Chapter 520 - 11.46 First Green Star - Punishment World: 'Hell' (12)
Han Ya went down to the next layer which is the eighth layer, Hell of Wrongful Death, not even knowing that he had gone to the wrong layer thanks to his stupid manager with no sense of direction. The Hell of Cauldron is the seventh layer while the Hell of Beast where An Yuan is is the fifth layer. At this moment, Han Ya didn't know that he had gotten farther from his beloved.
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Meanwhile, in the layer full of a hungry beast.
The fifth layer of Diyu, Hell of Beasts.
Player An Yuan and his newly made friend, Player Lan She were watching the live stream of An Yuan's shared platform. Since he is not able to leave the stone prison with all those fierce beasts outside the cave waiting for them to come out. These beasts were all aggressive by nature plus they love to eat meat the most especially human meat.
The area outside the stone prison is endless chaos. There were black beasts of varying shapes and sizes lurking around the blood-red land. Only the moonlight tainted by rouge is their source of light.
In the middle of the dark forest, few players are running for their lives regardless of their situation. There are some who were in small groups and a few in solo.
Hah... Ah... Hah... Pants... Pants~
Mixed with the distorted breathing of humans is the rustling sound of someone running away, the sound of cold wind blowing, and the sound of trees swaying.
There are at least a few human players running around the area. All covered in sweat and blood as well as uncontrollable heartbeats in a state of panic.
But their thoughts are all the same.
'I don't want to die. Don't let that thing catch up!'
They keep running and running. They had no exact destination and all they wanted to do is escape. They are tired and their bodies are full of fatigue but they are forbidden to stop running. As when they do... it will become the last moment of their lives.
"Hah~ what the hell are those!? Why are they so powerful they could rip the metal cage with their fangs!"
"I don't want to die. I really don't want to die"
This man mutters continuously as he runs away for his life. He is already out of breath but he didn't dare to pause his movements as if stopping himself could only mean death.
Not far from him the sound of running on a few limbs can be heard. It was like a horse galloping to dash at its top speed yet it wasn't that heavy based on the sounds of footsteps. There are at least four legs running towards him. Mixed within the sound of the wind, a growling sound of a beast can be heard as well.
The adult man looked haggard from non stop running. His clothes and hair had long been disheveled, with an imprinted fear on his face plus with his ragged breathing one could see how frightened he is to whatever is chasing after him.
What this player didn't know is that there isn't only one beast chasing after him. A stronger and much more dangerous creature is on him. It is the guardian of this floor. With three heads following the scent of the blood on the man's clothes, he is like a live target, a mere rabbit that a hunter is chasing after.
He keeps looking back. Glancing behind him quite multiple times. Though the player couldn't see the figure of the monster chasing after him, he knew that it was still there. He halted for a moment when he heard the sound from behind him fade. Seeing that there is no wild beast or monster that is after him, this human player started to smile between his tears, sweat, and happiness.
"Ha... Haha~ I... I did it! Finally, I escaped! Hahaha~" but as soon as he turned around from the opposite side. He felt his head leaning on some. Kind of slightly pointed big rows of thick white teeth. With a slimy feeling underneath his jaws and the rotten scent of blood and meat assaulting his nose.
The player froze in shock and terror. His head was hanging inside a big mouth and he didn't dare to move. But he is still able to hear the words spoken on his right and left sides.
"This is the first human to deliver himself to our mouths~," said the dog head on the right.
"Don't waste time on it, second. The next snack is for me, First!" said the dog head on the left.
"Thven I whon't hosld bhack!" said the dog head in the middle.
The human player said while shaking in terror, "A-Ah...AHhh~ S-Save--!!!"
Before the human player could even react. The second head closed his mouth. He bit on the human head that landed directly inside his mouth.
"Meh~..."
CHOMPED! Crushed~ munchs~
The sound of chewing and saliva being gulped was what was heard in the area. The two heads on the left and right were staring at their second brother who was enjoying munching on the human head and directly separated it from its body.
A headless body fell on the ground.
THUD!
Swallow~
The third head asked, "Is it delicious?"
"Not bad hm~" answered the head in the middle.
The first head nodded and agreed to his second head's words. "Yes, it was quite delicious."
Only then it remember An Yuan and Lan She whom they targeted at first but failed to eat. Those two had the most mouthwatering aroma among all the food that arrived in their layer.
"Those two lumps of meat from before smelled the greatest but there were only two. They've even covered their cage with a barrier, how annoying~" said the first head.
Middle head spoke as he looked at his bent horn and complained, "That golden barrier is too strong. Look how it bends my precious horn!"
"Mah. Mah~ they are human players, let's wait for them to use up that golden thingy and eat them all together. But there are only two of them. None for me again. Let's look for another one that has the scent of a delicacy~" said the third head.
"Sure third~"
This Cerberus had been hunting human players after failing to hunt An Yuan and Lan She. Unlike the other players who had left their cages on their own, An Yuan and Lan She chose to stay behind bars and wait for the others to arrive. Though Lan She is a hidden God of these words he could allow a protagonist to know his bug-like existence without the help of Lord Hei. He doesn't have any authority to move the Heavenly Laws of a world after all.
