The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 197: The Poor Man Trapped in a Time Loop
The scalpel is as its name suggests, the knife skills are precise, fast and the knife is very sharp.

With one cut, the referee wearing a protective mecha was immediately cut in half, and the cut surface was smooth and flat.

An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Just looking at this knife, Scalpel's attributes and abilities are not bad. His strength has surpassed all the players Wu Chang has seen. Among all the players in the Wilderness, there is no problem in ranking in the top 50.

Moreover, his knife is very good. Judging from its quality, it is only a B-grade item, but it is surrounded by a special energy that can cause a lot of extra damage. Its lethality is even better than that of an ordinary A-grade item.

What's even rarer is that although Scalpel is very powerful, he doesn't have the strong aura like the Secret Ritual Master or Ma Jia. Judging from his aura, he is just a small character like a passerby. Even Lei Hu who appeared in the midnight cemetery is more pretentious than him.

If he can't create a passerby character, it means that Scalpel's experience cannot support him to accumulate momentum. In other words, among the players of the same period, he has always been in the upper middle or even middle level, and is a dispensable existence.

A passerby character, but extremely powerful. I'm afraid that Scalpel is not from the Wilderness Realm, but a player from the second layer of the Abyss, the Realm of Reason.

The scalpel's blade was very fast and there was no warning when it was attacked. Even if Wu Chang encountered it, he could only rely on the shield on his body to resist and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

But He Yun reacted. There was no panic or anger on her face, as if what Scalpel was holding in her hand were not illegal weapons, but two fruit knives. She just threw a punch with an expressionless face.

The mechanical glove on her fist flashed with a cherry blossom pink light, which drew a straight line in the air and hit the machete before the scalpel's force reached its peak, intercepting it.

It looked like a light jab that interrupted the opponent's attack, but with the support of mechanical gloves and auxiliary mecha, this punch was not light at all. The collision between the fist and the machete was like a dump truck encountering an electric wheelchair.

The mechanical glove not only offset the force on the machete, but also pushed the two knives forward and hit the scalpel in the face.

When He Yun retracted his fist, everyone saw that the backs of the two knives had been embedded in Scalpel's skull. If the fist had been more powerful, the backs of the knives would probably have directly cut Scalpel's head.

After a moment of silence, loud cheers broke out in the bar.

"He Yun!"

"He Yun!"

"He Yun!"

At the bar, the bartender said proudly: "See, this is why I don't let you mess with He Yun. Oh? Where is he?"

When he turned around in the bar, he found that Wu Chang, who was sitting at the bar just now, had disappeared at some point.

"Hey, I can buy the information on credit, but can I buy the milk on credit too?"

On the stage, He Yun received a transfer from the host, and then reminded:
"If you put this kind of guy with unknown origins in the boxing match again, it will hurt you sooner or later."

The host laughed and said, "It's because you are here, and everyone likes to watch outsiders fight."

He Yun shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to these guys who would not care about the consequences for the sake of the show effect.

She made her way through the bustling crowd, picked up her jacket from her seat, and left through the back door of the bar.

The back door faced an alley. As soon as she closed the door, she heard someone next to her say:

"Why did he want to kill you?"

He Yun narrowed her eyes slightly. Before the other party spoke, she didn't even notice anyone nearby.

"Who knows? Maybe it's just for fun."

Wu Chang asked, "Do people here have fun this way?"

"You should ask this kind of question to Lao Fan, the bartender who just served you milk." He Yun didn't want to get entangled with Wu Chang, so he bypassed Wu Chang and moved out of the alley.

Wu Chang said in a slightly surprised tone: "You have been looking at me?"

He Yun said sarcastically, "I can't help but look at you. Since the establishment of the Broken Bottle Bar, you should be the first one to order hot milk in it."

Wu Chang didn't show any embarrassment on his face. He quickly passed He Yun, turned around and said, "Is there a possibility that I want to attract your attention and introduce myself to you? My name is Heping."

"Forget it. I hate peace. It's already half past twelve. It's time for the little brat who's still breastfeeding to go home."

He Yun walked around Wu Chang again, threw out a sarcastic remark, and walked forward without looking back.

He Yun doesn't want to get to know Wu Chang, but Wu Chang wants to get to know her very much.

It is obvious that He Yun is being hunted down by players from the second level of the Abyss.

Even if it is a pig, if it can enter the second level of the abyss, it will use its brains and make a plan before taking action.

Scalpel's assassination of He Yun was definitely premeditated and had a clear target.

