Chapter 7-3

Zheng swam behind Lan and got a hold of her, then dragged her back to the shore. Once they got on the shore, he tore open her shirt, took a deep breath, placed his hands on her soft chest and started blowing through her mouth.

Shortly after, Lan began to cough then coughed out that sea water in her lungs. It took quite a while for her to stop the coughing. Zheng immediately took off his jacket and put it on her. Then he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What happened? Why did you suddenly come here to sw... not swim, you're still in pajamas. What actually happened? Why were you drowning here?" Zheng sat on the beach and asked.

Lan coughed a little more lightly then she said with a broken voice. "I don't know what happened. I was deep asleep then I suddenly stood up, as if my body has it's own consciousness. I walked straight out of the hotel and toward the shore. I was so scared. I kept calling your name in my mind... Maybe it was telepathy from an enhanced mental capacity. I felt your existence then I lost consciousness..."

Zheng smiled bitterly. He began to ponder the situation. After a while, he said. "I can only think of two possibilities. One is the Ju On is still not over and the ghost got control of you. But the possibility of this is low because the Ju On should be cleared when we went back to God's dimension. The second one is... one of us wants to kill you because you sensed something is not right after enhancing your mental capacity. And the method he used is..."

"Hypnosis!"

Zheng and Lan said it at the same time. Then Zheng sighed. "If this was what happened, then it can explain how you went to the hotel in The Grudge. Because the one that made you go there isn't the ghost but rather a human... Considering the time that you enhanced your mental capacity, the person that acted abnormally... aside from Xuan, I can only think of Jie."

Lan also sighed. "Yes, he's the one that I have in mind. Ever since I enhanced my mental capacity, I feel stressed when I stand next to him, like he has a much higher level of mental capacity. But if he does, then why didn't he tell us? Do you still remember when we first met? He gave us a feeling that he was very strong but afterward, you overshadowed him. Why? I can only think of one answer."

"He wishes to stay in the safest position... Instead of showing his power then taking up the responsibilities, he would rather hide behind someone strong. He doesn't want to stand out and just get stronger on his own... Once someone learns of his secret, he would kill the person that can threaten to reveal his lies. This is the only possibility I can think of..."

Zheng fell in to a silence for a bit. "Do you have any proof?"

Lan smiled bitterly. "No, I don't have any proof. This is all just my deduction... I didn't even leave my room after I parted with you and went back. Unless Jie hypnotized me during the day, I don't think he has the ability to hypnotize me from afar. That would be absurd... Zheng, do I sound like I am trying to break this team apart?"

Zheng recalled when he first met Jie. The cigarettes, the mutual understandings, the delicious meals, and his hearty laughs... Were all of these fake?

"I won't doubt anyone easily without any proof. But I will announce that you were attacked. Whether it is him or someone else, he won't attack you again for some time. And stay with me and Lori these few days... If it turns out to be him, I will kill him with my own hands!"

When they met up in the afternoon, Zheng told them about the attack. Everyone acted shocked. Of course he didn't mention their deductions,and just said it might be the Ju On. He was observing Jie during the conversation. Jie acted normally and asked Lan about the details then comforted her.

(It's not you right? Someone as genuine as you... Are you hiding your powers like she said, then kill everyone that learns of your secret? Is... staying alive more important than anything else?)

Due to the attack, they had no choice but to end the trip prematurely. Everyone stayed in the same room like last time and took turns to keep a watch at night. When he was assigning the groups, Zheng paired himself with Jie and put Lan and Yinkong together.

There was no attack in the following days. The Ju On never appeared and they went back to God's dimension in the fifth day. Even though Zheng felt relieved, it casted a cloud over his heart.

Jie... is staying alive so important? Even if it means sacrificing your comrades?

Due to the disappointing trip, they didn't have the mood to relax in the remaining nine days. They just trained and trained. Zero taught them how to use guns, Yinkong taught them close combat techniques, and Jie acted unimpressive. Aside from the laughs, he acted just like a newbie, learning from Zero and Yinkong and even asked Zheng for tips on unlocking.

Time passed by. Zheng suppressed his doubts and concentrated on training his blood energy spell and mastering the second stage of the unlocked mode. After nine days... the beams casted from God and its voice sounded in their minds again.

"Enter the beams within thirty seconds. Target locked. Beginning teleportation to The Mummy..."

Chapter 7-2

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Zheng came to the lobby at nine. He stood next to the wall silently. Lan came over dressed in a casual dress a few minutes later. She looked refreshed. Then she greeted Zheng and went out the door. Zheng had no choice but to follow behind.

"It's so nice to be able to rest here for five days. To be honest, I am at my limit after two movies. If I don't get a chance to relax, I might go crazy in the next movie..."

Even though it was already night time, the outside was bright as daylight form the lighting. As a holiday paradise, night life was just starting by at this hour. The street was filled with people partying and local girls dancing hula. Everything was refreshing for the two of them.

"Zheng, let's go over there. A lot of people are gathered over there." Lan grabbed Zheng's hand and laughed.

Zheng pulled back his hand without a trace and forced a smile. "I told Lori about seeing you, so I can't stay for too long. Lan if you have something to say just say it... It's better to make everything clear."

Lan was dazed for a bit then he looked at Zheng deeply. After a while she smiled. "Are you... mistaken something? Relax, even though I do like you a little, but it's my bottom line to not hurt another girl. So even if you are to betray Lori, I wouldn't allow it... There's something else I want to talk with you about."

"Is that so? I thought..." Zheng scratched his head with embarassment.

Lan laughed lightly, as though there was something else in her laughing. "I don't know why, but I am feeling a sense of stress from our team. Since... uh, since the last time I enhanced my mental capacity, I've been feeling this. And after I learned two spells, this feeling is getting stronger. Like something has been watching and monitoring us."

Zheng replied curiously. "It's probably God that's monitoring us? I felt the same thing when I unlocked the first stage of the constraint, and it's also getting stronger now... but it shouldn't be a big deal. God should be monitoring us all along."

Lan sighed. "I don't know how to explain to you... but whatever I am going to say, I don't have any intention of creating conflict within the team... Don't you think one of us has been acting strange?"

That made Zheng felt even more curious. "One of us is acting strange? What are you trying to say? Even though we are comrades, but if one of us is strange or have bad intentions, then I won't let him off easily..."

Lan opened her mouth but at the end she didn't say anything. She sighed and said. "I am not sure, it's just a feeling. Perhaps it's due to enhancing mental capacity... Zheng, do you still remember the last day in The Grudge? Why did I suddenly get to the hotel but the charm didn't ignite? If it was the Ju On that did it, then the charm should had burned... Didn't you feel something was wrong?"

Zheng also cooled down. He thought for a bit and said. "To be honest, I also felt strange at the time why it happened... Hoho, I thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. So that means you figured out the truth?"

"I can't say it's the truth, just some suspicion. That's why I can't name that person. Afterall we are a team... Zheng, if I die, then please be careful of the person who reacts abnormally..."

Their short date ended there. When they got back to the hotel, the two were walking with some distance in between. When Lan got off the elevator, she turned around and gave Zheng a smile, a smile that gave him a sense of sadness...

"Lori... I've been in love with you deeply all along since childhood. I will keep my promise and protect you until our hair turn silver... Lori, I won't... Nothing happened between me and Lan."

Zheng cuddled Lori in bed and muttered these words.

"... Of course nothing will happen. Lan is the nicest sister. Hehe, I already knew she likes you but she isn't the type of person that will fight with me for you... Pervert, you won't leave me right?" Lori yawned then laughed.

"Of course..."

(Feelings aside, who did Lan mean... the person that acted abnormally, is it Xuan? Or Zero? They are not original members of the team. If she was referring to a newbie, then Yinkong is also suspicious. She acted cold toward everyone and now she's become a member of the team... Who was she referring to?)

Zheng fell asleep with Lori then suddenly a special sensation woke up him, as if something was going to happen. As time passed, this sensation was getting stronger and stronger.

Zheng couldn't bear it anymore and sat up from the bed. He carefully covered Lori with the blanket then dressed up and walked out of the room. Without delay, he ran out of the hotel and followed the direction this sensation was coming from.

It was about four or five in the morning. The area was quiet and empty. Zheng ran toward the shore and the sensation was getting stronger but it was also fading away...

"Lan!"

When he reached the shore, he saw little black dot floating from afar. Without rhyme or reason he called out Lan's name. Then he swam toward that little dot. When he finally reached it, it was indeed Lan who fell unconscious! She almost died from drowning!

Chapter 7-1

The men's eyes were fixed on the scenery of the four women playing in water. Even Zero couldn't keep his eyes off. Though the little boy kept his head down shyly then after a while he pulled Zero's arm.

Zero bent down and the boy whispered something by his ears. Zero hesitated but as the boy shook his head in panic, he laughed then took the boy behind the trees.

A little later Zero came back with... a boy dressed in a female swimsuit. Ignoring the strange look from Jie and Zheng, he led the boy to the sea and gave his hand to Lan.

"He's... now a girl... but he's also my little brother."

"I was born in a family belonging to an Chinese mafia in America. When I was fifteen, my father got killed, the mafia was annexed by another mafia. My mom became a woman of that mafia's boss, who was also a Chinese American..."

"I couldn't forgive her! She betrayed me, betrayed my father! So I had to seek revenge! I hid my identity for over ten years and trained the skills I currently have. Then... I went back."

"Sarcastically, that woman already died eight years ago but she gave birth to a boy for that man. And that man... raised the boy as a girl to commemorate the woman. He grew up with long hair and wore dresses, just like a pretty little girl. And the most sarcastic thing was... I fell in love with him on first sight."

"In science they call this genetic sexual attraction. Two people who are blood related get attracted to each other instantly. There are many cases of it happening but I never thought it would happen to me... I couldn't forgive them. I couldn't forgive myself... So I decided to kill them then kill myself!"

