Life Dungeon Game

Even though Selena is very knowledgeable, this scene directly impacted her rationality, causing her mind to go blank for a moment.

In that moment of distraction, two tentacles shot up and wrapped around her body.

When she realized what was happening, she was already wrapped up tightly and hanging in the air.

In that instant, some 'action movies' she had seen before uncontrollably replayed in her mind.

Although most of her body has been modified into mechanical prosthetics, in order to ensure comfort, the prosthetic company will attach some miniature sensors to the surface of the user's skin, so that the user has the same senses as the flesh, or even more sensitive than the flesh.

Tentacles began to retract from the bodies of the dead team members and Job, and once again took hold beneath Heo's body.

From Selena's perspective, Heo's body was now as large as a small mountain, with countless tentacles supporting it as a base. On top of the mountain, a long neck stretched out, with a skull-like head hanging from it.

Thump—thump—thump—

That was the sound of the team members' bodies hitting the ground.

Selena looked at He Ao with a mixture of fear and confusion, and tentatively asked, "Are you still thinking straight?"

Most priests of evil gods are irrational. After seeking power from evil gods, they are subjected to the 'gaze' of the evil gods. Under this gaze, their minds and bodies gradually become twisted and insane. Although they possess great power, they use it like children swinging hammers randomly.

Therefore, although the evil priests are strong, they are easy to deal with. As long as you use tools to break their last bit of rationality and drive them into complete madness, they will be easily killed or imprisoned like targets standing there.

Selena used this method to deal with the priestess of the god of knowledge named Yezora, but in the battle just now, Yezora showed obvious wisdom.

This made Selena think that 'Yezora' had been pretending all along, and that 'Yezora' was actually a high priestess who could maintain her sanity under the gaze of an evil god, which was why she tried to communicate with 'Yezora'.

The other party must have had some purpose in not killing her.

Perhaps we can utilize...

Just as Selena was thinking this, Heo tightened the tentacles binding her, lifting her up a little higher.

This was a warning to her not to have any ulterior motives.

At the same time, He Ao began to browse through the books on the ground.

There was only one book on the ground. It was an offering prepared by Job and the others, and it was full of the feeling of antiquity. I don't know where Job and the others found this book.

He Ao glanced through it. Through the instincts of this body, he could recognize the writing in this world. The book was just a simple elementary school math textbook with no real content.

Selena, who was hanging in the air, seemed to sense his regret, so she cautiously opened her mouth and said, "If you need books, there were many in the room we just explored. Those must be the ones you collected before?"

As she spoke, she began reinstalling the prosthetic operating system. She had already restarted it several times, but she couldn't remove the virus; the entire operating system was almost completely paralyzed. Now, all she could do was try reinstalling the operating system, erasing all data, and restoring the system to its initial state.

However, reinstalling the system means she will lose all her combat power within an hour, and most of the combat modules that were originally loaded will be lost after the reinstallation. But nothing could be worse than the current situation.

What she needs to do now is to keep this evil priest in check and buy herself more time.

He heard her speak, looked up at her, but said nothing. He continued to hoist her up and move her body toward the passage they had just come out of, pulling out the metal stakes stuck around him as he went.

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Chapter 6 Because I am a law-abiding good person (Please add to your favorites)

The severed metal wires remained inside his body. While the soft tentacles were convenient, they were not strong enough to pull out the long, thin wires.

After walking several hundred meters ahead, a huge open space appeared in front of He Ao.

The space is decorated very simply, with only two rows of huge bookshelves, densely packed with paper books.

In the corner were piles of skulls and finger bones, as well as some stationery.

He Ao was wondering where Job and the others got the offerings from, but it turns out they stole from the priest's house.

However, this place really does resemble the residence of a priest of the god of knowledge.

He Ao's gaze swept over the rows of books on the bookshelf. He set aside the profound philosophical books and instead looked for history and news books to read, which would help him quickly understand the world.

According to what the system said before, it seems that he will come to this world again in the future, so understanding this world is essential.

At the same time, he was also looking for books related to summoning rituals. Although he vaguely remembered how to perform a summoning ritual, he was worried that such a hazy memory might be incomplete, so he wanted to find some written records that would be more reliable.

There weren't many history and news books among these books. He finally found two in a corner. He reached out his tentacles and took out the two books, but he was stunned as soon as he opened them.

These two books contain no content at all; they are just blank pages.

He quickly picked out a few more books at random and opened them; they were all blank pages, with only one or two elementary school textbooks still containing the contents.

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This reminded He Ao of those coffee shops that display fake books on their shelves to elevate their image.

So this priest of the god of knowledge has so many books but doesn't read them, and most of them aren't even real, just for show?

