sinovels Chapter 341: How did you trick 5 players into coming to their deaths?
Chapter 341: How did you trick 5 players into coming to their deaths?
Several skeletons wearing tattered red vests emerged from the shadows below the stands.
They carried three podiums pieced together from white foam boxes and huffed and puffed as they ran to the edge of the pool.
Numbers were scrawled crookedly in red paint on the podium.
On the foam box marked "1", half of the delivery slip was still attached.
Chen You looked at the skeletons carrying styrofoam boxes. Their movements were stiff, and every now and then a rib or two would fall off.
In an attempt to steal a styrofoam box marked with the number "1", a skeleton twisted off its companion's skull.
Aguda kicked the troublesome skeleton away, picked up the skull, and put it back.
"Please excuse my poor performance, sir. The quality of our junior staff is rather low," Aguda explained, rubbing his hands together.
Chen You: "..."
Whatever, whatever.
Then, a piercing electrical hum came from the old loudspeaker in the corner of the sports center.
An extremely desolate and mournful suona version of "Athletes' March" echoed throughout the stadium.
The music was not only mournful, but also interspersed with a few faint ghostly cries.
Chen You's lips twitched twice.
Wrapped in a tattered towel he'd found somewhere, and holding a thermos in both hands, Ao Guang walked shakily to the podium.
"What kind of grotesque music is this! Even I, an old man, can't stand it anymore!" Ao Guang cursed, taking a sip of hot water from his thermos.
Zhang Shun, on the other hand, was extremely excited.
He dashed up to the highest podium marked with "1", put his hands on his hips, and waved to the empty audience.
"Thank you all for your support! I, the White Streak in the Waves, deserve to win today!"
The giant rubber duck waddled over and stared at the podium for a while.
Then it opened its flat mouth and "snap" bit off a corner of the styrofoam box.
"Crunch." It chewed twice and spat out a mouthful of white crumbs.
Aguda raised his hand towards Chen You.
Chen You stood on the highest podium with a gloomy expression.
The screeching sound of wheels rubbing against the tiles came from the end of the passage.
Two skeletons dressed in faded red cheongsams pushed a rusty supermarket shopping cart out.
Inside the handcart was a piece of red velvet cloth riddled with holes, and on the cloth was an object.
This is the awards ceremony for the Underworld Games.
"Master, the prize has arrived." Agu rubbed his hands together and fawned over him.
Chen You stared at the raised outline under the red cloth.
According to the usual practice of cultivating immortality, what lies below should be a Foundation Establishment Pill radiating seven-colored light, or some kind of wondrous object containing the laws of the Great Dao.
He took a deep breath and reached out to lift the red cloth.
There was no rainbow of colors.
There are no fundamental laws or principles.
Inside the handcart, a large loudspeaker with a plastic casing lay quietly.
The edges of the horn were chipped, and there were several wraps of yellowed transparent tape around the handle.
A line of blurry text was printed on the side of the speaker: "High-price buyback of old refrigerators, color TVs and washing machines."
Chen You's hand froze in mid-air.
The scene was deathly silent.
The only sound was the giant rubber duck flapping its wings.
"You call this a clearance certificate?" Chen You turned his head and looked at Aguda.
Aguda took a half step back, the green flames in his eyes flickering.
"Sir, please let me explain. Although this thing doesn't look very appealing, it is indeed a mission item recognized by the system."
"What I need are Foundation Establishment tools," Chen You said in a flat tone.
"I've been hatching ducks, picking off teammates, and swimming around this lousy pond with you guys."
"You think you can fob me off with some junk collector's megaphone?"
Zheng.
The Jade Emperor Sword was drawn half an inch from its sheath, and its sword energy instantly shattered the tiles beside it.
Aguda knelt down again with a "thump" and hugged Chen You's calves with both hands.
"Sir! It's not that I'm withholding your reward! It's just that Huangquan is really struggling lately!"
Chen You looked down at the weeping skeleton.
"How exactly is the economy in recession?"
"You have no idea how bad inflation has been in the underworld these past few years. The value of ghost money has depreciated, and prices have skyrocketed."
"These days, even the Meng Po soup needs to be diluted with 80% tap water just to break even. The tollbooth at the Bridge of Helplessness just went out of business last month, and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face guardians have all gone to the mortal world to deliver food!"
Aguda was all snot and tears, even though he didn't have snot or tears.
"The Yellow Springs Treasury has long been empty. Not to mention the rare and precious materials for Foundation Establishment, not even a complete coffin nail can be found."
"This loudspeaker was brought back by the King of Hell when he went to inspect the mortal world before, and it has been kept at the bottom of a box ever since."
Chen You's eyes twitched as he listened to this absurd complaint.
"So, after all that, my Foundation Establishment quest is stuck?"
"No, no, no! There's a way! There's definitely a way!" Aguda was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead hitting the tiles with a loud thud.
"Sir! Rules are rules, but people are flexible! Even if you don't have what you want in the storeroom, we can make it to order!"
Chen You paused, "Make it fresh? You think this is like making pancakes?"
Aguda quickly pulled out a crumpled sheepskin scroll from his bosom and handed it to Chen You with both hands.
"These are the blueprints for the Yellow Springs Gathering Yin Formation."
"As long as there is enough 'yang energy' as a catalyst, it is possible to forcibly extract the source of the Yellow Springs."
"With the essence of the Yellow Springs, you are guaranteed a smooth foundation building process!"
Chen You took the parchment scroll and glanced at it.
【Item Name: Damaged Yellow Springs Gathering Yin Formation Blueprint】
[Quality: Legendary]
[Effect: Consumes a large amount of pure Yang energy, which can be used to condense the essence of the Yellow Springs.]
[Note: Pure Yang energy must be provided by living beings.]
Quantity required: Extremely large.
"How much is 'extremely'?" Chen You asked.
Aguda stretched out five bony fingers and gestured.
"five hundred?"
Agu shook his head.
"Five thousand?"
Aguda shook his head again, swallowed hard, and said, "Fifty thousand... as the starting price. And they must be living people who are willing to release their aura."
Zhang Shun sneered from the side: "Bullshit! Where are we going to find 50,000 living people to come to this underworld? You're clearly making things difficult for my brother!"
Ao Guang stroked his beard and sighed, "Fifty thousand souls, the karma is too great, young man, this is not easy to handle."
Chen You remained silent.
He stared at the blueprint, his mind racing.
Fifty thousand living people.
In the real world, it would definitely be difficult to handle.
But in "The Origin Realm", what is a living person?
It's a player!
He just faked his death at West Gate Square, and hundreds of thousands of players held a funeral for him; he still vividly remembers that scene.
"Do we have to set up our formation in this swimming pool?" Chen You asked.
"No, no, no, any place with a crack in the Yellow Springs will do," Aguda quickly explained.
"For example, the entrance you came in through, right by the moat, is fine. Once the formation is activated, the yang energy will flow in, and the primordial energy will continuously surge out."
Chen You stroked his chin.
That makes things easier.
"Give me the array plate." He stretched out his hand to Aguda.
The system notification tone sounded at the appropriate time.
[Ding! Foundation Establishment exclusive quest has been updated.]
[Mission Objective: Due to the depletion of resources in the Underworld, you need to utilize the power of adventurers from the mortal realm to complete the energy gathering.]
Please use the quest item "Roarer of the Underworld" to gather at least 50,000 volunteers and gather the essence of the Underworld.
Chen You looked at the quest panel, "The Roarer of the Underworld?"
Aguda nodded and pointed to the large loudspeaker on the handcart.