I am a reincarnation player.

"If I'm not mistaken, there is more than one monster."

"Huh? Why??"

"Because I just came into contact with it, leaving behind a piece of my right index finger." Yuki looked at the forearm that remained on the ground, the five claws were still trembling, "If it doesn't have skills like super-speed recovery, then this proves that this one is not the one I just encountered."

After the words fell, the dim corridor fell into silence. Hayasaka Ai's eyes twitched slightly, and after a long while she managed to utter, "It seems that this reincarnation game doesn't care about the players' survival at all."

Yuki nodded slightly. He had already figured out from the novice guide, the lack of friendly fire, and the lack of difficulty prompts that this game had no mechanism to protect novices.

A few hours of rest is an illusion, and as Tip 3 says, time will keep passing, just like your life and hope.

"We wasted too much time in a false sense of security, but the difficulty has been quietly increasing. Coupled with our gains, perhaps some kind of abnormality has occurred."

"High risk means high return, but high return also brings high risk?" Hayasaka Ai's eyes flickered.

"It's possible, but we don't have the right to regret, and we have to hurry." Yuki raised his head, letting his serious expression show in the dim moonlight, "Ms. Hasaka, do you believe me?"

"Nobu, I have met many experts in various fields, and you give me a similar feeling." Hayasaka Ai answered without hesitation. She had no choice.

"Okay, come with me."

Yuki nodded with satisfaction. It would be suicidal to waste any more words at this moment. He turned around and walked to the other side of the stairs, almost jogging down the stairs.

This place leads to the basement, and there is no door blocking the way. Yuki immediately smells a musty odor and can't help but cover his mouth and nose.

The floor is five meters high, and there are many rooms without doors on both sides of the corridor. They have no windows and appear very closed. Various sundries are piled around, so it is not spacious.

Although it was several meters underground and there were no windows, the crimson moonlight still seeped in from the ceiling, covering various objects with a layer of dull red gauze.

It penetrates every hole. No, it penetrates even if there is no hole. But just as I expected, the light has become much dimmer.

Yuuki finally managed to smile, but was poked by Hayasaka Ai's elbow again.

"It's not convenient to fight that kind of monster here."

Professional. One can tell at a glance that the Licker is an agile monster that likes this kind of complex environment the most.

"There should be two floors in the basement. Let's go deeper."

"How do you know..." Hayasaka Ai was stunned, then she saw a wooden sign on the wall. Her eyes rolled and she had an idea, "You want to avoid this moonlight?"

"Well, the gift from Red Moon must be carried out under the moonlight, there is nothing wrong with that."

"Guess?"

"No, I just counted them."

Yuki didn't explain and walked back to back with Hayasaka Ai towards the depths of the basement, and the girl's doubts were soon answered.

Clang.

The sound of an object falling was very obvious, followed by a dull "du du du" sound. My eyes slowly moved upwards and I could tell that it was the sound of a gecko crawling.

"Here they come."

As expected, Jiecheng had guessed correctly. The monster just now didn't need to be so troublesome at all. It could just appear silently above the prey's head, making the victim dare not even blink.

Yuki still didn't say anything, but he quickened his pace and moved his ears slightly.

The sounds were disorganized and coupled with the echo, he had no way of identifying the location. He could only roughly judge that they were still at a certain distance.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters.

With the help of the dim wall lamp, he could see the other end of the basement, where there was an arched stone door and a mottled stone staircase leading to a deeper level.

Hey.

His steps suddenly stopped, and Hayasaka Ai, who was walking backwards, bumped into him on the back. She didn't know why the man stopped, but she knew that something was wrong with the current situation.

"That monster hasn't attacked us yet. It can't be escorting us deeper underground."

The same thought appeared in Yuki's mind. He stopped and looked up suddenly, vaguely seeing something hidden in the shadow.

It was motionless as if it was hibernating. In the dim moonlight, it could easily be mistaken for a door beam. But just as Yuki glanced over it, it moved, and an arm with only four sharp claws emerged from the depths of the shadows.

Shit, I actually guessed it right.

"spread!"

boom! !

The rubble exploded in the middle of the corridor. Fortunately, they were reminded in time and jumped to the sides. Yuki sat down on the ground and raised his hand to grab the rag beside him as the fishy wind blew in his face.

Synchronize. Strengthen.

