Chapter 24: Since the banquet is already set, might as well just treat it as a feast!

"Striking while the iron is hot" has always been humanity's best choice when facing dangerous things.

Li Zhenpi was struggling internally. He wasn't a fool; he couldn't believe everything the female entity said, and it was hard to judge which parts were true.

However, from just now until now, nothing the female entity had said seemed to be incorrect.

Initially, he wanted to obtain the so-called [Hidden Item] to save his life.

After all, those who could make it this far were not simple; having one more life-saving item might help him survive the upcoming patrol more effectively.

One can never have too many life-saving items.

But to fight the eerie Ice Wax Statue?

That was something he had never even considered.

The Ice Wax Statue was so powerful that he couldn't even move just by being near it; how could he fight it? Wouldn't that just be suicide?

But circumstances change.

He didn't have the courage just a moment ago, but he might have it now.

Having undergone the baptism of levels 3-7, his self-confidence was currently exploding.

Furthermore, the chill emanating from the Ice Wax Statue wasn't that terrifying, and it seemed quite weak.

It was likely overexhausted and needed to go back to "recharge."

In the face of such a shift in power, someone began to calculate: *Perhaps I can solo him.*

According to the rules, there was only one Chosen One in the wax museum, so this fellow definitely wasn't human.

Moreover, while watching the surveillance, Li Zhenpi noticed that this guy was similar to those other eerie wax statues.

But those eerie statues seemed to be very afraid of him, allowing him to handle them however he pleased without daring to move.

Perhaps that was what the female entity meant by "strengthening"?

If that was the case, why not take this opportunity to deal with him? This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Li Zhenpi calculated that if he waited until the entity realized he had destroyed its cryogenic hibernation chamber, it might enter a "pseudo-death" state. At that point, he wouldn't be certain he could kill it head-on, and it might wait for an opportunity to ambush him.

But if it still had strength left, it might go mad and seek revenge.

That would be difficult to handle.

Li Zhenpi felt that eliminating him wouldn't result in much loss, nor would it violate any rules.

After all, the female entity couldn't come out anyway; wouldn't it be great to have one less enemy?

In any case, this was an opportunity; if missed, it would be gone forever.

God only knows what will happen at 6:00. If he could resolve the eerie BOSS early, he could get the clearance ticket sooner.

It all depended on the Chosen One's judgment at that moment.

Li Zhenpi chose to try. After all, he was a sprinter; even if one strike failed, he still had the chance to run.

After calculating his route, Li Zhenpi slowly emerged from behind the pile of debris, doing his best to avoid any collisions that might result in a failed attempt.

His movements were so light that even the eerie Ice Wax Statue did not notice.

At an appropriate distance, Li Zhenpi finally acted.

Relying on his superb speed, he reached the entity's back before the Ice Wax Statue could even react.

At that moment, the Ice Wax Statue seemed to hear footsteps and was about to turn around.

But in a flash, Li Zhenpi had already plunged the red dagger into its body.

Terror and confusion flashed in the Ice Wax Statue's eyes, and finally, with a "thud," it collapsed to the ground.

"I did it! I did it!"

Looking at the fallen Ice Wax Statue, Li Zhenpi's face was filled with joy.

At this moment, in the eyes of the Korean audience, Li Zhenpi was an invincible god of war. He had achieved what even the Dragon Country's Chosen One had not.

The entire nation celebrated once again, as if everyone were intoxicated by the joy brought by this victory.

In the most luxurious hotel in the Korean capital, they were even preparing a grand victory banquet for him, just waiting for his return.

Flowers, red carpets, celebrities, beauties, and Korean dignitaries were all waiting for his clearance.

Many were already preparing congratulatory speeches, and reporters were arriving one after another with cameras and microphones.

It seemed as if no one believed Li Zhenpi would lose this time.

He was the hero of Korea!

However, by a strange coincidence, while the Chosen Ones of other countries were hiding in secret rooms, the Dragon Country's Chosen One was also on the third floor.

In front of Room 3-7, as the female entity had said, Zhang Yangqing walked in ostentatiously.

After casually slapping away two suicidal eerie statues, the other statues became much more well-behaved, not moving an inch.

This caused the Dragon Country viewers to laugh.

Hahaha, I'm dying! The entities must know the rules too—as long as I pretend to be a wax statue, the Chosen One won't kill me.

So the entities are afraid of death too? I used to think they were fearless.

