Chapter 3554: Caesar's Operation

The street was silent. The inner city of the Dead Silence City was completely different from the outer city. In the outer city, walking openly on the street like this was just asking for death.

Conversely, once in the inner city, approaching those seemingly quiet buildings was even more dangerous, because you couldn't be sure if they were half-living things.

Just 10 minutes ago, Su Xiao was almost bitten by a residential house. The fluctuations of the house were clearly those of a dead object, but when he walked past it, the house suddenly "bloomed," transforming into thousands of rough, black-gray tentacles, biting toward him.

If it weren't for Su Xiao using the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to enter a state of spatial penetration, avoiding this attack, the situation would have been very troublesome. Being killed instantly wouldn't have happened, but he would have suffered non-trivial injuries.

After upgrading the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to Lv. EX, Su Xiao felt more and more that this ability was useful. Not only could it move at super high speeds, but it could also maintain a state of spatial penetration for 0.2 to 3 seconds, which was enough to avoid most attacks.

The inner city area was very large. Su Xiao had been moving for over an hour, but he hadn't yet reached the area under the jurisdiction of the Choir, which was the jurisdiction centered on the "Saint Ten Cathedral."

The Choir didn't represent any one person; it was more like a faction + a type of power. If one were to ask which branch of the Healing Church was the best at fighting, it certainly wasn't the Archbishop's or the Holy Priest's branches, and the branches represented by Lady Snake and the Old Monster couldn't even be ranked.

There were two branches recognized as the best at fighting in the Healing Church: 1. The Choir, 2. The Sword Wolf Squad.

The former was the core defensive force of the Healing Church, and most of the church knights were commanded by the Choir, while the Sword Wolf Squad was the sharpest sword of slaughter of the old church.

A cold wind blew, and cotton-like objects drifted along the street surface. Su Xiao walked on the silent street, with Baja, who had transformed into a running chicken, accompanying him, while Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang integrated into the environment, scouting in a position further ahead.

Not long after walking, Su Xiao stopped. He took a pebble from the cloth bag in his hand. This pebble had a fishy smell and felt slimy; it was stained with the amniotic fluid and placenta of a mother deer.

Su Xiao threw the pebble into a building with rotten doors and windows. After waiting for a few seconds and finding that there was no abnormality in the building, he walked inside.

These pebbles were prepared by Xiusi at Su Xiao's request before he entered the Dead Silence City. The reason for this was that these pebbles brought from the outside world were inherently somewhat repulsive to this place. After being stained with the amniotic fluid and placenta of a mother deer, for the Dead or buildings mutated by the Power of Dead Silence, this was a great stimulus.

The Dead or buildings mutated by the Power of Dead Silence all had strong death characteristics. If life was their opposite, then new life and birth were like burning hot charcoal to them.

After all, Su Xiao had been to the branch Dead Silence City, and some of his experiences were incomparable to those of his opponents who had come to the Dead Silence City this time.

Su Xiao didn't care much about those contractors who entered the outskirts of the Dead Silence City. Those people bought semi-finished 【Shelter Stones】, and as long as they didn't want to die, they wouldn't cross the high wall.

But there were a few opponents to watch out for. First was Dragon God Dean. This guy must have also come to the Dead Silence City, and the other party was here to seek revenge.

Previously, Dragon God Dean said that he had killed his younger brother, Flame Ghost, but until now, Su Xiao couldn't recall who this Flame Ghost was.

Su Xiao suspected that it must have been when he entered a world belonging to the Apocalypse Paradise that he killed the Dragon God's brother. In that situation, every Apocalypse Paradise contractor in the entire world was hostile to Su Xiao, not only hunting him down but also frequently surrounding and attacking him.

One time, he was even certified as an Overlord-grade boss, fighting a boss battle against over a hundred Apocalypse Paradise contractors. It was just that in that boss battle, Su Xiao was the boss.

In such a situation, heaven knows who the killed enemy was. If he were sought for revenge because of this, Su Xiao could naturally accept it. Both sides were hostile, he killed others, and others or their relatives naturally had reasons to kill him. Everyone spoke with strength.

