Chapter 36: Chapter Thirty-Six: Harvest

The seven people's stone coffins.

In fact, each is a narrow, rectangular space.

It is like stuffing a coffin into a wall.

It is somewhat like the cells of an underground laboratory of an organization.

Where each person's name is, that is the position of the stone coffin.

Tang Luo, with a single punch, opened them all.

At the moment they "opened" their own stone coffins, Zhou Zhen'guo and Chu Zhongtian had no time to react.

They just felt a dizzy spell, and then lay down in the stone coffin.

After struggling to crawl out, they saw they were still wearing their original clothes.

Tang Luo stood in the burial chamber; his clothes were now his original sportswear.

Under his coat, a slight bulge was the Sinister Revolver, part of it tucked into an inner pocket so it wouldn't fall out.

Equipment that can be taken out of the mission world, or brought into it.

Tang Luo pressed his palms together, lowered his head, and silently recited a few lines of scripture.

In the other stone coffins lay the corpses of Li Liang and the others.

Zhou Zhen'guo and Chu Zhongtian also let out a sigh.

Although everyone had come together temporarily to complete the mission,

To say there was any real feeling would be impossible.

To claim deep inner sorrow would also be hypocritical.

It was merely a sense of lament.

Objects of the same kind sympathize with each other.

"Now we should be able to open the door," Tang Luo said.

Zhou Zhen'guo walked over and gave it a try; sure enough, the iron door that had been completely still was easily pulled open by him.

"It turns out we've been existing in the form of souls leaving our bodies."

Chu Zhongtian said a sentence.

"This mission..."

Zhou Zhen'guo felt it was hard to put into words.

The entire mission was actually built upon a world of departed souls.

Everyone is a "soul."

Jack the Ripper, however, is a "soul among souls," a "dead among the dead."

In this way, all the strangeness becomes clear.

Why could Li Liang "die and come back to life"?

Because at that time, he simply hadn't really died.

At most, his soul was injured.

Why did the corpses of the town's residents, even blood traces, disappear?

They were devoured by Jack the Ripper.

It also explains where that abyss-like chasm came from.

Probably, that is the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

This seemingly real town has long ceased to exist in the human world.

Perhaps it is merely a perpetual recurrence of what once happened.

Perhaps it awaits the next batch of gods and demons to walk in, to restart the mission once more.

The three walked downward, yet truly on the road leading to the "world of the living."

The surroundings seemed to tremble slightly.

Although Jack the Ripper had already died at the hands of Master Xuanzang,

Zhou Zhen'guo and Chu Zhongtian still couldn't help but quicken their pace.

Tang Luo's steps paused slightly; he looked back, then continued downward.

A few minutes later.

They couldn't see the outside carriage, but there were some vibrations from the movement.

They were being sent back to the real world.

Three beams of light appeared out of nowhere, each falling on Tang Luo and the two others.

"Hiss~ah——"

Chu Zhongtian couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

Like someone exhausted after three days and nights, sinking into a warm hot spring, all fatigue began to fade.

However, the whole process was very brief.

Just as Chu Zhongtian felt he had "recovered" and was about to enjoy it properly, it stopped.

"This counts as treatment."

Zhou Zhen'guo explained, "It's treatment after the mission, but not absolute; in fact, using 'recovery' to describe it is more appropriate."

"Hmm."

Tang Luo nodded.

Treatment my ass!

At best it's like giving a cup of water—enough not to die of thirst, just barely keeping alive.

This also lets the dying gods-and-demons walker have a chance to return to the real world, heading to the hospital to show they can still be rescued a bit.

For Tang Luo, it's even more like it ended before it even started.

As a 'gods-and-demons', they're actually so stingy.

Facing the BOSS, they complete the mission without regard for life or death, looking forward to immediately returning to heal wounds, that kind of desperate mode.

In the gods-and-demons game, this is obviously not encouraged.

What's more, there's also that kind just now, which doesn't return immediately, and whose return method belongs to 'a part of the mission' tasks.

They struggle to the point of near death, only to find they still have to go somewhere to return—it's simply too miserable.

"Do you have any skills?" Zhou Zhen Guo asked, "I got a new skill."

Chu Chong Tian nodded.

The light beam gave not just a little recovery.

More importantly, it rewarded them with skills.

After the light beam just fell, just like the appearance of the mission, the relevant skill information likewise appeared silently.

They all obtained skills.

Zhou Zhen Guo's face was full of joy, he laughed until his gums showed: "Turns out surviving six missions comes with this kind of reward."

"What?" Chu Chong Tian, taking advantage of the fact that the "information" hadn't disappeared yet and was repeatedly examining it, couldn't help but ask.

"Passive solidified skill."

Zhou Zhen Guo said, "After obtaining it from surviving six missions without dying, strength, reaction speed, endurance, strike resistance, recovery ability, etc., one's physical quality is comprehensively enhanced."

"That's great."

Chu Chong Tian said.

This is an all-around improvement.

More importantly, it lets gods-and-demons walkers truly open a gap with ordinary people.

Not purely relying on "skills".

Without skills, they're not much stronger than ordinary people.

"You can also get it, as long as you survive six missions." Zhou Zhen Guo said.

This is not a randomly rewarded skill, but rather every gods-and-demons walker who survives six missions without dying will obtain it.

It's as if, been acknowledged by the gods and demons?

This only counts as truly having passed the newbie period?

"Besides this skill, my true reward for this mission is the skill—Restoring Tide." Zhou Zhen Guo announced the skill he received as a reward.

