detailed information about it, which ant it was not a Transcendent object.
But if it wasn’t a Transcendent object, how did it manifest extraordinary powers?
He Ao lifted the bead, looking into its softly glowing interior.
In that instant, he felt a torrent of information surge into his mind.
At the sa ti, a strand of fine shadow followed the information and infiltrated his body in a flash.
Though small, the shadow contained an extrely high energy density and seed to belong to so sort of Higher Being of at least B-level.
However, as the shadow wandered through He Ao’s body, it didn’t find a soul to cling to and began trying to control the body and take over.
And in that mont, as He Ao’s main consciousness, which had roughly gauged the shadow’s energy intensity, abruptly Advented.
The mighty Soul Power of Super mory erupted violently, assaulting the shadow in an instant, shattering it to pieces.
Then He Ao used his Divine Sense to roam through his body, making sure nothing had taken possession of it, and quickly withdrew his main consciousness.
The shadow he had just shattered seed to be so kind of Soul fragnt.
A B-level being had split off a part of their Soul through so secret thod and stored it inside this bead.
It appeared the extraordinary power of this bead was based on this Soul fragnt.
This fragnt was of extrely high quality, hidden within the bead, it flowed into the body of the person who picked it up, along with the information from the bead.
An ordinary C-level being with a weaker Soul might easily be ambushed and taken control of by it.
Unfortunately, there was no Soul in this body for it to attack, and He Ao happened to be one of those people with an extraordinarily strong Soul, equipped with the ability to assault other Souls.
He had deliberately drawn his main consciousness in anticipation of such a situation.
After waiting for a while and being certain that there were no more counterasures within the bead, He Ao once again focused on the glow inside the bead.
His primary consciousness descended once more, activating Super mory as he gazed upon the glowing beads.
It was only now that everything within this tiny bead was fully exposed before his eyes.
Inside the bead, there was a dense mass of Denis text arranged according to certain patterns.
These texts were connected by blood-red threads, one after another placed in the space, forming a complex structure.
With the aid of Super mory, He Ao tried to unfold these intricately folded structures in his mind, and then he discovered that all the structures lded within the bead could be expanded into a huge and complex, nested double-ring pattern.
He instantly realized it was a ‘Ritual Array’!
An array ‘folded’ within such a small bead!
The other party cleverly used Denis characters with esoteric significance as ‘folding points’ to transform the flat array into a three-dinsional spatial one.
This red bead could likely replace a certain Ritual Array and take imdiate effect.
The thod of realization was quite ingenious, and the process of making the bead was probably not simple.
He Ao was quite interested in this thod, but it seed he didn’t have ti to continue researching it at the mont.
“Are you okay?”
A gentle call awakened his thoughts.
He Ao turned around and saw Luo Luo with a sowhat worried expression on her face.
“I saw you staring at this bead the whole ti, I thought you might have fallen for so sort of trick…”
Luo Luo said softly with a sigh.
The things in the Transcendent world were mostly mysterious and bizarre, anything could happen.
For a mont, Luo Luo truly thought that He Ao was about to turn into so kind of monster.
“I’m fine.”
He Ao put away the bead and looked toward the compartnt door of this carriage.
Luo Luo also followed He Ao’s gaze to the carriage door.
On the previously closed door, there appeared a circular indentation as if it could fit a certain object.
He Ao walked over and placed the glowing red disc into the indentation.
It fit perfectly.
Luo Luo was nervously watching the sealed carriage door, unsure of what they would face next.
“Thanks for just now.”
He Ao suddenly said.
Just a mont ago, Luo Luo had initiated conversation several tis, actually stalling for ti, giving the ‘weakened’ He Ao a chance to recover his strength.
“We are together after all,” Luo Luo replied with a smile.
“Helping each other is what we should do.”
“But next ti don’t play the fool,”
“?”
“You’re too convincing.”
He Ao fully pushed the disc into the indentation.
