"Little Jiu wants to defeat that ice dog; this time, we'll definitely get through it—"

Little Jiu, pinned down on the bed, kept struggling. "That ice dog has killed Little Jiu over ten times! I must tear it to pieces! Big brother, let me go—"

Foxes are also canines, aren't they? Are you really this ruthless with your virtual relatives? Ren Suo thought.

"Alright, alright. If you study for 90 minutes tomorrow, you can play. Be good now. Look at my hand—"

"I won't look! I won't look!" This time, Little Jiu had finally learned her lesson. She had realized that every time she looked at Ren Suo's fingers, she would faint and sleep until dawn, so now she covered her eyes to avoid seeing his hand.

This child hasn't become completely foolish yet. However, the phrase 'look at my hand' was too obviously manipulative, so her being on guard is normal, Ren Suo thought.

"Little Jiu, I have a special ability. I can cross two fingers perpendicularly."

Little Jiu, still covering her eyes, was startled. "Wouldn't that break them?"

Perpendicularly? That would definitely snap her claws!

"Would it break? Why don't you take a look?" Ren Suo said calmly, showing no pain.

Little Jiu, knowing her big brother would never lie to her, couldn't resist her curiosity any longer. She peeked through her fingers and saw Ren Suo holding up his two middle fingers, crossed perpendicularly to form the shape of a cross...

Seeing Little Jiu fall into a deep sleep, Ren Suo looked at his hand gesture and planned to use it next time to make Li Dan sleep. It seems like it would be quite amusing.

He continued his journey in "Inverted World." After a night of zoning out and thinking, Ren Suo had come up with a new method to clear the level. It was time to try it out.

First, in the Search Mode on the 7th day of the escape, having Young Master Mu forcefully barge through was a desperate move. It would easily lead to him being surrounded and hunted by the Six Major Factions, ending in a tragic death.

However, Young Master Mu not fighting wouldn't work either, as all the path nodes near the endpoint were guarded by enemies. Some of them were even stronger than Young Master Mu. Without using Resentment Energy, Young Master Mu could at best only stall top-tier figures from the Six Major Factions, unable to kill them.

After loading the save file, Ren Suo spent half an hour planning a route, making Young Master Mu move 19 steps before using Infiltration at this path node for one action round.

According to the intelligence recorded by Maid Xiao Suo, an enemy would appear at this path node in the next action round, and indeed, that's exactly what happened—three Star Sect Sorcerers and three Soul Hall Red Armored Warriors appeared.

This time, Ren Suo didn't make Young Master Mu kill anyone. Instead, he used the Demon King's Cross Lock to quickly knock out four of them. The remaining two, after sending out a signal, were also knocked out by Young Master Mu.

Returning to the search map, Ren Suo let out a sigh of relief. Now, the map only showed information from the previous round. Because the Warriors of Six Major Sects had sent out a signal, all other patrol teams were heading toward Young Master Mu's direction.

However, the location Ren Suo chose was particularly tricky. At this time, three patrol teams were resting, and other teams were far from this path node, unable to reach it quickly.

The closest one to this path node was near the endpoint, occupied by permanently stationed enemies!

Ren Suo had Young Master Mu take a detour and rush over. He encountered no other enemies on the way. However, at the last path node, he found that the enemies hadn't been lured away at all!

The mini-boss Great Warrior Dragonfly of Soul Palace, four Soul Hall Red Armored Warriors, and three Holy Hall Warriors were waiting to confront Young Master Mu at the path node!

Having come this far, Ren Suo attempted to have Young Master Mu fight his way through. But Great Warrior Dragonfly of Soul Palace was very strong; Young Master Mu simply couldn't finish him off quickly. Furthermore, seven minor enemies were ganging up on Young Master Mu, rapidly reducing him to critical health!

Ren Suo consumed a tiny bit of already purified Resentment to recover Health Points but still couldn't break through the deadlock. Soon, reinforcements approached, and Young Master Mu was dragged back into the quagmire of battle!

Tsk. Ren Suo had thought he could use the feature that 'Warriors of the Six Major Sects would send signals when attacked' to lure enemies away from the necessary path, allowing Young Master Mu to reach the endpoint smoothly.

Is this strategy wrong then?