A guy like Dragon God Dean, who had both ability and was wealthy to an unbelievable degree, being able to penetrate into the inner city was not surprising.

Besides the Dragon God, one couldn't relax vigilance toward the Duke either. This guy was the leader of the Steam God Sect, and right now, he was staking everything on one throw, coming to the Dead Silence City to pursue something. If they met, both sides would likely be hostile.

Not considering these for now, Su Xiao confirmed that there was no abnormality in the abandoned building ahead, so he stepped inside. He had just sensed extraordinary fluctuations here, so naturally, he had to come in and take a look.

The furnishings in the room had weathered into dust. It could be seen that the person who had lived here had a high status. Su Xiao looked up at a skeleton hanging from a chandelier. Judging from the clothing, this was a lady who might have been elegant and wealthy in her lifetime, and still had a lingering charm.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the end of the hilt, not drawing his blade.

Clang~

A shallow blue slash flashed and disappeared, cutting the hanging rope. As the skeleton fell, Su Xiao caught it, laid it flat on the ground, and removed a gemstone pendant from the skeleton's neck.

【You have obtained Pure White Holy Heart (Immortal-grade pendant).】

【Pure White Holy Heart】

Origin: Gloom Continent, Healing Church, Dead Silence City.

Quality: Immortal-grade

Category: Accessory, Pendant

Durability: 15/72 (Needs to be repaired as soon as possible. Once the durability of this equipment drops below 10 points, irreversible damage will occur, leading to a reduction in equipment bonuses).

Equipment Requirements: Real Intelligence 247 points, Charisma 120 points, Willpower 70 points.

Basic Bonus: Healing intensity increased by 16.7%, adaptive body energy increased by 1200 points (Mana/Holy Energy, etc.).

Prompt: Healing intensity will affect healing effects, healing priority, etc.

Prompt: This basic bonus is unique to Immortal-grade or higher healing-type accessories.

Equipment Effect: Pure White (Core, Passive): When you heal a friendly target, there is a probability of activating the pure white energy of this equipment. There is a 70% probability of causing double healing effects, a 20% probability of causing triple healing effects, and a 5% probability of causing five-fold healing effects.

Prompt: Triggering multiple healing effects will not consume the wearer's body energy, but will consume the pure white energy stored within this equipment. This energy can be replenished naturally, or quickly replenished with Pure White Stones, Soul Crystals, etc.

Rating: 1499 points (Immortal-grade equipment rating is 1000-1500 points).

Introduction: If the Holy Light cannot bring salvation to the people, then I am willing to become the light to save those who have fallen into suffering—Fifth-generation Saintess.

Price: 2092 Soul Coins.

Su Xiao looked at the pendant in his hand. This was the Dead Silence City. Everything here couldn't wait to crush and chew up intruders in the next second, but there were also numerous opportunities here. Just like now, Su Xiao passed by this place and picked up an Immortal-grade pendant with a near-full rating in an inconspicuous residential house.

One had to know that the treasure chests obtained from fighting strong enemies in the past didn't necessarily yield such equipment. With the attributes of 【Pure White Holy Heart】, as long as the healing-type requirements for equipment were met, there was no way to refuse this thing.

Or rather, this thing was not only liked by great healers but also by those poison healers. A poison healer's healing amount = damage intensity. In the hands of a poison healer, the power unleashed by this thing would certainly be terrifying.

If he could successfully advance to the Ninth Tier and obtain the permission to go to the "Great Gathering Place," selling this item to the healing-type of the Holy Light Paradise there, the price...

Strands of spiritual shadow threads spread out from Su Xiao's cuffs, wrapping around pieces of gravel. Ten seconds later, the original owner of the pendant was buried.

After leaving the abandoned building and continuing to move along the street, not long after, Su Xiao flashed into a shop with intact windows and doors.

Not long after, six Dead, dressed in rags and tatters, holding greatswords or gripping curved blades and axes, walked past this side street.

Inside the building, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja were both pressed against the wall, holding their breath. Just before, they hadn't been this afraid of the Dead in the inner city, until Baja turned a corner and encountered love, meeting two Dead from the inner city head-on. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja knew that these Dead Silence City Sword Saints were not to be trifled with.

