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“No, what I mean is… well, how should I put it? Buddhist scriptures might be one way to subdue curses, but why are we so afraid of curses?” Zheng Zha paused and said, “Putting aside how terrifying curses are, we might not necessarily die right now, so we…”

Zheng Zha's communicator on his waist vibrated. He quickly turned it on, and a familiar voice came through.

"I am Chu Xuan... Zheng Zha, listen carefully, this may be my final hint."

Let me confirm my final guess...

"Physical damage is useless? An illusion? Or... Arnold, attack!"

"As expected... there are no reward points, and it takes a large number of spirit bullets to accumulate damage in order to destroy a soul..."

Chu Xuan's voice came through the communicator, along with the sound of numerous gunshots. Zheng Zha quickly placed the communicator on the coffee table in front of everyone.

"Arno, watch out behind you. The spirit might attack the person who hurt it first."

"...I can't touch it, or I'll lose control of my body?"

"Every part of the body must be attacked..."

Then a series of gunshots rang out, along with the dull thud of something falling to the ground.

"Still no reward points, could the hint of 'seven' mean..."

"Each wave that's killed becomes stronger than the next wave of ghosts... We've already killed three waves, so does this represent the fourth wave?"

"The fourth wave!"

"No! No reward points, no notification, it will continue..."

After a long silence on the communicator, everyone vaguely heard a man and a woman arguing about something. Then the woman screamed, and a short while later, they heard the sound of a cleaver chopping meat.

"A hallucination? Or perhaps..."

"How did the attacked part disappear and then enter my intestines? It wasn't a physical attack or a mental attack... It must be some kind of ghostly attack that can't be explained by science."

"It's impossible for it to not exist. In other words, attacks are ineffective under normal circumstances; they only become effective the instant you launch the attack..."

"Ugh... I feel so bloated. I still prefer foods that look pretty..."

"The fifth wave... is over!"

Suddenly, a clattering sound came from the communicator, sounding like a ghost sticking to it, eerie and terrifying.

"Is it invisible? Or... is it inside my body?"

"Is this the sixth wave? Attacking internal organs from within..."

After a few gunshots, the communicator made the sound of something heavy falling, and then there was no sound at all, only the hissing of electronic signals.

Following Chu Xuan's suggestion, we devised a battle plan. Then, we divided the night watch into shifts: Zhang Jie and Qi Teng were in squad one, Zhan Lan and Ying Kong were in squad one, Zheng Zha and Ling Dian were in squad one, and Ming and I were in squad one.

Time flew by, and the night passed uneventfully. The next day, everyone mostly acted together. To avoid arousing suspicion from Zheng Zha and his gang, I had no choice but to go with them. During the day, we simply found a restaurant and ate some food, then checked into a nearby hotel and freshened up. Afterward, we returned to the square to continue our solitary vigil. Although I would sometimes take the girls shopping at their request, we wouldn't go too far. We carried communication devices with us, and our shopping trips never exceeded two hours. When night fell, we would split up and guard the area again.

Time still flies... Although I contacted Chu Xuan during this time, the contact was very brief. But in the blink of an eye, it was already dusk on the seventh day. In just seven or eight hours, the horror movie would end, and Zheng Zha and the others began to be on high alert.

As night fell, the Curse of Vengeance finally arrived. Although Zhang Jie did not tamper with Zhan Lan and the others during this time, firstly, Zhan Lan was a Taoist priest, so she had a certain immunity to mental control. If something went wrong, he might expose himself. He couldn't control Ying Kong even if he wanted to. As for Ming, I was right next to her. So he did not reenact the scene from the original story.

Before the arrival of the Curse, Zheng Zha was woken up by Zhang Jie because they discovered that I and the three girls had disappeared. The only things left behind were a gun (the Blood Rose Gun) and a note with information about the gun.

We then arrived at the house where the cursed spirit resided. At my command, Zhan Lan used the Five Thunder Talisman to summon heavenly lightning to strike the source of the incident—the well that had previously sealed the "Jia Yezi." Ming MM, as instructed, used bombs to destroy the house. The consequence of our actions was that we were attacked by a "Jia Yezi's main vengeful spirit," many times stronger than before. However, under my protection, the three girls finally defeated "her," and we achieved a rich reward. Zhan Lan received 7000 reward points and one B-rank and one C-rank side quest; Ming MM received 6000 reward points and one B-rank and one D-rank side quest; and Ying Kong MM received 4000 reward points and one B-rank side quest. Because I primarily protected the three of them, I received the least, only 1000 reward points and one D-rank side quest.

