Chapter 47: The Rising Thick Fog

Chapter 47: The Rising Fog

Naturally, Luo Ke could not recount those tens of thousands of words omitted by the author in front of Erica, Mirror South, and the other young women.

He simply gave a brief hint about the intense battle in the fire between Xiao Yan and Medusa, and then continued with the rest of the story.

A bunch of grown men wore expressions of tacit understanding and asked no further questions, secretly plotting to have Luo Ke give them a private tutoring session later that night.

"Phew, let's take a break. I can't go on."

Half an hour later, Luo Ke's throat was parched, and he drank a large cup of tea.

The crowd below was still unsatisfied, but there were still many tasks to be attended to at present.

"Your brain is truly amazing, being able to come up with such wonderful stories. You truly deserve to be the leader of Spark!" Mo Cheng smiled mischievously and leaned closer. "Shall we wait for you in the lounge tonight?"

Luo Ke's eyelid twitched. "Don't even think about it. I have things to do tonight, and besides, these stories are all retold."

"We understand, you're just being modest! Who would actually name themselves Heavenly Silkworm Potatoes anyway?"

Just like that, he quickly fled under the resentful gazes of a group of people.

Privately, Luo Ke had been undeservedly praised by everyone as the "God of the Renaissance." He endured such a profoundly chuunibyou title, but if another title like "New Era Enlightenment Master" were added, he would definitely snap.

For the sake of his innocence, he had better omit those plots in the future. Luo Ke let out a long sigh of relief, glad he hadn't told them Tang San's novels.

He walked all the way toward the back of Sun Valley, went around a large boulder, and pressed a mechanism, revealing an old electronic password panel.

This was the passage leading to Bai Yuekui's side, guarded by trusted aides arranged by Ran Bing. Usually, only people sent by the survivor base could come over to trade and share resources.

This was also a deliberate arrangement by Luo Ke. After all, Spark City had a mixed crowd, and in case someone harbored malicious intentions, they shouldn't bring disaster upon Bai Yuekui and her people.

Naturally, knowing the password, he entered it and opened a passage.

Walking all the way to the end, there was a heavy alloy door.

He entered the password again, the door opened, and a brightly lit world filled with laughter and chatter emerged once more.

"Hey! Luo Ke, you finally deign to visit our side?" Shanda said with a muffled laugh, as he was busy playing with a few children.

"Here to see Mark?" Bai Yuekui, who was personally instructing the children by the spirit pool, raised her head.

"Yeah," Luo Ke replied.

"He'll recover within a week," Bai Yuekui said, taking the lead and glancing at Luo Ke out of the corner of her eye. "Thanks for those foods and canned goods; many people here have never seen them before."

Luo Ke smiled. "Weren't you curious?"

Bai Yuekui also curved the corners of her mouth and gave a soft chuckle. "What use is curiosity? Would you tell me?"

The two exchanged a tacit understanding look and dropped the subject.

"You've gotten stronger again," Bai Yuekui suddenly said. "Let me test it."

Just as Luo Ke was about to refuse, he felt a sudden rush of fierce wind heading straight toward him.

In a flash of lightning and flint, Luo Ke hurriedly raised his arms to block, and the next second, a delicate, fair hand collided with them.

Bang—

A loud noise echoed throughout the underground space. Everyone looked toward the closed room in shock, wondering what Luo Ke and Bai Yuekui were doing to make such a huge commotion.

Inside the room, Luo Ke retreated more than a dozen steps, feeling as though he had been struck full force by an aircraft carrier.

Bai Yuekui withdrew her long legs and looked at Luo Ke with keen interest, her eyes full of astonishment. If the two of them were not fighting at full strength, it would probably be a fifty-fifty match.

Luo Ke's two forearms were healing at a visible rate; minor bone fractures were self-healing with a faint buzzing sound, and the bruised, congested flesh quickly dissipated.

In just three seconds, he was fully recovered.

Well, that was fast.

"You really are a lunatic," Luo Ke said helplessly.

"If I weren't a lunatic, could I have survived until now?" Bai Yuekui turned around and habitually bit her lip. "He's inside."

