Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 116 First Kill Available Now
It really is teleportation...

At noon, Guan Tong saw the official announcement and confirmed that her previous guess was correct.

The Sound Hunter isn't fast; rather, it teleports to the speaker's side, kills them, and then immediately teleports away.

Furthermore, it is currently confirmed that sound hunters will only hunt individuals who make sounds; others will not be affected even if they are standing next to that person.

As for whether the sound hunter would still attack if the two people's necks were pressed together, that's unknown; no one has dared to attempt that yet.

After determining the Sound Hunter's movement and attack methods, Guan Tong had the idea of ​​conducting experiments.

Of course, he himself would not speak; instead, he planned to summon the undead and make them speak.

If the undead are considered human under these rules, Guan Tong has an unlimited number of attempts.

However, just to be on the safe side, Guan Tong first summoned a thick layer of shadow armor that completely adhered to her skin to wrap around her body before the experiment.

He then went to the outer courtyard, blew the corpse whistle, and summoned three undead men out.

The undead summoned by the Corpse Whistle will not roar unless Guan Tong gives the order, and are not much different from robots.

After everything was ready, Guan Tong made one of the undead make a sound.

"Roar!!!"

He then stood aside and observed the living dead.

About five seconds later, without any warning, the living dead man's neck was pierced and he died.

Guan Tong's eyes lit up with joy; she had succeeded.

In this rule, the undead he summoned were also classified as human.

This means that he can find a way to eliminate the sound hunters through multiple trials.

After a moment's thought, Guan Tong manipulated the shadow to cover the neck of another undead, making it materialize.

He then made the living dead make a sound.

Seconds later, the carotid artery of the undead, along with the materialized "shadow scarf" covering it, was pierced.

Such powerful penetrating force...

Guan Tong looked at the circular hole in the physical shadow and knew that the physical shadow of this thickness could not block the attack of the Sound Hunter at all.

What if it's made even thicker?

Guan Tong looked at the last undead he had summoned. This time, he used a lot of mental energy to transform his shadow into a huge "collar" more than half a meter wide, which he then placed around the undead's neck.

A few seconds after the undead roared, the hunter's attack came again.

But this time was different from the previous two times. The previous two times were fatal with a single blow, but this time the Sound Hunter seemed to have attacked twice!

Guan Tong examined it carefully and indeed found that it was two strokes.

The first thrust penetrated the shadow's neck to about 80 centimeters, and the second thrust completely pierced through, killing the living dead.

This made him realize immediately that the Sound Hunter's attack could not ignore defenses; as long as the barrier was strong and deep enough, it could still provide some defensive effect.

If that's the case, then many of the ascendants in this set of rules should be able to survive after failing the challenge, especially those who have received investment from group organizations.

Because these types of people usually have defensive items, and if they are close-range, highly effective defensive items, they may be able to defend against attacks from sound hunters.

However, simply defending is not enough; we also need to find a way to counterattack.

Guan Tong pondered for a moment, then summoned three more undead.

He selected one and had the shadow transform into a thick collar full of spikes around the neck of the undead.

In this way, the Sound Hunter will be unable to avoid those spikes when attacking the undead.

This time, Guan Tong no longer stood idly by. He used 200 points of his reserved mental power to summon the Giant Axe Warrior, placing him beside the undead. He then picked up the Silver Hunter, preparing to launch a multi-angle, saturation attack on the Sound Hunter.

Roar.

As Guan Tong gave the command with his mind, the living dead let out a cry.

Five seconds later, the Sound Hunter's attack arrived. At the moment the Shadow Collar was attacked, Guan Tong noticed that the spikes on the collar pierced into something, and some dark liquid flowed out.

Is that the blood of a sound hunter?

Without much thought, Guan Tong immediately gave the giant axe warrior the order to attack, while simultaneously pulling the trigger himself, firing more than a dozen No. 3 high-explosive rounds without hesitation.

Boom boom boom boom boom!
As the giant axe warrior swung his axe, the explosion engulfed the undead.

Did you make it?

Guan Tong wasn't entirely sure, because he hadn't heard any screams or anything like that.

Before the smoke and dust from the explosion had cleared, he immediately manipulated his shadow to slip into the conflagration, providing him with vision.

Beside the undead that had been blown to smithereens lay a strange black creature.

Upon seeing the creature, Guan Tong was overjoyed.

It must be a sound hunter!
The creature was entirely black, resembling a short snake but without eyes, and its appearance was extremely ugly. Its attack organ appeared to be a long spike in its mouthparts, which was severed by the giant axe warrior, with a piece falling to the ground.

Moreover, Guan Tong discovered that the monster, despite suffering such a heavy attack, was still alive and was slowly wriggling on the ground, its body gradually becoming transparent.

not good!

Guan Tong realized that once the hunter became completely transparent, it would probably teleport away. He immediately pulled the trigger, this time switching to the No. 2 slug, which was more effective against single targets, and fired another dozen rounds.

After an explosion, Guan Tong heard the voice of the Fire Thief in his mind.

You killed a sound hunter.

[Gained 350 Ascension Coins] [Gained 3 Telephone Scrolls]

it is good!
As soon as the Fire Thief's voice came out, Guan Tong knew that the Hunter was completely dead.