Entry-level strengthening magic is not very easy to use. Not only does it have a cooling time, but it also has certain requirements on the size and material of the item being strengthened. For example, although they are both hardened, steel and cloth are incomparable.

But this extraordinary power still saved Yuki's life. The hanging rags unfolded like iron sheets, and with a click, they were immediately pierced by the sharp claws. But the one second bought was enough for him to roll to the side.

It took a second to penetrate?

thump—

A few pieces of gravel hit his face and it hurt. He saw the licker stepped on the place where he had just fallen, turned his head and stuck out his saliva-covered tongue.

Swish.

A silver light flashed, and the blade that had been prepared long ago cut it in half. Yuki jumped up with a somersault, holding the knife with both hands, turned around and slashed horizontally.

He felt the sensation of muscle being cut in his palm. The licker's reaction nerves were obviously faster than his. It jumped onto the ceiling first, and a wound about an inch deep was cut on its calf. However, it was not afraid of the pain. With the sound of "du du du", it circled around itself like a crocodile patrolling in the lake.

The reaction speed was 20 percent slower than before.

Yuki didn't look up, nor did he stand there waiting. He rushed out of the room in two steps, forced away the other armless licker from behind, and pushed Hayasaka Ai hard on the back.

"run!"

Who would dare to hesitate at this time? They both ran wildly, feeling that their legs were about to turn into Hot Wheels. This time there was no deliberate seduction, and the sound of "du du du" followed behind like a death warrant.

The two monsters chased after them along the corridor, but one of them had a broken arm and was a little slower. However, its violent aura still made people dare not look back.

Passing through the arched doorway, Yuki saw a stone staircase leading deep into the ground. It was about three or four meters wide, with thick walls on both sides. There was a small platform in the middle of every twenty steps, and there seemed to be a dividing line at the first platform.

The crimson moonlight penetrated to its limit there, and below that there was only the dim light of the wall lamp.

There was no time to think too much, as the two lickers also rushed into the doorway. Their sturdy bodies almost filled the space, and their severed tongues were only a dozen centimeters away from Hayasaka Ai's back.

The hair on the back of the girl's neck stood up, and she followed Yuki and jumped down three or two steps at a time. Then when she stepped onto the platform, she heard another low growl.

"Turn around! Use all your strength!!"

The brain didn't even react before the body turned around subconsciously. It had nothing to do with trust, but an instinct for survival.

With her adrenaline surging, she saw two Lickers stomp on the wall and instantly leap forward nearly ten meters. Even though there was no room to evade, their speed was far beyond that of a human.

thump.

The stone steps at the dividing point were cracked, and the tense thighs stretched and contracted like springs, which would inevitably bring a strong impact.

Oh no, I’m too late… huh?

She saw two monsters flying towards her, but this time the force was much smaller than before. They only jumped less than five meters and landed right in front of her.

She didn't know the reason, nor did she want to know, so she swung the axe and activated her chaos item.

【Frontal lobe fragment】

puff!

The axe blade chopped on the Licker's raised arm and embedded deeply into the bone. It was not a fatal wound, but a swaying petal grew out of the wound, growing wildly as if it was watered with blood.

The original thumb-sized thing became as thick as a forearm, and then it tore and separated, like a bunch of strange flowers cutting through the flesh.

Hayasaka Ai felt a tearing pain in her head, as if it had been torn into many pieces like a petal. She no longer had the energy to deal with the armless licker crawling along the wall. She could only see the bloody mouth biting towards her face.

"Lower your head!"

With a roar, Yuki leaned forward behind the girl, firmly grasped the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and with a dragon's roar, the long sword was unsheathed.

Synchronize. Start.

The long sword was far stronger and sharper than Damascus steel. As Yuki swung his right hand, it lashed towards the licker's open mouth like a whip.

Sink into the big mouth, cut the muscles, go deep into the chest cavity——

Cut it in two with one stroke, blood rains down!

Chapter 11 Triple Alliance (Revised)

Tick, tick, tick...

The bright red blood flowed down the stone stairs deep into the underground, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

Yuki felt his chest burning, and the air he exhaled passed through his throat, causing a dry and painful feeling. He leaned his back against the wall, and after the adrenaline faded, he couldn't even move a finger, and could only slowly roll his eyes.