After thinking for a while, Ren Suo opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" and found a new floating ink entry: "How can we draw out the Six Major Faction enemies from the last path node?"

"What should I do?"

However, this floating ink note didn't provide an answer. Ren Suo needed to spend Krypton Gold—and a good amount of Merit Points, too—12 points.

Come on, Maid Xiao Suo. You know what the issue is, so why can't you come up with a solution independently? Ren Suo muttered to himself and obediently spent the Krypton Gold. A line in bold ink then appeared in the diary: "If multiple signals appear one after another, they ought to come out and check the situation, right?"

Ren Suo understood immediately. After loading the save, he began to scout for the optimal route, observing the movement speed of the Six Major Faction enemies upon seeing distress signals.

After two hours of planning, Ren Suo figured out an optimal route. He first had Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo move 15 steps, then used Infiltration to knock out a wave of enemies. He then had them shift to another path node and, in a frontal assault, knock out the second wave of approaching enemies. Then, they moved to a third path node and took out the third wave of enemies head-on.

Young Master Mu finally shifted to a fourth path node. By then, he was only three path nodes away from the endpoint. However, Ren Suo patiently had Young Master Mu use Infiltration for one round and encountered the mini-boss Temple Knight Commander Righteous and a few enemies who were heading toward the location of the distress signals.

This time, Ren Suo didn't have Young Master Mu leap out. Instead, he let this wave of enemies pass by, then immediately had Young Master Mu trek and dash toward the endpoint!

At the last path node, although there were enemies, the mini-boss that should have been stationed there had already been lured away by the three signals, leaving only two Soul Hall Red Armored Warriors chatting.

When Young Master Mu rushed over, they hadn't even reacted before they were knocked out by the Demon King's Cross Lock, not even managing to send out a signal.

Just as he exhausted the last Action Point, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo successfully reached the endpoint!

Throughout the process, because Young Master Mu hadn't killed anyone and only knocked people out, the Filth Resentment only increased by about 4,000, which was completely within Ren Suo's acceptable range!

At the endpoint, there was, shockingly, a strange mountainous area.

Among the peaks, a bizarre clearing suddenly appeared, filled with countless broken stones. The nearby vegetation looked as though it had been swept by a storm—broken and fallen. The clearing itself seemed to have been dug up by an excavator, with pits and mounds of earth everywhere, but the center was flattened.

It was as if a large monster had been playing in the mud here.

Under the resplendent Moonlight, snowflakes drifted down from the night sky, adorning the mountain range. If not for being in the midst of fleeing, perhaps Young Master Mu could have purified tens of thousands of Filth Resentment by witnessing this scenery.

Maid Xiao Suo: "It's snowing."

Young Master Mu: "This is the place... All Traces converge here."

"Young Master Mu activated Demon's Heavenly Eye."

As the scene flashed back, Ren Suo could vaguely see a creature as large as a hill, made of rocks, battling fiercely here.

The rock creature, its head touching the sky and feet stamping the earth, was imposing and seemingly unstoppable. But during the fight, it was quickly beaten into fragments. Its rocky body even crumbled on the spot, ultimately forming this strange clearing.

"...I see it."

Young Master Mu whispered, "That person... That person is the enemy of the Demon Path, the nemesis of all Evil Demons, and my nemesis too!"

"He is a powerful counter to all Demon Path beings, even possessing the insight to see through Demon Path Martial Arts and hunt down Evil Demons!"

"But why is he doing this... These Evil Demons, and those villains who ravage the world under my name—what exactly is their relationship to him?"

The overall clue level suddenly surged to 84.9%!

It was a full 30% increase; clearing the level wasn't far off now!

At that moment, a Great Bright Palm Imprint suddenly struck from afar, exploding like Buddha's Palm toward the hiding spot of Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo, kicking up billowing dust.

Of course, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo hadn't run into an open field without cover; instead, they were hiding in nearby bushes to investigate. However, the Martial Artists from afar seemed to know their precise location, striking from a distance!

According to the 'smoke means no injury' principle, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo naturally escaped unscathed, but they were now completely exposed to the surrounding Warriors of Six Major Sects!

"Demon Lord Young Master Mu!"

"This place will be your grave!"

"You have done nothing but evil, your sins are complete! It is time for you to atone!"

