The actions of the big brother who suddenly arrived, then suddenly exited, eased the tense atmosphere. The atmosphere which had been strained with danger lurking everywhere suddenly had a slight comical feel.
Although it wasn’t a very sincere gesture, Xiao Lan still silently lit a candle for him in his heart.
After that, the two of them headed out of the control room.
Several parts of the platform, which had suffered the dual casualty of an explosion and a large fire, had become very fragile. It was like a frozen lake surface; it was hard to judge which part was safe to step on just from the external appearance.
As they moved forward, plenty of fragments fell from the ceiling, along with dust and rubble. At the slightest inattention, they might be hit.
Smoke also slowly appeared in the air and started to get thicker.
At this time, not only was it difficult to breathe, Xiao Lan’s eyes also started to feel uncomfortable.
Based on their recollections of their earlier exploration, they walk to the train. They had no idea what time it was now or how long it would take for the train to arrive; hopefully it would be sooner rather than later.
“Warning! …All passengers, please… bzz… do not board the train…
“Warning! Bzz… All… passengers, please… do not… board the train…
“Warning…”
The station announcement rang out once more, the tone a little strict.
The station was already burnt to this extent, yet the broadcast still diligently warned players not to board the train. It was simply the Advent World’s Annual Most Inspiring Ghost.
Their objective was: The station can burn, the players must die.
After hearing the broadcast, Xiao Lan and Luo’s footsteps not only didn’t stop, they conversely got quicker.
If we don’t go just because you say so, wouldn’t that be very embarrassing for us?
Avoiding a pillar that had toppled over, Xiao Lan and Luo arrived at the bulletin board which they had passed previously.
Shadowy figures appeared up ahead.
They were of different heights and their limbs were damaged to varying degrees. They were standing quietly up ahead, as if waiting for players to pass.
Seeing Xiao Lan and Luo appear, the originally stiff and unmoving figures lifted their heads one after another, revealing faces that each had their own traits.
Xiao Lan saw the female ticket seller. She was still missing her lower half and was crawling on the ground. They could vaguely see her guts being dragged along from her waist.
The cleaner auntie whom they had seen was also among them.
She now looked much more malevolent than before. Most of her face was burned and her two eye sockets were empty. One of the eyes had disappeared without a trace, while the other was dangling precariously from the socket.
“We… meet again… hehehe…” The cleaner auntie’s throat seemed to have been ruined by the smoke. Each syllable was hoarse and slightly difficult to get out.
“It turns out you actually put on makeup previously?” Xiao Lan was a little astonished. He originally thought that the dead grey appearance they had seen was this auntie’s death state; unexpectedly, this was what she looked like after her makeup was removed.
Xiao Lan suddenly developed an intense curiosity about the ghosts’ makeup technique.
Perhaps Xiao Lan’s expression and words were too straightforward. The cleaner auntie’s face which already looked very stiff suddenly turned fierce. She roared at Xiao Lan, “Drop… dead —”
It looked like regardless of their age or taste, or whether they were dead or not, women would always be indignant about other people ridiculing their bare faces.
Xiao Lan: “…”
Why become hostile just like that? He hadn’t said anything.
Luo promptly explained, “Sir, judging a woman’s bare face is extremely impolite behaviour. To some degree, it’s on par with courting death.”
After undergoing a baptism of the various cultures of the real world, Luo now had a thorough understanding about this.
Xiao Lan looked at Luo with an innocent face. “I can’t even tell the truth?”
The cleaner auntie’s anger rose another level. She lifted a hand and threw out the bag which the large amount of eyeballs had appeared from.
Xiao Lan: “Alright, I now know I can’t…”
In midair, the zipper of the bag slowly opened. This time, what appeared wasn’t eyes, but a finger.
It seemed that there wasn’t just one type of thing in this bag ah? Judging by the bag’s volume, it clearly couldn’t contain so many things. Could it be that… it was actually manufacturing the eyeballs and hands?
Xiao Lan recalled the eyeballs that had grown in number and chased them persistently. He definitely didn’t want this sort of troublesome thing to chase him again.
Promptly making a decision, he seized the moment when the bag was in the air and hadn’t zipped all the way open to directly leap up, his dagger slashing incisively and ruthlessly at this bag.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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The next second, this bag that had the bright, world-renowned brand logo was cut into two. The hand that wasn’t able to burrow out and take shape in time directly turned into flying ash.
“Damaged prop, poverty value increased by 1.6 mil.”
