Absolute Death Game

Xiao Buli's body had already completely recovered to its optimal state. The power of the Yi Wood Xuan Yang Scripture not only healed all his injuries but even restored the exhaustion and fatigue of his body. The power of this cultivation technique was indeed incomparable to that of ordinary spells.

Looking at Xiao Buli, Xia Zuowei hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to start speaking. After some deliberation, he still said, "Hello, my name is—"

"Xia Zuowei, right?" Xiao Buli casually said, disregarding the surprise in the other's eyes, and walked straight to the computer, "You played that game, didn't you?" he asked conversationally, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Xia Zuowei was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself why the conversation turned to games so suddenly. Could it be that immortals also play games? If so, that meant they had something in common.

"Yes, how do you—"

Xiao Buli once again interrupted him, "Did you log in this morning?"

Xia Zuowei nodded, "I did log in, but I don't know what happened; after dying once, I couldn't get back in."

Xiao Buli sighed inwardly, (It seems I'm still a step too late.) He probably already knew the course of events, but some details were still unclear, so he told Xia Zuowei, "Tell me everything that happened to you in the game."

Xia Zuowei was startled, not understanding how things had come to this. This immortal seemed a bit odd, but still, he detailed everything that had happened.

After finishing, he looked at Xiao Buli somewhat nervously and out of breath.

So that's how it is, Xiao Buli thought to himself. So this circle disk is used like this, just drip blood into it to generate the game program on the computer. Although he didn't understand the principle, it truly felt incredibly mystical. Clearly, the purpose of the blood test when joining the company was for the blood to be dripped into this disk.

The question was, how many drops of blood could a disk hold? It surely couldn't be infinite.

Thinking this, he looked at Xia Zuowei again. This guy had stumbled into the game and even inexplicably lost his life; it really seemed like it was fated.

"You're saying that this Qin Dahai hesitated at first, and then you urged him to hurry up and kill you before he acted?"

Xia Zuowei nodded earnestly, and Xiao Buli's gaze upon Xia Zuowei suddenly filled with pity. This odd fellow was simply a prime example of ignorance leading to his own demise.

Although this guy didn't give him a great impression, Xiao Buli had originally planned to give him some kind of benefit before leaving since the guy did save his life once. He hadn't expected this guy to die before he woke up. In that case, there was no need for rewards—a wasted effort.

With great sympathy, Xiao Buli patted Xia Zuowei's shoulder and said with a heartfelt tone, "Young man, I see darkness at your brow, indicating an impending disaster of bloodshed today. If you have any unfulfilled wishes, you better hurry and take care of them to avoid any regrets."

Xia Zuowei was immediately dumbfounded upon hearing this, "No way, immortal, I—"

"I am not an immortal, just an ordinary cultivator. You may call me Xuan Zhenzi," Xiao Buli said, unwilling to reveal his real name, and for some reason, he blurted out the name of that NPC from the game.

"Then, Master Xuan Zhenzi, you're not going to kill me, are you? I did save your life after all. You can't be that heartless! If it's because I touched your magical treasure, I was just curious at the time!" Xia Zuowei spoke with a crying tone.

He would typically scoff at such words from an average person, but the man before him was someone he had seen fall from the sky, someone who glowed green all over. Such words from him truly sent a chill through his heart.

"The one who wants to kill you isn't me, but rather—" Xiao Buli hesitated for a moment, but then decided to let him die knowing the truth.
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"This game you're playing is not an ordinary game. It is a game that only we cultivators can play. That circular disk is the storage medium for the game. The items in this game should not be touched lightly because when you play the game, the character you control is actually your Primordial Spirit. If you die in the game, after a period of time, you will also die in reality. It's as simple as that."

"What!" Xia Zuowei felt as if he had been struck by lightning. There was actually such a thing? He had saved a cultivator, which gave him a glimmer of hope for life, only for a good deed to bring about such a disaster. It was all because of his own carelessness, believing in stuff from novels and messing around with the Blood Recognition of Master gambit.

The thought of this game's bizarre emergence and gameplay left Xia Zuowei with no choice but to believe. With a somber face, he looked at Xiao Buli, "Immortal Brother, for the sake of the help I've given you, please pull this brother up."

Xiao Buli shook his head, "The creator of this game is no ordinary person, and even with my power, resistance is futile. Saving your life won't be easy." After saying this, a thought suddenly struck him, "However, you happened to save my life during my unsuccessful transcendental tribulation, so naturally, I cannot just stand by and watch.

