Virtue is abundant

Chapter 1 Lamb to be slaughtered

Wu Xiaode looked forward.

Cold sweat flowed down his neck into his back, bursting out into bursts of icy chills, but he didn't notice it.

——On the pile of bones hundreds of meters ahead, sat a monster.

It was a cyclops.

It is quite huge, even if it sits bent over on a pile of bones like a hill, it is still as high as a three-story building.

"Hey, your human flesh and blood are really unpalatable."

The giant grabbed a corpse, chewed it, and complained.

Its eyes are full of tyranny and cruelty, its mouth is full of blood, and its skin is covered with a layer of dark gray, which looks like a hard rock.

Has Wu Xiaode ever seen such a hellish scene?
Is this a dream?

He stretched out his trembling hands and twisted the flesh on his waist severely.

- Not a dream.

Why did I appear in such a horrible place?

A voice suddenly sounded from behind:

"Three, you are the last batch of people to enter here."

Wu Xiaode suddenly turned around and looked around.

I saw a little girl with injuries all over her body leaning against the corner, her face was covered with blood, and she looked like she would not live long.

she says--

three?

Wu Xiaode followed her gaze and looked around.

Suddenly, two other people appeared next to him.

A man wearing a bamboo hat, wearing a full set of night clothes, grasping a cold long sword with both hands, is looking left and right.

The other was an old man, with a dark black scepter in his hand, emitting bursts of palpitating aura from time to time.

Masked Nightcrawler, old man, himself.

It happened to be three people.

"Excuse me, why did I appear here?" the masked man said vigilantly.

The little girl was about to answer, but suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and was speechless for a while.

Seeing this, the old man turned his head to look at the mountain of corpses and the Cyclops hundreds of meters away, and said with a frown, "The Cyclops is a monster in myths and legends...it turns out to be this place."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Xiaode and the masked man couldn't help looking at him together.

"Your Excellency, do you know where this is?"

The masked man asked cautiously.

The old man nodded and said: "I know a legend about the 'Death Devil's Nest'—"

"When a living being falls into the fate of mortal death, there is a certain probability of entering here—the Cyclops is in this magic cave, and its strength is extremely terrifying. Once anyone enters here, they will never be able to get out again, and can only be eaten by the Cyclops Lose."

The old man turned pale after speaking.

The masked man's body also trembled, and he said in a low voice: "You mean, we are actually dead?"

"Even if you're not dead, you'll be dead soon—death is our fate, that's why we're here." The old man whispered.

The masked man looked down at the sword in his hand, and thoughtfully said: "I was exploring a top-secret ancient ruins. I took this sword from the deepest mechanism, and then the whole ruins began to collapse."

The old man turned his head to look at Wu Xiaode, and asked, "Little brother, what were you doing before you were teleported here?"

"I'm fighting with someone." Wu Xiaode said.

"Fight?" The masked man answered.

"It's very strange to say... It was just an ordinary fight, but someone hid in the dark and stabbed me from the back." Wu Xiaode replied truthfully.

"That's right." The old man looked at the masked man, and then at Wu Xiaode, "One of you will be killed by the mechanism of the ruins, and the other will be stabbed to death by someone. Today, I am fighting an enemy."

The three fell silent together.

die--

It turned out that he had fallen into a certain death situation, so he was teleported to this death cave?

It sounds so ridiculous.

The masked man still had some disbelief, turned his head to the little girl and said, "Girl, what's your situation?"

The little girl was able to speak now, and said, "I encountered an assassination in the wild."

Wu Xiaode's heart sank slowly, and he looked around.

There were people wearing uniform armor all over the floor, all of them were killed, and their corpses fell in a pool of blood in pieces.

These people appear to be the little girl's entourage.

Among them were a few warriors holding weapons, and some maids—

There's even a chef with a full grill.

Even the chef has...

It seemed that these people didn't seem to be preparing to fight the giants, but they seemed to have entered this place by accident just like themselves.

Match again.

A person is in danger and teleported in, it can be said to be a coincidence.

Now everyone is in a different dangerous situation, and then appeared here.

