Super Righteous Player
Chapter 529 - 70 She Was Once Alive_1

Chapter 529: Chapter 70 She Was Once Alive_1

Annan felt something was amiss right from the start.

The difficulty of this nightmare was absurdly high, one could die at any moment without any warning;

Meanwhile, alongside the high-difficulty "mechanic kills," it also involved a lengthy process akin to a deliberate waste of time with a walking simulator, and each death only increased the erosion rate by a very small amount.

It was as if it had a split personality.

It seemed as though it was intent on torturing people to death who entered the nightmare...

The part that resembled a fairy tale was screaming desperately, urging others to flee.

And with such frequent deaths, one could not be kicked out after dying a few times...

—This schizophrenic contradiction was because the "merciful" part and the "malicious" part were truly controlled by two different entities!

The reason why Twisted Nightmares are called Twisted Tier is because they possess "special properties."

For example, "Replay," "Recollection," "Phantom Dream," "Web."

Elemental Power comes from The Void World’s Transcendent abilities. And the special properties are the dream world’s Transcendent powers in contrast.

Ordinary nightmares can easily progress to the difficult tier by harvesting curses through killing mortals; even if left alone, they would expand into the difficult tier over time.

But difficult-tier nightmares must kill enough Transcendents, and powerful ones at that, to advance to the Twisted Tier.

Because they lack "special properties." And these special properties can only be converted through the Elemental Power of the deceased.

The special properties of a nightmare are the special forces used to invade and transform the world. Only the nightmares with special properties can become a source of power after being purified by Gold-tier Transcendents.

If a difficult nightmare wants to advance, it must possess special properties... But merely having special properties is not sufficient.

Because the concentration of curse power is still insufficient.

Why do man-made nightmares have such low durability, while those obtained from natural deaths have high durability?

Because "durability" is the "material" for creating nightmares!

The experience required to level up doesn’t appear out of nowhere... The high nightmare durability of the deceased is because they are truly dead. Most of their soul’s curse would turn into the nightmare.

And the curse required for man-made nightmares has to be paid by the "artisan" themselves.

The higher the durability, the more curse is needed. A nightmare with just a little bit of durability is basically an empty shell filled with concentrated curses—precisely signifying exquisite craftsmanship.

Undoubtedly, Alice could not possess Elemental Power.

Her mother was just a regular silver-tier as well.

When this nightmare was born, it likely only had the "Web" property.

Once you enter the nightmare, you will be taken directly to the Spore Mill.

And inside the Mill, there is an infinite death cycle—touching anything would mean death, and standing still is no different, with no safe zones. Dying once would definitely not just increase the erosion rate by 1%... it would be as much as possible.

Like a Mario designer cat filled with malice, Glover’s sole purpose was to say, "Die for me."

His aim was "hunting."

The ritual that constituted "Nightmare: Spore Mill" was also considered the spore poison granted by Black Widow.

What he truly wanted to sacrifice was not the lumberjacks, nor Alice’s family.

——instead of trying to purify this nightmare, they were the Transcendents being hunted!

They died from excessive erosion——when a Transcendent dies in a nightmare, a new nightmare doesn’t spawn, instead, the nightmare that killed them swallows them whole. Just like "Nightmare: Gallery".

This soul is the "proof of poison kill," the trophy he presented to the Black Widow!

Who would have thought that this nightmare was manipulated by someone, deliberately killing to gain a curse—or should I say "experience"?

On the surface, it is a difficult-level nightmare, but it possesses special properties that only "Twisted Tier" nightmares have!

And it’s the hardest kind!

After murdering many Transcendents, he obtained a large amount of cursing power from the souls of the Transcendents. Just the portion Alice received as the core of the nightmare allowed it to advance to Twisted Tier.

This is certainly not what Glover wanted.

Because it became Twisted Tier, which means there are far fewer silver-ranked Transcendents coming to challenge this nightmare; the likelihood of it being conquered by true powerhouses increased.

Also, the nightmare developed its own characteristics during its progression.

——Alice’s own [Phantom Dream].

According to the records of Naifertali, even when this nightmare was at the difficult level, it had already killed many. Among them were not a few high-ranking Transcendents—at that time, probably dying once would increase the erosion by 10% or even more.

This made it immediately sealed off after becoming Twisted Tier. No one dared to challenge it again.

