The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 500: The Master of Death, the Gods Playing Fools (asking for monthly tickets)
In an unknown cellar, amid the desperate wails and pleas for mercy from the traffickers, Xu Shu personally set fire to the paper Buddha soaked in blood.

laugh!
The flames spread along the formation pattern in a complete circle, instantly submerging the entire golden altar and finally connecting end to end.

"It's almost time." Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists, and retreated outside the magic circle.

Although the target of sacrifice is the more familiar "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva", and although this place is under the nose of the Star Tower and theoretically has a very high level of protection.

But after all, I will be communicating with a true god-level being in reality. It is impossible to say that I am not nervous at all.

Besides, the Star Tower may not be 100% sensitive.

There have been cases of "delayed reaction" before!

So, Xu Shu rubbed his fingers and did not start the ceremony directly. Instead, he focused his eyes on the Taichu Scroll and instantly infused his will into it.

He started the journey mode!
The next second, the color in front of my eyes instantly spread and turned into a warning blood red:
[Detecting current status...]

[Please note: You are now inside the safe zone! You have entered an extremely special state! Your origin has touched the Star Tower! The Star Tower has entered a state of full alert and is searching for your location. Please be careful not to interact with any humans. ]

[You are now standing in a basement in the safe zone. Your situation is not good. In front of you is a well-prepared altar for the evil god. The human traffickers you have captured are wailing and crying, hoping to gain your forgiveness.]

[Although you said nothing and even refused to look directly at these guys who deserved their punishment, this did not stop them from begging you: "Sir, let go——"]

[You didn't hear his voice because you woke up Xingta with a slap, and Xingta's slap also killed you: Zhu Xian 27. ]

[You are dead, this journey is over, settlement in progress...]

[Evaluation: Wonderful, too wonderful! You are indeed a natural master of committing suicide. I will reward you with a bottle of "Self-Severing Meridians (Epic)"]

[Don't forget to drink later, you rude fellow! ]

[Number of times remaining today: 2/3]

……

Xu Shu slowly opened his eyes, and time went back to two seconds ago.

He first shook his head to relieve the slight dizziness from being hit by the tower, to which he had almost become accustomed, and then he sat down cross-legged with a little satisfaction.

Very good, confirmed! "Sexy Star Tower Online Hacks People", now it can be confirmed that it is in a complete state, and there is no delay as before, and the last worry has been eliminated.

Now, everything is truly ready!
Xu Shu took a deep breath and then began to recite quickly:
"The supreme being who holds the power over space, the great infinite ouroboros, the innate and dual-faceted Ksitigarbha...

"I am calling you here, praying for your attention, praying for your will to be manifested!"

As the chanting sounded, the air, which was already squirming under the scorching flames, suddenly froze for a moment. Then, out of nowhere, there was a sound of humming. The paper Buddha continued to sway under the dual illumination of the candlelight and the flames. The entire cellar suddenly became weird and terrifying!
The human traffickers who were begging for mercy stared at this scene blankly. After a moment of shock, they immediately looked at Xu Shu angrily.

"What... You are actually a cultist!"

"Despicable, so despicable! We are all illegal immigrants, why do you want to harm us?"

"Oh God, please open your eyes and take a look. We are just trafficking people, but this man is a cultist! Please send down divine punishment and kill him. He can't be like this!"

Amid the angry curses of the crowd, there was a sudden sound of an eggshell breaking.

The cursing stopped abruptly.

In the dead silence, everyone trembled and followed the sound, looking towards the altar in the middle.

A huge black crack suddenly appeared on the golden platform.

Its length is close to 20——

centimeter!

It was like a wild beast in the dark, trying to open its mouth as wide as possible, as if wanting to devour someone, but it didn't dare to come over and attack the "sacrifice" that was so close to it;
Not only that, even the magic circle set up by Xu Shu, which originally had a diameter of more than ten meters, was gradually melting and shrinking on its own, and finally remained at a size of about one meter square.

What should have been a horrifying, evil and crazy scene, after such a change, creates a sense of cowardice, weakness and stupidity.

“Sure enough! Even though he sensed the sacrificial ritual that was pointed at him accurately, he was in the safe zone, within the range of the highest detection intensity of the Star Tower. He should be unable and unwilling to show up in a big way, so he took the initiative to reduce the range of the formation!”

