Chapter 40: Chapter 40
Chapter 40 - Elf Vtuber Allegedly Involved in Underworld Businesses, Cited She Only Abducted Terminxds for E-710.
Parita found everything amusing. For some reason, none of the bugs could harm her when the system transferred her into the game. She finally understood how Neutrophils and Sparrow got drunk in the battle and died fighting in the end.
"I guess the game characters are weaker than the adventurers."
[That is obvious. In this universe, hxlldivers are regular people. They don’t have your superpowers or magic.]
"What are their average stats compared to mine? Just curious."
[For a regular hxlldiver, the strength attribute usually falls between 3 and 7, while fitness ranges from 5 to 10, depending on their background and race.]
[You have no right to judge them. You were a couch potato before the tutorial. Remember your starting stats?]
Parita thought of her days when she was still a flesh streamer, and she realized how out of shape she had been. She got depressed. To vent her frustration, she stomped the surrounding bugs and shoved them back into their bug holes after she turned them into meatballs.
After Parita removed the limb of a bile titan and used it as a hammer, the battle was over.
The primary mission, which was supposed to be a simple destroy-bug-eggs-and-bail mission, turned into a one-sided genocide.
30 minutes later, Parita safely extracted from the planet and carried a trembling arm-sized scavenger in her arms as a souvenir. Upon returning to the super destroyer, she handed the pet over to the democratic officer.
The system gave her rewards as she successfully completed a mission.
[Congratulations! You have returned in one piece!]
[Scavenger has been registered as a summonable pet!]
[Current summonable Scavenger: 1.]
Parita didn’t ask for this. She was stunned when the system gave her a new perk.
"Sweet liberty. What the hell is this heresy?!"
[Playing the game as yourself might be too boring, so I add a little something to inspire you and keep you entertained. From now on, for every enemy you manage to capture and bring to your super destroyer, you will be able to summon them to the real world to help you in combat.]
You know... Parita facepalmed. She ignored a thousand rebukes in her mind and reminded the system of the flaws in this procedure and rewards. "It’s nice of you to give me something to do or achieve, but you forgot about one thing. How in the name of democracy am I supposed to abduct a bile titan? The Pelican ship can’t possibly take that big boy to space!"
[To bring a bile titan home, you don’t ride Pelican-1 home. You drag the bozo and jump directly to your super destroyer and stuff it into the hangar.] ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NoveI-Fire.ɴet
Parita regretted asking the system. She thought it was already ridiculous enough that local adventurers could suddenly enter her game and use their physical forms. However, the new perk transcended common sense.
She stopped thinking. Since she had nothing to do in prison, she might as well enjoy the grind.
After the second game, Parita ended the stream so that nobody else could join her game. However, she continued playing the system game since she had nothing else to do in prison.
10 hours passed. Parita completed 30 runs and brought in 50 pets. She then took a break and checked her bug-trafficking stats.
Parita pursed her lips. She had the intention of bringing some behemoths home, but the extract ship wasn’t sturdy enough to contain their fierce temper. But in the end, she managed to bring in one regular charger after she broke its four legs.
However, there was one thing that Parita didn’t remember taking in.
Parita glanced at the system. "I don’t remember collecting other samples or eggs. Where are they in my storage?"
[Because your diverse pets fulfill different roles, they establish a small ecosystem and build a nest within the storage area.]
[Note: You can feed them using your excess food or Hunger’s meat.]
"...Holy heresy. What kind of blasphemous system are you?"
[A peace-loving system.]
[Suggestion: When you rest enough, please go kidnap more bugs. Preferably some bile spewers and scavengers.]
[You have received a new quest.]
[Capture 100 scavengers and 100 bile spewers.]
[Rewards: 1,000 Idol Points. Increase the inventory system level by 1.]
Parita rolled her eyes. At this rate, this mission might take the entire week.
However, this also reminded her of the previous livestream quest and its rewards. She checked the system message log and found it.
[You have received 1,240 Idol Points.]
[You earn 15 gold coins from three new members.]
[You earn 0 gold coins from superchat.]
[You earn 0 gold coins from ad revenue.]
The monetary reward was nothing. However, the other rewards were worth the effort.
[31 Incendiary Shotguns have been deposited into your inventory.]
[3,100 incendiary rounds and 124 drum magazines have been deposited into your inventory.]
[124 stims have been deposited to your inventory.]
[124 standard grenades have been deposited to your inventory.]
Parita smirked and fetched the weapon from her inventory. The orange shotgun fit in her arms. As it was not loaded, she played with it and wondered if she should break out of jail and start blasting.
