Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 419 374: All Very Clever

Inside the library, the smell became nauseating.

Black-red water seeped through the walls like diseased blood, looking especially terrifying.

Several prison guards instinctively gathered together, observing the bleeding walls around them, a vague feeling of foreboding rising within them.

"This library... isn't there something else here?" Cheng Liang said.

Wu Hen's eyes fixed on the walls of the library; this black-red liquid was clearly unnatural, perfectly mimicking the sight of rupturing blood vessels...

There was something foul here!

He thought, Dead Town couldn't possibly let intruders survive just by making a choice between two options.

Those who chose the Stone Temple were doomed unless among them was a wise one, and the others were willing to sacrifice themselves, giving only ten people a chance to survive before the temple became flooded. Otherwise, the slim chance of survival in the Stone Temple would become everyone's coffin.

Similarly, choosing the library didn't guarantee safe passage until dawn.

Because within this library, clearly resided an extremely powerful Evil Spirit!

The previous night, Wu Hen realized that taking shelter could only protect against the wandering evil spirits outside; but if an evil spirit already dwelled within, it would pose a tremendous threat.

That is to say, if an evil spirit resided inside the library, they would have to face it tonight!

The walls bled more and more severely, and soon the entire library turned crimson.

People stood tense amidst the bleeding library, uncertain of what they would face next, but judging by the terrifying transformations before the emergence of the evil spirit, it was certain to be more fearsome than those head evil spirits.

"There should be survivors in this town..." Levi said.

He was referring to the town's original inhabitants.

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If the past repeated itself, and everyone at the Stone Temple died, then was there no one in the town who chose the library?

Apparently, there was.

But that person, under intense Dark Radiation, transformed into a High-level Evil Spirit. As the only living thing in the whole town and the last beneficiary of the concentrated black-red Earth Vein energies, this transformed Evil Spirit was destined to be ferociously terrifying, an evil god of this swamp.

"Who is this survivor? Do we have any information?" Cheng Liang asked frantically.

"I don't know. We didn't collect any information about the library."

"What do we do? Are we not going to survive tonight either!"

Everyone was anxious, searching for something like a notebook, but in a place where even the library was covered in thick dust, how many would want to write diaries, and it couldn't be that they'd always find a half-finished diary with critical information.

Laughter!

Suddenly, laughter filled the library, with a hint of mockery.

"Prison Director, I have a gun!" Cheng Liang hurriedly handed over an assembled Elemental Weapon Pistol to Levi.

Levi had gathered some Yuan You Fragments last night and didn't hesitate to inject the Yuan You into the pistol, loading the bullets.

"Do you know my name?" The laughter paused for a moment, then the inquiring voice echoed again in the library.

Everyone looked at each other, then their gaze fell on Wu Hen.

Wu Hen wasn't an immortal; without sufficient information, he couldn't guess the other party's name.

As Levi said, there were survivors in this town, but who this survivor was, who knew!

If the detective enthusiast Yu Yu were here, she might deduce from the clues around who this library's High-level Evil Spirit was...

But in any case, Wu Hen didn't know.

His gaze turned to Levi, wondering if the clever Prison Director could come up with an idea.

But the Prison Director's eyes were clear and stupid; apparently, like himself, he had no leads.

"No help for it; we entered the town without fear, just chatting about the Day Traveling God and overlooking a lot of key information," Levi said.

Wu Hen felt helpless; after all, as a master of the Death Omen Law, he believed he wouldn't encounter any mishaps.

Indeed, the Death Omen Law had worked, excluding one wrong answer for him.

But the choice they made now wasn't correct, either; the High-level Evil Spirits could still harvest their lives.

In short, the Death Omen Law wasn't powerful enough. If it were, it should have shown him this dead-end scene the moment he attempted to enter this Evil Spirit Town.

"We don't know, we don't know your name," Wu Hen looked around, saw that no one had any outstanding intelligence to find an answer, and honestly told the library's Evil Spirit.

"You don't care at all about the fate of the people here!!" Suddenly, the High-level Evil Spirit roared.

It was furious, and its rage caused more black-red blood to flow from the walls of the library, quickly flooding the area and forcing everyone to climb onto the bookshelves.

"We mourn the victims; if you wish the world to remember your presence, I will set aside a graveyard in my town for all the unfortunate people of this town and ensure a monument for each, and make sure that on this date every year, officials will commemorate, to commemorate your invaluable energy provided for the town..." Levi, as a leader, immediately suggested a reasonable proposal.

"Hehehe, why not I bury you in my swamp instead, using your greedy yet solid bones to firm up the town's foundation, so it won't sink anymore?" The voice of the Evil Spirit continued to resonate.

"You killed so many people just to use their bones as the town's foundation, how creative. And it's clear that you, like me, have feelings for the town," Levi praised.

Hearing Levi's words, the muscles on everyone else's faces twitched.

What a time to be giving approval to an Evil Spirit's motive for murder!

High-level Evil Spirits fight for their world, not with data bricks, but with human bone chunks. Doesn't that make your skin crawl?