This proves what the old man said.

"That's right, this is the legendary Devil's Nest of Death. It seems that we are chosen by fate and will die here." The old man sighed.

The masked man shook his body, held the sword in his arms tightly, took a step back, and said in a low voice: "No...it shouldn't be like this, I finally got this sword."

No one responded to him.

Wu Xiaode also gritted his teeth——

Chosen by fate?

die here?

I'm obviously just an ordinary person, why did this kind of thing happen to me!

"No." Wu Xiaode said suddenly.

Everyone else looked at him.

"Everyone around you is dead, but you are still alive. Why did the giant let you go?" he asked the little girl.

The little girl gave a wry smile and said, "The reason why I'm not dead is because the giant wants to keep a fresh bite and eat it later."

From a distance, the giant seemed to be aware of the movement here.

It tore a war horse into two pieces, one of which was randomly stuffed into the mouth, and while chewing, said in an urn:
"She's right—people who die in fear, their corpses will quickly stink and sour, and they won't taste good at all."

"Is it alive...Although I will be afraid, but it will be better."

The giant's voice came from afar in the quiet and cold cave, carrying a chilling meaning.

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

It's unimaginable, it turns out to be the truth.

Beside him, the old man's body began to tremble, and the masked man couldn't help but clenched the long sword tightly.

——I don't know if it's because of dazzled eyes or what, Wu Xiaode always felt that the long sword was shaking constantly, as if trying to break free from the masked man's hand.

Bursts of cold air emanated from the giant, and spread out soundlessly in all directions, covering the walls and the ground with a thick layer of hoarfrost.

The huge and ferocious aura on it is even more majestic and vast, making it impossible for people to resist at all.

Wu Xiaode just glanced at it, and felt flustered for a while, almost unsteady on his feet.

——This is not a situation that humans can handle at all.

Incomprehensible.

Why did I appear in such a horrible place!

Is there only a dead end?

Wu Xiaode's heart was full of despair, but he found something suddenly appeared in front of him.

A thick book with a black cover appeared in the void, and it was opened facing him, revealing rows of small, crystal clear words that exuded cold light:

"In this strange place full of undead and heroic spirits, your soul naturally resonates with this place, thus activating your deep potential and awakening your special ability: Book of the Dead."

"The Book of the Undead immediately begins to release its power, providing you with optional commissions."

"The current number of optional commissions: 2."

"Please choose one of the entrusted executions to get the corresponding reward."

Hope was ignited in Wu Xiaode's heart, he quickly looked down.

"Entrustment [-]: A sensible lamb."

"Entrustment description: Cyclops is an extremely powerful existence. Even if you awaken a rare ability like the Book of the Dead, you can't defeat it in a hurry, so you are dead."

"The Cyclops is eager for a perfect meal, and you, as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, please strip off your clothes so that the giant can eat happily."

"Reward for entrusting: being eaten by giants."

Wu Xiaode read it quickly, and couldn't help but curse out loud.

Who will choose this commission?

who will?

——By the way, this neurotic ability really awakened by itself?

He continued to look down, only to see another commission below:
"Entrustment [-]: The lamb to be slaughtered."

"Entrustment instructions: You must ensure that the little girl is alive, even if it is temporarily alive."

"Entrustment reward: This is your only chance to survive, and this book cannot guarantee that it will be useful, but there is always some illusory hope."

Wu Xiaode's heart skipped a beat, and he squinted at the masked man and the old man.

I saw the two staring at the Cyclops with alert expressions, but they turned a blind eye to the black book in the void.

As for the little girl, she was vomiting blood.

She was dying, and she didn't even glance at the small, cold words in the void.

Is it...

Only you can see this book?
"Everyone," the masked man grabbed his long sword tightly and said, "This place is extremely ominous, so let's take a step forward."

The masked man jumped up lightly, and flew towards the corner of the wall.

flight!

Wu Xiaode's heart skipped a beat.

——The masked man can fly!

This is not over yet, the old man waved his scepter and shouted: "Go! Go! Go!"

A firebird several meters long appeared at the old man's feet, holding him and chasing after the masked man.

