The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 337 - 317 Return to Metropolis_2

Chapter 337: Chapter 317 Return to Metropolis_2

Albert flexed his muscles, and the sound of his joints was like that of a large machine starting up.

"Your strength is indeed impressive, but your skills are beneath my notice," he said.

"Of course, out of respect for the God Slayer, I’ll still be as cautious as possible."

He tore off his eyepatch, revealing a flat expanse where his two eyes should have been, not even sockets remained.

In the middle of his forehead, however, there was a huge and deformed vertical eye.

Upon closer inspection, this vertical eye was composed of dozens of smaller eyes.

As this vertical eye gazed at Liu Zheng, he suddenly felt completely paralyzed.

"So, farewell, stranger. The next time we meet will probably be on the dissection table."

Albert bowed to him, then slowly advanced.

"I’ve been pondering something," Liu Zheng managed to say as he struggled fiercely to move his mouth.

"Oh? What’s that?" Albert asked, continuing his approach unceasingly.

"That body of yours isn’t a body double, is it?"

"Of course not, nurturing a proper body double is quite a troublesome affair," Albert replied.

"Good to know. By the way, why don’t you take a look behind you?"

Liu Zheng kindly suggested.

"Hmm?"

Albert was startled, but his inner eye sensed nothing.

"What’s behind me?" he asked.

"It’s hard to say, why don’t you check it out for yourself?"

"I think I’ll wait until after I’ve dealt with you," Albert said with a sinister smile, swinging a heavy punch at Liu Zheng.

The wind from the punch was fierce and loud.

Liu Zheng admitted to himself that he couldn’t have delivered such a punch.

Clearly, in terms of both strength and skill, this old scholar was superior to him.

"Ah, I told you to look back, why won’t you listen?" Liu Zheng sighed.

As Albert was throwing his punch, he suddenly felt a breeze behind his head, setting off alarms within him; he quickly shrank his head down.

A sharp claw whizzed over the top of his head. Before he could feel relieved, a tremendous force hit him in the back.

Albert stumbled forward a few steps, but he still didn’t turn around.

However, beneath him, a small shadow suddenly enlarged, encompassing both him and Liu Zheng.

"Meow, serious PUNCH~"

Accompanied by a cutesy cry, a furry giant claw descended from the sky and struck the top of Albert’s head.

The great scholar was flattened like a hamburger patty before he could even scream.

"Liu Zheng, quickly praise me, meow~"

San Huamao, back to its original size, bounced over and climbed onto Liu Zheng’s shoulder, calling out.

"Salmon, you are awesome, Salmon, you are incredible, Salmon is the cutest and most handsome little kitten in the world~"

He stroked San Huamao’s chin with a tentacle.

"Liu, I’m hungry, I want dried fish, meow~"

San Huamao purred contentedly.

The recent enlargement had taken a good deal of energy, and it needed to replenish its strength.

"The dried fish are all gone, no worries, someone’s going to treat us to a big meal soon."

Liu Zheng reassured.

"Oh, then I’m going to sleep, meow~"

San Huamao climbed onto his head and adopted a hen-brooding posture before closing its eyes.

"Sleep well, sleep well," Liu Zheng said indulgently.

He walked to the edge of the Molten Lava Pit and used a tentacle to scoop up the giant Blood Gem.

Ignoring his scorched tentacle, he eagerly read the item description.

"Name: Giant Crescent-Shaped Blood Gem (single-use)"

"Type: Item/Miscellaneous"

"Quality: Perfect"

"Effect One: Direct use can restore one’s ’Blood Quality’."

"Effect Two: When set in a weapon, it provides additional effects."

"Note: I just wanted to have a child with you, what’s wrong with that!"

"Is it removable from the instance: Yes"

"Well, well, a perfect-grade miscellaneous item," Liu Zheng commented with admiration.

And it was crescent-shaped too; if it had the right additional effects, he didn’t even want to imagine how strong it could be.

