CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 15: THE WARRING STATES’ NUMBER 1 GREAT DEMON AND HER USELESS SIDEKICK (PART 2)

The biggest possibility is not knowing anything, muddleheadedly ending the copy in the second way, without even knowing how you met your end.

And a few minutes later, when the strategy of clinging to a powerful ally succeeded, this small Thirteen Sakura Village suddenly became utterly calm, without a hint of suspense, as if it were a leisurely vacation... However, despite the dull and boring life of following a big shot, Gu Mo still couldn’t bring himself to live like a salted fish in peace.

He doesn’t deny that right now he is indeed a nobody, otherwise, he wouldn’t have tried to rely on Hidechika by using his intelligence advantage with a little bit of strategy, not out of malice, but simply knowing his current position. Without a strong ally, he simply can’t take a step.

However—

Admitting that he is a nobody now doesn’t mean he wants to remain one.

After all, he knows very well that continuing like this is not feasible, there will inevitably be other copies in the future, and he can’t guarantee that every time he’ll conveniently encounter someone as easygoing... cough cough, as quiet and helpful as Hidechika. What will he do then, if not relying on himself?

Of course, one could say, as long as he doesn’t participate in those copies, there would be no problem, but not mentioning that the pre-entry hints have disappeared, and the possibility of accidentally entering new scenes, Gu Mo himself doesn’t want to give up on such extraordinary experiences.

He doesn’t have particularly grand ambitions at present, just wants to see more different landscapes.

So—

He once again turned his gaze toward a ruined, burning house ahead, at the door of which a small monster was eating voraciously. It was so engrossed that even the huge commotion from the cemetery just now failed to disturb or attract its attention.

"I should be able to handle a little hungry ghost, right..."

Mumbling to himself, thus encouraging himself, Gu Mo stopped paying attention to the battle at the cemetery, knowing that the girl must have no problem wrapping things up, he slowly tiptoed forward. During this process, he tried his best to lighten his steps, while keeping an eye on all directions, ears listening in all directions, and his nerves were tense to the extreme.

Because the impression the game left on him was too deep.

Everywhere is malice, whether it is the glowing points of items visible at a glance, or monsters also visible at a glance, possibly all intended to draw your attention. What you see is just what they let you see, and the purpose is to distract your attention.

And it’s not just this game, similar games have such designs, and he has indeed suffered too many tragic lessons in this regard—

Seeing a glowing point of an item at the edge of a high place, going over eagerly to pick it up, only to find it’s a "fading soul", just when feeling disappointed it’s a trash item, a small monster suddenly charged out from behind and pushed him down...

Hmm, it was indeed a fading soul.

Of course, not referring to the item.

After scrutinizing with great care and confirming that the small hungry ghost ahead was indeed a lone monster, Gu Mo finally felt a little at ease. At this point, he had also arrived at a distance not far from the small hungry ghost, slowly holding his breath, quietly crouching down, to grasp a somewhat rusty short knife on the ground.

This was something he had already noticed before, so he sneaked over here, otherwise, he would’ve had to go elsewhere to find a weapon before making a move.

A brief battle must have also occurred here, with large patches of blood splattered all over the ground, now congealed.

There probably weren’t just one or two corpses initially, but looking at the drag marks on the ground, they might have been dragged away by something, leaving only one particularly tattered and bloody corpse lying alone over there, being devoured madly by the hungry ghost with an abnormally large, deformed head resembling a big-headed monster baby.

This weapon is likely a leftover from the previous brief battle.

Gu Mo swiftly examined it, the short knife was entirely forged from black iron, but its quality was worrisome, the blade was somewhat blunt, with many nicks and cracks, and stinking black blood was solidified on it... even within his vision, there were only basic interaction options, like "Press F to pick up", "Press F to equip", and so on.

Beyond that, there was no more information. It seems that such low-grade equipment cannot be considered system-recognized equipment and won’t specially provide an additional equipment attribute identification interface.

However, looking around, this was already the only handy weapon Gu Mo could find nearby... so indeed, a realistic world is not a game, it’s impossible that any random mob, roadside corpse, or even accidentally breaking a stone pile would drop a divine artifact.

Having been mentally prepared for this, he didn’t feel disappointed, or should it be said that having such expectations would be a bit absurd?

Taking a slow breath in, Gu Mo gripped the hilt of the short knife tightly, his gaze fixed on the small hungry ghost ahead, concentrating his spiritual power to the utmost.

It was a creature that, at a quick glance, resembled a human child, only it wasn’t wearing clothes, naked, its skin a deathly gray all over, its head abnormally large...

The so-called hungry ghosts are the departed who fell into the realm of hungry ghosts due to their actions in life, a realm of the dead suffering from hunger and thirst eternally. So they are always in a state of extreme hunger, and any normal food they eat will self-combust and disappear in their throats, unable to fill even the slightest hunger in their bellies.