"The process was smooth. Mafias are not assassins. They can bully civilians but give me a sniper rifle and enough distance, I won't be afraid of anyone... However after I killed him and my little brother, I found a diary that belonged to that woman. It wrote about my father, mother and that man I killed... My little brother was actually my father's child. She was already pregnant that year and she passed away from depression after giving birth... But everything was already too late. Everything was already over..."

"I pressed the button to activate a bomb on my computer and also the YES button. Then I got transferred here..."

Zheng and Jie sighed. They didn't know what to say to Zero. Even though his circumstance was weird but it made him give up on reality. And that feeling of his toward this little brother...

"I will try my best to live on... for her. I wish to protect her, watch her grow up, then... let nature take its course. Perhaps she isn't the little brother of my memory but she's what I live for." Zero said calmly.

Zheng patted his shoulder and said. "As long as you have a reason to live for. What we fear most is when we can't even find a reason to live... Just like the me before I came here. If I didn't get her back, perhaps I would have died in Alien."

Jie also came up to comfort him. Zheng suddenly asked casually. "Right, Jie, you are a veteran. I've never heard how you came here."

Jie's mind went blank for a bit then he laughed. "Just the common problems. Retired, got into a company, had conflict with my superiors, then got fired, stayed in an internet cafe then I came here... Haha, it's not worth mentioning. It makes me rage just thinking about it. My past is not as glorious as Zero's, I was just an otaku."

The three men chatted for a while then came Lan's voice. "Hey, the three of you stop standing there like an idiot. Come swim with us. The water feels so cool... Lori, stop hanging on my chest. My bikini is falling off."

They looked at each other then began taking off their pants without hesitation. They were all wearing trunks. As soon as they took off their clothes, they jumped into the sea.

Nana, Lori, and the little girl swam to their respective men. Lan hesitated then swam over to Zheng. Though Yinkong swam away into the sea. Her black swimsuit contrasted with her snow white skin. She looked like a mermaid swimming in the sea.

Zheng stared into the horizon. The black and white contrast of Yinkong combined with the deep blue sea made for a unique scenery. Then something hit his chest. Lori hanged onto his chest while laughing and Lan also came over to him. The two women then having fun tickling each other. Though maybe it was intentional or maybe it was not, Lan's breasts brushed against his arm. He didn't know whether to avoid it or not, and suffered while enjoying it...

Time always flies by when you feel happy. The evening came and they couldn't help but leave the shore to look for a hotel. In the beginning, they were afraid that without any visa, they couldn't get a room. But Yinkong quickly solved the problem. She borrowed a computer from the staffs and an American company sent them the visas and several million dollars. In the end, they got into a five star hotel.

"Zheng... come to the lobby at nine." Lan said to him in a low voice as she walked pass. Then she went to her room without turning her head.

Zheng's mind went blank as he watched her went away. Then when Lori ran up to him from behind, he smiled bitterly. His feelings were mixed...



P.S. Zero created a girl.

Chapter 6-2

Yinkong lost. The fight ended so sudden. Her kick was about to hit Zheng when she felt something under her feet. Before she got the chance to react, Zheng had already grabber her feet. Then a strike in the stomach knocked her out.

The other people saw everything clearly. The arm that Zheng raised to block her kick suddenly enlarged to about twice its normal size. Not only did it easily blocked her kick, but also grabbed her feet and pulled them downward. His other arm struck her on the stomach. Then she immediately passed out.

Zheng seemed as though he was suffering immense pain. His body began trembling, his arm gradually returned to its normal size, and he was soaked in sweat. He smiled bitterly and handed Yinkong to Lan then said. "This is probably the second stage of the unlocked mode. It enhances the body to a degree but it's difficult to control. The after effect is much worse..."

Then his body trembled violently. He crouched down on the floor and almost a minute later, there was a puddle of sweat on the floor. You could imagine how painful it was.

They sat in a circle and rest for a while. Jie's woman brought them several platters of fruits. Lori also followed behind her. It wasn't until now that Yinkong woke up. She immediately jumped out of Lan's arms and when she got a clear view of the situation, she sighed. "I lost..."

Zheng rubbed his arm and said with a bitter smile. "Your attacks were ruthless. If I got hit, it wouldn't just take away half my life. I might probably die..."

Yinkong replied calmly. "It's shameful to show mercy in a battle. It's better to incapacitate the enemy before showing mercy and not during a battle... You could have killed me with that strike, if you act like this in a real battle, then you will be the one that dies!"

Zheng continued with the bitter smile. "I know, I know. Stop talking like I am a weakling. I know when to show mercy and when to go all out."

"Is that so? Then what if they are also people who are just struggling in this world like us? And they are weak and feeble women?" Yinkong continued asking.

Zheng paused for a moment. "If they really threaten us... Then I will of course..."

Lan saw that Zheng was struggling to answer it. She immediately digressed from the topic. "Hoho, weren't we discussing about going to the beach in Hawaii? Since Yinkong lost, we can all go now. Let's go before we waste any more time. Everyone is fine with 100 points for ten days right?"

Tengyi suddenly said. "Doesn't God start a new movie every ten days? If you all go... then am I the only one left when the next one starts?"

Lan smiled. "Relax, the time spent inside the movie worlds is only an instant in this dimension. No matter how long we are there, we will be back in the blink of an eye for the people here. So relax, we will be back very quick."

Zheng heard their conversation. He was thinking of the items he should bring. Then he asked Zero. "Zero, do you still have the debit card from last time? I am afraid I don't have enough money for the ten days. And right, everyone should bring a weapon. I still have some magical bullets in my ring. We will each bring a submachine gun. Zero should also disassemble your sniper rifle and bring it. Just in case something happens, we will have some security... And let's all think about what else might happen."

They started to discuss and decided to also bring two charms for each person, and also exchanged six communication devices from God. This device was even more advanced than the one Xuan made. It can also display other people's location. Each device only cost 50 points, which was quite inexpensive for its practicality.

"I still can't agree with ten days."

After everyone was set to go, Yinkong suddenly said. "I understand the need to relax but laziness is a scary trait. Once a person stayed in a comfortable environment, he will develop dependency and loosen his guard. If we suddenly come back to the movies from that environment, I don't know how much we can still fight. So I can't accept ten days...Since the communcation device took 50 points, why don't we just go for five days. Five days is enough for a trip on the beach."

Lan was about to say something to refute her but Zheng nodded first and said. "Yes, you're right... Five days plus the remaining nine days in this dimension should be enough for me to get a hold of my abilities. And this trip was originally my decision yet I got everyone to spend the points... Then lets make it five days."

If it was only for relaxation, five days was actually enough. So the others didn't say anything about it. When they were about to exchange the time, Zero came out of his room with an eleven year old boy. Just by appearance, this boy was prettier than most women here. For a while, everyone gave Zero a weird look.

Zero said calmly. "This... is my little brother." Then he led the boy over to God.

A copy of his family from the real world? They looked at Zero's back which gave off a sense of loneliness then followed him. They knew there was a story inside him. In fact everyone that came here was disappointed in the real world and had their own story. It was just that no one wanted to tell their story... They could only bury their story deep inside and try their best to survive.

They held their hands and stood in a line. Then they walked up to God together and exchanged time in the previous world. Location... beach in Hawaii.

Going through that half awake process again, when they woke up, they were already standing on a beach. The sand was white, the sky was sunny, the sea was blue... This was the world famous attraction, Hawii beach.

This was Zheng's second time leaving God's dimension. He was familiar with the rules like coming back here in five days. But there was no rule about disclosing information regarding God's world. It seemed like since this was not the real world, God didn't care if they disclose the information.

The other people also recovered from the half awake state. After processing through the rules, Lori, Lan, and Nana cried in a low voice with excitement. The three women's eyes were sparkling, it seemed like they were very happy with the scenery. Although Yinkong still looked calm, there was a hint of excitement also within her eyes.

The boy Zero brought along was very shy. He hid behind Zero and when Zheng and the other people looked at him, he blushed then turned his head away. That shyness, cuteness, and his pretty face were attractive for shotacons.

"Then... Hehe, lets go swim first. We can go to the hotel later, and if there are no rooms, why don't we just camp outside the beach? Hehe, I've always wanted to go wild once. What do you guys think?" Lan stood on the edge of the sea and laughed.

Before they respond, she already began to take off her clothes. She was wearing a black one piece with black leggings and she just took the one piece off. Even though they could had guessed she was wearing a swim suit inside but the men still stared at her. Then she folded her clothes and leggings and placed them on the side. She jumped into the sea as she cheered.

Lan had an amazing figure but when Yinkong also took off her clothes, they could only think of an succubus. That breasts of hers were even bigger than Lan's, her little waist was toned but not muscular, her skin looked soft and white.

It was as though all women had the same instinct. Even Lori and Nana were wearing swimsuits on the inside. Though they weren't as bold as Lan and Yinkong. They walked over behind a tree before taking their clothes off. And the men's eyes were attracted once again.

Lori ran over to Zheng while smiling and pinched him on the waist. "Oh, big breasts, looks like my pervert likes big breasts a lot... Hehe, I thought you intended to take a break here but it turned out to be for the boobs. I heard all the blondes have either D or E cups." Then she and Nana ran into the sea.

Zheng's mind suddenly became peaceful as he looked at this scenery. A clear sky and sea, the tickle on his waist, and the big... ahem, breasts. Not sure if these meant good or bad luck for him.

Zheng smiled then he accidentally saw Lan took a glance at him. Inside those eyes... was a hint of feeling... Big breasts were... indeed bad luck.

Chapter 6-1

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"Why refuse?"

"Why agree?"

The two girls asked each other loudly.

Yinkong replied calmly. "No other reason. I need to save my points for enhancements or weapons. I am not stupid enough to use them on luxuries..."

Lan said. "What do you mean luxury? We've been living in constant stress these days, then we come back to this never changing dimension. I am going to go crazy if it continues like this. I think it's worth to exchange ten days of peace with a hundred points! Otherwise why do you think God gave us this option?"