Thoughts swirled in Luo Ke's mind. He had still underestimated Bai Yuekui's strength; this woman clearly hadn't used her full strength just now, considering how easily she beat Mark to a pulp in the anime.

Actually, he had always wanted to spar with Bai Yuekui, but considering the defect that once Bai Yuekui made a move, it would accelerate her cellular decay, he had never acted on it.

Temporarily serving as their faction's peak combat power and aesthetic pillar, Bai Yuekui could not afford any mishaps!

"Brother, what's up with your look?" Luo Ke chuckled inwardly when he saw Mark.

At this moment, the Mark beast was sitting cross-legged with many props attached to his body. If he were draped in a monk's robe, he would look just like that black bear spirit practicing Buddhism.

"Roar..." Mark replied gloomily, his eyes clear and bright.

"Haha, I won't laugh, I promise I won't," Luo Ke hurriedly waved his hands, but when he saw Mark scratching an itch with his tail, "Pfft! Sorry, I choked on my own spit."

After a few casual words, Luo Ke left.

Xiadou, having finished her busywork, hurriedly chased after him and asked out of breath, "I heard from the boss that you're going out for two days again?"

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm super strong," Luo Ke reassured her.

Xiadou pulled a colorful braided bracelet from her chest and put it on Luo Ke's wrist. "This is the safety rope they taught me to make. I just finished braiding it."

As she spoke, her small ears, hidden behind her hair, were bright red, but she still put on a calm front and smiled.

Feeling the tickling touch of her fingertips against his skin, Luo Ke coughed. "It seems those snacks weren't wasted after all. I'll play video games with you when I get back next time."

"You better keep your promise this time," Xiadou pouted. "We'll wait for you to come back."

Xiadou understood that to be able to bring back so many precious supplies, he must have gone alone to an extremely dangerous place.

Luo Ke left Sun Valley and went to a deserted open space in the back.

"Initiate Heavens Travel."

"Conducting big data judgment based on the host's own situation, the Gate of Heavens is opening."

Hum—

A black hole abruptly appeared, and Luo Ke stepped right in.

World: *The Mist*
Main Quest: Devour and Evolve
Side Quest: Prevent the Female Shaman from Spreading Her Heresy and Deceiving the Public
...

The darkness tore apart, and the scene shifted.

Luo Ke woke up to find himself lying on a street. The sky was still hazy at dawn, and people passing by on the roadside cast puzzled glances at him.

They were curious as to why an Asian drunkard had appeared in the town, and even more puzzled about how he had peacefully survived last night's violent storm.

Luo Ke stood up first and recalled the information about this movie in his mind.

This film was adapted from Stephen King's novel of the same name, possessing a strong Lovecraftian flavor and a profound analysis of human nature.

The source of the mist was an experiment conducted by a nearby military base, which accidentally opened a gateway to another world, allowing monsters to travel through from beyond.

His deepest impression was the ending, which could truly be called a stroke of genius, abruptly elevating a simple, unadorned monster movie to another level.

However, Luo Ke's memory was limited to this. As someone with prosopagnosia for Westerners, he didn't even remember what the protagonist and his son looked like, let alone the female shaman mentioned in the side quest.

Speaking of the female shaman, Luo Ke vaguely remembered that she was an extremely detestable and hateful old witch who used her tongue to deceive the public and murder others. Countless people wished they could jump in and strangle her to death, and even her eventual death by gunfire could not quench their hatred.

Hey!

It seemed his childhood wish could finally be fulfilled, and the side quest happened to be about her.

Wasn't this side quest reward practically free?

The shaman and her followers would gather at the supermarket, so he could just head straight there when the time came.

Luo Ke's gaze narrowed. He saw the protagonist, his son, and that neighbor sitting in a car driving past him.

Walking out of this street, Luo Ke spotted the parking lot and the supermarket not far away.

Woo—woo—

Immediately following, piercing alarm sirens pierced the skies.

At the edge of the town, towering, dense gray-white mist drifted over at high speed, quickly swallowing half the town. In the mist, faint sounds of terrified screams could be heard.

While countless people were fleeing for their lives, Luo Ke broke into a smile, becoming a person walking against the current in the crowd as he transformed his bone blades and charged in reverse.

(Mist Monsters: Scram! Don't touch this daddy!)