The butcher's knife was swift.
From top to bottom, it sliced Xiang Weishan's upper body in half, blood gushing out violently, the internal mess making one's whole body go weak!
The most terrifying thing was—even like this, Xiang Weishan wasn't dead!
He made strange noises from his mouth, his hands clawing at the air like seaweed, and a bizarre smile gradually appeared on his face.
This smile was identical to the one on the boneless corpse everyone had seen earlier at the guild's headquarters!
Finally, the butcher tossed the chain he held, and Xiang Weishan was immediately hooked and hung upside down from the butcher shop's ceiling!
The body swayed without wind.
Xiang Weishan's underlings stood frozen in place, their faces pale!
"What happened?"
"Didn't Xiang Weishan complete the game?"
"Why is he dead?"
They were too far away to know exactly what happened; they only saw Xiang Weishan shouting, then suddenly attacked by the butcher, and then... he died.
At this moment, the three people inside the butcher shop looked equally grim.
The butcher... had started killing!
Who would be next?
Would it be Zhao Yi, standing beside him?
They held their breath, their minds blank with fear.
But soon, they realized... the butcher didn't seem to have any intention of continuing the slaughter.
He turned back into the butcher shop, brought out a bowl of soup from the kitchen, and handed it to Zhao Yi.
"You completed my task, this is your reward."
Zhao Yi took the soup from the butcher, a flash of information about the soup appearing in his eyes.
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[Item: The Butcher's Carefully Cooked Soup]
[Quality: Consumable]
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[Description: Though a butcher, his culinary skills are impeccable, yet for some reason, his food always contains resentment and anger!]
[Effect: Overdraw part of your life in advance to gain immense strength, falling into a frenzy where you recognize no one, lasting five minutes. After the frenzy ends, you will lose all combat ability for twelve hours!]
[Note: Do you want to be a coward for a lifetime or a hero for a moment?]
...
"Thank you."
Although this item had significant side effects, its effects were remarkable and could be a lifesaver in certain situations!
He accepted the butcher's soup, and the system began broadcasting news about Zhao Yi.
[Congratulations to player Zhao Yi for unlocking a new guild scene—the Butcher Shop. This scene remains neutral, and players can purchase meat food from the butcher shop, but there is no protection near this scene. Also—do not attempt to anger the shop's owner, the butcher.]
[World guiding quest completed. Based on participation, player Zhao Yi receives three talent points, players Fang Bai, Bai Shuiji, and Liu Han receive 1 talent point each.]
[The world quest has been updated to 'Unravel the Resentment on the Train.' Please check the system for details.]
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[Guild Chatroom]
: The butcher shop is unlocked too?
: Damn, this guiding quest that hasn't been completed in three years is finally done, my youth is over!
: Damn, this newcomer really has something!
: In the last dungeon, Green Wolf was talking about wanting to recruit Zhao Yi into the guild!
: Unfortunately, this world quest is now marked with Zhao Yi's tag, and even players with higher levels can't do this map's world quest... unless he dies.
: The person above, your thoughts are dangerous!
: If we don't kill him, we can only wait for him to open the next big map, and the world quest is fully released with NPC side quests, then we have a chance to do it.
: Just wait... although the bosses above don't really care, I think if you really try to kill someone like Zhao Yi, they probably won't sit idly by, because the value of such a person to the guild is hard to measure!
...
The chatroom was filled with various discussions.
They were all envious of the rewards, but due to some special rules, they couldn't take on some recent tasks.
So, some had sinister thoughts.
They wanted Zhao Yi dead.
The All Freeloaders guild was different from other guilds because there was no clear prohibition against players killing each other, so they had many ways to kill each other.
The brutal competition made many newcomers in the guild want to switch guilds.
But changing guilds was troublesome.
It required passing a deadly assessment.
The terrifying death rate of that thing deterred many players who wanted to switch guilds.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yi, after the system announcement, didn't leave immediately to heal at the guild's base but instead asked the butcher about his daughter.
"Do you have any information about your daughter?"
The butcher paused his work, stood in place thinking for a few seconds, then turned back to a resting room, took out a key, opened the door, and brought out an old recorder and a damaged ID card.
"I can't remember much about things before I died."
The butcher said.
The recorder was stained with fresh blood, never drying, never to dry.
The love the butcher had for his daughter in life turned into endless hatred and murderous intent after his death, attached to the recorder!
One could imagine something must have happened back then.
Zhao Yi took the ID card from the butcher's hand and glanced at it.
The butcher's daughter's name was Sun Baibai.
She was a very beautiful, slender girl.
Putting these two items into his storage space, Zhao Yi said:
"I'll do it as soon as possible."
"Also... I need to take a few people with me."
The butcher coldly replied:
"You can take them all."
The guiding quest was complete, and now it was a neutral entity, no longer holding obvious hostility towards players.
Moreover, Zhao Yi was going to help it find its daughter.
So the butcher had no reason to refuse Zhao Yi.
The few people in the shop were overjoyed upon hearing this, trembling with excitement!
The butcher's words clearly meant he wouldn't kill them!
Not only did they survive, but they also gained two talent points for free!
Bai Shuiji, who was initially weak, could now walk without Fang Bai's support after gaining a point of strength!
Zhao Yi glanced at the people inside, showing his signature smile.
"No... actually, I didn't plan to take them all."
"There are some things I can't do, but you can help me with."
"After all, you've done this many times before."
The crowd's expressions froze upon hearing this, then they suddenly realized, Zhao Yi was going to borrow a knife to kill!
The butcher straightforwardly asked:
"Who do you want to kill?"
Zhao Yi's gaze fell on Liu Han, whose face turned deathly pale!
"No..."
"Zhao Yi... you have no reason to kill me!"
"I haven't done anything to wrong you... I'm just like them!"
Liu Han, sweating profusely, frantically explained.
Zhao Yi gently flicked his hair with the middle finger of his left hand, smiling as he replied:
"I never mind sharing meat with others."
"But there are two things I can't tolerate..."
"First is someone eating the meat from my bowl."
"Second is someone who relies on me to eat meat... wanting to eat the meat off my body!"
"I have no interest in killing, but that doesn't mean I won't kill."
"You should have understood this long ago... but it's okay..."
"Be careful in your next life."