In the chaotic Shiyu Tavern, it seemed as if a separate space was cut out around the players, and each space was filled with silence.
Liu Yuan noticed from the corner of his eye that a demon was about to rise and approach them. The quest said they had to avoid three temptations. The NPCs in this tavern were probably skilled in illusions. Just as he was thinking about this, the world before him suddenly shifted. The smell of alcohol didn't seem to be emanating from the vat, but from the monster itself.
The rich, intertwined flavors of various kinds lead people to different crossroads of desire.
Song Yan, who turned into a mirror, seemed to be back on the cruise ship. One of the smells was similar to the fragrance emanating from the chef.
Before the world in front of everyone's eyes completely changed, a low singing voice rang out.
Ji Yuanzhi just hummed a few discordant notes. The mermaid's singing had a miraculous effect in restraining hallucinations.
The world returned to normal. Li Nan, using his anti-eavesdropping device, spoke, "There are a total of forty-one demons in the tavern right now, twenty-seven of which are male. There are five of us now, and if we divide the numbers equally, each of us will have to kill 5.4 male demons and take the heads of 2.8 female demons. But if Pei Wenwei were here, no one would be spared. So unless we resort to ruthless looting, it's difficult for us to match him in numbers."
"...quantity is definitely factored into the scoring, so imitation doesn't just refer to a person's literal imitation."
Li Nan thought for a moment and continued, "The simulator is activated in teams. Its essence is teamwork. As long as everyone reaches an agreement on the total number, they can achieve the highest score."
Others also agreed with this view, otherwise Song Yan would be in a mirror state and it would be difficult for him to complete the task independently.
Ji Yuanzhi said calmly, "It's impossible to perfectly match every detail, as long as the overall trajectory matches. If it were Pei Wenwei, he would have cut everything off before telling the other demons on the second floor that he now hates desire and vows to save the others who are lost in lust."
A line of words also automatically appeared on the mirror: My King's version of "Cut to Show Ambition", cut someone else's X to show your own aspirations.
After determining the general strategy, Liu Yuan and Liu Yun moved with incredible speed and directly attacked the demon who was casting illusions again.
They and Li Nan are responsible for dealing with the female demon.
Ji Yuanzhi sat motionless, his white palms facing upwards. After a moment, his fingers clasped together. All the water vapor in the air around him condensed into tiny icicles, which dispersed in all directions.
The demons in the Shiyu Tavern are not good at fighting. To be precise, the demons on the entire second floor who have been tempted and fallen have limited combat power, and all their skill points are superimposed on illusions.
For Ji Yuanzhi, whose second skill is [Hallucination] and who once worked as a patient in the fantasy zone, it seems like he is showing off his skills before an expert.
whoosh!
The terrifying ice cone is powerful.
The hallucinogenic skill was input in reverse, and the male demon was slightly dazed at first, and then felt a sharp pain in his crotch.
"Ah!" They howled instinctively, and before they could react, their heads were cut clean by the long strands of hair.
The demon's head rolled to the ground like a ball. A passing black market player was attracted by the noise and took a look inside, and was stunned.
It was a bit strange to talk about this in hell, but all he could think of at that moment was: A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated.
What are these people doing?
The players and NPCs nearby couldn't see the scorekeeper, and there was no other adjective to describe him except perverted.
The ground was in a mess. The black market player who had just completed other side quests on the second floor shook his head and stayed away from this place of trouble.
There are not only players passing by, but more demons.
Ji Yuanzhi said the lines that Wen Shi might have said: "Excessive desire will lead to depravity. I want to save you. Who will come?"
There is no friendship between demons for revenge, and killing each other is a common occurrence. This scene is too horrifying. The moment the wings grow, they spread their wings and fly away.
The scorer's face showed an evil expression as he began to score each person in turn: "One hundred, one hundred, one hundred... Oh, you really know him well."
"Congratulations on getting a video call opportunity!"
"During this call, it is strictly forbidden to ask the person being simulated for private information in any form."
"…" Then this call is unnecessary.