Thinking back to what Christine said, someone has already discovered a way to make the Pillar of the World go out of control, and it has succeeded more than once.

The assassination of He Yun with a scalpel should be related to causing the Pillar of the World to lose control.

In other words, He Yun must be an important figure in Underground Shelter No. 88.

When Christine told him the information about the second layer of the Abyss and the Pillar of the Present World, an idea was planted in his mind.

The Pillar of the Present World is the passage from the second layer of the Abyss back to reality. As long as you enter the second layer of the Abyss, you will have a demand for the Pillar of the Present World, and then because of the monopoly of the four major organizations, you will be controlled by others.

How can the Pillar of the World, which concerns the entire player community, be allowed to be monopolized by the four major organizations?
At least he didn't score any points.

He planned to reveal the identity of the mysterious newcomer to everyone, but he was not prepared to reveal that the mysterious newcomer was him.

But with his current progress, it won’t be long, perhaps around the time of the world copy, before he enters the second level of the abyss.

If he doesn't have the Pillar of the Real World in his hand by then, causing him to disappear in reality, he will be exposed soon based on the clues.

He himself needed the Pillars of the Present World, but the four major organizations didn't want them, so he directed and acted in a big drama and released 36 Pillars of the Present World.

He was originally worried about not being able to find the entrance to the Pillar of the Present World, but he didn't expect Fang Hui to come to him with the Pillar of the Present World.

So when he came to rescue Fang Hui this time, he didn't plan to leave immediately after rescuing him, but planned to break the impasse and take this Pillar of the World.

If we talk about it again this time, it was really him who picked it up.

The key to breaking through the underground shelter No. 88 obviously lies with He Yun. Whether it is to prevent the power behind the scalpel from causing the copy to get out of control, or to find clues to break the copy from He Yun, he must follow He Yun closely.

In front of the bus stop, He Yun frowned and looked at Wu Chang who looked innocent beside him, feeling a little angry.

She wanted Wu Chang to get lost, but she also felt that if she took the initiative to talk to Wu Chang, she would just play into his hands.

Tsk, it was like she wanted to give Wu Chang two hard punches, but was afraid that she would not let him get away with it.

Soon, the suburban No. 1 bus that He Yun and others were taking arrived at the station. What surprised her was that Wu Chang did not catch up. It seemed that this outsider still had the most basic sense of boundaries.

When the No. 1 suburban bus started moving, He Yun turned his head and found that Wu Chang had sat next to him without him knowing when.

"Do you live in the suburbs? Then why don't you drive? I just checked and this is the last bus. What will you do if you miss it?"

He Yun couldn't help it anymore and punched Wu Chang in the face, but Wu Chang predicted He Yun's move in advance. After saying hello, he flipped over and sat on the seat in the row behind He Yun.

"If you don't like me sitting next to you, I'll just sit at the back. Why are you doing this? Can't outsiders take the bus?"

He Yun retracted his fist and stood up, "Okay, you sit down, I'll go down."

Wu Chang reminded him, "I just said, this is the last bus. If you get off, we can only run home at night."

Even the scalpel and the banned props failed to arouse He Yun's emotions. Just a few words from Wu Chang made He Yun's temper explode.

He Yun suppressed his anger and asked, "How long do you want to follow me?"

"I'm not simply following you. The three people sitting in the last row have bad intentions towards you. I'm protecting you," said Wu Chang.

He Yun didn't even bother to look back. Her cheeks twitched slightly as she asked, "Then thank you so much."

"It's my pleasure. You're welcome."

The space of Underground Shelter No. 88 is larger than Wu Chang had imagined, and its scale is not much different from that of a ground city.

The bus drove for forty minutes before dropping everyone off at the final stop, Suburban No. 3 Freedom Station.

Unlike the modern and orderly buildings in the shelter center, the suburbs look much more casual and free. Here you can see tents, wooden sheds, simple trailers, and occasionally a few unique self-built houses.

It is obvious that the economic situation of the people living here is not very good.

The three thugs with sinister looks who were sitting in the last row of the bus also followed them off the bus.

The three men took off their coats, revealing mechas equipped with firearms combat systems, with their guns pointed directly at He Yun.

"Hey, don't act rashly. We know that you don't have any weapons on your mecha in order to enter the ring today, but the three of us are armed with real weapons. Let me tell you..."

Before the leading guy could finish his words, He Yun had already rushed forward to the three men, punched left and right at the same time, blasting the weapons on the mechas of the three men, then tore the mechas off the three men and threw them to the ground.

