The game becomes reality: Black Myth invades the real world.

Chapter 33 Hidden Rain in the Sleeve, No Fierce Action Within

Chen Fu looked at the game text and thought to himself, "You really know how to play. You've really opened my eyes."

As he felt the changes in his body, he took out the Spiritual Essence Cicada and began to stroke it, his skillful touch almost heartbreaking.

The eight-hour physical punishment has been reduced to four hours, which is alright; it's not a complete waste of time.

But he felt that this was not the correct way to use the skill after it was upgraded.

For a more conventional approach, you should explore the storyline and defeat the monsters to maximize your effectiveness.

This time, it can only be described as "taking a different path".

Upon returning to Bloodblade Town, Chen Fu initially intended to exit the game and log back in four hours later, but he discovered that the game text was still updating.

"The descendant of Qiaosheng Gong saw you and immediately ran towards you with his pregnant belly."

He stands in front of you and says the weapon is ready, asking if you want to take it now.

Of course we should take it! We were just worried about not being able to kill the townspeople, this is a real lifesaver.

I love you, Lao Chuan.

"You've got your house-protecting frying pan."

"You have obtained the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles."

"A flat-bottomed pan to ward off evil spirits, its wide surface on the stove can suppress oily odors. The sound of the hot pan sizzling will drive away all other smells. The flat-bottomed pan is an important tool for cooking ingredients and will also be an important partner in your conquest of the world."

"The pear blossom needle in the rainstorm, the thunder of the Awakening of Insects awakens the pear wood, the skillful craftsman takes the branch and wraps it with an iron body. This weapon makes a light sound like a sudden rain hitting the window, and its gleam is like spring flowers falling from the branch. As the proverb says, 'A white rain hidden in the sleeve can prevent evil from spreading for a thousand miles,' which means that this weapon can dispel the darkness of a hundred steps and break through evil obstacles blocking the way. It is truly a good hidden weapon."

The descriptions looked quite impressive, so Chen Fu took out the two items and examined them closely.

The frying pan was completely black and unremarkable, just like any other pan you'd find on online shopping platforms. The "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles" came in a small square box, but upon opening it, it turned out to be just ordinary fine needles.

What's the difference between this and what you buy in the supermarket?!

Chen Fu almost fainted from anger.

He's been racking his brains these past few days trying to gather materials, and all he got in return were two of these things?

It would be better to see if the Bureau of Investigation can manufacture weapons; at least the design would be much better.

Oh well, I've already made it, I can't just throw it away.

There are exactly four hours left in the physical punishment; I'll see how effective it is then.

Chen Fu waited for four hours and logged into the game again before noon.

"You've entered Bloodblade Town."

"The chosen one with a powerful weapon can finally show his skills. You can feel that the townspeople's eyes have changed when they look at you."

"You met the man who had lost his son again."

Upon seeing this, Chen Fu thought to himself, "So it was you who kept beheading me, wasn't it? The future ruler of the mortal world is about to exact revenge!"

"You picked up a frying pan and started fighting with the other person."

"The man who lost his son was hit on the head by carelessness and felt a little dizzy."

"You have dealt fifteen points of damage."

Chen Fu seemed to hear the sound of a frying pan hitting his head. Ah, how beautiful that sound was.

"You swung the frying pan again, and the grieving man's front tooth flew out."

"You have dealt another fifteen points of damage."

Seeing that he was no match for the enemy, the man who had lost his son roared, and his body emitted a blood-red light. He pretended to attack, but in reality, he was trying to escape.

Huh? You're such a clever little devil, running away while in a special state. Do you think you can escape?

Chen Fu waited for the game text to provide a prompt.

"How do you plan to deal with this? Will you let him live, attack him with a barrage of needles, or chase after him and keep hitting him on the head with a frying pan?"

There were three options when fighting a monster. Chen Fu chose the second one, thinking it would be a good time to try out the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles.

"Faced with a grieving man about to run into the alley, you calmly take out the wooden box."

