Only Player

Chapter 135 Fire
"Ouch... stop hitting me... I was wrong... I won't dare to do it again..."

After being beaten and kicked, the dark little man held his head and wailed for mercy.

Zhou Yuan stopped his fist and asked coldly: "Who the hell are you?"

"I am the King of Terror..."

The dark little man sniffed and said, "I am the embodiment of fear, the monster under the bed, the devil in the shadows, the guide of corruption... Someone hired me to cause destruction everywhere..."

"Who hired you?"

"A spirit world merchant named 'Zero'... He gave me a lot of fel crystals and asked me to cause chaos in the human world."

Spirit world merchants? Zhou Yuan knew this group of people. They traveled through various planes to do business. They were a mixed bunch. There was no fixed organization or chamber of commerce. They were all self-employed. They all had strange tempers and did not even give face to the Control Bureau.

"Zero? That guy is a Class A wanted criminal in six dimensions. He caused a plague in the heavens two years ago, and the angels are extremely angry about it." Chen Guangxi sneered, "You must be really tired of living if you take his orders."

Zhou Yuan immediately took out a level 1 containment box and threw the King of Terror into it.

The scene changes and returns to the villa lobby.

“Ahhhhhhhhh!” Gu Cha Cha screamed with tears streaming down her face. The scream lasted for more than ten seconds before suddenly stopping. She looked around in a daze and found that she seemed to have escaped from the nightmare.

"What's going on?" The man in the jacket looked dazed and frightened.

"This thing is responsible for this." Chen Guangxi pointed at the King of Terror in the containment box. "After we entered the dream world, we were scattered to different dreams by it. It can create a real world and use fear to break the psychological defenses of those trapped. If the trapped person overcomes the fear, it will continue to create various disasters and misfortunes, pushing the trapped person into despair and depravity little by little.

Its ability is useless to me, but I can't forcibly tear apart the dream, so I can only observe from the perspective of a bystander. Fortunately, you, the Holy Son, are powerful."

"Ah, this..." Gu Cha Cha was confused. After a while, she finally understood what was going on. "So, this matter is settled?"

"nailed it."

"But I'm curious, why did you come to bully a little girl when you were causing trouble in the human world?" Chen Guangxi asked.

"I... just picked someone at random..." The King of Terror trembled, "What? Men, women, old people, and children are all human beings, aren't they? What's the difference?"

【Jeong-yeon 言。】

Zhou Yuan kicked the containment box fiercely, and the little man inside trembled with fear, threatening: "Tell the truth! Otherwise, I will sink you into the cesspool."

“No, no, no…” The King of Terror immediately confessed, “In the beginning, my targets were all Beyonders, but four days ago, ‘Zero’ suddenly broke into my dream and asked me to come and harass this kid, and also asked me to kill the Beyonder who came to deal with me later… This is the whole truth, really, I didn’t lie to you.”

Zhou Yuan and Chen Guangxi looked at each other. This seemed to be a premeditated ambush!

“Wait a minute…” Gu Chacha was stunned when she heard this, “Zero wants to kill us? We haven’t even seen him.”

Luo Qi was harassed four days ago, and four days ago, Gu Chacha and the other two had not yet established contact with Zhou Yuan, so she thought that Zero wanted to kill the three of them.

"That's not right. We were still in Europe four days ago, and our schedule wasn't confirmed yet..." The man in the jacket frowned. "It shouldn't be our fault, right? And how did Zero know that Luo Hongfu would contact us?"

"I think... that guy is coming for the two of us." Chen Guangxi touched his chin, "After all, the three of you are all little Karami, and Zero is level 5. Even if he wants to kill you, there is no need to go through so much trouble."

"Uh..." Gu Chacha nodded, "Indeed."

"Most spirit travelers like Zero know some divination skills and can see vague scenes from the future or the past. He must have used divination to see that we were connected, so he planned this incident."

Chen Guangxi analyzed, "The reason why we chose Luo Qi as the target is because we need Luo Hongfu to contact Gu Chacha. When you arrived at the scene and realized that the situation was difficult, you would naturally seek help from the Holy Son you just met. I will also follow you to join in the fun..."

