Life Game In Other World
Chapter 667: Daybreak in the Fissure (Two-in-One Super-Sized - , Seeking Monthly Pass)

Chapter 667: Chapter 667: Daybreak in the Fissure (Two-in-One Super-Sized Chapter, Seeking Monthly Pass)

And as He Ao picked up the bracelet, his body trembled due to a loss of balance and he started to fall backward.

"Grandpa!"

Jia Xi immediately rushed over, grabbing He Ao’s body from behind.

"Grandpa is okay,"

He Ao, clutching the bracelet, managed a difficult smile and then, with Jia Xi’s support, steadied himself on the walking cane and slowly sat down, "Grandpa will sit for a while."

It was only then that Jia Xi noticed that the tip of Grandpa’s walking cane was deeply embedded in the ground, securing the entire cane in place.

He Ao had actually been relying on this cane to support his body.

Right after the battle concluded, He Ao had turned off Super Memory, and with its departure, the strength inside his body was naturally drained away quickly. However, before turning it off, he had adjusted his position and center of gravity so that his whole body could be supported by the cane, preventing him from revealing his weakness.

It was for this reason that he didn’t dare to lower his body to pick up the bracelet on the ground until he had briefly reactivated Super Memory to confirm that the Scorpion Gang Leader was entirely dead.

This action broke the fragile yet stable balance he had maintained, causing his body to lose control and nearly fall.

At this moment, the concerned Jia Xi hovered around He Ao, watching him with caution.

She seemed to want to speak but eventually did not, merely twitching her nose slightly.

"It’s okay," He Ao patted her little head, "Grandpa just needs to rest a bit."

Due to his Martial Arts training, his physical condition had gradually improved. Although it wasn’t great, his body wouldn’t collapse from prolonged use of Super Memory.

Yet his current condition wasn’t much better.

"Okay!"

Jia Xi nodded.

Then she looked up at the door, seemingly intending to close it.

"No need to close it."

He Ao gently shook his head, stopping her.

There were still members of the Scorpion Gang outside who weren’t clear on what had happened inside, but they didn’t dare to come in, intimidated by He Ao’s previous show of force where he had killed so many.

At this time, any additional movement could spark the outsiders’ suspicion about what was going on inside.

Especially closing the door, an action that suggested ’reinforcing defenses’, could appear as a sign of weakness and provoke an attack.

Jia Xi looked back at her Grandfather. Not knowing the specifics, she chose to follow He Ao’s command, standing guard with the Gauss Gun at the ready beside him.

He Ao looked at his granddaughter beside him, leaned on the cane embedded in the ground, and slowly activated the bracelet in his hand, entering the password.

The first thing that caught He Ao’s eye was a simple homepage background.

The bracelet, judging by the logo, was produced by the Trison Group, but the operating system installed wasn’t Trison’s, it was a minimalist, cracked operating system.

This was likely to avoid the surveillance back doors that the Trison Group would have installed in their system.

Larger conglomerates typically have their customized simple operating systems, and all information involving trade secrets is transferred using their proprietary systems and software.

The underground world also has popular minimalist systems, and it seems the Scorpion Gang Leader’s bracelet used one of these underground systems.

However, these systems aren’t entirely safe, after all, it’s not guaranteed that the underground system developers wouldn’t embed their back doors, using such a system would simply not expose one’s information to certain specific conglomerates.

The only application installed on the entire bracelet other than communication functions was the ’Black Market’ app.

He Ao opened this app.

The Scorpion Gang Leader’s nickname was ’Scorpion’, with a Black Market level of lv3, higher than the account level He Ao had received from YiXiya.

He Ao tapped on this level icon,

[Your current level is lv3. You can view forum information available to lv0, lv1, lv2, lv3, purchase items in the marketplace available to lv0, lv1, lv2, lv3, enjoy 1-on-1 personal butler service, along with an exclusive 15% discount for lv3 and more bulk order discounts.

*Accept more tasks, earn more points, upgrade your level swiftly to receive more permissions and benefits.