"Heh heh heh, do you think you can last until dawn just by saying these things? Unfortunately, even when dawn breaks, I can still kill you all," said the Evil Spirit coldly.

A high-level Evil Spirit was indeed a high-level Evil Spirit, capable of moving freely day or night.

"I know who you are now," Levi suddenly said.

Everyone was taken aback, a glimmer of light flashing in their eyes as they all turned to look at Levi, who, despite his usually greasy appearance, now seemed as grand and radiant with wisdom's Holy Light as Buddha himself!

"Oh?" The high-level Evil Spirit seemed interested as well.

"You are the Mayor of this town. I sense something extremely similar in you to myself because I was once the Mayor of a small town too. I endlessly worried over the foolish populace and the stubborn peasants. With barely a few smart subordinates, I had to personally handle everything, exhausting both body and mind. And that wasn't the worst of it. When a major disaster struck, we often made extremely wise decisions, but there would always be those who would rather trust superstitions than authority – the Ghost Wisdom. These people mingled with idlers daily and, led by this Ghost Wisdom, they chose the Stone Temple instead of listening to you, taking refuge in this library... They all died, and only you survived. You hated the disaster, you hated those who thought they were smart. Under such extreme thinking, did you accept Dark Radiation and become an Evil Spirit Mayor?" Levi said with confidence and ease, boldly confronting the Evil Spirit while not forgetting to give each of his subordinates a metaphorical slap in the face.

The Prison Director's words were a bit hurtful.

Especially to Cheng Liang, Hu Lu, and other Prison Guards who had been working for him all along.

But with the Evil Spirit's threat looming, they couldn't retort.

The speed of the blood on the library walls had slowed, and the eerie, twisted images were gradually returning to their original state.

Clearly, Levi had hit the mark.

This library's Evil Spirit was indeed their town's Mayor.

He had alerted the townspeople to evacuate in advance.

And chose the library as a shelter... But the townspeople didn't listen.

"You are very smart, I am indeed the Mayor here," said the Evil Spirit.

"So, according to the rules established earlier, you should leave and let us go out alive. Please don't go against your own Law... after all, you're not certain whether we have other tricks up our sleeves, right?" Levi spoke.

While saying this, Levi specifically gave Wu Hen an eyebrow raise, as if to request a firm gaze of confirmation from him.

Wu Hen nodded, giving Levi a determined look.

At this point, they had to bluff, even if they had nothing!

The library's Evil Spirit gave no response.

Its figure appeared at the library's counter, hazy and leaving only a faint afterimage.

It stood there, scrutinizing the living people in the library.

"Please abide by your own Law. No matter what form you live in this world, you must have your own bottom line. We survived, we won in this Dead Town you set up, you should now, with the elegance of a wise Evil Spirit, hand over the Yuan You Fragment and give us the key to leave this place," Levi emphasized again, his tone warning the Evil Spirit.

Levi was not at all intimidated in his demeanor.

It was like a negotiation between two Mayors, both armed and abiding by principles.

"Alright, you won," finally, the Evil Spirit Mayor uttered those words.

Excitement immediately spread across the faces of others, and some young Prison Guards hugged each other jubilantly.

What a thrilling and dangerous adventure, they had actually managed to break the Evil Spirit's Law!

"Thank you, I won't forget what I promised you before," Levi bowed, the gentleman in him coming forward.

Wu Hen remained vigilant, just staring at the Evil Spirit.

He had encountered too many Otherworldly Predators in the past that did not adhere to any code of honor; encountering one that held to its own bizarre laws was quite a surprise today.

"Now, my name is... You need to call out my name," the Evil Spirit Mayor said, watching the group that was prematurely celebrating, his expression still cold.

"We all know your identity now, what does the name matter? There's no need to stick so rigidly to the formality," Levi said.

"So, what is my name?" the atmosphere around the Evil Spirit Mayor turned icy.

Everyone's smiles froze on their faces, their eyes pleadingly turned to Levi.

Levi stood resolute and firm, but a quick glance at his clear yet foolish eyes was enough to conclude that he had no idea what the Mayor's name was!

Wu Hen was utterly speechless.

Thinking Levi was so smart, smarter than his own mute sister.

And after all this, he had only guessed the identity but didn't know the real name; but for the Naming Technique to work, you had to speak out the name!

"This is a library, there must be a town registry, and your Mayor's name should be printed on the first page. Hold on a sec, I'll look it up," Levi said as he hurried to the bookshelves.

But every book that was in any decent condition in the entire library had been turned into pulp for patching walls and filling holes!

Even if he had found that town registry book, no ghost could make out the words written on it.

"Ah, did none of you pay attention? The Mayor is such a great and solemn position, don't you instinctively remember the names of such people when you enter a town?" Levi, realizing there wasn't a single legible book in the whole library, immediately raised his eyebrows and asked the others.

The others all shook their heads, looking like the wisest in the land.

Under the circumstances, how could they possibly remember such details?

Besides, they were all just brainless subordinates.

Wu Hen sighed.

He didn't remember either, even though he knew the town's Naming Technique was effective...

Forget it, draw your sword!

This Evil Spirit was rather corpulent anyway.