Xiao Lan absolutely didn’t expect this surprise harvest. “1.6 million? Fuck me… what bag is it, it’s actually so expensive!”
Luo replied lightly, “This is probably a limited edition produced a hundred years ago; furthermore, it was preserved extremely well. Previously, there was a similar bag which sold for roughly the same price at an auction.”
Hearing this, the cleaner auntie opposite also paused. She probably also never thought that the bag she casually picked up would be so valuable.
However, thanks to Xiao Lan, there was nothing at all now.
Even if she was already dead, she experienced the heartache of sudden wealth disappearing.
Her empty eye sockets turned to Xiao Lan, with ‘return me my money!!’ written all over the insdes.
In the wake of the cleaner auntie’s fury, the ghosts around her chased after Xiao Lan and Luo.
Seeing the situation take a turn for the worse, Xiao Lan and Luo broke into a run.
The most important objective now was to board the train. If they got tangled up with these ghosts, they would definitely waste a lot of time here. If they missed the first train, who knew whether this station could last until the next one arrived.
Even if they wanted to fight, now wasn’t the time.
The two ran forward, occasionally even leaping over holes that appeared on the floor.
The ghosts behind them pursued them relentlessly while also constantly calling to them. “Come… this side…”
They were simply like a pyramid scheme organisation that had been brainwashed.
A string of tails behind them, Xiao Lan and Luo finally arrived at the train’s location.
Unfortunately, the train hadn’t reached the station yet, and there was no sign of it arriving any time soon.
There was also the distant sound of someone running.
Xiao Lan lifted his head for a look. Among the chaos, he directly locked onto a fluorescent green head. This head’s owner was leaping and jumping about, and looked full of vitality.
There seemed to be a lot of ghosts chasing after her too.
Xiao Lan called out, “Fugui —”
“Hey! Xiao ge —” Diyi Fugui’s voice rang out. “Do you guys have train tickets? I have a lot here!”
She raised a gaudy rucksack in her hand. When she swung it, there were clinking sounds. Who knew where she had looted them from to actually have such a big bag.
As Xiao Lan ran, he asked, “Where did you get this?”
Diyi Fugui ran her hand through her slightly disheveled hair. “I don’t know either ah. I picked it up on the wayside, then there was an explanation that said that I could leave the station or something.”
This unreliable appearance made Xiao Lan a little worried. “What colour are they? Take a look; white doesn’t work, only black is useful.”
“Ah? So it’s like that?” As Diyi Fugui ran, she opened the rucksack, then dug out handful after handful of white tickets.
“Aiya, this is white…”
“This too…”
She tossed the tickets to the ground and they scattered all over the floor with clinks and clanks.
Xiao Lan watched from afar with black lines on his face. Fugui ah, you’re simply like a walking human flag, you know?
“Ah! Found it!” When Diyi Fugui emptied out the entire rucksack, she finally found a black train ticket. She looked at the white tickets she had tossed out the whole way. “Turns out these are all traps ah…”
She waved the black ticket in her hand and gave Xiao Lan a foolish smile and a thumbs up. “Xiao ge, you’re really too awesome!”
Xiao Lan: “…”
Did this fellow clear games by complete luck?!
For young lady Fugui to survive until now, could it be that the Advent World threw the game and gave her easy mode…
After Diyi Fugui approached, the ghosts following her and the ghosts that had been chasing Xiao Lan and Luo merged together. There was a strong intent to directly engulf the three of them.
However, not far behind the three of them was the train tracks. The train still hadn’t arrived and they could no longer retreat.
“Xiao ge, watch me!” Diyi Fugui volunteered, expressing that she could fight.
They then saw her raise her right hand and curl it into a fist. A flickering green light emerged from her fist. Diyi Fugui punched at the ghosts before her and yelled, “Eat my single dog fist —”
A bright green light flew out from her fist and suddenly attacked the ghosts.
The ghosts in front of her fist were instantly sent flying, and the circle around the three of them collapsed. The green light advanced forward unstoppably, finally leaving a dog’s paw print on the ground.
【Single dog’s fist】 – this skill’s effect was as sharp as its name, while its might was very extraordinary.
Something seemed to occur to Xiao Lan. “Um… Fugui ah, do you have to shout this line to activate your skill?”
Diyi Fugui withdrew her fist and nodded. “Yes ah. Moreover, only single dogs can activate this skill. If I leave the dog team, I won’t be able to use it anymore. But it’s extra effective against couples.”
Girl, your skill is seriously both shameful and strict.
