Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?
Chapter 164 - 161: Coming Back to Life

The words "plaything," like two thorns, pierced into Yu Shujun's heart, causing an uncontrollable rage to appear on her usually cold face.

Fingers tightly gripping the hilt of her lightsaber with such force that her knuckles turned white, Yu Shujun was already on the brink of fury.

Yet even so, she did not strike immediately. She simply stared intently at the face that was so close, as if trying to see through the silver mask, through the opponent's somewhat sickly countenance, to decipher what exactly was going on in the other's mind.

Silver Thorn saw the opponent's restraint, snorted coldly,

"That man from the Ghost Control Master Alliance, although he's vile, is nonetheless one of the nine great legends, and at least his strength is undeniable.

"But that man named Ye Jiu, what does he have? A novice who has just walked through the trial map, with a level so low he's barely reached the bronze stage threshold.

"With your player's rank, are you willing to be controlled by such a low-tier player?

"How about letting me off the hook, and I help you take out that piece of trash once and for all—"

Before Silver Thorn's voice could trail off, a golden light burst forth from Yu Shujun's body, shooting out in all directions.

In an instant, the silver-white strands wrapped around Yu Shujun were all cut off.

Every bone in Silver Thorn's body seemed to be crushed, every vein appeared severed.

Like a falling leaf, she staggered and fell backward.

Before taking her last breath, she looked at Yu Shujun, revealing a relieved smile, "Thank..."

Before the final "Thank" could escape her lips, she had already closed her eyes, with thick black blood flowing from her eye corners.

Sheathing the longsword, Yu Shujun turned around, ready to rush back to the Erin Group Headquarters Building at full speed, when a message popped up in her system—

[Qiqi: Xiao Jun, the item was thrown into the furnace]

[Qiqi: It's all over]

...

...

Ten minutes ago, beside the underground furnace directly beneath the headquarters building.

Under the gaze of the three people next to him, Wen Nan reached into the equipment spare slot, gently stroking the edge of that small metal piece with his fingertip, staring intently at the scorching furnace at his feet, lost in thought.

The soft calls from the other three failed to get any response from Wen Nan.

Yang Mingzhong furrowed his brow, looking solemnly at the chairman.

Huang Yan, feeling nervous, leaned over to Yang Mingzhong, lowered his voice, and asked, "What's going on with the boss? We're here now, just need to throw that pathogenic core out and the task will be completed, why... suddenly frozen up?"

Looking at the demeanor of the man opposite him, Huang Yan turned back to glance at the blindingly hot furnace at their feet, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu...

Suddenly struck with a brainwave, he tapped Yang Mingzhong's shoulder with a loud "Ah," exclaiming, "I think I get it, the boss... maybe he wants... to keep that thing for himself?"

Yang Mingzhong turned to face his overly animated companion, "That pen? Why would anyone want to keep something like that for themselves?"

Huang Yan shook his head, unable to fathom the chairman's thoughts. He simply felt that...this scenario was just too reminiscent of a certain old movie.

"The boss might need... a Gollum?"

Huang Yan said, nudging Yang Mingzhong with his elbow, "Are you going? I think you're quite suited for this role."

Yang Mingzhong didn't understand what his erratic-thinking companion was talking about, "What role? What suitability?"

Huang Yan gestured with his chin towards the chairman, "I think the boss needs someone to give him a push, help him throw the thing out."

Yang Mingzhong finally understood what Huang Yan meant but didn't move, simply saying, "The item was found by the chairman himself; how to handle it is his own business, and this decision can only be made by him."

Huang Yan looked at Yang Mingzhong in disbelief, "There's only one key item; if it's not completely destroyed, we can't complete the task, and we'll all die within this map!"

Hearing Huang Yan's words, Yang Mingzhong's expression remained as calm as ever.

It seemed that dying in this map was something he didn't care about at all.

Huang Yan looked to Qiqi, this round-faced girl quietly watching the man beside her, with a gaze suggesting that if the chairman told her to jump into the furnace, she'd do it without hesitation.

At this moment, Huang Yan felt a bit desperate.

Was he the only normal person here?

Wen Nan's prolonged contemplation finally triggered the system prompt in his mind—

9527: [Main Quest 5: Uproot the source, and embark on life's great harmony with Erin!]

9527: [Time remaining for this task: 02:36:58—]

9527: [Quest Description: As long as the source remains, Erin is at risk of being plunged back into illness at any time. Erin needs your help!

Now, the source is in your hand, and you have successfully found the furnace. Help Erin to completely remove this source from this world!]

9527: [Just one last step to complete Main Quest 5 and proceed to the settlement phase. Please continue to work hard, player!]

The constant system prompts in Wen Nan's mind were simply reminding him of one thing—

Completely removing that thing will complete the task; otherwise, it will be considered a task failure.

The countdown continued to tick in his mind.

Wen Nan finally took a step, walked to the edge, raised his hand, holding the small metal piece with his fingers, and moved it above the scorching molten lava.

Releasing his fingers.

The small metal piece vanished instantly from Wen Nan's fingers.

Almost at the same time, the system's prompt sounded in his mind—

9527: [Congratulations, player! The current completion of Main Quest 5 is 100%.]

9527: [Congratulations, player! The instance "Office Taboo" has been entirely completed!]

9527: [Please return to the refresh point within 20 minutes to complete the final stage settlement!]

9527: [Now entering settlement countdown—]

[20:00—]

[19:59—]

Clearly, the same prompt was also sounded in the other players' systems.

Huang Yan excitedly jumped up, "We did it! Boss is awesome!"

Glancing up at the intricate network of corridors above, he hurriedly started to head back, "We need to leave here quickly and return to the refresh point!"

However, as soon as he took a step back, the ground beneath him began shaking violently, "What's this? An earthquake?!"

The others also looked up simultaneously; their expressions turned grave.

Scalding debris rained down from overhead, pounding on their "airbags" with dull thuds.

This secret tunnel leading to the furnace was about to collapse.

"What's happening outside?!" Huang Yan's voice trembled a bit.

At this moment, a message popped up in the guild group—

[yao: Holy crap! Erin Building! That building! It's come alive!!!]

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