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Chapter 479 - 443: Cardboard Box (4K)_2

Chapter 479: Chapter 443: Cardboard Box (4K)_2

"Interesting." Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, "What do you want to know?"

The Toy Factory, a completely personal space capable of producing immense wealth, was not something Li Cheng hid from Gray Rain. He generally didn’t have much to keep secret from her.

Even when he took a shower, she would unashamedly say it was "in response to the national call for water conservation, two people showering together saves more water" and jump into the bathtub.

Gray Rain rubbed her palms together, her expression slightly peculiar, "What’s your NAS password?"

NAS, a dedicated data storage server, had its capacity expanded with Whale Song’s enormous disk array, bringing Li Cheng’s NAS capacity to a terrifying 5PB, equivalent to 5120TB.

The advent of the killing field had led to explosive technological advancement, with clarity in photos and videos far surpassing what was before, as well as fully realistic virtual games surpassing the "Super Dream" in Cyberpunk 2077. The storage consumption kept increasing exponentially.

"That’s what you’re concerned about?"

Li Cheng rolled his eyes, replying irritably, "The password is 88688."

"Ok." This was information Gray Rain did not previously know, indirectly proving Li Cheng wasn’t her illusion.

After shooting the breeze, the two retraced their steps to find the White Horse Tombstone and the Black-clothed Woman’s corpse.

Both had perished together: the former had half its body turned into petals due to reality-warping forces, while the latter was brutally torn apart by a powerful melee skill, leaving remains scattered all around.

Deceased players no longer held any uniqueness and could be stored in the Backpack. Li Cheng gathered the remains of the White Horse Tombstone and continued down the passage.

Horse-headed Man S, Meat Mountain L, Gray Green Giant A, Black-clothed Woman H, and the whereabouts of teleportation-unknown Suits Baby E had all been resolved, allowing Li Cheng and Gray Rain to reach the Inverted Pyramid’s deepest level unimpeded.

The place was empty except for a gigantic paper box, quietly sitting on the ground.

The Information Integration Glasses couldn’t scan any information about the box, and Li Cheng didn’t rush forward but instead opened the Three-dimensional Warehouse to retrieve mechanical arms, a remote-controlled toy car, and a camera to assemble a simple bomb-disposal robot.

Using the remote control to guide the robot, they cautiously approached to inspect the box.

The old and damaged box had no inscriptions on its surface and lacked tape on the top but remained stubbornly sealed. Shaking it yielded clanking metal sounds, suspected to be chains inside.

"That’s it?"

Gray Rain blinked in confusion, "So many people died, so much was sacrificed, and the end was just a paper box?

It’s like those teenage adventure comics where, after overcoming countless obstacles, the heroes find the One Piece only to see a note saying, ’The real treasure is your friendship with your companions.’ Any artist who dared draw that would definitely get knives in the mail from readers."

"It’s not an ordinary paper box."

Li Cheng narrowed his eyes, aimed at the box, and fired an Ape-man Degeneration Gun round.

The bullet had no effect on the box. Even subsequent attacks with Dragon Breath and Death Curse Torrent left it unscathed, proving its peculiar nature.

After some thought, Li Cheng cautiously stepped forward and, with intent, stored it in the Backpack.

It actually... worked?

The priority of the Killing Field System was unquestionable; once something was stored in the Backpack, whether it was a Demon Sword Emperor Soldier capable of destroying the world or a Chaos Evil Artifact that corrupts everything, nothing could seep its power outside, let alone escape it.

Storing an unknown-function paper box was child’s play.

Rumble—

The moment the paper box disappeared, the surrounding walls and floors emitted creaking, twisting sounds. Massive rocks began to collapse.

It very much mirrored the scenario in Indiana Jones movies, where the tomb collapses as soon as the treasure is taken.

"Time to go."

Li Cheng grabbed Gray Rain, exiting the physical killing field and returning to the living room of his home in the real world. He then opened the player panel and re-entered the killing field.

With this exit and re-entry, the login location had changed. Li Cheng found a nearby teleportation phone booth and hurried to the slum, locating the headquarters of the Demon Scientist Alliance.

