Simultaneous Transmigration: We Share a Role-Playing System

Chapter 199 Uchiha Sasuke: What do you mean by everyone having trump cards except me? I'm clearly the protagonist!

Inside the shielding tower of Zone C3, after Bai Yuekui left in an emergency due to the initial riot, the ecological reckoning came as scheduled. The frequency-overlaying Devouring Beast, which Mana specially created to deal with the Awakened Walkers, passed through the short-circuited shielding barrier and poured into the base like a ghost.

Originally, during this mission to repair the shielding tower, Bai Yuekui sacrificed his old injuries to kill the most powerful mutated six-eyed frequency-controlling beast, with only Wulan Maiduo unfortunately sacrificing herself.

But now that Bai Yuekui, their strongest fighter, has been eliminated, the Dragonbone Village Awakeners were caught off guard by the Frequency-Overlaying Devouring Beasts. Coupled with the Mana Giants' spying, Mark once again witnessed the ecosystem taking everything away from him.

Shan Da, Xu Tong, Xia Dou, Tasia, Mai Duo, Fang Yuan, and even the two children, all died tragically in front of him.

The moment he transformed into the Devouring Beast and devoured Zai Bing, the human named Mark was already dead; all that remained was a shell that lived simply to survive.

But now, all that remains in this body is an inextinguishable hatred.

Having lost all reason, Mark was like a wild beast driven to the brink of despair, frantically tearing at everything in front of him.

The high-frequency sound waves emitted by the Six-Eyed Frequency-Overlaying Beast caused him to bleed from all seven orifices, while the Pan-Growth Devouring Beast tore at his limbs, rendering him unable to move.

But he did not sit idly by and wait to die. Since he could not break free of his arm, he tore it off. When he could not find a weapon, he used his teeth to bite it. When his teeth broke, he used his head to smash them. In the end, he lay on the ground covered in blood, his breathing becoming extremely weak, but the hatred in his eyes did not fade in the slightest.

The eye tumor, which had been revived after absorbing the blood of Atlético Madrid, swayed its soft gray tentacles and slowly moved forward. All the Devouring Beasts obeyed the will of the ecosystem and automatically parted to make way for it, creating a straight path.

The tumor slowly moved to Mark's chest, its pupils contracting as if scrutinizing this traitor who had fled the ecosystem.

Mark raised his bloodshot eyes and stared intently at it, his gaze seemingly piercing through the surface of reality, striking directly at the master standing behind it, the essence of ecology, a tool of a great being.

"Whatever you do."

Mark's voice was hoarse, like sandpaper scraping, yet it carried an indelible hatred.

"I guarantee you will never succeed."

"forever."

The tumor didn't respond. It merely tilted its enormous eye slightly, and the next second, ignoring Mark's frantic struggles, its soft body melted into his chest like liquid, precisely burrowing into the pulsating spirit seed in his chest.

Mark felt a sudden darkness engulf him, his consciousness instantly being pulled into an endless expanse of darkness.

In the center of the darkness, the colossal figure of the Primordial One floated silently, brutally pouring her words into Mark's mind: "#！#%*——&*￥@ (You are blinded by lies, your vision is shrouded in darkness. I will lead you through the lies to the other side of truth.)"

"I'm going to kill you all!"

Mark's consciousness roared in the darkness, his body burning with crimson fury.

"#￥&#（#@！）%————（What you cherish has returned to me. If you return to the ecosystem, you can reunite with it for eternity.）"

"I'm going to kill you all!!!"

Mark roared, each word filled with overwhelming hatred.

Chu Ti fell silent. She looked at the unyielding Mark, whose burning anger made her realize that she could not persuade him to return to the ecosystem.

The next second, countless tentacles of consciousness emerged from the darkness, tightly binding Mark's consciousness. His roar abruptly ceased, and the anger in his eyes gradually subsided, eventually turning into an empty, lifeless silence.

The initial body deprived him of the right to think, erased all his memories and emotions, and turned this crucial "key" into an empty shell that was even more obedient than an ordinary Devouring Beast.

She could always have done that.

There was no such thing before, simply because all the variables were within her calculations. She had already grasped the so-called destiny, and turning Mark into a mere shell did not meet her expectations.

But now, an unexpected event has occurred.

Mark's chest skin suddenly split open, and the eye tumor parasitizing the Spirit Breath Seed slowly emerged. Countless red and black Breath Soil tentacles pierced out from its body, like precise scalpels, instantly piercing the Spirit Breath Seeds of the Devouring Beasts around him.

As the crisp sound of the Spirit Seeds shattering rang out one after another, the dead Devouring Beasts quickly transformed into pools of flowing spiritual soil, which flowed back into Mark's body along the tentacles.

