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A swarming crowd brandishing all manner of weapons charged at Chen Yi and his companions, which honestly looked quite intimidating.

Chen Yi admitted that his abilities were not bad, but he usually kept a very low profile.

First, he inherently disliked drawing attention, and second, there were too many rules and props in the game, leaving everyone unclear about which prop's peculiar rules might cause him to capsize in the gutter.

His approach to these dangers had always been to snuff them out into ashes before the other party could even get close to him.

"Boss Chen Yi."

The man turned his head to glance at his underlings, who were getting closer and closer, then covered his severed arm and slowly backed away from Chen Yi, "Since you all came for this woman, that simplifies things a lot."

"Take this woman away, and I won't hold a grudge against you, Boss Chen Yi, for my fallen men. We have no grievances, and from now on, let's keep to our own paths."

"I was merely pursuing her normally. If I had wanted to use force, do you think she could still stand here with her clothes intact?"

"We are the strongest players who came after the next era began; we should unite, not waste time fighting over a woman here."

"Moreover, no matter how impressive Boss Chen Yi is, it's just two of you against nearly a hundred men on my side. If it really comes to a fight, you won't come out on top."

The man's voice contained a hint of threat, and as he continued to retreat, his eyes fixated on Chen Yi, ready to burst out at any moment. He wasn't completely defenseless.

Everyone who made a name for themselves in Black Trench City was formidable.

"..."

Chen Yi, leaning on his cane, stood still, calmly watching the black mass rushing towards him, silent and unmoved.

"Maybe you guys should run first."

Little Qiu, who somehow managed to stand behind Tuberculosis Rabbit, looked anxiously at his father tied up under the tree with a bit of fear in his eyes, "They are too many for us; we're not their match. I can't leave my father alone to flee; you go first."

"Run?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit looked up to make sure there were no obstacles above his head before lighting a cigarette and putting it in his mouth, "Do you mind if I smoke a cigarette?"

"Uh... I don't mind, but is this really the time for that?"

"I've been reading a book where the protagonist always asks if people mind him smoking before lighting up. It's become a bit of a habit."

"What?"

Little Qiu, not quite following Tuberculosis Rabbit's train of thought, impulsively asked, "What book?"

"Serial Killer's Confession of Crimes."

"Serial killers are that polite?"

"Hmm, he always asks the person he just killed if they would mind him having a smoke. It's taken for granted that they don't mind."

Little Qiu looked bewilderedly at Tuberculosis Rabbit, and after a pause, he spoke urgently again, "If you don't run now, it'll be too late, I'm grateful that you came all the way to Black Trench City, but things have escalated too much, I don't want..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Chen Yi, standing to the side, lightly tapped the ground with his cane and gazed at the group of black-clothed men wielding weapons and charging at him, whispering, "Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom—"

Immediately following.

The originally lush green grassland suddenly began to redden at a visibly rapid pace, as if one were standing in a sea of blood. Countless vibrant, blood-red Flowers of the Other Shore rose from the ground, floating in mid-air and rotating ceaselessly.

In an instant.

It was as if one had arrived in a sea of flowers.

The skies were still dimly lit, but the scene was, in fact, hauntingly beautiful.

The many Flowers of the Other Shore drew the eye as they floated all around.

"—the mortal world is all but slaughtered."

As the calm voice of Chen Yi fell with these last four words.

The next second—

Thousands of crimson and vivid Flowers of the Other Shore shot out at an untraceable speed towards everyone around, burrowing into every black-clothed person's body and beginning to rapidly take root and sprout.

In almost the blink of an eye.

These black-clothed men, who had just been charging forward, now stood frozen in place. They were covered in countless wounds as fresh, watery crimson Flowers of the Other Shore grew from their corpses' wounds.

Nearly a hundred black-clothed people turned into Floral People in a moment.

The whole scene looked eerily unsettling.

The leader of the Black Kill Gang, Seven Kills Old Ghost, didn't even get a chance to react before he, too, became Floral People, clutching his severed arm and standing still. His last vision of this world was filled with shock and horror in his eyes.

From beginning to end, this so-called leader of the Black Kill Gang only used a healing prop and did not activate any other props or use any skills.

Not that he didn't have any.

Rather, the leader of the Black Kill Gang, who always wanted to make peace as much as possible, didn't dare to activate his props first and didn't want to engage in a Life-Death Battle with Chen Yi. His tiptoeing resulted in becoming Floral People without resisting at all.

After all, he too had made a name for himself in Black Trench City, yet even at the brink of death, he didn't utter any particularly harsh words.

'Prop Name': Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom.

'Prop Level': B-level.

'Prop Effect': Once this prop is activated, more than three thousand Flowers of the Other Shore will emerge from the ground around you and float in the air. Players touched by Flowers of the Other Shore will experience rapid, continuous loss of blood and turn into Floral People upon death, eternally sustained.

'Prop Restrictions': After one use, it will enter a 24h cooldown period.

'Prop Introduction': "When Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom, the mortal world is all but slaughtered."

Chen Yi looked at the scene before him, glanced at his prop panel, slightly raised his eyebrows in a somewhat satisfied smile, and remained silent. He had exchanged this prop for 300,000 Sadness Points during the Father's Day event.