Those two Dead must have been hunters or church knights in their lifetime. One was a battle-axe master, and the other was a sword-art grandmaster. When Baja saw this detection data, it immediately spat out foul language on the spot.

Actually, this was normal. As a powerful world capable of wrestling with the Extinction Star, the Gloom Continent naturally had many strong individuals. Coupled with the high pressure after the Dead Silence descended, the hunters and church knights were naturally numerous, and every one of them was an elite. If one were to pick out any one of them, their life story could be read like a novel; it was just that magnificent.

Several Dead walked past the street. Su Xiao just wanted to leave the shop when he suddenly heard:

"My dear friend..."

Clang!

The blade edge was in front of Caesar. This guy appeared too suddenly, with not a trace of aura or fluctuation in his perception, and then spoke suddenly from behind. If it weren't for the familiar voice, Su Xiao's blade would have already slashed down.

Turning his head, it was Caesar in the state of being one with the jar. This guy had the Abyss Jar on his head, so his lewd and treacherous expression couldn't be seen for the time being. He was wearing the same rags and tatters as the Dead, which could be called "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Turning his head to look, it was Caesar in his human-jar integrated state. This fellow had the Abyss Jar clamped over his head, so his lewd and treacherous expression was currently hidden. He was wearing the same tattered rags as the Dead People, truly following the local customs.

"Hehehe, this place is quite dangerous, so I'm just being cautious."

Hearing this, Baja was speechless. The only one who could run around in the Dead Silence City was Caesar.

"Caesar, have you reached the vicinity of the Supreme Sanctuary?"

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Caesar's voice became a bit more serious, saying, "My dear friend, if it's not necessary, you'd better... not go there."

Hearing this, Su Xiao knew that this guy Caesar, who cherished his life, hadn't approached the Supreme Sanctuary; he must have taken a look from afar.

"What's the matter with finding me?"

Su Xiao didn't believe Caesar would come looking for him for no reason, especially in the Dead Silence City, which contained numerous mystical treasures.

"My dear friend, the gains from killing the Dead are very high, especially in terms of Soul Coins. Why don't we cooperate and clear out the Dead here?"

Caesar's proposal made Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja's expressions particularly solemn. Even if there weren't many Dead in the inner city, there were at least several hundred, and every one of them was an elite unit.

Moreover, besides the Dead, there were even harder-to-deal-with existences like Dark Mediums and Tree Eaters.

Numerous signs indicated that the Dead, Dark Mediums, and Tree Eaters could cooperate to a certain extent.

Even without considering the Dark Mediums and Tree Eaters, with the combat power of the Dead in the inner city, challenging the Dead Silence City Sword Saint group was truly suspicious of courting death.

Su Xiao would rather fight the Choir one-on-one or fight the last Wolf Knight than go and provoke the Dead Silence City Sword Saint group.

Caesar began to narrate his plan. This matter had to start from this morning. Caesar had arrived in the inner city yesterday, and around seven o'clock this morning, he had discovered a strange place in the direction east of the "Gray Rock Plaza" and south of the "Wolf Grave."

The style of this place was different from other parts of the Dead Silence City. Other places had gray-white flocculent matter drifting everywhere, buildings weathered, and everything was dominated by gray and white.

But this area was constantly falling with black ash, like black snow filling the sky. The colors of the buildings were also black, the ground was as black as ink, and it wasn't rocky ground, but soil that was so black it had a rotten smell.

All the buildings here were pitch black inside, not darkness, but a semi-fluid pitch-black existence hidden within these buildings. Darkness, dampness, and strangeness were the main themes over there.

If it were anyone else, they would definitely turn around and leave, but who was Caesar? After this guy reached into his pants pocket and scratched his butt, he headed toward this dark area.

After some scouting, Caesar discovered that this place was occupied entirely by Abyss-derived creatures. Although they were suppressed by the environment of the Dead Silence City, they were equally powerful.

Right now, these Abyss-derived creatures and the Dead belonged to the "well water doesn't interfere with river water" category, but on the edge of the dark area, one could see many corpses of the Dead, Tree Eaters, and Abyss-derived creatures.