The surrounding space was sealed by the scorer, and a small water curtain appeared in front of him. The next moment, the video was connected to the distant interstellar space.
After a few seconds, images gradually appeared on the water curtain.
A black kitten appeared, with a bunch of ocean balls and spirit bodies beside it.
Wen Shi was squeezed in among all kinds of cute spirits, his big eyes curved with smiles. After the system prompted him that there was a call from hell, he guessed that it was Ji Yuanzhi and them, so Wen Shi chose to answer it.
"I'm playing in the spirit entertainment area." The little black cat waved its paw. In order to experience the ocean ball massage and see different kinds of spirits, Wen Shi even spent points to transform.
The interstellar ocean ball is made of a special material that can effectively dispel physical fatigue and is very suitable for people who have just experienced a long period of teleportation.
I don't know if it's because Yaerlin and Jian Qingrong were guarding outside, which made the feeling quite oppressive, so even though the other species knew he wasn't a spiritual being, they were still very friendly. A mimic elephant even used its trunk to massage his back.
The picture became clearer and clearer. When the little black cat saw the bloody scene in the tavern, his narrowed eyes widened again.
"you..."
What are you doing?
The filth and blood all over the ground frightened his young mind.
Ji Yuanzhi: "Does it feel familiar yet strange?"
The black cat chick pecked the rice and nodded.
"That's right, because you are looking in the mirror."
Watching others do what they should be doing.
A group of spirits came over curiously, and when they saw the water curtain, they all moved away. In order to fit in, Wen Shi called them a pervert and swam to another area with them.
Player: "…"
[This call is about to end]
Five seconds later, the water curtain disappeared. Wen Shi finally gave them a cat-tail heart gesture from a distance: "Keep going."
It was no longer possible to stay in the tavern; the demon's blood was particularly foul-smelling.
Ji Yuanzhi said, "Let's go."
He had seen a black market player passing by earlier. The side quest required him to leave this floor, so there had to be an exit. He didn't bother to waste time looking for it, so he said, "Follow him."
At this moment, the black market players had already walked far away, and everyone only had a general direction. After walking for a distance, when Li Nan was considering whether to use body transformation to identify the breath, an elevator in the distance attracted his attention.
From the general appearance, it looks like a sightseeing elevator with transparent cabin walls, but the rest of the elevator is made of bones, and scarlet gas constantly lingers during operation.
Without hesitation, they stepped forward. As they entered the area of the crimson smoke, a system notification sounded: "Congratulations on completing the side quest - Leaving the second floor."
The area near the elevator is designated as a public area and no longer belongs to the second floor.
Liu Yun looked at the bone button and asked, "Up or down?"
To escape from hell, you should go up, but there can't be only one side quest.
Just then, the door opened, and a demon as big as a mountain walked out. Seeing the new face with delicate skin and flesh, he licked his lips. Ji Yuanzhi took the initiative and pierced the demon's heart. When the behemoth fell to the ground, everyone chose to enter the elevator.
The elevator is now empty, and it's easy to run into other demons if you stay outside.
There was a thick fog above, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
The elevator goes down.
The car started moving again, and the mechanical sound sounded again after a short while:
[Side Quest: The Demon King's Appreciation
Mission content: You have massacred the Shiyu Tavern, and you have the potential to be a devil in your bones. Please work hard to join the devil's camp.
Tip: The bookstore on each floor sells the Demon King Encyclopedia. If you can defeat the cunning shopkeeper, you can get this Demon King Encyclopedia.
Note: The more appreciation you get from the Demon King, the more favorable it will be for the final points calculation.
The elevator descended very slowly, or perhaps the distance between each level of hell was very far.
The air became suffocating again.
Liu Yun murmured, "It's clear that the time of being an orphan should be over."
Li Nan: "The mission itself is fine."
Compared to being teleported to the Shiyu Tavern at the beginning, this time I knew the test questions in advance and had a longer buffer time to think. The treatment was already very good.
However, this statement did not provide any comfort.
Liu Yuan stood by the window and glanced at Liu Yun. After finding that her sister was also undecided, she bit her lip and said, "Four?"
