Me and countless me.

Chapter 460: Queueing to Overcome the Inner Demon

The ground cracked and the whole town couldn't help but shake, forcing the residents here to walk out of their houses, put down their work, and look at the long crack involuntarily!

Yes, Li Ke split the entire town into two halves with one sword, and a crack more than ten meters deep appeared directly in the town, so passers-by would call upon God or Jesus to express their amazement from time to time.

But Li Ke looked unhappy.

Because he heard a prompt sound in his ears, and sensed that Pennywise had hidden in a place, which was where his real body was.

Destroy the Pennywise clone and you will be rewarded with a B-level side story and 5000 reward points.

Mission: Completely eliminate Pennywise, and you will be rewarded with an A-level side story and 10000 reward points.

"It's just a clone... But the clone can give 5000, and it's normal for the original body to get an A. But with this thing, Zhang Jie, Zhan Lan, and Zheng Zha may not be able to get through."

After Li Ke fell to the ground, he felt the feeling just now and couldn't help but shook his head.

This thing gave him a similar feeling to the demon from outer space. Both were the kind of beings that could force you to face your inner demons and draw strength from your emotions.

The difference is that some extraterritorial demons can live in harmony, but this Pennywise wants to eat your body and imprison your soul.

It's not a big problem for him. After all, although he didn't absorb all the memories of other Li Ke, his mind has long been mature and he won't succumb to fear. And it can be seen that it is the main god version of Pennywise, not the real cosmic death ray, otherwise his fear is definitely not overtime, but something else.

But the situation is not certain for Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, the two mentally handicapped ones, who may lose their power in front of Pennywise. But the most important one is Zhang Jie, the half-guide.

Li Ke felt that once he met Pennywise, he would most likely repeat the Freddy incident, and even his fear of the Lord God would be completely exposed.

However, apart from Zhang Jie, it would be a good thing if other people could face their inner demons in advance under his care. Especially after the gene lock is opened to the fourth level, when everyone has to face the inner demon, adapting to the inner demon in advance, or even overcoming the inner demon, is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

"So it would be a shame not to take advantage of it. Let's just see what everyone chooses."

With this thought in mind, Li Ke exited the demon state, returned to his teammates, and looked at his teammates who were filled with astonishment.

Especially Zhao Yingkong, at this moment her eyes were wide open, looking at the gully that was thousands of meters long in disbelief, she couldn't believe that this was the damage caused by Li Ke's attack!
Moreover, based on the knowledge in her mind, the body movements of Li Ke that she saw even made her come to a horrifying conclusion.

In that attack just now, Li Ke didn't even use his full strength!
"Okay, I've almost figured out the details of this monster. Basically, as long as you don't have fear, even a bubble gun and dandelions can kill it. But if you are afraid of it, then even the most powerful weapons and attacks cannot kill it."

Li Ke told them the news he had discovered, and then looked at the group of newcomers.

"So even if you don't have superpowers or a strong body, as long as you can be fearless, you can easily defeat Pennywise and get a B-level side story and 5000 bonus points. It will also be very helpful for you to master your own power in the future... Do any of you want to go?"

Everyone looked at each other. Even the Russian Overlord, who was regarded as a reckless man in people's minds, shook his head subconsciously, because no one could guarantee that there was no fear in their hearts. Besides, they had seen the battle between Pennywise and Li Ke, and they knew clearly that even Li Ke was not immune to Pennywise's power, let alone them.

But Chu Xuan pushed his glasses again.

"So the condition for obtaining branch plot B is that as long as you can exert all your strength and are willing to fight with your life, you can get the reward? I roughly understand the division of the Lord God's reward points. In this case, doesn't it mean that the more reward points you get, the more difficult the task will be, and the more difficult the task is, the more reward points and branch plots you will get... Moreover, I think even the power obtained by exchange will take time to adapt, right?"

He mentioned a lot of settings of this world in one breath, which made Li Ke doubt that he had read the script.

But then he was the first to raise his hand.

"I want to give it a try."

For the first time, Chu Xuan felt excited. He wanted to know whether he really had no emotions at all.

"Is there anyone else?"

Li Ke looked at Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, and the two of them showed puzzled expressions, as if wondering why Li Ke asked them if they wanted to go. Wasn't it obvious that they wanted to go?
Li Ke nodded in response, then looked at Zhang Jie.

"Brother Jie, what about you?"