"The needles flowed like mercury, and the wind howled like a vengeful ghost. You have dealt twenty points of damage to the man who lost his son."

"The man who lost his son trembled violently and collapsed to the ground, dying."

"You have gained 14% experience points."

"You have obtained eleven amulet coins."

Cool!

Finally, finally, after killing the bandits, Chen Fu proved himself once again.

Upgrading his skills was indeed a great help to him; the extra 4% experience points must be due to that. In addition, he also got some amulet coins, which are really good stuff.

Chen Fu's experience points have now reached 38%, and he has 15900 amulet coins. Although he's still far from leveling up or upgrading his skills, it was just one monster! If he had more...

Chen Fu dared not imagine what kind of benefits he would gain if he razed Blood Blade Town to the ground.

"A paranormal event has been triggered."

"You saw the man's soul float out, and he was staring blankly at his own corpse."

"You've noticed something amiss. Should you go up and search, or turn around and leave to avoid being discovered?"

This is after the paranormal event was upgraded, adding triggerable branching options that never appeared before when he killed his son.

Chen Fu naturally chose to search.

If you kill a monster but don't loot its corpse, then you've wasted your time killing it.

"You found a piece of paper on the corpse."

"You open the paper and find a treasure map drawn on it, which is the ultimate secret of Bloodblade Town."

"It was precisely because of this secret that Wu Kun of Blood Blade led Blood Blade Town down the path of self-isolation."

Chen Fu originally thought that Wu Kun of Blood Blade became the big boss of Blood Blade Town through the fragment of the Blood Gluttonous Inner Realm, but he didn't expect there to be more to the story.

That makes sense. If Blood Blade Wu Kun only knew the incomplete Blood Gluttony Inner Scripture, he wouldn't be able to lead Blood Blade Town at all. After all, both bandits and townspeople knew that move. If he didn't have some other skills, who would respect him?

"The treasure map is like a child's scribbles, complicated and difficult to understand. Do you want to ask the townspeople for directions, or try to figure it out on your own?"

Chen Fu chose to study on his own. Asking for directions? Impossible! I have a blood feud with them!

"You've studied it for ages, but you still don't understand what the treasure map represents. Do you want to continue like this, or do you want to find the townspeople?"

"Hiss, you're blocking my way, aren't you? You can't do it without asking for directions, can you?" Chen Fu resolutely chose to find the townspeople.

A true man can bend and stretch. Now that he has the frying pan and the barrage of needles as his backing, he is not afraid of this group of people at all.

Come, come, it's time for you to serve as slaves to the future Lord of the Mortal World.

"A wise chosen one, the future ruler of the world, your choice reveals spirituality."

"Perfect timing. Your fight with the man who lost his son has attracted the attention of the other townspeople."

"They watched you walk over, unsure of what you were going to do."

"But they still understand the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'."

"In order to avoid becoming victims of the blade, three townspeople stepped forward and attacked you."

"Your arms are gone, your legs are gone, your head has flown to the sky, ah~ that's where its heart longs for."

"You are dead."

What?! Your reaction is way too much!

Chen Fu was dumbfounded, thinking to himself that this game was almost becoming sentient, with its tricks coming one after another like the ominous signs of an old sow.

Alright, I've got another eight hours of rest.

As usual, Chen Fu cursed the game as trash.

However, it's good to rest now. Tomorrow is Monday, and the dungeon will refresh soon. He plans to go in and improve his skills first.

The treasure map is obviously something that can't be rushed. I can't understand it myself, and asking for directions will get me ripped off, so I can only put it aside for now.

Chen Fu raised his finger to exit the game, but suddenly saw that the game text was being generated.

"Your destiny is sealed. Death has made you see reality clearly. Some things cannot be forced for the time being."

"Are you prepared to drag your weary body straight to the secrets represented by the treasure map, or wait until you've rested before setting off?"

Ha, you first dug a pit for me to fall into, then put on a sanctimonious act, are you trying to kill me again? You really have a variety of tricks up your sleeve.

