The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 275 - 270: Let the Red Ghost Hover Over Metropolis Again (2 in 1)_2

Chapter 275: Chapter 270: Let the Red Ghost Hover Over Metropolis Again (2 in 1)_2

Anke also made a statement.

"That won’t be necessary, just answer whatever they ask when the time comes."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

He wouldn’t put himself in a difficult position, nor would he overestimate others.

"Sir, you don’t really need to worry so much. Although the Church has fallen, it’s not something that others can easily manipulate."

The old woman said.

"Alright, then I’m leaving. Are you coming with me, or staying here?"

Liu Zheng looked at Xia Kai.

"Of course, I’m following you, boss."

Xia Kai quickly responded.

"If it comes to a fight later, I might not be able to look out for you."

He warned.

"Boss, don’t judge me by my appearance, I actually do have some self-preservation skills. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to help you in a fight, but I won’t drag you down."

Xia Kai said cheerfully.

"Then follow me."

Actually, Liu Zheng wasn’t very comfortable leaving Xia Kai behind at the Church.

After all, whether he genuinely planned to give up the side mission or was just pretending, only he knew.

Although Xia Kai didn’t seem capable of completing the side mission, much of a player’s strength lay in their items, which had a wide variety of effects. What if he managed a turnaround?

And Xia Kai himself didn’t want to stay at the Church.

On one hand, having heard their conversation just now, he felt that the Suffering Church wasn’t very safe.

On the other hand, he wanted to stick with the big shots, hoping he could boost his instance rating a bit more.

While collecting the Divine Son’s umbilical cord and the Holy Grail might not be possible now, there was still the side mission of hunting upper-class creatures.

Though this sounded harder than the first two, a person always needs to have dreams.

Besides, squeezing out more survival time could improve his instance rating.

As for risks, everything carried risks in Hell’s Game.

Xia Kai’s previous instance hadn’t been merely about lying low; it too had been a near-death experience.

"In Hell’s Game, you can’t seek death, but you also can’t fear it. The more you fear death, the quicker it comes for you."

The veteran who had passed three instances had said so.

"Let’s go."

Liu Zheng greeted everyone and then left the Suffering Church with Xia Kai.

"By the way, you mentioned that completing side missions can effectively boost the instance rating. Apart from side missions, are there other ways to increase it?"

While walking, he asked.

"I’m not particularly sure about that. However, surely exceeding the main mission requirements will definitely increase the instance rating."

Xia Kai replied.

"Anything else?"

"Well, changing the original plot of the instance without violating the main mission should also lead to an increase in rating, I suppose."

Xia Kai thought for a moment and said.

"For example?"

"For instance, the main mission in my beginner instance was to escape from prison within a week, and indeed I did escape almost at the week’s end. But my instance rating was a B."

"I thought about it, and it might be because I successfully prevented the clash between the Tiger Gang and the Elephant Gang."

"Those two gangs have had a long-standing vendetta, and if I had not found evidence of the Bird Gang stirring up trouble between them, they would’ve surely clashed with heavy casualties before I left the prison."

Xia Kai explained.

"The Hairy Gang and the Herbivores Gang?"

"Yes, the instance I entered was a world akin to ’Zootopia’ where the residents are anthropomorphized animals. The Tiger Gang mostly included tigers, leopards, and other furry carnivores, while the Elephant Gang was mostly made up of elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, and other large herbivores."

Xia Kai replied.

"So what animal were you?"

Liu Zheng asked with interest.

"Uh, in the instance, I was a red-haired baboon."

Xia Kai said awkwardly.

"Hmm... that’s quite fitting."

He gave a perfunctory response and then started to ponder his own situation.

What would have been the original plot progression of Bloody Restaurant?

First comes the takeaway department. If the new person wasn’t him, it’s almost certain that no one would crack the snake game within 72 hours, which means Niu Ma would not have gone on vacation to Heaven Island.

Similarly, if he hadn’t performed so outstandingly, Si Xue wouldn’t have agreed to let Niu Ma resign smoothly and take over the kitchen smuggling operations.

The takeaway department was something Liu Zheng had under control.

