Chapter 172 - 132: Combat Memory

Chapter 172: Chapter 132: Combat Memory

"Something’s wrong. Very wrong."

"Everyone at headquarters has this weird look in their eyes."

"Something must have happened in the game that we don’t know about."

Today was the final day of wrapping up the special operation against death row inmates.

To show her appreciation for the Red Falcon King’s work, Lin Biyun had made a special point to call Chen Qi and thank him.

Of course, Chen Qi felt her main purpose was to vent!

Apparently, his former superior had happily completed her mission, only to receive a cold "Oh" from her captain, Zhong Xingchen.

The anticlimax was a little much.

...

"Could it be that you’re just being a little too sensitive?"

"I think the Kingdom has been pretty peaceful lately. We used to have to worry about those guys from the Demon Slaying Association doing something desperate, but now that their leader is gone, they’ve all scattered."

Chen Qi spoke with Lin Biyun while examining the Red Falcon King, which had gained over ten kilograms.

The creature’s final kill count was 793 people. A true man-butcher among birds!

The Red Falcon King was now completely shrouded in a strange, black miasma of resentment, and the entire bird had fallen into a deep slumber.

This was also why it hadn’t been put to work for the final cleanup today.

"Hmph, of course you wouldn’t notice. You don’t have any friends among the players."

"Let me tell you something I just found out. The Chairman of the Demon Slaying Association, Yuwen Yong, was actually a Demon Hunter."

Lin Biyun didn’t hesitate to mock Chen Qi for his nonchalance.

Chen Qi couldn’t care less that he had no friends in the King’s Game. At least he wouldn’t have to worry about them turning on him, which would make killing them complicated.

However, what Lin Biyun said about the Demon Hunter did catch his attention.

Chen Qi had read about the Demon Hunter profession in *Inner World General Knowledge*, but he never expected one to appear in the Lanyu Kingdom.

Then again, it made sense. A Demon as notorious as Gutaf couldn’t possibly be ignored by Demon Hunters.

But judging by the outcome, the Demon Hunter had still been outplayed.

To be honest, Chen Qi was quite shocked by Yuwen Yong’s fall.

He was the only Level 6 player Chen Qi knew of, and he’d even seen his handwritten message: "Yuwen Yong was here!"

To this day, Chen Qi still had no idea how many Apostle players were in the game, or who they were.

It was extremely difficult for new players to access any information about all this.

...

"I think the veteran players are intentionally blocking information."

"I’ll figure this all out as soon as I can."

"We rookies have to look out for each other!"

Lin Biyun’s last sentence was the real point, and the reason she stayed in contact with Chen Qi.

Chen Qi naturally accepted this goodwill. He had never considered the new players from his cohort to be his rivals.

It sounded a bit arrogant, but Chen Qi simply felt they weren’t worthy.

Chen Qi didn’t plan on making friends in the game, but he didn’t want to be surrounded by enemies either.

So, maintaining the current mutually beneficial relationship was for the best. At the very least, he had gained another channel for information.

...

"Sleep, sleep. You’ll be different when you wake up."

The call with Lin Biyun ended in a mutual, unspoken understanding, just as Chen Qi finished his examination of the Red Falcon King.

Overall, the situation was quite optimistic. Although its physical body was suffering from severe Erosion by the resentment, the Longevity Hormone was certainly effective, which put Chen Qi’s mind at ease.

What worried Chen Qi instead was the Red Falcon King’s mental state. The little creature wasn’t sleeping very well; it looked like it was having nightmares.

Chen Qi had intended to peek into the Red Falcon King’s dreams, but the mutated black resentment was surprisingly troublesome, actually managing to block his Spirituality.

Chen Qi’s Spirituality was currently as high as 45, while the Red Falcon King’s was only 33.7. This was truly incredible.

’After all this trouble, the Red Falcon King’s Spirituality has only increased by one point!’

’The new method is humanity’s patent, but Spirit Awakening isn’t.’

’For humans to achieve an acquired Awakening, they need to perform a ritual. For the Red Falcon King to complete its Awakening, it must also require some key element.’

’Should I go capture the Dog of Death and study it again?’

The Dog of Death was the only bloodline creature Chen Qi had ever seen. Previously, he had been wary of the player controlling it, but now he wasn’t so concerned.

Of course, Chen Qi had no intention of making an enemy. He just planned to study it again and have a little chat with the doggy.

Unfortunately, he’d let the creature get far away last time. Who knew where the damn thing was hiding now.

But it probably hadn’t left the Lanyu Kingdom, right?

For now, the Red Falcon King would have to rely on itself. Chen Qi was very busy and didn’t have time to stand guard 24/7.

After summoning Taruno and instructing him to administer the injections on schedule and to investigate the whereabouts of the Dog of Death,

Chen Qi left the Fadir Mine and returned once again to Talin City.

...

He had two matters to attend to this time. The first was to help his good brother, [Westin Kuta], move house.

It was somewhat unbelievable, but it seemed highly likely that Chen Qi’s good brother, [Westin Kuta], would never be coming back.

The guy had gotten shit-lucky again. He’d actually caught the eye of some powerful figure in the Lideta Kingdom and been taken in as a son-in-law.

Well, although his good brother’s wording had been very tactful, Chen Qi could still read between the lines.

The Lideta Kingdom was a middle-tier power, and they had taken a liking to Westin Kuta’s trade channels with the Dark Star Empire.

If it had been an ordinary, legitimate trade channel, they naturally wouldn’t have been interested.

The problem was that his good brother was too loyal. In order to surprise Chen Qi, he had obtained some contraband from the Dark Star Empire.

And it just so happened that Westin’s main trade hub was the Lideta Kingdom.

The story that followed was filled with power plays and battles of wits, tangled interests and seductive beauties—the stuff of a bona fide blockbuster thriller.