Chapter 81.2

Editor: Kat

Proofreader: Junyans

“I’m not reconciled, I’m not reconciled!!”

Hair Ghost II-49 cut a sorry figure at this time, and even the walls had terrifying cracks after being lashed at by the hair strands that were as hard as steel cables. The huge clump of hair had been going crazy for a while. When he discovered that IV-1 hadn’t died and he couldn’t invade the tour, he couldn’t control his emotions. Now, after receiving the order from Puppeteer “to suspend the task because she did not allow the assassination of Wei Xun,” there was nowhere for Hair Ghost II-49 to vent his emotions, and he fell deeper into lunacy.

“Why, why is this happening!”

Hair Ghost II-49 had lost his senses. His densely fluttering hair was a terrifying sight, and his resentful and unwilling whispers came from the center of the mound of hair.

“WHY, WHY——”

Why did these excellent newcomer tour guides appear together at such a time?!

Previously, III-9 had opened up a tour of the 30th Parallel North, and then III-250 had directly topped the tour guide’s Rising Star Leaderboard. Now this Wei Xun, who subdued IV-1 in the first instant, was obviously talented, and might also be a Class X special tourist had come into the picture.

And he, II-49, hadn’t been able to compete against III-9 in Intoxicating Xiangxi, and he hadn’t been able to find III-250. Even now, Puppeteer had specially reminded him to “suspend the task,” and obviously had an unusual interest in Wei Xun.

All of these events made II-49 feel so horrible!

Was he really a II-ranked tour guide?? Shouldn’t his life goal be to climb high, become Puppeteer’s most useful confidant, constantly challenge his predecessors, and finally successfully squeeze himself into the ranks of the II-rank elite tour guides and walk to the pinnacle of his life!

This was obviously the ambition he had set out to achieve during the new year, and he had resolved to spend three years working hard to complete his life goal.

How come a year had not passed, yet he was reduced to the point where he was compared with a III-ranked tour guide who was even a newcomer?

Everyone was moving forward with their lives. Why was it that he was moving backwards?!

Big chunks of hair fell down, turning into a deep and dark messy ball of energy. This was the madness that II-49 had been unable to suppress.

And the uneasy resentment hidden in the deepest part of his heart.

As an II-rank tour guide, II-49 was not eligible to participate in the year-end celebration. The year-end celebration was the biggest and most important event of the Travel Services every year. Especially this year, with a 30th Parallel North tour, the enthusiasm for the year-end celebration this year was definitely far higher than before.

Only the most powerful and outstanding top 200 people in the Travel Services could get invitations to the year-end celebration, and the share of this “pie” was divided between people from both the eastern region and the western region. This included the strong tour guides, strong tourists, plus those newcomer tour guides and newcomer tourists on the Rising Star Leaderboard. For them, the eastern region tour guides, one must advance to the 30th rank or above the II-rank in order to get an invitation letter.

However, the bigwig tour guides of the I-rank and S-rank, and the strongest tourists in the eastern and western regions, could bring extra people.

This was why II-49 had gone all out for Puppeteer in hopes that she would bring him to the event. She had also hinted to him before that he could go with her.

However, he screwed up the tasks given by Puppeteer several times in a row. If he couldn’t take down Wei Xun, what could he do to make up for his mistakes and regain the trust of Puppeteer!

And what task was easier than taking down a newcomer tourist? II-49 didn’t want to work so hard anymore, he just wanted to live a life where he could complete a task simply by killing newcomer tourists.

“I wish that he’s not a Class X special tourist, not a Class X special tourist……”

After dropping large volumes/chunks/clumps of hair, II-49’s mood finally stabilized. The degree of his mutation was related to the volume of hair, and the way he had almost transformed into a hair ball just now showed that his condition was extremely serious. Realizing this, II-49 controlled his hair so that more would fall. At least half of his hair had fallen before he was out of danger. At this time, he kept babbling, like an old monk chanting sutras.

“I wish that he’s not a Class X special tourist, not a Class X special tourist……”

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The hustle and bustle of the outside world had nothing to do with Wei Xun. When he jumped into the abyss without any protective measures, Wei Xun felt boundless joy and freedom. He fell rapidly, and there was only the whirring of the wind in his ears. The thick darkness covered up all the light and drowned him entirely, but Wei Xun didn’t feel suffocated or horrified.