Next, the kitchen. If it hadn’t been for his threat against the Church of the Orb, White Feather Chicken would never have even had the chance to use the "flaying and stuffing".

Similarly, if not for his relationship with Fisherman, the kitchen would not have been able to get so many high-quality sewer fish.

In this respect, Liu Zheng had essentially got the kitchen under control.

Then there was the customer service department. If he hadn’t helped Britain find a trap, the head of this customer service department wouldn’t have had the chance to abuse their power.

There was also the wealthy lady of the apartment, who Britain would never have been able to find as a physical companion if he hadn’t made the introduction.

In the matter of the customer service department, Liu Zheng had also reluctantly got it under control.

Finally, the boss. Without Liu Zheng, Si Xue would have had virtually no chance to get the eggs from the sewer. Given Niu Ma’s nature, even with the opportunity, it was unlikely that Mr. Li and Peacock would be embarrassed.

So in the case of Si Xue, he had her under control as well.

As for the others like Ghost Hand, drivers, spiderwomen and whatnot, there’s no need to go into details.

In any case, if we limit the scope to Bloody Restaurant, Liu Zheng’s instances should still receive quite a few bonus points.

But if we expand the scope to the entire Metropolis, then the changes he made weren’t that significant.

Luring away the sewer eggs counts as one, but since they were returned on time in the end, it didn’t really cause any damage to the Metropolis.

As for blowing up a whole street of the "Sunshine" pet shop and slaughtering the 11th floor of the West River Center, it might be an incident for their bosses, but it was nothing for the entire Metropolis.

"If I were to take out Peacock or blow up the Chaos Club, or even let the Red Ghost wander over the Metropolis again..."

Liu Zheng mused.

If he could do these things, then the system would have no choice but to give him an SSS-tier rating—anything less would be deliberate suppression.

Of course, that was just wishful thinking.

If he could take down Peacock, why wouldn’t he just eliminate Si Xue and take over as the boss of Bloody Restaurant himself?

Would Niu Ma still try to escape then?

He could be directly assigned to the boss’s office as a confidential secretary, with a smack from a tentacle if the massages were not good enough.

Forget it, better focus on finding a way through the main mission.

After all, he had already survived seven days; surviving another ten days or half a month shouldn’t make it impossible to get at least an A-tier rating, right?

Even Xia Kai managed to scrape a B-tier rating.

Liu Zheng pondered with his head lowered, and Xia Kai didn’t dare to speak; in silence, the two returned to Yadan Cemetery.

"You two are truly gentlemen of your word."

Seeing them return, Beethoven was also pleased.

And those "Holy Sword" Hunters also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, you’re not bad either, not sending anyone to follow us."

Liu Zheng replied politely.

"Mutual trust is the foundation of communication; besides, you’re not even my enemy," Beethoven said.

He was not a pedantic person; if Liu Zheng had shown a threatening stance towards Yate or the Church, he wouldn’t have let him go.

At the moment, it seemed that the two parties could still communicate amicably.

"Since that’s the case, I’ll get straight to the point."

"Please speak."

Beethoven responded gently.

"Do you know the truth about the Beastification Disease in Yate?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"The truth of the Beastification Disease?"

Beethoven was taken aback for a moment.

"The Church is still researching it, but the current theory is that it’s an epidemic caused by some kind of bacterial infection," he replied after some thought.

"And the means of transmission of this bacterium is?" Liu Zheng pressed.

"I’m not in charge of research and medical, so I don’t really know. But scholars from Carcarens Academy and researchers of the Church believe it could be spreading through the air or water sources," Beethoven said.

"Has there been any statistics taken?"

"There should be, I’m not quite sure," Beethoven replied hesitantly.

To be honest, he wasn’t really interested in academic research.

When he was still at Carcarens Academy, rather than spend all his time in the great library, he preferred to lead hunters into underground ruins to slay monsters.

"I’ll just say it, Master Beethoven," Liu Zheng used the title the "Holy Sword" Hunters utilized.

"Have you ever considered that the transmission of the Beastification Disease might just be the Blood Healing methods of the Blood Healing Church?"