"But even so, this formation is a little too small..."

"I remember when we were in the wasteland, the sacrificial ceremonies held by the Slaanesh and Tzeentch sects were still able to have a range of several meters, but the Diviner only had a pitiful one meter. This is too..."

“Is He being overly cautious?”

"Is it still a problem of ability?"

The initiator of the ceremony, Xu Shu, had a slight twitch in his mouth, and he had a lot of guesses in his mind.

At this moment, seeing such a puzzling scene, the human traffickers, who were already so frightened that they could hardly hold their breath in their response, were all stunned.

Although their limbs were broken, everyone couldn't help but stare at the dark, slightly curved crack with wide eyes in surprise.

"emmm..."

This... is this the evil god?
Why is it so small?
Didn't the evil god in the legend devour 100,000 people in one gulp?

And why does it feel like it's afraid of us?
It seems to be really scared. Look, it is trembling slightly.
This is so funny, what kind of evil god is this?

Rather than calling it an evil god, it is better to say that it is a rather vicious dog that does not have the courage to bite people...hiss, we are the same...

For a moment, everyone looked at each other, and the atmosphere gradually became weird.

The cellar fell into an eerie silence that was difficult to describe for several minutes.

After a long while, a fat guy, while holding back the tears that just flowed out of pain, couldn't help laughing and said: "Pfft, is this also considered an evil god? Hahahahaha——hiccups!"

Laughter is contagious.

Unfortunately, this time the epidemic came to an abrupt end before it could spread.

Xu Shu suddenly attacked, grabbed the strange thing, walked to the front of the golden altar, and stuffed it into the dark crack that led to nowhere.

This person is very fat, just over 1.7 meters tall, but weighs at least 200 kilograms.

In comparison, the 20-centimeter-long crack was so small that it was impossible to pass through, and the head was directly blocked in the opening.

After getting closer, this person finally felt the terrifying gaze from the other side of the crack. He felt something was wrong, his scalp went numb, and he screamed and cried, "No, sir, please wait. I, I've been wronged, please wait a moment, ah ah ah ah ah..."

It's bullshit injustice. You have sold more than twenty little girls. The most recent one was found in your home. Her hands and feet were even broken and she was stuffed into a doll bag to disguise herself as Xing Nuli. What a pervert... Xu Shu ignored the person's screams and stuffed her bag with force with an expressionless face.

click!
The dark little gap was immediately stretched open by him a little, and with a click, it connected with the greasy head, and then the shoulders, waist, hips, thighs, until the whole person was forced into the narrow gap, completely shattered, and swallowed up without a drop left.

...Guzi! Chirp, chirp, chirp...

Immediately, the crack was filled with the sound of flesh and bones being torn apart and the horrible chewing sound.

During the entire process, Xu Shu always made sure that he stood outside the one-meter blood circle and did not cross the red line at all.

"..."

The other human traffickers shuddered with fear.

They all looked at Xu Shu pitifully again and twisted on the ground like earthworms, trying to beg for mercy.

Unfortunately, Xu Shu was ruthless and ruthless, and he took revenge for personal gain. All the human traffickers were thrown into the dark "sacrifice passage" by him.

moment.

The crack slowly closed, transforming into a ray of light with a hint of pale gold in the darkness, which fell on the paper Buddha.

brush!
The Buddha statue's eyes opened a little without warning, and looked forward without any emotion, looking at Xu Shu not far away!

Xu Shu's breathing stagnated slightly and he took two steps back. He no longer stayed outside the one-meter-wide blood circle, but chose to retreat directly to the outside of the entire large sacrificial formation. He looked with a little vigilance at the "Ksitigarbha" who had finally brought his will here.

After watching silently for a while, the mutated paper Buddha finally made a faint whisper that Xu Shu could understand.

He said, "A gift, or, a curse."

Xu Shu: “…”

The sacrifice is complete, my offering has been accepted, so let me choose the reward?

This is quite consistent with the essence of the sacrificial ceremony. It can only be said that he is worthy of being the evil god, and has never been criticized for being "fair and just".