Wu Xiaode looked in the direction the two were heading, and saw a hole the size of a person in the corner of the wall.

That's it!

With the giant's huge body, it is impossible to pass through this cave, so the two of them have to flee towards this cave!
"They are so strong, maybe there is hope to escape!" the little girl murmured.

She suddenly threw something to Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode took it over and took a look, but it was a scale armor as thin as a cicada's wings.

There is a strange power fluctuation on the scale armor, as if it has a little repulsion to everything around.

"It can protect you from being killed by a single blow. Go quickly, someone is covering you, maybe you can survive!"

The little girl looked at Wu Xiaode expectantly, encouraging him.

"Why give it to me?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"It's only one that can run, let's go!" the little girl said.

Wu Xiaode's heart was a little touched.

——It's a pity that the little girl's face is covered with coagulated blood scabs, and it is completely impossible to see what she looks like.

Don't know who she is either.

But no matter what, just like the little girl said, she already has this battle armor, which is a treasure at first glance.

Since there are powerful masked men and mages running ahead, why don't you follow?
Fight.

Fight!
Wu Xiaode gritted his teeth, put on the close-fitting scale armor, bent down and picked up a spear from the corpse of a guard.

The spear is heavy, and it can't be lifted, and dragging it will affect the speed.

——This spear weighs at least a hundred catties.

Someone made this spear move?
At first, I thought that if I could rush into the cave, at least there would be a weapon to defend myself at the back, but now it seems that I can only forget it.

Putting down the spear, Wu Xiaode picked up a dagger again——

No!

This knife is also very heavy!
——Affect the speed!
Wu Xiaode dismissed the idea of ​​picking up weapons.

As soon as he was delayed, the masked man had already flown to the corner of the wall, and was about to go into the hole, the old man followed closely behind in his Firebird.

Abrupt mutation.

On the pile of corpses, the giant suddenly raised his head, grinning with ferocious sharp teeth, and said with a grin:
"Professionals? Your meat must be very chewy."

Wu Xiaode didn't see what was going on at all.

He only saw the giant's big steel-like hand grabbing from the air——

next moment.

The masked man was tightly held in his hands by it, and he put it into his mouth, chewing vigorously.

"It's unpalatable!"

The giant shook his head, stretched out his other hand, and grabbed it casually.

The firebird was extinguished immediately, and the old man was caught whole. The giant sniffed him before his nose, and said in a disappointed tone:
"The fear in your heart is too great, the flesh is sour."

It slapped the old man flying with one palm, hitting a hard stone wall hundreds of meters away.

The old man spat out a mouthful of blood, waved the scepter, and released a ray of light to form a shield——

The giant's one eye suddenly widened and stared straight at the old man.

An incredible scene appeared!

A crimson ray shot out from the giant's one eye, penetrated the light-shaped shield, and hit the old man.

The old man didn't even utter a scream, his whole body disintegrated completely, turning into a pool of bright red blood that was continuously flowing down and gradually drying up on the wall.

he died.

— like a swatted mosquito.

The giant snorted, and while chewing, turned his head and looked at Wu Xiaode with one eye.

Everything happens in just a few breaths.

The masked man and the old man had just landed in front of the hole in the corner, and Wu Xiaode had just given up picking up weapons.

It's over as soon as it started.

Wu Xiaode stared blankly at the dazzling scarlet on the stone wall.

——This is still running wild!
It seems that there is only one dead end.

Wu Xiaode gritted his teeth, picked up the scimitar from the ground——

He had no idea what it meant, but anyway, in the last moment of his life, he must not act like a coward!
He took a deep breath and raised the machete.

--Good weight!
The scimitar was lifted above his head with great effort, twisting crookedly because of poor control of strength.

——How to fight this?
There is no way to fight this at all!
Wu Xiaode thought in a daze.

He met the giant's gaze—

There was an increasingly obvious sense of sarcasm in that ugly, indifferent, and ruthless giant pupil.

The giant snorted contemptuously, and muttered:
"For countless years, you low species have rarely dared to fight me, except for running away. Even if you fight, you can't catch my move, let alone hit me, ants, you are as humble and ridiculous as dust .”

