Chapter 492

The room was not large, but it was clean and tidy, and the lights were quite bright; through the thick windows, Li Yi could see the world outside.

However, the outside was still pitch black, without daylight; in the distance, there were only the lights of other buildings, and besides that, one could occasionally see death-soul monsters flying back and forth in the sky. Danger was everywhere in this world.

Li Yi did not think much, just set the time, and then lay on the bed to sleep.

He wanted to see if he would receive Xuan Yuezi's dream-sending art after he fell asleep.

However, after Li Yi fell asleep, he did not dream of Xuan Yuezi, but instead had a nightmare.

In the dream, he was enveloped by darkness, and countless giant eyes were peeping at him; he felt small and powerless, wanting to break free but unable to do so. Moreover, in the dream, he seemed to have been infected by evil power, with many black hairs growing out of his pores; these hairs grew longer and longer, wrapping around him tightly, suffocating and desperate.

The dream was very short.

But the time passed very slowly.

It wasn't until the set mobile phone alarm went off that Li Yi was startled awake from his sleep.

The moment Li Yi opened his eyes, he suddenly sat up; he felt it was incredible that he would actually have a nightmare.

After he condensed his soul, his thoughts were unified; unless someone sent him a dream, it was impossible for him to have a nightmare.

"The evil god's curse?" Li Yi looked at the back of his hand.

The faint brand would not go away; under the observation of the Evolver's eyes, this brand seemed to be vaguely emitting a black aura, evil and ominous. If he allowed this evil to remain in his body, it was possible that his body might truly undergo a mutation, growing black hair all over and turning into a bizarre monster.

"It seems I must quickly find the Golden Apple to wash away the curse, otherwise the impact on me will become greater and greater."

He did not hesitate; after tidying up, he immediately walked out of the room, preparing to take action.

However, as soon as he stepped out, he found that quite a few people had gathered outside.

Li Yi's arrival caused the gazes of these people to converge on him, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

"Hmm?" His expression shifted as he looked at these people, only to find that they had prepared armor, swords, and gathered manpower, seemingly intending to go on an adventure.

"Sir, they want to follow us on an adventure." Sun Fei walked over at this moment and said in a low voice.

"You all go back; I don't have the habit of leading a team," Li Yi said.

He did not want to take a group of burdens to adventure in the passages, because these people's strength was too weak, and they couldn't even protect themselves; going would just be seeking death.

"Give us a chance; let us follow you," someone shouted.

"Since you have moved in here and become a new resident of the building, you have the responsibility and obligation to help us and cultivate new adventurers," someone shouted loudly.

"The information about the passage was shared with you by us; you should give back to us. Even if you don't need us to go on an adventure, according to the rules, you should still give us thirty percent of the spoils," others also had their eyes on the benefits.

Li Yi frowned deeply as he listened.

Since when did rules become a tool to kidnap others?

"No wonder this building is declining; it turns out it's raising a group of people who want to reap without sowing. I was just passing by before and didn't notice," Li Yi said calmly, then glanced at the woman named Bai You in the crowd.

That woman's expression was calm at this moment, and she did not feel there was anything wrong with this matter.

After all, it had been the same when Li Yi killed the golden rat before; he had shared thirty percent of the spoils.

"Sir, I suggest moving to another building to stay temporarily; this building has no enlightened leader, and the atmosphere has already gone bad. Although they still follow the rules, the remaining people all think about reaping without sowing, hoping to take a piece of meat from the hands of powerful adventurers, without any respect or politeness," Sun Fei said in a low voice at this moment.

"I have also encountered similar things before. The purpose of the traditional rules established in the building is to protect the weak, but when people discover that they can always rely on the strong to survive, this group will continue to grow until, in the end, it drags down all the adventurers in the building, leading to decline and eventual destruction."

Li Yi understood this logic.

It was very simple: the adventurers in a building were supporting too many people who reaped without sowing, causing the adventurers to leave one after another or die.

And those who reaped without sowing were unwilling to take the place of the adventurers, so the balance of the building would be broken, and in the end, it would be swallowed by the darkness.

Originally, this building no longer had any adventurers, but Li Yi's arrival made these people see hope, and they wanted to use the rules to kidnap him, making him the new provider for the building so they could take thirty percent of Li Yi's spoils without doing anything.

Therefore, the true darkness was not the sky outside, but the greed and ugliness of the human heart.

Of course, the establishment of rules was not entirely a disadvantage; it also had advantages, which was that in front of powerful adventurers, the weak also had the right to survive.

Li Yi was a newcomer and had no intention of challenging traditional rules; he just said calmly, "You want to share the spoils? No problem, but you have to go adventure outside the building with me."