Gift, does it mean that part of the divine power is directly sent down to me so that I can gain strength, just like Yang Manman, who directly changed from a human to an "unclean one" with the characteristics of a Slaanesh demon? Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it. My curse seal is already very complicated, and I don't need to add another octopus tentacles...

But what is a curse? I offer sacrifices to Him, and I can be called His believer. It is impossible for Him to curse me to death. Although this is indeed in line with the operation of an "evil god", it should not be so... Maybe it means to add a curse to some extraordinary materials, turning them into something similar to a curse tool? This is very likely!

But why does He seem so cold?

Whether it’s Ksitigarbha or Arthas now, even if we don’t mention our close relationship in [Return to the Ruins], let’s just talk about reality. After all, you gave me the crystal in the wasteland. Isn’t this the first time we’ve met?
Why do you have to be so aloof and act like you're keeping people at a distance?

You're making it hard for me to ask questions...

Xu Shu's thoughts were scattered and he was daydreaming, his eyes rolling around a few times.

After a moment's silence, he suddenly thought of something, and reached out to take out some light golden liquid objects from the lace underwear at his waist, and placed them in front of him, lined up.

There were six large gold-plated characters, crooked but still recognizable. They read:

"正", "艹", "八", "尺", "是", "犬"

This was exactly the strange Buddhist writing that Xu Shu brought back from the ruins of [One Hundred Demons Night Parade], no, from the bodies of those "half-step souls" in the sunken Japan.

This is the Buddha nature belonging to the "Primordial Spirit·Yambu", a very high concentration of Buddha nature!
brush!
The paper Buddha did not make any movement, but Xu Shu's "spiritual perception" told him that the other party was clearly staring at the Buddhist characters he had taken out. Even the other party's six arms were vaguely waving at him, as if wanting him to hand over the Buddhist characters. He had an impulse that he kept hidden and tried his best to suppress!

The next second, he heard the voice of "Hani-Tailed Ksitigarbha" again.

"Two gifts."

Hearing this, Xu Shu's eyes suddenly froze.

Wow! I guessed it right!
"Yuan Shen·Yan Fu" means "Ksitigarbha with tail in mouth!"

It was just speculation from the ruins before, but now it has been completely confirmed!

Therefore, this further confirms another point, that there is more than a 90% chance that his little jade Buddha - the original spirit and spiritual wisdom: the narrow-sleeved Guanyin - is a similar existence to the "Ksitigarbha with the tail in his mouth".

She is a true god, a true bodhisattva... well, or half and half...

Hiss! I actually recovered a "god and Buddha" to work for me...

Xu Shu almost gasped.

He tried to suppress his inner excitement and asked politely, "Can I ask you some secrets about the existence at the same level as you?"

The eyes of “Ksitigarbha with the Tail” flashed.

After a moment, He whispered calmly, "Three questions."

After saying this, a dark crack appeared on his abdomen, and he hooked his finger at Xu Shu.

Obviously, this meant that Xu Shu was asked to go over and hand these Buddhist characters to him himself!

'How cautious! At this moment, he is unwilling to step out of that one-meter circle even for a single step..."

"But you have to be so picky even when asking me something. Aren't the underlying logics of you gods a little too picky?"

Thinking of this, Xu Shu resisted the urge to complain, and resisted the urge to ask the other party "Can you ask more questions?", in case the answer was "no" and it still counted as a question.

He carefully picked up the six Buddhist characters that had a special texture, like a non-flowing fluid, and threw them into the air.

With the help of the "throwing technique", the six Buddhist characters fell accurately into the darkness behind the gap, and no one knew where they went.

The crack closed immediately, and the paper Buddha moved slightly and said, "You can start now."

Xu Shu nodded and started thinking quickly in his mind.

What should I ask?

Ask Him what is His purpose in directing my aunt to look for Arthur? No, this might expose me as Arthur.

Ask Him whether His current state is fusion or one devouring the other? Could it be that He is deliberately deceiving me?

Or should we ask Him about the specific origin of “Narrow-sleeved Guanyin”?

How many enemies does humanity have today?

Or ask what is the truth behind the catastrophe?
Or should I ask which specific entities were involved in the previous invasion of area D8B3?

Damn it, there are too many things I want to ask, but there are only three questions I can ask. They are not enough, and I can't be sure that He knows everything...