"If you surrender now, Skycraft Pavilion can still give you a fair trial."

Ren Suo hastily glanced over and saw more than ten People of the Heavenly Policy Mansion, Star Sect Sorcerers, Berserkers of the Extreme North Misty Palace, Holy Hall Warriors, Five Poisons Cult Disciples, and over a hundred Soul Hall Warriors. After all, this was Soul Hall territory, so it was normal for there to be more Soul Hall Warriors.

"Xiao Suo, go."

"What about you, Young Master?"

"I'm close, just a bit of decisive evidence short... I know where it is. Go on. I can handle what comes next alone."

"Young Master needs me. I can help you."

"No, you can't, and there's no need."

"It is necessary. If Xiao Suo leaves now and you, Young Master, end up failing, or dying, what would be the point of all my efforts these past days? If I were to give up halfway, Miss Ling'er definitely wouldn't let me off when I return."

"But moving forward, I'm not even sure I'll make it out unharmed."

Maid Xiao Suo showed a silly smile. "That's all the more reason I can't leave."

Young Master Mu paused briefly, then turned to look at the Allied Forces of the Six Major Sects and said, "If that's the case, Xiao Suo, you have to agree to three conditions of mine."

"At a time like this, Young Master, you still have excessive demands?"

"Yes. Who made you Maid Xiao Suo, and me Young Master Mu? Listen carefully. The first condition is that you must stay close to me, never leaving my side, not even by ten feet. The second condition: before I get injured, you cannot sustain any injury, not even losing a single hair. The third condition: as long as I am not dead, you absolutely cannot die, not even a minute or a second before me."

Maid Xiao Suo: "Such strict orders..."

Young Master Mu: "Shut up! No questioning, no disobeying! If you break one condition, I'll kill you! Break two, and I'll beat you to death! Break all three, and Ling'er and I will kill you together!"

Maid Xiao Suo: "Ah..."

「After that declaration, they entered the battle scene!」

The Allied Forces of the Six Major Sects swarmed over the hills and dales; ranged attackers had already launched projectiles.

Ren Suo controlled Young Master Mu, with Maid Xiao Suo closely following him.

In the game, the two of them charged toward an enemy force a hundred times their number with the valor of those who could take on ten thousand foes!

And then they both fell in battle.

They died gruesomely, with ketchup-like blood splattering everywhere. This actually whetted Ren Suo's appetite, making him wish his Cloning could cook a late-night snack; his hamburger dinner had digested too quickly.

Ren Suo rubbed his eyes, unfazed. It's quite normal for Young Master Mu to not defeat so many people. These are the Warriors of Six Major Sects, not some street thugs. Each possesses a certain combat power, and among them are six boss characters.

Great Warrior Dragonfly of Soul Palace, a powerful Martial Artist who used the Cross Spear.

Temple Knight Commander Righteous, capable of wielding the Great Bright Palm Imprint, an armored warrior radiating Holy Light.

The Supreme Daoist of Celestial Policy Mansion, the same Slovenly Taoist who had brutally suppressed Young Master Mu on the first day of the escape.

Lone Wolf of the Star Sect, capable of shooting a Formless Flying Sword from an extreme distance. A single hit would leave Young Master Mu with critical health. If Young Master Mu hadn't constantly been activating the Phantom Demon Body Technique, this enemy alone could likely have finished him off.

Thunder Battle Bear of the Extreme North Misty Palace, a super Martial Artist with an immense build, clad in heavy armor and wielding sharp claws, resembling a giant bear.

The Rabbit Priest of Five Poisons Cult, a support-type Martial Artist who was always casting debuffs on Young Master Mu.

This is like treating Young Master Mu as a boss to be farmed!

Ren Suo opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary." Sure enough, Xiao Suo provided the best solution—

"Run."

But enemies are everywhere. How do we escape?

Reloading the game, Xiao Suo suddenly suggested, "The enemies in the northeast direction seem weaker. How about breaking out from there?"

Ren Suo happily accepted the suggestion. Controlling Young Master Mu, he cut through with sparks and lightning, actually managing to break through the encirclement and escape!

So, what next?

With over a hundred Martial Artists behind him, Ren Suo could only control Young Master Mu to flee up the mountain along the path. However, the Martial Artists' speed was not slow, and a few bosses soon caught up to engage Young Master Mu.