Chen Fu did not make a choice; he decided to proceed according to his previous idea.

If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. If you try to outsmart me, I'll stay indifferent to you. In the end, we'll see who wins.

However, this text also allowed Chen Fu to guess the general direction of the Blood Blade Town plot.

We definitely need to obtain what the treasure map represents before we can proceed.

This is in line with his original plan; there's no need to rush for now.

After exiting the game, the nurse brought over lunch, which Chen Fu ate heartily. The ward door was then pushed open again.

Song Shuangwei walked in.

Chen Fu knew without even thinking that Song Shuangwei must have been beheaded in the game and came over out of boredom.

As he expected, Song Shuangwei's first words upon entering were, "Those bastards from Blood Blade Town are truly despicable; they attacked me right away!"

Song Shuangwei recounted her experience from this morning.

She was initially worried that she would be chased and beheaded for offending Wu Kun, the Blood Blade, so she was extra careful after entering the game.

As a result, no one paid any attention to her. Instead, the townspeople swarmed around her and started slashing at her with knives.

Two fists can't beat four hands, and Song Shuangwei was quickly defeated, receiving an eight-hour physical punishment.

Chen Fu felt much better. It seemed that he wasn't the only one being besieged; even level 2 martial arts practitioners were in the same boat.

However, Song Shuangwei did manage to find out some news.

New players have entered Bloodblade Town.

Chen Fu was not surprised by this. As the game progressed, more people from the entire Hu'e region would definitely enter Blood Blade Town, and it was impossible for there to be only the two of them.

It doesn't matter; Chen Fu has already obtained the treasure map and is still ahead of most people. As long as he can successfully obtain the treasure, the gap will only widen.

The two chatted for a while longer before the nurse came over and called them to get a medical check-up.

This is the Bureau of Spirits' precautions to prevent the potential consequences of the fish-men.

During the check-up, they ran into Bai Ruhua and the girl with round glasses. The four of them lined up outside the consultation room.

Chen Fu secretly sized up the two of them.

Bai Ruhua's skin was indeed much fairer than before, and her delicate, pitiful, and demure beauty was even more pronounced. The man with round glasses, having also gained experience points, had already recovered from his injuries.

"I've already joined the Spirit Investigation Bureau." Bai Ruhua, unaware that Chen Fu was her teammate, whispered to him, "I'll pay you back the ten thousand yuan as soon as possible."

Zhou Jianbang said that he could get an advance on the salary, which would arrive in his account today. Bai Ruhua was prepared to take out 10,000 yuan to pay back Chen Fu.

"No need." Chen Fu shook his head. His phone chimed with a notification sound. He picked it up and saw it was a transfer record from the Spirit Investigation Bureau.

He held his phone up to Bai Ru's screen and shook it: "Look, headquarters has already transferred it to me."

Bai Ruhua's mouth was slightly open, the long string of numbers making her dizzy.

Wow, you're so rich.

She felt much more at ease and began to identify more with the Bureau of Paranormal Investigation.

Bai Ruhua's experience delivering food and doing live streaming made her realize that not every company can do what the Bureau of Spirits Investigation does.

Subsequently, she received a transfer notification and immediately decided to keep only a small portion for living expenses and return the rest to her previous creditors.

Bai Ruhua never forgot that her gambling-addicted father, who had long since disappeared, was still heavily in debt.

After the examination, the four people, who were found to be unharmed, returned to their ward.

They will remain in the hospital today and will not be able to leave until tomorrow.

Chen Fu didn't care. It was the weekend anyway, and it wouldn't interfere with tomorrow's classes, so it didn't matter where he was.

Song Shuangwei's ward was next to Bai Ruhua's and the girl with round glasses. She was an outgoing person and quickly became friends with the two of them. She dragged them to play poker with Chen Fu for an afternoon and won so much that she was beaming with pride and high spirits.

Song Shuangwei vented all her frustrations from the game on Chen Fu.