No, I have to ask for more useful knowledge. It's meaningless to ask big questions. For example, what's the use of knowing how many enemies humans have? I can't defeat them! Don't talk about me, all human beings combined can't defeat them at present...

After a long while, Xu Shu closed his eyes and asked slowly:
"The first question. Who were the people who invaded the Star Tower before? What was their purpose? How did they do it? Who did they bribe to be the traitor? Are there any high-ranking human officials inside? Who were they?"

Before Xu Shu could finish his words, "Di Zang" interrupted:
"You have more than one question. Now to answer your first question, they are the two God-chosen legions under King Solomon, the Second Army's 'Agares' and the Ninth Army's 'Paimon'." "~"

I know 'Paimon', and I used to be its cheap father, but I don't know who 'Agares' is, I have to make a note of it!
But the Niannijizo is quite clever. He speaks so rigidly that I thought he was a robot. I could take advantage of him...

Xu Shu looked embarrassed and a little guilty.

He was thinking about what the next question would be, and "Di Zang" continued: "Now to answer your second question, King Solomon's purpose is..."

"Wait! Wait a minute! Let me change the question!" Xu Shu interrupted hurriedly.

He knew the purpose of that terrible evil god. He wanted to occupy the Star Tower and use it as the front line for those abyss demons! He knew it! It was a loss to ask this question!

Without waiting for the "Ksitigarbha" to respond whether he agreed or disagreed with the change, Xu Shu immediately said, "My second question is, there have been a large number of deep-sea alien species running wild along the coast of the Eastern Pole region recently. What's the reason?"

"Ksitigarbha with the tail" looked at Xu Shu deeply.

Xu Shu swallowed his saliva, stood firmly 20 meters away from the other party, his face was not red, and he said confidently: "I asked it before you answered."

As a true god-level being, "Ksitigarbha the Tail" was obviously in no mood to play word games with Xu Shu.

Therefore, He only paused for a moment before whispering, "The night covers the stars. The two forbidden beings are fighting and arguing with each other. Whoever controls the ownership of the fog will be the master of the followers. Those deep-sea monsters are nothing more than over-breeding evil beasts."

what?
What is the mist, the followers? Are the deep sea monsters the result of overbreeding?

Who are the two forbidden beings? Is there a dark mother goddess?

Could you please explain it more clearly and stop being a riddler?

Ten seconds later, Xu Shu, who was frowning, looked confused and asked, "What does this mean?"

"Now to answer your third question..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Xu Shu stopped hurriedly.

Damn, your answer is vague! Are you bullying the weak?
Xu Shu was angry, but then he suddenly remembered something.

The Archbishop once said that some things can be transmitted through memory...hiss, could it be that what Dizi Jizo is saying now, if explained clearly, will have a similar effect and pollute me, so Dizi Jizo...

"Are you cheating or is this a protection mechanism?" Xu Shu was suddenly stunned.

"——" Dizang looked at Xu Shu expressionlessly and did not answer.

He obviously became patient and waited for Xu Shu to clearly say "My third question is xxx" before continuing.

But Xu Shu kept staring at Him with a sad look.

After staring at each other for a long time, Dizang finally felt helpless, or was willing to take care of the weak, so he added calmly: "You can say it, but if you know too much, you will die."

It is just as I guessed. Thank you then... Xu Shu smiled awkwardly and immediately chose to follow the guidance of his heart and gave up asking about those scary things that were too far beyond his level.

After a brief pause, he slowly said, "My third question is, there is an ancient mysterious organization called the Black Virgin School, which is still active today. It is said that the being they believe in is called the Dark Mother Goddess, but somewhere deep in the ruins of the Black Virgin School, there is a temple dedicated to the God of Death. What's going on?"

"..."

Still no answer.

Not only that, after a moment, the two eyes of the paper Buddha even dimmed at the same time.

The surrounding magic circles were also shrinking rapidly.

The gold was melting and the blood was disintegrating, all of which were about to escape into the void crack.

The paper Buddha itself also burned rapidly and was about to turn into ashes!

"???"

No, buddy, wait, what are you doing?

Xu Shu looked confused.

Before he could ask, he suddenly heard a sigh.