Then the main god informed us that the 'Coconut Shackles' attack had weakened. Knowing this, we did not go to support Zheng Zha, but instead joined up with Chu Xuan, because I believed that with Zheng Zha's will to survive and the 'Blood Rose Spear' I left behind, they would definitely be alright.

Time passed quickly. With a prompt from the Supreme God, we all entered a semi-conscious state and then returned to the platform in the Supreme God's space...

Chapter 31 Sakura Sora Improves Her Cultivation

After Zheng Zha recovered, he rushed to me, grabbed my collar, and shouted, "Dong Tian, ​​tell me what happened! Why did you and the other two girls, Zhan Lan and the others, disappear at the last minute? Why did Chu Xuan, who should have died, return to the Main God Space like us? Why...?"

"You should ask Chu Xuan to explain these issues. I don't want to say anything now. Also, you should return that gun to me." After saying that, I turned around and pulled Ying Kong into my room.

After leading Sakura to my room, I pointed to the interior and said to her, "Sakura, this will be our shared room from now on. You don't need to choose a room like the others. I asked the main god, and it's possible for two people to share a room, so let's stay together."

Hearing me say that, Sakura nodded shyly. I smiled slightly, took her little hand, and walked into the 'Time Chamber'.

After entering the Time Chamber, Sakura was stunned for a moment, then happily threw herself into my arms and said with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Tian! I really miss that feeling, I never thought I could see it again!"

Because I decorated the "Time Chamber" to resemble a beautiful starry sky and transformed the floor into the interior of the magical artifact "Shuttle Ship," the feeling was not much different from when I took her, who was young at the time, to see the starry sky aboard the magical artifact "Shuttle Ship" 10 years ago.

After we reminisced about the past, I took out a jade bottle containing the "Jade Dew Elixir" that I had previously refined for her from my ring and handed it to her, saying, "Sakura, here are some pills for you. I specially refined them for you. There are 24 pills in total, and each one can enhance your cultivation to a certain extent. Now take them quickly, and I will help you neutralize their medicinal power so that your cultivation will improve even faster."

"Brother Tian, ​​didn't you used to disapprove of my cultivation level improving too quickly?" Yingkong asked in confusion.

“In the past, I was worried that your cultivation level was too high and your mental cultivation was not strong enough, which would make you prone to qi deviation. But now I have found a solution, so I want to strengthen your cultivation as soon as possible so that I can feel more at ease with you.”

"Really? Brother Tian, ​​what solution did you find?"

I took out the two relics I obtained from 'Ju-on' and said to her, "These are the relics. These two are relics that I formed by refining the souls of tens of thousands of wronged spirits with Buddhist power. Each one has purer energy than the relics formed by ordinary Buddhist practitioners. They can be said to be the crystallization of a Buddhist practitioner's spiritual power. So if you can refine them, your mental cultivation will greatly increase, and you can safely enhance your cultivation."

"I see. Then let's begin our cultivation, Brother Tian..."

————————————This is the dividing line for cultivation——————————————————————————————————

Inside the 'Time Chamber,' one year is one day outside. After Sakura and I freshened up, we walked out of the 'Time Chamber' and the door of our room. It was already a little after 10 a.m. the next day.

I must say that the 'relic' was truly a treasure. After Ying Kong refined it, her mental cultivation immediately stabilized at the 'Spirit Division Stage'. Therefore, as long as her cultivation did not exceed this stage, she would not be in danger of going into demonic possession. With the help of 24 pills and me, her cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the 'Golden Core Stage'. While I was happy about this result, I couldn't help but feel a little inferior. Back then, I had gone through several life-and-death situations to achieve that level of cultivation.

Zheng Zha and the others had all gathered in the square, but their attention was drawn to a huge golden stone tablet. The tablet was suspended five meters in mid-air, emitting a soft golden light, and it quietly attracted everyone's attention.

At this moment, Chu Xuan, who saw us come out, said, "You're out now. Look at it; there's some interesting information."

I looked at the golden stone tablet, and a message popped into my mind.

"...When the team appears, or when three or more humans have already unlocked their genetic locks, this information will appear automatically and remain in this 'God' space."

"...As we all foresee, when the biological gene lock is unlocked to the fifth level, that is, the final level of the gene lock, the organism will completely evolve into a higher level of life. Therefore, whether the human world will progress or suffer a catastrophe depends on the will of that organism. However, in order to prevent a collision between two or more high-level organisms that could lead to the complete extinction of humanity, we have established the following regulations..."

"...When a team has accumulated three or more humans with unlocked genetic locks, the team will randomly collide with 'God' space teams from other continents in a horror movie. If either side kills a member of the other team, the reward points will be... 2,000 reward points and one C-level side quest. If the team kills a member of the opposing team with unlocked genetic locks, the reward points will be 7,000 reward points and one B-level side quest. If the entire opposing team is killed, each member of the surviving team will receive one C-level side quest reward."

