There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Hong Rao had always been observing from above the Giant Fortress.

In fact, those Super High-Level Monsters that should have been the first to rush over were blocked by her on the outskirts, silently strangled amidst the dark tide.

Otherwise, by the time the monsters reached the gates, this group of players should have already been overrun.

Such High-Rank monsters shouldn't appear in this world, because when they try to pass through the Abyss Rift, they would be detected by the defenses left by this world, possibly drawing the "Judgement."

But when Hong Rao looked again, she found that the rift had expanded slightly in the Abyss's frenzy, allowing some moderately strong monsters to force their way through.

They then, against the suppression, rushed toward the Giant Fortress.

This was quite exasperating.

Script Space had yet to respond with a solution, but if the Abyss truly went completely out of control, the most likely outcome would be to bury this world together with the born Abyss.

Such incidents are numerous, as most of the collapsed Script Worlds are Subspaces that perished together with the Abyss.

By extracting a Subspace from this world to serve as bait, thereby protecting the entire world.

This Punishment World before them, having been invaded by the Abyss itself and beyond salvation, all Script Space could do was to recycle it as a defensive line and throw it to the Abyss as bait.

Hong Rao sighed, truth be told, the Giant Fortress was even more massive a long time ago.

But it shrunk step by step in the erosion of the Abyss.

Now, only this corner of the Giant Fortress held out, and today, she had even led an infiltrator in...

Hong Rao's gaze was deep as she stared at the young man and said, "Leaving here now will be of no use. Apart from you, those monsters are more attracted to the tall tower within the city; they have already been lured over."

Xu Shuo stroked his chin, "Then should we just abandon the city and flee?"

"If the tower's defenses explode, this world will explode as well."

"So we just wait to die?"

Watching the young man say this with a calm face, Hong Rao found it somewhat amusing, "Maybe, but it's a third-level defense line after all. Script Space should have countermeasures. There are too many players here; it would be a pity if all were lost."

Xu Shuo asked, "What about my Punishment Task?"

Hong Rao shook her head, "Not clear at the moment, we wait for the follow-up arrangement from Script Space."

"Then why not let me kill ten monsters now," Xu Shuo eyed the monsters running toward him not far away, eager to try.

"Didn't you already almost finish fighting just now?" Hong Rao raised an eyebrow.

She had been watching from above the whole time; this kid's combat ability was relatively decent. Although his fighting style was unorthodox, he had his own set of habits.

And instead of confrontational battles, he seemed to prefer unexpected attacks.

Commonly known as — an old silver coin.

Aside from the ones that fell apart, Hong Rao had watched every script Xu Shuo participated in; his performance style was quite consistent.

Even when facing newcomers who understood nothing, this guy was meticulous.

By the end, the newcomer was still counting money for him.

Even the fighting was done by others for him.

Perhaps because there were too few instances of him fighting directly, when Hong Rao sent him to the Giant Fortress, she noticed his desire to fight, which is why she did not stop him.

Moreover, bringing Xu Shuo to this Punishment World was also to let him experience fighting against Abyss Creatures.

It's just that the experience now was a bit too much.

After thinking for a moment, Hong Rao said, "Forget it, tell me which kind of monster you want to fight, and I'll help you find one. Better than staying here and adding pressure to the fortress."

Xu Shuo's eyes flickered, hearing her words, it seemed Hong Rao had already guessed something.

But both kept silent on the matter.

He didn't explain for the moment but simply pointed to a creature in the dark waves, one that hadn't approached the wall, waving numerous tentacles.

Then he said, "I want to fight ten of those high-rank monsters."

Hong Rao: "..."

Hong Rao's thoughts halted abruptly.

The next moment, she suddenly turned her head and stared intently at Xu Shuo: "Your mission, it couldn't be to slay ten high-tier creatures, could it?!"

Xu Shuo, surprised: "I didn't tell you?"

Hadn't he mentioned that after entering this world?

Hong Rao frowned in thought: "No."

At least not the level.

Because Xu Shuo was stuck at leveling up as a level one player, he needed to pass through the Punishment World before he could jump levels, so Hong Rao initially assumed the "slay ten creatures" he mentioned was just like other players – normal, low-rank monsters!

A level one player, without the power to bind monsters, only needing to kill ten creatures, wasn't that reasonable?

Normally, those who come to this world are players who failed their level two assessment or those who failed at a level three script. For Xu Shuo thrown into this mix, that's just like a cauliflower snake venturing into a cobra's territory to hunt!

Isn't it reasonable for the little cauliflower to just pick up a bird egg?

Why ask someone to go against the eagles?

Hong Rao, helpless, held her forehead.

She looked at the young man beside her, her words stuck in her throat as she hesitated. But as she saw the monsters already swarming toward their corner, she decisively grabbed Xu Shuo and took off into the air.

"Forget it, we'll talk after we get through today."

Hong Rao waved her hand, and a brilliant glow flew out, instantly obliterating a large number of monsters in pursuit!

Players inside the fortress noticed the situation over there, but before they could take a closer look, there was nothing left but a shower of sparkling light points.

The dark tide swarming in wasn't truly endless; the desert was vast and immense because the entire world was left desolate.

Naturally, the too distant monsters weren't attracted.

...

Xu Shuo was being held around the waist by Hong Rao in flight; there was no sound of wind around them, nor did the yellow sand pelt their faces.

He looked down at the desert below, where in some areas the air abruptly tore open to reveal narrow, elongated rifts, exuding an eerie and terrifying aura of fear.

"Those are spatial rifts; their appearance is a sign of the Abyss eroding this place, but no creatures can usually come out of such small cracks."

Hong Rao's voice rang out above his head.

There were many more fissures like this, irregularly scattered throughout any part of the world, with dark qi emanating from them, an invisible corruption eroding this world.

"Riddled with holes," Xu Shuo said, his tone unclear.

"Pretty much," said Hong Rao, not knowing what he was lamenting about but continuing the conversation. "You can imagine someone outside pricking your balloon with a needle, constantly poking holes in it."

Then, she conveniently went on to tell him about the pitiable state of a world after being invaded by the Abyss and what to do if an Abyss Rift is discovered.

There was an example right in front of them.
Experience more on empire

The two left the Giant Fortress far behind until the desert in front of them once again swelled with a mass of black.

Hong Rao simply tossed him down to the nearest spot and, without looking back, said, "I'll go catch the creatures for you; get ready."

Xu Shuo watched her leave, thought for a moment, and could only take out his staff again, with faint golden light swirling around it.

Although the sun here had no warmth, like a mere sticker, the outrageous part was that the light energy still existed, providing power for "Radiance."

Use "Radiance" during the day and "Dark Stealth" at night; pretty good.

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