I was the fourth disaster in Yokohama and was loved by everyone.

After saving, quickly select C.

Chapter 197 Thanks to Mosaic

The candlelight inside the hall was dim, flickering silently on the walls like ghosts.

A note imbued with the divine power of Amaterasu is presented on a gilded tray.

Amaterasu appeared in a shrine maiden's dream and gave her a divine message: "The northwest direction will appear."

The Emperor sat behind the imperial curtain, gently waving a cypress fan.

"Amaterasu Omikami has shown the location." The Emperor's gaze fell on the Onmyoji, the most skilled diviner in the Bureau of Onmyō, "Could he possibly glimpse the exact location of this prophesied child?"

“The approximate location can be deduced,” the Onmyoji said respectfully. “However, the location of the Child of Prophecy is constantly changing and sometimes difficult to pinpoint.”

The Emperor remained silent for a moment, then frowned slightly: "In that case, I order you to immediately join forces with the Minamoto clan to find the prophesied child. Remember, you must bring him back safely before the Fujiwara clan does."

The Fujiwara clan held immense power, and it was imperative that they be the first to find the person mentioned in the oracle.

The Onmyoji agreed and turned to leave the hall.

The candlelight inside the hall flickered gently, sending up wisps of smoke.

*

On the wild path where the weeds were knee-high, the wind carried a stench that rushed towards me, like countless cold snakes crawling into my collar.

Stepping on the withered yellow grass leaves made a soft, rustling sound.

Zhu Yu was randomly placed on an unfamiliar mountain ridge and randomly chose a direction to keep moving forward.

We didn't encounter any NPCs along the way, only some dead trees and stones lying across the dirt road.

After walking for a while, just as Zhu Yu was about to rewind and go through the random save again, a dull "thump" came from under her feet.

She kicked something, a round, hard object that rolled far away.

Looking down, Zhu Yu fell into deep thought—the thing covered with a thick layer of circular mosaic in front of him, judging from its shape and size, should be a head that randomly spawned in the grass.

The nearby grass blades were still stained with congealed blood.

Place your hand on the mosaic, and an item description pops up—[The head of an adult male: ......]

Zhu Yu put away the item, which had no value for storage, and stood up.

Suddenly, a faint rustling sound came from the bushes not far away.

Zhu Yu looked up and saw a yellow-named player with a critically low health bar hiding in the bushes.

Pushing aside the waist-high weeds, I was met with a face full of mosaics.

Zhu Yu: ???

Out of sheer curiosity about what caused the system's "Teenager Mode" to react so strongly, she silently turned it off.

The corpses of more than a dozen adult men lay scattered about, most of them decapitated, with jagged wounds on their necks.

Or perhaps a huge gash was torn open in the chest, the internal organs scattered all over the ground, mutilated beyond recognition; or perhaps the eyes were gouged out, leaving only two dark holes staring at the sky.

They couldn't piece together a complete corpse.

The stench of blood mixed with the putrid smell filled the air, attracting several crows to circle low overhead, emitting mournful cries.

On the pile of corpses, a pink-haired child, about ten years old, had his eyes closed and was covered in blood.

The most bizarre thing was that the child had four arms, which were now unnaturally twisted. One of the arms was tightly gripping a severed arm, and the broken part, with its flesh and blood, was covered with dark purple scabs, which was quite horrifying.

The overly explicit visuals prompted Zhu Yu to immediately switch out of the control panel and revert to the "Teenager Mode" the moment she saw them.

Seeing the screen full of pixelated images, players regained their sense of security.

She rummaged through her backpack and found a blood-replenishing herb she had collected before. Just as she was about to use it on the NPC, she saw the NPC's eyes, which had been closed, suddenly open wide. Below his original eyes, there was a pair of scarlet eyes.

At this moment, four eyes were fixed on her, their gazes surging with a savagery and ferocity beyond their years, like a lurking beast finally baring its fangs.

Before Zhu Yu could finish marveling at the unique design of this NPC, the four arms on the other side of the NPC rose up at the same time, moving with eerie speed, aiming straight for her throat.

!!!

Almost the instant the NPC launched its attack, Zhu Yu entered [Battle Mode] and instinctively threw a punch to block the attack.

Upon observing that the NPC turned red the moment it launched its attack, Zhu Yu excitedly launched his own attack.

The two engaged in a fierce struggle.

Although this red-named player is now at a higher level than her, he is only low on health and is not a threat!

Then... the stubborn player discovered...

This NPC is so hard to beat!

How can my level increase the more I fight?!

Zhu Yu, puzzled, popped a blood-nourishing herb into her mouth.

Red-named NPCs hit really hard.

Since she hadn't saved before the battle, Zhu Yu decided to try to finish the fight in one life, otherwise she might not be able to randomly encounter this red-named player again next time.

Replenishing blood, losing blood.

Replenishing blood, losing blood.

