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Chapter 156 - 142 Peas

Chapter 156: Chapter 142 Peas

The food store was not very large and the inside was a total mess, with juice and beverages spilled everywhere. The only items on the disheveled shelves were hot dogs, sandwiches, and rice balls, and not many of them were left.

Li Cheng muttered as he searched for food, "Tourist rule number seven, you can hand the food from the store to the eyeless dolls to make an escape..."

Andre stood by the door, looking around calmly, "Are you sure this will work?"

"It should."

Li Cheng casually picked up a rice ball wrapped in wax paper, and immediately a familiar notification popped up saying [This item cannot be stored in the Backpack].

This meant that there indeed was something abnormal about the food in the store.

Well, that was obvious even without the system’s prompt. Through the outer wax paper, one could clearly see a murky, lifeless human eyeball stuffed inside the rice ball.

The rest of the food was similar, containing human parts like eyeballs and fingers, more or less.

"Reminds me of a quote from Hannibal: ’Brother, you smell so good.’"

Li Cheng commented sarcastically as he piled up all the food.

A wisp of black smoke drifted by, and with the dissipating smoke, Bai Lang appeared at the storefront.

Due to his sudden appearance, in order to gain trust, he raised his hands to show he had no hostile intentions.

Andre’s hand lightly touched the handle of his sword, "Why are you here?"

"That kid from the Special Affairs Bureau is too naive. He didn’t notice that the woman with him is already two months pregnant, causing the phone booth to lose its protective effect."

Bai Lang’s reply was concise, carrying a hint of mockery in his tone.

Some snakes have a groove on the upper jaw at the base of the tongue called Jacobson’s organ. Each time a snake flicks its tongue, it sends airborne particles into the groove, where the olfactory center distinguishes the chemical substances contained within.

As a member of the Demon Scientist Alliance Guild, he had long ago used ten evil souls’ fragments purchased from the guild to learn the Snake Control Technique.

Just now, using the Snake Control Skill, he smelled the pheromones on Ding Shaohua and concluded she was pregnant, and decided immediately to leave and let Su Jie and the others fend for themselves.

Everyone has to be responsible for their choices, and the killing field does not adjust the difficulty of the mission based on whether a player is good or bad.

"They’re coming."

Bai Lang turned to look towards the end of the road, where a multitude of dolls staggeringly approached from all directions. Their plush feet trampled the ground, producing a uniform rustling noise.

Their speed wasn’t fast, but their strength was immense; a casual push could easily bend a metal street lamp blocking their path.

Andre slightly sidestepped to let Bai Lang into the food store, then took out a Bible, a cross, and hand grenades from his Backpack and placed them on the counter.

"Only the wicked shall be cut off, and those who are deceitful shall be uprooted..."

He chanted a passage from the Bible, and twenty-some short swords materialized from the void and inserted into the grooves around his waistbelt. His face did not show panic despite being surrounded; instead, his lips curled upwards and his facial muscles tensed up, struggling to suppress the excitement before the feast of slaughter.

Bai Lang also made preparations, gulping down an unknown dark blue liquid—a non-commercial product of the Demon Scientist Alliance, extracted from cloned human souls that could directly restore Spiritual Power Value and Sanity Value.

"In the rules five and nine of the Tourist Guide, it mentions that Pirate Bay has crocodiles and can target out-of-control eyeless dolls."

Bai Lang wiped the soul liquid from his lips, his eyes unintentionally glowing a faint blue, "Didn’t you see them on your way here?"

"You mean those?"

Andre held the Straight Sword pointing forward, among the army of dolls were mixed a dozen crocodile dolls, with narrow and elongated snouts that resembled the protagonist from the classic mobile game "Crazy Crocodile Loves Bathing"—a game that’s also from the copyright monster Disney.

Bai Lang cursed in Arabic, the appearance of the crocodile dolls meant another rule was broken, and it was in no way good news.

Twenty meters, ten meters, five meters. The army of dolls slowly advanced, arriving at the front of the food store.

Andre slapped the table, causing the Bible and other items to bounce high. He precisely caught two pear-shaped hand grenades (bearing the Vatican insignia), pulled off the safety pins with his pinky, and hurled them forward.

