Just as Mo Mo was thinking about how to increase the amount of food for Hu Bayi and the others, the space fluctuated, and they returned to the place where they had once pitched bamboo rafts behind the Caiyun Inn. The waterway leading to the tomb of the King of Xian was filled with mist, and even Mo Mo's divine sense could not penetrate it. Moreover, Mo Mo discovered that the spiritual energy of this world had become unusually abundant, comparable to some low-level Xianxia worlds. At this moment, Hu Bayi tried to walk into the mist to see what was going on, but was bounced out and almost fell flat on his face.
"What's going on? Why can't I get in?" Hu Bayi rubbed his forehead vigorously.
Seeing Hu Bayi fall to the ground, Shirley Yang said worriedly, "Old Hu, let's not worry about this for now. Let's hurry down the mountain. So much time has passed. Professor Chen and the others must be worried sick about us. Let's go back first."
Just then, Mo Mo frowned. "Someone's coming."
"Someone? Who could be in this desolate wilderness? Besides, with our current strength, what are we afraid of?" The fat man said dismissively.
"Since Master Mo has given you this reminder, he must have his reasons. Who is he?" Hu Bayi scolded the fat man, then turned to ask Mo Mo.
"They're almost here. Be careful, they're not ordinary people," Mo Mo said, frowning.
Upon hearing Mo Mo's words, Hu Bayi and his men gripped their rifles tightly. Just then, a small squad of fully armed men carrying strange weapons emerged from the nearby bushes.
The group consisted of both men and women, mostly around twenty-five years old. Their equipment was clearly of very high quality, and each of them was agile. They traversed the steep mountain path as if it were flat ground in just over twenty seconds, covering fifty or sixty meters of mountain road, and arrived in front of Mo Mo and his group. They looked at Mo Mo and his group with burning eyes and subtly blocked their way down the mountain.
"Old Hu, their weapons are so strange. I've never seen any of them before. You served in the army, have you ever seen these weapons?" The fat man asked Hu Bayi warily, looking at the people who were only seven or eight meters away from them.
"I have never seen a weapon like this before."
Hu Bayi and his companions had never seen such weapons before, because these weapons were simply beyond the capabilities of current technology. Even if they were to develop for another hundred years, it would be impossible to create such weapons. Mo Mo knew the names of the weapons they held, and some people in the real world were also extremely familiar with them.
For example, the person in the front of the group of eight is holding a weapon called Purgatory Asura, the burly man who is over two meters tall is holding a weapon called Extreme Cold Ice God, and among the three women, the sexy and charming woman is holding a weapon called Zeus Electromagnetic Cannon, also known as the Celestial Divinity, while the others are holding weapons such as the Exquisite Beast God or the Light of the Epoch.
The people opposite were overjoyed when they saw Mo Mo and his group. After they came in front of them, each of them stared intently at Mo Mo and his group.
The man with the Epochal Light among the eight approached the man holding the Purgatory Asura and said, "Boss, it's those three main characters! And there are even two Shirley Yangs! We're going to make a fortune!"
“We’re really going to make it big. Although I don’t know what happened, if I’m not mistaken, that very sexy Shirley Yang should be the boss of the Jingjue Ancient City dungeon, the Queen of Jingjue.” After the man finished speaking, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, grinning wickedly.
Among the eight, the lewd-looking man from the Jingjue Beast God group stared intently at the Jingjue Queen and couldn't help but say, "Boss, if I'm not mistaken, they should have lost their power. They're only slightly stronger than ordinary people now. Before we kill them, can we have some fun first?"
"Hahaha, alright, after I've tasted the first soup, I'll let you all enjoy it too. I remember the last time I enjoyed it was during Resident Evil, and it was just a clone of Alice. I never thought we'd have the chance to enjoy the heroine of a world and the beautiful female boss, hahaha."
"Big sister, I think that guy is pretty handsome even though he's not the main character of this world. Shall we try him?" After saying that, the woman among the three women, who was wearing a miniskirt and dressed like a Japanese middle school student, licked her glistening red lips.
"Hmm, it's been a long time since we've tasted meat, that's good." The sexy and charming woman touched the Zeus electromagnetic cannon in her hand, as if reminiscing.
