The Only Player in 'Child of Stardust'-Chapter 61 - 52 Return to Joy Castle
Chapter 61: Chapter 52: Return to Joy Castle
Chapter 61 -52: Return to Joy Castle
After enjoying a luxurious massage, Zhou Yuan had just stepped out of the room when she saw Julie waiting outside for some time.
“Reagan seems to have cried,” Julie said with a smile.
“Cried?” Zhou Yuan was stunned. Could it be? Is his psychological endurance really that poor?
“Well, his eyes were red. I guess he hasn’t suffered such a loss before.”
Julie paused, her smile fading as she warned seriously, “You’d better be careful. Reagan is a vengeful person. Anyone who has crossed him in the past has mysteriously disappeared. He will definitely retaliate against you sooner or later.”
“He has already started.”
Zhou Yuan shrugged helplessly, “A few minutes ago, someone anonymously posted a bounty targeting me, offering twenty million for my head. Who else could it be but him? Twenty million, heh… Honestly, even I’m tempted.”
Maybe I should find an opportunity to dispose of the “Wang Zhen” identity and claim the reward?
Seems feasible.
“Anyway, be careful. Not only Reagan, but those who want [Abnormal 550: Equality for All] won’t let you off either.”
Julie said as she pulled out a card from her ample cleavage, “This is my business card. If you need any services, look for me. I’ll give you a friendly price.”
Zhou Yuan took the warm business card and looked at it front and back, “What kind of services do you offer?”
“Mainly intelligence gathering.” Julie smiled. “The Witches Association’s intelligence capabilities are first-class and absolutely confidential.”
“Alright. I’ll find you if I need anything.”
Zhou Yuan put away the card and extended her hand with a smile, “I have to go. See you around.”
“See you around.” Julie tugged at Zhou Yuan’s hand, and as she withdrew it, her finger deliberately grazed his palm, leaving a subtle itch.
Everyone in the Witches Association is a seductress, even more alluring than succubi… Zhou Yuan quickly rushed to the driver of the Route 106 bus and left.
As they got farther away, the driver looked at Zhou Yuan with shock, “That witch likes you, and you didn’t sleep with her?”
Someone actually resisted a witch’s charm?
The driver couldn’t help but scoot two steps away, thinking Zhou Yuan might be gay.
“I’m a warrior of pure love,” Zhou Yuan said seriously.
“Pure love? Heh, young people these days.” The driver sneered, “There’s no such thing as pure love anymore. Love has long since become corrupted.”
“Mister, you seem to have a story?”
“Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning…”
A hint of melancholy flashed across the driver’s face, and then he changed the topic, “Do you have any unfinished business? Hurry up and finish it. The bus leaves in fifteen minutes.”
“Okay.”
Zhou Yuan indeed had an unfinished task.
He went to the task release section in the hall to purchase a list of information brokers. Based on the composite data provided by the automaton, he selected a highly reputable one.
Their ID was very anime-themed and quite extraordinary, named “Seems Like Mai Is Climbing on Y.L. Island.” In the rivers and lakes (the underworld), people often called them “Ant.”
Their business scope was wide, with outstanding abilities and extremely high user privacy confidentiality. They had no negative reviews in years, with the only drawback being the high fees, making them nearly impeccable.
After adding “Ant” as a friend on the forum created by Happy Paradise, Zhou Yuan returned the terminal and left Happy Paradise.
Upon boarding the Route 106 bus, the driver was smoking, and there were already a few passengers, all unfamiliar faces.
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Zhou Yuan walked to the back and sat down, looking at the scenery outside the window.
Not long after, three familiar faces boarded the bus: a blonde elf in a green dress, a black-haired woman in a luxurious black dress, and a wild woman wrapped in animal skin.
They looked like they had a lot of fun, smiles on their faces, and all had sparkling manicures.
Zhou Yuan had to get up and sit in the front, giving way to these big shots.
“Let’s go, start the bus.”
The driver stubbed out the cigarette and accelerated, and the bus slowly drove out of the parking lot.
[Current Number of Stops: 4/10]
Four stops down, six more to go…
Zhou Yuan exhaled, looking at the streaming lights of the Spirit World outside the window, hoping nothing unexpected would happen in the next few stops.
He took out his opple smartphone, logged into the market module of the Happy Paradise forum, and started browsing the items there.
The marketplace sold all kinds of things, legal and illegal, even slaves.
[Dog-headed man won at the casino, strong and tough, hardworking, a chosen worker. Selling price: 2 million.]
