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Monsters Doctor - Chapter 17

Published at 9th of February 2024 06:38:08 AM


Chapter 17

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Several minutes passed.

Outside of Wandering Soul Lane, within the encompassing darkness.

In the deepest reaches of the dark, a flickering light source, akin to a signal lamp, was rapidly approaching. The light was like a firefly in the midst of darkness.

Flash~ Ding~ Flash~ Ding~

And in the very next moment, accompanied by the neighing of a war horse, a black knight, his face shrouded in gloom and his head gleaming, charged forward. Above his forehead, clusters of moths circled, hovering around his forehead in a coiling motion. His gaze was somber, scanning his surroundings for traces of the demon hunter.

More than half an hour earlier, he had already inflicted grave injuries upon the demon hunter. However, he had ultimately allowed him to escape in the fleeting moment when his potion's effect had ceased. But he believed that demon hunter definitely couldn't have gotten far.

Being archenemies for centuries, as long as he could slay him, his rank in the power hierarchy of the Dark World would elevate yet another level. He absolutely would not let this hard-seized opportunity slip easily!

Just at this moment, his gaze flickered. He instantly sensed that familiar aura emanating from the direction of Wandering Soul Lane.

"Found you!"

He sneered coldly, abruptly turned his head, and stared into the distant dimly shrouded fog.

Ding——

A flash of light shone from within the fog. He was momentarily taken aback.

"What is this…" He hesitated, feeling an inexplicable and immense sense of familiarity.

Deep within the rolling dark fog, he dimly saw a flickering halo slowly advancing towards him, flashing about every two seconds, the light extraordinarily bright. For some unknown reason, he felt some sense of familiarity.

It was like…Just like…

And in the next moment, a figure, bare-chested, his eyes concealed within the darkness, slowly came into his view. The black knight was instantly shocked. For he immediately recognized, that figure was the demon hunter he had battled against before!

"That… that is…" He retreated a step in astonishment.

The demon hunter, holding a long blade, his expression stern and indifferent, his eyes hidden in the shadows, was stepping towards him one step at a time.

Ding——

His forehead, gleaming and polished, just like his, illuminated a "+" halo.

The demon hunter slowly stopped, deeply opened his eyes, and gripping his blade, said: "Now, we can continue our unfinished battle."

Ding——

His forehead flashed once.

Ding——

As if in response, the smooth forehead of the black knight also flashed alike.

"…"

"…"

An eerie silence inexplicably spread around.

The black knight stared at him in astonishment, his gaze immediately falling on the potion bottle in his hand, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Could it be…"

"Correct!" A rolling momentum abruptly emitted from the demon hunter, he raised his head, indifferently looking down at the black knight, declaring: "I'm bald, but I have also become stronger."

Ding——

A brighter light flashed across his indifferent forehead.

"Don't think you're the only one who can go bald; when I do, you have to step aside!"

His gaze was somber, his eyes suddenly opened wide, filled with fighting spirit and killing intent.

The face of the black knight darkened, and he deeply spoke: "It seems! We are back to the same starting point."

Ding——

A light flashed on his head.

"That's right."

The demon hunter looked at him indifferently.

Ding Ding——

He flashed twice.

"Moreover, I'm flashing more frequently than you, this means…" He cracked his neck and spoke deeply: "I am stronger than you!"

Ding Ding Ding——

He flashed three times as if to flaunt his superiority.

"…"

The wild wind formed one cyclone after another under their feet, and the rolling fighting intent rumbled and rose around them. Both of them stood still, all squinting their eyes.

It was the calm before the standoff, both of their momentums were escalating madly. Even the lights on their foreheads were competitively flashing at each other. And in the next moment, without any more words, in the darkness, two points of light rapidly approached.

With a clank, swords collided instantly, both furiously clashing their blades, and countless sparks exploded from the contact of their swords. Both pressed their foreheads against each other's, teeth clenched, neither willing to give in.

"You bald scum, I've long found you displeasing to my eyes! Don't think you can defeat me just because you're bald (〝▼皿▼)!"

"(▼皿▼#) You're no match for me even bald!! You plagiarize me! You——"

Bang——

Sparks flew.

"Damn! You actually dare to collide with me! I will also crack your skull! (*`皿´*)ノ"

Bang——

For a moment, in the darkness, two furious points of light kept colliding and striking, neither yielding to the other.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement: Potion Liquidator, you have gained 200 experiences.]

