Edited by Jules
Seeing that Wen Zhixian was successful in reviving Feng Cheng, Xiao Lan said, “I still have to find that guy who escaped, so I’ll leave first.”
Wen Zhixian waved at him. “Good luck, Xiao Lanlan.”
Feng Cheng said, “Thank you, goodbye.”
Xiao Lan waved as he walked away. “See you, and good luck to you guys as well.”
Xiao Lan stepped out of the already wrecked door of the freezer.
Probably because of the series of explosions, several holes had appeared in the ship, and dense, white fog poured in from outside, limiting his vision as well.
Xiao Lan continued moving through this vacant Endymion ship.
It was still silent here, as if he was the only one left in the world; only the silence and the glamorous decor around him were the same as ever.
Suddenly, he smelled the rusty scent of blood in the air.
Carefully taking a few steps forward, Xiao Lan saw a stretch of red in the white fog.
As he drew closer, he realised that it was an entire expanse of blood. From the ceiling to the walls and even the floor, everything was dyed with blood, as if some flesh body had exploded here.
Xiao Lan looked in the direction he had come from, but couldn’t see the silent and empty corridor anymore.
It was as if he had been walking in this sea of blood all along.
He surveyed his surroundings. This was probably the true Endymion; it was no longer that empty and deathly still cruise ship.
Only the pervasive white fog still lingered.
Then, it was as if a red curtain was pulled open, and in front of him was a hellish scene. Blood was splattered over the walls and floor, and the strong, unremovable smell of blood and death was in the air.
Bodies were scattered haphazardly over the floor; there was already no way to distinguish between players and NPCs.
The cruise ship had a total of 8000 people; Xiao Lan had no idea how many of them were players.
But it was still his first time seeing this many bodies ever since he first entered the games.
They had all died in different ways. Some seemed to have been smashed by a violent force, some seemed to have died from sharp blades, some seemed to have been attacked by some wild beast, and some even had eyes wide open with terror but no trace of any injury on their bodies at all. Nevertheless, they were all already dead.
It was very obvious that they hadn’t been killed by the same thing.
Who knew how many monsters were partying on the Endymion at that moment.
“Ladies and gentlemen… bzzt… An emergency has occurred on the ship. Please proceed to… deck… take the lifeboats… escape for your lives…
“Ladies and gentlemen… bzzt… An emergency has occurred on the ship, please…”
The broadcast on the cruise ship was on constant repeat.
Xiao Lan already couldn’t see anyone who was still alive around him. The ordinary guests who were still alive had all likely followed the directions of the broadcast and fled already.
And those who stayed behind were probably the players doing side tasks.
They wouldn’t choose to flee. Going full steam down the path of courting death was the inherent quality of a player.
Xiao Lan continued moving forward in the ship.
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After walking for a while, he abruptly stopped.
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Xiao Lan truly hated this sort of unscientific creature very much.
Completely illogical.
Um… excluding Luo.
Thinking of Luo, Xiao Lan took out the envelope and tried to contact him again, but there was still no response.
Xiao Lan frowned. Did something happen on Luo’s side?
Although he didn’t understand what was going on, as long as he could clear the game smoothly, they would be able to meet again.
Xiao Lan put away the envelope and followed the tracks left by ‘God’.
The further he went, the more parasitised flesh there was on the ship, which made the corridor look like the nest of some monster.
This flesh tangled together like tree roots even blocked off a portion of the passage, leaving him with no choice but to change course at the last minute.
On the way, Xiao Lan noticed a few non-human corpses embedded in the flesh and being consumed.
This situation was a little discouraging. It seemed that in the time that he lost the trail, ‘God’s’ strength had greatly increased.
If Xiao Lan didn’t hurry up and find him, who knew what this guy might turn into.
“Heh… heh…” Suddenly, strange and hoarse laughter rang out behind Xiao Lan.
He turned his head sharply and saw an unfamiliar face squeezing out of the flesh on the wall.
The face was upside down, the dead grey eyes staring at Xiao Lan sinisterly as it said syllable by syllable, “Blas…phe…mers…die…”
Following its words, the flesh that had been silently growing simultaneously started to attack Xiao Lan.
Countless tentacles darted towards him.
Xiao Lan had already taken out 【Insurgent’s Bone】 when he heard the laughter, and the black blade slashed directly at the flesh tentacles.
After numerous slashes, Xiao Lan could clearly sense that the tentacles had become much more solid.
Xiao Lan’s blade grew even fiercer as it cut through the tentacles and also lashed out at the face.
It seemed that this thing could control the movements of the flesh.
The face sensed the danger and tried to manipulate the flesh into returning to help it.
However, it was too late.
Xiao Lan had already darted swiftly towards the face before mercilessly chopping down at it.
“Ah —”
With a miserable scream, the face was cleaved in two. It was then reabsorbed, like it was melting. Not a single bit was wasted.
The entire process adequately demonstrated the concept of recycling and reuse; it was extremely environmentally friendly.
As the face disappeared, the flesh in the corridor also stopped attacking.
They returned to their previously unconscious growing state.
Xiao Lan heard a system notification. His skill that was always on strike rose from the dead:
“Poverty is unable to restrict my imagination, you’ve obtained 【Wake up, time to get up and work】.”
Xiao Lan looked at his storage space. Inside was an item which looked like an alarm clock.