She looked at the Terror King in the containment box: "Although this guy looks very cowardly now, his ability is very terrifying. If Zhou Yuan hadn't broken the situation, even I would have been trapped to death in the dream world... This trap was set up very perfectly, but it was a pity that it was still a step behind.

I just don’t know, is it me or you that Zero really wants to kill… or maybe both.”

"I haven't offended him. He doesn't want to kill me just because I'm the Holy Son of the Holy Crow Cult, does he?" Zhou Yuan said helplessly.

"It's very likely." Gu Chacha nodded seriously, "Several previous Holy Sons were assassinated shortly after taking office. Even if you have no grudges against each other, your identities make you a grudge."

Zhou Yuan: “…”

"Great! It sounds awesome to have everyone in the world as your enemy." Chen Guangxi smiled and patted his shoulder.

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Leaving the dream world, the system prompt sounded immediately.

[The mission "I like to kill people in my dreams" has been completed] [Task evaluation: S (experience points and star coin rewards increased to 150%)]

[Comment: There is only one kind of true heroism in the world, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life. No matter how much suffering and hardship you experience, it will not erase your original intention. One day, this passion will warm more people.]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*1200]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*6000]

【LV28→LV29! 】

[Experience value: 450/1500]

[Star Coins: 13160]

[Available attribute points: 1]

The mission objective is to kill the evil ghost in the dream, but that evil ghost is transformed by the power of the King of Fear, so directly capturing the king can also complete the mission.

Zhou Yuan added attribute points to perception, bringing the perception attribute to 31 points.

The rest of the matters were left to Gu Chacha and the other two. Zhou Yuan and Chen Guangxi did not exchange pleasantries with Luo Hongfu's family and immediately rushed to the Xin Yue Control Bureau.

Containment Department.

Zhou Yuan placed the containment box on the table: "We just contained an abnormal creature, it should be a level 3 anomaly."

"Level 3 anomaly?" The containment employee was startled and asked in surprise, "Then why are you using a Level 1 containment box?"

"Calm down. With this thing in its current state, a level 1 containment box is more than enough."

"I'm going to call someone now."

Half an hour later, after research by professors from the Containment Department, a new anomaly project was created, and the anomaly encyclopedia was updated accordingly.

[Anomaly 10254: The King of Terror]

“This abnormal ability can be used to screen specific groups of people, but the risk factor is very high. I think most people cannot get out after entering the dream world, so it is better to seal it semi-permanently.” said Professor Ma, who was wearing thick glasses.

If the anomaly's capabilities are appropriate, the Bureau will turn it into a help, otherwise a different containment strategy will be implemented.

It is semi-permanently sealed, but if the time is right, it can see the light of day again.

To be permanently sealed means to be truly isolated from the outside world forever, sinking into a vault of darkness and nothingness.

"Since you can penetrate that dream world, your character should be good enough to use that abnormal item." Professor Ma looked at Zhou Yuan with a meaningful look.

"What?" Zhou Yuan was stunned.

"Follow me." Professor Ma took Zhou Yuan and Chen Guangxi to the shelter.

At the door of the warehouse, he motioned for the two to wait for a moment and then walked in. After a while, he came out wearing a pair of thick cotton gloves, carefully holding a box made of ice.

The cold ice box emitted a chill visible to the naked eye, and inside it, there was a ball of burning and leaping red flame.

"Anomaly 1054: Fire." Professor Ma introduced its name, the flames reflected in the lenses and deep in his pupils.

“This is an abnormal item that was formed after the death of a Beyonder in Xinyue many, many years ago. Only people with qualified character can control it.

If you can harness it, it's yours.

If not, the mission subsidy will be the standard price for a Level 3 abnormal event, 500 million federal coins."

"This..." Zhou Yuan was stunned.

Because the price of this abnormal item is definitely far more than 500 million federal coins, it should not be used as a mission subsidy.

"I want to find a suitable successor for it." Professor Ma said seriously.

(End of this chapter)