Yinkong answered coldly. "I don't know. Your willpower is too weak. Not to mention there's already ten days of rest in God's dimension. Even without these ten days, even when you have to keep fighting for over a month, fighting just to stay alive, that pain after you unlocked your potential... You don't know anything!"

Lan's face became red. She turned to Zheng and said angrily. "Hey, this is your suggestion, why aren't you saying anything?"

Zheng replied awkwardly. "I didn't really think much. Just that whoever wants to go can go, it's ok to stay here if you don't want to. For one, I activated the blood energy in The Grudge and want some extra time to master it, and two, I need to relax a bit. It helps me recover to my best condition. I don't have any other intentions. It's just a hundred points and ten days. If everyone wants to go, we can go together."

Lan immediately nodded. "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, just that I never got the chance. Since it's only a hundred points, I still have enough after exchanging an Endurance spell..."

Zheng couldn't look straight at Lan. He turned around and asked the others. "What about you guys? Spend a hundred points for a break. What do you guys think?"

Zero didn't say anything and nodded. This surprised the others. Jie laughed and said he will definitely go. Tengyi thought about it then refused. He was the weakest one among them and he had the least amount of points. So he couldn't really afford to relax with the rest of them.

Yinkong suddenly said. "I can go along, but... Zheng, fight me again. I want to test how much stronger you are when you unlocked your potential."

Zheng didn't know how to respond. Yinkong continued. "I know you call that unlocking genetic constraint. Any little difference in power can cause death in this world. Since we are going to encounter other teams, their teams should also have three, or used to have three people that unlocked their constraint. I don't want to lose... So fight me. You should be at a very strong stage. If I don't lose to you, then I probably won't lose to them!"

Zheng scractch his head then smiled bitterly. "Well, I did reach a higher unlocked stage. But also because of that, it's a little out of my control. That's why I need some time for training. Otherwise I am also a little concerned with taking a trip. Going back to the real world last time was too abrupt... Anyway, I might not be able to control my strength."

Yinkong said calmly. "Doesn't matter. The key to unlocking the constraint can only be felt at the brink of death... If you are prepared, then here I come!"

Just as Zheng answered, Yinkong's eyes lost focus and she charged toward him. This was the expression of someone unlocked their constraint. Even though she had a small figure, but when she charged at Zheng, he felt a pressure that was as strong as an Alien. Although she didn't have any weapons on hand, those fingers of hers were her best weapons.

Zheng became serious. He wanted to enter the unlocked mode at his own will and not only when he was in danger. This pressure along with the fingers that were reaching for his eyes were enough to force him to enter the unlocked mode.

"This is the first stage..."

Zheng's eyes also lost focus. Even when they were both in the unlocked mode, he had reached a deeper level than Yinkong. His speed, power and reaction were much higher than hers. Though he was weaker in his techniques, all his actions were instinctive in the unlocked mode, which helped him rival an assassin.

He blocked the fingers reaching for his eyes with his hand, then kicked at Yinkong. The moment he kicked at her, she used his hand as a support and jumped onto his leg. Then she turned around and struck at Zheng's throat with her foot.

All this happened in an instant. Jie and Zero were the only ones that could make out what happened. That foot was already so close to his throat.

Zheng was very sensitive to danger, his body bent backward immediately and dodged the kick within two centimeters. The foot went just over his nose. Then he kicked at Yinkong who was still standing on his leg with the other leg.

His kick missed her and Yinkong had already jumped from his leg and over head. Then she kicked toward his head. If this hit landed, it might even take his life.

"Little girl... this is the second stage!"

Chapter 5-3

Since the announcement had been made, they had no choice but to accept reality. Then they began to discuss enhancements.

Due to the amount of points and valuable ranked rewards they earned this time, everyone had the opportunity to exchange stat enhancements or a higher tier weapon. Zero naturally chose to expand in his long distance sniping ability. Along with increasing his stats, he also exchanged a rank C enhancement, Druid Hawk's Eyes.

"What's this enhancement?" The others asked curiously.

"Druid Hawk's Eyes, rated 68/100. Suitable for long distance sniping and movies with large battlefields. Effective against most enemies. No special effects. Enhances vision for action and perception. Requires a rank C reward and 1000 points."

Zheng and the others nodded. Instead of choosing an all rounded enhancement, focusing on what one was best at was better for the team. Of course, choosing this path wouldn't increase an individual's survivability much.

"I have considered carefully. A sniper usually won't be in a dangerous position. And I didn't enhance my sniping ability but rather my vision. It will be useful even in regular combat. No problem." Zero explained calmly.

As to the other assassin, Yinkong, she exchanged her enhancements without a word to the others. After she was done, a dagger in a leather sheath appeared on her hand. She unsheathed the dagger. It was burning with a light blue flame.

"Hellfire Fang! Two rank D rewards and 2000 points. Effective against spiritual beings! Can burn the souls of any organisms... A magical weapon." Then she sheathed the dagger without taking another look at the other people.

Zheng also connected with God. He closed his eyes and began searching for a weapon suitable for him. He also chose magical weapons because fo the difficulties against the ghosts. However, a blood energy spell scroll - Red Flame grabbed his attention in the end. The description of this item was: Instruct the usage of Red Flame, requires the blood energy of a Vampire Viscount. Can burn anything, especially effective against organisms. Requires a rank C reward and 2000 points.

This was probably an enhancement belonging to the skill category. He took a look at top tier enhancements before, and some of them were skills from Wuxia. Like a QingGong that required a rank A reward and a huge amount of points. In comparison this spell was a low tier skill and it just happened to be usable by his current Vampire rank.

Zheng did some calculations. He had 4177 points and two rank C rewards. So even if he exchanged this skill, he would still have enough points for other items, like magical bullets or a better weapon. And this skill was especially effective against spiritual beings, which attracted his attention.

"Blood energy spell scroll - Red Flame!"

Once Zheng exchanged the scroll, the scroll disappeared in a smoke on first contact. Instructions on how to use the spell appeared in his head. An enormous amount of information streamed into his head so suddenly that he felt it was going to burst. It took over a ten seconds to calm down. At the same time he began to organize this information.

"Channel the blood energy out of the body then imagine it becomes a blood colored flame. Control it with your mind..."

Zheng read it in his mind. The blood energy had moved from his head into every part of his body during the last movie. So it was rather easy to manipulate it now. The energy slowly surfaced on outside his body under his control then he imagined it becoming a blood colored flame...

"Ah!"

As the others cried in surprise, Zheng opened his eyes immediately. His skin was covered in a blood colored flame. Although it was not bright, the smell of blood was intense.

Zheng became excited. He loosed his concentration and the fire faded away, and finally absorbed into his body.

Lan was the first to recover from the surprise. He ran over to Zheng and carefully looked at his body. After finding out that there were no injuries, he asked. "Zheng, what happened? Are you... alright?"

Zheng couldn't look at her straight in the eyes. He nodded then turned to the others. "Haha, sorry to worry you guys. I was testing the skill I just exchanged. It seems quite strong, but unfortunately there are no ways to test it here. We will have to wait until the next movie and test it on the monsters."

After everyone recovered from the surprise, Zero and Yinkong were standing on a distance calmly and Jie and Tengyi ran over to him in excitement. They and Lan started asking questions about the skill, and it lessened his embarrassment when facing Lan.

Zheng explained a bit. He emphasized the skill consumes a huge amount of energy. He had spent almost a quarter of his energy just then. Just like Qi, it was a skill that should only be used in crisis.

"Everyone done with enhancements?" Zheng suddenly asked.

Jie was surprised for a bit then laughed. "Not so fast. Ranked rewards are not easy to come by. We have to think about it carefully. Why are you asking this?"

Zheng coughed and appeared a little embarrassed. "I think... ahem, why don't we go take a break in Hawaii? Ten days, ahem, not the one in the real world but the Hawaii in the last movie. It won't take any ranked rewards nor five times the points. It only takes ten points for a day. What do you guys think? Just take a ten day break."

"I refuse!"

"Sure..."

The two girls replied at the same time. Then they looked at each other. The two contrasting answers made Zheng felt even more embarrassed.

Chapter 5-2

Although Zheng had already decided, he was still rather unease at using the points for luxury. To them, 100 points equals a desert eagle. Even though it didn't need any ranked rewards to return to the previous movie, but 100 points for ten extra days of resting was still wasteful.

Everyone gathered in the platform 10am of the next day. Before they get a chance to say anything, a gold colored stone tablet took all their attention. This stone tablet was floating five meters above the ground and emitted a gold light.

Yinkong was the first to arrive. She was still holding onto that book of hers. "Look at it... there are some interesting information."

When they focused onto the stone tablet, information appeared in their heads just like when they were focusing on God.

"... When a team have three, or used to have three humans that had unlocked their genetic constraints, this message will appear and stay in this dimension."

"... We have all predicted that once a genetic constraint is unlocked to its fifth stage, the final stage of the constraint, the organism will evolve into a higher tier organism. The human world will then advance or wreak havoc at the thought of that organism. In order to prevent the encounter of two or more high tier organisms from multiple teams, which will cause the extinctions of human, we created the following rules..."

"... When a team have three, or used to have three humans that had unlocked their genetic constraints, that team will encounter other teams that belong to God's world from another continent. Killing a member from another team will be rewarded... 2000 points and a rank C reward. Killing a member that had unlocked the genetic constraint will be rewarded 7000 points and a rank B reward. Eliminating the whole team will reward every member a rank C reward."

"... There does not exist cruelty, justice, or evil... Only one team can survive till the end. If you don't want to die then surpass your limits and evolve..."

This message was obviously incomplete. When Zheng recovered from the shock, he looked around at everyone who was in a daze.

Zheng coughed to get their attention. "Lan, analyze the meaning of this message."

Lan touched her forehead and said. "Wait a minute, my head is still in a chaos..."

"This message is probably left by the creators of this world. And because it appears directly in our head, it will use words and language that we understand. Like the genetic constraint was a phrase that Xuan told us..."

