Chapter 10 A Wall Appears

Death Poker was originally an item used for ranged attacks and consumption. Even though Feng Bujue was holding it in his hand as a melee weapon, the four cards in his hand disappeared after hitting the target. The energy that formed the playing cards had been converted into actual damage, so the system determined that its physical form was immediately dissolved.

Looking at the monster again, as black smoke flowed out of its wound, its body suddenly withered and shrank, as if it had no flesh, bones, or marrow other than its outer skin, and only the black evil mist filled it. Now that the black gas was leaking out, it quickly turned into a human skin, collapsing to the ground.

Feng Bujue casually released the arm he had just grabbed, because at this moment, the monster's arm was just a wrinkled piece of skin, and there was no need to continue holding it. He did not immediately put away Death Poker, but manipulated another card, flying it towards the puddle of mud-like black smoke on the ground.

But it had no effect at all. Death Poker just passed through the black smoke and hit the ground. The black smoke was an invisible thing and was not damaged.

At this time, Feng Bujue's teammates had recovered from the stiff state in which they could not intervene, but the monster in front of them had been killed, and they had no room to take action.

"Brother Feng, weren't you restricted by this monster?" Brave Invincible asked.

Feng Bujue was still staring at the black smoke on the ground, distractedly replying, "No." He paused for a second, "Just now, were you all restricted in some way and couldn't move?"

"It's hard to say," Dream Bewilderment replied, "It's better to be indifferent. The more you think about helping, the less your body obeys."

"From the setting point of view, just now should be a rather powerful mental attack..." Ye Zhi pondered, and then said to Feng Bujue, "Maybe it's because you have the protagonist's halo, so you weren't affected?"

"I don't think so," Feng Bujue replied, "When the system introduced the protagonist's halo, the effect described was that the halo would 'terminate' fatal situations. This situation could be a one-hit kill when the survival value is 100%, or a slight injury when the survival value is 1%. " As he spoke, he walked into the door. If you look closely, you can see that the black smoke on the ground was slowly moving towards the house a few steps in front of Feng Bujue. "The halo will forcibly terminate my death, but it is impossible for me to be immune to all negative effects. If I don't even have mental infection and survival value damage, then this buff should be called the Invincible Halo."

As Feng Bujue spoke, he had already followed the black smoke to the wall: "To put it simply, I lose blood and get hit by skills just like you, but I won't die.

The monster's first attack just now was not fatal. Whether it was strength or speed, it was just a miscellaneous soldier level. If I didn't block it and chose to be hit, I would normally lose survival value. Of course, the actual situation is that I blocked it. And the monster's subsequent second attack was obviously an instant kill attack. Anyway, I didn't even see it clearly, and I didn't have the confidence to avoid it with my own strength. If I was hit, I would definitely be killed directly. So, when faced with this kind of sure-kill blow that could blow my brain out, the protagonist's halo came into play, causing the monster to inexplicably miss."

The black smoke in front of him swam to the wall, gradually rising, and like a liquid, it penetrated into the magic circle on the wall.

"Then why weren't you affected by the mental suppression imposed by the monster? You could not only resist, but also kill it?" Ye Zhi asked.

"Before you asked this question..." Feng Bujue stared at the magic circle, and said without looking back, "Why don't you try to think for yourself first... Under the circumstances at that time, besides the protagonist's halo, what other conditions made me different from you?"

Ye Zhi heard the words and thought for a few seconds: "Standing position? The level of spiritual specialization?" After she said these two assumptions, her expression changed, and she realized, "You grabbed the monster's arm?"

"To be precise..." Feng Bujue replied, "Continuous and direct physical contact."

"So that's it, as long as you touch the monster's body, you won't be affected by its mental suppression, right?" Brave Invincible interjected.

"Yes and no," Feng Bujue replied.

"Can you stop playing tricks, kid?" Brave Invincible said unhappily.

"I personally think that the kind of... inability to move that you mentioned is a group control skill that affects multiple people at the same time," Feng Bujue said, "And the reason why I was immune to the effect of this skill is very likely because I was holding one of the monster's arms at the time." He habitually touched the bridge of his nose with his hand, "But I don't think the main body releasing this skill is that monster."

Feng Bujue had already put away Death Poker at this moment, and took out [Robots Must Die] from his bag. While scraping the wall with the blade, he continued, "The moment the monster suddenly jumped out, you all instinctively took a step back, or a few steps... This shows that you could all still move at that time."

Brave Invincible interjected at this time: "I was just about to ask you about this... A fierce monster suddenly emerged from the darkness with a scream. It's fine if you didn't retreat, but you didn't even seem to shiver. Are you still human?"