After they died for the second time, Xiao Suo didn't suggest going northeast again but pointed in another direction, saying, "How about we try that way?"

Ren Suo then reloaded eight more times, attempting to break out from various directions. But either he was quickly caught by the bosses after breaking out, or he got entangled by them before he could even make it through.

Unless Young Master Mu expended a great deal of Filth Resentment Energy... there was no way to break through the encirclement of the Six Major Factions head-on!

On the ninth reload, Maid Xiao Suo said gloomily, "Young Master, why don't we look behind us?"

The camera turned to the rear, where only a few scattered enemies were present, and no bosses. It indeed looked like an easy path.

However, because this clearing was actually halfway up the mountain and the Six Major Factions had blocked all descending paths, the rear was actually... the path leading further up the mountain.

At this point, Ren Suo had no choice but to make Young Master Mu escape up the mountain. Although the bosses' movement speed wasn't slow, they couldn't catch up to Young Master Mu for the time being. This was because Young Master Mu's escape didn't trigger any battles, and there was already a considerable distance between them.

Snowflakes swirled as they cut through thorns and broke through forests, shattering rocks in their path. Soon, they reached the mountain peak—

"As expected..."

In front of Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo was a sheer cliff.

Below the precipice, the cold wind howled, and the rocks were jagged. It was at least a several-hundred-meter drop to the bottom. Moreover, this wasn't a typical vertical cliff; it was steep, meaning that if they jumped, they would hit the rock face and inevitably end up rolling down.

No wonder no one from the Six Major Factions was stationed in this direction.

As the shouts of pursuit grew closer from behind, Maid Xiao Suo suddenly said, "It looks like we'll have to jump."

Young Master Mu: "From this angle, we would both die."

Maid Xiao Suo: "I am proficient in Defensive Martial Arts, with Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt. I will protect you."

Young Master Mu: "..."

Young Master Mu: "Let's go home."

Maid Xiao Suo: "Go home?"

Young Master Mu: "Yes, let's go home now. Let's use the Godspeed Talisman to return together. I have evidence that can persuade Skycraft Pavilion to believe me. Then I can clear my name and expose the mastermind."

Maid Xiao Suo: "But the Resentment on you..."

Young Master Mu: "It doesn't matter. It's better than being forced to jump off a cliff by them here, right? There's no time. Use the Godspeed Talisman!"

Maid Xiao Suo: "Okay—"

However, three seconds later, Maid Xiao Suo suddenly sensed something was wrong and said to Young Master Mu, "Young Master, you—"

Maid Xiao Suo vanished from the cliff.

Young Master Mu turned around and looked at the bosses and the Warriors of Six Major Sects pursuing them up the mountain trail. Someone asked, "What about the person who was following you, helping you escape?"

"None of your damn business."

The scene froze at that instant: on the summit of the cliff, amidst the wind and snow, he faced countless Martial Artists whose eyes glinted with Blood Light, leaving behind only a solitary figure.

Ending: Helpless. Young Master Mu eventually fell into the vortex of evil and was slain by the Six Major Factions as a Demon Lord.

Ren Suo opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary." Inside, there was only one line of floating ink:

"I was tricked."

After reloading and returning to the cliff, Maid Xiao Suo's words changed: "Young Master, do you trust me?"

Young Master Mu: "If I have to say, I suppose I do."

Maid Xiao Suo: "Then if I say we won't die if you hold onto me while we jump, would you believe me?"

Young Master Mu: "Why do you think that?"

Maid Xiao Suo: "Intuition."

Young Master Mu: "Intuition, huh... If it's your intuition, then maybe it's not so unbelievable..."

Before Young Master Mu could finish, Maid Xiao Suo hugged him tightly. Under the watchful eyes of the enemies from the Six Major Factions, they jumped off the cliff together!

As expected! Ren Suo had known this twist would happen. It's the protagonist's unwritten rule of not dying from jumping off cliffs. This Martial Arts game surely can't escape this tired cliche—

"Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo hit the rocks, lost consciousness, rolled down the cliff, and died."

Ren Suo rubbed his eyes and carefully read the line of text, confirming that it stated the two had died from jumping off the cliff.

They actually used the cliff-jumping cliche, only to bow to reality here?!

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