Chapter 139: Excessive Blood Loss |
【Experience +30000】
【Final boss defeated】
【Simulation ending, this scenario will be destroyed soon, please exit quickly】
【Countdown: 00:59】
Guan Shan stepped back and pulled the crowbar from Carpenter's body.
By this time, Carpenter's corpse had turned into a dry, ancient skeleton, just like the victims he had imprisoned, his mouth open, eyes wide, staring upwards in unwillingness.
As Guan Shan "opened the heart's door," the initial "room" on Carpenter lost its sealed state.
The time that had been stagnant for a hundred years began to flow on Carpenter, pouring out uncontrollably.
What truly killed him wasn't Guan Shan, but time itself.
"Is this... the boss's life?"
Guan Shan was somewhat surprised. The wall directly in front of him depicted a woman holding a child, the child lying in the woman's cut-open belly, eating her body.
It might have been Carpenter's dying will or perhaps the mystical nature of rule-based abilities.
In any case, what the simulator captured and displayed before Guan Shan was Carpenter's "room" life.
Though the scene was grotesque, Guan Shan, now a battle-hardened veteran, felt no emotional waves... mainly because the boss was dead.
He raised an eyebrow, "Looks like I guessed right. This guy, upon awakening his ability, chose a 'room' to stop his own time flow in a way that transcended other rooms."
Guan Shan felt sympathy and regret for the innocent woman, who, even before dying, maintained the posture of holding her child, her hand on the child's head, stroking it.
He turned his gaze to the other side. The second wall showed the young man starting his evil deeds, imprisoning many people in cages.
The third wall depicted the young man realizing he was also trapped in a cage.
On the fourth wall, Carpenter was absent, and a half-body Ksitigarbha Statue was embedded in the center of a pitch-black background.
Guan Shan's eyes lit up, "This is the Ksitigarbha Statue he stole!"
"Putting it together, it seems... the boss found he gained immortality but was trapped here. Over time, he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to escape. But the first step to getting out was to extend his life, otherwise, he would end up like now..."
Guan Shan, feeling bold, squatted down and gave the already dead boss a slap.
"Smack!"
Carpenter's head rolled away, landing to the side.
"Heh, at this point, I have nothing to fear! Just a mere boss, isn't it just a matter of one crowbar?"
Guan Shan stood up, swaggering to the wall, and took down the Ksitigarbha Statue, examining it, "The Ksitigarbha Statue's effect was the boss's way to extend his life, but it was incomplete and unusable, so he captured Lu Mingyi and White Night."
"Now everything is clear."
At this moment, the entire space began to shake.
Without the simulator's prompt, Guan Shan knew this space was heading towards destruction.
Guan Shan initially looked around at the gradually disappearing illusions but, seeing the countdown nearing its end, realized a serious problem—
"Damn, the door is gone. How do I get out?!"
Guan Shan looked up at the countdown, "00:21."
His expression froze, his whole body stiffened.
"Damn, damn, damn!"
Cold sweat poured down Guan Shan's face as he frantically searched the collapsing space for an exit.
But the space's owner was dead, the four walls blocked by overlapping items, turning into some strange shapes, now disappearing one by one, leaving nothing behind.
The surroundings were dark and void, where was the door?
Guan Shan watched the countdown, heart pounding faster, anxiety and fear filling his heart as he ran around the space like a headless chicken, almost crying, "I didn't expect the scariest part to be here!"
He regretted, "I shouldn't have been so complacent. If I wasn't, I wouldn't have killed the boss so quickly. If I didn't kill him, I could have made him open the door for me, and I wouldn't be trapped here!"
Countdown: "00:05."
Guan Shan's hands and feet were cold, seeing the dark area collapsing inward from Carpenter's corpse, like a black hole.
Countdown: "00:01."
Guan Shan, desperate and helpless, curled up in a corner, shouting in despair, "Can anyone hear me? Xiao Transparent, White Night, someone save me, help—!!!"
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly, a thunderous white light flashed in the space, splitting the darkness.
The white light grew like a crack, breaking the space apart!
White Night's anxious voice came, "Is this thing really useful?"
Guan Shan felt dizzy, being thrown into the white light, the space behind collapsing into nothing. He glanced back, seeing a faint giant eye!
"Guan Shan!"
Lin Shuman's voice was close, and Lu Qiuqiu's voice was right next to him. Guan Shan felt like he had just ridden a roller coaster, dizzy, almost falling, but someone caught him.
Lu Qiuqiu held him, concerned, "Are you okay?"
"Hah... whew..."
What was that eye?!
Guan Shan gasped, drenched in sweat, feeling his back soaked, swallowing hard, "Yes! There's a big problem!"
Everyone tensed at his words.
White Night hurried over, seeing his state, shocked, and comforted, "That 'room' was indeed strong. It's normal you couldn't beat it. I think I heard you calling for help. It must have been a tough fight?"
Guan Shan was covered in blood and sweat, looking like he had been through a fierce battle.
White Night held Guan Shan's shoulder, sincerely saying, "Don't worry, no more fighting. I called for help. We'll destroy that damned 'room' and avenge you!"
He felt heartbroken, seeing such a righteous person tortured like this!
The Esper holding the "space detonator" nodded, "He's trapped here now. One more blast will open the space, and he'll be dead."
Guan Shan wiped his sweat, regaining his composure, confused, "No, what are you talking about? The boss... I mean the 'room' is dead."
He raised the Ksitigarbha Statue, "See, I got the Ksitigarbha Statue."
White Night: "..."
Everyone: "..."
White Night's mouth twitched, realizing something, "Then the blood on you..."
"Oh." Guan Shan looked down, "It's the 'room's.' I stabbed his heart with my crowbar, lots of blood."