Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 172 Vampire Zheng Lan

Dracula asked coldly, "So, what are you going to do? As a descendant of the Belmont family, a vampire hunter, and a messenger of justice, now that you know I care about Mina, what are you going to do?"

As someone who is on the side of justice, are you going to do evil like me?
Dracula questioned Wen Lie.

Wen Lie said calmly, "What am I going to do? It's very simple. You took Zheng Zha as a hostage, and I will take Mina as a hostage. I will treat Mina the same way you treat Zheng Zha..."

Dracula frowned and carefully observed Wen Lie's expression.

Wen Lie said with a forced smile, "Oh, Mina is Jonathan's fiancée. I guess you don't care too much about her chastity. Then I will pull out all her nails, break her fingers, peel off her skin, throw her into an ant nest, make a hole in her head, pour mercury in it, and then roast her on the stake. Don't worry, I won't let her die. My power can keep her alive."

A chill rose in Dracula's heart, and his eyes revealed anger and fear.

"Are you still a human being?"

He could see that Wen Lie was not bluffing.

This descendant of the Belmont family actually intended to commit such atrocities against innocent ordinary people.

Dracula scolded, "Even a monster like me wouldn't do such a thing. How can you be considered a descendant of Belmont, a vampire hunter representing light and justice? You inhuman bastard!"

Wen Lie said calmly, "My moral bottom line fluctuates depending on my mood, so I suggest you treat her with caution. Otherwise, I won't control my emotions. You know, when people are emotionally aroused, they can do anything."

Threatening hostages? Who wouldn't be upset?

Wen Lie is not a great and glorious messenger of justice. If Dracula makes him unhappy, he will never let Dracula feel good.

Dracula's eyes were fierce and radiated with strong murderous intent.

Wen Lie sneered and looked at Dracula.

He could kill Dracula at least five more times. With his remaining strength, if he wanted to escape, Dracula would not be able to stop him.

Dracula probed, "If her weight is not enough, what about the people of Romania? If you dare to do that, my army will massacre all of Romania, and even all of Europe!"

Wen Lie sneered, "I have some bad news for you. The person with the highest moral standards has been captured by you. I wouldn't care even if you massacred everyone in Europe. That's your crime, and I won't feel any psychological burden. I won't sacrifice my own advantages for others."

Zheng Lan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Dracula was speechless.

Wen Lie asked, "How is it? Dracula."

Dracula was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "I won't do anything to this girl before exchanging hostages."

Wen Lie turned his gaze to Zheng Lan and asked calmly, "How is it? Are you relieved now?"

Zheng Lan nodded helplessly.

"Then, let's say goodbye. The next time I come here, I will tear down this castle."

Dracula's eyes followed Wen Lie's back until Wen Lie disappeared from his sight. He frowned and retreated back into the depths of Demon Castle.

In the uppermost hall of Demon City, Dracula put Zheng Lan aside and called out coldly, "Death."

A skeleton wearing a blue cloak appeared in front of Dracula's throne. It bowed to Dracula and said respectfully, "Master, your loyal servant is here."

Dracula ordered: "Follow the descendants of Belmont and protect Mina secretly. Don't let the descendants of Belmont really hurt her."

"Follow your orders."

The figure of the Grim Reaper slowly disappeared.

Dracula turned his head and looked at Zheng Lan, his eyes showing admiration.

Zheng Lan shuddered and shouted to Dracula, "You promised Wen Lie that you wouldn't do anything to me!"

Dracula said calmly: "Yes, my beautiful girl, I promised him. Don't worry, I will not let my lover suffer for a bed partner."

Zheng Lan breathed a sigh of relief, but Dracula raised his finger and an invisible force moved Zheng Lan in front of Dracula.

Zheng Lan suddenly panicked. She subconsciously wanted to resist, but just like before, Dracula was too powerful and she could not resist at all with her strength.

"Wait! What do you want to do? You said you wouldn't..."

"Don't worry, girl. I won't go back on my word. Don't worry, I won't hurt you. On the contrary, I will grant you the grace of darkness."

Dracula showed a dangerous and cunning smile. He opened his mouth and his four sharp fangs flashed with a cold light.

Zheng Lan's expression changed when she realized what Dracula was going to do.

Dracula didn't give Zheng Lan a chance to object and bit Zheng Lan's neck with his fangs.

