Chapter 179: [Transplantation] Too Lazy to Liquidate
Wen Xing shot Bai Cha a thoroughly unamused glance.
Let her misunderstand if she wanted to—what difference did it make? It was the absolute truth from her heart anyway.
Bai Cha’s gaze shifted back toward the young ghost girls.
This game no longer held any necessity to continue.
Although destroying an instance outright resulted in a point deduction, these children had already suffered far too bitterly, and she had no intention of forcing them into another sacrifice.
She might as well give them a push and destroy the instance altogether.
After all, energy absorbed through pure parasitism couldn’t be carried out of the instance anyway.
“I am indeed blessed with a lucky star shining bright.”
[Lie failed to take effect. Your current skill is insufficient to support a lie of this scale.]
Bai Cha: “…”
Fine, she had merely intended to use her skill while the instance was drawing to a close to farm some experience for a quick level-up.
“I possess a modest stroke of good luck.”
[Lie has taken effect. Remaining duration: 30s.]
Bai Cha nodded in satisfaction, raising her hand upward as every dodder vine surged forth from beneath the earth in an instant.
“The Butterfly Chaser in this instance suffers terrible misfortune.”
[Lie has taken effect. Remaining duration: 03:00.]
Bai Cha raised a subtle eyebrow; this lie’s duration was surprisingly long.
Was it because Zhang Jia-ning was already in poor shape, or… was the game actively targeting her?
Or perhaps, when she utilized curse-type lies, the effects proved significantly better?
For now, this skill operated under restrictions regarding both the targeted subject and the lies employed.
If the target was particularly formidable, the lie’s duration would be extremely brief, or even fail entirely.
Nor could she utter grandiose lies—claims like “I can clear the game directly” would almost certainly fail to take effect.
Unless this skill could be upgraded to a terrifying degree in the late game, though Bai Cha always felt that even then, it would remain firmly within the bounds of the game’s systemic restrictions.
After all, truth be told, these powers were granted by the game in the first place.
Reining in her thoughts, Bai Cha hooked her fingers slightly.
Vast waves of dodder vines—dense enough to resemble a cascading waterfall—erupted from the earth, rapidly interweaving and twisting as they bound every single NPC, including the bodies of those young girl ghosts.
Dodder vines swarmed over the surrounding buildings as well.
The vines tightened and constricted at terrifying speeds, executing a brutal massacre that reduced everything to ruins in an instant.
Bai Cha refrained from killing those young girl ghosts, however.
Even those NPCs were merely bundled up by Bai Cha, kneaded into spheres, and tightly wrapped in dodder vines until they transformed into individual vine balls.
These dodder vines could directly parasitize the bodies of the NPCs trapped inside; as long as the NPCs within hadn’t perished completely, the vines would not disperse.
Bai Cha tossed these vine balls toward the young girl ghosts.
“If the boys play with decorative lanterns, then the girls can play with balls.”
Saying this, she released her hold on those young girl ghosts.
The young girls disassembled from their massive monster form, dispersing across the area as one of them kicked a vine ball forward.
“Hee-hee…”
Bright, happy smiles bloomed across their faces as they stepped forward to pat the vine balls gently, causing the spheres to shrink steadily until they matched the size of a standard child’s soccer ball.
Bai Cha observed this scene with a thoughtful expression.
Ding—!
[Warning: Human destruction of the instance detected. The game is terminating. All players will be teleported to the settlement interface in 30 seconds.]
The players froze in absolute shock—barely a single day had passed, and it was over already?
Wen Xing stared at Bai Cha with a deeply complex expression, her eyes shifting toward the dodder vines beneath their feet.
Just… this level of strength was completely unlike a C-rank player.
So her player rank was a lie as well?
Over on her side, Zhang Jia-ning scrambled frantically to dodge the sky-covering wave of dodder vines. Direct harm between players was prohibited, yet falling debris and collapsing structures triggered by the vines could still inflict physical damage on her.
Fortunately, the instance had come to an end, though her heart remained pounding in severe shock and terror.
Truth be told, when entering this instance, she had used a team card to bind and enter alongside someone else.
Because in the previous instance, her guild had taken notice of Bai Cha.
It was exceptionally rare for a Demon Hunter to bear such a crimson, blood-red tag above their head, and such Demon Hunters posed a direct obstacle to the guild.
Through various means, they had deduced a general range of instances Bai Cha might enter, dispatching different members accordingly.
Her primary objective upon entering this time was merely to probe Bai Cha and observe her from a close distance.
What she had never anticipated, however, was that Bai Cha would unleash a game-ending ultimate move right out of the gate.
The game had terminated with abrupt suddenness.
Yet it was a relief that it ended.
Staring at the ground covered entirely in dodder vines, Zhang Jia-ning found the situation immensely thorny.
Right at this moment, a tiny hand suddenly clamped onto her.
“Sister, want to play ball together?”
It was a young girl ghost.
Flashing a fresh, innocent smile, she forcibly dragged Zhang Jia-ning straight into their ball-playing group.
Zhang Jia-ning’s instinct urged her to flee.
Yet these children bound her with a death grip.
Only ten seconds remained; if she couldn’t break free, she might end up trapped inside this instance forever.
Zhang Jia-ning looked toward one specific person among the players.
That person kept their eyes fixed firmly on the ground, however.
Zhang Jia-ning gritted her teeth in bitter fury.
She knew this signaled an absolute refusal to cooperate with her any further, making it entirely impossible for that person to step up and save her.
Out of their prior agreement, Zhang Jia-ning couldn’t sell that person out either.
In utter despair, she unleashed a piercing shriek.
Everyone instinctively looked toward her.
A blood-red hue began spreading across Zhang Jia-ning’s body.
This familiar sight made Bai Cha narrow her eyes, though she made no move.
So players could turn into demons as well.
What about her, then?
If Butterfly Chasers turned into demons, what about Demon Hunters? Would they become Buddhas?
She rubbed her left wrist; the area where the pattern used to reside had long shown zero activity.
As if it had never happened at all.
And looking at it this way, what role did the game itself play?
[One!]
Bai Cha looked back at Wen Xing, offering a sweet smile.
“Wait for me!”
[Teleportation successful!]
The moment she was teleported into the settlement interface, that pixelated ghost face pressed itself furiously right before her eyes.
[Dear Player, you are truly far too much! You caused immense destruction to the instance—do you have any idea what kind of terrible impact your behavior inflicts upon the game?!]
If this pixelated ghost face could spit, it likely would have sprayed Bai Cha’s entire face.
[Therefore, although your evaluation for this run is S-rank, because you proactively destroyed the instance, your points have been deducted!]
Having finished its tirade, it spun in several furious circles within the spatial interface.
Because even with the point deduction, the elements that required settlement still had to be processed regardless.
[Based on your performance in this instance, your “Bane of Ghosts” tag has been upgraded to LV5. You truly are a sinfully heavy woman! Even ghosts get a pounding, bald-inducing headache just looking at you!]
[You have obtained a Diary. As for its function, explore it on your own!]
[You have obtained a Worn-Out Decorative Lantern. Please explore its usage on your own!]
[Alright, now teleporting you to the Game Town!]
Bai Cha: “…”
Well then—so game customer service could completely disregard a player’s wishes and teleport them directly back to the Game Town hall.
Including refusing to explain item usages to the player altogether.
Fine, truly domineering enough.
Her settlement concluded with lightning speed this time. Scanning the Game Town hall, she failed to spot Wen Xing for the moment.
Bai Cha pulled out the diary.
Flipping it open, the very first page drew a soft, helpless sigh from her lips.