[Catgirl lost to me in a bet, foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, ideal for furries. Fixed price: 5 million.]
With a swipe, there were over twenty slaves for sale, indicating that there were quite a few people who gambled with their bodies.
Zhou Yuan thought for a moment and searched for the keyword “Dark Matter,” immediately pulling up a large number of greyed-out product details, which meant the transactions were completed.
[Tier 1 Purity Dark Matter], [Tier 3 Purity Dark Matter], [Dark Matter: Dark Ice], [Dark Matter: Toxic Yin Fire]…
“Quite a lot…”
Zhou Yuan raised an eyebrow. In the past month, there were over fifty transactions for Dark Matter, making it a relatively hot item.
One of them even came from a tier-5 abnormal creature, fetching a price of over a billion.
Zhou Yuan set the keywords “Dark Matter,” “Elemental Series,” “Abnormal Items,” and “Cultivation Resources” as special attention, receiving alerts whenever new products containing these keywords were posted.
While Zhou Yuan was enthusiastically browsing the forum, the bus left the Spirit World and entered the real world, stopping in a desolate wilderness.
No one got on or off, so the bus continued its journey back into the Spirit World.
After half an hour, the bus arrived at a unique Spirit World area, a vast, massive grassland ranch, with countless sheep grazing, running, or lazing around.
But upon closer inspection, one could notice a horrifying detail.
—These sheep were actually people in sheep’s clothing!
[This is a ranch specifically for feeding blood food. Its true owner has long vanished, leaving only a loyal subordinate guarding it.]
The bus stopped, and at this moment, the three women in the back stood up and got off one after the other.
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“What ranks are these three big shots?” Zhou Yuan’s heart moved. Even the upgraded Eyes of Identification couldn’t provide any useful information.
The three women went straight to the grassland ranch after getting off the bus. An intense green natural light suddenly shone from the blonde elf in the green dress.
Soon after, the entire grassland’s grass began to grow wildly, undergoing terrifying mutations. Each blade of grass turned into a deadly sharp blade, instantly piercing and shredding tens of thousands of sheep on the ground.
One second, it was a peaceful pastoral scene, serene and harmonious. The next second, this picture of peace was violently torn apart, plunging into a bloody purgatory.
The sudden change stunned Zhou Yuan. Before he could react, everything went dark, and he couldn’t see anything. Dark Vision didn’t activate either.
He heard chaotic screams from the driver and passengers:
“What’s going on?!”
“Who turned off the lights?!”
“Why can’t I see anything?!”
Everyone couldn’t see? Zhou Yuan was shocked.
“Everyone, sit tight!” The driver shouted, accelerating to escape this place.
Faint, deafening sounds and angry wolf howls came from the back, but as the bus sped up, the noises faded away.
Soon, the passengers’ vision returned to normal.
Zhou Yuan quickly looked out the rear window, but he saw nothing unusual.
“What just happened?” One of the passengers asked nervously.
“No idea. It seemed to be those three women… Oh no, three beautiful goddesses,” someone said, instinctively.
“That ranch is Wolf-Whistle’s territory, so if they acted there… could they be his enemies?”
“That’s possible. I heard Wolf-Whistle’s boss was taken out. If that rumor is true, it’s normal for enemies to come seeking revenge.” Said a well-informed passenger.
“Oh? Tell us more.”
That passenger continued, “You all know Wolf-Whistle, right? A notorious tier-8 powerhouse, a high-ranking member of a certain church, guarding the Blood Feed Ranch for his boss.
But recently, his boss disappeared, with even the traces of his existence erased. People remember there was such a god who established a church but can’t recall his name or the church’s name.
There’s only one possibility for such a situation: one god was killed by another.
That church committed numerous atrocities and killed many. Without their boss, old enemies are bound to come seeking revenge.”
“Hsss…”
There was a collective sound of people drawing sharp breaths inside the bus.
A god was killed? That was major news!
“Why does something always happen on this route.” The driver, unimpressed, muttered.
He didn’t care about revenge, only wanted to drive safely.
“Revenge, huh…” Zhou Yuan fell silent, then decided not to think too much about it.
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The next two stops went smoothly, with passengers getting off successively, leaving Zhou Yuan alone in the end.
When the bus reached the new stop, Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened.
He saw a familiar place.
Ferris wheel, roller coasters, luxurious castles…
—This was Happy Castle!
Route 106 even goes to Happy Castle!
“Driver, wait here for me. I have something to do!”
Zhou Yuan was instantly overjoyed.
Ms. Blood, I’m coming for you!