Zheng Lan only felt a pain in her neck, and a powerful energy surged into her body, violently transforming her body.

Zheng Lan could feel the changes in his body, just like when he strengthened the mutant bloodline of the vampires. However, the Lord God's strengthening was not as brutal as Dracula's. The blood flowing in his body could burn Zheng Lan's blood, replacing all the blood in his body.

After more than ten minutes, the transformation of the body was completed. Two fangs appeared at the corners of Zheng Lan's mouth. His skin turned pale, his lips turned red, and he exuded a deathly aura.

Under Dracula's leadership, Zheng Lan had died once and turned from a human into a viscount of the vampire clan.

However, unlike the enhancement of the main god, Zheng Lan is only a vampire viscount, not a mutated vampire viscount, and she has all the weaknesses that a vampire should have.

Zheng Lan couldn't help but be stunned, and his expression became strange.

Wow, after losing the body of a vampire, he gained the bloodline of a vampire?
At this time, Zheng Lan felt the will from Dracula.

"Submit to me."

Dracula's thoughts echoed in Zheng Lan's mind, and her body was freed from its restraints, but only on the surface.

The blood flowing in the body dominated Zheng Lan's body, and Zheng Lan's body instinctively wanted to surrender to Dracula.

If you are embraced by Dracula for the first time, will you be controlled by Dracula?
Zheng Lan remained calm and carefully sensed the energy in his body.

It wasn't unsolvable. Zheng Lan was once a vampire count, after all. After unlocking her third-order gene lock, she specialized in magic, and her ability to control energy was her forte.

However, there is no need to resist now.

An idea flashed through Zheng Lan's mind. Following her body's instinct, she lowered her head to Dracula as a sign of respect.

Seeing Zheng Lan's appearance, Dracula showed a mocking smile on his face.

"I'm really looking forward to the moment when the descendants of Belmont find you and save you."

I am also looking forward to the moment when you use me as a puppet to plot against Wen Lie and think you have victory.

Zheng Lan also sneered in his heart.

Wen Lie didn't walk far and stopped at the foot of the mountain. He took out his communicator and dialed Chu Xuan's number.

London, the Westing family residence.

Chu Xuan felt the vibration of the communicator, pulled it out from the small bag on his waist, and walked towards the back garden of the mansion.

Wang Xia and Cheng Xiao noticed Chu Xuan's behavior. Cheng Xiao immediately followed, and Wang Xia went to call other teammates.

"Chu Xuan, there is bad news and good news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

When Chu Xuan connected the communicator, the voice coming out of it made Chu Xuan frown.

The wisdom beyond mortals told him that none of the news Wen Lie wanted to tell him was truly good news.

Chu Xuan said calmly: "Good news."

Wen Lie blew off a layer of rock from the roadside, sat on it, and said into the communicator, "I've triggered an A-level side story. Assisting members can also get B-level side stories, with no limit on the number of people. How's the news?"

Chu Xuan said in a deep voice: "Very bad!"

Not only Chu Xuan, but also several teammates who rushed over heard the voice coming from the communicator. The senior people who knew the value of the B-level side story all changed their expressions.

"The first B-level side story we triggered was about rescuing all the characters targeted by the Grim Reaper. The difficulty was self-evident, so we abandoned it. The second B-level side story we triggered was about ensuring London's safety while eliminating Dracula, who could call the wind and rain and had hundreds of thousands of lives. Now you're telling us that you triggered a main A-level side story, a B-level side story?"

Xiao Honglu couldn't hold it in any longer.

There's no need to elaborate on how difficult a B-level side story is. An A-level side story is inherently more than five times as difficult as a B-level side story.

Moreover, when there is already a B-level side storyline, an A-level side storyline is triggered?

Does Wen Lie want everyone to die together?

"You're really too much of a jerk, aren't you? The side story of burying Dracula alone is difficult enough, and you're going to make it even harder! Do you want people to live?"

Luo Gandao, Miao Ruoleng and others were also panicked.

Jiang Zhe immediately asked, "Is the A-level side storyline extremely difficult? Even with the Zhongzhou team's strength, it's impossible to complete it? The Zhongzhou team's strength isn't just enhanced by the Lord God, it also comes with so much extra combat power."