A B-level prop.

Extremely rare.

Now it seems its effect was quite remarkable, an AOE (Area of Effect) prop.

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Once I have enough Enhancement Stones, I'll enhance this Prop to full and see what the Enhancement Effect is.

Up until now, the effects of enhancing his few items had not been checked with clean grey stones, mainly because the clean grey stones were too rare; including the ones from Tuberculosis Rabbit, there were only four clean grey stones in total.

"Alright."

Chen Yi glanced around casually, saw nothing that needed packing up, and climbed onto the sled, "Everything's settled; we're ready to head back. There's also a D-class squad map waiting for us."

"Oh, okay."

Tuberculosis Rabbit looked toward the Floral People standing not far off, strode over quickly, "Yi, wait for me. These people have dropped some Props after they died, I'm going to pick them up; let's not waste them."

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"This... this is..."

Little Qiu was completely frozen in place, her eyes full of shock and disbelief as she stared at the scene before her, unable to recover her senses for a long while. The Black Kill Gang, which was nearly a dominant force in Black Trench City, had been annihilated just like that?

And... with just one strike!

That man...

She turned her head to look at Chen Yi, who was sitting on the sled, her heart filled with an indescribable shock. She didn't usually pay attention to world announcements and activities, as she simply didn't have the energy to concern herself with other people's lives – just keeping herself and her father alive was exhausting enough.

So she really had no idea who Chen Yi and Tuberculosis Rabbit were.

She never imagined that a person she had met by chance in the club was so strong.

No, 'strong' wasn't quite the word to describe it, was it?

"Thank you, thank you!"

Little Qiu, finally coming to her senses, looked gratefully at Chen Yi in the sled and kept bowing in thanks.

"Hmm."

Chen Yi gave a non-committal grunt, which amounted to a response, but he was contemplating another matter – whether or not to pull Sword Without End into his own squad. The guy was strong and wouldn't be dead weight, and could even become a valuable breakthrough force in special situations.

It was just... they hadn't spent much time together.

You can see someone's face, but not their heart; he was still a bit unclear about this person's temperament.

And just then—

He suddenly saw Tuberculosis Rabbit, with a serious expression, carrying a Floral Person on his shoulder, jogging over.

"Yi, don't you think this Floral Person looks pretty? I want to take it home as a potted plant."

"Hmm?"

Chen Yi looked up with a peculiar expression at the Floral Person Tuberculosis Rabbit was carrying on his shoulder. He had dealt with Tuberculosis Rabbit's unpredictable trains of thought for too long. Although he believed he had completely adapted to them, every so often, Tuberculosis Rabbit would still manage to sucker-punch him with something unexpected.

Like now.

From a certain angle, this Floral Person indeed looked pretty.

After all, those Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom which grew from inside the corpse were extremely vivid and fresh; the petals and branches were all a bright red, looking quite enticing – it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring them home for display.

Only, if they were to use a corpse as a pot, the entire image might seem a bit macabre.

He wasn't sure how normal people might think, but he guessed that when a normal person saw a corpse covered in Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom, the words 'pretty' would definitely not spring to mind.

Rather, words like 'fear' and 'horror' would probably come to the fore much more readily.

After a silent pause, Chen Yi waved a hand, "Fine, bring it up. But I'm warning you, if I smell even a hint of corpse rot in the living room, I'll throw these things out immediately."

"Don't worry, Yi, you know my methods. I can't take care of the living, but I make sure the dead are spick-and-span, not a whiff of odor."

"It's just that..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit first confidently made a promise, then added a bit sheepishly in a softer voice, "I want to move all these Floral People back home – Yi, don't you feel they have an artistic vibe to them?"

"I plan to transport all these Floral People back to Yancheng, then find an empty lot to display them as my first major art piece, open for public exhibition."

"I've even thought of a name for it."

"It'll be called – 'Art Piece: Flowers of the Other Shore Bloom at the End of Humanity.'

"..."

Chen Yi, who had been about to light a cigarette, stiffened for a moment and looked up at Tuberculosis Rabbit. It was only after a long silence that he finally spoke, "Does your artwork always have to involve corpses?"

"Not necessarily. It's just that my recent pieces all revolve around themes of death."

"Sigh!"

Chen Yi let out a long sigh, massaging his temples before speaking, "Then bring them all; but the sled can't carry that many at once, can it?"

"It's alright, Yi, you rest at home. I'll drive the sled back and forth a few times."

Afterward, Tuberculosis Rabbit rushed off excitedly towards the Floral People. As he passed by Little Qiu, he suddenly slapped his forehead, as if just remembering, "Look at me and my memory, I almost forgot about you."

"Why are you still standing here? It's safe now; you can take your father home."

"Ah? Oh, right, right."

Little Qiu stood there, somewhat adorably nodding her head several times in succession.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Little Qiu."

"Your full name?"

"Qiu Xiao."

"Your dad sure has a knack for naming; probably has the same level of education as me. Say hello to your uncle for me – actually, maybe not. Nearly everyone I greet ends up dead."

With that casual remark, Tuberculosis Rabbit excitedly rolled up his sleeves and charged into the cluster of Floral People.

"I've got to get busy now; you do as you please."