Your next biometric verification time is in: 03:24:47]

The content within the icon was broadly similar to that of lv2, but with higher permissions, more benefits, and additional discounts.

Beyond that, lv3 also had the function of biometric verification.

It seemed that one would need to verify their identity after a certain period to ensure the person using it was the rightful owner and that the account holder was still alive.

He Ao glanced at the current time, which was roughly after two o’clock in the morning, and there were less than three hours left before the next verification.

The Scorpion Gang Leader had mentioned that ’tomorrow’ at six o’clock there would be a biometric verification.

From the context of the conversation, the Scorpion Gang Leader seemed to consider the entire night as part of ’the previous day’.

It appeared that He Ao didn’t have much time left.

He Ao exited the personal homepage and opened the chat page.

This chat page only had one conversation partner, a user with the nickname ’Shadow Cutter’.

Upon opening the detailed chat interface, there were only two messages.

The first message was from Scorpion to Shadow Cutter, roughly describing an old man with a child killing his way to the very top floor.

The entire message did not pose any questions or discussions; it merely stated facts.

But this message was actually a threat. Scorpion was telling Shadow Cutter that he had figured out Shadow Cutter’s agenda and that the opponent was strong. At the same time, he was hinting to Shadow Cutter that if the price wasn’t right, he might side with He Ao.

The next message was a reply from Shadow Cutter, sent just a short while ago, and was quite simple, [Kill him, and I will give you the next method of cultivation]

After reading these two messages, He Ao clicked on Shadow Cutter’s profile picture, but it was unclickable, making it evident that the Black Market didn’t provide the functionality to access a chat partner’s homepage.

He withdrew his gaze and logged out of the bracelet.

Actually, the Shadow Cutter’s statement contained quite a lot of information.

By "cultivation," he most likely referred to the method of cultivating Polluted Monsters. The Scorpion Gang leader was already at the limit of C-level power, and the Shadow Cutter had the next step in the cultivation method.

This means that the Shadow Cutter and his organization, known as Evolution Acolytes, probably possess the ability to cultivate Polluted Monsters beyond the C-level limit.

In other words, He Ao might next encounter enemies who exceed the C-level limit and might even reach B-level.

He Ao opened the black market interface again and checked the information and contents available at lv3.

Although there is only one level difference between lv3 and lv2, the tasks available are vastly different.

In He Ao’s lv2 "Listener of the Night" account, the tasks mainly involve going after some gang leader or offering rewards for a rogue Transcendent, with the overall strength level not exceeding E-level, mostly F-level.

At lv3, most tasks involve D-level strength, and some even involve C-level Transcendents.

It seems that the black market has a clear division of strength levels: lv0 is probably for beginners, lv1 corresponds to ordinary people, with perhaps a small portion of Transcendent cases, lv2 is for more basic Transcendents from F to E, while lv3 is for powerful Transcendents from D to C-level.

So, does this black market have even higher levels?

It seems the waters of the black market are deeper than He Ao previously anticipated.

He Ao lifted his wristband and transferred Eve’s remote control terminal to the Scorpion Gang leader’s wristband.

He then entered the command for Eve to gather information.

He certainly wouldn’t be able to gather enough information within just a few hours, but Eve could.

And this wristband likely contained not just black market-related information. Given that the Scorpion Gang leader had always worn it, it should still hold some other data.

Moreover, considering the Scorpion Gang leader’s last actions, he probably harbored the idea of helping He Ao get rid of the Shadow Cutter, dragging the Shadow Cutter down to hell with him.

Therefore, the wristband he specifically handed over should contain some key information.

However, it would take too much time for He Ao to search through it bit by bit, while Eve wouldn’t have this concern.

After doing all this, He Ao turned to look at the shattered window, then turned his head to look at his granddaughter, "Jia Xi, hand the gun to grandpa."

"Okay."

Jia Xi handed the Gauss Gun to He Ao.

He Ao, with Super Memory kicking in for a short time once again, released a burst of strength far exceeding his current weakened state, quickly raised the Gauss Gun, aimed it outside the window, and suddenly fired.

Bang——

The bullet passed through the large hole of the French window and shattered the drone that was hovering in the air, aiming at this spot.