【Name: Wake up, time to get up and work (rare item)】
【Ability: Forcibly wakes up the target, regardless of the species (24 hours cooldown)】
【Description: May I ask who doesn’t hate the early morning alarm?】
Xiao Lan: “…”
Countless scenes of waking up early in the morning to rush to work or class flashed through his mind.
Why was it that even in the Advent World, he still had to recall such painful matters ah?!!!
Sighing, Xiao Lan didn’t put away his weapon as he continued moving forward.
At the same time, a crack in space suddenly tore open on Endymion’s deck.
A man with braided hair, wheat-coloured skin and casual beach shorts stepped out onto the deck.
Once he was fully out, the space crack behind him instantly disappeared.
Everything looked completely natural, as if he could come and go freely between different instances all the time.
The man with a braid looked at his palm and couldn’t help shaking his head. “Tsk, urgent task — ‘Find the source of abnormal energy and take it away’; why can’t the mission description be more specific? I don’t want to work overtime during my break ah…”
There was a compass-like thing in his hand, and inside was a small lump of fog-like shadow.
The pointer was currently swinging in one direction.
The man with a braid looked at the pointer. “There?”
He lifted his feet in their flip-flops and instantly disappeared.
Following the tracks, Xiao Lan continued to walk further in.
As he continued forward, the original structure of the cruise ship gradually could no longer be seen; everything within sight was tangled flesh.
He later disposed of several human faces that appeared to attack him, and could clearly sense that the further in he went, the more frequent the attacks.
Finally, Xiao Lan entered a very wide and open space.
This had probably been something like a playground, but was now mostly covered in flesh and was no longer recognisable.
The walls, above his head, and a portion of the ground; all of it was sticky and squirming muscles, and carried a sense of vitality that didn’t make Xiao Lan feel happy at all.
Xiao Lan tightened his grip on 【Insurgent’s Bone】, and was even more cautious in his heart.
This place looked very abnormal. It was simply like — a lair.
It was likely that ‘God’s’ main body was right here.
Xiao Lan kept moving.
Suddenly, he stopped.
A sticky sound rang out above him, as if from some soft and viscous thing.
Xiao Lan didn’t raise his head and directly leapt to the side, away from where he had been standing.
The next moment, several things that looked like lizard tongues stabbed down from above.
He didn’t know if he would die if he was licked, but he would definitely be disgusted half to death.
Seeing that their attack had failed, the tongues switched direction and continued attacking Xiao Lan.
Xiao Lan grasped the bone blade and ran towards them without any fear.
The tongues tried to attack his vital parts, but Xiao Lan nimbly dodged them.
To his eye, these tongues may look disgusting and grotesque, but their attack method was still too primitive; they were simply charging around directly.
They simply couldn’t compare with those targets he had fought in the training grounds, whose battle techniques were honed through countless battles.
With several flashes of the blade, the tongues were cut off one by one.
The severed parts writhed on the ground for a good while before slowly falling still.
Xiao Lan carefully proceeded forward in this flesh-formed lair.
Suddenly, a large mound of flesh began wriggling in front of him before it burst open like a flower.
Lying in the center of the flesh was a somewhat familiar figure —
Carlos.
Or more accurately, the ‘God’ who had consumed half of Carlos’s body.
It was wearing Carlos’s handsome face from his youth.
He had thick brown hair and ocean-like eyes and his silhouette was smooth like a sculpture; he looked like a deity in an oil painting.
But only half of him looked human.
The other half was still a malevolent flesh construct with countless human faces over the surface. At that moment, these human faces had turned all their dead grey eyes on Xiao Lan, bizarre smiles on their lips.
‘God’s’ azure eyes looked at Xiao Lan, its gentle smile like that of a true wise and benevolent deity.
It gently applauded, its voice low and beautiful as it praised, “To actually be able to reach God; God praises you for your piety.”
Xiao Lan stared at it, his tone tranquil. “No need, I don’t have some unique hobby of specially running over to see someone strolling around with a bird.”
‘God’: “…”
Such a perfect body like his actually turned into ‘strolling around with a bird’ in this fellow’s mouth?!
Heh, ignorant human.
The fake smile on ‘God’s’ face faded as his malignant, exposed muscles contracted.
At that moment, it just wanted to smash the person in front of him into pieces.
Xiao Lan single-handedly and smoothly drew aggro from ‘God’; he could be said to be the light of humanity.
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I said ‘ew’ outloud. Someone asked why i said so while on my phone. I made a face as if saying ‘you sure you wanna know?’ Then the person quickly changed their minds
I wonder what that poor person thought you were doing 😂
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Thank you for the chapter ❤️
“the light of humanity” pffftttt giggles
where is Luo?
thanks for the chapter <3
I’m a bit worried about Luo D: And is that flip-flop guy here for Luo or for that ‘god’?
Ah, whatever. The light of humanity will save the day…. hahahaha xDD
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
And HNY~ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✲ﾟ｡⋆
I’m wondering if the guy with the compass is a contract player? Or, terribly, Master?
Thx for the chappy
Alarm clock on Monday : my worst nightmare.
Thank you for translating this chapter 🙂
Is that contract player I see there 🧐
Yeah.. Xiao Lan only looks at Luo’s bird.. Get that you dumb god ??? Lol