Besides the eye-catching blood, there were two huge corpses in the field of vision. One was almost cut into two parts, rolling up and down to a distance, and the other was in pieces, as if it had been torn apart by a cutting machine.

In addition, there was a girl who was covering her head and groaning. Her school uniform was dyed red by blood, but she didn't care about that.

'No wonder you don't want to use it. The side effects of this chaos item are too great. After using it, you will lose the ability to protect yourself.'

Now Yuki wanted to do something to Hayasaka Ai, but the latter couldn't resist at all. Of course, he wouldn't do it either. He just nodded slightly.

A strong teammate, more trustworthy than those two old players.

Hayasaka Ai's judgment, instinct, and physical fitness are all very good. This personality seems to be born for games. She is worthy of being an outstanding talent cultivated by the Shinomiya family and an excellent product of talent and hard work.

[Player Yuki, you eliminated the Licker and received a gift from Red Moon]

Just as Yuki was sighing, that strange voice sounded again. It was not as annoying as before, but almost like heavenly music.

A gift? Does that mean I completed a side quest?

His expression changed slightly, and he straightened his back slightly as he had just recovered some strength.

What is the gift?

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, his eyes automatically turned to the long sword beside him. He saw that this beautifully shaped samurai sword was soaked in a pool of blood, and there were a few bloodstains on the blade covered with beautiful patterns.

He opened the panel and saw the description in the equipment column:

[Katana (Alienation), permanent entry-level enhancement magic.]

Hiss, it’s still so simple and violent.

Yuki originally thought that the knife was stained with the blood of the Licker and would be infected with the T virus or something like that, but it turned out to be related to him. After a moment of stunned silence, he felt that he had gained a lot from this thrilling battle.

'There are too many restrictions on entry-level enhancement magic, such as the material, size, thickness of the enhanced item, the not-so-short cooling time, and the uniqueness of the enhancement. This is equivalent to freeing up my hands. Wait a minute, what does this alienation mean?'

Since joining the game, Yuki has been focusing on collecting various information, and he quickly concentrated his energy and got an explanation on '*'.

凡品（1级）、异化（2级）、混乱（3级）、超凡（4级）、诡秘（5级）、混沌（6级）、深渊（7级）......

Like skills and physical strength, there are levels, and confusion (level 3) and above will produce side effects, just like the "petals" in Hayasaka Ai's hand, which grew wildly when blood came out and cut a Licker into pieces.

It turned out to be a level 2 weapon, and with solidification and strengthening magic, it would be harder than 3V powdered steel.

Yuki looked at the long sword, and turned his head to see that Hayasaka Ai seemed to have passed the painful period. She was panting and trying to stand up.

"Look at what's wrong with my head?" She was still a little confused and a little scared. When she saw Yuki quickly dodging away, her face turned pale instantly.

No way...

After a moment of daze, Hayasaka Ai raised her hand tremblingly, and then touched her own smooth skin. Her originally pale face turned red instantly.

"How dare you scare me!"

"Ah? I didn't say anything." Yuki laughed secretly and turned his head away with some disappointment. He thought he could scare out Hayasaka Ai's 'crybaby' nature.

Looking at the harmless Yuki, the girl's eyes twitched. She wanted to jump over and blow his head off, but the other party had saved her life after all, so she could only bear the grudge.

"When did you figure that out?" Hayasaka Ai took a deep breath and nodded at the two corpses slowly melting into the stone steps. "And how did you know this monster would become weaker underground?"

"There's something called a control group experiment, which determines the changes in the subject based on the different environments. For example, it only takes one second for it to disappear when the moonlight is at its brightest, two seconds in the stairwell, and it simply chooses to crawl in the basement. Well, I've made comparisons after several encounters, and this monster shouldn't have the IQ to hide its shortcomings."

Yuki talked eloquently, causing the girl's gaze to change continuously.

This sounds simple, all you need is calmness and observation, but how many people can remain calm in that situation, let alone observe every detail? No, it's more than that.

“But there is no definitive evidence for this either.”

"Gambling, or rather, probability theory, is an integral part of the experiment. I've come to realize that this reincarnation game doesn't rely on brute force alone. For example, on the ground, those two veteran players will suffer."

It is an invisible hunting method, and with the patience of a skilled hunter, it will not be easy for Li Dan and Thomas to kill it.

Hayasaka Ai nodded subconsciously, her eyes becoming strange again: "Are you really not an old player?"