"Rose, if you wanted it, you should have said so earlier! I'm always ready to serve you." That's how Brother Hellfire teased, and then all the men burst into laughter.
This group of people made unrestrained comments about Mo Mo and his companions, as if they were mere commodities to be chosen by them, showing no regard for them whatsoever. They failed to notice the growing chill in Mo Mo and his group's eyes.
A cold glint flashed in Mo Mo's eyes. "Leave two alive, kill the rest."
Upon hearing Mo Mo's instructions, Hu Bayi and his men grinned and raised their rifles. The opposing squad, however, seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world and burst into laughter, with two of them even laughing so hard they fell to the ground.
However, with each gunshot, their smiles froze, then turned to fear. They all raised their guns to retaliate, but it was too late. From the moment Mo Mo spoke until the gunfire stopped, only three seconds had passed. Of the eight people on the other side, only two were still alive: the eldest brother wielding the Purgatory Asura and the eldest sister equipped with the complete set of the Heavenly God Manual. Both of them had already lost their fighting ability.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 109 Game Invasion
Looking at their teammate lying on the ground, the squad's leader and sister were filled with disbelief. The leader muttered in a daze, "How is this possible? How could you possibly break through our defenses with your guns, and even kill us with one shot? This is impossible. Who are you? You're not from this world."
"Looks like you succeeded! You actually used me as a pawn to attract the attention of the rules. But for the sake of that Origin, I won't hold it against you. As for you..." Mo Mo snapped his fingers at them.
After snapping his fingers, Mo Mo began to question the two of them with great interest. Half an hour later, Mo Mo finally figured out what had happened.
It turns out that this group of people are members of the Blood Hand Squad, which consists of ten people. The two people Mo Mo left behind are the captain and vice-captain. They came here to prepare to conquer the Yunnan Insect Valley dungeon, while the remaining two people stayed at the Caiyun Inn at the foot of the mountain.
Their team came from a world called Shenyou, a world of extremely high level that had merged and united many lower-level worlds, developing them into game worlds. These worlds were like virtual game worlds in novels. People from their world could enter these game worlds to explore, conquer, and seek out treasures. They could also gain experience by killing various monsters or native inhabitants of the game world. However, killing a native inhabitant of a world would incur the world's hatred, bringing misfortune everywhere. Moreover, the punishment for death would be doubled.
Unlike real virtual games, after death, the time it takes for them to be resurrected is determined by the good and evil points they accumulated. The more evil points they have, the longer the resurrection time is, and the more good points they have, the shorter the resurrection time is. They are also resurrected in the virtual world, not in the game world, and they cannot enter the game world again for a month after being resurrected.
Moreover, the punishment for death is quite severe. In virtual games, losing a level or a few pieces of equipment upon death is nothing compared to this. These adventurers from the game world lose 50% of their experience upon death. And this 50% is not the 50% of a level in the game, but 50% of all their experience.
To put it simply, for example, if the two people Mo Mo has captured are level 100, and after Mo Mo kills them and they revive, they will lose 50% of their experience, leaving them at level 50. If they die again, they will be level 25. Dying once means losing half of your level, which is a cruel punishment. Imagine you've worked hard in the game world, risking your life to reach the maximum level, and then you accidentally die. Congratulations, you can start all over again. What's even more unbearable is that you lose everything you have after death, except for what you stored in your inventory. However, there's always a glimmer of hope, so every world has some special items that can mitigate these punishments.
Those killed by Mo Mo and his group fared even worse. Since entering the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, they had already committed acts of violence, each with at least one life on their hands. Therefore, they would be detained by the Heavenly Dao of this world until they cleansed their sins before they could be resurrected. Moreover, the resurrection time would be doubled, and half of the items in their warehouse would be lost. As a result, very few adventurers would actually harm the natives. Furthermore, the natives were favored by this world, and there were countless experts among them. You might accidentally bump into someone on the road who could be a hidden master.
After obtaining the information he wanted from the two men, Mo Mo snapped his fingers, and the two members of the Blood Hand Squad returned to normal. Once they were back to normal, they were filled with fear because Mo Mo's methods were too terrifying. He had made them reveal everything without any resistance just by snapping his fingers, and they had remained conscious throughout the entire process, but could only watch helplessly as he revealed everything.