No one ever hit it.

Plus, it seems to know what it's thinking.

Wu Xiaode felt boundless despair.

The giant stretched out his hand and flicked Wu Xiaode from the air.

Before Wu Xiaode could react, the scale armor on his body suddenly emitted a shroud of light, completely covering him.

Bang!
A muffled sound.

Wu Xiaode flew upside down, rolled several times in a row, and hit the wall, he was dizzy and couldn't get up for a while.

The mask shook for a while.

The whole piece of scale armor made a "crack" and "crack" sound, gradually cracking the dense lines, and finally scattered on the ground with a clatter.

This piece of scale armor with magical power was completely damaged.

The giant said boredly: "It's that interesting armor...but what's the use? Its owner is dying, and you will die too."

Wu Xiaode staggered, and finally stood up slowly against the wall, panting heavily.

Thanks to the little girl's armor for saving her life.

I almost died just now!

The giant seemed to have lost interest, and stopped looking at him, instead opening his mouth full of sharp fangs——

puff!
An afterimage was spat out by it, flew out like an afterimage, hit the wall, bounced to the ground again, and made a crisp sound.

Dead silence.

Wu Xiaode looked at the long sword that was stained red with blood, and was completely stunned.

This is the sword that the masked man has been holding tightly in his hand.

in this case--

The flying masked man has been swallowed by the giant.

I--

Is it the same ending?
Why am I facing such a thing?
Wu Xiaode was a little dazed.

Behind him, the little girl quickly whispered:
"Run away—this giant seems to be full, and its desire to attack has decreased a lot, and you are just an ordinary person, it doesn't like your flesh and blood—"

"At this moment, you have a chance to escape from here!"

Wu Xiaode glanced around, and saw blood spilled in front of the hole in the corner, the inside was dark, and he didn't know where it led.

Yes, the hole is too small for giants to get through!

"Walk together!"

Wu Xiaode put down the dagger, and hurriedly went to help the little girl.

Anyway, her battle armor saved her life just now, and she has to pay back!

"Leave me alone, my injury is too serious, my bones are broken, I can't live anymore."

The little girl endured the pain and said.

Looking at her twisted legs, Wu Xiaode felt as if something was vigorously stirring her chest, and an indescribable emotion gradually filled her.

His gaze once again focused on the line of small ice crystal characters in the void:
"Entrustment [-]: The lamb to be slaughtered."

Is there really a chance of survival?

Even the commission itself says there is very little hope.

Wu Xiaode looked at the hole again.

The ground shook slightly.

The giant slowly climbed down from the towering mountain of corpses, apparently planning to come this way.

escape--

For now, the only way is to escape!
Wu Xiaode looked at the little girl again, wanting to say something.

"I'm about to die, run away—if you can survive, you can avenge me later!" The little girl looked at him deeply, and said her last request.

Wu Xiaode gritted his teeth.

Damn.

Damn it!
He took a big stride and rushed to the hole with all his strength.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Sure enough, the giant didn't bother to pay attention to him, he just walked towards this side step by step, and said in his mouth:
"Rats are not worth eating - I have too many rats."

"However, a young sprout with special power fluctuations can be used as the main meal of this meal."

Its one eye fell on the little girl.

at last.

When it stood in front of the little girl, Wu Xiaode had already rushed to the entrance of the cave.

He can leave now!
The little girl withdrew her gaze and looked at the giant in front of her.

There is no doubt that he will be eaten.

The little girl could no longer hold back her emotions and began to sob slightly.

The giant looked at the little girl and said in a urn voice: "As a high-quality food material, you are qualified to say a last word."

The little girl looked towards the entrance of the cave.

Wu Xiaode got into the hole and stood in the shadow of the hole.

——In the cave is a steep slope with no end in sight, as long as you jump down, you can leave this terrifying place immediately.

But for some reason, Wu Xiaode hasn't left yet.

He stood in the darkness, staring at the line of small frosty words:

"Entrustment [-]: The lamb to be slaughtered."