That was the low and calm voice of "Ksitigarbha with the tail", carrying bursts of Sanskrit sounds, saying four short words:
"——The gods play tricks on fools."

As the sound faded away, the paper Buddha burned up completely with a whoosh.

Everything around was taken away, including the bloodstains of the traffickers, the array patterns on the ground, and even the golden altar, all disappeared as if they had never appeared.

In the entire cellar, Xu Shu was the only one left.
Xu Shu:?
what?
and then?
What does the Gods play tricks on fools mean? Can't you explain this?

He looked around blankly for a long time, with the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

“Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva” is moving too fast!
He still has curses and gifts to give!

...Okay, let's just consider it as a question and answer in place of a reward. After all, Xu Shu is indeed somewhat reluctant to accept His "curse" and "gift".

But even if He explained the first question clearly, what were the answers to the next two?

Even if I can't understand it, can't you think of a way to translate it and make it into an encrypted language so that I can understand it without being contaminated?
No wonder this guy doesn't have many followers, the service is so bad!
Xu Shu complained indignantly in his heart, but finally shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​recruiting another batch of human traffickers for sacrifice and summoning.

He felt that 'Ksitigarbha with the Tail' didn't seem to know much either.

No, it should be said that there is not much knowledge that I can learn.

In the final analysis, I am still too weak. If I listen too much, something bad will happen...

Xu Shu shook his head, put aside these distracting thoughts, and became determined.

Strength, it needs to be stronger! The third stage is really not enough!
Seeing that it was getting late, he immediately erased all traces of his presence, left the place, found a more secluded place, sat down and began to "continue the legend".

There are still two times left, so I can go and check on my aunt's situation and see if "Ksitigarbha" has given her any instructions today!
[Connecting to the beacon Arthur...]

……

……

Six o'clock in the evening.

Xu Shu's figure emerged from where he was.

There was nothing special gained today. My aunt is really something. Apart from running back and forth between the safe zone and the black market in the wasteland every day and handing over some sealed document bags in different places, she just takes a bath and prays to the "Hannibal Jizo" for news of Arthur.

She never opened those documents, as if she was just acting as a middleman.

This made Xu Shu very angry, because Arthur was not complete enough and could not move freely, so he could not do some operations without Gu Yueming.

"Humph, there seems to be some shady operation going on in this tiny area of ​​D8B4. Sooner or later I will come and supervise it myself!"

Xu Shu angrily took the "Corpse Chaser" he obtained from the altar. It was of blue quality and not very good.

Also, I feel like my aunt has been getting in better shape recently? Is it because she prays too much?

He wiped his nose, turned out of the alley and walked towards the relatively lively food street near the subway entrance.

As one of the few prosperous areas in the downtown area, the food here is mainly characterized by a wide variety of dishes and large quantities, and most importantly, the prices are not high.

With similar ingredients, in Shangcheng District, a portion of barbecue weighing less than half an ounce would cost five thousand yuan just for a plate; here, five thousand yuan would even allow Xu Shu to eat his fill of meat.

Prices in Penglai District are indeed expensive, but after living there for a long time, Xu Shu discovered that it was mainly expensive for outsiders.

In fact, if we go deep into the grassroots, we will find that although the consumption level is indeed higher than that of the second and third class safety zones, it is not so exaggerated.

I was totally subjected to price discrimination! I was slaughtered like a pig!
There were already quite a few people eating at this time, so Xu Shu found a seat that seemed barely empty and sat down with others.

She was a thin girl who was concentrating on eating. It seemed that she had encountered some sad thing. She ate the big bowl of noodles like crazy. There were no less than seventy or eighty empty bowls, which were scattered all over the table.

Xu Shu looked at the table, turned around and said, "Waiter, please take this, thank you."

After saying that, he sat down, diagonally opposite the girl, not in the same row or directly opposite her.

This is polite.

Otherwise you will be regarded as a sex maniac.

Not long after sitting down and about to order, Xu Shu raised his head when the girl across from him heard his voice.

The makeup on her face was completely ruined by crying. Her eyes were red. She looked at Xu Shu in surprise and said, "Yes, it's you? You are that, that Xu...Xu..."

"Xu Shu."

"Oh yes, yes, what a coincidence..." The girl cried while eating, her tears and snot falling into the bowl.