During the fight, He Ao hadn’t noticed any drones nearby; this one seemed to have just arrived, intending to take advantage of the situation and launch a sneak attack.

This drone likely didn’t belong to the remaining members of the Scorpion Gang; if they wanted to probe, they could have come through the main entrance.

Apparently, this belongs to a third party in this battle, the Evolution Acolytes, the power related to the Shadow Cutter.

This organization also seems to like using these kinds of small armed drones.

However, the appearance of this armed drone signifies another matter: the Evolution Acolytes probably have no other forces nearby to deploy.

He had displayed obvious weakness just now to lure out any Evolution Acolytes forces lying in ambush. After all, the Shadow Cutter would certainly try to watch the battle between the Scorpion Gang leader and He Ao, perhaps even picking up leftovers.

But in the end, only a drone arrived.

This proves that only this drone could make it here quickly, and it was likely already nearby.

Compared to the Scorpion Gang leader’s strength, this level of drone posed virtually no threat at all.

This drone might have been left deliberately by the Scorpion Gang leader.

The forces that could potentially pose a threat in the vicinity had likely all been dealt with or driven away by him.

After all, this was his core territory; he would never allow the Shadow Cutter to have a hand in his domain.

Leaning on his cane, He Ao returned the Gauss Gun to his granddaughter, letting the power of Super Memory be gradually drawn away.

——

"My lord, should we continue to send trained monsters over?"

In a sealed room without windows, a man with brown curly hair glanced at the screen that flickered with [No Signal] popup and then went dark, and then at the upright silhouette in front of him, asking quietly.

"No need, this old man is probably feigning weakness to lure us in,"

The upright silhouette looked at the now dark screen, "Have we identified who this old man is?"

"There’s no information about him in our database,"

The man with brown curly hair responded lightly, and then with some hesitation pondered, "My lord, with this old man’s strong abilities, could he be related to ’Night Hawk’? Night Hawk never shows his real face, and we don’t know if he has any relatives. He says he has none, but that may not necessarily be the truth."

The upright silhouette did not speak but continued to face away from the man with curly hair, his hand on his chin, deep in thought.

——

Two hours later, around five in the morning, He Ao’s mobility finally improved somewhat.

He stood up with the help of his cane and, with Jia Xi’s assistance, pulled out the cane that had been driven into the ground.

This cane, after being subject to the intense battle, was already riddled with fine cracks, but it could still barely support He Ao’s body.

"Jia Xi, when we go out later, don’t make any defensive or attacking moves,"

He Ao said softly to his granddaughter as he got up with her support.

The more natural it seems, the more confident the display.

"Got it!"

Jia Xi set down the Gauss Gun and nodded lightly.

He Ao patted her head and then, leaning on his cane, headed for the door.

As soon as he walked out, he saw gang members armed with various weapons standing ten meters away from the door, watching He Ao cautiously.

He Ao looked at them calmly, leaned on his cane, and left the threshold, moving forward.

The people watched He Ao approach and quickly backed away, warily watching him.

And soon after He Ao left, some gang members gathered from another side, glanced at the scene inside the room, and then began to scream in horror with disgusted retching, "The Boss is dead!!!"

This piercing cry, along with the light from above, seemed to reverberate with the darkness, trembling for a moment.

He Ao, unaffected by the noise, continued slowly, supporting himself with his cane, step by step down the stairs.

He moved slowly, his face aged and his hair silver, looking like an ordinary elderly man having difficulty descending the stairs.

But each of his steps seemed to be treading on the heartbeat of everyone around,

The gang members surrounded him but no one dared to approach within ten meters of him.

An invisible ’Vacuum’ distinguished the elderly man from the ferocious gang members.

The uppermost floors were very clean, as He Ao hadn’t encountered any gang members there.

And as He Ao’s footsteps moved downward, more and more blood appeared on the stairs, gradually turning the entire staircase crimson.

The pungent scent of blood mixed with the disrupted air of the summer night, brushing past everyone’s cheeks.

He Ao’s steps fell on the blood-soaked stairs, one after the other.