I appeared here inexplicably, and got this book of the dead inexplicably.

anyway--

Not even the masked man and the mage survived!

Are burrows safe?
No, there is absolutely no way to confirm this.

and so--

Do you believe in the hints of this book of the dead, or run away wantonly in this completely unknown and terrifying place?
Wu Xiaode gritted his teeth, looking at the little girl in the corner.

The two looked at each other.

The little girl wiped away her tears, sniffed her nose, and shouted at him: "Go!"

Wu Xiaode froze in place.

In mid-air, the giant hummed again:
"It's time to eat."

It slowly stretched out its huge hand with blood and bones, and grabbed the little girl.

Everything came to an end.

Sudden--

A voice sounded from a cave not far away:
"If I were you, I wouldn't eat her so easily, after all, she is already full of fear."

"According to what you said, the corpses of people who died out of fear will stink and sour, and the taste is not good at all, even for living people, isn't it?"

The giant's hand stopped.

The little girl also showed disbelief, her eyes staring straight at the hole.

I saw Wu Xiaode coming out of the hole.

His face was very pale, and his body was still trembling slightly, but his eyes were fixed on the giant.

damn it.

Cursing secretly in his heart, he said loudly to the giant:

"In this cave, you can't see anything other than corpses, so you can only eat these things all the time, and of course you find it unpalatable."

He walked back step by step, as if exhausting all his strength.

The giant stared at Wu Xiaode with disgust in his eyes, but he couldn't help but say:

"Sour smelly flesh and blood, what do you want to say?"

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath.

will die.

This idea came up from the bottom of his heart and was immediately suppressed by him.

There is no need to worry about life and death anymore.

If everyone who enters this sealed cave is extraordinary——

The masked man has a sword, the old man has a staff, and I... have a book of the dead that no one else can see!
If the entrustment in this book is true——

Take a gamble.

No matter how illusory the hope is, I have to take a gamble!
Wu Xiaode went straight to the little girl and opened a dead body.

——This is the body of the only chef among the many guards around her.

Wu Xiaode opened the utensil box under the corpse, rummaged through it, and soon found some bottles and jars.

"Look, we have vinegar, soy sauce, garlic paste."

"Actually, that's enough, but luckily we also have chilli and cumin powder."

Wu Xiaode began to smear various condiments on himself.

The little girl froze.

The giant froze.

After a few breaths of time.

The giant's one-eyed stared more and more rounded, and the nostrils opened and twitched from time to time, as if trying to smell the unique flavor emanating from Wu Xiaode's body.

Its raised hand slowly stopped.

At this moment Wu Xiaode was ready to go all out, and said loudly:

"I'm alive, so the taste must be better than a dead body."

"My body is fat and thin, unlike her, skinny and skinny, not tasty at all."

"The most important thing is that I am very good at the ratio of this dip."

Wu Xiaode estimated the size of his body, and smeared all kinds of condiments all over his body, until he reached the ideal level in his heart, he didn't stop.

He has confidence in himself.

——After all, every time we eat hot pot, everyone likes to ask themselves to help make the dipping sauce.

My ex-girlfriend has always been reluctant to part with me.

She didn't mercilessly dump herself until she specifically asked for the ratio of dipping ingredients.

That is to say-

As for the dipping sauce, you can do it yourself! ! !

Wu Xiaode put those bottles and jars on the ground, raised his head to meet the giant's single eye, and said loudly:
"I'm probably the tastiest person you'll ever see, and I don't think you can deny that."

His voice spread far and wide in the silent cave.

The murderous aura on the giant had dissipated long ago.

It lowered its head and looked down at Wu Xiaode who was covered in condiments, feeling a little surprised for a moment.

Beside Wu Xiaode, the little girl's eyes were wider than a bull's, and her mouth was even wider open, unable to close at all.

What is this man doing!

He's crazy?
I am so pitiful that when I was dying, I thought of saving such a lunatic and hoped that he would survive.

Thinking of this, the little girl's expression became gloomy again.

Wu Xiaode didn't care about so much anymore.

He opened his arms, straightened his chest, and roared loudly to meet the giant's gaze:
"Come on, try the taste!"