She changed her mind. Staying in prison aligned with her modern world’s lifestyle.
She had a place to sleep.
And she had a system.
What a wonderful life!
[Don’t forget that you’ll have a concert after the release.]
"...Can I skip this?"
[Sure. The system will be erased, and I’ll go pick another host.]
"Never mind. Oh, how many songs do I have to sing again?"
[12. And you have to dance.]
[Get the dance room system ASAP so that you can start training and getting ready.]
Parita sighed deeply. She took a short break and started another stream.
H5N9’s manor was surrounded by tall walls and a citadel. However, its master was no more.
His elder brother, H5N8, took over the manor. His men renovated the pleasure rooms into guest rooms, and some of the pleasure slaves had been transferred to him. However, he was unsatisfied.
While staying in his new chamber, H5N8 stared at the cubic monitor in front of him. The moonlight shone through the windows, but it was overshadowed by the blue lights from the screens. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was bright red.
He panted. His eyes couldn’t move away from the livestream.
H5N8 was captivated by a certain pink-haired elf. Moreover, the technologies in the game piqued his interest, and he also wanted to obtain the fancy weaponry. He wondered if he should become a member and participate in the game, just as Andean and the others had. However, as a mage, H5N8 was aware that he wouldn’t cut out for the fast-paced missions.
A knock on the door interrupted H5N8’s train of thoughts. He glanced at the door and shouted.
A wisp of black smoke seeped through the door gaps and keyhole. Upon entering the room, the black mist condensed into a single bat and materialized a handsome vampire.
H5N8’s squinted at Andean. He was displeased after Andean suddenly abandoned his bodyguard duty and joined Parita’s membership without his consent.
"Did you have fun?" H5N8 scoffed.
"Extremely." Andean smirked. "So much so that it gives me the courage to make my decision."
H5N8 flinched mid-sentence. He looked down and noticed that his blood had condensed into a hundred spikes, which protruded from his limbs and body. The liquid in his brain was boiled, and his eyeballs popped.
The governor collapsed, yet Andean incanted another blood magic. Seconds passed, and he condensed H5N8’s blood into a black orb, as big as a chicken egg. He drew them toward his body.
The mummified governor rose to his feet. While his eye sockets were still hollow, he raised his finger and pointed at Andean’s face.
Andean’s eyes narrowed. He transformed into black smoke and escaped along with a few drops of H5N8’s blood. The black orb, condensed from the governor’s blood, detonated and splashed everywhere.
H5N8’s destroyed eyeballs regenerated anew. Holes in his limbs and body were sealed and healed. Five seconds after the blood explosion, the governor came back to life.
His new eyeballs gleamed, and his blood vessels swelled.
"That ingrate vulture! You dare betray me?! A lowly Scorched dares to steal my holy blood?! Fine. You shall die like a dog as you are!"
H5N8 clasped his hands. Instantly, a giant magic circle manifested underneath the entire mansion.
Hidden deep beneath the mansion, another prison had been kept secret from the locals and the adventurers. It was in this place that those bitten by a Hunger and death-row inmates resided.
Everybody had been kept alive and had been injected with H5N8’s blood. However, everybody had been put into a dormant state.
The green magic circle exuded a unique scent and energy that the inmates needed. Everybody opened their eyes and inhaled the mana. At the same time, their bodies mutated and transformed.
Among them, Tetanus, who had been bitten by a stray Hunger the other day, rose up. His lost limbs regenerated, and he grew a new set of arms and legs. Nonetheless, his stomach and back expanded, morphing him into a centaur, with the human-like upper body positioned at the center where the horse’s body met.
A lone bat and two droplets of blood manifested outside the city wall. He looked back at the city from above. He smirked and bit his tongue.
A drop of green blood came out and transformed into a tiny stone. Andean spat it toward the floating droplet of H5N8’s blood.
The green stone and the black blood merged. A new green bat emerged from the mixed blood and hissed.
Andean’s consciousness was transferred from the black bat to the newly emerged green bat. As for his old host, it disintegrated into a blob of green blood, which merged with the green bat.
He reconstructed the human physique and recovered his former appearance of a handsome black-haired youth. However, his forearms grew a new set of limbs, resembling insect legs or claws. His back grew two pairs of wings.
Andean laughed. He accomplished his goal.
"Thank you, my dear elf and the idiot bird flu. Thanks to both of you, I’m one step closer to ascension! The blood of terminxds is very useful!"
Andean sneered at the bright light from H5N8’s mansion. He expected a new chaos, but that was no longer his business. He vanished from the city and headed south, where he anticipated a new opportunity.