After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Chapter 41

There had never been a night as long as this in M City.

The morning rays in the horizon lit up the city as well as the completely wrecked streets. Dark red blood that had mixed together with other fluids on the roads evaporated, leaving behind an unpleasant and rancid smell.

Although the army of ghosts and monsters were gone, but for the Bureau, their work had just begun.

After a whole night of fighting, the members of the Logistics Department didn't even have the chance to rest before they were dispatched to all corners of the city to deal with the aftermath of that chaos.

The remaining bodies of the ghosts and monsters had to be recovered as soon as possible or the yin energy and malice in them would spread through the air, bringing over more hidden dangers that they probably wouldn't be able to deal with.

Furthermore, they also had to clean up the remaining ghosts and monsters and do a headcount of the casualties.

The phones in the police stations as well as the hospitals were ringing off the hooks. There were civilians needing treatment and help everywhere.

Moreover, the scope of the damages caused by this incident was just too large. An entire city losing contact with the outside world and becoming a haunted city overnight; something like this couldn't be concealed.

The existence of paranormal creatures was now completely exposed, and the entire human world was shaken by this new revelation. Humans can no longer return to their previously peaceful life anymore.

Just like dominoes, as long as the first piece fell, no one could control the chain reaction that followed.

The phones in the Bureau rang non-stop. The superiors in the M City branch reported desperately to the main headquarters as the rest of them contacted other agencies and social media in attempt to control this news that was spreading far and wide.

Numerous reports and follow ups following the incident reached the office. A certain mysterious existence appeared in those reports more than once.

It was a young man in a hood whose appearance couldn't be seen clearly. Wielding a large crescent shaped scythe, his whereabouts were unpredictable, but his strength was as powerful as an A-level fierce ghost. This individual seemed to have been the main pillar of support that night.

The same questions surfaced in everyone's minds.

Who was he?

Why did he suddenly appear and then disappear again?

And more importantly…..

Where was he now?

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In a certain building in the middle of the city centre.

Usually at a time like this, the workers would have already clocked in, making the entire business district alive and bustling, but at this moment, the entire building as well as the entire business district outside was empty.

Countless oddly shaped and mutilated monster bodies turned into dark-grey smoke and scattered under the sun, blanketing the area with a strong, foul stench in the process.

It was however different near that building.

With it as the centre, there was an empty circle, like the eye of a tornado. The ground was clean and there were no bloody residues whatsoever.

In the depths of the building, the smooth floor was spotless.

Compared to the shining sun outside, it was still rather cold and bleak in there.

The blood gu fish floated quietly in the air with its huge goat skull tilted as it looked at the silent human before it in confusion.

For some reason, the other party had been motionless for a long time.

The young man had his eyes lowered. As if his feet had grown roots into the ground, he stood motionlessly in the empty hall. There were no superfluous expressions on his pale face, as if he was deliberately concealing his turbulent thoughts and emotions. Beneath the seemingly calm surface, he had habitually built up a tall and thick wall, hiding all his true emotions behind it it.

However, although he remained expressionless, the blood gu fish could still keenly sense the gloomy and cold air coming from the other party that made the temperature of the surrounding environment drop several degrees.

The blood gu fish leaned forward and cautiously pressed its head against the other person's hand.

Ye Ji finally returned from his thoughts.

He lowered his eyes, looked at the blood gu fish beside him and gently rubbed its head.

Dark emotions were concealed deep inside those light-coloured eyes of his, much like the grey sky just before a storm.

After stripping away all the details and carefully going through it all, Ye Jia was now very certain—-

Although he didn't know how, Ji Xuan had recognised him since the very beginning.

But what Ye Jia couldn't understand was why he hadn't done anything after finding out his identity.

—-Even after carefully and thoroughly examining through every minute and every second of his interactions with the other party, he couldn't reach a perfect answer to this question of his.

Ye Jia scratched the blood gu fish's chin in thought.

Seeing that it was once again receiving attention from its favourite human, it quickly threw aside the doubts it had and rolled over to make it easier for the other party to scratch it.

But though Ye Jia's eyes were lowered, he wasn't looking at it. He seemed to have fallen deeply into thought again.

—-So what if he couldn't figure it out?

He cruelly asked himself:

—–Why are you still so stupid and naïve? You still think you can understand a fierce ghost's logic?

Ye Jia's eyes turned slightly cold, as if a layer of frost had gathered over it.

