Chapter 98

Leaving steadily...

Zheng Chen, who was moving forward quickly, glanced sideways at the blue butterfly that had been ignoring the surrounding gray mist and had been closely following him. This blue butterfly had appeared not long after he left the middle-aged Taoist. With the blue butterfly following him, Zheng Chen found that the talisman in his hand was turning to ashes several times faster!

Originally, the talisman was supposed to give him ample time to leave the cemetery, but now the time left for him was becoming urgent.

After staring at the blue butterfly for a while, Zheng Chen raised his left hand, and with a swift motion, the blue butterfly that had been following him was split in two. The two remaining wings fell to the ground and quickly turned to ashes. The talisman in his hand, which had been rapidly turning to ashes, returned to its previous rate of consumption.

The small knife in his hand was quickly retracted, and then Zheng Chen's left hand fell limply. Looking back, he did not regret his decision to leave on his own. The situation he encountered was one thing, but the person controlling everything here would focus on the group of Taoists as long as they did not want their efforts to be in vain.

The premise was that the group of Taoists acted quickly enough...

"Hmm~ What a good experimental site, it's a bit of a pity."

After killing the blue butterfly, a faint voice sounded in Zheng Chen's ear. It was not an adult's voice but rather that of a teenager. Hearing this voice, Zheng Chen did not stop at all. Only after completely leaving the gray mist area did he stop, his chest heaving heavily. The talisman in his hand had not completely burned out and was still effective.

With great effort, he raised his left hand and looked at it. Zheng Chen pressed the talisman into his left palm. The remaining talisman, which was less than a third, immediately accelerated its burning speed and turned to ashes in a few breaths.

Even so, his left arm was still numb...

He scanned his surroundings. Behind him was the gray mist area, and in front of him was a light white mist. In this mist, Zheng Chen felt his senses were somewhat affected. He took a step forward but immediately stopped. Something was wrong; he had clearly taken a step.

But he had another feeling that he had not moved at all!

Was this the effect of the maze?

He tried moving in a different direction, but the result was the same. He had no idea how to deal with it, as he had no experience with such situations. He felt he was walking in circles, but what he saw was himself moving forward.

With a tense face, Zheng Chen continued walking, trying to find a flaw in the maze. After a while, he gave up on this meaningless action and switched to running. The feeling changed again.

This time, instead of walking in place, he was circling around a spot... but it looked like he was still running in a straight line!

"..." Zheng Chen touched his pocket and took out a bullet. The pattern on it connected, directly breaking the internal isolation layer. The powder inside, which was designed to activate upon leaving, was instantly activated to its maximum. As soon as Zheng Chen came into contact with the floating field, he immediately flew up.

At a certain height, the white mist in front of him disappeared instantly. He could clearly see the scene below. Many players were all standing still, some walking in place, some running in circles, and most of their faces were filled with anxiety.

Some even tried rolling, but after a few rolls, they returned to their original spot. Others closed their eyes, seemingly trying to move by feel, but they only made a large circle and returned to their original position.

Maze... maze, for those with special powers, it might not be difficult to kill, but for such people to toy with ordinary people was even easier!

A long metal wire quickly formed as he landed. One end of the metal wire, connected to a sharp cone, was thrown out and nailed to the ground, cushioning his descent. Zheng Chen gently pulled the metal wire in his hand. This might just be an ordinary maze, but with an external pull, the sense of disorientation immediately appeared.

The metal wire was taut and straight, but Zheng Chen, in the white mist, saw himself walking in a curve. However, his sense of direction did not feel wrong.

So he closed his eyes, and in the darkness, the sense of disorientation immediately disappeared. However, he could still feel his path deviating slightly, which Zheng Chen quickly corrected using the metal wire.

Reaching the end of the metal wire, Zheng Chen pulled out the metal cone from the ground and opened his eyes. The white mist around him had completely disappeared. The maze's range was not large, but it easily trapped many players...

Extraordinary power.

Zheng Chen shook his head, looked back at the players who were still dazed and circling, and turned to leave. The blue butterfly he had killed must have carried some power, as his left hand was still numb and showed no signs of recovery.

