Chapter 547: Eerie Reward

A resentful Cantonese tune began to play, like the opening of a movie.

The woman behind him.

The ghostly face above his head.

The hand in the lake.

The corpses lined up turned their heads.

One scene after another surfaced, flooding deep into Lin An's thoughts.

Seeing Lin An fall into rigidity again, Zhang Tie hesitated not, activated his transformation, then rushed toward the wilderness village.

This time... I won't let Lin Dui die before my eyes again!

Lin Dui! Hold on!

"Bear Transformation!"

"Frenzied Charge!"

With a roar, Zhang Tie desperately channeled his spiritual energy, instantly charging into the wilderness village.

He wanted to kill everyone in the wilderness village before Lin An's life force was drained.

He wanted to completely erase this village from history!

The current Chu Ren Mei is obviously not as terrifying as after breaking the Buddhist pagoda.

This opportunity comes only once!

In the dark, Xiong Hanzi realized that Chu Ren Mei's existence transcended the timeline, wandering through the whole cycle.

Now she can only watch helplessly!

Come on! Let's see who's faster, you or me!

"Earthquake!!"

"Boom!!!"

Unleashing his sole area‑attack ability, Zhang Tie, transformed into a silver giant bear, frantically pounded the ground.

The great earthquake trembled.

Like an artificial earthquake, extreme violence flung the surface upward; the instantly released energy spread rapidly as a ring‑shaped seismic wave, sweeping across the entire wilderness village.

Like an earth dragon bursting forth, one after another "Earth Wave" emerged from the edge of the wilderness village, irresistibly lifting the whole village.

In their sleep, the villagers trapped in the endless cycle were torn apart by this explosive force.

Jagged rubble scattered, gruesome.

No hesitation.

After activating the Earthquake skill, Xiong Hanzi again burst forth with speed disproportionate to his size, ready to hunt down any possible survivors.

"Damn... holding on..."

In the midst of his mad sprint, Zhang Tie's foot faltered; he saw a chunk of flesh on his shoulder vanish for no reason.

My flesh...

Went into the stomach?

Merely, unlike Lin An who can only restore limbs but not replenish life force.

Having fused with the Indestructible Asura, he was obviously unafraid of this attack.

He grinned wickedly.

"Damn it, if you've got the guts, finish off Laozi!"

His left hand disappeared.

It regenerated.

His right hand disappeared.

It regenerated.

He staggered.

As if knowing that if Zhang Tie killed the last survivor she would vanish, the vengeful spirit that Chu Ren Mei had become broke free from Lin An, like a puppet whose limbs had been torn off, wobbling as it chased after him.

Extreme cold froze his movements.

Zhang Tie's face was maniacal; he paid no heed to the eerie Chu Ren Mei appearing before him.

Get lost! Get up, grandpa!

"Laozi isn't afraid of you!"

With no hands, he used his feet; with no feet, he used his hands.

When both hands and feet were gone, he simply writhed forward like a fast‑moving silkworm pupa, crawling in little bursts.

His belly felt as if it were about to burst from being overfilled.

He showed not the slightest fear.

Even a strange thought inexplicably rose in his mind.

Turns out Laozi's meat is this hard to eat...

"Burp..."

He lifted his head and saw that soul‑crushing ghostly face grin at him.

"Ugly woman, Laozi isn't afraid of you anymore!"

"No wonder your mother never dared to strike me."

"Besides barely holding on, what use are you?"

"Thanks for the bear‑meat feast that Chu Mei Ren and Old Tie sent!"

Inside the dilapidated thatched hut, Zhang Tie, with mixed feelings, bit the last villager to death in one gulp.

Blood-soaked chunks of flesh fell to the ground.

Although he knew these people had to be killed,

but at the final moment he could only sigh in his heart.

He also didn't know whether these villagers were human or ghost; perhaps they were unlucky spirits forever cycling in horror.

With the death of the last villager,

like a lingering grudge, the Cantonese tune drifting in his ears also came to an end.

Above the deserted village,

the ghostly face, as white as lacquer paper, became completely transparent at this moment.

Before it dissipated,

in her originally pitch-black eyes, a human-like color emerged.

Two lines of bloody tears.

"She seems to be looking at this bracelet..."

After the limbs regenerated,

Zhang Tie stared blankly at the face from his childhood shadow, feeling somewhat dazed in his heart.

After Chu Renmei broke free of possession, Lin An, who had regained movement, lightly nodded.

After Xiong Hanzi dealt with the last villager, his memory instantly returned.

It was like an infusion, and also like the system's registration covering over.

He knew what Zhang Tie had done, and also knew exactly what he himself had encountered.

A narrow escape from death.

This was probably the most dangerous encounter he had faced since his rebirth.

"Ding, the deserted village incident is complete."

"Earned 150 prestige points reward, gained 19% secret realm completion."

"Secret realm completion: upon leaving the secret realm, completion will be settled and a score given."

"According to the score, obtain self-selected rewards (s（Legendary set）_a（Epic Tier）_b（Blue fine）...)"

As the system prompts ended, Lin An likewise gazed dazedly at the night sky.

The singing drifted again.

As if a final song.

But this time, there was no longer resentment.

"The lover is in the beloved's heart, while I am at the moment of broken heart..."

"The grievous feelings, the moon knows..."

"Only lamenting the lack of a bright moon..."

"Lin Dui, what do you say she's singing?"

"I always feel she has some reluctance..."

Zhang Tie looked at the sky brightening above his head, his eyes doubtful.

He shook his head; Lin An also didn't know.

This mission was actually completed by taking shortcuts.

Watching Chu Renmei's final dissipation, and the Yuan Ying incident.

Vaguely, Lin An realized something.

This mission probably still had another solution.

Perhaps related to the backgrounds of Yuan Ying and Chu Renmei, or perhaps it was a tragic past.

But there was no way; who let him initially choose wrong, being overly cautious instead caused him to miss the correct way to complete the mission.

However, it didn't matter anymore.

Let this "history" completely dissipate.

Xiong Hanzi is broad-minded.

He also didn't think further.

But, he suddenly looked at Lin An with doubt:

"Ah, no."

"Lin Dui!"

"We didn't come to the secret realm to break through limits, did we?!"

"Where the hell is the attribute reward?!"

"Also, why is this secret realm so strange?!"

"I always feel it's unreasonable!"

After looking at the reward explanation for a while, Xiong Hanzi discovered that, like Lin An, he had only received the prestige reward.

As for completion, it is shared by the team.

"This attribute reward, won't it have been swallowed?!"

Zhang Tie shouted loudly, his tone full of panic.

The mission's completion being haphazard is fine anyway; after all, Team Leader Lin should know what's going on.

But...

If this mission, completed with desperate effort, had no reward,

then he would have a heartbroken to the point of crying to death.

Lin An was slightly taken aback, then turned and gave him a strange look.

"We'll talk about this mission later."

"Mm, there's a reward."

"I also only found out when I was 'dead'."

He shook his head slightly, and Lin An turned to look toward the river beyond the village.

His eyes were full of incredulity.

"The way to reward attribute points..."

"It might be a bit perverse..."

Xiong Hanzi looked at him in surprise upon hearing the sound, then his expression turned excited:

"Lin Dui!? Where is it! What the heck is it!!"

Lin An hesitated a moment, then spoke as he walked.

"Hmm..."

"Actually speaking, this time's reward should be,,,"

"My... corpse"

Under the calm riverbed, hundreds of 'Lin An' corpses swayed like seaweed.