"... Secondly, it mentioned an important info, and that is we are not the only ones in God's world. In fact, I was suspicious of this for a while. Don't you notice that everyone who came into this world is Chinese? Even the Russian mercenary from before was in China before he came here. That means there are probably other God's dimensions (central hub) from other continents, and they also have similar teams."

"The last point is the creators don't want two separate teams to return to the real world. It can lead to a war in between the two teams in the real world due to a difference in beliefs, language, and moral values. Such situations are very destructive, like... If Zero has ten times the strength, speed, a unlimited ammunition Gauss sniper rifle, and some other sci fi equipment, he can rival a whole army. Not to mention the blueprints of advanced technologies that Xuan exchanged..."

Zheng said. "You mean we are probably going to encounter a team from another continent in the next movie? And it will either be we all get killed or we kill them all?"

Lan shook her head. "It's not that bad. Since we will be in a movie, then we should still have to follow God's restrictions and finish the missions or wait until time is up. The reason for such high rewards for killing a member of the other team is probably to entice the teams to start a war... I think both teams will be concerned of the other team attacking first and gain an advantage... We will not only have to face the monsters of the movie but also members of the other team... They will want to kill us just like those monsters!"

Everyone fell into a silence. Just surviving through the movies was already so difficult and now that they learned about encountering other teams in the movies. It was either kill or be killed, so the choice was obvious. Then wouldn't the other team think in the same way? Following this reasoning, the war starts the moment they encounters the other team.

Zheng thought for a bit then laughed. "Oh right, it mentioned that we will only encounter other teams after three people unlocked their genetic constraints. Yinkong and I both unlocked ours, someone who died also unlocked theirs. Aside from this, do you think it's easy for people from other teams to unlock their constraints? Maybe our team is one of the strongest team. Haha, so don't worry too much. We will discuss our enhancement paths first."

These words calmed the others but a shadow had already been cast onto their hearts.

Live on... only one team can return alive?

Zheng looked at the tablet and sighed silently.

Chapter 5-1

After a wave of repairs, all six of them in the platform sighed with mixed emotions. The last hour of fighting was a roller coaster ride between life and death. The type that gave them a glimpse of hope while pushing them into hopelessness. The experience was worse than it was in Alien. Fortunately they made it back to God's dimension alive.

Lan ran into Zheng's arms on the first opportunity, disregarding everyone else there, even Lori who was also running toward Zheng. She cried out loud inside his arms. Jie immediately went over to them while laughing and hugged both of them, which made Lori feel better.

"Haha, no matter what happened, we are at least alive..." Jie laughed out loud.

It wasn't until now that Lan let go of Zheng slightly blushing. She stood to the side and gave the spot to Lori.

Lori jumped into Zheng's arms and kissed him as if it was a revenge and declaring her property. Which made Zheng looked around in embarrassment.

"... How many points did you get? We all received different amount of points." Zero suddenly said.

Zheng immediately closed his eyes to get in contact with God. The amount of points he had shocked him, a total of 4177. He killed a newbie in the movie and that deducted 1000 points, but completing a movie rewarded 1000 also, so that evened out. Then he still received 4100 points and even two rank C rewards. That confused him quite a bit.

Zero said calmly. "I received God's notification while I was still in the movie. It told me I eliminated a part of Ju On and was rewarded 2300 points, and a rank C reward."

Jie also said. "I got 1800 points and two rank D rewards."

"1500 points and two rank D rewards."

"..."

After going over the rewards, only Tengyi received the least, one rank D reward, even Lan got two rank D rewards. Furthermore, everyone received least a thousand extra points. Even though this movie was dangerous, the rewards were also generous.

"But... wasn't Zero the one that got the final blow? If it wasn't that snipe, we would had all be killed." Zheng asked.

Lan touched her forehead and said. "Perhaps God rewards people depending on their contribution for side quests. Like even though we all attacked the Queen in Alien, but you were the only one to receive a reward. This is probably because killing the Queen is a main quest whereas the main quest in The Grudge is surviving."

The others accepted this explanation. If it wasn't Zheng's attacks in the last wave, they would had all be dead by now. So they were fine with Zheng and Zero receiving a large reward.

Since there were two new people, Jie explained to them how to use the rooms here and arranged a meet up the next day to discuss their enhancements. Then everyone aside from Tengyi went to their room. He stayed behind to create his human.

Zheng and Lori walked back to their room without a word. She said with jealousy. "Stop thinking, the big breast babe has gone back to her room and she's not coming back... You can go over, I think she will allow you into her room..."

Zheng dazed for a bit then forced a smile. "No, that's not what I am thinking... I am just thinking do people still have a conscious after they died? Do they hate those that are alive?"

"There are probably good ghosts. My grandma used to say to me that what goes around comes around... She also told me many stories about ghosts returning a favor."

"Returning... a favor?" Zheng recalled Xuan's ghost. If he didn't block the ghosts behind Zheng, he might not have been able to last until Zero's attack. Was this... returning a favor?

Then... have you really died? Even with that wisdom of yours... Is he really dead?

An intimate night without words. The two fell asleep after exhausting themselves. The next morning they were talking about the days in The Grudge while in bed. Lori kept asking about every details. When it got to a breathtaking part, she would held her hands to her mouth and opened her eyes wide, and when it got to how Zheng almost died, she would sob in a low voice.

"Only another ten days, once ten days is over, you will have to go back into a horror movie... Pervert, you have to come back alive."

Zheng sighed deeply. He didn't know how to respond. He suddenly came up with an idea. "Lori, do you want to go to the beach? Of the most famous beaches in the world, want to go to one in Hawaii? We will take a ten day trip, how's it?"

She was confused for a while, then got excited and rolled around in Zheng's arms. She kept asking things like. "Really? Is that real?"

"Yes, not only us but everyone will come along. Ten days is only... 100 points. We can go take a break there."

Chapter 4-2 & 4-3

Zheng was out of strength. If it wasn't for the acceleration buff on him, he would be running at a jogging pace. It was then that he realized how important that buff was. This buff increased his speed by a constant rate instead of a percentage. It wasn't too obvious when he was running at normal speed, but now that he was weakened, it showed its importance.

Zheng finally reached the clock tower before the ghosts got to him. He sliced open the door and then ran inside the tower.

The huge ghost had completely recovered by now. She stood up from the ground and began moving toward the tower slowly. Zheng was panting heavily and realized the air around him was getting cold. The world through his eyes was bloody red due to the blood energy circulating inside his body. He could also make out several green and white shadows on the top of the tower. His senses told him that the little ghosts were waiting there.

Since he didn't have the Qi to activate the ring's force field anymore, he put the knife back into the ring and took out his submachine gun. However, he didn't have the time to change the magazine on the gun at this time. He only had half a magazine of bullets to help him reach the top... The blood energy was his last hope. He wouldn't want to waste it unless he was forced to.

"Ah!"

Zheng cried in desperation as he pulled the trigger against the ghosts crawling down from the top...

On another building far away from the top, Zero was lying on the roof in exhaustion. The Gauss sniping rifle was right in front of him, yet there was no one that could use it. Yinkong was standing next to Zero waving her hands against the ghosts crawling toward them.

She wasn't skilled with firearms but being able to unlock her genetic constraint and the trainings as an assassin enabled her to fight in close range as good as Zheng. She took out the gunpowder from the bullets then wore the shells on her fingers. This enabled her to kill the ghosts with her hands.

The two of them were being surrounded as numerous ghosts crawled in from all sides. If it wasn't for Yinkong's attacks in the unlocked mode, they would had drowned in a sea of ghosts.

"How's it? How much have you recovered? Enough to take aim?" She asked urgently without turning her head.

Zero struggled to sit up from the floor and muttered. "No, my vision is blurry. I am falling asleep. I can't snipe under this condition... Give me one or two more minutes..."

Yinkong paused for a moment but when she started moving her hands again, her movements were not as smooth as before...

Jie and Tengyi weren't that much better off than the other two parties. They were the first ones to encounter the ghosts since they were at the edge of the park. Fortunately Jie reacted in time and opened fire at them immediately. Then Tengyi also started shooting in a spin with his pistol.

"Are we going to die? Jie, are we going to die?" Tengyi spurred out the words in panic as he shot.

Jie suddenly turned around and punched him, knocking him to the ground. He shouted. "Fuck you! Aren't we still alive? If you want to die then run into them! Don't talk next to me!" Then he turned to the ghosts again.

Tengyi was dazed for a moment and then also started shooting again. He said to Jie who was on his back. "Jie, if I make it out alive, I will pay you back this punch. Fuck... my teeth are falling out."

Jie laughed then said. "If we can live... if we can all live, I don't give a fuck for a punch..."

"Zheng... our lives are all on your hands. Don't fail!"

Zheng didn't know how many more stairs were ahead of him, nor how many more ghosts were at the top. He couldn't turn back anymore. The stairs behind him were also filled with ghosts. He could only continue going up until he broke away from this nightmare... If he didn't want to die, then he has to reach the top!

Zheng kept running up the stairs as he sprayed at the ghosts. His legs couldn't handle the running anymore, if it wasn't the last bit of will power holding him up, he probably wouldn't be able to raise his feet. It had already been a long time since he went into unlocked mode. This was the longest duration since he got this ability. Just like in Alien, his genetics were on the edge of breaking down... He had no way to go back now!

He finally reached the top before the gun ran out of ammunition. He kicked open the metal door leading to the rooftop as he emptied the remaining bullets. The huge ghost was looking right at him behind the door and her hand was reaching for him.

"Ah! Go to hell!"

Zheng activated all his blood energy and sprinted out onto the roof and into the ghost's chest... where Kayako's main body was at...

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In the chest of the huge ghost was a middle aged woman (not Kayako)with a twisted face and body. She screeched as Zheng touched her then dispersed into thin air.

After the first ghost was gone, the others started crowding up on him. Though the blood energy was powerful enough to kill them with just a touch, the amount of energy was draining so fast. It was already at 60 percent after only a few seconds.