There was only pure happiness and satisfaction in his eyes, and he did not feel fear or any negative emotions. He only felt excited and thrilled, and he even felt at peace. He seemed to be in another different dimension, a dark paradise that was not noisy and had no disturbances as if this dimension belonged to Wei Xun alone.

At this moment, he didn’t have to hide anymore, he didn’t have to hide his uniqueness and madness at all. The devil in his heart was laughing wildly. It was an incomparably manic experience. He was completely delighted as he yelled in excitement.

I must confess, I’m like a monster.

I’m like a monster hidden in the crowd, covered in a layer of human skin. One that is completely incompatible with a peaceful and quiet life.

Wei Xun didn’t laugh like a madman, and he simply smiled quietly. His eyes were already red, and there seemed to be endless madness in them. The devil in his heart was clamoring for destruction and death.

But when he estimated that he was getting close to Xiaojin, it was time to stop. Wei Xun calmly and rationally pulled out the spider silk climbing rope, which stuck to the rock wall with extraordinary elasticity and adhesiveness. The rope stretched several times and rebounded again, like a rope tied to a person during bungee jumping, and finally brought Wei Xun to the rock wall with great force.

The rope swung very quickly, and there was no spongy cushion on the rock wall. An ordinary person would probably become a puddle of meat when they smacked onto it, but Wei Xun deftly let go when he was about to approach the rock wall. His posture was unlike a well-trained special forces soldier, but more like a wild animal.

There were videos on the internet of snow leopards jumping and rolling down a 70-meter cliff, catching their prey and biting it. This big cat naturally knew how to survive on the cliffs. Although Wei Xun was not a wild animal yet, he was possessed by a fox fairy, and with the strength of the spider silk climbing rope, he fell into a cave safely, without meeting with any danger.

“Heave——”

After landing, Wei Xun didn’t get up right away. He squatted on the ground and reminisced about the fall for more than ten seconds before he recovered from the excitement.

This sense of completely losing control, facing the madness when he was out of control, and the audience watching him from the sidelines coldly while everything was under Wei Xun’s control——This caused Wei Xun to be obsessed and addicted to jumping down into the abyss. It was difficult to extricate himself from his current emotions because they could bring him endless excitement.

Standing up straight, Wei Xun thoughtfully touched his heart. The devilish whisper just now was not because he was suffering from chuunibyou disease, but rather, a voice had sounded in his mind.

This kind of feeling had often rang in Wei Xun’s ears when he was in Intoxicating Xiangxi, when his sanity had sunk to the bottom. But now he was clearly a tourist and hadn’t mutated, so why did he hear this voice again?

Wei Xun opened the zipper and ripped open his neckline, only to find that the butterfly tattoo had not continued to climb, but it had shifted. The incomplete butterfly tattoo had originally been on his left shoulder, but was now on his left chest, close to his heart.

In reality, Wei Xun had already discovered that this weird butterfly tattoo had been moving slowly, like it was a living thing. He’d called a private doctor and gone to a big hospital to check his body. Except for the fact that his physical condition was much better than before, the doctor had found nothing else.

The doctor couldn’t even see the butterfly tattoo on him.

Ordinary people couldn’t see the butterfly tattoo, and the tour guides and tourists should not be able to see it either. Wei Xun had taken off his clothes so many times when he was III-9, and there were times when the butterfly tattoo had been exposed, but no one on the forum had talked about it. Maybe because it involved the tour of the 30th Parallel North, the vlog of Intoxicating Xiangxi did not appear in the video library and could not be purchased. Wei Xun did not know whether his butterfly tattoo had been revealed in the video.

It was a pity that Wei Xun currently had a low rank. He only knew [Maria Butterfly, full name Maria Abyss Flashing Butterfly, the symbol of International Thriller Travel Services] and [It is the most mysterious, most beautiful, and most incredible object. Everyone is searching for it, and everyone would be proud to own a Maria Butterfly fragment]. There were merely two clues, which did not provide enough information.