In his memory, that thin little boy had always closely followed him around, looking up at him with his pair of clear black eyes filled with trust and reliance, as if he was looking at his entire world. He would use his cold hands to grab Ye Jia's wrist and lean his small body close before softly calling out "gege".

There was no such thing as trust in the game.

That was an ironclad rule.

However, he had ignored this rule and unknowingly given him his trust. Whether it was in an instance or after he got 'Ya', he would always single-mindedly protect this child who would call him 'gege' whenever he was being pursued by the other players in the game and even felt guilty and regretful for implicating him. (KKnotes: Ya (?): Teeth. He's referring to the scythe)

He had kept a poisonous snake by his side, and blindly thought it was a companion.

However much he cherished this child was however much pain he felt when he was betrayed.

It was only at the very last moment that Ye Jia realised that this had been something that had been set up for him since the very beginning and he had unknowingly thrown himself into this trap without any hesitation.

And so, in their final confrontation, he personally killed Ji Xuan.

At the same time, he killed his once soft and blindly naïve self.

But he didn't expect that the other party not only didn't die, that person had actually chased after him into the real world.

Ye Jia once again revisited everything that happened after he and the other party met again.

—–Including his own cautious act of retreat, and the other person's act of getting close to him while wearing a fake mask.

Ye Jia's breathing became slightly unstable.

He raised the corners of his lips, revealing a faint smile.

Seeing his smile in the distance, the small black hand couldn't help but shudder. It subconsciously retreated and pressed itself against the wall.

Ye Jia's eyes weren't smiling. Only cold anger burned inside them.

Why hadn't he done anything to him all this time?

It was probably just so that he could satisfy his malicious desires and see him suffer again.

Ye Jia knelt down and gently touched the blood gu fish's belly. The smile on his lips was particularly brilliant:

"You will follow me from now on."

The blood gu fish tilted its head for a moment and then excitedly rubbed its body against him, seemingly happy with this proposal.

The smile on Ye Jia's lips deepened. He distractedly petted the blood gu fish as a scythe slowly formed in his other hand.

As for your other master……

After today, he will no longer exist.

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The small black hand had never in its life expected things to develop in such an absurd direction.

It didn't know what Ye Jia was thinking.

It only knew that, after the other party stood still for a while, for some reason anger and evil energy surged inside him and he had pulled out his scythe.

The small black hand no longer had the time to worry about the warning given to it from King. It hurriedly jumped onto Ye Jia's shoulder, grabbed his collar, and asked carefully, "B-Boss, where are we going?"

Ye Jia smiled and said, "To kill a ghost."

The small black hand was confused, "K-kill who?"

Ye Jia: "Ji Xuan."

Small black hand: "……………………….."

It's over.

Please read this from kk translates

The dog-blood and perverted narrative was about to change into one of revenge and murder!

Ye Jia first brought the blood gu fish back to his place and ordered it to stay there.

After all, the blood gu fish had been with Ji Xuan longer. Ye Jia didn't think that it would help him when he and Ji Xuan were to go against each other so he decided that it would be better to let it stay out of the battle.

Immediately afterwards, he concealed himself with his ghost energy and activated his ghost domain.

The inside of the ghost domain was scarlet red.

The small black hand gripped tightly onto his collar. It stammered next to his ear, hoping it could discourage Ye Jia's impulsive actions.

Ye Jia briefly glanced at it, "If you're scared of being implicated, I will let you leave just before I see Ji Xuan."

The small black hand: "………."

Ye Jia calmly continued, "Don't worry. Even if I lose, it's good news for you. The binding between us will be gone and you will be free."

The small black hand wanted to cry without tears, "…………"

It didn't mean thatttttttt!

Very soon, Ye Jia arrived at the place where he had seen Ji Xuan last time.

The luxurious hall was still dimly lit but it was however completely empty. Even the bloody pool in the hall was empty.

Ye Jia looked around.

Ji Xuan wasn't here.

But before he could do anything, a black and sticky monster suddenly leapt out from a corner of the room.

Ye Jia quickly evaded to the side and a cold light flashed in his hand.

Following the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air, that monster was split into two. It fell onto the ground and spasmed in pain.

There were seven or eight large eyes growing on its body. Every one of them were black but there seemed to be a strange layer of scarlet mist over the top of it. Even for a fierce ghost, it was clear that its state didn't seem quite right.

What's more, he had clearly used 'Ya' as his weapon but he wasn't able to consume the other party's powers.

Ye Jia frowned slightly. He lowered his head and lightly nudged the monster with the tip of his shoe.

