Chapter 361: Midnight Terror, Attack from the Cleaner

Midnight Terror, Attack from the Cleaner

The two of them ultimately didn't use the window. Tu Lading found a set of robes for core church personnel from somewhere, and after Cheng Shi put them on, he followed him out of the high building with a swagger.

The library was in the deepest part of the church's outer courtyard. The two walked through it, and in the backyard next to the corridor, they ran into Tian Xie and Gao Ya, so the four of them converged and walked toward the library.

Tu Lading didn't ask about the missing Zhang Jizu; he knew well that such an organization had many things to keep busy with, and one or two people missing didn't matter.

But the other two teammates were very curious. Gao Ya hesitated for a long time before frowning and asking in a low voice:

"Where is the Gravekeeper?"

Cheng Shi didn't hide it: "He went to take a dump. He's constipated, and he probably won't be back for a long time. We don't need to wait for him."

"..." Gao Ya's expression upon hearing this was on par with being constipated.

Tian Xie, on the other hand, seemed to be gradually getting used to Cheng Shi's rhythm; he just smiled after hearing it and didn't respond.

The church covered a significant area, and the library wasn't close, so on the way there, Cheng Shi gradually leaked a bit of his idea. There were no absolute fools in this segment, and the other two were stunned after hearing his wild method.

Tian Xie was even a bit dazed and asked in a small voice: "What if there really is a life in the trial that shouldn't be born?"

Cheng Shi touched his chin and replied: "Then it shouldn't be born."

"..."

"Brother, I don't think you're cheating; you're setting a new question for yourself. Can this work?

We clearly still have 6 days; there's no need to be so anxious."

"How can I not be anxious? Speedrunning, speedrunning—the emphasis is on the word 'speed'.

Don't worry about whether I'm clearing it correctly; just tell me, is it fast?"

"..." Tian Xie was speechless and could only nod.

It was indeed quite fast...

Gao Ya heard the conversation between the two, sneered, and followed behind, refusing to speak.

She didn't want to participate in the discussion, she just didn't want to be the one being despised, because in her view, Cheng Shi's method wasn't crude; it was even quite exquisite.

She had seen this kind of "edge-ball" concept for solving problems in other games, but these methods were exclusive to big shots; ordinary players simply couldn't learn them. Firstly, small-time players didn't have the ability to integrate all teammates to cause trouble with them, and secondly, normal people's thought processes couldn't come up with such tricks.

Since she could follow along for a speedrun, she was naturally willing to choose to end it early. After all, there was still a Cleaner lurking outside, and the other party's hunting game probably hadn't ended yet. The feeling of being targeted wasn't pleasant.

Thinking of this, Gao Ya frowned and asked again in a low voice:

"Is there any of the cake Mo Shu made left?"

Cheng Shi stopped walking, turned his head to look at Gao Ya, and asked in surprise:

"What, hungry?"

Gao Ya was silent for a long time with a complex expression before reluctantly nodding.

Cheng Shi looked at her appearance of not wanting to bow her head and almost couldn't suppress the corner of his mouth. Without thinking, he added: "Not afraid of there being a problem anymore?"

"..." A meaningful light flashed in Gao Ya's eyes, and she replied, "I'm afraid there isn't a problem."

Cheng Shi seemed to understand. He smiled and said:

"If you want to eat, you can, but trade something for it.

If you don't want to trade, out of humanitarian aid spirit, I can also give you some other food—snot water or something, plenty of it. If you don't mind, you can eat your fill. Want some?"

"?"

Seeing Cheng Shi really take out two bottles of snot water, the expressions of Tian Xie and Gao Ya changed.

Who with over 2000 points eats this?

No, it should be said, what normal person who has lived until now still eats this stuff?

Gao Ya glared at Cheng Shi with hatred, hesitated for a moment, and decided to "surrender," so she took a scale out of her portable space.

"B-grade item, Scale of Bearing Evil. Sticking it on an enemy can increase the damage they take by 30%. Trade for half a cake."

Looking at this scale emitting a faint blue light, the little assassin was stunned. No, how can half a cake trade for a B-grade item?

However, Cheng Shi curled his lips and said: "Trash. If I could reach the enemy, I would have twisted his head off long ago. I don't need this, and the other side doesn't have 1.3 heads for me to twist."

"..." Gao Ya was choked up. She glared at Cheng Shi through gritted teeth and said, "Can a Wood Elf twist off a human head?"

"Didn't you say I'm not a Wood Elf? Maybe I'm a Druid?"

"..." Gao Ya was furious and just wanted to mock him, but seeing Cheng Shi suddenly take back the snot water, she gritted her teeth and endured it. She then took a pair of thin gloves out of her portable space.

These gloves looked like they were woven from translucent, crystalline threads, feeling like nothing when worn on the hands, and when folded, one could see a faintly reflective outline.