It seemed there was no hope of Fugui leaving the dog team in this lifetime, but this scenester girl didn’t appear to mind at all.
After throwing this punch, Diyi Fugui immediately withdrew it. “Xiao ge, my skill is in cooldown.”
Xiao Lan raised 【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】 and casually asked, “How long?”
Diyi Fugui: “4 minutes and 44 seconds.”
…What a skill full of a single dog’s resentment.
At that moment, players came from all the other directions one after another. It looked like they had all discovered the way to clear the game.
But following their arrival, the ghosts on the platform grew in number.
At that moment, it was obvious that Diyi Fugui and Luo, who were holding tickets, were attacked a lot more. The other people were also in roughly the same condition, but a few players only had a smattering of ghosts who attacked them; it seemed that they hadn’t found tickets.
The ghosts gathered once more and attacked the three of them from different directions.
As Diyi Fugui dodged to the side, she took out something like a flyswatter from her item backpack and smacked the ghosts with it.
Luo flung out black blades continuously to cut off the ghosts that were trying to approach them. He even took advantage of the situation to secretly absorb some of the body parts that fell off, and had the air of one who would seize any opportunity, which made the ghosts feel more and more hesitant in the face of his attack.
Xiao Lan, on the other hand, was holding the brooch because of the task, and was just like a big, sweet cake in the ghosts’ eyes; there were especially a lot of ghosts that rushed at him.
Some of these ghosts seemed to have corporeal bodies while some were semi-translucent. It was clear that physical attacks wouldn’t hurt them at all.
Xiao Lan naturally wouldn’t sit and wait for death. He activated 【Introduction to the fundamental principles of Marxism】.
【Name: Introduction to the fundamental principles of Marxism (High grade item)】
【Ability: Able to change matter when used on phantom-types. Can harm phantom-types with physical attacks when used on self. Duration of 10 minutes (Number of uses (4/5)】
【Description: The world is material. The true unifying factor in the world is its material quality】
Instantly, a pressure which came from the material world emanated from his body.
Xiao Lan curled his lip at the ghosts that were gathering around him like he was a supermarket’s large promotion. “Come, I’ll let you guys experience what it’s like to transcend physics.”
With that, Xiao Lan suddenly shot forward like an arrow, the dagger in his hand slashing out as a gleaming blade which even made the souls of these ghosts tremble.
A pale hand with bright red nail polish attempted to secretly attack Xiao Lan.
The next second, a snow-coloured blade glinted and the arm fell to the ground and dissipated.
“AH —” The arm’s owner clutched her cut limb and let out a piercing, ghostly howl. She felt pain, a pain that she never felt ever since her death. At this moment, it was unexpectedly vivid.
It was to the point that this pain was even more intense than what she had felt when she died, and carried the terrifying suffering of one’s soul being cauterised.
This was the strength of Marxism!
Xiao Lan charged right into the ghost crowd like a demonic spirit. Each cut that landed brought a wave of screams as countless ghosts lost their fighting strength from his attack.
And since Xiao Lan clearly didn’t intend to kill NPCs as the aftermath would be too troublesome, they could only wail painfully on the ground. The shrill sound of the ghosts crying as they piled up on top of each other made the scalps of those listening turn numb.
This was unexpectedly an even scarier scene than directly annihilating them.
Gradually, the ghosts around Xiao Lan began backing away to form an empty zone around him.
Like this, he quietly stood under the fearful gazes of an expanse of ghosts.
“Who’s next?” Xiao Lan’s eyes swept across the ghosts.
Each ghost that met his eyes couldn’t help averting their gaze; none of them dared to meet his eyes.
“Fuck, Xiao ge is goddamn cool!” Diyi Fugui secretly peeked at this scene. She resolved to share this spectacle with Zhao Xiaohe when she returned.
At that moment, the train rumbled in the distance. It was clear that the players’ hope was about to arrive.
A hopeful light appeared in the eyes of the players who were fighting bravely.
But at the same time, the station broadcast rang out again. This time, there was a murderous chill in its tone:
“Warning! …If passengers… leave the station… kill!
“Please… leave the… brooch behind…”
Following the station broadcast, it was as if the ghosts in the station had received some command. A crazed look emerged in their eyes, as if even their consciousness was starting to disappear.
The ghosts gave up on their original target and threw themselves at Xiao Lan despite the price they had to pay.
Even if Xiao Lan’s dagger ruthlessly cut them in two, their remaining parts still untiringly attacked Xiao Lan.
“Troublesome,” Xiao Lan said lightly when he saw that the train lights were still far away.