"Master Mo, what happened? How did things turn out like this in just three months? Do we still have any meaning in our existence? We're just characters in a fantasy novel, and everything we do is pre-programmed. What's the point of living?" The fat man was extremely dejected, and Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang's eyes were also dull and lifeless.
"What's wrong with you? Actually, you're not NPC characters in the game; you're natives of the game world," Mo Mo explained.
"What's the difference? They're still NPCs." Shirley Yang sneered.
“Of course there’s a difference. Game NPCs are dead. Their lives are basically pre-programmed. They have no independent consciousness and can’t be considered living beings. You, on the other hand, are natives of the game world. The game world is essentially a real world where everyone is a real life with their own independent consciousness, only subject to certain constraints. And if I’m not mistaken, you should also be able to go on adventures in other game worlds, right?” Mo Mo asked the two members of the Blood Hand Squad.
The two nodded subconsciously.
"I see. After hearing Master Mo's explanation, I feel full of energy and have been fully revived on the spot, hahaha." The fat man's eyes shone brightly after hearing this.
"So you're from another world too?" Queen Jingjue walked over, took Mo Mo's hand, and asked him with a smile.
“That’s right, I’m not actually from this world.” Mo Mo did not deny the Queen of Jingjue’s words.
The two members of the Bloodhand Squad seemed to have thought of something, their eyes lighting up. The alluring woman named Rose spoke first, "Senior, are you a Skywalker? My brother is from the Sanctuary Squad, and he's also a Skywalker. For my brother's sake, could you please let me go? I can stay with you for a year, and I've only ever had one boyfriend, and I've only ever played with him. You can play with me without worry."
"Pah, this woman really won't care about saving her life. Although she's not bad-looking, she's still not as good-looking as Jingjue and Xiaoye." The fat man spat at the woman.
Mo Mo suddenly became interested after hearing this and asked, "Skywalkers? What are those? Tell me about them."
"How is this possible? You're not a Skywalker? And you're not familiar with our world, and you're not from this world. You are... you're an anomaly!" The woman's eyes widened as she spoke, her expression extremely agitated.
"As long as we kill one anomaly, we can directly become a top-tier Skywalker. Report one to the Game Association, and once the information is confirmed, we can be promoted three levels and receive 30,000 game coins. We're rich! Even if we get killed, we won't lose anything. Hahaha, I'm so lucky!" The woman laughed maniacally.
"I'm asking you a question, so answer it now." Mo Mo glanced at her indifferently.
Rose swallowed hard, trembling all over. Mo Mo's gaze almost drove her to a mental breakdown. She felt like she was being stared at by a terrifying prehistoric behemoth. Even the strongest member of her brother's squad was not as terrifying as Mo Mo. "Skywalker is our ranking system. Ordinary people who enter the game world are called adventurers. The strongest can withstand a modern army of a hundred people. Next is the hero, who can withstand a small legion. Then comes the walker, who can withstand the bombardment of an atomic bomb and can easily annihilate a modern legion. Only then comes the skywalker. The skywalker is a god-like figure who can fly, burrow underground, and overturn mountains and seas. No human can withstand them."
"I see. So, Hu Bayi, you guys are probably thinking of them as heroes now. By the way, what level is your team at? Your weapons are quite good." Mo Mo stared at the weapons in their hands with great interest.
"Our team is equivalent to top-tier adventurers," Rose said with a touch of pride.
"So weak, I don't even bother to lay a hand on you. Kill the men, and keep the women as my maids. From now on, you'll have someone to take care of your laundry and cooking. Hmm, I'll take that gun. You can divide the rest among yourselves." With that, Mo Mo waved his hand and took the Hellfire Shura from the man's hand, then walked down the mountain.
At that moment, the corpses on the ground slowly turned into specks of light and disappeared, leaving only a pile of equipment.
Rose watched Mo Mo walking down the mountain and Hu Bayi and the others picking up equipment, and was shocked. "The weather looks like it's going to change."
