Chapter 25: Who Stipulated That Veteran Players Must Help Newcomers?

Residents were drawn by the bell sound, surrounding the church watertight; the crowd discussed the strange bell sound, because the church door was locked and only Lin Ran had the key, so everyone thought Lin Ran had returned.

Bang!

The door was suddenly burst open by a strong impact, a pair of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness, then two pairs, three pairs...

"Mom, let's go home okay?" a girl tugged at her mother's sleeve, but got no response.

A few brave souls stepped forward to see the situation clearly, but in an instant a flash of black shadow swept by, immediately pouncing one to the ground.

Ah!

Feeling intense pain in the neck, that voiceless scream, the residents were all stunned by the sudden turn of events; that person's eyes quickly dimmed, losing life.

He grabbed a wooden stick and struck the creature hard, but the stick snapped under the pressure.

It lifted its head, a face rotted away to reveal the features, stark white molars bared outside, stained with blood.

The residents instantly panicked and scattered; the church instantly filled with monsters, dense as a swarm; it lunged at the panicked crowd, and soon screams rang out everywhere.

…………………………

"Lu Ming!" Mo Yan grabbed Lu Ming's hand, his expression grave: "Wait... something feels off—why isn't there a single person in town?"

Indeed, it's eight o'clock now—clearly the time when the town should be bustling—but not a single person is in sight.

"They're definitely all at the church." Yilin Ka said.

Lu Ming stared at the distant street, his eyes like a mirror reflecting the multicolored lights; gradually he heard a faint chaotic sound, as if something was approaching again.

Everyone's attention turned to the road; beside them, Gao Zi suddenly cried out as a wolf lunged at his shoulder and began tearing at it frenziedly.

Mo Yan instantly ignited flames, but realizing the fire might also harm them, he hesitated—unsure who would die first, the wolf or them.

Gao Zi's skill boosted his strength, his eyes turned red, he wrenched the wolf away—but his neck immediately began to bleed.

Lu Ming fired directly—one shot hit the wolf's belly, another grazed its leg; suddenly the wolf floated up, Yilin Ka altered its gravity, then slammed it hard to the ground.

The wolf struggled briefly, then lost all breath.

"It hurts..." Gao Zi clutched his neck, but couldn't stem the gushing blood—the artery was severed; he could clearly feel his blood rapidly draining, his health bar dropping at a visible pace.

Mo Yan wanted to help, but Yilin Ka stopped him.

It's useless—he's already saved.

"How can he be saved?!" the skinny uncle exclaimed: "You're an old player—don't you have any healing medicine?!"

Gao Zi and he often ran into each other; both intended to survive to the end, making them like-minded friends.

Gao Zi's eyes burned with the will to survive, tears and blood mixing at the corner of his mouth; he wanted to call for help but could not utter a sound.

"What gives you the right?" Yilin Ka's voice turned cold.

"Old player..." the skinny uncle stumbled over his words, then pressed on: "Old players ought to help newcomers more, shouldn't they?"

"Who said that?" Yilin Ka's eyes flashed with contempt: "You don't even get the game rules? No wonder—after all, the weak naturally expect protection."

【...】 The skinny uncle trembled with rage, yet could do nothing against her.

Gao Zi had lost his voice, slumped like a lump of meat against the wall, his eyes dull and lifeless.

"Let's go—if we only return to the Main God Space, it's real death." Lu Ming lowered his gun: "Instead of worrying, we should first worry about ourselves—now that's the real danger."

Lu Ming knew a single healing potion couldn't fix Gao Zi's wounds; besides, Yilin Ka was right—old players owe no duty to newcomers, after all it's just a game where the higher score wins.

The other party is an S Player, also a newcomer like me, so their words will obviously be closer to those of the old players.

"Fine..." The skinny grandfather glanced at his fallen comrade on the ground, forcing out a word through clenched teeth.

"Just the wolf seems a bit off..." Mo Yan, crouched to inspect the corpse, remarked.

"That's an altered wolf." Lu Ming said: "It must have escaped from the lab."

Yilin Ka looked puzzled: "Which lab?"

Lu Ming ignored her, his gaze gradually shifting toward the source of the commotion—the church.

Since it's an animal, then also...

In the distance, a resident staggered desperately inward, soaked in blood, as if fleeing something.

Flee… flee…

A being with eyes pure white lunged forward; moments later several more surged from behind, instantly engulfing that resident.

Those failed experimental subjects!

【They think the technology isn't mature yet, needs improvement—so they need more corpses; these aren't enough; if those damned residents also became corpses, that would be great!】

Lin Ran indeed acted—and quickly.

【Main progress: 52%】

【Main quest: Devil Named as God】

Several experimental subjects spotted Lu Ming and immediately roared as they charged.

"Fall back!" Mo Yan dragged Lu Ming behind him, forming a fireball in his hand and shooting it at the charging experimental subjects.

Meanwhile, the rear suddenly flooded with experimental subjects; Yilin Ka instantly lightened everyone's weight.

Lu Ming's gaze shifted; looking out, the street was a black sea of experimental subjects, which were soon overwhelmed as well.

Countless blood-soaked hands reached toward the air, like sinners from hell begging for forgiveness.

"They seem to have run out." Yilin Ka furrowed her brow; her blue power has a limit—she can't keep so many aloft for long.

The uncle who had just blamed the newcomers' fate also clamped his mouth shut, daring not to speak further.

"I've fallen again... ahhh, so annoying!" Yilin Ka's forehead beaded with sweat, but she still complained: "Fine, even the points for surviving to the end are gone... although the stream should have earned a little."

The chat in the live broadcast room flashed even faster.

【After watching that world's livestream, the S Player's calculations are comparatively slow; next door they've already collectively fed the corpses...】

【Still lacking...】

【Norton cleared】

Take a look, I'm slipping away, brother—if the S Player dies, just kick one.

How does Bo say, want to see how the S Player does, old player, also experienced the new dungeon, understand, roughly the same as the new dungeon sessions, but can reach S on the first try, believe.

Let's see how powerful C country is (observation. jpg).