Jie and the others saw that the ghosts emitted a green light when Zheng touched them. This was the light they gave off when they were dispersed but the intensity of this light was slowly dying off. Which signified the amount of blood energy still remaining. At the same time, he had corroded a hole in the chest.

"... Zheng! Is it you in the ghost's chest?"

Zheng was concentrating intensely then he suddenly heard Yinkong's voice through the device. He shouted in reply. "It's me... If I die, then run as far as you can. The time is almost up. Ok, don't talk to me. I don't have the attention to spare!"

"... Why did you jump in there? Did you... find out the Ju On's weak point?" Yinkong said calmly.

"I... shit, yes! I found its weak point! Kayako's main body is probably in the center of the chest! Don't talk to me, I can't get distracted!" Veins were surfacing on his forehead as he shouted.

"Zheng... I am Zero. I don't know if I can lock onto the target, but it's worth a try. I only have enough stamina to make one shot... It's too bright around you, when the light dims down more, give me a signal!"

Zheng fell into a silence. He didn't know how to respond because the light meant that he still had the energy to corrode the ghosts. Once this light disappeared, he would be overwhelmed by the numerous ghosts.

"Zero... you only have one chance. When the light disappears, shoot through my left shoulder. That's where the main body is!"

"... Ok!"

Once it was decided, Zheng didn't try to preserve his energy anymore. He moved forward as best as he can and corroded all the ghosts on the way. Within a few seconds he was approaching the Ju On's main body.

"Chu... Chu Xuan!"

Suddenly, he stopped upon seeing one of the ghosts. Unlike the others, this ghost didn't have the twisted face and body. He just looked like a normal person. If it wasn't the pale green skin, he would had looked identical to the real person.

Zheng didn't corrode Xuan immediately. He had a sense of respect for this man. And strangely, Xuan didn't jump at him like the other ghosts. Instead, he walked around Zheng and blocked several ghosts behind him. He even felt as if Xuan nodded at him as he went past Zheng...

"Was that an illusion? Or... Xuan! I am going to avenge you!"

That was the last ghost in front of him. The only one left was a human sized Kayako. Zheng channeled all the energy to his left hand and struck him. As the blood energy invaded her body, she showed an expression of pain for the first time. She twisted her body trying to evade his fist but Zheng ignored the ghosts coming at him from the back and just continued channeling the energy into Kayako. She slowly became smaller and smaller as the energy corroded her from inside...

When the first ghost reached Zheng in the back, he had already spent every last bit of energy. The ghost started absorbing his life force but Kayako's size had also reduced to one fifth already. Just one last attack... to eliminate her!

"Zero! Now!"

With a loud bang, Zheng felt a force enter from his left shoulder and started moving toward his hand. Then the bullet exited his palm and struck Kayako, eliminating her. The huge force crushed his arm completely and also opened a large hole in the huge ghost's chest.

Zheng then heard a woman wailing faintly, and was shortly joined by the wails of numerous men and women. The ghosts that created the huge woman gradually disappeared and Zheng started falling from midair. A pair of strong arms caught him before he reached the ground.

"... We made it... Zheng, we... uh? I also received a reward..."

Zheng felt that he heard the voice of his comrades. In this moment... he felt he was standing on the same height as Xuan... Perhaps his comrades will sometimes become a burden, or a relentless leader can save the majority of the group. But supporting and depending on each other, entrusting his life to the hands of his comrades... was the team that he hoped for!

By the time he woke up, he was inside a beam of light. His whole body was itching and in pain. But he was also getting invigorated along with the pain.

He turned his head to look down. A little girl was staring at him. Her eyes were filled with tears but under those tears was a smile.


P.S. 8 chapters (parts) until the next world, The Mummy.

Chapter 4-1

Zheng's strength was gradually disappearing. His eyelids felt heavier and heavier. Hopelessness started to fill his heart.

Strength, Qi, and stamina were all disappearing, he event felt that his life energy was disappearing. His consciousness was fading away for every second that passed. It wasn't until now that he got a clearer look of the woman. Her body was made out of numerous faces in pain. The faces of those that were killed by her.

Zheng's vision was going out of focus. He felt as if his spirit was being pulled out of his body by that pale hand. His sense of danger had reached an extreme, as if he was going to die in the next second. Suddenly he felt he heard a boom. A stream of hot energy gushed out from his head then repelled the pale hand. This energy had corrosive properties and also lit the hand on fire. The ghost on Zheng's back was shortly burned into nothingness.

Yet that energy not only burned the ghost, it circulated into every part of Zheng's body. Zheng could feel the burning just like being scalded by boiling water. That pain was as intense as when he unlocked his constraint. Even though he shut off the pain signals in his body, he still shouted out in pain.

The blood energy! Unlike how he used the blood energy instinctively in the last movie, this energy was now totally released from his head and filled his whole body. Zheng's eyes were bloody red. The world from his eyes was painted with blood. And the ghost became a light green color weaved from numerous twisted human bodies.

That huge woman was actually created from numerous ghosts. Zheng could make out several familiar faces, the red faced man from the beginning of this movie, and even Bingyi was in there. In other words anyone that was killed by the Ju On became part of it. It absorbed all their hatred. Looking through these ghosts, Zheng saw a woman with a twisted face in the center of the body that looked just like a mini version of the huge ghost. That was the main body of Kayako!

Zheng was still out of strength. He rolled away on the ground then took out the communication device.

"Zero, can you see the chest of the ghost? Kayako's main body is around that location... Zero?" Zheng muttered in a faint voice.

"... Zero was attacked from his back. I only managed to save him but he's out of strength now... You have to wait ten minutes for him to recover enough strength to snipe." Yinkong's voice came through the device.

Zheng fell into a silence. He and Zero did the most damage to the ghost so both of them were attacked. As the ghost was gradually recovering, they were trapped in a dire situation. He couldn't find a way to kill it... Were this the end of their lives? Getting wiped when there was only less than an hour left?

(No, I don't want to die, I will live!)

"Yinkong, protect Zero. I'll leave him to you. I will hold the ghost for ten minutes... Then I'll leave my life to you two!"

Zheng struggled to get up from the ground. His stamina and Qi were almost empty and the blood energy didn't have the property to enhance his stamina like Qi. It only increased his recovery rate. Zheng ran to the submachine gun on the ground. The ghost had recovered her upper body by this time and her legs were about to be completed.

Zheng's speed was much slower than before. The ghost swiped at him with that huge hand as he picked up the gun. He didn't have any time to think and forced out his blood energy while he rolled away. His upper body nearly dodged the pale hand but it still grazed his shoulder.

Fortunately the blood energy easily corroded the area of the hand that touched him. Then the energy spread to the rest of the hand and burned it away. Of course Zheng also felt that the energy in his body gradually lessened.

Zheng too a deep breath then turned around and ran. But he laughed in bitterness after only a few steps.

All the normal people had ran away from the park. Jie and Tengyi was guarding on the edge. While there were sirens coming from far away, the cops hadn't reached this place yet. Yet the ghosts of Kayako began appearing on the edge of the park. Their number was getting higher and higher until the whole park was filled with ghosts. There were at least several hundred if not more. And the huge ghost behind him was almost done recovering and about to start crawling. He was out of strength, stamina, and Qi.

"Are we really... really going to die? No, I will live no matter what!"

Zheng shouted in desperation. He gathered his last bit of strength and ran toward a large clock in the center of the park... It was about ten meters tall, right at the height of the huge ghost's chest.

Chapter 3-3

The power of this punch could easily go through Lan's body, but Zheng had extremely fine control over his strength in the unlocked mode. His fist barely hit the skin of Lan's stomach. The real attack was the force field generated from the Na ring.

With a boom, they felt as if something had disappeared after the fist hit her. Lan relaxed her forehead then fell backward. Zheng got a hold of her with his left hand. Her eyes were still closed and her face was pale. Dark blood was gushing out of her nose and mouth.

"Jie! Keep an eye on the surroundings please."

Zheng shouted then he placed Lan on the ground and stripped her clothes. To the other two men's shock, he slashed open Lan's stomach.

It immediately bursted out a lot of dark blood along with some fragmented pieces of flesh and internal organs. Zheng took a careful look inside it and saw that a large part of her intestines were cut off, and some other organs were also attacked. There was massive bleeding going on.

Zheng couldn't help the other organs but he took out the hemostasis spray and stopped the bleeding on her intestines then wrapped her up around the waist with bandage. It wasn't until all this was done did her face reagined some color. But her breathing was still very weak, as if it was going to stop at any moment.

Zheng took a deep breath and stood up. Before he got to say anything, he saw the whole place was surrounded by normal people. They saw the whole process when Zheng slashed open Lan's stomach and were standing there in terror and shock. Jie and Tengyi were looking at these people in confusion.

"What happened? Why is there suddenly so many people?" Zheng asked Jie.

Jie answered in confusion. "I don't know. Some normal people suddenly appeared then there was more and more. There are so many now just like when it was at ten normally... Did we eliminated the Ju On's main body?"

Zheng placed Lan on the ground carefully. He was confused also. "It can't be. I haven't received any rewards... wait, do you hear anything?"

"Hear what?"

Jie and Tengyi listened carefully, but aside from the noise from the crowd, there was no other sound. As they were about to ask Zheng, they suddenly heard the kakaka sound coming from the crowd. This sound was getting louder and louder then a huge pale woman stood up from the center of the crowd.

"Ah!" Tengyi yelled from the scene. Zheng and Jie immediately fired at the woman.

It seemed like the crowd didn't notice the woman. They started panicking when Zheng and Jie pointed the guns at them, and anyone that touched the huge woman fell to the ground unconscious. Yet the normal people couldn't seemed to be able to see her. As more and more people fell to the ground, the crowd was getting into a chaos.

That huge woman was over ten meters tall. She started crawling toward Zheng's group swiftly. As she was getting closer and closer, suddenly a bullet shot through her head from above with a loud bang. The bullet crushed her head and even several normal people on the way then went into the ground. Those normal people died instantly.