Where is your professional ethics as a priest of the god of knowledge?!

Damn, this fake priest!

At that moment, He Ao suddenly felt a sense of danger rising in his heart again.

He turned his head and looked at Selena, who was hanging in the sky.

"Yezora, you still have your senses, right? You were just saving me? Why did you save me?"

Selena, feeling the skeletal head staring at her, suppressed her fear and began to change the subject, trying to buy time.

She has just cleared all the data and started reinstalling the operating system.

During the time the system was loading, she was completely incapable of fighting. The backup underlying action system would also temporarily lose most of its functions due to data usage. At this point, she could only move her mouth and head slightly.

She stared at He Ao with wide eyes, as if waiting for his answer.

He Ao glanced at her, then slowly moved his head closer, the skull-like head carrying an immense sense of oppression, like a demon from hell, gradually assaulting her psychological defenses.

The level of danger of a rational evil god priest is completely different from that of a mad and chaotic evil god priest.

The latter could be easily solved with just a regular investigation team, or even a well-equipped senior investigator, while the former...

It would require an entire squad of investigators led by an inspector, or even the city's garrison troops.

Just as a weak human with intelligence can set traps to hunt wild beasts, a cunning and insane evil god priest with reason can easily turn the hunter into the hunted if one is not careful.

For example, Selena herself experienced this transformation firsthand, from a hunter who had the power of life and death to a prey entangled by tentacles and possibly even toyed with.

Although Job's sneak attack was a factor, the patience and cunning displayed by this evil priest far exceeded her expectations.

He even managed to snap the restraint device, which Selena felt was beyond her comprehension. She could vaguely see the metal wires left inside Heo's body after the restraint device snapped between Heo's tentacles.

She even wanted to ask He Ao: Doesn't it hurt?

If she had known this evil priest was so terrifying, she wouldn't have so easily left the city to hunt him down.

She was starting to suspect that the conglomerate had bribed her boss to give her a mission that was sure to kill her, but after thinking about it, she dismissed the idea from her mind.

This must have been quite an accident. Although her boss was a bit unreliable, he was still a trustworthy person.

He Ao had no idea how much information had flashed through Selena's mind in that short time. He leaned closer to Selena while using his other tentacles to quickly flip through the books.

To be fair, using hundreds of tentacles is more efficient than using two hands.

In that instant, he leaned close to Selena's face and gave her a smile.

"Because I am a law-abiding and good person."

This is in response to Selena's earlier question about 'why you saved her'.

Selena watched as the skull-like head approached, its mouth splitting open to reveal gleaming white teeth, with some bright red flesh strands even entwined between them.

She felt her rationality being challenged once again.

Such a terrifying and bizarre scene would probably scare all the children in the school to tears.

He was unaware of how terrifying he looked, and there were no mirrors around. To put Selena at ease, he even put on a friendly smile.

It seems to be working well; Selena is less disruptive and has become much quieter in a short period of time.

It must have sensed my goodwill.

Meanwhile, Selena, who was opposite him, gradually recovered from her fear. She admitted that she had been terrified for a moment and was still a little scared.

For a moment, she even thought that He Ao would eat her up.

However, after being scared so many times, she feels she has gotten used to it.

She looked at He Ao. Although he was a rational evil god priest, he still possessed intense madness and a way of thinking different from ordinary people. So she began to try to find the weaknesses in He Ao's thinking through his words.

"Your compliance with the law means we attack you the moment we walk in?"

Heo did not attack them, but it must have been the work of the evil priest Yezora before his arrival.

However, the rules of the game required Heo to play the role of Yezora well and not let his identity be exposed, so he grinned and said, "You broke into my house, I have the right to protect my own life and property, this is self-defense."

Selena: "?"

It seems somewhat reasonable, but something also seems off.

She then asked further, "Your self-defense means killing seven people and then keeping me here?"

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Chapter 7 'Heroic Act' (Please add to your favorites and vote with monthly tickets)

“Didn’t you just say that Job and his gang attacked you in violation of federal law?” He replied seriously, “So this is an act of heroism.”

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Selena recalled the horrific scene of Job's death. You call that an act of heroism?

She stared blankly at He Ao's serious expression, but it seemed that he really thought so?

In that instant, she even had a feeling that the evil priest in front of her was not really rational; he was just so insane that he seemed to have gained rationality.

She then shook her head, banishing the thought from her mind.

The other person must be teasing her. How could there be someone in this world who is so crazy that they seem to have reason?

She was about to say something, but He Ao had already ignored her.

While he was talking to Selena, he was actually watching her every move intently, trying to see if she was using the conversation to distract him by making any small movements or displaying greater strength.