From this, it could be seen that the faction of the Dead and this group of Abyss-derived creatures were hostile, and they were just in a truce right now.

"Oh, I see. Caesar, you want to make the Dead in the inner city and these Abyss-derived creatures fight, and then wait for them to both be injured before we come out to pick up the spoils?"

When Baja spoke, it had an expression that said, "I've already seen through everything."

"Of course not, that's too dangerous."

Caesar's words made Baja cough lightly in slight embarrassment, saying, "Then what's your plan?"

"It's like this..."

Caesar subconsciously rubbed his hands. Although he couldn't see his face inside the Abyss Jar, one could completely imagine his treacherous smile.

Caesar meant that the plan of waiting for the enemy to both be injured and then picking up the spoils relied too much on luck. His proposal was to first join the camp of the Abyss-derived creatures, then provoke a conflict between the Dead in the inner city and the Abyss-derived creatures. After both sides started fighting, he would then obtain the kill rewards as a commander.

Simply put, it was to make these Abyss-derived creatures and the Dead in the inner city fight each other. When the Abyss-derived creatures killed the Dead, Su Xiao and Caesar would obtain a portion of the kill rewards, which was 20% to 30% of the kill rewards, as battlefield commanders.

If this hypothesis were realized, then just watching the Abyss-derived creatures and the Dead in the inner city fight chaotically would allow them to continuously obtain the Soul Coins corresponding to the kill rewards, without even having to participate in the battle personally.

Or rather, they couldn't participate in the battle either. Whether it was the Abyss-derived creatures or the Dead, once they saw Su Xiao, they would launch indiscriminate attacks.

Theoretically speaking, wanting to achieve this was almost impossible. First, how to join the camp of the Abyss-derived creatures was a threshold that was difficult to cross.

Usually, this was indeed the case, but don't forget that this guy Caesar was currently one with the jar, with the Abyss Jar on his head. Coupled with the fact that he would passively trigger the identity of a quartermaster after entering the world.

At this moment, this guy, in a nearly miraculous way, joined the camp of that group of Abyss-derived creatures. The reason he didn't carry out the plan himself was that the way he entered this world made it impossible for him to obtain kill rewards. This had been shown when he killed the Sin God earlier.

Unable to obtain kill rewards, Caesar's plan naturally couldn't be realized. But as a Hunter, Su Xiao, who came to this world for the Tier advancement assessment, could not only obtain kill rewards, but his kill rewards were also under a bonus.

Caesar could join the camp of the Abyss-derived creatures, and Su Xiao could obtain kill rewards with extra bonuses. If the two of them cooperated, everything would be no problem.

Not only that, Caesar also took on the responsibility of provoking the relationship between the Dead in the inner city and the Abyss-derived creatures, as well as various subsequent troubles. What was most incredible was that Caesar proposed a 50-50 split.

"However, my dear friend, doing this requires paying a tiny, tiny price."

Caesar's treacherous smile became increasingly cunning. He took on so many things and still proposed a 50-50 split; there must be a reason.

"Doing this will deduct reputation."

Hearing this, Su Xiao frowned. He was a Hunter. After his Samsara Paradise reputation was deducted, some things would be very difficult to handle.

Seemingly worried that Su Xiao would refuse, Caesar immediately added, "It's deducting Void Tree reputation."

Hearing this, Su Xiao's frowned brow gradually relaxed, saying, "That's fine, but this matter must be after I've been to the Saint Ten Cathedral."

"It's a deal."

After Caesar said this, he took out the shit-yellow 【Deceiver's Head Wrap】. After putting it on, he began to mutter in Goblin language, and finally took out a badge with the Samsara Paradise emblem and used it.

【Prompt: You have received an invitation from the??? camp quartermaster, Nicholas Caesar. Join the??? camp? Yes/No.】

Holy crap,??? camp. Heaven knows how this guy Caesar operated. Su Xiao chose to join, and subsequent prompts appeared.