But if a survivor were to enter again, he would be amazed to find... the content of the nightmare had changed drastically.

Alice cast those who entered the nightmare into the dense forest, elongating the path forward, using the extension of the one-off death timer to prevent them from reaching the Mill before dawn.

Her goal was to delay the time.

After becoming Twisted Tier, both Alice and Glover held a portion of the nightmare’s manipulation authority. Alice’s authority was clearly lower than Glover’s.

But within the range of her abilities, she was ceaselessly trying to intercept those entering the nightmare!

The purpose was to prevent them from reaching the Mill!

Just as Alice had said.

[The bystander is no different from the perpetrator, both deserve to be despised]

She meant no one else at the beginning,

but herself.

——She would never allow herself to stand idly by while others commit evil deeds!

The land beneath Annan’s feet.

This small area of land, not even ten square meters... was the lone island Alice could protect with all her might.

"Hey."

Annan looked up, gazing at the enormous spider brazenly poisoning the land beneath his feet.

Being called by Annan, Glover glanced at him and then promptly continued with his task.

It was the manifestation of the "Web", naturally unable to enter the domain of the "Phantom Dream".

The moment it passed through, it would likely become a harmless fairy tale creature.

——But Alice herself was not a Transcendent.

The power she possessed was incredibly feeble.

Even though she was still alive before being turned into a nightmare.

Just like the hint from the little bear.

Limbs severed, abdomen hollowed out—filled with spores, with the dying’s deepest resentment to create nightmares.

It was naturally a short-lived existence.

Soon after being turned into a nightmare, she had died.

As an ordinary person, she couldn’t stay conscious in the nightmare, not even in her own.

But even a blurry will had the instinct "to never stand by idly."

It was like a flame in the wind.

Clumsy, faint, a pitiful flame that could be extinguished at any moment.

Glover couldn’t be bothered with her, for even those killed by Alice became his strength... As long as Alice didn’t blatantly drive people away, to him, it was merely a matter of efficiency.

There was no need to destroy "Alice."

His hunting ground was not limited to this one.

Luring unsuspecting Transcendents to their deaths, an automatic killing mechanism that continuously produced "food"—it would naturally come to an end with just one purification. It would not leave any traces, nor any evidence.

But now it was different.

[Do you want to protect him?]

The spider rustled and laughed in mockery.

The earth had already started to ooze a dark green light.

But Annan could hear clearly... that in the laughter was well-concealed fear and wariness.

He understood this feeling too well.

It was like the feeling of a murderer longing for peace, when his identity was about to be exposed...

—Glover was afraid.

Under Annan’s penetrating gaze, he was filled with fear.

[Die here.]

The spider clamored.

The edges near the Web began to melt and collapse gradually.

[You shall sleep without waking.]

[What a fine ending.]

[What a gentle and blissful death.]

Spreading under Annan’s feet was a poison so fierce it could kill even the very concepts of "earth" and "dream."

Click.

Annan leisurely unlocked the safety.

If spiders could laugh, it would surely burst into loud laughter.

[What can your pitiful handgun do?]

[You have no silver coins, no gold dust.]

[There is nothing here with the number seven, nor are there any other people.]

[No burning charcoals, no cups, and certainly no moths.]

[You have no rituals, no Divine Arts to use.]

[You might as well come out, if possible, I don’t want to destroy "Alice".]

[Just jump into the abyss, you’ll die without knowing.]

"You really are talkative."

Annan slowly raised his head.

He gazed into the eyes of the spider, which now had eight eyes once again.

He lifted the corners of his mouth: "What are you afraid of?

"Are... are you afraid of me?"

Annan pulled his left hand out of his embrace.

It was indeed empty, holding nothing.

All he had in his pocket was a pathetic little knife.

"If I die here, and it means truly dying...

"—If you die here, will you also die?"

[Of course, but what of it?]

[How weak you are, how could you kill me?]

Annan’s grin grew wider.

He wanted to laugh derisively, so very much, but there was not a hint of mirth in his eyes.

Is this...

I am angry, aren’t I?

I must be angry.

Thus, Annan spoke, uttering words no human could voice or understand:

"...’Winter’ was born before the seasons, even before the birth of light and fire."

And as his words touched the ground.

The process of "poison" eroding the "earth" was halted.

Because at that moment—

Earth, spider, Web—everything in sight, in the blink of an eye, was covered by the silent snow.

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