The next second, the monster's body shattered and turned into dust.

Ye Jia was slightly startled.

At this moment, there was the sound of a door being pushed open, "Oh, A'Ye! You're here!"

This cheerful voice. Who else could it be apart from A'Mi?

Ye Jia narrowed his eyes and turned to look behind him.

A'Mi's figure was still blurry like a shadow and its facial features were unclear but one could still tell that it was in a good mood, "I have been trying to contact you for a long time but wasn't able to get through. I thought you were caught up in that rebellion and got killed!"

Rebellion?

Ye Jia was confused for a moment before he soon came to an understanding.

Indeed, the incident last night was something initiated by the Fly King but to Ji Xuan, it could be considered a rebellion.

He calmly asked, "Do you know where King is?"

A'mi answered naturally, "On the other battlefield of course."

Ye Jia frowned, "But it's over."

How could there be another battle going on?

"Yeah, the rebellion last night had been controlled but King's subordinates were all sent out…." A'mi babbled.

Ye Jia, "….Where were they sent to?"

"The West District." A'mi answered.

A look of surprised flashed across Ye Jia's eyes.

He was in the East District last night.

He had the Bureau's communication device with him and he had gone wherever there were more calls for help so he had basically mostly been in the East District last night….Ye Jia originally thought that it was because there were more high level fierce ghosts in the East District but he didn't expect that…….It was because Ji Xuan's subordinates had been dealing with the monsters and ghosts in the West District.

"How many humans have died?" Ye Jia suddenly asked.

A'Mi didn't seem to expect Ye Jia to ask this question. It was stunned for a moment before finally speaking, "I'm not sure….."

Before Ye Jia could say anything, A'Mi continued, "After all, we don't know how many people have been eaten by those rebelling monsters and ghosts."

Ye Jia: "……You guys didn't eat?"

"King didn't allow it." A'Mi replied without much thought, "After all, our targets were the rebels. Just them alone were more than enough to fill our stomachs."

After saying that, it burped contentedly.

"Oh right!" A'Mi seemed to remember what it was going to do, "Hurry, hurry! We should hurry over to the battlefield as well. There is a shortage of manpower there. I originally thought we didn't have anyone else to send over but I didn't expect to see you here. With you being so strong, you will surely be of help!"

Ye Jia found himself dragged along.

A'Mi activated its ghost domain and one human and one ghost entered it.

A'Mi's ghost domain was pure black, just like its race that liked to lurk in the shadows.

Watching A'Mi who walked ahead, Ye Jia asked, "Since……the rebellion last night is already over, what is going on now? Why is there another fight?"

As A'Mi walked through the ghost domain, it answered.

"It's Mother."

Its voice very clearly sounded rather down.

—-This was Ye Jia's second time hearing this word. The last time he heard it, it was spoken by the Fly King at the dock.

He repeated, "…….Mother?"

A'Mi nodded, "Yeah."

"The chaos last was directly ordered by Mother, but King had disobeyed her orders……" It sighed, "So this is Mother's punishment."

At this moment, Ye Jia had completely stepped out of A'Mi's ghost domain.

Seeing the shocking scene before him, he subconsciously held his breath.

——He couldn't tell were this was. Was this the human world? A ghost domain? Reality? Or game?

Everywhere in front of him was densely packed with countless monsters resembling the one he saw in the hall just now.

Dark and foul-smelling mucous dripped from its body as large, black eyeballs covered in a layer of scarlet mist rolled around creepily. Just the sight of it alone was particularly unsightly.

They came in many sizes; the small ones were only as big as a fingernail while the larger ones were as large as a building.

There was however no yin energy on them. Instead, there was something else eviller and more chaotic. Ye Jia couldn't tell what it was, but he instinctively felt repulse towards it.

In the sea of these monsters, Ji Xuan's subordinates were particularly conspicuous. They fought back endlessly but those monsters before them didn't appear to be decreasing. Wave after wave, the monsters charged towards them.

These monsters had no consciousness, and they also couldn't feel any pain.

After dying, they would turn into dust instead of being converted into an energy source. Even if they weren't as strong as a B-Level or A-Level ghost, they were enough to taken on an army.

Ye Jia retracted his gaze and concealed the complex look in his eyes.

He raised his voice and asked, "Where is King?"

A'Mi casually pointed up.

Above their heads, a faint trace of scarlet could be seen through the dense crowd of black monsters. There were still many monsters charging towards that scarlet colour.