Li Ke also has ideas about saving Zhang Jie. For example, according to the statements of some people outside the box, he can go back to the moment of Zhang Jie's death and use Zhang Jie's body to carry the will of the current Zhang Jie, or use things like Tarabo earrings to merge the two people.

Another option is to digitize the souls of Zhang Jie and his creations, and then transform them into a mechanical race.

Li Ke can do all these, but Li Ke feels that it is more in line with his aesthetics to let Zhang Jie awaken the fourth-level gene lock, awaken the light of his own soul, and truly become a human being.

but……

"I'll forget it. Besides, these newcomers who don't go also need my help to watch over them, so you guys can just go."

Zhang Jie took a puff of cigarette. He didn't dare to face Pennywise because he was afraid that the fear in his heart would cause these good teammates to part ways with him, so he didn't dare to go.

Moreover, I have no confidence in myself.

Li Ke saw this and realized that anyone without any confidence facing their inner demons would be courting death, so he said nothing more and instead looked at the remaining newcomers.

"I'll forget it. Some things can't be avoided, at least for the time being."

The Overlord spoke with some melancholy. He had just been betrayed by his entire world and all his brothers were gone. He didn't think he had the ability to fight against the things he feared.

Lingdian was silent for a while and shook his head.

If he was alone, he might go, but forget it with so many people around.

Zhu Wen looked at Li Ke, then at Zhan Lan and others, then nodded firmly.

"I go."

She wanted to show her worth and get enough power, so she had to go.

Li Ke finally looked at Zhao Yingkong. Zhao Yingkong looked at Li Ke. She was not sure if she could be fearless, but her hatred for Zhao Chukong made her nod firmly.

"I'll go, after all..."

She swallowed the second half of her words back into her stomach, because that sentence simply meant that she didn't want to lose to that bastard Li Ke!
Whatever this guy Li Ke can do, she can do too!
Zhao Yingkong clasped her hands firmly, not paying any attention to Li Ke's sigh.

"Then let's go, Zhang Jie, you take the newcomers to get familiar with the environment here first. If they want to play freely, don't stop them. You guys should discuss it more. If there is anything, wait for us to come back and tell you."

Li Ke patted Zhang Jie on the shoulder and smiled at him.

"We are teammates after all."

Zheng Zha also smiled at Zhang Jie. Although he also noticed that something was wrong with Zhang Jie, Zhang Jie really helped them, so Zheng Zha chose to believe Zhang Jie.

"Yeah, Brother Jie! If anything happens, remember to protect yourself and wait for us to come back!"

The smiles of the two made Zhang Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly. He felt mixed emotions in his heart and could only nod helplessly.

"I am very afraid of death, so of course I will take good care of my life!"

As he spoke, he started smoking and chatted with Ba Wang and others.

Li Ke took out a pickup truck and drove everyone towards the clown's base that he sensed.

Zhan Lan directly chose to sit with Li Ke, pushing Zheng Zha outside and sitting with the newlyweds. While Li Ke was driving, she fiddled with the seat belt on her chest intentionally or unintentionally. Only when Li Ke reminded her that they were approaching Pennywise's location did she speak quietly.

"Li Ke, what do you think my inner demon is?"

Li Ke was silent for a moment, looked at Zhan Lan's confused eyes, thought for a while, and gave what he thought was the most correct answer.

"I do not know."

Zhan Lan: “…………”

She looked out the window angrily, but she also knew that it was normal for Li Ke not to know what her biggest fear was when she didn't take the initiative to talk about the past with him.

"But...but..."

Zhan Lan silently clenched his palms and looked into the distance in confusion.

"Am I deceiving myself?"

She didn't know, but her legs were shaking when she got off the car, and Zheng Zha asked with a smile on his face.

"Afraid?"

Zheng Zha found it really strange to see Zhan Lan like this, while Zhan Lan glared at Zheng Zha angrily before following Li Ke's footsteps.

Pennywise's lair was very hidden, but it was meaningless in front of Li Ke. The mechanisms and traps along the way were the same as if they didn't exist in front of them, so soon, they saw Pennywise standing in the center of the stage in a cave dressed up as a circus!
Pennywise looked at Li Ke, feeling the many fears lingering around Li Ke, and couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

If Li Ke came alone, he would definitely not be Li Ke's opponent, but with so much fear...

"Hehehe, human. It's really wonderful that you bring so much delicious food into my mouth!"

