Absolute Death Game

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Watching Xiao Buli's retreating figure, Qin Shimoon was not particularly reassured, so she took out her phone and dialed a number to instruct a few words, then she got busy with other matters. Half an hour later, the phone in front of her rang again.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Hello, how's the surveillance going?"

"The target has gone to a bar in the city."

So that was it. Qin Shimoon let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Xiao Buli had gone to a bar; it looked like he hadn't lied. It seemed he had no intention of slipping from her grasp for the time being. She could probably let her guard down now. While thinking this, she told the person on the other end of the line they could switch the target, and then she hung up the call.

Of course, Xiao Buli's visit to the bar wasn't for the purpose of 'splashing out' and relaxing; he was there to retrieve something.

As soon as he stepped into the Rainbow Bar, the beautiful bartender recognized him.

Welcome, Mr. Xiao, are you here to see the boss?

Xiao Buli nodded, and the bartender signaled a waiter in a plain uniform to lead him to a private room inside.

It wasn't long before Gu Shaobang pushed the door open and entered. "Boss, you finally showed up. I thought you got so addicted to online games you got dragged off for electroshock therapy," he said.

Gu Shaobang's tone was slightly reproachful, but more playful than anything. Xiao Buli smiled, "Here I am. How's business lately?"

"How else could it be, just muddling along as usual. You know me, I just opened this bar out of boredom." Gu Shaobang sat down opposite him and said as several drinks were brought to their table. When the two were alone in the private room, Gu Shaobang asked with some mystery, "Old Xiao, how is that game going? Is there any hope for it?"

Xiao Buli shook his head, "There's no hope for that game, and it's not likely to ever go public."

"What? Why is that?" Gu Shaobang said, sounding rather disappointed.

Seeing the disappointment on Gu Shaobang's face, Xiao Buli hesitated whether to share the secret of the game. If there was anyone in the world he could trust, Gu Shaobang would definitely be one of them.

On the other hand, he was afraid of bringing trouble and danger to Gu Shaobang. Being alone didn't matter much to him, but Gu Shaobang had a large family and business to worry about, and Xiao Buli didn't want to bring any unexpected danger to him.

Yet, on the other hand, he felt that not telling him about the opportunity to obtain superpowers wasn't very friendly. After some hesitation, he decided to test the waters first.

"By the way, Mr. Bang, do you remember the novel 'Infinite Horror' we read back then?"

"Of course, I remember. Why do you ask?"

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Xiao Buli didn't answer Gu Shaobang's question, but carefully chose his words before saying, "If you had the chance to enter the Main God World from that novel, would you choose to go?" Xiao Buli had considered his question carefully; the situation he now faced was too bizarre and couldn't be compared to anything in real life.

The only thing that seemed remotely similar was the plot of 'Infinite Horror'.

Gu Shaobang, however, shook his head, "Definitely not. It's so dangerous. You could die at any moment. Even if you had superpowers, what's the use if you can't return to reality? Sooner or later, you'd still end up dead, unless—"

"Unless what?"

Gu Shaobang spoke confidently, "Unless the difficulty of the horror movie scenarios in the Main God World could be chosen freely, and you could exit any time you wanted. No matter how cautious you are or how strong, if you keep taking risks, eventually you will capsize. You could say that unless you have protagonist-like luck, it's almost certain doom.

But if it's just risking life and limb once or twice to obtain superpowers, I have the guts for that kind of gamble. I could pick a few of the easiest horror movies, earn some Reward Points, and exchange them for some cheap, practical abilities, then exit and never go back. I'd live out the rest of my life happily and comfortably."

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Xiao Buli nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, (A very wise perspective, but it looks like I still can't tell him about the game for now).

Gu Shaobang, seeing Xiao Buli deep in thought, couldn't help but feel curious, "Why would you suddenly ask about this?"

Xiao Buli shook his head, "It's nothing, oh right, have the things I ordered arrived?"

Gu Shaobang nodded and had someone bring out a box.

Xiao Buli opened the box to check its contents and found quite a few items inside.

A thick stack of Kui Paper, a special type of paper made from the bark of the locust tree, typically used only for special religious rituals and very rare in this era. Xiao Buli had gone to great lengths to find and order it online. In addition, there were several pieces of top-quality cinnabar, a few wolf hair ink brushes, and a jade inkstone.

These items had cost Xiao Buli over two thousand yuan, but after checking them, he was quite satisfied with their quality.

"Boss, what are you ordering all these things for? Are you planning to practice calligraphy?" Gu Shaobang asked in surprise.

"Something like that," said Xiao Buli, checking the items again, "What's missing?"

"Oh, the sword? I thought it looked nice, so I took it out for a bit of fun." Gu Shaobang said sheepishly as he took out a long package from a cabinet. Upon opening it, there was a single-handed Han-style Longsword inside.

Xiao Buli casually drew the sword from its sheath, revealing a Han-style Longsword forged from patterned steel. It had an ancient design with clear cloud patterns etched along the blade. Examining the edge, he found it exceedingly sharp, a rare sharpened treasure sword. Nodding in approval, Xiao Buli was very satisfied with the quality of the sword he had ordered.

While he didn't know much about swords and didn't even know if the patterned steel was genuine or not, its appearance was more than sufficient to him, as he only intended to use it temporarily.

After saying goodbye to Gu Shaobang, Xiao Buli took his items and returned home.

Setting the sword aside, he laid out the contents of the box neatly on his desk, preparing to start making Talisman Paper.

In the past few days, he had given much thought to casting spells in real life. The spells he had learned in the game must exist; otherwise, his wounds from the other night wouldn't have mysteriously healed. The question was how to cast them.

Clearly, it was not so simple, but after some analysis, he thought that maybe he could start with some simple and intuitive skills like Basic Swordsmanship and Chain Sword Strike, which could be directly imitated in real life. Perhaps it was because of this that they were so easy to use, and making Talisman Paper was just one of these skills. After all, wasn't it just writing and drawing?

That was what he thought at the time.

The materials in the box had all been ordered according to the descriptions in the skill instructions.

Using a paper cutter, he cut the Kui Paper into individual sheets, five inches long and three inches wide. He took out the cinnabar, ground it with water on the inkstone, picked up the wolf hair brush, and brought up the image of the talisman on his phone. Xiao Buli began to draw meticulously.

At first, he was a bit rusty, and the first talisman turned out rather crooked, but by the third sheet, he was drawing smoothly.

(Is it as I suspected? Are skills that can be imitated more easily used?)

He pondered this as he continued to draw the talismans, one after the other. Eventually, his brush moved lightning fast, able to complete a talisman in a few seconds. The brush moved effortlessly in his hand without any sign of unfamiliarity, and the patterns of the talismans seemed imprinted in his mind, no longer requiring him to check against the images on his phone.

After drawing over thirty, Xiao Buli reluctantly stopped.

Next was figuring out how to cast the spell. He picked up one of the talismans that was drawn particularly well, feeling a touch of excitement at the thought.