Five minutes later, the three attackers had their limbs broken and were hanging on the street lamp beside the road. After He Yun transferred all the money in their accounts, he stomped on their mobile phones and called them poor bastards.

Generally speaking, as an assassin, if your assassination attempt fails and you have your limbs broken and are hanging on a tree, what should you worry about?
For a normal person, what he should worry about is his personal safety, either worrying about whether he will be killed on the spot, or worrying about how to explain to his employer after returning home.

However, the leader on the street lamp actually looked at the crushed phone on the ground and yelled at He Yun:
"Ah! That was my birthday present my mother gave me last year! How dare you, a bitch, step on it and crush it? I won't let you go!"

In response to the leader's roar, He Yun did not ask him to shut up. He just raised his middle finger at him and turned away.

Wu Chang followed He Yun in confusion. He felt that the natives in the underground shelter were all crazy. Their behavior and thinking were different from those of ordinary people. There must be some reason that caused their condition, and he had not discovered it yet.

He Yun lowered his head and flipped through his phone, looking at the extra balance in his account, and said, "Okay, these troubles have been solved, why don't you leave?"

Wu Chang said: "Can you tell me why they want to kill you?"

He Yun said indifferently: "Who knows, maybe they are just bored and want to find some challenges. They have been underground for too long, so they have to find some fun."

He Yun pointed to the distance, "Just like him."

Wu Chang followed the direction of He Yun's finger and saw a fat man with a buzz cut, big ears, thin-framed round-rimmed glasses, and an egg-shaped chin. He looked 90% similar to Pete in "The House of Beasts" and tiptoed out of the house.

He looked around obscenely, made sure there was no one around, and then walked to the billboard in front of his neighbor's house.

As a suburb, the public security here is not good. There are many bullet holes on the billboards, and due to equipment damage, the picture frequently flickers and tears.

The billboard features a hot woman. Although she is a bit older and her wrinkles cannot be concealed even with heavy makeup, one can tell that she must have been pretty when she was young. The price is clearly marked at the bottom of the billboard, and it looks like she is in the sex trade.

Wu Chang looked at He Yun in confusion. Although this did not conform to the values ​​of real society, it should be normal to have such business in an underground shelter.

Then he saw the shelter version of Pete, taking off his clothes and poking something unspeakable into the bullet hole on the billboard.

Then, amid CDL's shrill screams, the electrocuted Shelter version of Pete and the billboard turned black and silent.

This is a bit outrageous.

Wu Chang: "Should we call an ambulance?"

He Yun nodded and said, "You can stay here and take care of him."

"Forget it then."

Wu Chang refused immediately and quickly caught up with He Yun.

He Yun looked at Wu Chang helplessly and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Wu Chang activated his inspiration to the maximum, and used his spiritual pressure to send a friendly message to He Yun as much as possible. He smiled harmlessly and said, "Actually, I'm an outsider who just arrived here. I'm unfamiliar with the place and have no money. I need a temporary place to stay."

He Yun looked at Wu Chang with the expression on the old man's phone in the subway, as if she couldn't believe her own ears. What did this mean? Was he going to follow her home?
No, they only exchanged glances once before leaving the Broken Bottle Bar. Is she responsible for this?

But what made her feel very strange was that she, who always disliked contact with outsiders, was not so repulsive towards Wu Chang. Instead, she felt an inexplicable friendliness from him, which made it impossible for her to harden her heart to punch him and hang him on the street lamp.

"Let's make a deal first. It's just one night. You sleep on the sofa in the living room. Tomorrow morning you..."

Wu Chang didn't wait for He Yun to finish, and said excitedly: "What are we waiting for? Let's go home quickly."

Looking at Wu Chang, who had taken the initiative and was walking in front of her, He Yun felt a headache. She felt as if she was in big trouble.

Even in the suburbs, the place where He Yun lives is the most remote part.

The geographical location is remote, but the residence is not ambiguous. It is a two-story building that looks very exquisite.

This is not only He Yun's residence, but also her studio. As soon as you enter the door, you can see a huge workbench and a robotic arm hanging above the workbench.

On the workbench is a disassembled mecha, which appears to be undergoing optimization and modification.

I didn't realize that He Yun is also a technical talent.

"Why did you choose to live here?" Wu Chang looked around and couldn't help asking.

Whether it is the house she lives in, the high-end-looking studio, or the generous salary she earns from fighting in the martial arts ring, all prove that He Yun is different from other people living in the suburbs. She is not short of money.