It's all your fault! You said you were going to write "Ze Tian Ji" (a popular Chinese novel), and I got hooked after downloading it. I stayed up until 1:30 last night, and now I just want to keep reading. I don't even want to write anymore, I'm so sleepy.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 110 Enhancing Strength
When Mo Mo and his group returned to the Rainbow Cloud Inn, the remaining two members of the Blood Hand Squad had already left. After bidding farewell to Peacock and her sister-in-law, Mo Mo and his group hurried back. Along the way, they encountered numerous adventurers. What annoyed them most was that almost every adventurer tried to get close to them. Unlike the members of the Blood Hand Squad, who simply followed or tried to ingratiate themselves, these adventurers behaved with such finesse that it was impossible to find a reason to kill them.
After a long and arduous journey, Mo Mo and his group finally returned to Beijing and gathered at Professor Chen's house.
As soon as they entered Professor Chen's house, a white figure flew into Mo Mo's arms.
It turned out that Ye Yixin, dressed in a white dress, saw Mo Mo and finally couldn't hold back her longing after not seeing him for several months. Ignoring everyone's gaze, she threw herself into Mo Mo's arms, tears streaming down her face, and gently punched Mo Mo with her little pink fists.
"Alright, alright, I'm back now. I'm sorry for making you worry. How are you all? There are so many adventurers around, have you been harassed by them or anything?" Mo Mo looked at Ye Yixin's teary eyes and couldn't help but feel a pang of tenderness in his heart.
Just then, the Queen of Jingjue walked over from behind Mo Mo and said with a smile, "You must be Ye Yixin's sister. My name is Mo Ya, and I am Mo Mo's woman." Then she pulled Qiangwei over and continued to introduce her, "This is Qiangwei, Mo Mo's newly acquired maid, who is here to serve us."
Ye Yixin tightened her grip on Mo Mo's neck and pouted, asking, "Is everything she said true?"
Mo Mo thought to himself, "It seems that the Queen of Jingjue is forcing me to give her an identity, and also to give Ye Yixin a hard time. As expected of the former Queen of Jingjue, she is very cunning. But unfortunately, you will be disappointed. It seems that I still need to teach her a lesson."
“What she said is true. She is indeed my woman. Now what do you want to do?” Mo Mo asked, pressing his forehead against Ye Yixin’s.
"You're mine. She wants me to leave you so she can have you all to herself? Don't even think about it. You were the one who pursued me, while she obviously offered herself up. How can she compare to me?" Ye Yixin spoke softly, her delicate face still bearing traces of tears, making her look exceptionally pitiful. However, her words almost made Queen Mo Ya of Jingjue vomit blood, because Ye Yixin's words directly hit her sore spot.
Watching Mo Mo and Ye Yixin showering each other with affection on the sofa, Fatty nudged Hu Bayi with his elbow, "Old Hu, do you think the current Master Mo is a fake? The Master Mo I know could never be this gentle and considerate. In my memory, all I remember is how he tormented us, how he coldly threw us off a cliff with a smile. This... something's not right!"
Hu Bayi patted Fatty on the shoulder. "Fatty, there's a saying: 'Comparison is the thief of joy, and comparison is the thief of joy.' We've been thrown away. Save your breath. Be careful, or Master Mo might throw you off the plane if he hears that he won't give you a parachute next time."
Just then, Mo Mo's voice came over, "That's a good idea, Lao Hu, I have high hopes for you."
Hu Bayi swallowed hard. "Fatty, Yang, did I say something wrong? I have a feeling we're doomed."
Professor Chen clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention, and said, "Alright, although the matter of the Eyeball Diagram has been resolved, our world is now flooded with a large number of adventurers. While there aren't any particularly powerful adventurers yet, we must seize the opportunity to work hard to improve our strength so that we can survive better in the future."
Mo Mo picked up where Professor Chen left off, saying, "Professor Chen is right. This world is no longer the world you used to know. In the future, everything will depend on strength. Whether you want to embark on an adventure or live comfortably in this world, you must have enough strength. Without strength, everything is just a dream, a bubble that will burst at the slightest touch."
"Now is the best opportunity for you to improve your strength, because this world is just beginning to evolve, many rules are not yet perfect, and resources are at their most abundant. Once this world has fully evolved, you can only improve your strength step by step. At that time, it will be ten times more difficult for you to improve your strength than it is now, and there will be many more restrictions."
