Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Everyone stood frozen in shock. Only now did they realize Merit Points could actually decrease?!
CC continued, “In the Eerie World, killing people deducts Merit Points. The amount deducted depends on how many Merit Points that person has. If they only have 500 Merit Points, then killing them will reduce your Merit Points by 500 as well.”
“Then doesn’t that mean people with a lot of Merit Points can kill people with very few Merit Points whenever they want? As long as they don’t get deducted below zero, it’s fine,” Xia Susu shot back.
“Theoretically, yes. But smart people wouldn’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“Because they save their Merit Points for killing Eerie Entities.”
Xia Susu said, “Killing Eerie Entities deducts Merit Points too?!”
“Not only that, but the Merit Points deducted for killing an Eerie Entity are determined by how important that Eerie Entity is to the Instance. So far, the highest deduction I’ve seen for killing a single Eerie Entity was thirty thousand Merit Points. But that’s only based on the experience we’ve summarized for now. Whether Merit Points are truly deducted according to that rule is hard to say.”
“Thirty thousand… Wouldn’t that just wipe someone out on the spot?” Xu You clicked her tongue.
“With deductions like that, even Legend Lin, who’s ranked number one, wouldn’t dare kill Eerie Entities casually…” Lin Xiaoxue curled her lip.
At the same time, they all thought of Zhao Yue, the woman from the Zhihui Primary School Instance. Back then, after her emotions had collapsed, she killed Wang Hua, who was an Eerie Entity, beneath the teaching building. In the end, she had died right in front of everyone…
So that was the reason.
CC stood up. “All right, I’ve told you more than enough today. If I were you, I wouldn’t take even a single day off. I’d hurry up and clear twenty C-rank Instances to meet the threshold for joining The Organization.”
With that, CC left the room without looking back.
Wei Sen immediately followed after her.
In the corridor, CC looked at Wei Sen, who had chased after her, and raised an eyebrow slightly. “What? Are you a walking encyclopedia of questions?”
Wei Sen’s expression was calm. “What about the thing I brought last time? You still don’t have any explanation for it?”
“Oh… you mean that ‘heart.'” CC seemed to hesitate, but a trace of slyness flashed deep in her eyes. “Same answer as before. Once you join The Organization, you’ll learn a lot of things.”
Wei Sen gritted her teeth, then asked, “Then how did you know each of our locations ahead of time and deliver the Invitations to each of us with perfect accuracy?”
“Heh. That… is very simple.”
“The same method used by the owner of that so-called ‘heart’ you mentioned, right?” A shadowy chill crept into Wei Sen’s eyes.
Wei Sen didn’t know why Li Chang had been able to know her every move back then, but she could feel it. This Organization possessed the same ability as Li Chang!
A flicker of admiration passed through CC’s eyes. She did not answer, only said, “Wei Sen, I’m really looking forward to you joining The Organization. Don’t disappoint me, okay?”
With that, CC turned and left.
This time, Wei Sen had gotten almost none of the answers she wanted. The only gain was perhaps a little more intel, plus the extra 500 Merit Points.
When Wei Sen returned to the room, Xu You and the others were still sitting in place without moving.
“Sister Sen, what do you think?” Xu You asked.
Wei Sen sat back down. “You mean joining The Organization?”
The Dark Fairy Tale Instance had been S-Rank, so she knew very well how difficult S-Rank Instances were. Death choices lurked everywhere.
But in the Dark Fairy Tale Instance, she had clearly killed the Witch, the Hunter, Little Red Riding Hood, and others, yet she had not had Merit Points deducted and died…
Wei Sen increasingly felt that the Dark Fairy Tale Instance she had experienced back then and the Instances she had gone through afterward did not belong to the same “system.”
They seemed the same, but there were obvious differences in their rules.
“If we can join The Organization as soon as possible, our Merit Points will definitely increase much faster. And you all heard it too. The Elder of this Mysterious Organization can actually meet God. Everything they’re doing is by God’s will! If we join The Organization, maybe we won’t need that many Merit Points to meet God!” Xia Susu said excitedly.
Xu You looked sideways at her. “So you mean you’re choosing an S-Rank Instance for your next one?”
Xia Susu hesitated.
She had added two big shots from the Hero Ranking!
When the time came, she could ask them to carry her through an S-Rank Instance. Even paying them some compensation would be fine!
But if those two big shots weren’t willing, then she’d have to think it over carefully.
After all, it was S-Rank. She wasn’t confident either.
However…
Xia Susu quietly looked toward Wei Sen.
If Wei Sen went to an S-Rank Instance with her, maybe there was still a good chance.
Although Xia Susu disliked Wei Sen, she had to admit the woman really did have some skill. If she followed her, she might be able to scrape by until the very end.
“What do you all think?” Xia Susu asked tentatively.
