The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!-Chapter 1257 - 777: Xia Kai: If Only I’d Known There’s Social Etiquette Even in Hell’s Game

Chapter 1257: Chapter 777: Xia Kai: If Only I’d Known There’s Social Etiquette Even in Hell’s Game

"So, boss, when do we take action?"

Niu Daji asked excitedly.

He had just finished a fight and his hands were still itching for more.

"No rush, let Ah Bao keep an eye on them. If there’s someone behind the Blood Killing Gang, they’ll surely try to contact them now. It’s best to root them all out in one go."

Liu Zheng said.

"Got it."

Niu Daji replied.

"Why do I feel like I’m forgetting something?"

After hanging up, he muttered to himself.

"Oh, right, I forgot to refresh the effect of the Phoenix Cloak."

It took Liu Zheng a moment to remember.

He had a lot going on and many items, sometimes it was hard to keep track of everything.

"Effect of the item successfully used, player has gained the ’Five Virtues of Trust’ status."

"Five Virtues of Trust: The player can make an oath and receive attribute bonuses based on the content of the oath. If the player breaks the oath during the duration, half of the attribute bonus is permanently deducted."

The system prompt quickly sounded.

"Damn, that’s quite a harsh side effect."

Liu Zheng clicked his tongue.

If the attribute bonus is more than double his own attributes, wouldn’t breaking the oath directly turn his attributes into a negative number?

"Should I use it or not?"

He pondered.

In Metropolis, where you never know what’s going to happen next, any oath you make could potentially be broken.

But if he just gives up the effect of the Phoenix Cloak, it seems like a waste.

Considering the effect of the "Five Virtues of Benevolence," the effect of the Phoenix Cloak is pretty powerful.

"Use it!"

Liu Zheng quickly made his decision.

The bold survive, the timid starve.

Anyway, his base attributes are high enough, and he has quite a few items that add bonuses, a single Phoenix Cloak shouldn’t be able to kill him.

As for what to swear, he decided to just copy it.

"I swear, I won’t engage in any intimate contact with anyone or anything capable of inducing sexual arousal or pleasure."

Liu Zheng directly copied the effect of the "Headless Mandarin Duck Pouch" for his oath.

"Player has made an oath, effect is generating..." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Effect generation complete."

"Five Virtues of Trust (oath made): Player’s sexual ability increased by 200%."

"???"

He furrowed his brow into a Chuan character.

Is this really the effect of the Phoenix Cloak?

I’ve only heard that dragons are prone to lust, never heard of phoenixes being lustful too.

"Hmm..."

But then again, the oath was not to engage in any intimate acts, so the feedback being an increase in sexual ability makes sense.

Thinking about it, Liu Zheng got excited again.

Not only has the "Sexual Fertility Brings Disaster" bonus skyrocketed, but the effect of "Castration for Eternal Control" has also shot up.

With one strike, wouldn’t even a sow become an heirless nine generations?

In the future, any Immortal Species that dares provoke him will directly be rendered infertile.

"Hmm..."

With no one around, Liu Zheng secretly pulled down his pants.

"Tsk~"

There wasn’t any immediate change.

He pouted, lay in the haystack, and fell asleep.

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Xia Kai stared blankly at the red Bird House in front of him.

The mission name was "Bathhouse Street Scare," but all around him was forest, and only the Bird House had any relation to a street, though barely.

If he remembered correctly, Bird Houses should be entrances to Shrines.

Could it be that Bathhouse Street is set inside a Shrine? If so, this God should have a bit of a Northeast accent.

Xia Kai swallowed, starting to check himself.

According to previous experience in instances, players usually have some initial items or information on them.

"Found it."

He fished a letter out of his pocket.

The letter was written by someone named Little Chuan to someone named Jing Shang.

In the letter, Little Chuan first exchanged pleasantries with Jing Shang and then said he had lost money in business ventures and could only sell himself to a hospital to pay off his debts, hoping Jing Shang would help his son Xia Kai find a job on Bathhouse Street for old times’ sake.

On the back of the letter was a photo of Little Chuan and Xia Kai together.

To be fair, the two did look quite similar.

"Looks like this is the normal task route."

Xia Kai thought to himself.

Hell’s Game isn’t exactly benevolent, but neither is it a sadistic Main God doing everything possible to kill players.

No matter the instance type, it always provides a standard task route.

Following the standard route, as long as a player’s performance is above the passing line, they can typically clear it smoothly.

Of course, players can also choose not to follow the standard route.

For instance, Xia Kai could choose to throw away the letter and dive into the forest to start a wilderness survival mode.

Anyway, the task objective is to survive for 24 hours, not specifically on Bathhouse Street.

But the consequence of doing so...

Well, none of the players he knew ever strayed from the standard route.

Xia Kai put the letter back in his pocket and looked at the Bird House again.

Underneath the massive red Bird House, two Minotaurs holding pitchforks were dozing off.

They were dressed in clothing similar to Japanese bathrobes, nearly identical in appearance and height — clearly blood-related.

The only question was if they were father and son or brothers.

Why not mother and daughter or sisters? Because their bathrobes were too loose, revealing their "bull members."

From the outside, these two Minotaurs didn’t appear particularly fierce, clean with no traces of blood or flesh, and wore no bone necklaces or skull caps.