Chu Xuan frowned and said calmly, "According to my classification of side plots, a B-level side plot is a watershed. The annihilation rate of the personnel participating in the mission can reach 80%. The annihilation rate of a BB-level side plot is at least 90%. I can't imagine the difficulty of an A-level side plot for the time being. If I had to guess, I'm afraid that even other members who didn't participate in the mission would be affected, and there is a high possibility that the Zhongzhou team will be wiped out."

"However, with Team Zhongzhou's external strength, completing just one A-level side storyline, while difficult, is not impossible. However, if we want to complete two B-level side stories and one A-level side storyline at the same time, everyone will be implicated, regardless of whether they trigger the side stories or not."

Chu Xuan hesitated to speak. The difficulty was extremely great. Even if the external combat power of the Zhongzhou team was added, the mortality rate would not be lower than 90%.

"No, that can't be calculated like that, right?" Qi Tengyi's face twitched, a look of unease emerging on his face. He said with a hopeful thought, "The side story that Wen Lie triggered was his own, and the quest the Lord God initially issued is part of the main storyline, which counts as completed by everyone else if one person completes it. The difficulty of these two quests can't be combined, right?"

If you add them up and calculate...

Qi Teng's face turned pale.

Xiao Honglu pulled out a strand of hair and said distressedly, "It would be great if it was really as you said, but it's obviously not that simple."

Chu Xuan nodded and said, "Wen Lie and Zheng Lan's destination this time is Dracula's castle. Whatever the side storyline he triggers this time, it will definitely be related to Dracula and will greatly enhance Dracula's upcoming strength. The essence of Bram Stoker's Dracula is vampires, and no matter how hard you try, you can't separate them."

After hearing Xiao Honglu and Chu Xuan's analysis, Zhao Yingkong's face also turned bad.

"Wen Lie... forget it." Zhao Yingkong no longer had the energy to complain about Wen Lie. It wasn't the first time she knew that Wen Lie liked to mess around. "What mission did you trigger? What do you want us to do?"

Wen Lie's dissatisfied voice came from the communicator: "What do you mean by forget it? You don't think it's my fault, do you?"

Ming Yanwei urged, "Don't worry about whose fault it is, Captain! What exactly is going on?"

Wen Lie said, "This time we were too clever for our own good. Didn't we initially speculate that Dracula was Akado? If we want to complete the mission, we must move the battlefield from London to Romania and resolve the crisis of London's fall."

Zhang Jie asked: "So, it's not true, is it?"

Wen Lie said: "No, it's not, but it's not just Akado."

Zhang Jie complained, "It's not just Akado? What the hell? Akado has hundreds of thousands of lives at stake. The difficulty is already incredibly high. What else can the Lord God do?"

Wen Lie said, "Did you know? Quincy Morris and Abraham Van Helsing, in the world view of Castlevania, belong to the Belmont clan's branch. Quincy Morris even defeated Dracula with the Belmont clan's vampire slayer in this year of the Castlevania plot."

Xiao Honglu shouted in astonishment, "Wait a minute! Are you saying this world also has a Demon City plot?"

Everyone was stunned.

Castlevania is also a very famous game. Most people here have played it or heard of it. Now when they heard Wen Lie mention the plot of Castlevania, they immediately thought of the monsters in Castlevania.

Cheng Xiao clicked his tongue, his eyes more serious than ever before. "The monsters in Demon City are anything but ordinary. There are demons from Hell, gods of death, evil gods, dragons, and all of them are fierce characters. Wen Lie, are you saying that we not only have to defeat Dracula, who has hundreds of thousands of lives, but also the monsters under his control?"

Zhang Jie yelled, "Holy shit! Are you kidding me? How can I possibly win against Dracula from Castlevania?"

Wen Lie said calmly, "That's what happened. Castlevania: Bloodlines, Hellsong, and Dracula: Stolen Dracula are all adaptations of the novel Dracula. The Lord God simply combined the three works together. Haha, if we hadn't planned to change the plot, and let Dracula go to London and then fight him, we might not have triggered the Castlevania plot. However, we didn't think of this at the time... No, I did think of it, but I just needed to verify it. As soon as I verified it, the side story of destroying Castlevania popped up."

Chu Xuan said calmly, "At first, we thought we'd rather go to Dracula's home turf than risk London's fall, which would result in 10000 bonus points being deducted from all members. But now... the success rate of defeating Dracula in Demon City is no more than %, so we need to change our plans a little."

(End of this chapter)