Chapter 009: The Rules of the Curse

However, at this moment, Zhang Fengyu was not interested in looking at that woman, because he saw the dagger, less than half a centimeter from his thigh, belonging to the young man named Zhang Feng. He firmly believed that as long as his body trembled slightly, that dagger would unhesitatingly stab into his thigh

He was a young man with blonde hair, holding a cigarette, and his stubbled face gave him a strikingly handsome appearance, exuding a deep sense of despair. After he forcefully flicked the cigarette butt to the ground, he coldly glared at Zhang Fengyu and then irritably shouted, "Don't ask this or that; just answer our questions honestly. You have no right to speak, do you understand?"

Having received Zhang Feng's warning, Zhang Fengyu suppressed the shock and the multitude of questions in his heart. Although he did not care much about Zhang Feng, he still wisely refrained from asking anything further. After all, if someone wants to tell you something, they will naturally do so; if they do not wish to share, then even if he were to ask, he would not be able to elicit any information.

After all, they have grown up under the influence of materialist thought, and it can be said that it is very difficult for them to change their original beliefs in a short period of time. However, Zhang Fengyu managed to do it, which is truly astonishing. Yet, despite their surprise, after experiencing so many struggles between life and death, even the most astonishing events only last for a moment.

Zhang Fengyu, already filled with anger from being punched by this young man, was further infuriated by the latter's refusal to apologize and his arrogant demeanor. This instantly caused Zhang Fengyu to erupt with rage. He had encountered ghosts before, let alone humans. He suddenly sprang up from the ground and swung his fist towards the young man with yellow hair.

After Zhang Feng finished speaking, he took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket and lit it with a lighter. He returned to his previous seat as if he were under the influence of drugs, tilting his head back and inhaling with a look of relief.

Zhang Feng! Are you done yet? We have all experienced the pain of beginner tasks. He has just come out of the beginner tasks, and it has already been painful enough. Is it too inhumane of you to treat him this way?

After a brief moment of astonishment, Zhang Fengyu regained his composure. He let out a helpless sigh and said to Wang Lin in a low voice: "I have complete faith in what you said. Although it sounds so incredible, I truly saw it. I saw those monsters that existed in the depths of my imagination. So, thinking about it, since the monsters have appeared, there is nothing that is impossible to happen."

I understand your mother!

The speaker this time is a woman with somewhat dark skin, appearing to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. However, this woman possesses an extraordinary elegance. Zhang Fengyu feels a blend of youth and maturity emanating from her, especially in her bright and beautiful eyes, which instantly extinguish much of the anger Zhang Fengyu had felt before.

What are you saying? Unable to leave

Seeing Zhang Fengyu recover so quickly to normalcy not only left Wang Lin feeling quite astonished, but also elicited a hint of surprise in the eyes of the other four. They still remembered their expressions when they first returned to the Death Base after completing the novice task and listened to the elder here explain such matters. Initially, they all wore faces of disbelief, and it was only after surviving the second task that they truly came to believe in these things.

Among these five individuals, there was one who remained silent from beginning to end, a man in his twenties with a fair complexion and glasses. This bespectacled man always wore a faint smile on his face, but it was unclear whether this smile was a desperate attempt to conceal his inner fear or if he was genuinely able to remain calm in such an environment.

Zhang Fengyu symbolically nodded and continued to listen to Wang Lin: "Now, in my capacity as the execution team leader, I will explain some aspects of this wanted mission to you, which will be helpful for you in completing future wanted tasks. The reason you are cursed is that you received a piece of black advertising paper resembling a movie promotional flyer. The moment you received this paper, you were already trapped in this terrifying curse. To survive in this curse, you can only passively accept one terrifying wanted task after another. Of course, after completing each task, you will gain a certain amount of life points. When you accumulate your life points to one hundred, congratulations, you will be able to completely rid yourself of this curse and return to the real world."

In the midst of confusion, Zhang Fengyu was struck and sent flying. Struggling, he got back up from the ground, wiped the blood that had dripped from the corner of his mouth, and with a face full of anger, he raised his head, only then seeing the appearance of the person who had hit him

Upon hearing the woman's mockery, Zhang Feng gradually withdrew the hand holding the dagger away from Zhang Fengyu, yet his expression remained exceedingly cold.

Wang Lin's expression quickly returned to normal. He turned to Zhang Feng behind him and asked for a cigarette, then took a deep breath and continued speaking to Zhang Fengyu: "Your ability to adapt to the environment here so quickly is a good thing for your future completion of bounty tasks, because many newcomers who have survived the novice tasks often cannot believe in all of this, thinking that it is merely an illusion or a nightmare, which is why most of them die during their first official mission."

For a moment, no one in the carriage spoke, and the atmosphere remained oppressive for less than half a minute before Wang Lin broke the silence. He pointed to the carriage they were in and explained to Zhang Fengyu: "This is the Death Base. When there are no missions, we stay in this place, waiting for the notification of the next mission. Unless, during this waiting period, we exchange our life value for time, we absolutely cannot leave here."

Zhang Feng's departure allowed Zhang Fengyu to breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, but in those brief moments, Zhang Fengyu was startled, for the two teeth that had originally been knocked out by Zhang Feng were now miraculously intact in his mouth. If this was not an illusion, then it was the magic of this place.

As Zhang Fengyu swung his fist, a trace of cruelty crossed the young man's face. Suddenly, a dagger appeared in his hand out of nowhere, clearly indicating his intention to strike Zhang Fengyu with lethal force. However, at that moment, an angry female voice caused both of them to freeze in place.

Regardless of your identity outside of this place, you are to be obedient and listen to me here, otherwise!

Zhang Fengyu was taken aback upon hearing Wang Lin's words. Having experienced the previous terrifying events and witnessed the tragic deaths of his roommates, Zhang Fengyu had no doubt about Wang Lin's words, for no fool would be foolish enough to deliberately engage in supernatural antics to deceive a poor student like him