The gang members stood below the stairs, looking up as He Ao stepped down the bloodied steps, retreating with each step he took forward.

In their pupils, the reflected image no longer seemed like a white-haired old man leaning on a cane but rather a devil in formal attire, stepping on blood and flames.

Invisible fear spread through everyone’s hearts.

He Ao descended nearly fifteen floors, yet no one dared to come forward and attack him.

Nobody even dared to breathe loudly.

The Scorpion Gang was not lacking in members loyal to the Boss and willing to sacrifice themselves for him.

And now they lay beneath everyone’s feet, their corpses even paler against the dark red bloodstains.

He Ao continued downwards, with the gang members ’escorting’ him, reaching the twentieth floor.

This time, he did not continue to descend but approached the door near the stairs, stopping in front of it.

Jia Xi reached out and knocked on the room door.

After a brief pause, accompanied by a ’squeak’, the old door slowly opened.

A cheek gradually peeked out from behind the door, the very person who had warned He Ao earlier.

He seemed to have been standing behind the door all along, daring to open it only after Jia Xi knocked, watching He Ao carefully, glancing at the blood on the ground, "Is there something you need?"

"I’m leaving this neighborhood in your charge, is that okay?"

He Ao looked at him and said calmly.

"Ah?"

The man was momentarily stunned.

But He Ao didn’t offer further explanation, waiting in silence instead.

He knew the man understood, he was just too shocked to react.

After a brief silence, the man finally asked with a trembling voice, "I personally have no objections, but I lack the power, and I don’t have a gang..."

He Ao watched him, but did not directly answer; instead, he turned to look at the remaining members of the Scorpion Gang, "Do you have any objections?"

The gang members looked at He Ao and for a moment, failed to respond.

Some gang members shuffled, seeming ready to voice objections.

But the sticky sound of shoes rubbing against not yet completely dry blood on the ground quieted them down.

The scene seemed to fall into an eerie silence.

He Ao looked at these completely silent people and spoke again, slowly, "Do you have objections?"

His voice was flat and unhurried, but it struck everyone’s ears like the sound of death.

In this invisible voice, drops of sweat emerged from the forehead of the gang member at the front, falling onto the crimson ground below.

"No..."

Someone uttered a whisper-like voice that rose among the crowd.

"Hmm?"

He Ao watched the person in front of him calmly.

His voice was light, seemingly without any threat.

Yet everyone’s bodies trembled simultaneously,

"We... have no... objections..."

Finally, a person at the front who looked like a leader lowered his head, with large drops of sweat rolling down his cheek to mix with the blood on the ground.

Like the first domino to fall, heads began to bow one after another.

He Ao turned his head back to the man behind the door, "They have no objections."

The man watched He Ao and, after a moment of silence, nodded ever so slightly, "Then I can."

He Ao looked at the man, then raised his bracelet to exchange electronic cards with him, "Contact me if there are any problems."

He finally turned around and continued toward the direction of the stairs.

This time, the gang members who had originally surrounded him and stepped back as he advanced did not move back any further. Instead, they slowly stepped aside to give He Ao a clear path.

It was as if they were making way for their own leader.

The man hiding behind the door eventually opened it, watching He Ao’s disappearing back with a complex gaze.

The order established by the Scorpion Gang wasn’t a good one; it made everyone living in the Green Olive Street area dwell in the fear of death.

But even the worst kind of order is still order.

The death of the Scorpion Gang leader, once hailed as the ’Underground Emperor,’ was very likely to cause the collapse of the old order.

Chaos would once again rule the neighborhood. Various gangs would restart their struggles, and murder and madness would become the main theme of the area, until a new ’Underground Emperor’ emerged to establish a new order.

At the same time, the Shadow Cutter and his Evolution Acolytes would find it easier to spread their influence into Green Olive Street during the chaos, possibly even taking control of it.

Even if the Scorpion Gang did not fall into disarray because of their leader’s death, the Shadow Cutter would instigate chaos to make it easier to fish in troubled waters.

Therefore, He Ao needed to prevent Green Olive Street from immediately descending into chaos and losing all order after he left.