【Nicholas Caesar has activated his unique ability, Impersonation (Lv. MAX), and shared it with you.】

【You have temporarily become a temporary commander of the??? camp. This rank has no actual command authority.】

【Nicholas Caesar has activated his unique ability, Camp Bully (Lv. EX).】

After a series of operations, Caesar saw sweat on his forehead and reached into the jar to wipe it.

This operation of Caesar's was simply mind-numbing. This guy first invited Su Xiao to join the Abyss-derived creature camp, and then used the "Impersonation (Lv. MAX)" ability to let Su Xiao impersonate his position, becoming the commander of the Abyss-derived creature camp.

Afterward, Caesar used the Camp Bully ability to "intercept" Su Xiao's gains in the Abyss-derived creature camp.

In this way, it was achieved that Caesar, who originally couldn't obtain kill rewards, could obtain kill rewards in a specific camp, which was the Abyss-derived creature camp, through Su Xiao as a cover.

【Warning (Void Tree): The Hunter is performing an unconventional replacement. Your reputation will be significantly reduced as a result.】

【Your reputation -170 points.】

Seeing that it was a deduction of Void Tree reputation, Su Xiao felt much more at ease. Just as he was about to leave and head toward the "Saint Ten Cathedral," Caesar behind him said:

"My dear friend, does Dean have a grudge against you?"

"Yes."

"He has already come to the inner city. I saw him this morning. He is very interested in that Black Maple Tree in the 'Gray Rock Plaza'."

Hearing this, Su Xiao stopped. If he could get rid of Dean, he would definitely take action. However, this guy was too wealthy, even having precious potions to solve soul poison.

But fighting Dean head-on didn't seem wise at all. He had almost been headshot by the other party's Origin-grade equipment ability before, and the power of that equipment was impressive.

Compared to others, Dean always gave Su Xiao a sense of disharmony. As for where this disharmony came from, Su Xiao had never thought of it.

Right now, being in the Dead Silence City, using terrain to kill this wealthiest Eighth-Tier contractor was the best choice. The problem was that Dean was able to fight his way to the Eighth Tier, and ordinary traps were unlikely to work.

Although the dark area was a good venue, it wasn't good enough. Just then, Caesar said, "If you want to fight to the death, I know a good place."

While Caesar was talking, he took out a dozen recovery potions, preparing to sell them to Su Xiao. Su Xiao naturally didn't buy them.

Before arranging for Dragon God Dean, Su Xiao had one thing to deal with first, which was to recall Gulu. Gulu had a trump card given by the leader. If Dean used his wealth to take out items with terrifying lethality, Gulu's presence would provide an extra means of response.

Furthermore, he couldn't just leave Gulu with Fish Sister forever, even though the probability of Fish Sister killing Gulu was very low.

Two hours later, beneath the high wall, in a damp and dark passage.

Su Xiao stopped at the end of the passage. He raised the lantern in his hand. As he injected mental energy into the lantern, the dim yellow firelight began to dazzle, illuminating the entire underground palace.

A figure stood in the unyielding darkness. Her hair was curled and twisting like seaweed, and her hands exposed to the light were full of dark purple fine scales.

Fish Sister, who had a well-proportioned figure but an actual height of over 3.2 meters, was half-squatting on the ground, one hand dragging Gulu's chin, and the other hand covering Gulu's eyes, her expression full of doting.

"Release her."

Su Xiao spoke expressionlessly. Hearing this, Fish Sister opposite him gently stroked Gulu's cheek with her fingertips. With her mouth full of sharp teeth, she smiled and said in a very unsmooth tone:

"Don't, think, about, taking, my, child."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak anymore. His hand gripped the hilt, the long blade gradually unsheathed, and blood energy spread to the surroundings with him as the center point.

Crack! Crack!

The surrounding walls cracked and peeled. The next second, blood energy and dark purple translucent liquid collided violently.

After a loud noise, the blood energy immediately invaded the dark purple translucent liquid, eroding it until it hissed. The next instant, a wound appeared on Fish Sister's face, and blood flowed down the wound.

The teeth in Fish Sister's mouth chattered. She grabbed Gulu's torso with one hand and, as if venting her anger, slammed Gulu against the wall to the side, finally tossing Gulu in front of Su Xiao.