Luo Luo: ¿
Click——
A ray of bright light shone upon their cheeks as the tightly closed carriage door slowly opened.
Luxurious handcrafted carpets, exquisite silk curtains, plush sofas, and lacquered seat adorned with gemstones, as well as a dining table with intricate sculptural details on its legs.
The carriage compartnt before their eyes felt like the juxtaposition of a palace and a slum compared to where they were standing now.
However, He Ao’s gaze wasn’t drawn to the luxurious items.
His attention quickly fell on the girl slumbering on the sofa.
Upon seeing the girl, he breathed a small sigh of relief.
All of his hypotheses had been correct.
“Chichi!”
Luo Luo also saw the girl, running over with a mix of surprise and joy.
Lin Chichi, sitting on the sofa, flickered her eyebrows and slowly opened her eyes, looking at the approaching Luo Luo.
After a brief stupefaction, she quickly revealed a sweet smile and called out affectionately, “Sister Luo Luo.”
Then she looked around at her surroundings and finally at He Ao, who was walking over.
“Brother Hao Yi is so amazing!
I knew you would succeed!”
“So,” Luo Luo looked blankly at Lin Chichi, and then at He Ao, “what exactly happened?”
“Actually, it’s quite simple,” Lin Chichi took on the role of the explainer proactively, “Hao Yi brother gave his prop.
If you’re killed while using this prop, you won’t die but instead fall into a deep sleep until the ga ends.
If our side wins in the end, you can wake up.”
If the enemy wins, she would likely die.
Luo Luo completed Lin Chichi’s unsaid thoughts in her mind.
She looked at Lin Chichi, fell silent for a mont, and then with a touch of admiration, exclaid, “Chichi, you’re really bold.”
By doing this, Lin Chichi essentially entrusted her entire life and well-being to He Ao.
If He Ao had lied to her, and the ‘immortal’ prop was fake, then she would actually die.
In such perilous circumstances, the hearts of strangers t by chance are the most unpredictable.
Even if He Ao didn’t deceive her, she had to wait for He Ao to achieve the ultimate victory before she could ‘co back to life.’
It was unlikely that Lin Chichi hadn’t considered these scenarios when making her decision, yet she chose to trust He Ao and handed her life over.
That’s why Luo Luo said she was bold.
To make that decision, even as a gamble, was indeed very bold.
Choices between life and death aren’t easy to make.
In fact, not only did Luo Luo think Lin Chichi was bold, but even He Ao started to see this girl in a new light.
He had hardly persuaded her at all when Lin Chichi agreed.
Although this girl might seem nonchalant and casual, she was surprisingly reliable in a crisis.
She had a gentle exterior but a tough interior.
He Ao collected his thoughts and began to explore the room carefully.
anwhile, Luo Luo and Lin Chichi also snapped out of the joy of their reunion, and seeing He Ao’s actions, they continued to explore the room as well.
While exploring, Lin Chichi began asking about what had happened during her sleep, and Luo Luo started recounting the events that had unfolded.
From not far away, He Ao could occasionally hear Lin Chichi exclaim.
“Wow, Brother Hao Yi could even think of that.” “Wow, so that’s how it happened.” “Brother Hao Yi is too amazing, I could rack my brains out and still not co up with that.”
And Luo Luo, amidst continuous praises like “Sister Luo Luo, you’re amazing,” “Sister Luo Luo, how did you think of that thod,” “Sister Luo Luo, you’re so cool,” began to feel a bit elated.
Accompanied by their conversation, He Ao walked to the table in the center of the room.
An exquisite tablecloth was spread over the table, and on it lay a book resembling a nu.
He Ao opened the nu, and on the title page were the sa words written in over a dozen different languages:
[In my lifeti, I’ve searched countless beautiful mountains and rivers, journeying through nurous untouched, stunning secret realms.]
[I’ve seen sunsets and clouds atop snowy mountains and faced cities and behemoths at the ends of the deep sea.]
[In those misty and vast places, there always lies beauty unseen by any.]
