The person who posted in the forum waswas called âMaoshan Taoist,â and the tour party logo was a warm orange sunset.
His post only contained two curt sentences:
âThe Homeward tour party and Slaughterer Alliance will fight until one of us is extinguished.â
âMaster Of Reaping Lives With Poison has died.â
There was also a photo attached after the two sentences. The photo seemed to depict a dark alley in a city. An extremely thin and ordinary middle-aged man in a pullover powerlessly leaned against the wall. His pupils had lost their focus, and he had obviously breathed his last. The bloodstained Hunter tour partyâs flag covered his body. But this time, the flag on him was to mock him. And on top of the Hunter tour partyâs flag, there was the Slaughterer Alliance logo of a bloody skeleton and a slaughtererâs knife.
The weapon that gave him the fatal blow was a dark orange machete that jabbed into his heart. The murderer could not be seen in the photo. Only a thick black military boot could be seen stepping on the chest of Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison. A big hand with well-defined joints clung to the handle of the machete, as if the person intended to pull out their weapon.
Seeing this photo, Shi Xiao held his breath. His heart churned and he didnât calm down for a long time. After a long time, he said hoarsely, âThe captain has personally acted.â
Naturally, Bai Xiaosheng would only refer to one person as captain. He was the captain of Sunset tour partyâs superior, the Homeward tour party. He was also the worldâs strongest and most powerful tourist.
This was the strongest tour party in the world, Homeward!
This was the worldâs strongest tour party captain in the world, An Xuefeng!
Only An Xuefeng could lock onto Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison with a mere post and a photo. An Xuefeng was not afraid of fatigue or danger when he set out to kill Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison. Within half an hour, Master Of Reaping Lives With Poisonâs life had been reaped by Homewardâs knife.
Absolute strength brought a strong sense of security. The forum, which was originally full of panicking tourists due to the mad onslaught of the Slaughterer Alliance, became active again. Especially when the head of Sunset tour party issued a statement that the eight people, âMiao Fangfei, Shi Tao, Yu Hean, Lin Xi, Wang Pengpai, Zhao Hongtu, Hou Feihu, and Xu Chenâ would be protected by Sunset tour party, everyone no longer sympathized with them. Instead, they began to envy them!
Sunset tour party adhered to a notoriously strict set of criteria when recruiting tourists to their tour party. How lucky were these tourists! They could join Sunset, obtaining the protection of the tour party and enjoying its resources.
[Why isnât the Slaughterer Alliance posting in the forum again? If they post again, Captain An will kill another one of them!]
[No wonder the Slaughterer Alliance has been much quieter in the past two years. Captain An has gone crazy]
[Sob, sob, sob, I also want to join Sunset tour party!]
[Shi Taoâs brother Shi Xiao seems to be a member of Sunset tour party, and Wang Pengpai knows Shi Xiaoâs brother. Do you think he is also a member of Sunset? He knows that there is a problem with III-9, so he came to the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour?]
[If the Slaughterer Alliance hadnât made a statement about it, who would have known that there was such a serious problem regarding III-9? As I thought about it, I felt my scalp turn numb. If III-9 hadnât been exposed, he would have been invited by Hunter. At that time, it would be like inviting wolves into their house!]
âYes, why did the Slaughterer Alliance make a statement?â
Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison was killed, and Shi Xiaoâs brother could also join Sunset tour party. His brotherâs safety was guaranteed. Shi Xiao finally calmed his heart down and was able to think again, but as he thought about the whole fiasco, he felt confused.
âIII-9 being a member of Slaughterer Alliance was exposed, and he will certainly be chased and killed by the major tour parties⊠Does this mean that III-9 has enemies in the Slaughterer Alliance?â
Shi Xiao could only think that this was the case. Otherwise, he really didnât understand why the Slaughterer Alliance would expose III-9âs identity at this point. Wasnât posting such a statement forcing him to his death?
âNo, the goal of the Slaughterer Allianceâs forum post was to terrorize the tourists and to show off their might.â
Shi Xiao didnât understand what Bai Xiaosheng meant. Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison, who had posted initially, was killed by An Xuefeng. How was this a show of might? However, Bai Xiaosheng suddenly stopped talking and his expression grew increasingly serious. The grim atmosphere made Shi Xiao stop talking. He lowered his head and saw the words âIntoxicating Xiangxi,â âopening up a new scenic spot,â and âspiteful ghost Pingpingâ written on Bai Xiaoshengâs parchment. The next moment, Bai Xiaoshengâs body suddenly disappeared from the virtual hall!
