Chapter 80

Chapter 80: The outsider’s Trap

“Right, that’s right, we also took a photo of that yeti!”

“…”

Watching the three of them flip photos out of their pockets, Ye Qiyan narrowed his eyes slightly.

This photo looked a bit familiar.

Isn’t this the exact one he found at the second supply point?

Completely identical, except a bit clearer.

He suddenly thought of something.

Searching the photo for a moment, he actually found an extremely tiny protrusion.

Tearing it open forcefully, a piece of paper larger than the photo itself fell out from within.

“Did you guys put this note inside?”

The three heads shook in unison, indicating they had no idea.

Ye Qiyan unfolded the note.

[“Did you see this? You must see it. I can no longer affect the other world. This is the final message. Please make sure to climb to the summit of the snow-covered mountain and turn off the reality dislocation device there! Otherwise, this snow-covered mountain will completely fall into another spacetime! I’m sorry, I’m really sorry!”]

“…”

Reality dislocation? Another spacetime?

No, are the Level 6 Mission Platform this absurd for this stop?

Even pulling off such high-end gadgets?

Ye Qiyan’s eye twitched a few times, and he silently put away the piece of paper with the message written on it.

Well, according to the contents of this note, he would have to go take a look at the summit next.

But… isn’t something a bit off about this?

Ever since seeing the first note, he had constantly been guided toward the next destination.

It was as if all these discoveries were designed to get him to the summit.

Everything along the way was designed to make the purpose of reaching the summit seem more reasonable.

Is it a trap?

Looking up at the mountain.

The summit of the snow-covered mountain was right before his eyes.

“A bit interesting.”

Ye Qiyan chuckled softly and walked towards the door.

Seeing that he was about to leave, the three-headed person hurried to crawl along the ground, huddled close to his feet, and said anxiously:

“L-Little brother, are you not taking us with you?”

Ye Qiyan glanced at them indifferently, suddenly broke into a kind and brilliant smile, leaned over, and patted them on the shoulder.

“I’m going to deal with the trouble on the mountain. After all, that’s the culprit that turned you into this. Only by resolving that can you be restored to your original appearance. Wait here obediently for me, and I’ll bring you down the mountain.”

The lie was being triggered.

Leaving the third supply point, Ye Qiyan boarded Roadhog and continued climbing upward.

There was still some distance to the destination, and ahead was a completely steep slope that Roadhog couldn’t drive up.

Ye Qiyan simply put it away into the safety box, casually took out a White Forest Fruit and took a bite, inadvertently discovering a nearly-covered track mark in the snow.

“This track mark belongs to Wall-E? That little guy is here too? But it disappeared further ahead? So this really is the stage where the story of this world’s mission truly takes place.”

The bizarre development left people baffled.

But no matter what, he had to go check it out.

Caw—! Caw!

In the sky, a raven with a pitch-black body and blood-red eyes was circling in mid-air.

The first ability of the Demon Card – Banshee was to summon this raven that could foretell and discover death.

When it called out, it also meant that death existed ahead.

Taking nearly two hours, Ye Qiyan finally arrived at the highest point of this snow-covered mountain, which was also the destination on the map.

But this place didn’t have any yetis or madmen like the three-headed brothers had said.

Here, there was nothing.

On the huge open space at the mountain peak, there was only glistening white snow.

However, the raven was calling out.

It was acting as a Harbinger.

“Go.”

With the command given, the raven in the sky descended from high above, swiftly stopping above a patch of snow. Before it could even caw twice, it was grabbed by a suddenly outstretched giant hand and crushed to pieces.

A giant yeti appeared out of thin air.

It didn’t rush towards Ye Qiyan ferociously like its kind; instead, it revealed an anthropomorphic, mocking smile, as if it were saying:

“You’ve fallen for it.”

Creak, creak, creak.

More yetis appeared around him, surrounding him.

These monsters that appeared out of thin air all wore that mocking smile, treating Ye Qiyan like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, at their mercy.

Suddenly, a voice echoed interlacedly from within the bodies of the yetis.

“Hehe, another unlucky fellow fell for it~ You guys are really so gullible. As long as we make the so-called clues a bit troublesome, you’ll believe them, hehe~”

“Who are you?”

The words spoken by that voice emitted a single character’s sound from inside each and every yeti.

“I, I am the hero who hunts you outsiders! All those guys who arrive riding that kind of Train come to this world only to plunder and grab wildly! Nothing will be left! This world belongs to us! It does not belong to you! You outsiders don’t even think about taking away a single thing!”

outsiders—wasn’t that referring to the Train Captain?

So that was how it was.

“So, the reality dislocation and other spacetimes mentioned in that note are all fake too?”

That voice continued to mock.

“Idiot, of course that’s true! I’m not afraid to tell you that this place you call a Platform has two worlds. I am right by your side, yet you can’t see me, touch me, or lay a finger on me! Haha!”

“These yetis were summoned by you? How did you manage that? Since I’m going to die anyway, tell me about it so I can die knowing the truth.”

His words made the unknown existence in the other world even more smug, completely failing to notice the card floating beside Ye Qiyan.

“Of course it’s me! As long as I have the image of a yeti in my head, I can continuously summon them into your world! Even if your marksmanship is very good, as long as the quantity is large enough, you will become my food no matter what!”

“How terrifying. Then, were those three people fused together in the third supply point also your doing? Are they your accomplices?”

Ye Qiyan played with the card in his hand and continued to ask.

“Those three fellows ate their own companions. As a hero of this world, of course I had to punish them! Here, I only need to imagine to accomplish everything! What is fusing three people compared to that!”

“Understood.”

Ye Qiyan nodded.

“Then, one last question.”

The owner of that voice inexplicably felt something was wrong, but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

“You have so many questions, I…”

“Shh~ Be a good boy and listen to my questions.”

The Devil Card hovered behind him.

“You’re going to die, right?”

“Of course I’m going to die—wait, why should I answer you?”

Caw—!!!!

The second effect of the Demon Card – Banshee.

An adult human-sized Raven Demon appeared in this snowfield.

The giant bird’s claws suddenly grabbed down, and the space that was previously empty began to distort.

“Found you.”

“Since you’re in another world, then…”

“Drop Anchor—!”

The third Anchor Point of the anchor landed in that other space.

Then.

“Voyage—”