Boom!

The hand grenades exploded suddenly, bursting forth a dazzling light, accompanied by a faint chorus of "Hallelujah~," the blast wave directly shattered the inner six dolls and knocked the surrounding dolls aside.

Andre tossed the Bible into mid-air; the hardcover book dismantled itself, with pages fluttering like leaves in the wind.

[Item Name: Within Reach Bible]

[Type: Ritual Item]

[Quality: Fine]

[Special Effect: Within Reach. The Bible disperses across a 20-meter diameter area. Over three minutes, every two seconds, teleport to any page’s location. During use, the user cannot leave this range until the effect ends or is actively closed.]

[Consumption: 200 Spiritual Power Value]

[Cooling Time: 20 minutes]

[Equipment conditions: Must have any religious belief]

[Note: After the effect ends, the pages will reassemble automatically. Pages can be destroyed, and those destroyed cannot be used again.]

[Note: When a priest dies, is it a promotion or a job loss?]

Andre braced himself with one hand on the counter, vaulting over it, drawing his Straight Sword and plunging into the mass of monsters for a fierce and swift massacre.

Stabbing, elbow striking, knee smashing, direct kicking... like a cold, ruthless machine, every part of his body served the function of killing.

"Therefore, when judged, the wicked shall not stand, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous!"

He shouted Biblical proverbs loudly, his Straight Sword targeting a doll’s head, thrusting deeply into the skull to mash the brain to prevent the highly resilient doll from rising again.

A gust of wind howled behind him; Andre activated the Bible special effect, teleporting ten meters away, dodging the doll’s attack and continuing his relentless killing spree.

Bai Lang also sprang into action, unleashing a Skill named "Feeding Snake Medusa Gaze," summoning over a dozen blue thin snakes from the sleeve of his black robe, each snake’s slit eyes glowing like lanterns.

The dolls struck by the light rapidly discolored and petrified, their movements became sluggish and dull until they came to a stop.

The petrification also stripped them of their bulletproof capabilities; Bai Lang drew his gun, and the dolls’ heads shattered upon firing.

Occasionally, some dolls tried to break through the line of defense to storm inside, at which point Li Cheng would pick up food and accurately throw it into their arms.

Upon receiving the food, the dolls paused momentarily, then slowly and forcefully stuffed it into the mouth part of their head covers, oblivious to everything else.

The entire feeding process was quite time-consuming, serving effectively as a type of control.

The problem was the sheer number of dolls. Despite their efforts to clear them, the trio couldn’t prevent the food store from being heavily surrounded.

The air raid alarm continued incessantly; Andre’s left arm and right leg were hit by dolls, breaking on the spot. Bai Lang’s eyes, the color intensifying to a deep blue, couldn’t drink more soul reagents—drinking more would lead to saturation.

Only fifty portions of food were left, and the air raid alarm showed no signs of stopping. Since the food could only be consumed on-site and would rapidly turn to ash if taken out of the store, the three were effectively trapped like a frog in gradually heating water.

Unless...

Li Cheng’s eyelid twitched as he thought of a possibility, shouting "Cover me!"

He then grabbed all the remaining food, jumping to the backstage.

With one less person to help hold the line, the pressure on Andre and Bai Lang drastically increased.

The dolls’ attacks were plain and heavy, any random palm strike could easily smash concrete walls.

Is this guy going to sell us out?!

A foreboding feeling arose in Bai Lang’s heart, barely able to hold the line without even the time to look back.

"Don’t eat good or expensive food, keep craving for something crispy every day!"

Backstage, Li Cheng’s muttering and the sound of swallowing food could be heard. Moments later, he stood up with a bulging abdomen and took the lead, charging out of the food store.

What is he doing?!

Under the astonished gaze of Andre and Bai Lang, Li Cheng landed directly in the midst of the monsters, took a deep breath and, like a Peashooter, spat out three... compressed rice balls?

The dolls hit by the rice balls paused on the spot, allowing him to pass by.

Li Cheng signaled with his hands and eyes to "follow him," continuously spraying rice balls while wielding a 170 Straight Blade, slashing his way to clear a path.