Chapter 108: Annihilation Suppression

Zheng Haonan, vice-captain of the Poppy Squad, roared in agony, "Captain! What are you doing? Even if we all die, we will never let your purity be insulted in the slightest! Don't look! Everyone, stop looking, close your eyes!"

It was Mu Xiaoyi who was undressing, yet the other members of the Poppy Squad felt as if they were the ones being stripped bare; they were filled with both humiliation and rage.

Chen Mo glanced at Mu Xiaoyi’s chest and let out a cold sneer. "What is the meaning of this? Do you think you can trade your body for the lives of your teammates? You overestimate your own body. If you truly want to save them, then activate 'Slaughter Mode' yourself. Didn't you say you would do anything? If you activate Slaughter Mode, I swear to the heavens that I will absolutely not touch your teammates."

"You go too far! Captain, you must not activate Slaughter Mode!" Zheng Haonan, the vice-captain, was completely driven to madness. Ignoring his severe injuries, he burned his energy, transforming his Purple Flame Dragon Armor into a raging violet inferno as he lunged toward Chen Mo.

Seeking death!

Chen Mo pulled a longbow from his storage space. Power Shot!

Bang!

The precise arrow pierced through the center of Zheng Haonan’s brow, carrying his corpse along with it until it was pinned to a large tree, leaving him hanging high above the ground.

Ding!

A crisp sound echoed as a C-grade shield dropped. It had decent defensive stats, but it wasn't what Chen Mo was looking for; he had his eyes on Zheng Haonan’s Purple Flame Dragon Armor, but unfortunately, it hadn't dropped.

Mu Xiaoyi’s expression shifted violently. "A Slayer! You are actually a Slayer too! This... how is this possible? There is clearly no red name above your head!"

Chen Mo said indifferently, "No need to be so surprised. There are many things you cannot comprehend."

Mu Xiaoyi said with determination, "If I activate Slaughter Mode, will you really let my teammates go?"

"Captain, if you activate it, we will all activate it! If we die, we die together!" the other teammates declared, unafraid of death.

The Slayer from the Poppy Squad looked at his captain, who had stripped off her top for his sake, and his other teammates, who were one after another trying to throw their lives away for him. He, who had concocted a story about his father being dead just to save his own skin—was he even human?

The Slayer suddenly laughed. He took one last look at the loli captain whom everyone loved to tease and whispered, "I'm sorry, Captain."

Seeing the Slayer’s sudden, eerie smile, Mu Xiaoyi reached out her hand and screamed, "No!"

*Squelch—*

The Slayer plunged a dagger into his own heart. Blood spurted out along the blade, but a smile remained on his lips until the very end. "Captain, I... I did not bring shame to you. I died standing; I did not die kneeling!"

As the words fell, the Slayer’s body exploded.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

The pleasant chime of equipment dropping rang out repeatedly. All six pieces of gear from the Slayer’s body fell, and Chen Mo unceremoniously gathered them all into his storage space. These six pieces were mediocre—all D-grade fine warrior gear, basic equipment with no additional effects.

Huh? What is this?

A glowing orange Sophon drifted out from the corpse.

A Sophon! There were actually Sophons in the dungeon!

Chen Mo grabbed the Sophon with his Blood Claw. It struggled, but he swallowed it whole.

[Sophon +1]
[Second Sophon component activated (24/100)]

[Obtained Sophon Data]
[Daxu == Peak Soldier Grade]
[High-level Warrior]
[HP: 4000]
[MP: 1000]
[Physical Attack: 520]
[Magic Attack: 50]
[Equipment: None]
[Skills: Triple Slash; Jump Slash]
...

"Daxu!" The members of the Poppy Squad were devastated. Watching their teammate die before their eyes was more painful than being carved by knives.

Chen Mo admired the bond of this squad, but it did not stir his sympathy.

Blood still flowed through the creek, and though the corpses tied to boulders lay submerged at the bottom, Chen Mo could still see that the entire bed was covered in bodies. If Chen Mo pitied the Poppy Squad, who would pity the players they had killed? The Poppy Squad was more detestable than others, using people’s sympathy to lure them in, surrounding and attacking them, and then letting the Slayer harvest the equipment. Such behavior was far more terrifying than killing players openly and honestly.