Lin Xiaoxue unfolded the letter paper and looked at Wei Sen. “Sister Sen, this time I got the Evil-Repelling Blade. It says that after I cut myself with the Evil-Repelling Blade, my blood can keep any Eerie Entity from coming near me. But the wound won’t heal, and the blood will keep flowing until I die, or until I clear the Instance before that happens.”
“Hurting yourself almost as much as the enemy, huh?” Xia Susu sneered.
Lin Xiaoxue ignored her and continued, “So for the next door, I want to try an S-Rank one! If things really get dangerous, I can still use the Evil-Repelling Blade!”
No one had expected that the person who wanted to challenge an S-Rank Instance the most would actually be Lin Xiaoxue.
“Why are you so determined to join The Organization?” Xu You asked curiously.
Lin Xiaoxue lowered her eyes and said slowly, “I want to meet God.”
“Goodness. Being too obsessed with something isn’t a good thing.” Xu You shook her head.
Lin Xiaoxue pouted as she looked at them. “Isn’t everyone willing to become an Order Keeper because of some obsession in their heart?”
Xu You was about to retort, but on second thought, although what she wanted was different from what they wanted, how was that not also a kind of obsession?
The room fell silent again.
After a long while, Wei Sen spoke. “I have no problem with it. We’ll choose an S-Rank Instance next.”
In her eyes, there actually wasn’t much difference between S-Rank and C-Rank. Zhihui Primary School had also been a C-rank Instance, hadn’t it? In the end, so many people had still died because of all sorts of factors.
But whether it was S-Rank or SSS-Rank, as long as there was a way to survive, it was worth a try.
“I have no problem either!” Lin Xiaoxue looked as if she had already accepted death.
Xu You glanced between the two of them. “Since you’ve both decided, then of course I’m going with you.”
Seeing the three of them acting like they were all on the same side, Xia Susu felt nothing but disdain.
Her first choice was still to rope in He Xu and Zhou Jie. Before she was rejected by the experts, she had no intention of agreeing to go with these people.
“I’ll go back and think about it some more.” As Xia Susu spoke, she rose gracefully and prepared to leave.
Lin Xiaoxue looked at her unhappily. “Weren’t you the most excited just now? You talked us into going to an S-Rank Instance, and now you’re going to be a coward yourself?”
Xia Susu gave a light laugh. “It’s not like I forced you. That’s hilarious.”
With that, Xia Susu left the room without looking back.
“Xiaoxue, an S-Rank Instance is still going to be difficult. You need to think it through. Once we enter the Instance, none of us can guarantee your safety.”
The words were unpleasant, but Wei Sen still said them.
When she thought of Infinite Flight, there had been one instant when she had truly believed Lin Xiaoxue was dead. Although that heartache had lasted only a moment, the feeling remained fresh in her memory even now.
That awful feeling was not something she wanted to experience a second time.
Lin Xiaoxue smiled. “Don’t worry, Sister Sen! I’ll be careful. I’ll just try my best to stay alive. I’m not asking for some Perfect Clearance. Even meeting the simplest Clearance Condition would be enough! Anyway, the first step is reaching the threshold to enter The Organization! Besides…”
Wei Sen and Xu You both looked puzzled. “Besides?”
“This time, we’ll go to Origin Land first and meet up there. I’m planning to stake out a few people from the Hero Ranking when the time comes. The more, the better. We’ll have them carry us through!” Lin Xiaoxue revealed a sly smile.
Xu You’s eyes widened. “You can do that?”
Lin Xiaoxue spread her hands. “Big Sister CC never said we couldn’t.”
“Why would those big shots agree? Even that couple we met last time might not agree to team up with us if they heard it was an S-Rank Instance,” Xu You said.
“Hehe, Sister You, that’s where you don’t understand. Money makes even ghosts grind the mill!”
Xu You suddenly understood. “Then no one knows that better than me. After all, I’m often that ‘ghost’…”
Wei Sen smiled faintly. No wonder Xiaoxue, who was usually timid as a mouse, had dared to declare that she wanted to challenge an S-Rank Instance today. So she had thought of this little shortcut.
“Then it’s settled. Tomorrow at four in the morning, we’ll meet at Origin Land!” Lin Xiaoxue said, full of confidence.
“What about Huang Xinze and Chen Lin?” Xu You suddenly remembered.
“I can’t get in touch with Huang Xinze. Whether he can go to Origin Land next time depends on whether we’re on the same wavelength,” Wei Sen said. “As for Chen Lin, she isn’t really suited for an S-Rank Instance, but I’ll still fill her in on today’s information later. We’ll see what she wants to do.”
Xu You nodded solemnly, then said with great interest, “Good! An S-Rank Instance, is it? Then let this poor Daoist have a go!”