Most players who had left their prisons had all these kinds of endings. But away from all violence and blood are the two players who decided to wait inside their cell currently watching the live streaming of An Yuan's teammates.
The scene of Hei Anjing creating a scythe made of ice to cut off Snow Oni's hand was playing at the streaming platform hologram before An Yuan and Lan She.
An Yuan asked, "Eh? Why did he melt his scythe? Isn't that his weapon?"
Manager Gui was also surprised and confused, [That... I also don't know why Player Hei didn't use his scythe.]
Lan She who was sitting beside him was calm and commented, "Might be because he wanted to beat up the monster barehanded. He is powerful enough to cleanly cut off the monster's head but what would the enjoyment would he get from instant kill?"
"Oh~ plausible~ You are right, Sir Hei is finally laughing," said An Yuan as he watched Hei Anjing beat up the huge monster with his fist which was covered in surgical gloves. There's an exciting glint flashing within those deep blue eyes as he toyed with the Snow Oni.
What's surprising is that each of his punches and kicks coming from his slender legs and thin arms possessed strength that is enough to make the huge monster fly here and there. It was the scene of overkill and only the screams of the monster's agonizing cries echoes in the recording.
The comments sections are:
SugarDaddy01: Wow~ Our baby is as freakish as always. Isn't Snow Oni supposed to be a tanky boss NPC?
SugarDaddy02: He still looks so beautiful even when laughing like a maniac as he beats someone.
MyBabyhadGoneScary: QvQ ~ is that my baby? He looks like a killer right now? HELP MY BABY had gone rebellious!!!
WatchingBabyBeatsUpMonsters: Go. GO. go! Baby Jing Go. Go. Our violent baby!!!
IAmNewHere: Why is no one questioning how could that player do that? Are his fists made of diamond or something unbreakable!!!?
SugarBaby01: The one above. You are a newcomer huh! What's the video of Haunted Asylum's latest release. You would understand what is happening is you watch that episode.
It is now at the scene of Hei Anjing dissecting the large monsters.
MyBabyhadGoneScary: Ah. Ah. AH! BABY JING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? That's disgusting ah~~~
SugarDaddy01: (Covering my eyes so I won't see my sweet baby dissecting a monster)
SugarDaddy02: Baby, Daddy was eating dinner just now!!? URGH
MyBabyhadGoneScary: MY CONDOLENCES
SugarDaddy01: Condolences
ID0099999: Fuck! As soon as I enter the stream the first thing I saw is the streaming doing such URGH~ HURLS~
IAmNewHere: Ah! My eyes... Why is he even doing this!!!?
SugarDaddy03: Hey? Did Baby Jing just say that Snow Oni used to be human!? It's not a monster?
IAmDetectiveC*nan: I think I know what he means. Look closely at those internal. Organs. It might have increased in size by the heart shape, those pairs of lungs, that rib cage, liver, stomach, intestine.
Everyone: Enough! Stop being disgusting and explain directly!!!!
IAmDetectiveC*nan: Tsk! I haven't finished listing down the evidence yet!!!
ID1220000: Evidence your ass! We are already puking here. Just tell us the result okay? Bro~
IAmDetectiveC*nan: What a weak stomach you have bro~! But fine. What I wanted to say is that even though the size of the internal organs is beyond normal, those are parts only human beings possess. Even the position of each organ was the same structure as that of a human being, which is why Baby Jing says that Snow Oni is a human instead of a monster.
MyBabyhadGoneScary: Shit! This punishment world is no joke. It is really hell. Even players got to replace monsters.
SugarDaddy01: So the players who failed to come out of Diyu ended up replacing the monsters killed?
MyBabyhadGoneScary: I thought players who failed to escape are staying in Hell as sinners. By who would expect they would become. Monsters as well.
IAmDetectiveC*nan: Moreover, the deaths are real. No wonder they say those who died in Hell had perished forever. So this is why huh?
SugarDaddy02: I am much more amazed that Baby Jing had the stomach to dissect that thing!! Though I've already vomited my dinner for tonight.
SugarDaddy03: You still got it better, bro. You have enough buffer time to avoid your eyes while I just entered the stream room only to watch Baby Jing pull those large intestines and check it seriously. That scene is beautiful yet creepy~
At this moment even An Yuan was stunned by what he had witnessed and read. After seeing the comments, he was sure that the monster called Snow Oni is indeed a human. His special eyes were labeling the Snow Oni as an Experimental Human #483. He thought it was a glitch or something. The comments had clarified his confusion for that monster.
An Yuan mumbled, "So it was indeed not a monster ha! Blergh~"
After learning his teammates had dissected a real human with such a huge size he instantly felt his stomach-churning. He is still a human after all even if he had Awakened a unique bloodline his core is still that of a human being. Such a gruesome scene is enough to make him vomit as he ran into his own corner.
Blergh~ urgh~ Urk!!
Lan She just gave him a calm glance and commented, "Get used to it. This is not the same as the reality you know. If you don't adapt then... You can only die. No one will be protecting you forever~"
Hearing these words left An Yuan and his manager, Gui rendered speechless. The former just finished puking as he looked at Lan She with surprise in his eyes and then he understood that what Lan She had said was right. No one would be protecting him forever.
"Indeed. After all, even the Xiao Ya that I know is already gone...." murmured An Yuan silently in his heart.