I slay demons and monsters in a bizarre city.

Chapter 25 Are you crazy?

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; missing it would mean certain death. The black goat might very well eat his head alive, and the nine-tailed fox might drain his manhood. Both of these possibilities are quite possible.

As long as you get to carriage number 1 before these two monsters are discovered, you'll be safe. Based on what happened on the ghost train before, Li Changgeng understands that as long as a monster appears in each carriage, there seems to be an inexplicable rule between the carriages, and it's safe to go to another carriage.

We're almost at carriage number 1.

However, Li Changgeng felt a strong force pulling him backward. His waist was wrapped around a red fox tail, and his legs were covered in slimy octopus tentacles. Before Li Changgeng could react, he was already lying face down on the ground, almost getting bitten by a dog.

Before Li Changgeng could even grab the armrest of the carriage seat, his body was already dragging along the ground at breakneck speed...

This is it, I'm doomed. I've been caught by two monsters at the same time, I'm definitely going to die.

If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. If you're always teetering on the edge of death, death will eventually grant you the wish to be dead.

Oh right, Death, card number 15, summons Death...

Li Changgeng quickly used his mind, and the image of the Grim Reaper actually appeared in the bronze shrine in his mind, but the Grim Reaper card did not appear.

"My lord, what are you shy about? Come play with us!" The black goat's honest and harmless voice sounded gentle, but it made Li Changgeng's hair stand on end.

“Yes, this game is really interesting; the number maze is full of puzzles.” The nine-tailed blue fox’s low, piercing growl reverberated in Li Changgeng’s ears.

The carriage wasn't very big to begin with, but when Li Changgeng's body came to a stop, it appeared to have become much larger and wider. The black goat looked at him with a devout expression, and the nine-tailed blue fox had equally alluring eyes. Li Changgeng, lying on the ground, blushed.

Being stared at by two eerie monsters, it's no wonder you feel uncomfortable.

It seems like they don't want to eat him directly, but rather tease him or play Sudoku together?

The green countdown in front of Li Changgeng had only forty minutes left. That was too long. How was he going to get through it?

"Why resort to violence when we can talk things out?" Li Changgeng's clothes were covered in bloodstains and grime, and he had just become a free mop, cleaning the carriage floor.

"You just want to run away, don't you? If you hadn't run around, would we have needed to resort to violence? Besides, this doesn't even count as violence." The Nine-Tailed Green Fox glanced at Li Changgeng. "I don't want to make things difficult for you. Where did that swordsman with the chainsaw come from? Just tell me, and everything will be fine."

The black goat, who had been silently working on a Sudoku puzzle, looked tired, his eyelids drooping wildly as he spoke. "I was going to ask you something. That guy is a terrible enemy. He might be one of the Ten Heavenly Stems, our nemesis."

Clearly, both the Black Goat and the Nine-Tailed Fox wanted a satisfactory answer: who exactly was the Saw Demon and where did he come from? These were crucial questions.

Li Changgeng had no idea what the Saw Demon was all about; he had only seen it in the fifth carriage of the Ghost Train.

The only information he knew was that the Saw Demon was one of the Ten Divine Pillars, skilled in swords, talismans, and wielding a chainsaw. He kept telling Li Changgeng that he was also one of the Ten Ancient Gods of the Heavenly Stems, eagerly anticipating Li Changgeng's abilities. Li Changgeng didn't believe it; he was just a programmer working crazy overtime day and night. Recently, he'd been inexplicably being dragged onto the Ghost Train by the red countdown, driving him crazy. He went to Black Sea City University seeking the truth, where he encountered the legendary Thirteen Coffins of Evil Spirits, the terrifying little dwarf, evil spirits, and the disgusting giantess's nightmare. After that, things got even more absurd; he encountered a hearse, crossed the Bridge of Helplessness in a daze, saw the Three Lives Stone, and met the legendary guardian goddess of the bridge, Meng Po.

Back home, something even more absurd happened. A bronze shrine inexplicably appeared in his head, held by a ragged man in yellow. Inside the shrine, which bore his name, were cards and a strangely shaped padlock. Just as he woke up, Li Changgeng thought he had truly returned to reality, only to be transported to the ghost train by the red countdown. He was going crazy; his personality was becoming distorted.

Unable to distinguish between reality, dreams, games, or even a game within a dream, Li Changgeng was incredibly frustrated. With so many chaotic things happening, he felt like an idiot, constantly being led by the nose. He was surrounded by terrifying and bizarre events, and he seemed to have absolutely no ability to make any decisions about anything, not even to save his own life.

Always cautious and passively fleeing for his life, this time, Li Changgeng decided that even if he died, he would fight the Black Goat and the Nine-Tailed Green Fox to the bitter end!
"Do you two monsters want to know?"

"Go ahead and kill me if you dare! I'm not afraid of death! What the hell is this red death countdown, the cat-headed man in the hospital, the ugly giantess, the skeleton grim reaper, flying swords, talismans, white snakes, and fire pillars? They're all trash!"

"Come on, kill me! Do whatever you want! You just want to force me, drive me crazy, drive me to death, drive me insane, right? I'll die right here!" Li Changgeng roared hysterically; he was really on the verge of going insane.

Even the landlord's family has no surplus grain!
Even the donkeys in the production team can't keep turning in circles pulling the millstone; they need to rest eventually!

Li Changgeng made a seamless transition, giving him no room to breathe.

Li Changgeng gritted his teeth and suddenly bit his arm. A piercing pain shot through him. This wasn't a dream; it must be in the game. He tried many times to summon the No. 15 Skeleton Death card and the No. 9 Hearse card from the Bronze Shrine, but neither seemed to work. Could it be that the things he obtained on the Ghost Train could only be used in real life? It was truly bizarre that they couldn't be used on the Ghost Train. Li Changgeng really didn't understand the rules at all.

He's so tired!
He is so tired!

Li Changgeng's outburst startled the black goat, who was somewhat timid, while the nine-tailed green fox waved the Illusion Moon Fan in its hand.

"You have a divine mark on you, so dying won't be so easy. But since you want to die, there's a way! You've got guts!"

After saying that, the Nine-Tailed Green Fox's Illusion Moon Fan swirled with mist, and a golden revolver floated in the air, with six golden bullets spinning at a constant speed like small stars orbiting a star.

"These six bullets are Soul-Suppressing Nails! If they hit you, you'll either die or be severely crippled. Let's play rock-paper-scissors. The rules are simple: among the three of us, if the other two win against the third, the loser has to point a revolver at their own head and shoot themselves. Let's see who's lucky and survives!"

"Nothing!"

The nine-tailed green fox chuckled mischievously, "We need to reserve these six bullets first. How many to put into the revolver's rotating cylinder? Two at a time!"

"Interesting! I like it! This won't be boring anymore!" The black goat jumped up excitedly. "Sir, will you join us?!"

"Fine!" Li Changgeng held up five fingers, his brain practically boiling from the torment. "Let's play together, but the revolver's cylinder needs five bullets! Whoever quits is a coward!"

The nine-tailed blue fox's face turned green. "My lord, this is a Soul-Suppressing Nail! Have you gone mad?"

(End of this chapter)