Luo rushed to Xiao Lan’s side first thing and cast a defensive line with black shadows. However, there were seriously too many ghosts. Even when Luo swallowed them up, they still didn’t retreat, stepping on their comrades’ bodies that were still being engulfed to rush over.
Diyi Fugui also returned to aid Xiao Lan. However, she had just used her skill, and her flyswatter truly wasn’t strong enough.
Diyi Fugui swung her flyswatter. “Damn it! I really want to burn them; they dare to covet my Xiao ge!!”
Hearing this, Xiao Lan’s eyes brightened. “Good plan ah, Fugui!”
“Hah?” Diyi Fugui had yet to react.
Faced with ghosts who practically filled the entire area, Xiao Lan activated his skill:
【Name: Poverty is unable to restrict my imagination】
【Ability: Flame Manipulation】
【Remaining time: 00:04:59】
There were ghosts in the air and piles of them on the ground which attacked like a tide, almost covering their line of sight.
Xiao Lan put away his dagger and lifted his right hand to snap his fingers crisply.
At the sound, flames poured out of his fingertips and swiftly wove together into a humongous fireball which surrounded Xiao Lan and the other two.
The bright fireball continued to spread through their surroundings. That burning hot temperature made these ghosts who had died from the explosion or fire feel incomparable pain. They recalled the mournful devastation they felt at their deaths.
The fear of fire was deeply engraved in their souls.
Bang —
Under Xiao Lan’s manipulation, the fireball exploded and illuminated the originally dim platform in a bright expanse.
The ghosts scattered everywhere under the fire’s attack, howling painfully.
At that moment, in this field of fire, Xiao Lan’s figure appeared just that indomitable.
The players who had been fighting couldn’t help but pause in their actions. They gaped as they stared wide-eyed at this scene. What… person had they been matched up with in this round…
This… was this really an intermediate player?!
Xiao Lan’s eyes were full of pure icy fighting intent.
“Burn up all the filth ba, red lotus flame!”
Xiao Lan: “…”
Wait a second, I wasn’t the one who said that sentence.
Fugui, what chuuni lines are these?!!!
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Xiao Lan: Today is another day of quietly showing off~
yeah so there’s a meme about a monk using a gun that’s obviously hilarious, i don’t think i need to explain? Like just, exorcising demons with a gun instead of mantras or prayers
“Burn up all the filth ba , red lotus flames!”
Hahahahaha, OMG she is so chunni. Loving her.
The girl’s definitely good at lightening the mood 😂
Thank you for the chapter 💕
I hope to see Fugui again, that happy single dog xDDD
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
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Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^)♡
She’s so funny 🤣
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
Fugui is just that typical anime character who shouts their move everytime they attack XD
Thank you for your amazing translation!
I’d been wondering if Diyi Fugui was going to make it back! She really is…something else haha. I love how awesome Xiao Lan comes across as when he uses his skill, at this point there must be so many legends about when he “gets serious”
Thank you so much for translating!
Single dog skill will soon be used on XL and LUo~
Thanks for the chapter~
I’m weakkkkkk 😂😂
Single dog’s fist, how cool is that! skill I’d sure be able to use
it, and I would, especially on couples sneers. Feel the power of the
dog team and diiiieeee!
But XL, no wonder you don’t have a girlfriend! Not that you need one, you’ll be with Luo anyway (I wouldn’t attack you two). But still, sometimes being direct isn’t the right thing to do!
Fugui is treading on thin ice here… “My Xiao ge”…. Luo is listening, you know…😅
“I’d sure be able to use that skill”. Why did this website ruin my sentence??
Xiao Lan is so OP. I love him!
thanks for the chapter <3
Imagine Ellie Goulding’s Burn playing in the background 🤣 Epic.
Ahh this single dog Fugui is so cute 🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Fugui is too amazing (｀_´)ゞ
I love this girl 😂😂😂
I think ‘go die go die’ organization meant that ‘go’ (sounds like the chinese word for dog – gou) here refers to a single person (single dogs) so they want to for their single status to die, mean that the moment they leave their single status they are confirmed in a relationship? Hmm…
Also… I still feel unsettled with this Fugui. She just suddenly appears… then, when she mentioned ‘burn’, I think she is prompting for Xiao Lan to show his power so the Lunhui can confirm how strong Xiao Lan is, and might confirm what skills does he have.
Its Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist but in book form
Roy Mustang? 🤣✨
single dog fist- she boutta deal extra crit damage to her temmates without knowing it 😂