He Yun took out a bottle of cold beer from the refrigerator, flicked off the bottle cap with his thumb, and said, "I like quietness and don't like crowded places."

Wu Chang walked over familiarly, opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of beer.

"That's perfect. I also like quietness, so we can be a good companion."

He Yun: ...

Compared to Wu Chang's discomfort with the underground shelter's methods, He Yun felt that she was even more uncomfortable with Wu Chang.

Are all outsiders nowadays so shameless?
As they were talking, they heard a noise outside the house. Wu Changgang leaned out to look and saw two thick gun barrels.

The next moment, flames spurted out from the gun barrel, and the armor-piercing bullet shattered the glass of the building and hit Wu Chang directly.

At this time, the disadvantage of having only 50 points of agility was revealed.

His eyes could clearly see the shells flying towards him, but his brain and body were unable to react, so he could only use his body to block two armor-piercing shells.

Fortunately, the knight was not killed by his bare hands because his shield was thick enough, so he was just knocked away and not injured.

However, before he could get up, he saw two rockets fired from the muzzle and heading towards him.

"grass!"

He was about to make a move when he saw He Yun already in front of him. A light shield unfolded from the metal gloves she was wearing, steadily blocking the two rockets.

"Are you okay? Huh?" He Yun was about to check Wu Chang's injuries, but when he turned around, he found that Wu Chang had disappeared.

Turning around again, he saw Wu Chang appearing behind the two attackers in some unknown way, with a huge golden two-handed sword in his hand.

With a swing of the two-handed sword, the two attackers, along with the portable mechas they were wearing, were cut in half.

Seven steps away, space teleportation is faster.

Within seven steps, he will choose to backstab and attack.

Wu Chang shook off the blood on the golden giant sword, put the sword away, and said:

"Sorry for soiling your lawn."

He Yun looked at Wu Chang in confusion, pointed at his previous position, and then pointed at his current position.

"How did you get there?"

Wu Chang: "If I just think about going there, I will go there directly. Can't you do that?"

He Yun: ...

I can do nothing.

Wu Chang didn't want to focus on himself, and wanted to discuss He Yun more.

He kicked the real halfling under his feet and asked, "They opened fire right away, obviously intending to kill you. They assassinated you three times in one day. Who did you offend?"

He Yun also showed a puzzled expression. The first two assassinations might have been because some people had had enough of living and wanted to challenge her, but three times in a row was indeed a bit abnormal.

She removed the mechas from the two men and discovered that both of them had a tattoo of a red rose about to bloom on their upper bodies.

She frowned and said:

"He is a follower of the Paradise Cult."

Wu Chang felt that the name sounded familiar, and he quickly remembered where he had heard it.

In the evil cult, there are three organizations with the strongest strength and the greatest influence. Two of them are the Sect of Tranquility and Revelation, and the third one is the Sect of Paradise.

In the Quiet Town dungeon, the Perception Sect believed by the islanders is a branch of the Paradise Sect.

I didn’t expect that this group of evil god believers would actually infiltrate the Pillar of the Present World.

The emergence of the Paradise Sect also reminded him of the abducted Fang Hui. Fang Hui once said that the people who abducted him said they wanted to make him some kind of Holy Son.

The purpose of the Paradise Cult is to indulge desires, enjoy the body to the fullest, and then perceive the reality of the world.

Fang Hui was born with a trace of original light in his body. This original light made him have a fatal attraction to strong and special opposite sex. He could almost be described as a succubus who had a special attack on bad women.

Putting the two together, they seem to be a perfect match. You gotta admit, Fang Hui does have the talent to be the Holy Son of the Paradise Sect.

Wu Chang had learned before that the believers of the Paradise Sect called their god the Mother Goddess.

The title of Mother Goddess not only embodies the qualities of a powerful but also a badass woman, and is a perfect fit for Fang Hui's existence.

He originally wanted to put Fang Hui aside and attack He Yun first. No, he wanted to attack the Pillar of the World through He Yun first, and then come back to rescue Fang Hui.

As a result, the information came to his door, so he couldn't just ignore it.

He asked, "Can you tell me more about this Paradise Sect?"

He Yun threw the two assassins into the yard, turned back into the house, and while directing the household robot to replace the broken glass windows, he said to Wu Chang:

"The Paradise Cult has existed in the underground shelter for a long time, even before we were completely closed off, so outsiders like you couldn't easily get in. It's just that the Paradise Cult that existed in the underground shelter was very restrained. At most, they used alcohol to numb themselves, and agreed with their relatives and friends that a few punches and stabs would not affect others."