Wei Xun was not a person who liked to be troubled over problems. Since he couldn’t get any other information at present and the butterfly tattoo didn’t feel painful or itchy, he just let it climb.

However, it had now climbed to a position in front of his left chest. Although the bluish-purplish-blackish butterfly wings formed a nice contrast with his pale white skin, Wei Xun was in an inexplicable mood when he saw it move to this position on his chest.

Ah, the abyss.

At present, the only thing he frequently heard associated with the Maria Butterfly was the “abyss.” And it was because the golden mosquitoes had been buzzing about it all the time.

Was there really such a place as an “abyss” on earth? The abyssal insects, the demonic mosquitoes, the demonic bees, and even the abyssal insect king mentioned by the golden mosquito…were there really such organisms?

‘Go get the spider silk climbing rope back’

Wei Xun ordered the ferret cub in his mind. This climbing rope was still stuck to the mountain wall, and it was really easy to use. Furthermore, it cost around 3,000 points. Wei Xun wasn’t such a dog that he would throw it away after he used it.

‘Do you know any of your demonic spider relatives?’

Immediately afterwards, Wei Xun talked to Xiaojin, ‘If there are any, then you can introduce them to work here.’

Since he could control insect swarms, he couldn’t waste this opportunity to make use of his skills. Wei Xun intended to use the ability to control swarms as one of his tour guide identity’s skills, to distinguish it from his tourist identity. In passing, he could further look into the matter of the “abyss,” and maybe find out more information about the Maria butterfly.

‘Buzz, buzz...’

The humming sound of the golden mosquito was filled with powerlessness. It had been almost half an hour since it had first asked for help. Wei Xun only cared about his own well-being, completely ignoring his poor, humble little mosquito servant who was still waiting for his rescue.

“Cough.”

Wei Xun felt a little embarrassed, but after the ferret cub returned the climbing rope, Wei Xun no longer hesitated and walked towards the depths of the cave.

This cave was as high as an average person’s height, and it was just large enough for one person to pass through. Except for the many cracks and holes, the walls and floor of the cave were clean and free of any dirt. The stone was a unique pure black color, as if someone had splashed it with ink.

Qianzong Mountain’s exterior was composed of a big and ordinary khaki-yellow rock. In addition to a few ruins, the rock walls were also a normal color, and only the stone in this huge cave was black.

Was it due to the influence of the Insects of Evil?

Wei Xun continued to move forward. In fact, he had already realized that this passageway had probably been dug by the ancient Xiangxiong people. After all, the golden mosquito had already controlled the mother of the swarm. According to the demonic mosquito’s description, the mother of the swarm was as big as Wei Xun’s palm. When its size was compared to the big hole the swarm had dug out, it was completely inconsistent with the nature of regular insects when they built nests.

The Xiangxiong people had probably mastered the method of controlling the insect swarm and trapped the mother of the swarm here. It was similar to beekeeping. Then, they let the Insects of Evil “settle down” here so they could reproduce generation and generation.

However, could an insect really live for 1,600 years? Or had the mother of the swarm actually changed countless times?

The closer Wei Xun got to the place where the golden mosquito was, the more vigilant he grew. Wei Xun did not let down his guard at all, so when he realized that his temples were slightly stinging, like it was being pricked by a needle, Wei Xun stopped moving forward.

There was still no light in the passageway, and the audience in the livestream room could not notice any changes in the surroundings, but Wei Xun could see that the black stone on the cave wall had become as smooth as jade. If one looked closely, they would find that the stone wall was no longer pure black, but was mixed with some dark green, which really appeared like a gem.

The title [Archaeologist] couldn’t allow him to differentiate the specific information of these stones. This was a place where Dog IV-1 had never been before, and the difficulty level of this cave should not be unsealed. Wei Xun had the title of [Strong Resentment Resistance] and [Strong Toxin Resistance].

However, this wasn’t resentment. It was neither a supernatural being nor some kind of poison.

Wei Xun took a few steps forward. He was a little dizzy and felt nauseous, and the tip of his nose was hot. It turned out that Wei Xun had a nosebleed.

It was acute radiation sickness.