"F*** your mother, I'll f*** you..."

Gulu spoke with difficulty. Fish Sister had clearly held back, so Gulu wasn't seriously injured, but being grabbed and slammed against the wall to vent anger made Gulu furious.

Gulu, who could only move her head, looked at Su Xiao. After temporarily discarding her integrity, she said, "Father, beat her."

"..."

Su Xiao picked up Gulu, carried her on his shoulder, and walked out of the underground palace. The difficulty of killing Fish Sister in this place was too high. To kill Fish Sister, he had to lure the other party out of the underground palace.

A sound of wind breaking came. Su Xiao raised his hand to catch a potion that flew from behind.

【Prompt: You have obtained Healing Secret Medicine (Saint-grade).】

The potion was thrown by Fish Sister. Regarding Fish Sister, Su Xiao had learned some information from Caesar. In general, Fish Sister was a pitiful person. In the past, Fish Sister wouldn't harm others, but because she had been eroded by the Power of Dead Silence for too long, she had recently become increasingly violent and chaotic.

This secret medicine was given to Gulu by Fish Sister. Just now, grabbing Gulu and slamming her against the wall to vent anger must have been because Fish Sister had entered a brief state of chaos.

After leaving the underground palace and arriving at the area near the Gray Plaza, Su Xiao took out an injection gun and gave Gulu two shots. One was to relieve body paralysis, and the other was for healing.

"Thank you for saving me, Father. You are truly too kind."

Gulu, lying on the ground, spoke, her little mouth as sweet as if it had been smeared with honey. Seeing this, Su Xiao took out another potion from his storage space and stuck it into the injection gun.

With Gulu's personality, speaking nicely at this time only meant one thing: as soon as she regained her mobility, she would immediately slip away. This was clearly because she had suffered too much in the Dead Silence City and was preparing to run.

To deal with Gulu, who was about to slip away, Su Xiao took out a bottle of liquid vitamin. Seeing Su Xiao take out another potion, Gulu said, "You really went to great expense."

"It's not an expense. I've prepared quite a bit of this chronic potent poison, and the cost isn't high."

"Wait, wait a minute, this is potent poison?" Gulu, who was still paralyzed, swallowed her saliva and shouted, "Don't come over here, I f***ing... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have cursed you. Dad, I was wrong, go away, I f***ing... Ah!! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have cursed you again..."

Amidst Gulu's "happy" shouting, the chronic potent poison injection was completed.

"Damn it, when I go back, I'll tell the leader that you poisoned me."

"Oh."

Su Xiao took out another potion. Seeing this, Gulu was just about to speak when Saintess Poetry said gloatingly, "Right, give this little Gothic dress another shot."

After Saintess Poetry said this, the potion had already been injected. Gulu asked fiercely, "Is there any slow poison for the soul? Give me a shot."

Gulu was desperate now, wanting to trade one for one at the limit.

"This is it."

Su Xiao dropped the injection gun. Hearing this, the gloating Saintess Poetry suddenly went silent.

Four hours later, in the area near the "Healing Institute," a giant skeleton several hundred meters long was located here. The ribs of this creature were buckled on the ground like a corridor.

Dragon God Dean sat on top of the giant skeleton's head. Coming to the Dead Silence City this time, besides looking for his enemy, he was actually also here to search for mystical treasures. It could be said that the harvest was quite fruitful. Even someone as wealthy as Dean couldn't help but show a smile at this moment.

Slight footsteps came. Dean was just about to spread his dragon wings to fly up, but immediately suppressed the thought. After being taught a lesson by the Pale Hunters, he no longer flew in the Dead Silence City.

Following Dean's line of sight, a figure wearing a Gothic dress walked past a hundred meters away. This made Dean stunned for a moment, then he narrowed his eyes. He couldn't find her when he was looking, but now he had encountered her by chance.

What surprised Dean even more was that Gulu, who appeared a hundred meters away, actually raised both hands and gave him two middle fingers. ===== CHAPTER 3555 =====

What surprised Dean even more was that Gulu, who had appeared a hundred meters away, actually raised both hands and gave him the middle finger with both.