On the arena, the stone tiles that no one was standing on had all been flipped over, placing many items on the ground.
Many weapons and armors.
Daggers, swords, daggers, daggers, machetes, straight blades, spears, spears, hammers, battle axes, iron rods, darts, helmets, armor, breastplates, arm guards, boots …
These items were everywhere on the arena.
Someone was the first to pick them up. Seeing that, others also followed suit.
More and more people were picking up items.
Some of them simply watched others pick up items and followed suit, while others were quickly looking for items that suited them.
A Professionist first took out a shield, then reached for a gleaming long blade.
He was a saber user, and from his point of view, that long saber was a good weapon.
But as soon as he reached his hand out, the Blade was already in someone else's hand.
The Professionist looked back to see a pot-bellied old man.
The Professionist raised his leg, kicked the old man to the ground, and took away the Blade.
When he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.
"The one and only king …" he muttered.
He drew the Blade and swung it with a cold gleam.
The old man screamed in pain and died.
This caused a chain reaction. Everyone stopped what they were doing and silently looked at him.
Being stared at by so many people, the Professionist nervously took a step back.
The old voice suddenly spoke up, praising him.
「 The first point of the entire competition goes to Professionist Chen Qi, let us see what kind of reward he got! 」
He got a reward just like that?
Everyone froze and looked at the Professionist called Chen Qi.
Chen Qi stood still with a cold expression. From the looks of it, he was also a bit panicked.
All of a sudden, a flame appeared on his Blade.
The flame lingered on the Blade for a long time without dissipating.
The old voice spoke: 「 Congratulations! Because he was the first challenger to get a point, his weapon has been strengthened by the Flame Spirit — — - he is now in the lead!
」 Chen Qi swung his Blade. The flames on the Blade scattered everywhere.
A middle-aged man who was standing too close to him was hit by the flames and screamed in pain.
The middle-aged man rolled on the ground for a long time before the flames were completely extinguished.
However, at this moment, he had already lost one of his arms and was half-dead. He was lying on the ground, barely breathing.
"Hahaha, this saber is so powerful!" Chen Qi had a crazed look on his face.
He strode over and slashed at the middle-aged man.
Amidst the miserable howls, blood splattered everywhere.
"Second point!" The old voice immediately sounded, "Chen Qi has obtained the second point!"
"Let's see what reward he got this time!"
The shield that Chen Qi had picked up earlier had a few sharp thorns emitting cold air protruding from it.
"This is too shocking, able to attack and defend, an unstoppable shield!" The aged voice shouted in a mocking tone.
Chen Qi exclaimed in excitement. He suddenly raised his shield and slammed it into a person beside him.
The man was impaled on the spikes of the shield. He spat out blood and soon lost all signs of life.
The old voice sounded impatiently.
"Chen Qi! A true warrior! He's getting closer and closer to the throne in this game! "
"Everyone, guess what equipment he got this time?"
But at this point, no one could calmly watch anymore.
In this match, only one person will survive.
And Chen Qi was becoming more and more powerful.
Sporadic screams and screams could be heard from all over the arena.
Quite a few Professionists were slaughtering their way through, as if someone was whipping them from behind.
A young girl was crying: "Don't kill me, I don't want to die, I thought this was only a game!"
Sha!
A flash of fire. Her body was cut in half by a single slash and fell dead on the ground.
Chen Qi gripped the flaming longsword, stepped over her body, and pounced on the next panicked middle-aged man.
The screams and screams were getting louder and louder.
The entire arena was littered with corpses, blood flowing like a river.
"Damn it!" Jang Young-ho opened his eyes.
"What the hell is this thing, even the art of killing has been turned into a slaughter!" he cursed.
"Seems like it suits me …" Ye Fei Li muttered.
"This thing, if its final reward really is eternal life, then it'll definitely drive people crazy" Liao Xing said with a rare serious tone.
"That's right, there'll always be people who want to take risks, people who think they're more special than others, so they want to use this shortcut to make themselves immortal" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Strong people will always want to become even stronger, not to mention the ultimate temptation of eternal life"
He sighed, dejectedly shaking his head: "This is irresistible, you can't stop people's desire for eternal life"
"This arena is also an untraceable existence, unless you sign up for the game, you won't even be able to see it — — – there's no way to deal with it"
Gu Qing Shan was feeling even more dejected.
The Game of Eternal specializes in eating people's souls to make itself stronger.
Normally speaking, when it comes from another world, it can't interfere with the Laws of this world so quickly, nor can it obtain power from the souls of this world.