Chen Fu didn't take it seriously at all. He played for an entire afternoon and only lost five yuan in a game that cost a dime.

His mind wasn't on the card game at all; ever since he was admitted to the hospital, his familiar delirious murmurs had started all over again.

To distract himself, after the card game, Chen Fu started browsing the Spirit Investigation Bureau forum that Zhou Jianbang had mentioned.

He had registered an account before, and after logging in, he found that it was no different from a regular forum, except that all the content revolved around the game's invasion of reality.

Chen Fu had the highest reading privileges. Upon logging in, he discovered he could change his nickname, so he immediately changed it to "Anonymous." Anyway, nobody knew him, and Bai Ruhua was unaware of the forum's affairs, so there was no need to worry for now. He then clicked on the pinned post to read it; it was full of strategy guides stored on his memory card.

The poster was a person named Quanzhen Jiaozi. Chen Fu read the post from beginning to end and found that Yanjing's exploration of the plot in the Jiangcheng area was not much different from his current progress, both being at the Blood Blade Town stage.

Interestingly, the disciples of Quanzhen Sect reveal at the end that a great secret is hidden in Blood Blade Town, which could be a treasure map or something else entirely.

Chen Fu couldn't help but become interested.

How did this person, who is far away in Yanjing, know about the situation in Xuedao Town in Jiangcheng?

He had been curious about this matter for a while, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't come to a conclusion and eventually had to give up.

The rest of the strategy is similar to the game storyline that Chen Fu is currently encountering, which involves triggering the basic functions of the game in various ways, with only one minor difference.

Regarding game instances, if you get one randomly but don't choose to enter it, you'll have to wait a week.

More importantly, there are not only single-player dungeons, but also multiplayer dungeons!

There are currently four known multiplayer instances: Legend of the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Ancient Primordial Era, and Classic of Mountains and Seas.

We won't discuss the last three for now, as we haven't encountered any of them, but the Legend of the White Snake caught Chen Fu's attention.

He had originally planned to wait for the instance to refresh to see if he could enter, and this was a good opportunity to learn more about it first.

Song Shuangwei also said she wanted to be with him, and it would be even better if they could team up.

The guide says that Legend of the White Snake is a multiplayer battle dungeon where players can team up to search for resources and then choose to retreat or continue searching.

The former ensures that the acquired items, whether for personal use or for resale, are a good choice, which is what Zhou Jianbang did at the time.

The latter is riskier, but the rewards are higher; if you can eliminate other players, you can obtain everything they have.

This brings us to another fundamental game feature.

In multiplayer dungeons, players can engage in PvP (player versus player) combat!

Chen Fu thought to himself that it was fortunate he had prepared to upgrade before going in, otherwise he would not only have to search for supplies, but also be wary of other players' sneak attacks, and he might have died if he wasn't careful.

He gained a deeper understanding of the dangers of copying.

Of course, you can choose not to join, but that will widen the gap between you and other players.

It's the early stages of the game, so who wants to fall behind?

Tomorrow is the start of a new week, and the dungeon will be refreshed soon.

Chen Fu summarized his situation: in terms of weapons, he had a frying pan and a rain of needles; in terms of props, he had the Great Sage's hair; in terms of status, he had the Stone Monkey's gaze; and his skills were also very comprehensive. Compared to before, his strength had greatly improved.

If he really encountered a copy of the Legend of the White Snake, he decided to go in.

As long as you can obtain the equipment and skill books, you can quit directly like Zhou Jianbang did. Whether you use them yourself or sell them, it will be a good choice.

At that time, we can begin searching for the treasure map of Blood Blade Town.

You townspeople can't beat me, so you gang up on me. I don't believe you can still kill me after we come out of the dungeon!

I'm going to slaughter Blood Blade Town and take the secrets hidden in the treasure map.

Blood Blade Wu Kun? Come on if you dare, I'll admit defeat if you even twitch an eyebrow.

With many thoughts in mind, Chen Fu drifted off to sleep, preparing himself for entering the dungeon the next day.