[Traveling guest, I know not why you have boarded my place of rest, but I hope to share with you the world’s most beautiful landscapes.]
[The colors of the wind and fine food shall be my way of hosting you.]
He Ao lifted his head, and at that mont, the train was passing by a gigantic waterfall,
Pure white water tumbled down from deep within the clouds, cutting through the air hundreds of ters high.
At such a great height, the burbling water had already transford into a misty vapour as it fell.
Under the sunlight, a brilliant rainbow slowly rose within this mist, nestling amidst the lush green mountains, like a gem set in a verdant skirt.
Thump—
A soft sound ca from behind He Ao; turning around, he saw that the train carriage door they had entered through was now tightly closed.
And before him, on the opulent desk, an array of steaming hot dishes began to slowly appear.
Rich aromas wafted through the air.
Luo Luo and Lin Chichi, who were exploring and chatting, were attracted by the sll and ca over with so confusion to He Ao’s side.
“Brother Hao Yi, what’s happening?”
Lin Chichi was the first to approach.
As long as she was present, she was always the quickest to He Ao’s side.
He Ao handed the nu over to her.
Lin Chichi looked at the nu with a hint of bewildernt, then gazed out at the beautiful scenery and at the bountiful food that kept appearing on the table, montarily at a loss.
Luo Luo, standing beside her, hesitated and said, “Is this the reward for clearing the ga?”
Logically speaking, there should be so reward after winning the ga.
At this ti, everyone was actually feeling a bit hungry.
Eating delicious food while enjoying the beautiful view should have been a delightful experience.
Unfortunately, this was taking place in a train that had just driven them to kill each other, making it difficult for anyone to actually enjoy themselves.
“But,” Lin Chichi hesitated, “shouldn’t the best reward be letting us get off the train?”
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The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
At this mont, He Ao walked to the front of the train car.
There, the door leading to the next train car was located.
He tried to pull it, but the train car door was tightly closed.
Dining car, partitioned compartnts, monster car; they should be in the second car counting from the back to the front.
That ant there was another car beyond this door, and in front of this last car was the power source of the entire train, the engine.
At that ti, Luo Luo also went to the back of the train car, pulled at the train car door that had just closed, then turned and shook her head gently at He Ao.
Lin Chichi felt a sinking feeling as she watched the two of them, her heart dropping.
At that mont, she found the dishes on the table in front of her so tempting that she subconsciously picked up the chopsticks on the table and reached for the food.
“Don’t move!”
A loud shout stopped her, and He Ao ca over and took the chopsticks out of her hand.
Lin Chichi suddenly snapped back to reality, breaking out into a cold sweat, “Brother, is there sothing wrong with the food?”
“Hmm.”
He Ao nodded slightly.
At this mont, his true consciousness had arrived, and under the “Super mory” viewpoint, all the sumptuous dishes were covered with a faint shadow.
This ant that these dishes had so kind of ‘soul’ to them; they were ‘alive’.
This train had purposely used normal food in the previous dining car to lower people’s guard towards these dishes.
Especially after having gone through these challenges, it was inevitable to feel sowhat relaxed after clearing the ga, thinking that this was the task reward.
Adding the two together, those ‘players’ would most likely try these dishes.
This train had never intended to let anyone leave alive.
“Brother Hao Yi, what do we do next?”
Lin Chichi was starting to panic, clearly having realized this, and she forced herself to calm down and look towards He Ao.
At that ti, Luo Luo also returned.
“Wait.”
He Ao calmly said, and in that instant, his consciousness returned to his body.
——
“He Ao?
He Ao?”
Yang De’s voice ca through the earpiece, calling him.
“I’m here.”
He Ao collected his thoughts and replied softly,
Yang De: “Be alert, that train is coming, wait for my instructions.”
He Ao stuck his head out to look ahead; the long train was already very close, about to enter their enclosure.
“Alright.”
He lowered his head, looked at the tent peg in his hand, and answered softly.
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