However, this Game Arena used an invitation method. This invitation was equivalent to a contract.
Actively joining the competition is the same as signing a soul contract, if you win, you'll get the reward and leave, if you lose, you'll have to pay with your soul.
In the arena, the soul of every person who dies will be eaten by the game.
And as the game gets stronger, it'll slowly change the rules, increasing the maximum number of people who can participate in the arena, making the killing in the arena even more bloody, until finally, it'll turn the entire planet into an arena.
Killing will be everywhere.
As for eternal life — — - that's only a play on words.
Slowly turning humans into some kind of demon, they'll naturally be able to live for a very long time, perhaps even close to eternal life.
But demons are a race that won't stop killing for even a single second, this is a trait carved into their souls. What kind of demon can live forever in the midst of killing?
In the past life, countless humans went crazy for the so-called eternal life.
Because those who receive the eternal life reward will actually stop aging, in fact, they'll slowly become younger.
Within 3 years, the demonic nature will silently change inside their bodies without anyone noticing.
Within 3 years, no one who received the eternal life reward showed any abnormalities.
Every country and organization tried everything they could to check, even using the Holy Church's God's Chosen Skill, but found no abnormalities.
In the end, everyone confirmed that this was true eternal life.
In the 3 years of madness, countless people threw themselves into the Game of Eternal, only to have their lives harvested and their souls eaten by the game.
Not to mention Professionists, even ordinary people and the politicians of various countries are all thinking of ways to get their hands on an Eternal Pill.
In front of eternal life, nothing else matters, even countries have to stand aside!
After 3 years, when the Game of Eternal began to demonize and the truth was revealed to the world, only 30% of the world's population remained.
And this was only because Worlds Apocalypse Online appeared in the past 3 years, allowing people to travel through the cultivation world and steadily increase their strength. It was only then that humanity regained their calmness and reduced the number of times they participated in the Game of Eternal.
But in this life, Worlds Apocalypse Online still hasn't appeared, only the Game of Eternal has.
Do we really have to wait for half a year for Worlds Apocalypse Online to appear?
That's already too late. Once the Game of Eternal eats enough souls, it'll continue to evolve and change.
At that time, it'll do everything in its power to arouse the deepest desires of humanity, causing more and more people to die in the arena.
Humanity's civilization will collapse under the temptation of eternal life.
Is this the end of the world?
Gu Qing Shan silently thought.
"Hey, what are you thinking, look at yourself!"
Liao Xing looked at him and shrugged.
"Hm? What is it? "Gu Qing Shan didn't even look up and answered in a low voice.
"Look at yourself, you don't look human at all" Liao Xing said.
"You piece of shit, what are you talking about — — -" Jang Young-ho couldn't help but want to stop him.
"Let him speak" Gu Qing Shan looked up at Liao Xing.
Liao Xing stood up, walked in front of Gu Qing Shan and looked down at him.
"He said I'm a piece of shit" Liao Xing glared, "but I think you're more like shit"
Ye Fei Li scowled and stood up: "You, do you want to die?"
"No, let him speak, I want to hear what he's trying to say" Gu Qing Shan stopped Ye Fei Li from raising his hand.
"You piece of shit, I don't know what you're trying to do, but as soon as something happens, you're always so dejected — — – do you even look like a man?" Liao Xing said.
He grabbed Gu Qing Shan by the collar and lifted him up.
"I escaped from the cold outer space, wanting to find a long-term meal ticket, but all you show me is a crying face?"
"Look at you, people who don't know would think you've been through the Apocalypse countless times! Ridiculous! "
"But so what if it's the Apocalypse, we're both men, the worst that comes to worst is death, what's the point of showing your weakness?"
"Me!" Liao Xing patted his chest, "a single person against an entire country, living in the cold outer space for 30 years, I'm still alive and kicking, what about you!?"
Gu Qing Shan pried his hand away and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Liao, we're not the same"
"How are we not the same!?"
"You've been hiding for 30 years, I haven't even been able to hide for a single day"
Gu Qing Shan continued to smile, seemingly regaining his spirit.
He put his hand on her shoulder and said: "No matter what, thank you"
"Pah" Liao Xing scoffed, "if it weren't for the fact that my women and children all need to rely on your Merit to survive, I wouldn't care at all"
He angrily walked back and laid down on the sofa.
Gu Qing Shan then said: "Mr. Liao, thank you very much"
Liao Xing impatiently waved his hand and said: "If you're in trouble, think of a solution yourself, if you need me to do anything just tell me, don't show me a crying face, if you can't, it's only death, what's there to be afraid of!?"