He pulled back the seal on his left arm and looked at it. The black spots on it had now dispersed and turned into tangled lines, as if entangled with something. His left hand had truly suffered a lot.

Since it was already like this, he might as well use this hand to block disasters in the future... it was already so bad, what could be worse?

This time, with the talisman given by the middle-aged Taoist, he did not pick up any corpse odor after leaving the cemetery.

When he returned, he saw new flowers in his living area. Xi Ya still liked to do this, which was better than her mental state continuing to deteriorate. As for himself, it was almost time to use the suppressant again, but he did not feel any signs of the black particles on his left hand becoming active, and the numbness in his arm had not recovered...

Since that was the case, he would temporarily not use it.

In the evening, the village suddenly became noisy. "I'll go check it out," Zheng Chen said to Lei and Xi Ya, and left his living area. If it was the group of Taoists returning, it would be better for Lei and Xi Ya, especially Xi Ya, not to appear in front of them.

At the village entrance, seeing the people gathered in layers, Zheng Chen went to the roof to look down. It was the group of Taoists. He counted their numbers and found that a few were missing, and those who were there were all heavily injured.

After a glance, Zheng Chen returned to his living area. Whether they succeeded or failed, there would definitely be news tomorrow. Knowing it early or late wouldn't make much difference.

He routinely patrolled the backyard of his living area. Finding nothing, Zheng Chen continued to set up subtle warning traps. He would not use the flying device here for the time being, and the backyard, which was mostly occupied by the flying device, had little practical use. He had told Lei and Xi Ya not to go to the backyard unless necessary.

"Xi Ya, is there really something strange here?" Lei asked when Zheng Chen went to the backyard.

Xi Ya shook her head, "No worries, Lei. We won't let you encounter any danger."

When Zheng Chen left the backyard and closed the door, he paused for a moment at a small vine on the door frame, then casually closed the door. He checked other places and saw the small vines extending from the gaps in the house.

Left by Xi Ya...

Zheng Chen touched one of the vines, and it gently swayed, slowly wrapping around his finger.

"..."

The next day, when Zheng Chen was found by Ping Shizhi, the group of Taoists had already left overnight. Ping Shizhi briefly explained the situation. The matter at the cemetery had been resolved, but three out of the seven Taoists who came here had died. They also left a special message, still warning about the blue butterflies.

"By the way, what happened to you? They specifically asked about you when they left," Ping Shizhi asked, taking out a small cloth bag and placing it in front of Zheng Chen, somewhat puzzled.

Zheng Chen shook his head, "Nothing."

Seeing that Zheng Chen did not want to explain, Ping Shizhi did not press further. He pushed the cloth bag to Zheng Chen, "This is what the Taoist left for you."

Zheng Chen opened the cloth bag and looked inside. It contained several yellow talismans. He recognized a few, the kind that Zhong Yun threw out in the cemetery to release lightning. Besides these yellow talismans, there was also a special note explaining how to activate them.

One type of talisman, the warding talisman, would automatically activate when it encountered evil. The other talismans for attack would also work if applied to the face when encountering evil, but without the corresponding magical power, their effectiveness would be low.

Of course, to increase their power and use them in other ways, a drop of blood from the tip of the tongue or the middle finger could be used, with the former being more effective, though it would cause more damage to the user.

The note specifically warned against using this method, as ordinary people could not withstand such damage multiple times.

"Alright, I'll go back." Zheng Chen put away the talismans, stood up, and left Ping Shizhi's house. He felt justified in keeping these talismans, as he had taken a certain risk by taking the middle-aged Taoist to the place where the blue butterfly's wings were found. Receiving payment afterward was only fair.

There was a possibility of future cooperation... though the likelihood was low.

After returning, he carried the talismans with him. Later, Ping Shizhi sent some people to investigate the cemetery, and by the afternoon, it was publicly announced that the danger at the cemetery had been resolved.

With the danger resolved, Linxi Village returned to its usual peace. The lives of the original residents did not change much, but the players' goals became higher, especially those who had been trapped in the maze. Hundreds of people had been easily trapped by a few people for an entire afternoon!

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