He left the virtual hall and returned to either his tour party or the real world. But why did Bai Xiaosheng suddenly leave? Shi Xiao had an inexplicable premonition in his heart. He tried to contact him through the Travel Services app, but he got a systematic response that âThe party you are trying to contact is in a special place and you cannot contact them for the time being.â
What was going on?
The uneasiness in Shi Xiaoâs heart was growing. He subconsciously looked at the livestream screen to confirm his brotherâs safety. However, Shi Xiaoâs eyes were completely attracted to black and red storm of resentment in the middle of the livestream screen.
âWhat is this?!â
His heart beat rapidly and he stepped forward uncontrollably, staring at the livestream screen. His eyes were so close to the screen that they were about to be sucked into the screen. Because An Xuefeng had killed Master Of Reaping Lives With Poison, all the bigwigs all over the world turned their focus to the Intoxicating Xiangxi livestream. In the next moment, they stood up in horror. Some broke their wine glasses, some pushed away their female partners, and some almost jumped up!
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âFuck!â
âArschloch!â
âĐĐŸŃŃĐ»ĐœĐ°Ń ŃĐč!â
âă°ă!â
Curses in various languages sounded all over the world across the various bases of the tour parties, but they had nowhere to vent their emotions, especially when the touristsâ bus disappeared, the livestream room was closed, and the words at the end of the tour appeared. The grumpy people began to directly scold the Travel Services, but most of the powerful people quickly calmed their emotions. They ordered their team members to gather at their bases in the virtual hall.
Asia, Europe, the United States, and Africa⊠The light at the entrance of the virtual hall in various regions flickered frequently. Every moment it flickered, a rarely seen bigwig on the touristâs leaderboard appeared! Most of them went to the base of their tour party in a flash. There were also many mysterious tour guides wearing masks, cloaks, or robes entering the virtual hall as well.
The arrival of these people had caused the atmosphere to stagnate, and everyone had a faint hunch that an extremely important event was definitely about to happen when so many bigwigs got together!
August 25, 0:00 a.m. Countless people stayed up this night. At 0:15, all over the world, whether they were in their bases in the virtual hall, in reality, or tourists and tour guides on the tour, they heard the sound of a prompt from the Travel Services!
[Pingping, the last generation tomb keeper in Cordoned-off Village, has withered and fallen. Therefore, the mysterious Tusi Kingâs tomb keepers are completely extinct. On the same day, a once-in-a-century earthquake occurred in Wadu Township, Xiangxi Prefecture. The earthquake opened a crack in Wuluo Mountain and revealed a secret the tomb keepers tried to keep for centuries.]
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[It is said that generations of Tusi kings have devoted all their efforts to build storehouses that could hide countless treasures of the royal family and long lost Xiangxi secret skills and witchcraft techniques. This mysterious Tusi Kingâs tomb has finally reappeared!]
[The new Unsolvable-level tour is currently under development and is tentatively named the Tusi Kingâs Tomb, belonging to tours of the 30th parallel north]
[This is the seventh 30th parallel north tour in the world, and the first 30th parallel north tour in Asia. All tourists, please make persistent efforts and do your best to contribute to the tour and try to explore the mysteries of the world!]
It was a tour of the 30th parallel north!!
Sure enough, it was a tour of the 30th parallel north!
A legendary tour of the 30th parallel north, the most difficult unsolvable level of tours, finally appeared after [Pharaohâs Pyramid], [Deadly Sahara], [Tower of Babel], [Andean Civilizationâs Gate of the Sun], [Lost and Ancient Maya], and [Sinking into Depravity in Atlantis]!
This was also the first tour of the 30th parallel north in China!
Countless tour parties around the world were frantically collecting information about the tours of 30th parallel north, because this was the key to breaking away from the International Thriller Travel Services!
[Location: Xiangxi, China]
When the Travel Servicesâ prompt appeared, everyone held their breath, and it was so quiet that the sound of a pin dropping could be heard. From previous experiences, they knew that the person who participated in the development of the tour would obtain props that contained hints and were crucial to the tour. In addition, the props would also act as a key to participate in the tour!