That’s why he needed a representative, who at least appeared to be well-intentioned and who was familiar with the situation in Green Olive Street, to help him maintain a temporary short-term order.

This man who had once warned He Ao was a good fit.

Firstly, his willingness to warn He Ao at a time when the Scorpion Gang was powerful proved he had basic courage and kindness.

Secondly, his speaking out was likely because Jia Xi had saved a child on the seventeenth floor. He was three floors away from the child, but he helped He Ao for the child’s sake, which revealed that he likely had private ways of communicating with other members of the neighborhood, suggesting an underground mutual aid organization existed in Green Olive Street.

Moreover, gang members He Ao had encountered before said that the boss of the cold drink stall at the entrance of the neighborhood managed to escape capture by the Scorpion Gang several times because there were people in the neighborhood passing her information.

This indicated that this protective group within Green Olive Street was probably not small, and they could effectively collect and use intelligence to impact the rule of the Scorpion Gang.

Lastly, the man had a good grasp of information about the building, which was unnecessary for an ordinary person, implying that his position within the group was probably not low.

All in all, he was actually a good candidate for a representative.

However, his concern was that he was not strong enough to subdue the other underlings of the Scorpion Gang.

Standing here, with blood and corpses as his ’medals,’ He Ao could do that.

So He Ao had to come forward to lend him support.

But the role of this ’representative leader’ wasn’t actually an enviable one. With no strength of his own and lacking significant achievements, it would be difficult for him to suppress those who were once part of various factions.

These forces might submit to him for a short time out of fear of He Ao, but once He Ao went a long time without taking action, their fear of him would fade, and they would start conspiring to empty out his power, even trying to usurp him.

Then his end would not be far off.

But similarly, this was also an opportunity.

A coin always has two sides.

When He Ao asked him, he was also giving him the chance to choose.

And he understood this, so he hinted to He Ao that he needed more support.

He Ao gave him support, but the future was for him to walk on his own.

...

After parting with the man, He Ao continued down the stairs with Jia Xi, during which he collected the bodies of the two dead Transcendents.

The gang members actively helped He Ao to pack the bodies, bagging them and arranging for vehicles, carrying the bodies and following behind He Ao.

Once a certain psychological boundary is broken and one’s mindset completely shifts, they know very well how to brown-nose.

Some people who were originally hiding in their rooms also came out, holding walkie-talkies in their hands, with a mix of confusion and excitement in their eyes as they looked around.

And He Ao, along with Jia Xi, arrived at the initial entrance of the neighborhood.

...

The owner of the cold drink shop sat at the entrance, with clear water and medicine bottles in front of her, staring into the depths of the neighborhood, somewhat absent-minded.

But soon, her gaze was drawn to two figures emerging from the darkness of the night, one tall and one small.

Her eyes focused on the two figures, with the faint light illuminating the elderly white hair and the young girl’s tender face.

The boss slowly straightened up, watching He Ao and the girl with disbelief at first, then joy she couldn’t contain, and the tension previously held tight began to ease.

He Ao also saw her. He leaned on his cane and nodded in greeting to the shop owner.

Jia Xi excitedly waved to the owner.

The boss smiled back and waved in reply.

Then she watched them walk out of the darkness and head towards the street beyond the neighborhood.

She took a deep breath, looked down at the water and medicine in front of her, and slowly reached out to pick them up.

It was then that several figures appeared in the night.

Leading the group was a thin and withered woman, her hair brittle, holding a walkie-talkie in her hand.

She rushed out of the darkness, and, upon seeing the owner, hugged her tightly.

While the boss was still somewhat puzzled by the embrace, she heard the woman say with a cry taut with intense excitement,

"Big sis, the boss of the Scorpion Gang is dead, he’s gone... nobody will disappear again... it won’t happen anymore..."

Holding the water cup and medicine bottle, her hands unsure what to do, the store owner slowly embraced the woman, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "Okay... okay..."

She looked up at the sky through the gap above her head.

In the endless night, there seemed to be a dawn’s light spreading across the firmament.