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Chapter 816 The Value of Zero Luck

The broken, secondhand system kept ringing in his ears, warning Gao Ming not to leave the newbie activity area casually and to be wary of potential dangers.

Gao Ming, who was in a hurry to get on his way, didn't take it to heart at all and prepared to traverse Blood City with his level 1 account.

"Warning! Warning! You have entered a dangerous area! Recommended play level: 20!"

"Is there a difference between level one and level twenty?" Gao Ming walked out of Yimin Street and turned into Chusheng Alley.

"Attention player with secondary privileges, ID 00000! You have unlocked the hidden map Animal Alley. Congratulations on triggering the hidden quest Butcher's House... Checking... Generating error, the corresponding character is dead. Regenerating... Generating failed! Generating failed! Please leave immediately!"

As the second-hand system anxiously urged him on, Gao Ming heard heavy breathing. A monster with a human body and a pig's head crawled out of the garbage heap. Its body was covered in scabs and dirt, and its eyes were cloudy and yellowish-brown. It weighed about 300 pounds, and its calloused, rough hands grabbed a broken cleaver.

"Warning! The level difference is too great! Please leave immediately!"

"The level difference is too great? Are you tipping off that pig-headed man?" Gao Ming strolled forward, dream patterns burrowing into the pig-headed man's body as if he were using it as a canvas: "I never thought I could see a pig-man from the Dark Shrine Slums in this game. It's so similar."

With each step, a part of the pig-headed man's memory would be pulled out. When Gao Ming arrived, the pig-headed man stood frozen in place, its soul bewildered and helpless within Gao Ming's dream patterns.

"Go sit in the torture chamber; it's full of like-minded guys."

The massive body crashed to the ground, and the warning from the secondhand system abruptly ceased.

Emerging from the complex alleyways, Gao Ming clearly sensed something amiss. Beast Alley served as the boundary; the streets and Happiness Residential Area within were hidden maps, accessible only through the Savior's game helmet. Quiet, desolate, almost devoid of ghosts or monsters, and untouched by the unspeakable invasions of other Blood Cities, it remained perfectly preserved in its original state.

Stepping out of Animal Alley, the outside world is completely different. Countless terrifying auras collide in the night sky, order and rules are broken, and every building is shrouded in death and malice.

The new Blood City has been expanded many times and is much larger than the Vast Ocean. It was once the place where reality and the deep world met. The savior made a great vow to eliminate all despair in the world and change the deep world from its root.

He worked very hard and achieved great results, but unfortunately, neither the living people in the real world nor the other blood cities in the deeper world cooperated on the surface.

Over the years, the forbidden players can no longer be seen in the new Blood City of Shanghai; only strange and unusual buildings and countless closed exchange markets remain.

"The unspeakable one from Xinhu was taken somewhere by the savior, while Number Two, who stayed here to control the overall situation, is still under the control of the unknown, and only a remnant soul escaped..."

Most of the souls of the dead in Xinhu were devoured, like goods and food. The obsessions condensed from their life's memories even became the currency for trade in other blood cities. At first glance, it was truly tragic.

The saviors hope to break down the boundaries between life and death. Most of the remaining souls have attachments in reality. They not only do not hate the living, but also actively help Xinhu develop the deep world. They are the saviors' most steadfast supporters. It is precisely because of this that the unspeakable beings of other blood cities are full of hostility towards them.

"Let's go find the shrine first."

The tragedy that is happening in Xinhu now also happened in Hanhai before; the memories passed down from the Blood City pattern contain similar scenes.

“Fate shrouds the night sky, and they still have to fight amongst themselves. Thirteen blood cities are still too many.” Gao Ming was in a hurry to get going and didn’t stop. “Back then, they could find a reason to besiege Han Hai. It was because Han Hai’s Dream Ghosts were lawless and indiscriminately hunted other blood cities, which made them feel threatened. This Xin Hu Blood City has not done anything bad. It has been working hard to realize its ultimate ideal and has not harmed anyone, but they still have not chosen to let it go.”

The screams and wails never stopped, and even the second-hand system seemed to have crashed, constantly repeating phrases like "the generated target has disappeared" and "they are all dead."

Wandering through the dreams of countless lost souls, Gao Ming chased after the memories of his savior. After the enormous artificial blood-red sun above him set and rose twice, he finally arrived at that paradise. "Could this be the passage in Meng Shi's memories?"

A huge, dark pit had collapsed in the center of the park, seemingly connecting to another world.

The bottomless pit is surrounded by abandoned buildings, with one area being isolated in layers, as if it were a restricted zone set up by humans.

"Is the shrine of the savior there?"

Gao Ming approached stealthily. He sensed several unspeakable marks in this area, indicating that terrifying beings from different blood cities had joined forces to seal off this place.

“That should be right, but if I break the seal, it will definitely disturb those unspeakable things, and then I won’t be able to keep a low profile anymore.” After hesitating for a moment, Gao Ming still decided to take action: “The Blood City of the Vast Sea needs nourishment, and plundering the unspeakable shrines is the fastest way to grow.”

Taking a deep breath, Gao Ming felt the gaze of destiny, a gaze filled with intense malice, as the artificial blood yang was shrouded in black mist.

Blood-red patterns of the vast ocean appeared on the surface of his skin, his heart pounded like thunder, and a rich aroma of meat spread. Everything beneath Gao Ming's feet was turning into flesh and blood until eight divine arms stretched out.

"Break it!"

The flesh-and-blood demon's eight arms slammed into the sealed area. Even with the power of rules, the flesh-and-blood immortal still preferred the simplest and most direct violence.

One after another, indescribable marks shattered, and Gao Ming stepped on the gap in the broken wall, looking towards the forbidden zone that was sealed layer by layer.

There was no shrine, no blooming flowers, only a young man bound to the ashes.

The twin petals belonging to the Savior in Gao Ming's palm reacted—the first time they had ever shown such a clear reaction! Gao Ming was very pleased, but upon closer examination, he realized that the petals wanted to drift away, as if reminding him to stay away from this place.

"Tell me to stay away?"

With a calm gaze, Gao Ming sized up the bound young man, who wore a black wooden shrine and was covered in cursed chains.

Gao Ming sensed the aura of a savior emanating from the other person, indicating that they must be very familiar with each other. However, when Gao Ming used the power granted by the Blood City of Vast Ocean, he discovered that the threads of fate on the young man's body were actually black.

Pure black, devoid of any color, it seemed like a demon that would devour the fates of others!
"I've never seen such a fate before. What is his relationship with the savior? Why is he imprisoned here?"

Jumping into the restricted area, Gao Ming smashed the wooden shrine on the young man's head, revealing a fairly handsome face.

"Not a vengeful ghost or a source of hatred?" Gao Ming had never seen this young man in the dreams of the ghosts and monsters of Xin Hu; it seemed as if everyone was deliberately avoiding something.

Spitting out a mouthful of sawdust, the young man's eyes filled with tears, looking pitiful and pathetic: "Finally, finally someone came to save me! I knew you would come back!"

"who are you?"

"It's me! It's Shen Luo!"

(End of this chapter)