"Mr. Pifu?"

The Enchanting Demon Girl Hazelnut, whom he had met before, happened to be on the first floor of the Evil Science Alliance. She looked quite taken aback on seeing Li Cheng in such a disheveled state, "What brings you here..."

"Is the Side of Truth here?"

Li Cheng ignored the surprised looks from the Evil Science Alliance members around him and directly asked, "I need to speak with him."

"The President is upstairs; let me inform him."

Hazelnut moved swiftly with her hind-bent goat hooves to the front desk, picked up an antique phone, dialed a number, and after a brief whispered conversation, nodded to Li Cheng, "Please follow me."

Li Cheng and Gray Rain followed the Enchanting Demon Girl into the elevator, ascending to the 666th floor.

Black floor tiles, white wallpapers — it resembled a modern office space. You’d never guess it was the office of the fearsome Evil Science Alliance president who would stop a child from crying at night.

"Come in."

The voice of the Side of Truth came from behind the door, and he was still in his yellow robe, with his whole face hidden in shadows, lazily standing in front of a desk.

On the desk lay a massive chessboard, and within it was a white-haired, patching-clothes-wearing miniature figure holding a hoe, standing before an old house.

He was alone, facing a numerically superior demolition team that clearly seemed shady at a glance.

Judging from the surrounding architectural style, it looked like it was from more than a decade ago.

The unfortunate old man swung his hoe, desperately wanting to protect his old house, but was still pushed aside by a tattooed burly man from the demolition team. The old man’s loyal yellow dog was also ruthlessly crushed by a bulldozer while trying to defend his owner.

"Good, good."

The Side of Truth chuckled softly, gently tapping his finger on the chessboard.

[Name: Evil God’s Tabletop Game Chessboard]

[Type: Magic Tool]

[Quality: Epic]

[Special Effect: Divine Summons. Upon user inputting a massive amount of spiritual power, the board will scan and search the multiverse Crystal Wall System. If any living individual falls into despair and prays to any deity, the board will respond to the call. The holder of the chessboard may negotiate terms with the Prayer, forming a contract, and receive compensation in soul, money, sacrifice, etc., granting the Prayer knowledge or power]

[Consumption: 1000 Spiritual Power Value per use, additional 500 Spiritual Power Value per hour]

[Cooling Time: 24 hours]

[Use Conditions: None]

[Note: Transferring energy across Crystal Wall Systems causes massive consumption, ranging from 50% to 99.9%. Consequently, the compensation offered by the Prayer to the chessboard holder is also somewhat consumed, based on the distance between the two Crystal Wall Systems]

[Note: No matter what deity it is, I’m willing to offer everything, asking you to clear General Yue’s name... Hm? What’s this about a Red Alert Base Car?]

Um...

The tabletop game chessboard’s description had numerous points of contention, but Li Cheng involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief — he had never seen such a thing before.

On the board, the old man knelt and wept, and suddenly, the bulldozer demolishing his old house wobbled and was unexpectedly overturned.

Everyone, be it the white-haired old man, tattooed demolition team, or the onlooking village officials in the sidelines, gawked, slack-jawed, at the just-crushed yellow dog floating in the air,

its wounds healing rapidly, its body inflating swiftly, growing to a size of seven meters, swallowing demolition team members one by one like living snacks.

The poor-quality earth guns brought by the demolition team couldn’t even pierce the skin of the yellow dog.

"Hmm... got a bit carried away."

The Side of Truth scratched his palm, the now five-story-tall yellow dog bounded up a mountainside road with a leap, sprinted along the road to the county town, overturned countless vehicles, yanked out the demolition team’s protector from an office building,

and feasted on them in front of the TV station’s camera crew.

"Cough cough."

The Side of Truth awkwardly closed the chessboard, looking up at Li Cheng with a voice tinged with a laugh, "Long time no see. What can I do for you?"

"Here’s the thing, I just participated in a Secret Realm exploration activity..."

Li Cheng briefly recounted what happened in the Secret Realm focusing on the abilities of Hooded Man F, then took out the paper box he had obtained, "I was hoping you could help me take a look at this."