"...There is no cruelty, no manipulation, no justice or evil...Only one team can survive in the end. If you don't want to die, then keep evolving beyond yourself..."

By this time, they had recovered from the shock of that message. Zheng Zha stared at us blankly, then coughed, drawing everyone's attention, and said, "Chu Xuan, why don't you analyze the meaning of this message?"

Chu Xuan nodded, adjusting his glasses, and said, "As I deduced before, the 'God' space is a place where humans evolve, using different horror movies to stimulate their survival instincts, thereby unlocking their genetic potential... Secondly, this information mentions a very important point: there's more than one 'God' space. Actually, I've had some suspicions before. Didn't everyone notice why all those entering this space are Chinese? Even the only Russian mercenary before, he came to the 'God' space by accessing the internet in China. In other words, besides our 'God' space, there are likely other 'God' spaces on other continents, and there are similar teams there as well."

"Finally, those who created the 'God' space don't seem to want the two teams to return to the real world separately. As a result, due to differences in beliefs, languages, values, and other aspects, it is very likely that the two teams will eventually go to war in the real world. The consequences of such a situation would be extremely terrible. For example... a Zero Point with ten times the strength and speed of an ordinary person, as well as superhuman reflexes, wielding a Gauss sniper rifle with unlimited ammo, plus other high-tech equipment, could completely take on an army."

Zheng Zha said, "You mean we're likely to encounter horror movie teams from other continents in the upcoming horror movies, and the result will either be that we're all killed, or we kill them all, right?"

"Well, you could say that. The 'God' uses such high, or rather enticing, reward points and side quests to lure us into fighting and killing each other to accelerate the evolution of different teams. It feels to me like 'it' is raising a 'poisonous insect,' a powerful and perfect 'poisonous insect.'"

"By the way, it was mentioned above that the team would only meet with other teams after the three people who unlocked the gene lock appeared, right? So who else is there besides me?"

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said, "I can unlock the initial state of the gene lock; I should be within this range."

Sakura MM said, "I can too, but I haven't used it in a long time."

Zheng Zha laughed and said, "So, we already have three team members who have unlocked their gene locks. Add to that Dong Tian, ​​who has formidable combat power, and our team might very well be the strongest among all the teams from all the continents!"

Chu Xuan glanced at Zheng Zha but didn't speak, though a look of disdain appeared in his eyes. I smiled and said, "Let's discuss our next direction for strengthening."

Chapter 32 Hawaii in the Ju-on World

After hearing what I said, everyone stated the number of reward points they had received. Including the fixed reward points for the horror movie, each of them received:

"Zheng Zha received over 4100 reward points and two C-level side quests."

"Zhang Jie has received 2800 reward points and two D-level side quests."

"Received 3300 reward points and one C-level side quest at midnight."

"Qi Tengyi has received 2100 reward points and one D-level side quest."

"Chu Xuan has received 5000 reward points and one B-level side quest."

"Sakura and Zhan Lan both received 10500 reward points and two B-level side quests."

"Ming Yanwei has received 6000 reward points, one B-level side quest, and one D-level side quest."

As for me, I received 55500 reward points, two S-rank side quests, one A-rank side quest, one B-rank side quest, and one D-rank side quest. Adding these to my remaining 15000 reward points and the one A-rank and one B-rank side quest, I have a total of 2 S-rank, 2 A-rank, 2 B-rank, and 1 D-rank side quests, and 70500 reward points. But I don't know how to use them. I can't use them to strengthen my bloodline, nor do I need to exchange them for weapons; I only need to exchange some of them for materials.

Just like in the original story, Zheng Zha exchanged for the skill 'Red Flame'. His skin was covered with a layer of blood-red flames, which did not look very dazzling, but the smell of blood was strong. This blood-red layer looked as if the blood itself was burning, bloody and vivid.

Then Zhang Jie and his group surrounded him, asking him all sorts of questions about the vampire skill. Zheng Zha then explained it in detail, emphasizing that the skill really consumed a lot of vampire energy. In just a short while after it was activated, almost half of his vampire energy had been consumed.

So I gave him a B-level side quest and a 2000-point reward, so he could upgrade his vampire mutated bloodline to the Count level. However, Zheng Zha firmly refused my offer, saying, "Dong Tian, ​​no need... really no need!"

Seeing his reaction, I immediately smiled and said, "I'm not doing this for you, but for everyone. The next horror movie is about to start, and we need strong combat power. Besides me and Sakura, you will be one of the main combat forces, which is why I'm doing this! Besides, even if you're not doing this for everyone... you should think about the little girl waiting for you here!"