But when they thought of this, the heads of all the Asian tour parties and many tour guides on the leaderboard were bitter. No wonder it was as if the Slaughterer Alliance went berserk. They were completely unafraid of their deaths when they had announced III-9 belonged to their alliance.
[The developer of the tour isââ]
The person who participated in the development of the tour was a tour guide of the Slaughterer Alliance, III-9!
Countless peopleâs brains were turning rapidly as they thought about what they should do. This was crucial information regarding a 30th parallel north tour, and it was the only 30th parallel north tour in China so far. As soon as this news spread, one was afraid that the Slaughterer Alliance would begin their reign of terror. Should they fight, suppress, or cooperate with the Slaughter Alliance? What attitude would the Slaughterer Alliance take?
[The developer of the tour isââ]
It could be said that the worldâs numerous tour parties and tour guides, regardless of whether they were tourists or tour guides, were quarreling over III-9 and the matter of the Slaughterer Alliance. The Travel Servicesâ stuttering broadcast became even more annoying to their ears.
[The developer of the tour isââ]
âHurry up, everyone knows that the developer is III-9!â
There were people who were impatient and grumpy, but the prompt that repeated itself three times still attracted the attention of many people. The Travel Services had never repeated this prompt thrice in the past. Did something that they werenât aware of happen?
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[Does your esteemed self want to bind your identity? If your esteemed self agrees, your esteemed self will enter the virtual hall and verify your esteemed selfâs identity to be a tour guide]
[After verification, the tour guide tab, tour guide leaderboard, tour guide exclusive forum, and chat room will be opened for your esteemed self]
[Yes/No]
âIâm not binding. I want to take a look first,â Wei Xun said perfunctorily.
His situation was too special. One had to know that in normal circumstances, to become a tour guide, one had to bind their tourist identity to the app first. Once they completed the novice tour guide task, their identity as a reserve tour guide would be activated. Then, after heavy assessment, their identity could be converted to become a formal tour guide.
However, when Wei Xun was selected by the Travel Services for the first time, he completed the novice tour guide task and activated his identity as a reserve tour guide. Then, before he could return to reality to bind the app to him, he completed three âleapsâ in his first tour. First, because he would face numerous dangers, he was forced to become a temporary tour guide. Second, he managed to survive a dangerous-level Intoxicating Xiangxi tour. Third, the points accumulated by Wei Xun in the tour enabled him to directly become a formal tour guide and have a ranking!
But in fact, he had just completed his first tour and he had not even bound his tourist identity to the app.
âTour guides canât select their tours by themselves?â
Wei Xun pondered for a long time before asking again carefully.
[Tour guides with ranks below Gold will have their tours assigned by the Travel Services]
âThat means that the earliest I could take up a new job is next month?â
Wei Xun remembered that he received a prompt after completing the Intoxicating Xiangxi tour: [Your esteemed selfâs next tour will start in a month. Please always pay attention to the âMy Tourâ information prompt in the app]. Wei Xun felt impatient and wanted to experience a new stimulating tour immediately. He couldnât stand the grievance of having to wait at all.
One month? Wei Xun wanted to object.
[Does your esteemed self want to bind your identity? If your esteemed self agrees, your esteemed self will enter the virtual hall and verify your esteemed selfâs identity to be a tour guide]
[Yes/No]
âIâm not binding. Iâll have a look first.â
Wei Xun refused again. The first time the Travel Servicesâ asked this question, he had 12 hours to think. Wei Xun was not in a hurry to bind his identity.
The Travel Services shut up. Wei Xun was already a temporary tour guide. His real name was confidential due to the privacy regulations of the Travel Services. Wei Xun no longer had the codename III-9 after he was done leading the tour group, but because he hadnât bound his identity and had no ranking or codenameââ
Therefore, around the world, after enduring the Travel Servicesâ lag and repeating prompts for a long time, the bigwigs who looked forward to knowing the identity of the developer finally welcomed a prompt that almost caused them to go crazy.
[The developer of the tour isââ???]
The bigwigs: ????
Before long, a new trending post, [Is âIII-9â really III-9] was pushed up to become the first post in the forum!
The author has something to say:
The bigwigs who had a mental breakdown: Fuck???!
Thereâs no extra update today. Iâll be sorting out the details of the story. Iâll update more tomorrow. *Sticks to Little Angels*!
Thank you MochiiSpiider for your ko-fi! A bonus chapter will be published later on in the day.