[Potion Liquidator: By selling the same kind of potion and earning more than twenty thousand skull coins in income, you have gained a permanent bonus: All attributes +1, and an additional 1% profit when selling potions.]

[Ding! You have successfully leveled up to Level 6, the system has unlocked a new feature "Vision World" for you, which you can log in and check at any time.]

At the counter, several system prompts resounded in Lynne's mind. He quickly allocated the four newly acquired attribute points, all to his physique.

"Vision World? What kind of feature is this?"

Lynne wondered. He immediately summoned the system interface, and right away, saw a large eye icon in the corner of the panel.

"Vision World is a phantasmal realm overlapped with the Dark World and is generated by the supreme will of the Dark World. It is a mirror world that has stretched for millions of years. As long as it is within the scope of the Dark World, any dark creature can step into the Vision World through a special [Vision Stone]. You can exchange information with other creatures in the Vision World. After death, you will be forcibly expelled from the Vision World, but it will not cause too much damage to the real body."

After listening to the system's explanation, Lynne kind of understood. It seems to be a conscious world, similar to the modern internet.

"It seems I still know too little about this Dark World…"

Lynne pondered. It can be said that, for the past two years, because he was too weak, he had no chance to leave this little shop. Not to mention encountering the wider world outside the Wandering Soul Lane.

"Do I need to consume the so-called [Vision Stone] to enter?" Lynne was hesitant.

[Ding! The system has successfully completed the integration for you. Each login only requires a fee of 500 skull coins, the system will automatically link for you.]

"So expensive?!" Lynne was shocked. However, fortunately, he had accumulated a not insignificant income in his hands now, so he could try it.

Without a second word, Lynne reached out his hand and tapped on the eye icon of the system.

"Activate!"

And just in the next moment, Lynne instantly felt as if his brain was heavily struck, and his consciousness plunged into darkness with a buzz. Vaguely, it felt like an incredibly vast will had directly locked onto him, seeing through his entire soul. It was chilling. But that feeling only appeared for an instant.

The next moment, Lynne abruptly opened his eyes.

"Where is this…"

Lynne was taken aback. What appeared before him was no longer his little shop, but rather an immeasurably vast square, the limits of which his eyes could not discern.

The sky was a swath of pitch black, and moving upon the square was one shadow after another, each resembling a soul. And at the highest point above his head, there hung an eyeball, like the sun, radiating a faint black light, overseeing the entire world.

[Ding! Host, you have successfully passed the Supreme Will's review, entering the Vision World.]

[This is the Vision World Square of Area 900 in the 11th Abyss World; please note, within the range of the Vision World Square, all forms of conflict are prohibited by the Supreme Will.]

[You can now check your information at will through the rune on your wrist. Note, unless necessary, please do not randomly disclose your coordinates and identity in the Dark World; otherwise, you bear the consequences.]

[Skull Coin is the only currency that can be transferred within the Vision World. The system has automatically converted 1000 skull coins for you.]

Lynne raised his ethereal arm; sure enough, he saw a deep blue eye rune on his wrist.

Swiftly, Lynne calmed himself down.

"The Dark World indeed surpasses imagination, to actually give birth to such a large-scale consciousness interaction space."

Supreme Will.

Lynne seized that keyword. This should relate to the colossal eyeball above, could it be that this Supreme Will is the god of this Dark World?

Lynne hesitantly touched the rune on his wrist. And just in the next moment, a piece of information emerged before his eyes.

[Lynne]

[Species: Human from other worlds]

[Identity: None]

[Resources: 1000 skull coins]

[Danger Level: Mildly Dangerous.]

Quite succinct. Compared to the system's voluminous panel, this was indeed somewhat rudimentary.

Lynne hesitantly asked, "System, what is your relationship with that Supreme Will? You guys seem somewhat similar."

"No relation whatsoever."

The reply was very straightforward.

Lynne shrugged, his gaze quickly sweeping around. Based on his understanding, this place should be akin to the concept of metaverse MMORPGs on Earth, where consciousness is uploaded, allowing one to access information from other places in this world, no matter where they are. And for someone like him, who barely steps out of his doors, this was absolutely the best channel.

"If different areas are delineated, then this Area 900 should correspond to a large area including Wandering Soul Lane."