"A-grade item, Grasp of the Puppet. It comes from the research of the 【Civilization Lonely Tower】 on the 【Silent】 Assassin Puppet Master at the end of the Chaos Era. Wearing it, you can use fake puppet threads to delay opponents out of thin air. This is one of my escape items, enough to trade for half a cake!"

Seeing these gloves, the gaze of the little assassin Tian Xie narrowed.

A-grade? What kind of cake can trade for an A-grade item?

When a matter is full of strangeness everywhere, the strange thing isn't the matter, but the person who can't guess the strangeness!

He immediately thought that there must be a problem with the cake, and then he began to recall everything about the cake. But before he could sort out all the logic, Cheng Shi nodded with a smile.

"You're really willing to part with it. This is indeed good stuff. Trading for half a cake is too much of a loss; I'll give you a whole one."

Saying this, Cheng Shi took out a whole cake. But just as he showed the cake in his hand to everyone, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he casually said:

"Come out, I know you're here."

As soon as these words fell, Tian Xie and Gao Ya immediately tensed their bodies and looked around. Even Tu Lading, who had been hurrying, was stunned and stopped his steps.

He frowned and looked around, not believing that anyone in the church dared to block him so blatantly. But because he had a guilty conscience, he still cautiously retreated a step, pulled back to Cheng Shi's side, and asked in a low voice: "What's the situation?"

Cheng Shi gave two dry laughs and just wanted to say he was joking, but then he saw the cake in his hand disappear into thin air with a "whoosh."

!!!

His pupils shrank sharply. He violently tackled Tu Lading to the ground, and then slashed at his side with a knife. This strike used the full strength of a clown and could be considered both fast and accurate. But when the tip of the knife swept past, everyone clearly saw that half of the scalpel disappeared directly into mid-air!

The power of 【Annihilation】!

The Cleaner had really come, and he was right beside them!

As an assassin, Tian Xie's perception of crisis and killing traps should have been the highest, but the person who came to attack this time had the ability to annihilate all killing intent, which caused him to almost become an "ordinary player" like Cheng Shi, only able to watch everything happening around him.

But this undoubtedly made him even more convinced of his own idea: that someone who could keenly discover the enemy's approach in this environment without any anomalies could not be a mediocre person. The 【Prosperity】 believer in front of him must be a bald man using Piao Rou!

But even if the teammate was a 【Prosperity】 God-Chosen, it didn't mean he could protect himself in the hands of an 【Annihilation】 God-Chosen. So, the moment Tian Xie saw Cheng Shi's scalpel disappear, he summoned his Arc of Time and slashed a circle in the air around him.

He intended to use the delaying power of 【Time】 to lay a mud trap as a defense, letting the attacker be exposed under the power of 【Time】.

Gao Ya, as a singer, lacked the ability to fight the enemy, but being able to reach this score, everyone had more or less some defensive trump cards.

She saw her quickly put on the Grasp of the Puppet and then lightly grasped toward the place where Cheng Shi's scalpel disappeared.

This grasp indeed had some gains; the puppet threads shooting out from the gloves suddenly tightened, looking like they had caught an invisible target. But the next second, these tightened threads were all snapped, Gao Ya suddenly lost her strength and fell backward, even the gloves were pulled off.

She underestimated the strength of a warrior and underestimated the flexibility of the power of 【Annihilation】.

Cheng Shi saw this, frowned, quickly pushed Tu Lading away from the corridor, shouted "Go first" in a low voice, and then crouched down and rolled out, picking up the gloves into his portable space at the first opportunity.

Gao Ya watched her equipment being picked up without even trading for a bit of cake, a complex expression flashed on her face, but she didn't say anything, just quickly stood up and leaned toward Cheng Shi's position.

She was a smart person; she could see that under the current situation, probably only this teammate who called himself a Wood Elf could block a bit in front of that hunter.

As for that little assassin, heh, forget it, he was so scared his back was soaked.

Fear might be an emotional burden for Tian Xie, but for Cheng Shi, it was like a godsend. With the efforts of the three people present, his 【Death】 Fun Ring was finally fully charged.

This also meant that the powerless clown suddenly had a bit of capital to pull with the other party.

And just as the three people in the corridor leaned toward each other, the Cleaner who had been hiding his head and showing his tail smiled and appeared in the courtyard outside the corridor. As soon as he appeared, he drew three gasps.

"Cleaner!"

"Mo Shu!"

"It really is you!"

This Cleaner who had disappeared for half a day hunting everywhere still had a shy look, which was out of place with his black trench coat attire. That expression looked as if the person who had just launched the sneak attack wasn't him, but someone else.

Seeing his posture, Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, I've met a pervert. ===== CHAPTER 362 =====