"You're right"
Gu Qing Shan replied and quickly left the room.
Jang Young-ho and Ye Fei Li exchanged glances and quickly followed.
Gu Qing Shan didn't stop and continued walking until he reached the top of the mountain outside the mansion.
The rain had already stopped for a while.
The sky was filled with stars in the night sky, like an endless river of Fate in the middle of the darkness.
As far as the eye could see, the lights of the capital were still dim, the entire city gave off a warm yellow hue in the night.
In the silent night, the wind blew through the leaves of the trees, creating the sound of crashing waves. Other than that, the occasional sound of an aircraft could be heard.
Gu Qing Shan silently stood at the top of the mountain.
Jang Young-ho followed her and tossed her a bottle of liquor.
"30 years old liquor, I think you'll need it at a time like this" Jang Young-ho said.
"Thanks" Gu Qing Shan opened the bottle and took a big gulp.
He gave it to Ye Fei Li.
Ye Fei Li took a sip and scowled: "I still prefer fruit juice"
"If you don't want it then don't bother" Jang Young-ho took the bottle back, took a sip and opened his eyes wide: "This is good stuff, this bottle of mine is worth 100,000 Federation Credits"
"Ah? That expensive? "Ye Fei Li raised her eyebrows in surprise." Here, let me have another sip "
Jang Young-ho grumbled as he handed her the bottle, then turned to Gu Qing Shan.
"Now that I think about it, this damned unknown thing has successfully stirred the desires of humanity — — - these tens of thousands of people are going to die for sure, but I don't believe in such a thing, because sacrificing someone else's life to gain eternal life doesn't sound reliable at all" Jang Young-ho commented.
"This is eternal life we're talking about, how can you still be so calm?" Ye Fei Li was surprised.
"When faced with life, a hitman has to remain calm, not to mention a hitman's boss" Jang Young-ho puffed out his chest and replied.
Ye Fei Li thought for a bit, then said: "If that's the case, we just need to ignore it and watch from the sidelines"
"That won't do" Gu Qing Shan smiled bitterly, "once the world's civilization starts to collapse, the entire world will show more flaws, from then on it won't be able to climb back up again, only heading towards the abyss"
"But such a strange thing, we can't touch it, we can't hit it, who can deal with it?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"Furthermore, eternal life is the ultimate desire of every person, you can stop one person, but how can you stop everyone?"
"That's exactly what I feel helpless about" Gu Qing Shan felt a headache coming, received the bottle and took another sip.
Ye Fei Li still couldn't get used to it, so she smacked her lips and said: "Don't be discouraged, I can see that you're dealing with the Man Killer Fiend quite well"
"How did I deal with the Man Killer Fiend?" Gu Qing Shan casually asked.
"Using the Man Killer Fiend to deal with the Man Killer Fiend of course" Ye Fei Li pointed at herself and joked.
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
"What … did you just say? Can you say it again? "he slowly turned around and looked at Ye Fei Li.
His gaze was like he was looking at a rare treasure, but also like he was looking at a merciful God.
Ye Fei Li was a bit scared by his gaze, silently took a step back and said: "I said that you're dealing with the Man Killer Fiend quite well"
"It's not this sentence."
"Ah, I said that you're using the Man Killer Fiend to deal with the Man Killer Fiend"
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
He nodded again and again, his eyes slowly glowing.
He pursed his lips, as if he was thinking about something very important in his life.
Ye Fei Li and Jang Young-ho exchanged glances, a bit confused.
They heard Gu Qing Shan muttering to himself.
"That's right … we can do that …"
"Since the game didn't appear, I'll deal with it myself …"
He raised the bottle, tilted his head back and drank the entire bottle in one gulp.
Seeing him like that, Ye Fei Li and Jang Young-ho couldn't help but exchange glances, feeling a bit relieved.
When Gu Qing Shan put the bottle down, the two of them heard him muttering.
"That's right … we can't let it grow stronger … we need to stop it from growing"
"I have to do this, otherwise humanity will be extinct"
After saying that, Gu Qing Shan's entire person seemed to have changed.
He now had an indescribable presence.
It was like he was in the cultivation world, wielding his sword, ready to fight to the death against some unknown entity.
"Impartial Goddess, where is the S.W. Divine Temple?" he asked.
[Above the capital] the Holo-Brain lit up as Impartial Goddess answered.
"Very well, send me up"
"Sir, do you need something?"
"No, it's you who has something to do"
"What do you need, sir?"
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