Zheng clenched his teeth. "Attack! Ignore the normal people. She's still growing. It seems like she can absorb the souls of the people she killed. Attack! It's better if we can also scare these people away!" Then he pulled the trigger on the submachine gun.

Jie and Tengyi also started firing their guns. Yet, this huge ghost kept recovering the damage by gathering up like fog. Only the first shot from the Gauss sniping rifle delt huge damage to her. The magical bullets from the submachine guns barely had any effect. She quickly recovered then started crawling at them again.

Yet another loud bang. The sniper shot crushed her whole leg this time. She was only seven meters away from the four of them.

"Tengyi! Carry Lan and run away! Run as far as you can and don't attack her! Jie, drive away all the normal people... or kill them! If the police come, do you best to hold them off... It's 11pm. Just one more hour, just one more hour and we can go back to God's dimension! Don't die!"

Zheng quickly assigned everyone's responsibilities then he sprinted toward the ghost. He raised his left hand and struck the ghost's other leg when her mobility was still impaired. The Na ring was such an amazing counter to spiritual beings. His punch dispersed the ghost's leg immediately. It was so much more powerful than magical bullets.

Then he sprayed the ghost's body with the gun as he ran around her. The ghost tried to catch him with her arms but those movements seemed so slow in Zheng's eyes. He just had to be careful and not get caught, the ghost couldn't do anything to him.

Another loud bang, the sniper shot struck again and crushed the ghost's head. Zheng made use of the opportunity and dispersed the ghost's left arm completely. She seemed to be unable to attack anymore. They just had to hang in there a little longer, there was even a possibility to eliminate the ghost.

(We can win! We can definitely win... uh?)

As Zheng was about to use another attack with the ring. A pale hand suddenly extended out from his back, and at the same time the woman's head extended out from his shoulder. His whole body was already unable to move by the time he sensed the danger. All his stamina and Qi was absorbed by that hand... His body was gradually turning pale. His gun fell off his hand to the ground.

Chapter 3-2

"It's the fifth wave. Everyone stop attacking, just don't attack. Leave the first round to me!" Zheng shouted to everyone. He even repeated it to Zero and Yinkong through the communication device to make sure they heard it.

The shoji gradually opened up. Behind them were indeed a man and a woman having a quarrel. The scene in front of them was exactly the same as the one Xuan saw. Kayako's body was dismembered, and that man started walking toward Zheng while holding a knife... No! Even Kayako's body was crawling toward Zheng in twisted motions.

(Really no sense of danger, as if there was nothing around me... Come on, unlock the constraint again. Hope my body can still take it!)

Zheng's eyes became sharp. He experienced the sensations from unlocking the second stage again. His muscles and bones convulsed violently, but this pain quickly went away. The other people saw him spit out several gulps of blood then sprinted toward the ghosts.

"Wind... wind spirit!" Lan's expression changed. She took out a little glass sphere and yelled.

Zheng suddenly felt his body became lighter as he was running. His speed increased by about 30%. He had already reached the man by this time. That man raised his knife and slashed at Zheng. He felt a sense of danger the moment that knife was about to touch his chest and jumped sideways without any hesitation. Then he struck the man's head with his left hand while activating the ring's energy field. The man's whole upper body was crushed instantly.

"Great!" Jie and the other people yelled excitedly after the man's upper body was crushed.

Zheng also felt relieved. Even though he didn't know why his speed suddenly increased, but it allowed him to evade the man's attack. The other ghost would be much easier to deal with now that he killed one.

Yet before he had the chance to turn to Kayako, fog began to gather around the man's upper body. A few seconds later, it recovered without any damage. At the same time, Kayako had crawled next to Zheng.

(What's wrong? Why wasn't the attack ineffective? What's wrong with Xuan's hint?)

Zheng immediately jumped backwards and dodged the two ghosts' attacks. Now he was presented with another problem, and that was the end of Xuan's hints. He didn’t' know what will happen in the sixth wave. He didn't even know how to survive this fifth wave.

Zheng tried to approach Kayako, and sensed the same danger when she was about to touch him. He dodged to the side and sprayed at her with the submachine gun. Just like before, she was dispersed but quickly recovered.

(What should I do? What should I do now? Attacks are only effective the moment they attack, and it seems like I have to kill both of them at the same time, otherwise they will recover... What should I do? What... will Xuan do in this situation? If it's him...)

Jie and the other two people saw Zheng suddenly stopped. He gave them a feeling of calmness or perhaps, apathy. He held out his right arm right in the center of the two ghosts.

The two ghosts closed in on him. Zheng stepped forward the moment that knife and Kayako were going to touch his arm. He focused Qi on his left arm and punched through the man's waist and into Kayako's head. All of that happened in an instant. As Zheng went through their bodies, both his right arm and the two ghosts disappeared.

"Uh... so bloated, I still prefer to eat... uh? Like to eat what?"

Zheng's expression changed. He exited from his simulation of Xuan. Jie and the others ran over to him with surprise. Especially Lan, she jumped into his chest.

Jie patted his shoulder and said. "Bravo, that made our hearts clenched. When did you become so strong? You even sacrificed your whole right arm, you're not scared huh?"

Zheng smiled bitterly and turned to Lan. "Lan, what was that wind spirit? Why did I feel like my speed increased a lot?"

Lan got away from him coyly then smiled. "It's the enhancement path I am taking. I am going for enhancements in magic. But almost all enhancements from this category require ranked rewards so I only exchanged an acceleration magic for now. Surely you don't expect a girl to run around with a gun right?"

Zheng suddenly sensed the same danger again. Though this sensation was not as strong as it was previously. It almost felt a little too faint. He was confused by the sensation. This didn't seem like an attack from inside like Xuan had said. If it was, the sense of danger should be much stronger than it currently was.

"Everyone be careful, something's not right. Do any of you feel... Lan? Lan!"

Zheng was about to warn them to beware of their body then he suddenly saw Lan's face turned pale. Blood gushed out of her nose and mouth along with some fragmented pieces of internal organs...

"Lan! Trust me! None of us will die!"

Zheng shouted as he pulled Lan toward him. Then he focused all his Qi on his left hand and struck at her stomach...

Chapter 3-1

The knife's sharpness was unparalleled. It sliced the wall all the way as they fell. When they got to the sixth floor, the knife finally stopped its vibration. But the inertia still kept them going down. Zheng's arm absorbed the force that was generated by the sudden drop in speed.

Even his mutated arm was almost not enough to sustain this force. He felt pain from his arm along with the sound of muscle and bones pulling apart. It was as if his whole arm was pulled off. But being in the unlocked mode allowed him to suppress the pain signals instantly.

"Ah!"

Zheng pulled out the knife, shook it and immediately stabbed it back in the wall. Then he and Lan continued falling as the knife regained its vibration...

When they got to second floor, the vibration stopped again. Zheng pulled out the knife and jumped down. His landing generated two cracks on the concrete ground. Then he sprinted toward the car he used to get there.

Numerous ghosts closed in from all sides. Zheng sprayed at them with the gun as he ran. His right arm had returned to normal but it was red and swelling, and a lot of the blood vessels were broken.

"Lan! Can you drive? Can your arms and legs move?" Zheng shouted when he got the chance.

Lan also shouted in reply. "Probably, but I don't have any energy to step on the gas pedal."

"Good! I'll leave the driving to you!"

Zheng got to the car and emptied his gun. He carried Lan inside then took off the bulletproof vest at once. He stepped on the gas pedal and shouted. "Hurry! Take control of the wheel!"

Lan immediately held onto the wheel with both hands. The car started driving along the road. She was sitting on Zheng's laps like a little girl. Before she had the chance to think of anything strange, Zheng started trembling violently. It was trembling from extreme pain, the pain that came after unlocking the constraint.

A minute later, Zheng began calming down from the pain. He exhaled and said. "We were lucky. We escaped before my unlocked state ends. Lan, how did you suddenly get to Sunlight Hotel?"

Lan moved a bit from unease. "I don't know. I was sleeping then suddenly a large door appeared in my dream. I opened it then walked inside. When I woke up, I was already in that room." She began sobbing as she said this.

"... I'm sorry. I almost got you killed back there..."

Zheng smiled tenderly. As he was about to comfort her, his expression changed. He turned around and saw a crowd of ghosts following behind the car. They were crawling faster than the car was moving.

"What's wrong? What's there behind?" Lan felt Zheng turned his body then asked.

Zheng immediately took out a magazine from the ring and put it in his gun. "Focus on driving. We just have to get back to the park. Jie and the others are waiting there. We will have enough firepower to kill all these ghosts!"

The ghosts in the front were getting so close the car. At the same time the park also came into view. Zheng said. "Don't stop! Drive into the pedestrian street. They will open fire when they see these ghosts. Then we will stop."

It was almost 10pm, yet there were no one in the park, not even the patrols. Zheng also just realized there were no other cars on the whole way they were driving. Did everyone disappeared when the ghosts attacked?

As he was thinking, gunshots came from the other side of the park. When he carried Lan out of the car, he saw Jie was standing there with a heavy machine gun.

Jie looked excited as he sprayed at the ghosts. Tengyi was also looking fanatical as he was holding on the ammunition belt for the machine gun.

"Shit, this feels so good. We were getting scared by these ghosts the whole time and, it's so satisfying killing them!" Jie shouted as he looked at those ghosts.

The ghosts couldn't get near them under this firepower. They also returned to their normal crawling speed once Zheng got off the car. When the machine gun ran out of ammunition, there were only a hundred ghosts left.

Zheng and the others finished these hundred ghosts with ease. Then they let out a sigh of relief. Even though they had a machine gun, the amount of ghosts still looked horrifying. They didn't have enough to give each ghost a piece if they didn't have the magical bullets.

"Wow you guys, where did you attract so many of them?" Jie let out a sigh of relief and asked.

Zheng and Lan forced a smile but before they get to answer, the area in front of them lit up. A series of shoji appeared and a man and woman were quarreling behind the shoji.