"Master Mo, do you have any way to quickly improve our strength?" Professor Chen asked anxiously. After all, he was already quite old, and it would be more difficult for him to improve his strength than for Hu Bayi and the others. Moreover, he knew that the stronger one was, the longer one's lifespan would be. For someone who was already over sixty, what could be more attractive than increasing one's lifespan?
"I do have a method, but it's a bit stimulating. However, I guarantee it'll be super fun, and you'll want to do it again after the first time. But your physique isn't quite there yet, so you should practice Tai Chi or something similar first. Get your body in good shape before joining Hu Bayi and the others." After saying that, he waved his hand at the table and took out some martial arts manuals he had collected from the Condor Heroes world, letting them choose the ones that best suited them for practice.
As for why Mo Mo didn't bring out more advanced cultivation methods, it's because the future path of this world has already been set. Hu Bayi and the others' future cultivation system can only be the system prescribed by this world, otherwise they will be rejected by this world, eventually leading to qi deviation. Mo Mo brought out these martial arts manuals only to give them a means to absorb energy. As for what kind of cultivation system it is, it makes no difference, because the energy they are currently absorbing is mainly used to strengthen their bodies, change their physique, and increase their potential.
The fat man excitedly shouted, "Wow, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Nine Yin Manual, Qiankun Great Shift, Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, Tai Chi Classics, this is it, Master Mo, did you pick up the wrong one?" However, when he saw one of the manuals, he asked Mo Mo with some doubt. The first page of the manual read, "To practice this skill, one must castrate oneself."
Professor Chen was drinking tea to calm his elation, but when he saw the manual in the fat man's hand, he spat out his tea and exclaimed in shock, "The Sunflower Manual!"
"What?! The Sunflower Manual?" Immediately, a chorus of exclamations erupted in the hall.
"What's the big deal? It's normal to have the Sunflower Manual. I didn't make you practice it. I just took it out for you to refer to, or you can sell it for a good price. After all, those adventurers are very rich." Mo Mo said calmly. In fact, Mo Mo had just found the Sunflower Manual himself, and he didn't know when he had obtained it.
After Hu Bayi and the others chose their martial arts manuals, Mo Mo put away the rest. "You should practice diligently first. Once you reach a certain level of strength, you can begin special training. After the special training, you can go and seek out your own opportunities to increase your strength." After saying that, Mo Mo pulled Ye Yixin away.
Upon leaving Professor Chen's house, Mo Mo casually glanced around and spotted more than twenty adventurers. Some were waiting by the street, some lived next to Professor Chen's house, and some even had set up stalls on the spot. When these people saw Mo Mo with three beautiful women, their eyes immediately filled with fervor.
"Mo Mo, their gazes are so annoying, like they want to eat me alive." Ye Yixin gripped Mo Mo's hand tightly.
"Don't worry, I will protect you. I won't let them harm a single hair on your heads," Mo Mo patted Ye Yixin's hand to comfort her.
"Let's go home."
As Mo Mo walked, the adventurers on the street made way for him.
“If we leave like this, our lodgings will definitely be exposed. Give me a copy of the Huashan Sword Technique and I’ll take care of them all.” Rose licked her sexy lips and suggested to Mo Mo.
"Don't worry, they won't find us."
Looking at Mo Mo's confident face, Qiangwei swallowed her words. Then she saw a horrifying scene. Right after Mo Mo finished speaking, they seemed to disappear from everyone else's sight. Even if someone passed by them, they would ignore them and give way.
A dozen minutes later, Mo Mo and the others returned to their residence. It was already past five in the afternoon, so Mo Mo took the initiative to cook a sumptuous dinner to make up for Ye Yixin's absence. After dinner, Ye Yixin was unusually proactive, and soon the two were entangled together. Then, Queen Mo Ya of Jingjue joined the fray, and even Qiangwei joined the battle. The four of them fought until late at night before finally falling into a deep sleep.
After that, Mo Mo and the others spent their days kissing and cuddling, and then incidentally tormenting, oh no, training Hu Bayi and the others, before enjoying their blissful nights of sex.
Time flies, and more than half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Hu Bayi and his companions have met Mo Mo's criteria and can now officially go on adventures. Mo Mo has also perfected his cultivation technique and his cultivation level has recovered to that of a quasi-emperor.