Now Liu Zheng felt that his boning knife, a mere fine-grade weapon, seemed quite unworthy. At least a perfect-grade weapon would be fitting, wouldn’t it?

Come to think of it, Beethoven’s Moonlight Holy Sword seemed pretty nice.

Maybe he should figure out a way to swindle the Moonlight Holy Sword from Beethoven’s hands?

He had saved the entire Yate, so it shouldn’t be too much to ask for a weapon of perfect quality as a reward, should it?

As Liu Zheng’s thoughts wandered, the hamburger meat that Albert had turned into began to stir.

"It’s still not dead? This old timer’s vitality is just too stubborn, isn’t it?"

He complained while retreating towards Meteorite Lake.

Even the seemingly sleeping San Huamao was instantly awakened, assuming a hunting pose.

However, the rotting meat writhed for a while but didn’t take on a human form, instead growing many pus-bag-like eyeballs.

"Leave, Yate."

With the movement of those eyeballs, a noisy voice entered the minds of Liu Zheng and San Huamao.

The voice consisted of countless minute sounds, both harmonious and contradictory.

"Who are you?"

Liu Zheng asked with a frown.

"Thou need not know, depart, or face death."

The voice said.

"Impossible, I haven’t completed my task, and going back means death too."

He firmly refused.

"..."

The voice fell silent for a long time, and just when Liu Zheng thought the negotiation would collapse, a dozen pale little figures emerged from the mist.

Each one held something: some held the umbilical cord of the Divine Son, others the Tommer Holy Grail, and some the Blood Gem.

"Take and leave."

The tone of the voice grew impatient.

"Fine, I’ll leave!"

Liu Zheng collected all the items and said assertively.

The empty-handed Messengers giggled and holding hands, they formed a circle and danced.

"Step inside."

The voice urged.

"Oh, right, could you pass a message to the people of the Church of Suffering for me? Just say that I have returned after completing the task."

He pondered and then spoke.

"Possible."

"Thanks a lot, then."

Before Liu Zheng stepped into the circle formed by the Messengers, his view was immediately engulfed by thick fog.

"Metropolis this time, has gone too far."

Before he experienced a sense of weightlessness, the voice spoke up again.

When the fog before his eyes dispersed, he was already outside the walls of Yate City.

Looking at the walls before him, Liu Zheng felt a surge of eagerness.

After all, although he had almost completed the procurement tasks, there were still plenty of benefits to be reaped from Yate.

Not to mention anything else, the giant Blood Gem he had just acquired wasn’t even set yet.

Away from Yate, it wasn’t certain that other places would have the technology.

But after pondering for a while, he gave up the suicidal thought.

After all, the unknown existence was known even by the Metropolis, clearly not something he could afford to provoke.

"Damn, just stopping here is really frustrating, you know?"

Liu Zheng cursed and turned to walk towards the white gate.

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"How much do you think that kid can complete?"

Out of sheer boredom, 8848 fiddled with the coffee machine while asking.

According to regulations, every time they send someone across the border, they had to wait by the door, ready to respond at any moment.

And this process was often excruciating.

After all, not only were there no entertainment facilities at the border, there wasn’t even a network connection.

So placing bets on the outcome of those who cross the border had become one of the favorite pastimes of the border management officers.

"Why don’t you bet on whether he can come back? The place he’s going is no holiday destination."

said.

"How could someone who stirred up such a big fuss in the Metropolis die in some backwater place, even if it’s full of troublesome locals?"

responded.

"So how much do you bet he can complete?"

countered.

"I bet he can complete at least 70%."

spoke without hesitation.

"Are you referring to the Bloody Restaurant’s procurement list, or City Hall’s task catalog?"

"Of course, City Hall’s. The Bloody Restaurant’s procurement list is no challenge for him."

declared.

"Heh."

smirked.

"What? You think 70% is too high?"

laughed.

"No, I think it’s too low. I bet he can complete 100%."

said gravely.