Lynne analyzed in contemplation.

While Lynne was still pondering, suddenly, a line of blood-red characters formed by light points appeared before Lynne's eyes instantaneously.

[Identity: Informer, broadcasting information to all beings in Area 900, "Battle erupts again near Wandering Soul Lane, Demon Hunter versus Black Knight".]

[Receiving information costs skull coins: 20 coins.]

Lynne was instantly stunned. Then he immediately saw many wandering shadows on the square also stop at the same time. Obviously, they had also received the same information transmission simultaneously.

"It can even be like this?"

Lynne was shocked. If this is some function of the Vision World, then information instantly has a fast track to realization!

Without a second word, Lynne immediately clicked confirm.

[Skull Coin -20]

And it was at that moment, a pitch-black scene immediately appeared before Lynne's eyes. In the scene, black fog rolled in thickly, but the continuous sound of explosions from the distance confirmed that two beings were fighting in that black fog. And in the next moment, two bright points of light suddenly lit up in the black fog, striking and moving rapidly.

"That is…"

Lynne was momentarily stunned. In the next moment, the scene suddenly cleared, and the rolling fog swiftly dispersed. Two figures abruptly emerged; it was the Black Knight and the Demon Hunter who had just visited his shop!

Ding—

Ding—

The gleaming foreheads of the two individuals flickered with light within the frame. Lynne was instantly dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, one comment after another from various beings kept floating across the screen, and the displayed number of information receivers had already reached 2013!

"That's right! I've seen them, it's indeed the Black Knight who's ranked 171st on the Wild Hunt list, and the Abyss Demon Hunter who's ranked 143rd! Are they really near Wandering Soul Lane now?!"

"These two have always been archenemies; they had a battle on the Hellfire Plains two years ago."

"Wait... don't you find their appearances a bit peculiar?"

"They seem to be... bald?? And why are their heads shining? So strange!"

"How odd! I came to watch the battle, why can't I take my eyes off their heads!"

"So shiny! So bright!"

"My titanium alloy dog eyes!!"

"I don't know why they're all bald, but they seem stronger than before!"

"So amazing!"

Under Lynne's staring gaze, messages exclusively saying "So shiny!" kept appearing on the screen.

For some reason, Lynne suddenly felt like he was watching a barrage videos on a website before he traversed worlds.

Is this Dark World so advanced?!

Lynne quickly finished watching the entire scene and calmed his mind. It seemed this indeed was a world of consciousness where information could be exchanged. Needless to say, having such a world indeed offered more possibilities for development.

If he could make a name for his little shop in the Vision World and expand his business, it would evidently be more convenient, whether it's selling potions or providing medical aid, than sticking to that little shop! And if he could enter the Vision World, then his teacher should also know about this place.

However, even though he had these thoughts, Lynne was very cautious. What he needed to do first was to explore the information interaction pathways in this world, which would be more conducive to his own development.

Lynne's gaze once again fell on the icy blue rune on his wrist. He tapped it once. A panel showing his identity in Vision World appeared before his eyes. He tentatively clicked it twice in succession. Instantly, a completely new panel suddenly appeared before his eyes.

"This is..." Lynne was shocked.

[Regional Channel]

Then Lynne immediately saw one rolling message after another on the screen. This intense sense of familiarity made Lynne couldn't help but wonder, whether he had traversed to another world or the world of an online game! Because this déjà vu was really too strong!

Lynne frowned, quickly reading the messages from various beings in the channel.

[Blood Doll]: "Ladies and gentlemen, have you seen my mom? If you have, please contact me, and I will give you a generous reward."

[Skeleton Demon]: Stay away from her! Warning everyone, she ate one of my arms last time. If I hadn't run fast, she would've swallowed me whole! Everyone, be vigilant!

[Long-haired Ghost]: Neighbors… I hereby seriously remind you all. The potion shop in the alley is a shady shop! I went there yesterday wanting to buy a potion, guess what I saw?!"

[Long-haired Ghost]: (Horrified expression) The perverted doctor in the shop was riding on someone and dismembering them with a chainsaw! I ran away as fast as I could!

With these words, the channel suddenly became lively.

[Blood Doll]: Yes! Yes! It's a super shady shop! It's that human doctor, he deep-throated me yesterday! Even gouged out my eye. It still hurts!

[Evil Spirit Queen]: "[Image] (click to view)"





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