A demon king is not worthy of Pei Wenwei's operation. It should not be a problem for him to control four boats by himself.
Ji Yuanzhi shook his head: "Too conservative."
Four demon kings are definitely not the opponent's limit.
Song Yan: [666].
Everyone was speechless for a moment.
If you guess too high, it will be beyond Pei Wenwei's ability and the simulation score will probably be a zero. If you guess too low, it will be within the safe range, but if the difference is too big, the simulation score will fail.
This is the same as guessing the price. They are completely unsure of the middle value.
Five minutes later, a bright red light flashed inside the car, and a gigantic skull jumped out, uttering a playful, strange voice: "Welcome to the paradise of gluttons!"
Walking out of the elevator, Li Nan took the initiative to say, "I'm going to buy the Demon King's Guide."
Of course, this kind of thing doesn't require a group of people.
The game conceals the players' presence, but compared to real demons, they are still easy to attract attention when they gather together.
After Li Nan left, the others waited at the elevator entrance, and no one spoke.
Finally, it was Ji Yuanzhi who broke the silence, but he did not speak first.
Blood trickled down from the corners of Ji Yuanzhi's mouth, and blood was also oozing from the corners of his eyes. As the blood dripped down, it made contact with the mist surrounding the elevator before hitting the ground, making a sizzling sound similar to nitric acid corrosion.
Not long ago, his narrow eyes focused on the scorer and made an omniscient interpretation.
The backlash of [Information Omniscient] is too great, and rashly interpreting the exact numbers is seeking death. Ji Yuanzhi tried to interpret Wen Shi's unknown abilities in order to make further inferences.
The scorer builds the model based on the data of Wenshi, which is in a sense a completely new object of interpretation.
The backlash from the initial interpretation will be lower, and Ji Yuanzhi has interpreted the usefulness of the helmet's combat record.
Twenty minutes later, Li Nan came back with some fishy black blood splattered on his clothes. It was obvious that he had fought with the devil during the time he was away.
In his hands, he held a thick illustrated guide. It didn't contain much, but the paper was like a brick. Even the most basic information about the Demon King couldn't be contained on ordinary paper; it required specialized materials.
After opening it, everyone felt dizzy.
After calming down, I found that the name in the book was replaced by a question mark.
Ji Yuanzhi: "The name of a True Spirit is usually three question marks. The power of the Demon King in this instance is about one-third of that of a True Spirit."
There are not many true spirits in all the copies combined, which is already considered to be a very powerful level.
According to records, foreign demon kings have joined Hell in recent years. After a round of expansion, there are currently a total of twelve demon kings.
The most prominent features are basically centered around the seven deadly sins. In addition, there are demon kings who love fraud and betrayal, alien demon kings with perverted possessiveness, and so on.
The mirror surface began to waver, and five words appeared, including greed, jealousy, etc.: [My king has a way to join all five camps at the same time.]
Through interpretation, Wen Shi has the ability to calm down the demented monster, which is just right for dealing with the demon king who is characterized by rage. Ji Yuanzhi added another one.
"…Pei Wenwei is also very good at dealing with deception and betrayal."
After everyone picked and chose, they finally left only the demon king with three characteristics, including laziness.
During this time, Ji Yuanzhi had been observing the scorer and found that it raised the tip of its tail, which was a bit like the heart shape made by a cat's tail when the water curtain disappeared before, as if to express affirmation.
The scorer had been flying up and down, perhaps with his tail raised accidentally.
Ji Yuanzhi pondered for a moment without showing any emotion. The game copied Pei Wenwei's data, but it was impossible to completely eliminate human emotions.
Even shadows have a hint of humanity. If the game didn't deliberately exaggerate Pei Wenwei's dark side, the scorers might be biased towards them overall.
For example, an extra point is added at the beginning.
"Nine." Ji Yuanzhi's tone was slightly lowered as he decided on the final number.
Song Yan is a mirror. As long as we can find a way to deliver it to the Demon King, even if he joins the camp, the other four players will at least have their feet on two boats.
Everyone unanimously agreed to this number and looked through the illustrated book to prepare to claim the ship they would board later.