Repeating this process over and over, Zhu Yu's stockpile of blood-replenishing herbs was depleted. The red-named NPCs seemed to get more and more excited as they fought, emitting a low, chuckling sound from their throats.

The pure killing intent in his eyes gradually turned into a glimmer of excitement, and a strange smile even appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He seemed to enjoy this evenly matched battle.

"You... are very good."

When he spoke to Zhu Yu for the first time, his voice was hoarse and his pronunciation was somewhat incoherent, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time.

Then, to Zhu Yu's puzzled expression, it abruptly changed to Huang Ming.

Zhu Yu: ...What are you doing? What are you doing?!

Is this some kind of joke playing with the players?

Neither of them stopped, and they continued fighting until the world seemed to turn upside down.

Then, unable to withstand his already severely injured body, the other person was the first to faint.

Zhu Yu couldn't stop his punch and sent the unconscious NPC flying several meters away, landing on the ground with a "thud".

[Congratulations on defeating ??? ......]

The system popped up a notification that the experience points from defeating the NPC allowed her to successfully level up and refresh her status.

She's a lively and energetic player again!

As usual, I looted the corpse and found some money on the temporarily unconscious NPC.

After touching the corpse, Zhu Yu looked at Huang Ming, the man who had almost caused her to have a red fever, and hesitated whether to just kill him.

Never mind, I'll save this file.

If the player finds that the quest cannot be triggered tomorrow, the player will immediately roll back the save and kill the NPC.

Glancing at her nearly depleted stamina, Zhu Yu pulled out the bird's nest built by the mother Guhuoniao from her bag and quickly lay down on it.

[Players are taking a break...]

Once her stamina was fully restored, Zhu Yu jumped down from the bird's nest and put it into her backpack.

Suddenly, I heard a rustling sound next to me.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw the yellow-named NPC from yesterday suddenly tense up and quickly sit up, supporting himself on his arms.

He seemed to have just woken up, and at that moment all four eyes were fixed on her, their gazes filled with scrutiny and assessment.

"You're human, aren't you?" He raised an eyebrow, his eyes lowered slightly, and a wicked light flickered in his scarlet pupils. "How come you're so thoroughly infused with demonic energy?"

Chapter 198 Food Channel

"I don't know if it's human," Zhu Yu answered honestly.

Her character panel didn't indicate the player's race, and Zhu Yu didn't know whether her game character was still considered human.

As if he had heard something absurd and laughable, the NPC in front of him let out a short snort, narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully observed her appearance from head to toe. He said casually, "She does look like a monster, but the smell of flesh and blood on her body definitely makes her smell like a human."

As for that unpleasant monster smell on him... it seems he grew up in a monster's den.

I wonder which title, "son of a monster" or "born evil spirit," would terrify those ants more?

He twitched his nose and grinned, revealing a sinister smile.

"I just wonder how it tastes?"

Zhu Yu: ???

A flash of red appeared above the opponent's head, then settled back into yellow.

"Aren't you human?" Zhu Yu asked.

After all, it seems that only monsters and cursed spirits eat people in the limited-time event setting.

"It's a person." The NPC's eyelids drooped, clearly uninterested in the topic.

......All right.

Zhu Yu nodded knowingly: "Okay, sure."

So it was a person...

The game also features a very novel character design.

Did the players take their food channel to Han○Ba?

Seeing that the other person believed everything they heard, the pink-haired boy was slightly taken aback.

I accepted it so easily.

There was no questioning, no doubting, and certainly no nauseating sympathy.

He had been watching with amusement, thinking that if she dared to show that condescending compassion, he would slit her throat the next second.

He doesn't need sympathy.

That condescending, condescending attitude infuriated him more than outright malice.

Only the weak are pitied.

Who gave you permission to arbitrarily offer your pointless acts of kindness?

The boy, born two-faced and disliked by his parents and regarded as a "born devil" by those around him, stared coldly at Zhu Yu's face, trying to find traces of her pretense.

Unfortunately, there was nothing. She accepted it as calmly as if she had accepted that salt is salty and sugar is sweet.

The wind blew through the grass, swirling up bits of grass from the ground.

He looked down at his hands, which were still covered in blood.

This guy......

For the first time, someone did not see him as a weakling who needed to be saved, nor as an outcast who should be eliminated.

Although he didn't care about these things, at this moment, a strange emotion entangled his murderous intent like spider silk.

"Hey." He was unusually patient and calm as he spoke to the powerful figure in front of him, whom he considered respectable. "What's your name?"

*

Good news! The player encountered a great teammate in the system's "Random" option.

My teammates were great; they took down a bunch of red-named players in no time, which was very efficient and caused the players' leveling speed to skyrocket.

Bad news: NPC teammates will not distinguish between friend and foe.

The NPCs' fighting spirit is a bit too strong. Sometimes, after killing a hostile red-named enemy, they get so excited that they turn around and attack the player, with their heads flashing between "yellow" and "red" like a flashing light.