When the great calamity arrives, I will help you to the best of my ability, but at most, I have a thirty percent chance."

In truth, not to mention thirty percent, Xiao Buli had no confidence even for a one percent chance. Even the company's staff couldn't resist the power of this game, so what could he do? He made these comments partly to comfort Xia Zuowei and partly because he wanted to witness firsthand how this game killed people. Perhaps it could be resisted or delayed with outside help.

If Xia Zuowei's death was inevitable, at least if he could gain some understanding of how the game killed, his death wouldn't be in vain.

But Xia Zuowei, having heard this, was far from reassured, "Only thirty percent? Isn't there any way with a higher success rate? Are there no resurrection items in this game, like the Rebirth Cross Medal or the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill?"

Xiao Buli thought to himself that even if there were such items, they wouldn't be in his possession, and even if by some miracle he did have them, he certainly wouldn't waste them on a nobody like you when he himself might need them.

Xiao Buli shook his head again, "The founder of this game is extraordinary, and I wouldn't dare to utter his name lightly. Thirty percent is already a lot. The power of the game could descend at any moment, but the first four or five hours are still safe. If you have any last wishes, you'd better hurry. But remember that you must return before noon, or else I won't be able to protect you.

I need to prepare now so I can protect you later."

A mix of emotions played across Xia Zuowei's face, and with a sudden grit of his teeth, he pulled a passbook out from under the mattress, then took out his wallet to look inside. The condom still lay there. Biting his teeth, he pushed open the door and left, but after a few steps, he turned back and said, "Immortal Sir, I'll be back soon, please don't leave."

Xiao Buli nodded, watching Xia Zuowei's heroic departure with a shake of his head.

Taking advantage of the moment when he was alone, it was time to take stock of his gains. Placing the disk and the ring on the computer desk, Xiao Buli examined the black ring he held in his hand. It was given to him by Li Jian just before his death, and instinctively, Xiao Buli felt it was extraordinary, otherwise Li Jian wouldn't have made such a point of it.

The ring was made of an unknown black metal and had a black crystal-like gem inlaid at the top. He hadn't looked closely earlier, but now, upon closer inspection, he saw something inside the gem appearing to continuously swirl like a vortex. At the center of the vortex was pitch-black, reminiscent of a black hole, and looking into it, he felt as though he could be sucked inside.

When he wore the ring on his finger, there wasn't any special sensation, and despite studying it for a while, he couldn't discern any effects, so Xiao Buli temporarily gave up trying and decided to check the game instead.

Entering the game's login interface, he did not enter a username or password. By now, he had probably determined that the so-called username and password were merely illusions, without real significance.

Clicking to enter the game, Xiao Buli was directly in the game. His location was not in the village, but in a Hunter's Cabin outside the village. This was originally the home of a hunter named Zhou Kaihuang, but with Zhou's progression to become a BOSS, the cabin had been abandoned.

Xiao Buli looked around the cabin and saw nothing unusual or threatening, so he opened the Skill Bar and Attributes to take a look. To his surprise, there were some changes. After such a long time, his attributes had become quite high, with Basic Attributes generally above twenty, and many skills had changed due to long-term use.

(Regarding the current status of the protagonist, to avoid suspicion of padding the word count, it will be posted in the relevant section of the work. Those interested can go check it out themselves.)

However, these changes were still within his expectations. He opened the equipment section and suddenly brightened up; there was a new, unfamiliar piece of gear in his equipment list—an unknown black ring.

He had two rings before, a flawless white jade ring and the Ring of Fire Source. Since he traded the latter to Du Yibo, he hadn't acquired a new ring, but now there was a dark ring on his right hand. Checking the quality of the gear, he was shocked to see that it was Dark Gold equipment.

Dark Gold equipment, also known as legendary level equipment, usually has a significant backstory and boasts attributes second only to Divine Artifacts. However, Divine Artifacts are so elusive that probably even the company doesn't have one. Therefore, Dark Gold equipment is essentially the highest-tier equipment currently in the game.

Filled with both shock and joy, Xiao Buli examined the ring's attributes closely.

Time-Space Order Keeper (Ring): Space +1.

Use: Open the Ring Spirit Space, where you can store one item.

Equipment Explanation: The Power of Space-Time flows within this ring, allowing it to exist simultaneously across different planes.

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