It opened its eyes wide, and the huge cave instantly transformed into a huge mouth, and everyone was positioned on its tongue!
Li Ke silently took out his dragon bone sword. "It seems that I am too polite to you!"

The lines of magic formed patterns on Li Ke's cheeks, and then quickly poured into the magic sword in his hand! Thunder and fire entangled his body, and then he unceremoniously inserted the sword directly into the huge tongue!

The crimson cracks quickly began to spread, rushing in all directions. The huge head of Pennywise shattered in an instant, and as it shattered, it began to turn back into stone and fell beside everyone!

"Hoohoo! Ahhhh!! My tongue!!"

The sunlight shone on Pennywise again, but he covered his mouth and head and rolled on the ground madly, then continuously spit out blood and a broken tongue.

But unfortunately, its injuries recovered very quickly and it soon regained the ability to speak. Then, looking at Li Ke's deliberately dissatisfied expression, the smart boy couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! You really can't destroy me! Then it's your death! I will suck away the fear of your companions until I become more powerful than you!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at the people around Li Ke, and Li Ke's face became even gloomier. He looked at Pennywise's true form - three balls of yellow light, and silently calculated how many seconds of the other party's life were left.

And Pennywise looked directly at Chu Xuan!

The next moment, Pennywise showed a look of horror and anger!

"You don't even have any fear!"

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and Chu Xuan's pupils dilated at this moment, but immediately returned to calm.

He calmly pushed his glasses, then raised his hand and shot the clown, and the clown turned into nothingness in an instant as if he had been destroyed by Li Ke.

but--

"you are lying."

Pushing his glasses, Chu Xuan didn't know what he felt. Should he say he was pleased or happy?

Because he realized something.

I have feelings.

"If you were a lowly monster, you would have conjured up a me and told me that I had no emotions, but in fact, this could prove that I had emotions, so you changed your approach and showed that I had no fear, and then I destroyed you. But unfortunately, I think that what is needed to defeat you is positive emotions. Although I can't feel it, when I attacked you just now, I was thinking about my opinion of my own genes, not love in the ordinary sense. But you still disappeared, wanting to prove that I am a person without emotions."

He looked into the empty air, then spoke with a pleased expression.

"So you weren't really hurt!"

The clown immediately appeared, showing a look of surprise to Chu Xuan, and then a look of relief.

"You actually found out! You're such an emotional little cutie!"

He once again used the strategy of attacking Chu Xuan's heart, but Chu Xuan shook his head.

"I already know the answer."

So the next moment, Chu Xuan fired!

Pennywise's expression became shocked. This time, he felt a tiny positive force from Chu Xuan's gun! Although this force was weak, it still made him feel extremely painful, and he disappeared directly in front of Chu Xuan!

But Li Ke knew very well that the reason why Chu Xuan was so confident was entirely due to one reason.

When he fired the gun for the first time, the Lord God did not inform him of the reward!

So when Pennywise fell down screaming and Chu Xuan calmly returned to the team, Li Ke couldn't help but ask a question.

"Are you so confident in my information?"

Chu Xuan, on the other hand, had an indifferent look on his face. He glanced at Li Ke's hand that had been tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, and answered without pretending.

"Because by my calculations, you're a good guy."

Li Ke: “…………”

How can you get a good guy card?
"Then it's my turn next!"

Zheng Zha took a step forward and came in front of Pennywise, who was beginning to take shape again.

So next, Luo Li appeared in front of Zheng Zha.

Zheng Zha was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to show an angry expression on his face, he saw beautiful women, plump young women appearing beside Luo Li, and then -

"Luo Li, you probably don't know what Zheng Zha has done, right?"

Zheng Zha's eyes widened instantly! At this moment, in his eyes and senses, these women quickly told Luo Li everything, especially their own decadent appearances appeared in front of him and Luo Li!
He saw Luo Li's expression change from astonishment and fear to disgust. He knew that these were all fake, but he still couldn't help feeling fear!

Finally, seeing the disgusted expression on Luo Li's face when she looked at him, Zheng Zha finally couldn't help it, raised his axe tremblingly, and rushed towards Pennywise!
"You bastard!"

He felt that he had used his greatest strength, but Li Ke knew that Zheng Zha's strength had been drained at this moment!
And Pennywise's power has been enhanced!

So the next moment, Zheng Zha's chest was pierced by "Luo Li", and Luo Li's face showed Pennywise's iconic smile, and whispered in Zheng Zha's ear.