"Eh~" Xu Shu rolled his eyes secretly.

He recognized who it was.

The town of Xiren Township in Dielianhua Division has lost its ghost servant as its guardian, he thinks he is a master who plays games in the human world, he has met people by chance many times but cannot remember his name, but he exudes a motherly aura that makes him feel a little bit familiar.

That’s about it.

"What a coincidence." Xu Shu greeted, feeling a little confused.

Why is she wearing mourning clothes today and eating and drinking like a funeral spree?
Could it be that her evil servant was killed by someone again?

Haha, my luck is so bad. I specially avoided working in Xiren Township today to avoid suspicion. So this is called fate and you can’t stop it...

When Xu Shu was complaining in his heart, Yun Jinxi took the initiative to sit next to him and said, "Xu Shu, I'll treat you to a meal. Please chat with me. I'm in a bad mood."

"That's fine." Considering the warm relationship with the Piranha Plant in the past, Xu Shu nodded.

Soon he ordered a large table of dishes.

Yun Jinxi was quite straightforward and paid the bill directly, letting Xu Shu eat to his heart's content.

Then she began to complain while eating the bowl of noodles, saying that she had a godmother who was honest and kind, never picky about food, worked very hard, and treated her like her own daughter, even closer to her than her biological mother.

It is a pity that this honest godmother was murdered at home.

It really makes those who hear it sad and those who see it cry.

"Can you imagine? That kind of despair and anger of suddenly losing your mother?" Yun Jinxi asked tearfully.

"Yes, don't be sad and eat more vegetables." Xu Shu picked up a chicken leg for her and ate it with his mouth full of oil. He thought to himself, not only can I imagine it, I also killed my mother with my own hands. Hehe, can you imagine this?

As they chatted, the sad atmosphere eased a lot, probably because Xu Shu could always connect with everything.

Yun Jinxi wiped away her tears and said, "Thank you for listening to my complaints again today. You are a good person, Xu Shu."

"No way, I think you are my benefactor. I can feel that you are a very powerful person. It is my blessing to meet someone like you." Xu Shu said casually.

He is indeed a noble man. He used to only spend a few thousand yuan on food, but today he ordered tens of thousands of yuan. This man didn't even blink an eye and was really generous.

"Haha, your eyesight is pretty good." Yun Jinxi did not deny it.

In a place called Baiyujing, extraordinary people are not that rare. Perhaps they are not as rare as cabbages in the fields.

At this time, thinking that they had a deeper understanding of each other, Yun Jinxi thought for a moment and asked, "By the way, among the people you usually come into contact with, the peddlers and the villagers, have you ever heard of a person?"

"Who?" Xu Shu raised his eyebrows and said while gnawing on a big beef bone.

"Yu Mingluan! A newborn who should be cut into pieces! A killer who should go to hell! It was this man who killed my godmother today!" Yun Jinxi said gritting his teeth.

"...Puff." Xu Shu.

"What's wrong? You don't look very good. Have you heard about it?"

"No, no, I haven't heard of it. I choked." Xu Shu quickly went to find some water to drink.

"Oh, you should eat carefully. If you hear about it or meet them in the Lower City, you can come to the Butterfly Love Flower Bureau in the Upper City to look for them. These people are like rats in the sewer. Sometimes they hide in the Lower City, and sometimes they go around doing evil outside." Yun Jinxi patted Xu Shu's back affectionately, and while gritting his teeth, he took out the portrait of Yu Mingluan on the wanted poster and showed it to Xu Shu.

"I understand. I will. How dare you kill our godmother? It's simply lawless!" Xu Shu dodged his eyes and nodded repeatedly, quickly tightening the storage bag for fear that the two crystals would fall out.

"Hmm..." Yun Jinxi approved of Xu Shu's attitude of sharing a common hatred for a common enemy. After thinking for a while, she added, "But this man is extremely vicious and has killed countless people. If you see him, you should pretend not to recognize him. Um, I wonder why you look so hot?"

"Hot? Is it? I don't think so."

"Yes, and why do you look so embarrassed?"

"No, no...I'm angry for you!"

Xu Shu slammed the table and cursed fiercely: "How can this damn Yu Mingluan be so evil!"

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(End of this chapter)