Hearing what I said, Zheng Zha looked at me gratefully and thanked me, because he knew the importance of the 2000 reward points and the B-level side quest in this world. Then he chose to enhance the 'Vampire Count Mutant Bloodline', and a pillar of light shot down from above, sucking Zheng Zha into it. He then floated up in the pillar of light, slowly rising from the ground. When he was about several meters high, countless light particles rushed out from the "God" and continuously merged into Zheng Zha's body. This state lasted for nearly ten minutes. Then, to everyone's astonishment, a pair of black fleshy wings slowly stretched out from his back. Just as he was about to reach out to touch the wings, the light particles from the "God" slowly disappeared, and he fell down from mid-air.

"What...what is that?" Lori was most anxious about anything related to Zheng Zha. She hurriedly shouted and rushed to Zheng Zha's side. But upon closer inspection, apart from two slits in Zheng Zha's clothes on his back, there were no black fleshy wings at all.

Zheng Zha also strangely touched his back, where he could only feel straight back muscles; there were no fleshy wings or anything like that. But if it was a hallucination, then besides everyone seeing it, even his clothes were torn open—that was something no hallucination could achieve.

Because of his increased strength, Zheng Zha said with a smile, "Could it be that if I continue to strengthen myself like this, I might actually become a vampire with wings? But even vampires don't have wings, right?" After saying that, he used the "Crimson Flame" skill, and blood-red flames burned around him.

Suddenly, he looked like he was in great pain. Seeing this, Zhang Jie immediately shouted, "Enter the gene-lock unlocking state! Hurry up, control the vampire energy back into your mind, then bind it and don't let it leave your mind even an inch, hurry!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha immediately entered the second stage of gene lock activation. I knew why, so I immediately pressed down on his shoulders to help him regulate his 'blood energy' and 'internal force' to achieve a balance.

After about an hour and a half, with my help, Zheng Zha managed to regulate the energy within his body. As soon as he opened his eyes, Lori cried and threw herself into his arms. Zheng Zha had no choice but to comfort her. While comforting Lori, he also gave me a grateful look, and I smiled at him and accepted his thanks.

During this time, Zhang Jie, Qi Tengyi, and Lingdian completed their enhancements. Qi Tengyi also used the T-virus source liquid, which was the last one I had. Chu Xuan enhanced a Mind Chain skill under my guidance.

"The Mind Chain skill allows you to connect your consciousness with that of your partners, transmitting what you see in your mind to theirs. It can connect up to three people at once, separating their respective fields of vision. It can also control those with weak mental strength to a limited extent, but if the opponent's mental strength is too strong, it may cause a backlash. It requires one B-level side quest and rewards 5000 points."

At my request, the remaining three women did not enhance their physical attributes. Zhan Lan saved her reward points to enhance her 'Divine Taoist' attribute, while Ying Kong did not think of which bloodline she should enhance.

Ming MM enhanced her 'Elf Wind Archer Bloodline', using 2000 reward points and a C-level side quest. After the enhancement, her appearance didn't change much, except that her ears became like an elf's, and she also gained a unique temperament.

After seeing that Zheng Zha had returned to normal, they immediately ran to me and asked, "Are you alright?" Because when I was holding Zheng Zha's shoulder earlier, his body was burning with "red flames," and they were very worried about whether my body had been affected. I could only smile and reassure the three of them, saying, "Don't worry, Zheng Zha's strength is no match for me!"

Hearing me say that, the three women felt a little relieved.

At this moment, Zheng Zha seemed to have already dealt with his cute little loli. He awkwardly said, "I think... cough, how about we all go to Hawaii Beach to rest for a while? Ten days, cough, not the real Hawaii Beach, but the Hawaii Beach from the previous horror movie. This way, we won't consume side quest points or need five times the reward points. We only need ten reward points to exchange for one day. What do you all think? Let's just rest for ten days."

“Okay…” the three girls next to me said in unison, and immediately looked at me with a ‘let’s go together’ look.

What's going on here? Didn't Ying Kong not agree in the original story? How come she agreed to go immediately like Zhan Lan and the others, and even looked at me like that? Despite my thoughts, I smiled and said, "That's a good idea, um... let's go then."

Zero didn't say much, just nodded slightly, which surprised everyone around him. Zhang Jie laughed and said he would definitely go, while Qi Teng thought for a long time and then refused to go to Hawaii with everyone. Firstly, his strength was the weakest among them, and secondly, he had the fewest reward points, so he didn't want to be so extravagant. Chu Xuan said that he had already spent all his rewards, so he wouldn't go.

After everyone made their clear statements, Zheng Zha asked them to prepare, as they would depart in an hour, and then everyone began their preparations.