"Do you really love her? Or are you just trying to find an excuse for your own downfall? Is it her soul that you love, or is it because you are a lolita control? And, is she really as beautiful as in your memories and fantasies, so..."

Zheng Zha's eyes widened instantly. He realized that the other party wanted to say something, but he could no longer see his mouth. His lips trembled, trying to stop the other party from speaking, but it only made Pennywise reap more power of fear!
And finally, as he stared in extreme horror, Pennywise spoke again.

"…Love you?"

Do not!
no way!

Zheng Zha was roaring in his heart, but he inevitably fell into fear!

He was afraid that what Pennywise said was true, and he was afraid of the reality he might have to face! But he had no strength at all, and could only watch Pennywise lift him up and swallow him into that big mouth!

"Aren't you going to take action?"

Seeing Zheng Zha's expression, Zhao Yingkong couldn't help but speak, but Chu Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

"Mortal wisdom."

Zhao Yingkong immediately showed her claws, intending to give the cold-faced man a claw, but Li Ke held her head and spoke to Zheng Zha who was about to be swallowed.

"Do you care so much about other people's opinions? Zheng Zha, do you not want to be a hero at all? Or do you think that Luo Li will not be disappointed and disgusted with you when she sees you now? Or do you think that Luo Li can't become as perfect as you want with your help? And-"

Li Ke was about to continue speaking, but Zheng Zha still had no reaction, and at this time, Zhan Lan suddenly yelled.

"Don't you trust your brother Li Ke anymore? The Li Ke who made you realize what you want to do! Or do you think the person Li Ke is willing to fight alongside is the Zheng Zha of the past, not the Zheng Zha who wants to reform himself!"

How can this work?!
Hearing Zhan Lan's roar, Li Ke had already decided to save people!

But the next moment, he was stunned, because Zheng Zha was also stunned!
Zheng Zha felt his own heart, his confusion, and when he met Li Ke, Li Ke helped him grow, took him to see all kinds of experiences in the world, encouraged him to revive Luo Li, and helped him grow. He felt that his fists were full of power again!
"I'm sorry, Luo Li, maybe I failed to live up to your expectations, or maybe you don't love me that much, just... there's only a 1% chance that you don't dislike me, a 1% chance that you love me, and a 1% chance that I love you, but, but——"

There were flashes of lightning lingering on his fist, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and the axe appeared in his hand almost out of the blue, with patterns of fire appearing on it!
"There are still people who are willing to believe in me! There are still people who are willing to believe that I love you and that you love me! There are still people who are willing to believe that I can become a great hero! So I can't die! I have to keep moving forward! Until I truly become a hero! Because I absolutely can't give up hope again! Because... because I still have friends who believe in me! There are still people who believe in me, and there are still people who have expectations of me!"

The power of love and the power of persistence quickly transformed into real power.

The blood of Pangu zombie that was excavated at a very fast speed increased the power of the magnetic field rotation, while the power of the rapidly rotating magnetic field also increased the power of Pangu zombie's blood.

What makes these two forces complement each other and continue to rise is Zheng Zha's incomparably clear spirit and soul at this moment, which is free of inner demons!

A ray of light exploded in Zheng Zha's soul! But because his spirit was not strong enough, the light was hidden in his soul, but the third-level gene lock was undoubtedly opened, allowing him to regain all his power and even control his power more subtly!
The first thing he did when he regained his strength was to swing his axe without hesitation!

"open!!!"

The axe cut through the darkness, cut through the haze and concerns in his heart, and allowed him to see the sunshine again!
This attack was too fast, so fast that Li Ke couldn't save Pennywise. One third of his body was evaporated by Zheng Zha's attack, and the remaining cave was also directly cut open!

And if he was not mistaken, a satellite in the sky was also split in half by Zheng Zha's attack!
So looking at Zheng Zha who was so touched, Li Ke couldn't help but complain.

"What the hell is this hot-blooded youth comic..."

At the same time, Zhang Jie, who was bragging with Ba Wang and the locals around the crack, sprayed out a mouthful of beer!
Because he felt a strong sense of urging from the Lord God!
"Damn it, the Lord God is still urging me!"

Feeling the Lord God's urging, Zhang Jie's eyes twitched and he sensed the status of Li Ke and others, then his face was filled with horror.

"This guy is almost at level 4?!"

Zheng Zha, you mother! !

(End of this chapter)