Wu Chang sighed. He felt that He Yun had some misunderstanding about the meaning of the word "restraint".

He Yun continued, "But some time ago, about a month ago, a group of outsiders who also believed in the Paradise Cult entered the underground shelter. They used their religious tricks to quickly take over the Paradise Church in the underground shelter."

"Since then, the followers of bliss in the underground shelter have gone too far. The indulgence of desires and emotions has also made people more irritable."

Wu Chang keenly sensed that there was something wrong with the time and interrupted, "Wait, you said that the outsiders who believed in the Paradise Sect had entered the underground shelter more than a month ago?"

He Yun nodded. "Almost. Actually, it might be a little earlier."

Wu Chang showed a thoughtful expression. That was a problem. It had only been a few days since the four major organizations were attacked and the Pillar of the World became public.

From the communication with Fang Hui, it can be seen that even if the flow of time in the underground shelter is different from that in the outside world, the difference will not be too big. It is impossible for a few days to pass outside while more than a month has passed in the underground shelter.

More than a month ago, the Pillar of the World was still under the control of the four major organizations. There was only one possibility, that is, the four major organizations intended to include the Paradise Sect in it to lay some kind of groundwork.

All of this is becoming more and more like a self-directed and self-acted play.

Wu Chang put aside his doubts for the moment. He looked at He Yun and asked curiously, "Why did the Paradise Sect want to assassinate you? What did you do?"

He Yun said casually: "Maybe it's because I kicked the archbishop's dick?"

Wu Chang: ...

That's something we should be enemies of.

He Yun yawned and said, "You can sleep in the studio tonight. I'm sleepy and I'm going to rest first."

Wu Chang looked at the two bodies lying on the ground outside the house and asked, "Don't we need to get rid of them?"

"No need, just leave it there. They will leave by themselves tomorrow morning." He Yun waved his hand and went upstairs with the bottle of wine.

Wu Chang curled his lips. Could it be that there were too many people committing suicide in the underground shelter? In order to deal with this situation, there were special automatic robots collecting corpses?
The Pillar of the World copy is much more difficult than the A-level copy that is on the verge of getting out of control. Wu Chang did not rest rashly, but sat cross-legged on the sofa to practice thunder magic.

With his current physical attributes and 138 willpower points, he can still maintain plenty of energy even if he doesn't sleep for a month.

For him now, sleep has simply become a pleasure. Sleeping will allow his mind to enter a completely dark space and completely relax. Every time he wakes up, it feels like he has received a soul massage.

He controlled the energy in his body and kept it running according to the route of the Thunder Method Fragments. During his practice, he entered a state of trance and could not tell how much time had passed.

In a trance, he heard some noise outside the house, and the strange sound woke him up from his practice.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the two assassins who he had chopped into two pieces last night. Their bodies were emitting a faint light. As the light faded, the bodies of the two men were completely restored.

They got up from the ground as if they had a dream.

"Gunpowder, why are we lying here?"

"How would I know? We died together. If you don't remember, how can I remember?"

"Shit! This is the home of that evil star, we won't get sick and provoke that bitch, will we?"

"Fuck! Stop talking and run away!"

Watching the two people running away, Wu Chang was filled with questions.
What's happening here?
Resurrection of the dead?
But it was somewhat different from the simple resurrection of the dead. He noticed that when the two men assassinated He Yun last night, they were very strong and their physical fitness was much stronger than it is now.

But after resurrection, their bodies were obviously weakened, as if they had returned to the time before entering the gym overnight.

He was just about to catch the two men and ask them what was going on when he heard He Yun's voice behind him.

"then!"

Wu Chang turned around and caught the can of cold beer thrown by He Yun.

He Yun had wet hair and a towel around his neck. He looked like he had just taken a shower and his body exuded a faint scent of shower gel.

"See? This is the difference between us and outsiders."

Wu Chang pointed at the two people who were leaving and asked, "What's the difference here?"

He Yun opened the can and took a sip of wine. His voice was a little dry, as if he was thinking of something in the past that he didn't want to recall.

"All the people in the underground shelter No. 88 are a bunch of poor people trapped in a time loop."

7K big chapter, it’s another day of explosive updates. At the beginning of each copy, and the slightly dull parts in the middle and late stages, I will try to update more to speed up the progress of the plot.

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