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Chapter 480 - 444: Collapse (4K)

Chapter 480: Chapter 444: Collapse (4K)

"Oh?"

The Side of Truth showed interest, and with a wave of his hand, he summoned two monobloc chairs made from giant bones, inviting Li Cheng and Gray Rain to sit.

With another wave, he created a translucent sphere with a diameter of two meters, emitting a faint starlight out of thin air.

"This is the Star Realm Cocoon, equivalent to an independent half-plane. Even if a nuclear bomb explodes inside, it won’t affect the outside world."

The Side of Truth said, "Put the item inside."

"Alright." Li Cheng placed his hand on the surface of the translucent sphere. With a thought, the square-shaped box gently landed inside the Star Realm Cocoon, where it floated lightly and rotated slowly.

"Hmm..."

The Side of Truth carefully observed the box, turning the Star Realm Cocoon with both hands, sometimes enlarging, sometimes shrinking, and then creating various odd-shaped star realm creatures to assist in his analysis.

The analysis took some time, and as Enchanting Demon Hazelnut approached with a charming fragrance, she handed over a teacup, "Please have some tea."

"Thank you."

Li Cheng subconsciously took the teacup, only to see inside the porcelain cup was a slightly viscous black-green liquid. Half-melted souls of a dozen miniature people struggled inside, crying out for help.

Uh... Li Cheng had heard of this tea called "Evil Full," specially collected incurable fallen souls refined into tea.

Drinking it could make one feel refreshed, clearing the mind, and even to a certain degree nourish the soul, extending life.

The price per cup was as high as 2000 Game Coins.

Due to its good effects and high cost, it even caused a ripple in the real world—certain Mexican cartel groups, extreme organizations in the Middle East, snakehead human traffickers, even executives in health insurance companies and Wall Street elites, were all precisely hunted and delivered to the Evil Science Alliance.

In theory, using noble souls instead of fallen ones could achieve the same effect,

However, nowadays, souls that are resolute, unwavering, filled with ideals like a burning flame are extremely rare. If they exist, they are either hard to identify or protected like pandas, and killing them would bring severe consequences.

Bounty hunters, no matter how crazy, couldn’t possibly bulk purchase from frontline workers of organizations like Doctors Without Borders or UNICEF, right?

(GOC: You little bastard, am I giving you face or what?! Keep acting out, and I’ll make you fly!)

Even if bounty hunters dared to sell noble souls, Evil Science Alliance’s buyers might not dare to accept them.

Therefore, it’s more time-saving and convenient, with lighter consequences, for big villains to squeeze small ones.

"Save me, I don’t want to die!"

"Little brother, I have sixty million assets in the Swiss Bank. Save me and I’ll give you all this money."

"If you dare to drink me, you won’t die peacefully! I’ll be waiting below for you!!"

Inside the teacup, half-melted souls cursed or pleaded.

Li Cheng felt no sympathy for these people; however, their weeping indeed affected his appetite.

Gray Rain, on the other hand, was indifferent, and with a grin he spoke to the spiritual bodies in his teacup, "Why don’t you all kill each other first, the last one standing, I’ll let him go, how about it."

The spiritual bodies looked at each other, then without hesitation began attacking each other, choking, drowning, gouging.

"Let me process this a bit..."

Hazelnut leaned over, using tweezers to snap off the heads of all the spiritual bodies in Li Cheng’s teacup, turning them into pure soul liquid, "Please enjoy."

At this moment, the Side of Truth let out a amused chuckle, "I see now."

He dispersed the Star Realm Cocoon and placed the box onto the office desk, casually saying, "It’s a half-hidden room."

"Can there be half of a hidden room?" Li Cheng sipped his tea; the flavor of the soul tea was indeed fresh and refreshing, infiltrating his heart, and he couldn’t help but nod, "Delicious indeed."

"That depends on the definition of what a hidden room is."

The Side of Truth casually said, "According to the GOC official dictionary, a hidden room is a building, facility, or construct with special qualities within the killing field. Their functions vary, and their principles are difficult to comprehend.

Even within a field of infinite possibilities, they are considered irreplicable miracles."

He paused, and then laughed, "To give an example, a field entity is a luxurious villa where no one resides.

The owner of the villa is unknown, and most of the appliances are outdated, with only a few devices, like a sweeping robot, still running autonomously.

One day, an ant crawls in from outside the window and cannot understand the specific usage of these appliances, only operating buttons based on its understanding, clumsily exploring.

In its understanding, a washing machine can provide clean water, an open refrigerator brings cool air, and a projector brings light."

The Side of Truth, as a top-tier expert, possesses knowledge far beyond what those boastful forum posts claiming "my uncle is a high-ranking official in the Bell Tower, and every Christmas Hornheim delivers milk to his door" could compare.

Li Cheng sat upright, listening intently, pondering for a moment, and then said, "The ant is the player, the sweeping robot is one of the countless Gouzhuang wandering in the killing field, and the home appliances are the hidden rooms."

"Precisely."

The Side of Truth nodded, "The technology gap between players and the constructors of the killing field is wider than the gap between ants and humans, so much so that the former completely cannot comprehend the creations of the latter.

Major guilds seem to ’occupy’ the hidden rooms, but actually cannot control them; they just know how to press the buttons.

The statement ’major guilds are powerful because they occupy hidden rooms and occupy hidden rooms because they are powerful’ is all a lie to deceive transcendent beings below them. The guilds themselves might not even use the hidden rooms correctly."