Chapter 2-2

"Zero, Yinkong, wait at the sniping spot on the roof. We will communicate through the device. Don't shoot until I say so. The ghost's next wave will attack the one who attacked it... Jie and Tengyi, you guys wait here. If the ghost follows me, please open fire..."

Zheng turned off the device and said to them hurriedly. Then he ran outside the park.

Jie shouted at him. "Zheng! Where are you going?"

"To keep my promise! And... to save our team!"

A team existed because it had the ability to unite people with common interests. Their current common interest was to survive with the help of each other. This was one of the most powerful common interests, but it was his promise to never leave anyone behind that got them together. Even without this promise... he would still go. Otherwise this team would cease to exist and... he would live under Xuan's shadow!

The way to Sunlight Hotel from the park wasn't far. Though it would still take a few minutes if he were to run there. Zheng's thoughts became clearer as the situation got more urgent. He didn't see any taxis on the road so he blocked in front of a car passing by. As the car was going to hit him, he jumped straight into the driver's seat.

The owner of the car was shocked that someone suddenly ran out from the side. He immediately stepped on the brake but the car still moved ahead due to inertia. Then the front window shattered and the owner fainted from the impact.

He only felt a little dizzy from the intense impact. After a few deep breaths, he refreshed himself. He pushed the owner off the car and apologized. Then blocked the door and flew to the hotel.

"Lan, what's the situation? Don't cry, tell me the current situation!" Zheng stepped on the gas pedal and shouted to the communication device.

Lan slowly stopped crying and muttered. "I haven't seen the ghost yet. The charm is burning slow but if I approach the door it will burn out very fast. I only have four charms left, I can't get near the door anymore... Zheng, what is that sound, are you driving?"

"Rest assured, I will be at the hotel within two minutes! Wait for me no matter what!"

"No! I don't allow you to come here! Please don't come, the Ju On will kill you... Please, no one will remember you. If you died, people who love you will be sad... Lori will be so sad." Lan suddenly got emotional, her voice was almost shouting.

Zheng was quiet for a bit then said. "This is the promise I made to you... I also promised Lori. I won't die no matter what, I will survive... I will keep my promises, so I will definitely live!"

With a squeak, the car slid on the road for over ten meters then stopped. Zheng kicked open the door and sprinted toward the hotel. He was inside the hotel before the receptionist could react.

Zheng ran up through the stairs. His speed was very fast already but he still heard Lan's cry through the device. "No more charms!" Followed by gunshots from upstairs.

(Speed! Speed!)

Zheng screamed silently in his mind. He desperately recalled the feeling he had when he unlocked his genetic constraint. After some time, he felt something within him had unlocked. This was the first time he tried to unlock it when there weren't any immediate danger... and he succeeded!

Yet it came with a price. Zheng spit out several gulps of blood. He felt worse than dying, his muscles were convulsing and cramping, he felt as if a hand was stirring in his stomach, and his bones were crackling. If it wasn't that his charms were still intact, he would have thought the ghost had attacked him.

Along with the pain was a sensation of power even greater than the previous times he had unlocked the constraint. The countless fighting instincts, the ability to sense danger, and the techniques to use his strength made him feel so powerful.

If someone was to see Zheng's movements right now, they would be scared. Because he was running on all fours on the wall. His speed was so fast that kept him on the wall without falling... just like a beast.

"Ah!"

Zheng screamed as he got to the floor Lan was in. At the same time, the charm in his pocket started to burn. It was burning faster and faster as he moved closer to Lan. Then he saw the suite with an opened door.

The situation inside enraged him. Lan was standing there shivering. A pale white hand reached out from behind her and grabbed her neck. Then a woman's head appeared next to her shoulder.

Zheng sprinted over to Lan and placed a charm on her face. That pale woman fell back while making the kakaka sounds as if she just got burned. Once she got away from, Zheng took out his submachine gun and sprayed at her. This woman was laughing hideously as the magical bullets dispersed her.

Lan fell on the ground once the ghost got away from her. Then her body started trembling. The charm on her face was burning even faster. It only took a moment for the whole charm to finish burning. But the paleness on her face gradually subsided and blood started to come back.

"The second..." Lan tried to open her mouth. But she was so weak right now that her voice was barely audible.

Fortunately Zheng was in the unlocked state and could hear her voice. He held onto her while he took out his last charm and placed it on her face. He asked in a hurry. "Second what?"

"The second... that's the second wave..."

The second wave, then the third wave is also going to be from behind?

Zheng's eyes became sharp. He put down Lan and ran to the nearest wall. He ran up to the wall as that feeling of danger swept at him. Then a pale hand appeared from behind his neck but before the hand could reach him, he turned himself around in midair and punched at it... using the hand that was wearing the Na ring. He channeled his Qi to the ring and the punch went straight through the woman. The invisible field surrounding the ring was like acid. The woman immediately disappeared once the field touched her.

"This is the third wave. Then the fourth wave... getting attacked by a lot of ghosts?"

Zheng immediately ran over to Lan after he landed on the floor. Just as he brought her into his arms, the kakaka sounds came from every direction, like several hundred ghosts were making these creepy sounds nonstop. The feeling of danger reached its extreme. It was a sense of terror like death was looming in.

The first pale farm reached in from the door. A pale woman with a twisted body was crawling in on the wall. Then there was a second, and third...

Zheng started spraying with his gun. Even though the gun wasn't too powerful, it was fast and could carry a fair amount of bullets at a time. After killing off ten women, a sense of danger came from behind. He turned around just to see more arms were crawling up from the windows. He ran over to the window after shooting them off then he suddenly calmed down when he looked out the window.

The roads outside the hotel were packed with these pale women. There were almost a thousand from what he could see and who knew how many more beyond the roads. There deaths were only a matter of time...

"Lan, do you believe me? Even if it looks like death..."

Lan had recovered a bit of energy. She nodded lightly and said. "Yes. Even if you want me to die... I will still believe you."

"Ok!"

Zheng wrapped Lan inside his bulletproof vest... Just like that time he carried Lori. They were held together tightly.

"Hold onto me! Believe me... we will survive no matter what!"

Then Zheng screamed in pain. To Lan's shock, his right arm started to enlarge in visible speed. It looked three times as thick as a normal person's arm. The puffed muscle felt like a mutated organism.

"So this is the second stage of the unlocked mode... Hold on to me! Lan!"

Zheng held onto her with his left hand, and onto the progressive knife with his mutated right hand. He shattered the window with a kick then jumped down the hotel. It was the twelfth floor of the Sunlight Hotel...

"Ah!"

Right as Zheng jumped out, he stabbed the knife into the wall. The two of them started falling rapidly along with the split on the wall caused by the knife.

Chapter 2-1

No time was wasted after their discussion. Everyone packed their stuff and checked out. Then they went to the park.

The time was evening and the park was still rather crowded. The six of them found some empty seats. Then Zero and Yinkong went to scout the place without a word, while the other four people kept a lookout of the surroundings.

As the sky gradually darkened, people began to leave the park. By the time there were only a few people left, Zero and Yinkong came back.

Zheng smiled and said. "Thanks for your work, have you checked the whole area? Did you get attacked?"

Zero nodded. Yinkong replied. "Nothing happened to the charms. We've gotten most of the area down. There are several retail buildings west from here suitable for sniping. The other three sides are wide streets. If our gunshots attracted the police after we eliminated the Ju On, we should run east. There's a manhole to the sewers... That's all we have for now. It will take another day or two to get everything down."

Zheng laughed. "No, that's enough. We're only afraid of the Ju On. Once we eliminated it, we can surrender to the police. We will go back to God's dimension after seven days. So we don't have to be afraid of the police."

Zheng and the others sat together with their back to each other. A few groups of patrols had walked pass them already. Of course there were no laws prohibiting people to sit on the park at night. So the patrols didn't do anything but they still glanced at the six people occasionally.

"I placed two charms in between us. We will take turns guarding through the night, two people at a time. If you see the charms start to burn, wake everyone up immediately. If there are no objections, I will assign the groups."

When the clock reached twelve, everyone started to feel a bit sleepy. They had lived the past few days in constant fear after all. Aside from the night that they had the scriptures, how could they had slept in peace?

"Then Zero and Yinkong in a group, Jie and Tengyi a group, Lan and me a group. Jie and Tengyi will start with the first shift. I will take the second, and Zero will take the third. Three hours each shift. Is it alright with everyone?"

Zheng was cautious when he assigned the groups. He put a veteran into each group. Jie could handle Tengyi if something were to happen. Even though Zero was a bit weaker than Yinkong, he would wake everyone if Yinkong acted in any way strange. Things like the scriptures being stolen shouldn't happen again.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye, especially when one was sleepy. Zheng felt as though they woke him up right as he lay down. He slapped his face to wake himself up. Though Lan didn't have such willpower. She tried to open her eyes but those eyelids felt so heavy. The sight looked so pitiful to Zheng.

"Lan, you can continue sleeping. I can take guard alone. It's only paying attention to see if the charms start to burn, one person is enough for this." Zheng smiled and said tenderly.

Lan shook her head with half open eyes. "No, talk to me. I will wake up when I start talking."

"Then we'll have a chat..." Zheng thought for a bit but smiled bitterly. "But what should I say? I'll tell you a cold (lame) joke. A polar bear was bored so it starts pulling its fur. By the time all its furs are gone..."

"No, no, don't tell cold jokes. That's all you ever say to me but they aren't funny at all..." Lan shook her head and sat beside Zheng. Then she slowly moved into his arms.

Zheng froze, and without moving an inch he said. "Ok then... Then we will talk about our current situation. Do you think I look like an idiot? I thought I am like a savior, but in reality I can't even guarantee the safety of my own life. Yet I was trying to save this and save that person. I almost put my own team in danger for the newbies. No, I've already put us in danger. If it wasn't me, those scriptures..."

"If it wasn't you, maybe we wouldn't have went to look for the scriptures." Even though her eyes were still cloudy, she was starting to wake up. She leaned against his chest and muttered.