"I'm brave," Feng Bujue perfunctorily said lightly, and then continued with what he hadn't finished, "The moment the monster's first attack was blocked by me, with everyone's psychological quality and combat strength, you must have already reacted, but you were not able to provide assistance, that is to say, almost at the same time that the monster's hand was captured by me, you were hit by the skill."

"Yes, it happened at that moment," Dream Bewilderment said with a very certain tone.

"Well, then, thinking from a different perspective..." Feng Bujue said, "If the skill was launched by the monster itself, why didn't it just release the skill after it appeared? When the enemies in front of it are all suppressed and can't move, what's wrong with launching an attack?"

"You mean there's something else here..." Brave Invincible said, his expression became tense again, and he used his flashlight to illuminate the dark corridors on both sides.

"Actually, the answer is right in front of you." When Feng Bujue said this, he had already scratched the magic circle in front of him.

The entire mansion and the garden outside disappeared into thin air at this moment. Everyone was surrounded by a scorched wilderness, and only the wall in front of Feng Bujue still stood alone.

The shriveled skin of the monster from before also revealed its original appearance at this moment. It seemed to be the corpse of some kind of livestock. It was difficult to identify what animal it was originally, because its skin and flesh had been forcibly stretched to the outline of human skin, looking like a piece of dough that had been thrown into a mold.

"This magic circle first used a summoning skill," Feng Bujue said, "Only after that skill is finished can the control skill be used." He put away the steel knife, "This order cannot be changed. It must first bring out the monster that can kill us, and then it makes sense to use the skill that restricts our movements." He added, "Comprehensive deduction... that control skill requires continuous casting and cannot be maintained for a long time."

"Are you saying that this magic circle is a conscious monster?" Brave Invincible asked.

"I think the so-called 'Grudge Well' in this script should be similar in nature to this magic circle," Feng Bujue did not answer Brave Invincible's question, but continued to narrate his own speculation. In fact, his tone could already indicate affirmation, "The strength of the Grudge Well must be stronger than this magic circle." He turned around and walked back towards the road, "Excluding the town, there are no decent buildings within a few miles except for farmhouses. And such a mansion, the kind with a garden, appearing in what should be farmland, is a bit inexplicable." After he brushed past everyone, the five of them looked at each other, waited for a few seconds, and followed one after another.

"When I discovered that a few meters after opening the door was a wall, I began to suspect that these were all illusions," Feng Bujue said, "Even if this is a building in a ghost script, there is no reason for the entrance to be in that state. When I saw the magic circle painted on the wall and remembered the function of similar magic circles, I understood that 'it' could only generate illusions to this extent, because this place is basically empty." He raised his arm and pointed back, "If this magic circle was not painted on a broken wall, but in a real mansion..."

"Then the illusion it generates might be as vast as a maze..." Brave Invincible continued Feng Bujue's words, and the terrifying memories of the House of Usher gradually emerged in his mind.

"The complexity of the actual surrounding scenery determines the complexity that the illusion can achieve," Feng Bujue said, "In terms of a wall, doing this kind of external disguise is the limit. If the interior is to have rooms, furniture, and a highly detailed illusion that is divided into upstairs and downstairs and even a basement, it cannot be completed in this field."

From just now, Copernicus and Galileo had been silent, watching the actions of the others. During this period, the expressions of the two changed several times, constantly exchanging glances and briefly communicating a few words.

At this time, Galileo spoke. His question was more of an inducement than a question: "Uh... Little Brother Feng, you said... in the mountain in the main quest, will there also be this kind of magic circle?"

"It would be enough if you just told me directly..." Feng Bujue dispelled in his heart, but still remained calm on the surface, "Heh... I thought you would first ask me... why until now, we have neither heard the prompt that the side quest has been triggered, nor have we received any related rewards after killing the monster and breaking the magic circle."

"Yeah, why is that?" Dream Bewilderment lit another cigarette.

"Assuming that this kind of magic circle that uses various tricky skills is our main enemy in this script. And on the mountain referred to in the main quest, there are several such magic circles, with roughly the same abilities, and the most powerful one is painted on the bottom of the Grudge Well," Feng Bujue said, "Then... the magic circle we just broke should be considered an 'extra' one, that is, one that would not be encountered according to the conventional route to clear the level."

"So what?" Brave Invincible also asked.

Before Feng Bujue could answer, Ye Zhi thoughtfully interjected, "So... the act of destroying this magic circle is itself a reward."