He was happy, but he was careful not to make a sound, keeping his joy in silence.

The reward of Ascension Coins is secondary; what's important is that three tradable call scrolls, which have a chance to drop, fell at once! This must be a sign of extremely good luck.

After the smoke and dust cleared, Guan Tong walked over and carefully examined the corpse of the Sound Hunter.

This creature doesn't seem to be from Tianshui at all. It has a sharp spike, almost the same length as its body and several tens of centimeters long, inside its slender body. And its attack method seems to be to spit out the spike, pierce the carotid artery of the person making the sound, and then retract it into its body.

How did this monster teleport?

Guan Tong wondered with some curiosity, was it due to its own biological characteristics? Or was it the work of the fire-stealers?

Moreover, does the appearance of these seemingly non-native creatures confirm that the Fire Stealers are aliens? Just like the previous "Mother Transformers," are the Fire Stealers mass-deploying alien creatures onto Tianshui Star according to different rules?

These questions certainly can't be answered right now. Guan Tong didn't dwell on them; his eyes were full of eager anticipation.

Using the undead to lure them in, and then combining the strength of the Shadow, the Giant Axe Warrior, and the Silver Hunter, the Sound Hunter can be wiped out.

This immediately gave Guan Tong a "monster-hunting" plan.

The goal, of course, is to obtain Ascension Coins as rewards and to sell Ascension Coins from call scrolls.

Guan Tong had already realized before the Ascendant Challenge that the Ascendant Coins provided by the rules were completely insufficient. They were fine for spending in the Ascendant Shop, but in the end-market, his meager amount was just a fraction of what other large organizations had.

Any props that are even slightly effective have been driven up in price by these organizations, to the point that individual ascensionists can no longer afford them.

Especially now that we've entered a state of war, according to the "shelter accommodation terms" published online, those who stay there must obey the unified arrangements and distribution of their Ascendant Coins and items.

This undoubtedly gives the government an extremely terrifying purchasing power. Imagine if hundreds of millions of people all moved into shelters in the future, the amount of Ascension Coins that the government could mobilize would reach hundreds of billions or even trillions.

Therefore, now that she has the opportunity, Guan Tong decided to take advantage of this rule to acquire more Ascension Coins.

Before starting, he first brought up his personal panel and opened the terminal market.

Just as he expected, there were no secret call files on the market. Even though his post had been up for hours, no one had obtained them, or perhaps they had but chose to keep them for themselves instead of selling them.

That way, he can be the first to put the crabs on the shelf and eat them.

Guan Tong opened the listing interface, put up a tradable call scroll, and thought about the price setting.

How much is appropriate?

Selling it too cheaply is definitely not an option. This thing might be useless to most ordinary people, but for high-ranking officials, powerful figures, or even spies and other secret agents with high confidentiality needs... it would be something they desperately want.

The common characteristic of these people is that they control resources or can obtain resource investment... in other words, they have a lot of cryptocurrency.

...If we don't take some, it would be a disservice to all those Ascended Coins they have.

After thinking for a moment, Guan Tong first entered a 3, then three 0s.

He plans to sell 3000 first to test the waters.

The moment Guan Tong selected to list the product, almost a second or two had passed, and before she could even close her device, she received a notification.

The item you listed has been sold.

"..."

Guan Tong didn't expect it to happen so quickly; it seems she had set the price too conservatively.

He put another one up for sale, this time tripling the price to 9000 Ascension Coins.

Three seconds later, he received another notification.

The item you listed has been sold.

Nine thousand sold out so quickly?

Could it be that I've underestimated the demand for this kind of private communication among some people?
Guan Tong had only one card left. After much deliberation, he put it up for sale with a price of "20000" Shenghua coins.

He thought the price was outrageous. If it could be sold quickly, it would mean there was great potential in the blue ocean market, and he would definitely go all out to sell it.

Sure enough, it didn't sell as quickly after being put on the shelves this time, probably because the buyers were considering whether the value matched the price.

Seven or eight seconds later, just as Guan Tong thought this might sell for a while, she received another notification.

The item you listed has been sold.

"!"

20,000 Shenghua coins sold in less than ten seconds?

Guan Tong was first surprised, then delighted, but then frowned slightly.

This in itself is something to be happy about, because he can make a fortune as expected.

But the thought that the people who bought these secret scrolls were not using their own currency, but rather currency collected from a large number of people, made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

Because the people who buy this thing are most likely using it for secret communications by important figures, rather than to help ordinary people. This makes Guan Tong, an ordinary person, feel a sense of shared resentment.

……never mind.

Guan Tong quickly understood. After all, the value of these sublimated coins in his hands might not be less than that of those groups. In fact, it might even be far greater.

Before closing the panel, he glanced at his Ascension Coins; the current amount was 32487.
The original 487 has now become a fraction of its original value.

With over 30,000 Ascension Coins, even in the increasingly frenzied terminal market, you can buy quite a few things. But now is not the time to go on a bargain hunt; I need to hurry up and farm more.

Guan Tong had a premonition that this blue ocean wouldn't belong to him alone. Before long, the authorities would likely find a way to hunt down a large number of sound hunters. Once the market supply increased, it wouldn't be so easy for the secret scrolls to sell for tens of thousands of yuan each.

(End of this chapter)