Instance game: I signed a pact with the gods, and the gods accused me of cheating

Qin Shang had been calculating the time from the very beginning of the battle. The time when Chen Boxu was killed by "Shadow" and when he himself became wanted by the entire server were roughly the same time outside this detention center, around the time the Black Tower Barrier had just been activated. So, based on the timing, it should be around the time when the Bad Guys received the news that he had become a wanted player and were planning to come and surround him, this scoundrel of the Bad Guys organization. Judging from the timing, Fang Mo might go through a brief silence of a few dozen seconds before realizing that this must be his alternative way of asking for help...

Qin Shang had dealt with the Bad Guy Commander before. Although the two were not particularly familiar with each other, he knew that this man, who could hold the top position in the Bad Guys organization, was definitely not simple and was certainly not a fool.

"The Bad Commander will definitely arrive quickly, but he probably won't lead the charge. After all, he still has the psychological trauma left by the major incident involving players on the Divine Road in 17. Although he can guess that my becoming a wanted player was definitely part of a pre-planned scheme, the Bad Commander doesn't know the full extent of my plan, nor does he know that the Mother Goddess has actually been plotting against the core power I hold. From his perspective, this might just be my 'shadow,' which, under certain coincidences, devoured its host and evolved into a 'mimic,' going mad again and trying to drag everyone down with me. The purpose might just be the last part of the core power of the second region in the Bad Commander Fang Mo's hands..."

Ugh!

So, sometimes the inconvenience of dealing with intelligent people lies here: often you don't have many other thoughts or ideas, but because the initial impression is too deep, the other person always harbors a sense of wariness towards you. This means that even if you don't have many ulterior motives, they may not think that way, and they might even further misinterpret your slightest action...

Of course, he couldn't tell Fang Mo all the plans beforehand, starting from today's trip to Jincheng to meet the Mother Goddess Qin Yuyan, so that Fang Mo could respond accordingly.

Because if he does this, the traces he leaves as the protagonist will appear in the comic, creating a new chapter, and Qin Yuyan will be able to know Qin Shang's intentions and plans in advance...

He could only be extremely careful and do his best to play well.

This is a battle that belongs to me alone, a battle to bring an end to my relationship with Mother Goddess.

Moreover, even with a well-thought-out plan, things can never keep up with changes. Just like Qin Shang never expected that Qin Yuyan would include Xu Mingyang in her scheme.

"Kill this hacker, and if we delay any longer, Fang Mo and the main force will probably arrive soon..."

"I can't believe that Fang Mo, even if he wants to stay with his family and protect himself, can stay out of this mess... He'll definitely come, it's just a matter of time."

boom!

Having missed his attack, Qin Shang used the embroidered shoes on his feet to retreat explosively. To be honest, at his current level of the Order Realm, the embroidered shoes could offer Qin Shang very little help. However, he was already finding it difficult to keep up with the frequent use of [Sky Rift] to maneuver around.

Because... he was, after all, just an Order Realm player. The Deceptionist class itself didn't offer much improvement in physical attributes as his level increased. Even if Qin Shang personally trained his alt account, 'Lick the Cockroach's Jade Feet,' to the Rule Realm, he would only be able to match the endurance of some middle school students who regularly train in track and field events, and the strength of some gym enthusiasts. But to say he was that awesome, he was just outstanding among ordinary people.

【Sky Rift】is a short-distance instantaneous teleportation. Although the Divine Path is a supernatural power, it must still conform to the most basic scientific laws, namely, energy transfer and the conservation of energy. Using 【Sky Rift】 for rapid movement is equivalent to the human body enduring the immense G-force and high load resulting from being instantly transported tens or hundreds of meters away within fractions of a second. Anyone who frequently watches racing knows that the first lesson for race car drivers, besides training reaction time, is training the joints of the lumbar spine, spine, and wrists to withstand powerful impacts. This is because in racing, to pursue high scores and quickly complete laps, every turn is an extreme challenge to the neck and wrists…

The powerful G-force imparted by this speed is directly transmitted to the rider as the car moves through the corners. If an ordinary person were to sit in the passenger seat of a professional race car driver for the first time, especially in high-level races like GT3 or GT4, there is a chance their neck could be broken during a high-speed cornering maneuver.

Qin Shang's limbs and bones, having endured this battle for so long, are starting to feel the strain...

He is a man, not a god.

Although on the surface it appears that Qin Shang is overwhelming these Rule Realm experts from the Star Gate organization, in reality, after this period of fighting, they are not actually that exhausted. They are all basically at their peak. So far in this battle, Qin Shang's only achievement is cutting off the arm of the mushroom-headed hacker professional player. However, he has almost completely revealed his trump cards. In other words, on the surface, Qin Shang appears to be taking advantage of his opponents' lack of understanding and carelessness, seemingly on the verge of beating several Rule Realm players. But in reality, Qin Shang is completely out of options, while his opponents, though seemingly disheveled, still hold many trump cards in their hands…

Seeing Qin Shang trying to retreat, a fierce hatred flashed in the hacker's eyes. His arm had been severed by Qin Shang. Although with modern medicine, as long as the arm wasn't completely destroyed, with prompt medical attention, it was possible to reattach it, and even with the help of a healer from the second region, there was a chance of full recovery…

This still made him feel not only fear towards Qin Shang, but also a strong intent to kill.

