There Must Be Something Wrong With This Game!

While Duan Fei and the others were gathering their digital signatures, submitting the guild application, and waiting for an official response, Nemo was about to lose his mind.

After finally waiting for his death penalty timer to end, he immediately logged on. He checked again and again, searched again and again, and finally, in despair, accepted the reality of his situation.

His Contract Scripture was gone.

All his previous dealings, all his schemes, all the various ways he had skimped and saved—it was all for that Contract Scripture. But now, it was all gone.

Objectively speaking, he had earned a lot in Love City. He had already made back all the Abyss Coins he’d spent, and even had a little extra.

But human nature is greedy.

He had already forgotten all the bad things he had done. His mind was filled with nothing but the lost Contract Scripture, causing him to wail uncontrollably.

Returning to Love City, he angrily prepared to settle the score with Duan Fei. He didn’t care if he could beat him or not; he just wanted a decisive showdown.

It was now dusk.

The simulated sun was slowly setting. Even the most demanding capitalists had no choice but to let people go at this time, allowing their employees to return home and avoid the ghosts and monsters that would soon appear.

Blinded by rage, Nemo completely forgot about this. By the time he realized something was wrong, the situation had already become dire.

Watching the white shadows slowly gather around him, Nemo finally broke down.

He furiously pounded the ground, roaring himself hoarse. He smashed everything he could get his hands on, then lay on the ground and shouted, "Come on! Kill me, you damn monsters!"

A rustling sound reached his ears, as if hundreds of centipedes were crawling on the ground.

A few seconds later, a head fell in front of him, making the death-seeking Nemo let out a bloodcurdling scream.

The head must have belonged to a very beautiful woman, but now, only the head remained.

Her hollow eyes were filled with reddish-brown centipedes. The many-legged creatures crawled from her left eye to her right, causing Nemo to let out another terrified scream.

’This damn game!’

What horrified him even more was that the head actually flew up.

Hundreds of centipedes began to assemble, piecing themselves together like building blocks. They eventually formed a grotesque creature crouching on the ground, with only the head left intact.

The combination of extreme beauty and extreme ugliness gave the creature a morbid charm, making Nemo’s already crumbling spirit flicker like a candle in the wind.

"A Descender?"

A bizarre voice came from the woman’s mouth, like the scraping of centipede legs against each other, a sound that chilled him to the bone.

Looking at the creature, Nemo finally remembered who she was.

"You’re one of the four leaders of the Pseudo-men, the Succubus!"

"That’s right. It seems I’m quite famous. But there are only three of us now. Iron Man is already dead."

The Succubus gave a faint smile, and a large amount of Pheromones immediately dispersed into the air.

This pink gas could not only charm humans but could even charm the surrounding Monsters, making them obey her commands.

However, due to being hunted by the administrator, Gale, her body had been almost completely shattered. Only her head was left to wander here, and she could only use it to control some weak monsters and creatures.

Normally, she wouldn’t have been able to use her Charm on the Descender in front of her.

But his Spirit had been pushed to its limit. It seemed he had suffered several blows earlier, causing his Spirit Attribute, which resisted Charm, to drop to an extremely low level, allowing her to take advantage of his weakness.

After inhaling a large amount of the gas, Nemo’s mind grew hazy. The feeling was like dreaming and being drunk at the same time, and he couldn’t help but start laughing foolishly.

"Tell me, who are you?" the Succubus said in a charming tone.

"A pathetic piece of trash, an idiot who lost his guild along with his important Contract Scripture."

"...Just your name will do."

"Nemo."

"Very good, Nemo. I will give you a mission. Help me gather some materials to repair my body, but don’t let anyone know. When I count to three, you will forget everything that happened tonight, and you will feel very happy. But as time goes on, you will become more and more anxious, desperate to find me and relive this feeling. Now, one... two... three."

When the Succubus finished counting to three, the surrounding creatures and Monsters quickly departed, leaving only Nemo behind.

Nemo stood up in confusion, feeling like he had forgotten something.

But he also felt surprisingly happy. The Contract he’d lost earlier didn’t seem like a big deal anymore.

’What’s so great about a stupid piece of paper anyway? Playing the game is so much more fun.’

’The moonlight is so beautiful, everything is so lovely. How interesting.’

’I should probably collect some Dragon Blood and carbon fiber tubes while I’m at it.’

’Wait, why do I want to collect these things?’

’Whatever, let’s just play the game and sing a song!’

Nemo couldn’t figure it out for the life of him, but his cheerful mood made him forget everything else. Humming a little tune, he headed toward the tower, ready to play the game.

A moment later, two figures appeared. One was Gale, and the other was none other than the female college student who had recently fallen into the Abyss, Jade Rabbit.

She hadn’t seemed to have fully mastered the method of freely passing between instances. Upon arriving, the lower half of her body got stuck in a wall, and Gale had to pull her out.

"College girls these days are really clumsy."

"Sorry..."

Pointing at the surroundings, Gale said, "There are traces of the Succubus’s Pheromones here. Tell me, who is the Succubus?"

Jade Rabbit, the "small-town question-solver," wracked her brain and immediately replied, "One of the four powerful Pseudo-men created by the Creator. She possesses the power to control others."

"Mm, that one is extremely dangerous. Her Spiritual Power can even cause permanent effects on players, which is why we administrators are constantly hunting them."

"And who is the Creator?"

"You don’t have..."

"You don’t have the clearance to know about that," Jade Rabbit cut in irritably. "I hear that line three hundred times a day. I suggest you guys carry around a small megaphone and just repeat it every time someone asks a question. It would save you some saliva."

"That’s because you ask too many questions."

"Isn’t curiosity one of a person’s best qualities?"

"No. At least, not in the Abyss," Gale said quietly.

Meanwhile, Duan Fei had succeeded.

The "Salted Fish Inn" was officially online.

Duan Fei was naturally the president, with Jinghong as the vice president. After all, no one was particularly interested in guild titles; they only joined to enjoy the benefits.

After being told the roster was full, Darts Guest expressed his regret.

He swore that he would find out who had knocked him out and make them pay.

He signed his name and the guild’s name in the blank space of the Golden Contract, and the contract was officially established.

As soon as he finished signing his name, Duan Fei heard a voice in his ear.

The voice was old and sounded a little tired.

"Hello, are you the president of the Salted Fish Inn, Duan Someone?"

"I am. How did you contact me?"

"The Golden Contract has a special power that allows the parties involved to communicate. Let me introduce myself. I am the mayor here. Would it be possible for you to come to the main hall in the city center?"

After a moment of thought, Duan Fei nodded at the empty air. "Alright."

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