125: Chapter 125 I Came Guided by [Heavenly Secrets]

[Firearms Shooting: LV.1 (Entry-level)]

After shooting several people in succession, this skill finally appeared in Chu Xuan's regular task bar.

This meant that as long as he spent enough spirituality value, he could immediately become a sharpshooter.

However, for Chu Xuan, he was more concerned about another prompt.

[Task One: Prevent humans coming here from having their bodies possessed by Strange Creaturess, at least 15 spots. (4/0/18)]

Originally it was "0/0/18", but now it had become "4/0/18".

Chu Xuan was thoughtful; he understood the last number "18" represented the total number of newcomers who arrived here.

The "4" represented Tao Jiajia and the others who had just been shot by Chu Xuan.

So what did the middle number represent?

[Detected that the host has triggered a quota-related task for the first time. The following prompt is provided (Note: This prompt does not consume spirituality value):

Using Task One "4/0/18" as an example, "18" represents the total number, "0" represents the number of failures, and "4" represents the number of successes.]

I see!

Chu Xuan understood immediately, but then he realized that this task didn't seem to forbid him from killing the rest of the people.

Perhaps, relatively speaking, the System task cared less about whether these people lived or died and more about preventing them from being possessed by Strange Creaturess!

In that instant, numerous thoughts flooded his mind. As his gaze shifted, the passengers huddled together in terror and moved closer.

It wasn't that these people didn't fear Chu Xuan, but rather that amidst the spreading scent of blood, the freshly dead corpses made the villagers look like beasts that had caught a whiff of gore; their faces were contorted, appearing ready to pounce and bite at any moment.

Outside the Village Entrance Archway, there was only a tiny patch of safe ground; everything else was shrouded in darkness. Some tried to summon their courage to turn back and run, but they seemed to hit an invisible air wall.

The eerie bus that had brought them here also drove off into the distance with a honk after they disembarked, vanishing into the darkness.

A strong sense of hunger, accompanied by an uncontrollable killing intent, surged in his heart. Chu Xuan suddenly felt an impulse to pounce and fight for the bloody feast.

As Chu Xuan's gaze swept over the many passengers, his desire to devour them grew even stronger.

The next second, Chu Xuan suddenly snapped out of it and said coldly, "Phantom Demon, you're influencing me again."

"My friend, I am not influencing you. This is your own inner desire. The harder you suppress it now, the more crazed it will be when it eventually rebounds."

The Phantom Demon's voice was consistently gentle and magnetic, like that of a kind elder:

"Why not release your true nature right now? Eat them. What does devouring your own kind matter? It's no different from you humans eating other creatures. The essence of the world is devouring and plundering. So-called humanity is just a mental barrier. Breakthrough this obstacle, and you will be your true self..."

At this moment, Tang Zheng walked over and asked, "Chu Xuan, how should we handle this remaining one?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the Fox not far away, who had a pained expression and was prying out a bullet with a broken sword.

"I know what I'm doing."

Chu Xuan suppressed the Bloodthirsty in his heart, walked over to the Fox, and regained his composure. He spoke indifferently, "Do you want to live or die?"

"What exactly do you want?"

The Fox asked through gritted teeth. Her legs had been hit by a total of five bullets. In this place where her Rank was suppressed to Level 1, her Physical Body's strength was also weakened, making it easy for the bullets to pierce through, even feeling as though they had damaged the bone.

Bang!

A bullet shot out from the muzzle, sending the dirt beside the Fox flying.

The Fox's breathing quickened, and she hurriedly shouted, "Wait! I want to live, I want to live!"

Chu Xuan said calmly, "First, hand over all the spirit money you have."

A look of shame and anger appeared on the Fox's face, but she still pulled a handful of spirit money from the luxury handbag slung over her shoulder—twelve coins in total—and handed them all over.

"You were going to kill us just for this?" The Fox's almond-shaped eyes widened.

Chu Xuan took the spirit money and stuffed it into his satchel, saying nonchalantly, "Didn't you see the Baldy turn into a Strange Creatures?"

The Fox was slightly stunned.

Chu Xuan said calmly, "He failed to withstand the gods' trial and has been backlashed by the Specter inside him. Besides him, there are even greater dangers here, which is precisely why we received the Escape Mission."

The Fox subconsciously asked, "What dangers?"

"That's none of your business." Chu Xuan's gaze was deep, and his tone was haunting:

"I come guided by [Heavenly Secret]. You few stood in my way, so naturally, death was the only path. If you weren't still somewhat useful, I wouldn't have given you the chance to speak."

Hearing this, the Fox couldn't help but look confused.

Chu Xuan said, "Knowing too much won't do you any good. After we get out, just have Xinyue Fox come find me."

The Fox's body trembled. She stared intently at Chu Xuan and said in a low voice, "It seems you know a lot about us... but I don't even know who you are, so how am I supposed to find you? Besides, this Escape Mission is bound to be dangerous. In my current state, I'm afraid my chances of survival are slim."

The Fox glanced at her legs, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"Just stay here; the Escape Mission has nothing to do with you! When the villagers riot, your Rank suppression will wear off. With your Invisibility Ability, protecting yourself shouldn't be hard. Then just wait for dawn to leave. As for how to find me..."

Chu Xuan's eyes were as calm as water, as if he had everything under control. "I have your contact information. I'll send you a text message later."

The Fox was visibly shaken.

At this moment, even though Chu Xuan was standing clearly before her eyes, he seemed as if hidden behind layers of mist, giving her a sense of profound mystery.

The Fox blurted out, "Who on earth are you?"

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly. He leaned in close to her ear and spoke softly, his voice gentle and seemingly magical:

"I'm now just a newcomer in the Resurrection Society, but before long, I will take my place among the Twenty-Eight Mansions!"

The Fox's delicate body trembled, her eyes reddening. The words resonated in her ears like thunder, and she etched them deep into her heart.

By the time she came to her senses, Chu Xuan had already stood up and was searching the bodies of the bald monster, Old Wu, and Xiao Zei. He found a total of 24 pieces of spirit money.

Among them, Old Wu had 16 pieces of spirit money, the Baldy had 5, and Xiao Zei had only 3.

Chu Xuan frowned.

He clearly remembered that in the dream, Xiao Zei was first forced by Chu Xuan at gunpoint to give 5 pieces of spirit money while going up the mountain, and later in the Mahavira Hall, he had handed over black-rimmed glasses and 15 pieces of spirit money as life-buying money.

That added up to exactly 20 pieces of spirit money!

At that time, most of the newcomers Xiao Zei brought had failed, and he was only given some compensation, which certainly wouldn't have been enough for 15 pieces of spirit money.

In other words, during the mountain ascent in the dream, the spirit money Xiao Zei possessed far exceeded 5 pieces!

Yet now, only 3 pieces of spirit money were found on him. Where did the rest go?

Chu Xuan's heart stirred as a possibility occurred to him. He looked back at the Fox and asked calmly, "You were together, right? Why does this kid have so little spirit money? Is it hidden somewhere?"

"I'm not quite sure. When we were getting on the bus, some of his spirit money suddenly shattered and lost its spirituality; he almost didn't have enough for the fare."

The Fox shook her head, then suddenly remembered something and added, "At that time, several of Old Wu's spirit money coins also shattered. This was something that had never happened before. We had originally planned to report it to our Guide afterward."

"After all, spirit money is the hard currency for internal exchange within our Resurrection Society, as well as the reward for recruiting and guiding newcomers. If even this has problems, then all the hard work our members put into bringing people for Spirit Washing becomes completely meaningless."