Chen Mo looked at Mu Xiaoyi, who stood exposed in the air, and said flatly, "Poppy, stop pretending. If you truly wanted to save your teammates, you would have activated Slaughter Mode from the start. With that powerful magic formation of yours, if you had activated Slaughter Mode, I’m afraid even I might not have been able to defeat you."

As if her inner thoughts had been laid bare, Mu Xiaoyi’s pure face twisted completely. "Don't get cocky! Even though you wear a mask, I remember your voice. Whether in reality or in this dungeon, I, Mu Xiaoyi, swear here: if I do not slay you in this lifetime, I will not be worthy of being called human!"

Before the words had even faded, Chen Mo’s Annihilation Blade had already swept across. Mu Xiaoyi knew she had no strength left to flee and abandoned all resistance.

*Puff—*

Blood splattered like dancing butterflies; Mu Xiaoyi was dead!

[Player killed, Points +20]
[Player held 4500 points, obtained 9000 points]

Chen Mo waited for the "ding," but it did not come. Mu Xiaoyi was truly lucky; no equipment had dropped. However, Chen Mo was satisfied. Mu Xiaoyi alone had 4500 points, which doubled to 9000 in Slaughter Mode, bringing his total as the "Great Demon King" to 15,894 points. The harvest phase had begun.

Chen Mo strolled leisurely, picking off the fleeing members of the Poppy Squad one by one! Total annihilation! Every member of this squad had a massive amount of points, and they dropped a mountain of D-grade and C-grade equipment. Although it was all junk, it could still be sold for a high price on the Evolution Forum.

He opened the leaderboard: Chen Mo’s score was 35,543, ranking 70,000th in the China region—a rise of 10,000 places.

As for the world ranking, Chen Mo’s "Great Demon King" didn't even make the list, because world rankings were not based on points, but on the number of A-grade zombies killed. The top rank was held by the Indian "Buddha God" Kartikeya, who had killed 1,300 A-grade zombies. Chen Mo had yet to kill a single one.

The C-grade area could no longer satisfy Chen Mo; he had to head to the S-grade area immediately.

[Dungeon Announcement: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds dungeon, the second hour has ended. A total of 154 players have been eliminated, including 9 Slayers. From now on, the number of zombies will double, and the difficulty will double.]

Only two hours in, and 154 players were already gone. With 22 hours remaining, it was unlikely that most could survive. The difficulty had increased again; Chen Mo had to pick up the pace.

Ignoring the zombies and players, Chen Mo opened his smart map, calculated the safest route to avoid all threats, and headed straight for the S-grade area. With a smart map, survival was child's play for someone like Chen Mo, but he wasn't here to survive—he was here to plunder!

The island looked small on the map, but on foot, it was vast. Even with Chen Mo’s speed, which rivaled an off-road vehicle, it still took him a full hour to travel from the C-grade area to the S-grade area.

The S-grade area was an expansive, open grassland. It was flat and featureless, leaving nowhere for zombies or players to hide. Strangely, upon entering the S-grade area, Chen Mo’s smart map seemed to malfunction; he couldn't see any purple dots, only a few scattered red ones.

"Damn it, does this system know I have a smart map and is it intentionally blocking me? It won't let me see the locations of A-grade and S-grade zombies!"

In reality, the system wasn't targeting Chen Mo; it was designed to prevent powerful beings above the King level from using their superior consciousness to locate high-level zombies. Thus, it shielded all spiritual fluctuations from A-grade zombies and above, including map markers, rendering Chen Mo’s map useless for finding them.

*ROAR!*

Just as Chen Mo was wondering where to find an A-grade zombie, one emitting a pink aura came walking toward him with a seductive gait.

"What the hell? This is too shameful. A pink zombie? The designer of this dungeon is truly toxic!"

Despite the cute, romantic pink color, it was still a zombie—dripping with viscous fluids, entrails hanging out, skin rotting, and bones exposed.

"I don't care what grade of zombie you are; one sword strike is all I need!"

Chen Mo leaped high, landing on the zombie's head before plummeting downward with a strike!

*Annihilation Drop!*

This move was foolproof; zombies had limited fields of vision, and by the time they sensed an enemy above them, they were already nothing but rotting meat.

*Clang!*

A sharp, crisp sound rang out as sparks flew, as if he had struck solid metal. Chen Mo’s arm went numb, and his heart sank. "Oh no!"