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Chapter 46 - 44 "Paradise" and [Blood Demon]

Chapter 46: Chapter 44 "Paradise" and [Blood Demon]

Too curious!

Really too curious!

The Guest, could actually use all the functions of the training camp... all of them!

Just as long as they were willing to spend the money.

Not only Lu Tianming, but even the members of the high-ranking council’s Black-clothed Guard who were constantly monitoring him, were all thrilled by this great discovery.

The more they investigated, the more they felt that the emergence of the "Game" was unprecedentedly significant for humanity!

The most enthusiastic among them, Scientist "Number 24," was so agitated that he was scratching his head, his hair standing on end.

He was dying to climb the "Stairway to Heaven" himself, to be the first to enter the training field and experience the 10-fold learning speed enhancement and obtain firsthand data!

Unfortunately, the "Game" located on the 2390th floor was truly of Demon God Level, not something one could just climb if they wished.

Number 24 admitted to himself that he would go insane if he tried to climb beyond about 1000 floors, and then he would die on the way, considering that he was not like Number 12—a person with a strong will and extensive combat experience. He was just a theorist who couldn’t even fight off a Ghoul.

A voice came through the Conch Headphones: "Cough cough, colleagues, can you hear me? This is Number 12."

"I’ve just tried flying a Boeing 737, and it feels almost the same as in reality."

"Moreover, the speed of learning is extremely fast; I grasped the basics in just two hours, meaning there is indeed a significant learning speed enhancement here."

"As for the tanks and the like, they feel almost the same as the real things."

"Now I am going to try some of the other functions."

Lu Tianming stepped out of the tank, exhaling gently. He even wondered if he had come to the future world, a training ground built by future humans!

Everything in here was suited for human use.

Except—it’s a bit expensive!

Really expensive, training time needs to be exchanged for Strange Objects...

These were Strange Objects, goods you couldn’t even buy in the real world.

If it wasn’t for this high-risk mission, he, Number 12, would not possibly carry so many Strange Objects like some wealthy dog owner.

Whenever he used any function in the training camp, his wristwatch would deduct a certain amount of training time.

This electronic wristwatch that deducted time was the only thing given for free.

He even felt a bit envious of Li Qingshan and Chen Xinyi. They seemed to be able to use the functions here unlimitedly without paying any cost.

"Number 12, please continue exploring!" The voice came through the Conch Headphones.

"Understood."

Next, Lu Tianming was trying out a huge scanning machine, the "Soul Scanner," which would cost 10 hours of his time!

The report displayed his various bodily parameters, which nearly matched his expectations, but the four big characters "Blood Origin Curse" were particularly conspicuous.

Lu Tianming frowned slightly: "What is this Curse? I don’t know about it, and I don’t have any sense of discomfort."

He turned his head and asked the other two: "Do either of you have the Blood Origin Curse?"

"No."

Li Qingshan immediately answered, showing his own report.

Chen Xinyi also took out her report, the curious baby trying to sneak a peek at her senior’s Spiritual Strength, but was quickly sensed by the other party who covered her intent.

After looking at the two’s reports, Lu Tianming, without becoming too agitated, reported back through the Conch Headphones: "In the training camp’s instruments, I’ve been diagnosed with the ’Blood Origin Curse,’ which is described as [During the period of old age and frailty, there will be a huge yearning for longevity, currently in a dormant phase]."

"It would cost 50 hours to try to dispel it, but success is not guaranteed."

"Blood Origin Curse?"

"Yes... I suspect it has to do with my past experiences..."

This scanning report quickly caught the attention of the high-level council.

The report provided by the Demon God "Game" was more detailed than that of the Great Science Academy, of high reference value, and it even pointed out the likely direction of future development to a certain extent.

Some scientists even believed that the training camp was created by a parallel world civilization with more advanced technology, not by so-called Demon Gods...

Of course, this idea was biased. "Weirdness" that looked like technological products had many precedents, like the "Laplace Demon."

Number 1 fell silent for a moment, his face stern, and asked the many images in the conference room: "What do you think? Is the Curse encountered by Number 12 while climbing the Stairway to Heaven, or is it a trick by the ’Game’?"

After a while, an expert in Curses spoke slowly: "Just analyzing the literal meaning and Number 12’s own judgment, this Curse is likely related to the ’Blood Demon’..."

"Number 12 is a refugee from ’Paradise,’ not necessarily from our parallel world. The so-called Paradise is a town plagued by spreading Curse, a special projection of the Blood Demon’s ability."

"This Curse will manifest during old age, leading one away from human thinking."

"We cannot detect it, but the ’Game’ detected it; I am inclined to believe that the ’Game’s’ detection is correct..."

"’Blood Demon’?"

The word "Blood Demon" immediately triggered a profound sense of worry among everyone. It was an expanse of unknown that no one knew how many lives would be needed to fill, a dark Abyss.

For a while, each person’s brows were furrowed in deep thought.

Before the Demon God "Game" emerged, the Subordinate Demon God "Blood Demon" had always been a major focus of the Black-clothed Guard.

Not just the Black-clothed Guard—supernatural organizations worldwide were highly focused on the "Blood Demon."

The emergence of the Blood Demon from the Etheric Abyss might have lasted thousands of years, with countless humans influenced by it, directly or indirectly...

To date, humanity still didn’t know what the Blood Demon really was, nor could they find its essence to deliver a fatal blow.

It was known that all its abilities could have a special effect on human longevity. Under its power projection, humans would gain higher longevity while losing their humanity, becoming monstrous to a degree beyond comprehension.

The "Blood Ginseng" that had been incinerated was merely a special Strange Object derived from the Blood Demon’s power projection.

As the desire for higher longevity is an innate part of human nature, and everyone fears death, the Blood Demon’s power projection could easily trigger endogenous chaos within human civilization, creating the risk of self-destruction.

Thus, this "Subordinate Demon God" has been listed as an S-Level High-Level threat target by supernatural organizations worldwide—the probability of causing human extinction: extremely high!!

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