Chapter 37: Surviving Until Dawn

【Mission Initiated】

【Main Mission 1: Survival until dawn】

【Main Mission 2: Join any faction】

【Main Mission 3: Unlocks after Main Mission 2 is completed】

【Side Mission: Exterminate the man-eating Ghost in the mountains】

This mission was displayed in scarlet handwriting, and at this very moment, a blood-curdling scream came from afar.

"Ah!"

The fear and pain revealed in that sound made the few Reincarnators turn slightly serious.

"Everyone, since this is a team cooperation mode, why don't we exchange some information first? If our missions don't conflict, we can also cooperate with one another."

The lone woman took the initiative to speak, attracting everyone's attention. The two who had just said they bought the 【Slave Shackles】 were already prepared to leave, but upon hearing this, they still turned their heads to size up the woman.

Seeing that the others did not leave immediately, the woman took a step forward, spread her arms, and proactively said, "If I am not mistaken, everyone's Main Mission 1 should be to survive until tomorrow's sunrise."

"How do you know that?"

The duo stepped out from the shadows under the trees, revealing their faces. Both were wearing black night-traveling clothes convenient for movement; one carried a giant sword on their back, while the other carried a katana, their hair wrapped in black headscarves.

Bai Cangshu stared at their Footwork and discovered that when they moved, their heels did not touch the ground. He guessed in his heart that these two were likely quite agile types.

Contrary to their seemingly careless appearance, they were actually quite vigilant; even while teamed up, they were always prepared to maneuver and flee.

The other duo also walked over at this time. These two were a man and a woman; the man had blonde hair, which was common enough in anime worlds, a tall stature, muscular build, and was wearing a baggy T-shirt with a hip-hop style.

The woman had long green hair that curled and trailed behind her. She was also nearly 1.8 meters tall, with a slender figure, cold eyes, and a thin sword at her waist.

The woman wearing black-rimmed glasses took another step forward. By now, she had walked to the center of the group, faintly occupying the leading position in the conversation.

"I have my own Intelligence channels and know quite a bit about the Space and the mission worlds. You can call me—【Professor】."

The woman who announced her codename spoke very quickly.

"This type of mission that only requires Survival is the highest difficulty type in the Space, because this mission description means the Space has determined that even just surviving until sunrise is quite difficult for us."

"And since this mission world is a team cooperation mission world, I think when the Space calculated our Survival difficulty... it calculated it collectively."

Having said this, the woman paused, but the others also understood what she meant.

"The young lady means that this night, there will be a Ghost capable of killing all of us Reincarnators?"

The man in the bamboo hat seemed to be of a considerable age in reality; his tone when speaking was very much like an elder talking to a junior, but there was no guarantee this wasn't a deliberate disguise.

The woman calling herself Professor nodded. She looked at the others and said candidly,

"I am a Reincarnator who specializes in mission world analysis and exploration; my combat power is average. I believe this is what the Main Mission implies, so I suggest everyone not to disperse and just survive tonight first."

"I know everyone must have their own trump cards, and you might not even take ordinary man-eating Ghosts seriously, but..."

"What if the Twelve Kizuki come? What if an Upper Rank comes?"

The woman continued to speak, dispelling the desire of others to refute her.

In the Demon Slayer World, the combat power of ordinary man-eating Ghosts is indeed not that outrageous; a well-trained soldier with sufficient ammunition is enough to defend against them.

Even if they cannot completely kill the man-eating Ghost, large-caliber firearms would still cause terrible damage to these man-eating Ghosts that can be wounded by the firearms of this Taisho Era.

But the Twelve Kizuki are different. The Twelve Kizuki possess unique Blood Demon Arts and their recovery abilities are much stronger. Encountering them in the night, anyone could meet with an accident.

Hearing this, Bai Cangshu actually already understood that this woman was likely the type who was not good at combat herself.

That was why she kept taking the initiative to speak to maintain the existence of the team.

Is this kind of person really suited for survival in this Space?

Bai Cangshu did not trust this business of pinning life and death on so-called companions.

Perhaps the other party also possessed some trump card.

He said nothing, turned around, and walked away into the night.

"Hey, didn't you hear?"

"It's possible that a Twelve Kizuki might appear!"

The woman called out to Bai Cangshu, but Bai Cangshu ignored her. He just waved his hand and said, "Hey, didn't you smell it?" "The stench in the air is getting thicker and thicker..."

He obscurely reminded the group, and the others indeed became nervous instantly; firearms began to appear in their hands.

Bai Cangshu actually hadn't smelled any stench at all; it was just that from the moment the woman mentioned "Twelve Kizuki," his 【Killing Intent Perception】 had made him aware of a faint, lingering gaze.

Moreover, Bai Cangshu was not stupid; the rich floral scent he could smell when he woke up was clearly a hint given by the Space.

There must be Wisteria nearby. If there really was a man-eating Ghost capable of wiping out the Reincarnators, that place would be the sanctuary left for the Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu was currently walking toward the place with the floral scent.

The few people behind him also reacted at this time, and the Professor said, "Let's go to where the Wisteria is first!"

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

Heavy Footwork sounded, and a quite tall figure appeared from the dense forest; the smell of blood became thick instantly.

Bai Cangshu looked up and happened to see a giant Monster over three meters tall, with a blue-green body, appearing from behind the bushes.

This man-eating Ghost had white hair and a beard on its head that were connected, stained with quite a bit of flesh and blood, and it was holding half a corpse in its hand.

Entrails and flesh were constantly falling.

"Wisteria?"

"Don't."

"Please don't go to the Wisteria side..."

The man-eating Ghost's voice was low, and its huge eyes were full of pleading.

"I'm hungry... stay here and let me eat meat, okay..."

The man-eating Ghost raised its left hand, grabbed a tree as thick as a bowl, snapped it directly, and then suddenly swept it horizontally toward Bai Cangshu.

Bang! A huge gunshot rang out instantly.

The man-eating Ghost's thick arm, along with the tree it was attached to, smashed into the ground in front of Bai Cangshu.

Bai Cangshu stood motionless where he was, feeling the fierce wind blowing toward him; he estimated that this man-eating Ghost's strength value was likely quite high, significantly higher than his own.

"Ah! So painful!"

The man-eating Ghost looked at its severed arm in astonishment, only beginning to wail in pain after a long moment.

A Hand Cannon appeared in the Professor's hand, still emitting smoke at this moment.

Seeing that the man-eating Ghost's movements were not particularly swift, the others also began to move one after another.

The pair in night-traveling clothes were indeed fast; the two of them moved in an instant, and amidst the swirling dust, they arrived behind the man-eating Ghost from both sides.

Sword light flashed, and the man-eating Ghost's ugly head was instantly severed.

"Let's go first; it's hard to kill it without a Nichirin Sword."

The Professor spoke, and the few of them were just about to continue moving forward.

Suddenly, *shoo! *

A black shadow instantly flew out from the man-eating Ghost's head that had fallen to the ground.

In an instant, it appeared in front of Bai Cangshu, its sharp Zhua lunging fiercely toward Bai Cangshu's chest.

At this moment, a flash of light appeared in the eyes of the man in the bamboo hat, and the long blade at his waist unsheathed by half an inch.

But before he could strike.

Bai Cangshu's left hand had already appeared in front of him, though no one knew when.

*Puff! * This man-eating Ghost, less than seventy centimeters tall and naked, was firmly gripped by the neck by him.

A sinister smile appeared on Bai Cangshu's face.

"You picked the wrong opponent, little Ghost."

Ripple Power emerged from Bai Cangshu's hand, and the pale-skinned man-eating Ghost instantly began to shriek.

(End of this chapter)