With the injection of a massive amount of life-giving soil, Mark's damaged body began to heal at a visible speed.

The severed arm regrew, and the broken bones snapped back into place.

The sharp edges that had been ground off his forehead were being replaced at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The muscles under his ribs tore open, and another pair of thick arms grew out from them.

The muscle fibers throughout the body proliferated and expanded wildly, tearing the original clothing to shreds.

The moment the transformation was completed, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Those once burning crimson eyes, brimming with boundless hatred, are now nothing but bottomless voids, devoid of anger, pain, or any human emotion, only cold, numb as a machine.

Right now, she's eager to solve the problem.

The breakout battle at the Starship Dock has come to an end. The four members of Mo City chose to temporarily trust Sui Ying, and with their merits in this battle, they regained their autonomy and were finally able to squeeze into the same troop transport car with their long-lost old teammates.

Inside the bumpy train carriage, the dim emergency lights flickered on and off. Mo Cheng, the driver, took a sip of water, still gasping in disbelief at the unbelievable scenes from the battlefield he had just witnessed.

Mo Cheng: "This is unbelievable! This is the first time I've ever seen someone breathe fireballs that can burn several snake-dogs to ashes. How do you think these surface survivors do that? Do they have to eat Devouring Beasts raw every day?"

Sitting in the corner, Feixue was meticulously maintaining her sniper rifle. Hearing this, she didn't even look up, her cool voice coming from beneath her mask: "The classified files of the old era recorded a type of person called 'superpowered individuals.' They are born with the ability to alter the form of matter and influence reality through consciousness. I always thought it was fiction, but now it seems to be true."

She looked up at the ruins rushing past the window, her tone heavy: "With such incredible power, it's no wonder they could survive on the ground. Let alone ordinary Devouring Beasts, I think they might even be able to fight against a King-level beast."

Erica rested her chin on her hand, blinked in confusion, and asked, "But if superpowered people are that powerful, how could the old era have perished so quickly?"

Feixue paused in wiping her gun, then after a moment's thought, a somewhat uncertain voice came from behind her mask: "Perhaps the quantity was too small. Or perhaps—the rulers of the old era captured them all for experiments?"

Mo Cheng: "Hey, why think so much? We'll find out when we get to know them better. I think they're nice people, not the difficult type. And with their help, our chances of finding Captain Mark are much better."

The moment the words "Captain Mark" slipped out.

The entire carriage suddenly fell silent, with only the roar of the engine sounding particularly jarring in the deathly stillness. A heavy sadness spread silently like a tide, engulfing everyone.

Meanwhile, in the carriage a few meters away, the group of people they called the ground survivors were eavesdropping on the hunters' communication channels the entire time.

Glasses: "Great. They trust us now. As long as there are no special circumstances, we should be able to act as a bridge between the hunters and Dragonbone Village."

Locke: "Indeed."

Li Hua: "But what about Suiying? Longgu Village knows he got Mark."

Locke: "Indeed."

Glasses: "He doesn't know that Dragonbone Village does. Once they've made contact with Dragonbone Village, it will be too late for him to cause trouble. He's not worth worrying about."

Locke: "Indeed."

Li Hua: "Indeed, let's leave it at that for now, everyone take a good rest."

After saying that, Li Hua raised his hand and tapped the metal roof of the vehicle above him, then called out, "Sasuke, are your eyes alright?"

The truck bumped along a gravel road, and from the roof came Sasuke Uchiha's indifferent voice, sounding broken by the wind: "It's nothing, we'll be fine after a short rest. But—there's movement a few hundred meters away, someone's following us."

Li Hua's face darkened, and he immediately turned to look at He Liang beside him. He Liang understood, slowly closed her eyes, and a layer of almost invisible mental energy ripples spread around her. A few seconds later, she opened her eyes, her brows furrowed: "There are indeed trackers. But they are very cunning, always staying at the edge of my mental energy perception limit, appearing and disappearing. I can only confirm that there are people, but I cannot determine the number or their exact location."

Li Hua frowned even more deeply. Just as he was about to peek out to check the situation, Locke, who was driving, suddenly reached out a hand and pulled him back sharply.

At the same time, the steering wheel was slammed to the floor, the truck screeching to a halt with its tires screeching. Locke grabbed the walkie-talkie, his voice flat yet carrying an undeniable command: "All vehicles stop immediately! There's an ambush ahead!"

Li Hua was thrown against his seat by the inertia and was about to complain when, in the next second, everyone's watches gave a notification.

[Hidden Quest Unlocked]

[Mission Objective: Survive the pursuit of a Transformation-level Devouring Beast]

[Mission Rewards: Two A-rank side quests, 10000 reward points]

"Li Hua's face was grim at this moment. He asked, "Glasses, do you know what a Transformation-level being is?"