Please read this from kk translates

Ye Jia increased his strength and lightly leapt onto the body of one of the nearby monsters before leaping onto another and another. He headed straight for that scarlet colour.

Sure enough, Ji Xuan was there.

He stood calmly in the air, his slender figure particularly tall and conspicuous amongst the group of ugly monsters. Behind him were scarlet-red waves of blood that mercilessly swallowed up any monster who dared to approach him.

His face was extremely pale, and his scarlet eyes were dark and deep as he watched the huge monster before him with an indifferent gaze.

The monster in front of him was almost the size of a football field and its body completely covered up the sky. It had countless large boils growing on its body which constantly secreted mucous. As it stared at Ji Xuan maliciously, a low growl emitted from the depths of its throat.

Compared to that monster, Ji Xuan looked very small, as if he would be crushed by it in an instant.

Unexpectedly, the huge and terrifying monster opened its gigantic mouth that resembled an abyss.

As it approached Ji Xuan, it spoke.

A strange, low voice travelled out from that mouth, but the tone was extraordinarily kind and gentle. That contrast made one couldn't help but feel fearful and uncomfortable.

"My child……."

Was this 'Mother'?

As soon as this thought surfaced in Ye Jia's mind, he immediately rejected it.

Not possible.

It was more like a tool used to transmit Mother's voice.

Ye Jia smoothly cut up several monsters approaching him while his attention was still focused on the conversation happening not far away from him.

"…….Although you haven't fulfilled your promise," The monster slowly approached him with all the eyes on its body looking at him, "I still love you regardless. Don't let me down."

After saying that, the mouth closed again. It was as if the conversation had never happened in the first place.

The monster changed back to its slimy appearance again.

Then, as if it had finally lost the shackles binding it, it began to attack Ji Xuan with frenzy. The huge eyes were filled with insanity.

Ye Jia was surprised by this sudden attack.

It seems that although "Mother" had said that she would love forever and would give him another chance, she still didn't hesitate to punish him, nor did she hold back.

Ji Xuan didn't seem to be surprised by this.

He responded to the attacks as he evaded and the blood around him continued to swallow up the surrounding monsters.

But…..It was unknown if it was just Ye Jia's imagination, he felt that JI Xuan's condition didn't seem quite right.

As a fierce ghost, he would always have a pale complexion but just now, Ye Jia noticed that the originally powerful ghost energy around Ji Xuan was no longer as oppressive.  It was as if……he had been severely injured before.

Ye Jia originally wasn't sure about this but as soon as he saw the other party's slightly delayed response time, he became more certain.

And that monster also realised this.

The attacks grew fiercer and malicious greed flashed across its dark eyes. Ji Xuan had no choice but to divert some of the blood dealing with the monsters behind him and use it to block the other party's offensive attacks.

With this, his back would inevitably lose some protection.

Ye Jia narrowed his eyes. His fingers tightened around the handle of his scythe and the blade glistened coldly.

—–Ji Xuan's current condition was poor. This was good news for him.

It would be very simple.

No matter how many facades there were and how many lies.

With just one swing of the blade, all the grievances would be gone.

He would finally be able to deal with the thing troubling mankind and also avenge his betrayal.

How easy.

The other monsters seemed to have noticed the opening in Ji Xuan's defences. They charged towards him like a wave, but as if he had eyes behind his head, they were all dealt with easily——

That huge monster seized this opportunity. Several thick, black tentacles cut through the air, rushing towards Ji Xuan

That blow was blocked again.

Several tentacles were cut off. It struggled and twisted around on the ground.

But the opening in the man's defences had grown bigger again. The wave of blood that was used to block the blow had not yet had the chance to be retracted back.

More monsters charged towards him.

If he wanted to block this wave, he would inevitably expose a weak spot.

——Now was the time.

It would only be an instant.

If he wanted to kill him, there was no better chance than this.

A cold light glistened. It silently cut through the air, slashing forward like a meteor.

"Whooshh——"

As if he had felt something, Ji Xuan turned and looked behind him.

Several monster's bodies turned into dust and scattered in the air.

Other than that, there was nothing else.

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In an empty room.

The curled-up blood gu fish raised its head and looked in a certain direction.

It wagged its tail and swam over.

In the corner of the room, a young man's slender figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

He knelt down and petted the blood gu fish's head.

The young man's voice was very low, and it carried faint unwillingness and coldness:

"…….For your sake, I'll let him off this time."