"I don't know how the others think but I feel safe when I am at your side... I've seen so many similar things happened in the real world. People act indifferent when they see someone gets robbed, but when they are the victims, they will complain about everyone being apathetic... In this world, no one should have trusted anyone. People would suspect and even attack each other. But the five of us sincerely followed you. We all believe that if any of us are in danger, you will definitely do your best to save us. That's why this team exists."

Zheng laughed bitterly then shook his head. "I'm not as great as you think. I just want to combine everyone's power to survive the horror movies... Compared to my idiotic kindness, Xuan's methods are more effective. He can lead the majority back alive but I may be leading you toward an abyss. Isn't that it?"

Lan shook her head lightly. "I don't know why but I felt pity toward Xuan. Every time I see his emotionless face, it makes people feel like he's very tired... Enough about him, your kindness isn't idiotic. It got a hold of our hearts. You just have to choose the newbies more carefully next time. Please keep that kindness... If I or any other team member is in danger, will you come save me?"

Zheng nodded seriously. "Yes, I will... I said I won't leave behind any member that I acknowledged. If it is his fault that he got in danger, I will put the team's safety ahead, but if he got in danger for the team, I will go save him even if I am the only one left!"

"Really? You're..." Lan started crying on his chest. She muttered. "Why are you so similar to him? You're an idiot, baka. Why do you have to act like a Samaritan... why!? No one will remember you. Even I will forget about your face, your height, your smell after a few years... Even I will forget about you, you idiot. Why are you a nice person..."

Zheng couldn't move a bit. He just sat there in silence. Lan's tears had soaked his chest. Not only that, her hands held onto him tightly.

Time passed, when her crying started to fade, Zheng said. "If you want to talk, I will listen quietly..."

Lan shook her head. Even though she had stopped crying, she still didn't let go of Zheng, as if this was the only way she could feel any safety. It wasn't until they heard a cough from behind them did she let go of him. Then she lay down on a chair without looking at Zheng.

Zero and Yinkong had woken up. As they stared at Zheng quietly, he blushed and also found a chair to lie down. Yet Lan's crying still filled his mind.

They basically stayed together the whole time the next day. They ate some meals in a restaurant then cleaned themselves up in a nearby hotel. Then they went back to this park. When the sun set, it was the same guarding through the night in groups. By the time it was Zheng's turn, Lan sat next to him without a word and held onto him.

Time flew by... It was already the seventh day. They just had to last seven more hours, then they could go back to God's dimension. Even though it was pity that they couldn't kill the Ju On's main body but at least they could go back alive.

The park was crowded during the evening. They were all exhausted after these few days of guarding throughout the night. That was why they started to rest during the evening.

Zheng was sleeping peacefully when he got woke up. His mind was still a little fuzzy then he heard Jie's voice. "Zheng! Lan is gone!"

"What's gone?" Zheng jumped up and yelled. "Lan's gone? Wasn't she sleeping here? How can she disappear suddenly? Where is the charm? Is it burning?"

Zero and Yinkong also woke up from the yelling. Jie replied hastily. "Tengyi and I didn't even take a break. We were paying full attention to the surrounding. The two charms are also intact. There were a lot of people before, did she go away with the crowd?"

Zheng had noticed the sky had darkened. The time should be about eight or nine pm. When he was about to ask more questions, the communication device vibrated. "Lan? Where are you? Why didn't you tell us when you leave? We are worried about you... Lan?"

He heard Lan's crying through the device. "I don't know what happened. I just suddenly woke up from a chill and found myself in that room in Sunlight Hotel. I don't know how I got here, I was sleeping on the chair... Zheng, the charm I am carrying is burning. I am scared..."

Zheng shivered. The charm was burning... that meant...

Chapter 1-2

Zheng replied immediately. "Is it Xuan? Where are you? What was that creepy noise from last night? Hello?"

"... If you hear this message, that means I am dead. This message will be sent twelve hours after I died. As my final message... being able to meet all of you... thank you."

"Then let me verify my last conjecture..."

"Immune to physical damage? Illusion? Or perhaps... Arnold, attack!"

"As expected... no rewards. And it takes a large amount of magical bullets to eliminate a ghost..."

Xuan's voice was sent through the device and along with it, the sound of gunshots. Zheng put the device on the coffee table.

"Arnold, be cautious of your back, the ghost is likely to attack the one that damaged her."

"... Physical contact causes you to lose control of the body?"

"Must attack every part of the body..."

Another round of gunshots and the sound of a large object falling onto the ground.

"Still no reward, does the number seven hint at..."

"The ghost becomes stronger after every wave... I've killed it three times so this is the fourth wave?"

"The fourth wave!"

"No! Still no reward, no notification. It will continue..."

After a period of silence, they heard a quarrel between a man and woman. Then the woman screamed and shortly after followed by the sound of a knife slashing onto meat.

"Illusion? Or..."

"The attacked part disappears then goes into my intestines. How did he do it? Not physical and not a mental attack... A spirit type attack that's unexplainable by science."

"It can't not exist. In other words, attacks are normally ineffective. Only the moment he attacks you..."

"... Feels so bloated. I still prefer delicious looking food..."

"The fifth wave is... over!"

Then came the creepy kakaka sounds, as if the ghost making the sounds right into the device.

"Invisible? Or is it... inside my body?"

"So this is the sixth wave? Attacking organs from inside..."

After a few more shots was the sound of another object falling onto the ground.

"Zheng, this is my last hint... Thank you..."

That was the end of the message.

"Xuan..."

Zheng sighed. He took a deep breath then said to Lan. "Lan, can you deduce what happened during this message? I can remember every word, can you try to analyze it?"

Lan gave him a strange look, then nodded lightly. "It began with Xuan encountering the Ju On, probably quite far away from him. That was why he could still talk while shooting. He used normal bullets in the first round, which was why he said ghosts are immune to physical damage. Then he had Arnold attack it, this time with magical bullets..."

"Then?" Zheng sat down and thought for a moment. "Did Arnold kill the ghost? No, if he did then what attacked him afterward? The other ghost?"

Lan also thought for a bit. "Maybe it was eliminated temporarily. Then it comes back even stronger. That's what he probably meant... He warned Arnold to be careful of his back. Probably because the ghost had already reached Arnold. So he said don't get in contact with it. Then..."

"Then Xuan killed Arnold along with the ghost." Zheng sighed.

Lan nodded. "Xuan didn't say a word after that. There were only gunshots and creepy noises. He was shooting nonstop during this period. I think he probably encountered many ghosts, so many that he couldn't get a chance to talk. This is the fourth wave of attack."

"Then the fifth wave, the quarrel between a man and woman. This scene is also in the movie. It depicted the formation of the Ju On. The husband suspected his wife was cheating on him. So he killed her and hid her body in the attic. I think Xuan saw an illusion of this scene then got attacked by either Kayako or her husband."

"He shot at it but found that the magical bullets were ineffective. So he waited for the ghost to approach him. After he was attacked he found the part of him that got attacked disappeared then went inside his intestines... Uh, such a disgusting method. But since the ghost can attack us, we should also be able to attack it the moment it attacks. That was probably how Xuan killed the ghost once more..."

Zheng mumbled. "Then the sixth wave was the ghost entering his internal organs? Then... he's..."

Lan touched her forehead. "Yes, Xuan is probably already..."

Zheng sighed deeply. He suddenly felt a little empty, just like a friend that was on bad terms passed away. That calm and intelligent Xuan...

(Farewell, Xuan... I should be the one to thank you.)

Ten seconds later, Zheng's mind came back to the present. "Let's organize this information. Xuan kept mentioning the number seven. He said God wouldn't assign us a number randomly. This seven is probably the number of times we have to defeat the Ju On. I have some thoughts about this. Lan, do you get what I am thinking?"

Lan nodded and smiled. "It's you that thought about what I was thinking... Ahem, anyway, it seems like from Xuan's message, the Ju On's ghost comes back stronger every time it gets defeated. Especially the sixth time. It's almost unavoidable death... So, that seven hints at the number of times it will come back. The seventh time..."

Zheng continued. "When the ghost appears for the seventh time, it will probably be its main body. We just have to kill the last ghost then we can defeat the Ju On!"

No matter what Xuan's goal was, this message was as valuable as the scriptures. It verified that the ghosts could be defeated and also gave them hope... The Ju On wasn't something they have to keep running away from. Sometimes horror wasn't scary, what was worse was when you didn't even have the courage to resist. Perhaps when you raise your weapon against it, it was just a slightly stronger monster. You could also defeat it!

The rest of the afternoon was spent discussing how to defeat the Ju On. They could guess that the first wave would start from afar then slowly approach you. At this point you just had to attack it with magical bullets. These ghosts might be horrifying for a normal person, but for them, as long as they could damage the ghosts, the rest was easy.

The second and third waves probably appear from behind. They would have to attack both the ghost and person.

"Bulletproof vest, we need five bulletproof vests. We also need six helmets to guard against stray bullets. Zero, can you get them from the yakuza?" Zheng asked.

Yinkong suddenly said. "If it's only bulletproof vests and helmets, I think I can get them from the police network. But we will have to wait till tomorrow noon..."

Zero also said. "That's about the same time I can get those."

Zheng nodded. "Good, then I'll leave it to you two. Please get them by tomorrow noon. For the fourth wave, if we are going to get attacked by a lot of ghosts, I think we need a large open area. Being in a room or a hallway would be disadvantageous for us. I suggest that starting tonight, we will camp outside the park. It would be best to pick one that's over a hundred meters wide. Any opinions?"

Aside from Lan, everyone else nodded. Jie suddenly asked. "What about the fifth wave? How should we deal with the ghost? We can only counterattack the moment it starts attacking. And the part that gets attacked will go into your intestine..."

"So." Zheng smiled. "So during the fifth wave, I will be the bait! I am very sensitive to danger when I am in the unlocked mode. I will evade its attack and don't forget I have a weapon that counters ghosts, the Na ring. It's a good opportunity to use the Na ring to attack when the ghost closes in."

"So let me be the bait for the fifth wave. That is the best plan for the whole team's safety!"