It restores bodily injuries and various abnormal states at extreme speed.

Each use consumes more than a year of lifespan.

The lifespan consumed increases with the worsening of injuries.

Zhou Zhen Guo revealed part of the information to Tang Luo and Chu Chong Tian.

Expressing his goodwill.

If one day they encounter an opponent with a similar skill, they can also use it as reference.

At the same time it also displayed his strength.

Of course, this display of strength is not meant for show.

But rather to explain to Tang Luo that he has sufficient strength.

In the future, when we meet, we can still complete missions together; he will absolutely not hold us back.

"Haha, mine counts as a movement skill!"

After Zhou Zhen Guo, Chu Chong Tian also announced the skill he obtained.

Wind Rush.

Wrapping the whole body in the power of a gale to carry out a short-distance rapid charge.

"This note: as long as my E is fast enough, teammates' question marks can't catch up to me." Chu Chong Tian laughed and said, "Could it be that gods-and-demons also play games?"

"What game?" Zhou Zhen Guo didn't understand.

"It's just a meme." Chu Chong Tian scratched his head, also not knowing how to explain in detail to Zhou Zhen Guo, this uncle.

Just being happy is enough.

The skill information each of them obtained.

It's not as simple as they said.

The complete information of Chu Chong Tian's "Wind Rush" skill formed in his mind is as follows—

Wind Rush, wrapping the whole body in gale power to carry out a short-distance rapid charge.

Level One: maximum charge distance is 20 meters.

Level Two: maximum charge distance is 40 meters.

Level Three: maximum charge distance is 60 meters, with tearing and cutting effects on the body.

Note: as long as my E is fast enough, teammates' question marks can't catch up to me.

Level One cooldown 2 hours, Level Two 1 hour, Level Three cooldown 30 minutes.

Under normal circumstances, no one would openly disclose the full information of the skill they obtained.

Don't think Tang Luo and them are happily cooperating.

But this is based on Tang Luo's strong strength.

Among gods-and-demons walkers, petty squabbles, backstabbing, and slaughter are commonplace.

Like Chu Chong Tian and Zhou Zhen Guo being willing to partially disclose, such cases are rare and belong to friendly gestures.

What is my note-1s then? Zhou Zhengguo asked.

What the— Master, your reward— Chu Zhongtian interrupted Zhou Zhengguo, then fell silent.

It was a bit awkward.

It's all Uncle Zhou's fault, spouting nonsense.

It made him say something inappropriate again.

Just because they're willing to talk doesn't mean Xuanzang is willing to.

Unless everyone plans to become partners and tackle this mission together, they won't partially reveal each other's skills.

After the mission ends, ask people what new reward they received.

It's basically like asking, "Where do you live? I have local specialty blades here."

That's highly inappropriate!

Empty Palm, Aerial Swing Palm, turning close combat into long range.

Tang Luo didn't get angry, he smiled and said.

Empty Palm.

Aerial Palm Strike, releasing power outward to form an invisible attack.

Level 1: maximum range 10 meters, power reduced by 50%.

Level 2: maximum range 30 meters, power reduced by 40%.

Level 3: maximum range 50 meters, power reduced by 20%.

Additional ability: Diffusion, the attack range can be expanded to some extent.

Note: Do you still remember that palm strike that descends from the heavens?

Cooldown: Level 1: 2 hours, Level 2: 1 hour, Level 3: 30 minutes.

"This poor monk plans to call it the Tathagata Divine Palm." Tang Luo said, "You must keep it secret."

Regarding this skill.

Tang Luo was still quite satisfied.

Getting the Tathagata Divine Palm fits his "Buddha" identity perfectly.

To earn merit, one must have a sufficiently good appearance.

Nowadays, it's an era that judges by looks.

Uh—wrong.

From ancient times to the present, it has always been an era that judges by looks.

Even primitive people are the same.

Don't think that just because a primitive person takes a liking to someone, they'll club them unconscious and drag them back to the cave.

Take a liking to, what is it that they take a liking to?

Isn't it just the "face"?

Hmm, this name is good, let's call it the Tathagata Divine Palm. Chu Zhongtian smiled and congratulated.

Zhou Zhengguo was the same.

Forget about Empty Palm and such.

Right!

Zhou Zhengguo recalled something, he lightly checked the Ominous beneath Tang Luo's coat, "I've heard people say that in the real world, equipment can apparently be 'stowed away'."

Stowed away?

He had just uttered those three words.

The surroundings suddenly became noisy, the originally quiet, dilapidated carriage.

It became clean, bright, and lively.

Suddenly, they had returned to the real world.

Tang Luo glanced at the passenger beside him.

The other person was still playing on their phone, completely unaware that Tang Luo beside them had disappeared and then reappeared.

Or, in their sight and perception.

Tang Luo had been there all along, he never left at all.

Withdrawing his gaze, looking at the scenery flashing past outside the window, Tang Luo unzipped half of his coat.

He reached inside and pressed against the body of the Ominous gun.

Before long, the stylish black revolver vanished without a trace.

Tang Luo could feel the Ominous in his right hand, ready to be drawn when needed.

But it takes some time.

If it's an extremely urgent situation, there's basically no chance to draw it.

This "storage" merely provides some convenience for God‑Demons Walking in the real world.

You should know, God‑Demons Walking must not reveal any information about the God‑Demon Game to outsiders.

The Ominous is actually fine; it's not big, so it can be hidden.

If one were to obtain an RPG‑like piece of equipment, suddenly appearing after completing a mission and being spotted by someone, the scene would be anything but pretty.