"I don't know, I've never heard of it."

Li Hua clicked his tongue and looked in the direction Locke was staring.

On the distant horizon, a small storm, almost blending into the color of the sand and dust, was slowly moving. If Locke hadn't pointed it out, one sitting in a speeding truck wouldn't have noticed it even with their eyes wide open.

Realizing that this was likely the "avatar-level" being he had never seen before, Li Hua's self-light returned to Locke's profile, and he began to make rapid calculations in his mind.

Actually, he had felt something was wrong a long time ago. This veteran, who always claimed to be "useless and only good at assisting," gave people only one impression from beginning to end—steady.

Whether it was the overwhelming horde of snakes and dogs that he encountered as soon as he landed, or the near-death escape battle at the interstellar dock, Locke always remained calm and composed.

It was as if these crises, which others would consider fatal, were nothing more than exercise after a meal to him.

In other words, Locke had actually been hiding himself all along, and now it seems that what he said when he first introduced himself may not have been true.

What was even stranger was his attitude. Everyone in the team had their own secrets, but faced with this hidden mission that was clearly beyond their capabilities, everyone was inevitably flustered. Only Locke showed no sign of panic on his face; instead, he exuded an undisguised displeasure.

It's the frustration of having your carefully laid-out strategy disrupted and the situation spiraling out of your control.

A thought suddenly and without warning entered Li Hua's mind.

What if—he wasn't unable to leave because he didn't have enough reward points?

What if he chose to stay on his own initiative?

With this in mind, Li Hua made a plan. He stepped forward and said to Locke, "Brother Locke, what do you think?"

Locke, who was communicating with his main body, turned to look at Li Hua and said earnestly, "Li, now, you are the captain chosen by everyone. Why are you asking me what's going on?"

Li Hua instantly understood what the other party meant: did he want her to demonstrate that she was qualified to team up with him?

"Understood, Brother Luo. I wanted to ask you, based on your experience, which has a better chance of winning: running or fighting?"

"The entire continent is now Mana's territory, and Mana is clearly trying to kill us. If we run, do you think other Devouring Beasts will come to intercept us?"

After listening to the other party's explanation, Li Hua nodded and thanked them, saying, "Okay, thank you very much, Brother Luo."

After saying that, Li Hua turned around and walked towards his teammates to start discussing things.

"Running is probably pointless, let's try a desperate gamble."

Glasses: "Captain, has Brother Luo laid his cards on the table?"

Li Hua: "He didn't say it explicitly, but I think it's pretty much a guess. I think it's probably not true that he says he's a senior, but the abilities he's shown are too diverse, which is very strange."

Rosa: "I also find it strange. Even if we don't match a newcomer with us, what's the point of giving us a senior member alone? Could it be that he's the 'guide' you mentioned?"

Old Zhao shook his head and stated his opinion: "No, if he were a guide, he should have come from among us. Even if he is pretending to be a veteran, it is unlikely, because he is proficient in all power systems. He has instructed me on the domineering style, taught the captain how to use psionic energy, and even taught me the 'Meditation Technique' at the beginning. Maybe he is not lying, but he is indeed like us, someone who has only completed two missions."

Sasuke Uchiha frowned, clearly not following the logic: Isn't this a contradiction?

But Li Hua understood Lao Zhao's implied meaning almost instantly.

"You mean—this might not be his first time entering the Main God Space?"

Old Zhao nodded slowly, and everyone gasped instantly. If this guess was true, then this old man was far too experienced.

Li Hua scanned the diverse expressions on the faces of the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Although failure in this mission won't result in immediate annihilation, there is never true losslessness in the Main God Space. One failure can lead to a vicious cycle; one wrong step leads to another, so..."

He paused, a flicker of golden lightning flashing in his eyes. "I think it's time for everyone to show their true abilities."

As soon as he finished speaking, Rosa and Old Zhao exchanged a glance. He Liang's flying sword trembled slightly, and even his usually nonchalant glasses adjusted his sunglasses as he began to seriously consider the proposal.

Only Sasuke Uchiha stood there, stunned.

He first looked at the lightning in Li Hua's eyes, then at the reactions of everyone, and it took him a long time to react.

So, in the whole team, I was the only one who was truly honest and giving it my all to complete the task?

You guys are all hiding things?

Just after Locke had Suiying and the others evacuate, he looked at the approaching storm, took out the ZZZ Driver he had exchanged last time from his spatial ring, and the Calamity Capsule that the invincible young hero Locke had hand-made for him.

"You want to flip the table? Very well, you've successfully provoked my anger."

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