I really don't know what these entities are thinking. The moment this big brother walked in, they should have been the ones afraid. How dare they attack him? That's like running a head into a meat cleaver—suicidal!

Look at neighboring Korea. They just ran in and out and are acting so happy. I thought they had cleared the level.

The Dragon Country should let more big brothers like this in randomly to show our national prestige!

I feel like this big brother is just playing around; he hasn't been serious at all.

You're just realizing now? Big brother went in for fun, treating it like an exploration game.

Actually, they were right. Being a max-level Taoist on the outside was quite boring for Zhang Yangqing; there was no need to cultivate and nothing to do.

Coming in to experience the fun of different identities and acting out different lives was quite nice.

The viewers watched the big screen, their perspective following Zhang Yangqing as he wandered around the third floor.

There was a red dagger in 3-7, and special material nails in 3-8.

They were the things pinned under the feet of the eerie statues in the showroom.

It looked like they were also items capable of [Sealing] the statues.

However, Zhang Yangqing had little interest in these.

He merely glanced at them and left them in place.

After a stroll, his patrol was essentially over, and he prepared to go down at 5:30.

As luck would have it, the eerie Ice Wax Statue happened to be coming up at that moment.

At the second-floor staircase, the two met eye-to-eye.

And in front of Zhang Yangqing's big screen, the audience was a massive sea of people.

The highly anticipated segment had finally arrived; how much friction would erupt between the two top combat powers of the Weird Tale World?

Everyone watched with bated breath.

Just a moment ago, it was said you were both in each other's blind spots, but now you're staring each other down?

But in the next second, everyone was rubbing their eyes.

It wasn't because they were blinded by a flashbang, but because they couldn't believe what was happening before them.

On the screen, Zhang Yangqing raised his hand to greet the eerie Ice Wax Statue.

The eerie Ice Wax Statue also nodded and raised its hand to greet Zhang Yangqing.

Then, the two went their separate ways, neither paying any attention to the other.

This scene was so bizarre that all the viewers were unable to comprehend it.

My IQ is too low. Can someone tell me what happened?

You two really aren't going to fight, are you?

Why does it feel like they are very familiar with each other? Is it my imagination?

Strange. There is no fighting intent on either of their faces. Why is that?

While the viewers were wondering why this situation had occurred, Hu Liuxiqi, watching everything on the big screen, completely understood why his Chosen One had ignored the eerie Ice Wax Statue all along. So that was it.

Hu Liuxiqi: The rules say there is only one person in the wax museum, but they didn't say there was only one security guard. Perhaps the eerie Ice Wax Statue is one of the security guards. Haven't you noticed a very strange point?

That is, the female entity said the eerie Ice Wax Statue comes down and goes back at the same time every day. Combined with the Chosen One's rules, only a security guard would need to be on time.

Therefore, by inference, the female entity wanted to use the Chosen One to eliminate the eerie Ice Wax Statue. If you simply reverse her words, it makes sense. There is very little truth in what she says. I'm guessing she is the BOSS, and the eerie Ice Wax Statue is the thing she is afraid of.

As Hu Liuxiqi made his guess, the expert groups of other countries seemed to have reached the same conclusion.

Particularly after the Korean expert group released the news, the people who had just been celebrating the elimination of the Ice Wax Statue now had expressions as grim as if they were at a funeral.

The more intense the cheers for Li Zhenpi had been, the more devastating the disappointment was now.

The massive emotional drop was something they could hardly accept; the psychologically fragile even fainted.

Their Chosen One's bold decision was actually to kill a "companion"?

The Korean experts even predicted that to survive the 6:00 patrol, they might still need to rely on the help of the eerie Ice Wax Statue.

Now that Li Zhenpi had slaughtered him, it could be said that their prospects were grim—they were basically "cooked."

The entire country of Korea fell into silence, but the Korean people were relatively good at accepting failure and soon adjusted.

Well, the banquet is already set, so let's just treat it as a funeral feast.

Change the flowers to wreaths, and just buy a coffin.

Let's give Zhenpi Oppa a grand funeral; he already did his best.

I really want to go in there and tell him he killed the wrong person!

For Zhenpi Oppa, I'll donate four hundred this time!

Waaaah, for Zhenpi Oppa, I'm not dieting anymore; I'm going to eat a lot this time.

Many Korean viewers had already begun notifying his family, telling them to take heart in their grief.

What Li Zhenpi didn't know was that before he was even dead, Korea had already organized a luxurious funeral for him.

Some were even so impatient for the feast to start that they intended to eat two large bowls even through their tears!