The giant was a little moved.

The killing intent in its single eye completely dissipated, hesitating for a few breaths, gently stretched out his hand, and carefully grabbed Wu Xiaode——

Looking at it, it seems that it is afraid of hurting Wu Xiaode, so that the fresh flesh and blood body will become a corpse, destroying the freshness and flavor of the entire ingredients.

The giant palm grasped Wu Xiaode with extremely gentle strength, lifted it up slowly, put it in front of his nose and sniffed lightly.

"How?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The giant said in a serious tone: "This is a wonderful taste that I have never tasted before."

"Actually, there are several other better flavors. I can teach you how to season them. Do you want to learn?" Wu Xiaode said.

"Anything else?" The giant's one-eyed lighted up.

"Yes, let me tell you—" Wu Xiaode grabbed its two giant fingers, tried to get up, leaned forward, and leaned against the giant's nose.

Then--

Snapped!
A slapping sound like a burst suddenly sounded in the quiet magic cave.

The Cyclops froze.

It tore Wu Xiaode off his face, and asked in a low voice: "Just now... were you..."

"Slap you." Wu Xiaode said.

He was covered in sauce, and while rubbing his palms, he grinned and said, "No one can hit you? Big trash, what was that noise just now?"

There was dead silence all around.

The little girl didn't know what to say anymore, she tightly covered her mouth with her hands.

The Cyclops was filled with fierce murderous intent, and the vertical pupil on its head slowly shrank, and bursts of scarlet light began to glow.

Wu Xiaode has put life and death aside, and said with a gentle expression: "Next time you introduce yourself to others, don't be so arrogant, remember to tell them how you were slapped."

As soon as the words fell, a sudden change occurred!
An illusory lamp suddenly appeared in the void.

The moment the lamp appeared, there was a loud bang, and then it quickly turned into several blazing stars.

one two three four five six seven eight nine.

Nine bright stars surrounded the book of the dead, neatly arranged in a circle in the void, emitting dazzling brilliance.

Wu Xiaode was startled.

What kind of magic is this, is it used by giants to kill themselves?

No, it looked more like his own Book of the Dead inspired something.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the starlight quickly scattered into countless light spots, which disappeared into the book of the dead.

On the inner pages of the book, rows of small words exuding a icy aura were frantically refreshed:
"Congratulations!"

"You have completed the commission: the lamb to be slaughtered."

"You temporarily saved the little girl."

"You slapped the Cyclops and mocked it by the way."

"This is something that has never happened in ancient times, and you did it with the humble body of an ant."

"All the undead wandering in this magic cave are looking up at you and cheering for you."

"You have won the appreciation of the undead, level: nine stars."

"This is the highest rating."

"The guardian spirit of the little girl is surrounded by many heroic spirits, Qi Qi decided to take a gamble on you."

"This book has resonated with all the heroic spirits, and obtained enough power from them, which will temporarily free you from the current mortal situation."

"You will return to your own world and try to improve your strength within seven days."

"Seven days later, you will return here again, this is an inescapable fate!"

"Preparing for transmission—"

out of death?

Even if it's only seven days, it's still good news.

But is it true?
Wu Xiaode couldn't believe it, and couldn't help looking up at the giant.

I saw the giant staring at Wu Xiaode, showing his mouth full of sharp fangs, streams of saliva flowing down the corners of his mouth.

It urn said:
"I was wrong just now, you dare to struggle like this when you are dying, and there is still an inexplicable power fluctuation on your body—"

"You should be the top ingredients!"

The giant opened its mouth and stuffed Wu Xiaode in.

Those sharp fangs fell with strong wind pressure, but stopped a few centimeters away from Wu Xiaode's forehead.

——The teleportation has begun!

The book of the dead frantically refreshed lines of small ice crystal characters:

"The energy conversion is complete."

"Everything is ready."

"Characters are about to be stripped from the present moment and returned to their original world."

"return!"

Swah——

Wu Xiaode turned into a ball of light and shadow, splitting the void in an instant, and he didn't know where he was going.

(End of this chapter)