"Tsk, actually I think your one-armed look is quite handsome. I recommend you all check out the works written by our Chinese master Jin Yong, 'The Return of the Condor Heroes.' The Condor Hero Yang Guo in the story has a one-armed look at the end, and he looks very cool..."

After saying this, Qin Shang, who was still in mid-air, took out a mini hand grenade.

Last time, in "Echoes from the Depths of the Old Alley," witnessing the shock of Young Master Yan Ruanruan's Italian cannon fire deeply moved Qin Shang. Putting aside everything else, even disregarding whether the output and actual power were as terrifying as the firearms he had in mind in reality—those points can be set aside for now—just in terms of practicality and ease of use, firearms are far more useful than the divine path props transformed from traditional cold weapons!

Even if it's a knife and a gun, and the two items have the exact same Divine Path item skills, and they are also of the same tier, to give a simple example, even if they are both tier 3 Divine Path items with the same item skills, then the gun will be far superior to the knife with the same item skills in terms of ease of use and flexibility.

Therefore, that experience provided Qin Shang with great inspiration after he obtained the [Handcraft] skill, which was once a selectable skill for the beta tester mechanic.

During the two weeks he was gone, he used his idle time to craft several consumable items shaped like firearms.

For example, small hand grenades, small detonators, and the like...

After saying his last sentence, Qin Shang made a graceful flick of his hand, and the small grenade landed in a beautiful arc next to the arm that he had just cut off and which was lying on the ground.

"fuck..."

Before the Stargate organization's hacker-turned-player could have much time to react, an explosion rang out.

Under the mushroom-headed man's bloodshot gaze, his severed arm, which had previously been somewhat salvageable, was completely blown into a mosaic, a bloody mess.

At this point, there's no point in trying to save it.

Because it's real, it's completely unusable.

It's shattered like this; even if it were barely put back together, the bones inside would all be bone fragments...

"You bastard, you deserve to die!"

In an instant, the mushroom-haired hacker's eyes turned bloodshot, and his prominent nose, a hallmark of Western men, almost twisted with rage.

Then, before Qin Shang could even let out a triumphant laugh, he felt a sharp pain in his eardrums.

The red dress was quickly put on. He didn't turn his head or look back, nor did he make any other movements. He simply raised his hand and a red dress appeared on his body. He activated [Void] at lightning speed. In an instant, Qin Shang's figure faded. However, just a fraction of a second later, a sharp dagger pierced Qin Shang's heart. It was the assassin professional player who had been eyeing him that made the move.

Even though his body had become ethereal, Qin Shang still had the illusion that he was about to be pierced through the heart by such a sharp attack. He couldn't help but tremble in his legs. A four-colored feng shui wheel appeared in his palm. Qin Shang had used this thing before.

It's the authority that belongs to their first major region...

【transposition!】

Then he took out a pocket watch and shook it.

Time stops!

However, he didn't have a chance to lock onto any more distant individuals, and he didn't dare to casually switch places with the other players from the Star Gate organization's Rule Realm Divine Path. He might just end up throwing himself into a den of thieves. The others were standing even more densely together. If he switched places with any of them, they would be asking for trouble and looking for more excitement. He was being chased by a wolf, while the group of wolves on the other side was a pack of wolves. Would he be stupid to throw himself into a pack of wolves just to avoid the threat of one wolf?

He switched positions with the swift assassin player behind him, who was like a leech, and used time stop to control the opponent for a moment. Of course, since he had already controlled the opponent, it would be too cowardly of him to just run away without fighting back. He flipped his hand and raised another small grenade, which he put directly into the arms of the assassin player who had switched positions and was still charging forward, while he retreated again.

During this time, Qin Shang's [Void] had not ended; everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The moment the explosion rang out, he had already begun to urge his embroidered shoes to turn and run away.

boom!

Smoke rose.

The assassin player grunted, not giving Qin Shang a chance to lock onto him, and then his figure flickered again, blending into the surrounding environment like ripples on water. It would be extremely difficult to pinpoint the assassin player's location without radar; he simply became one with his surroundings like a chameleon. In the initial exchange, Qin Shang suffered quite a bit of losses dealing with an assassin for the first time. If it weren't for the fact that the Black Tower was his territory, allowing him to communicate with the miniature Black Tower to respond to any movement, he would have already made eight hundred attempts.

"Hiss, what a pity. This little grenade was made from some broken Divine Path items or remnants of used consumable items that I picked up from each level of the Black Tower dungeon. The rank isn't very high. As an assassin player, he's a squishy character, so he knows very well that in addition to the powerful attack power granted by the Divine Path, he also needs strong defense to ensure he can keep up with the speed of this burst of power."