"You, you, and you, and finally, you, Bai You."

He pointed at people, naming all those who had spoken before.

The people who were named had two extremes: either they were excited, feeling that they could go on an adventure, or they were terrified because they had no courage to walk out of the building and only wanted to share the spoils.

"No, my strength is very weak; I don't want to go on an adventure," someone hurriedly refused.

Sun Fei shouted, "You don't have the right to refuse, unless you are willing to give up sharing the spoils."

"Then, then I'll give up sharing the spoils," the person hesitated for a moment and said.

Compared to the spoils, he cared more about his own life. Sun Fei continued, "It's too late; you have already accepted a share of the spoils once before, just a few days ago, that golden rat, have you forgotten? You took the spoils, which means you must now fulfill the responsibilities of an adventurer and become our teammate, otherwise, you will be kicked out of this building."

He was very familiar with the traditional rules.

Therefore, when Li Yi had no teammates, as long as they accepted Li Yi's spoils, they had to contribute.

Of course, the premise was that Li Yi insisted on this requirement; if he were soft-hearted and indulged them, then it would be over.

"Whoever doesn't go must leave this building," Sun Fei said again. "If you want to share the spoils, everyone whose name was called must come with us."

Everyone suddenly fell silent again.

The rules protected them, but also restrained them.

Although they were reluctant and wanted to avoid it, in the end, more than ten young people walked out.

"Follow me." Li Yi was expressionless, then strode toward the outside of the building.

"Go if we must; anyway, our strength is weak, and we can't deal with monsters, so we'll just let him kill the monsters when the time comes."

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"That's right, when the time comes, we must take our share of the benefits from every monster; we can't miss a single gold coin."

"This person's strength is very strong; we will definitely have a rich harvest on this trip."

These people followed Li Yi toward the outside of the building, then began discussing among themselves, their brows filled with excitement.

Li Yi did not speak, leading them out of the bright building and into the darkness outside.

And without the protection of the Holy Corpse, the evil god's curse in Li Yi's hand immediately took effect.

The monsters in the nearby darkness were immediately attracted.

"What was that sound?" In the team, someone looked around, heart pounding, not knowing if it was an illusion, but it seemed like something had just flashed by their side.

Above their heads, the familiar death-soul monsters appeared again; they made strange cries and flew over quickly, holding scythes.

However, at this moment, Li Yi stopped his steps and did not continue to move forward.

"Hey, why aren't we moving? There seem to be many monsters here; it's not safe for us to stay here. Let's hurry to the passage. Don't you have the golden rat skin? Maybe we can get a huge treasure," someone hurriedly shouted at Li Yi.

Li Yi still did not speak.

His silver eyes pierced through the darkness, discovering that the monsters had already swarmed over.

"Ah!"

The next moment, a miserable scream rang out in the team; one person was instantly pounced on by a monster in the darkness and was quickly carried away.

The death-soul monsters also swung their scythes and rushed into the crowd at this moment; the scythes swung, immediately cutting off a person's head.

Fresh blood splattered, leaving the surrounding people stunned.

Only then did they react that they had been attacked by monsters.

"Help, help!" They shouted for help, then swung the crude weapons in their hands randomly.

Sun Fei, who was in the crowd, also remained silent; he understood Li Yi's intention, which was to use the name of adventure to lead these selfish, weak people to die in the darkness.

This kind of situation was not uncommon; adventurers forcibly clearing out the incompetent people in the building was beneficial for the restoration of order within the building.

Therefore, their cries for help were destined to be useless.

The monsters attracted by Li Yi's evil god's curse were too many, and these dozen or so people were almost all dead in the blink of an eye.

"You, why did you do this?" At this moment, the young girl named Bai You looked at Li Yi and questioned him: "You didn't want to take them on an adventure, but there was no need to kill them. There aren't many people left in the building; doing this will destroy this building."

Li Yi said calmly, "There are too many parasites who reap without sowing; only when a batch disappears can more people survive. I am saving this building, not destroying it."

"So, am I also a parasite?" Bai You said.

Li Yi asked back, "Are you special?"

Bai You immediately fell silent.

She could sense the changes in the Holy Corpse and perceive the location of monsters, which could be of great use to adventurers; the people in the building all respected her, but only after truly walking into this darkness did she realize that she didn't seem to be anything special either.

The next moment.

A giant pale arm reached out from the darkness, grabbed Bai You, and quickly dragged her into the darkness, disappearing before their eyes in the blink of an eye.

Li Yi watched all this without taking action, just waiting quietly for these people to disappear.

(End of chapter)