Lunch ended in a noisy manner, and everyone returned to their residence to rest. Cao Xinyu didn't show up until evening, close to eight o'clock.
She looked tired and said to Zhang Ze and others: "Are you ready? When the time is up, we will go in."
Tian Tian's Melancholy asked with some worry: "Xiaotu, uh...Cao Xinyu, are you very tired? Otherwise, you can rest today and we will go tomorrow."
"No!" Cao Xinyu shook his head with a firm attitude: "The sooner the soul beast is eliminated, the sooner people can live a good life! No need to say more, I can do it!"
Zhang Ze patted her shoulder and said, "Otherwise, we can go by ourselves."
"No, you are not familiar with the situation. It is safer for me to go with you." Cao Xinyu still shook his head.
Seeing her persistence, everyone stopped trying to persuade her.
"I don't know how your world can enter the demonic realm. Here, we just shout out as soon as the time reaches eight o'clock."
Cao Xinyu saw that the time was up and said to Zhang Ze and others: "You guys try it first and shout: 'Enter the Demon Realm'."
"Still shouting? This... is a bit embarrassing..."
Moonlight Bunny scratched her head, but she still followed Cao Xinyu's method and shouted: "Enter the Demon Realm."
Brush, she disappeared directly on the spot.
Just like in the real world, clapping your hands on the back to enter the demonic realm.
"Wow, it's really gone!" Xiaoniaoyiren was surprised. She also tried to shout, and the person disappeared.
So, everyone shouted out and entered the demon realm one by one.
Zhang Ze looked at Cao Xinyu and asked, "Is Rakshasa okay?"
"Well, Brother Rakshasa originally wanted to go with us, but his health didn't allow it, so I asked him to stay and rest while I led you." Cao Xinyu pursed her lips and said, "I also call you Rakshasa Brother, is it okay?"
"Of course." Zhang Ze smiled: "Although we are not from the same world, I think we are still good friends."
"Yeah!" Cao Xinyu was very happy. Ever since the accident in the team, her Rakshasa brother had never smiled again and was lifeless all day long, which made her very worried.
After seeing Zhang Ze, she felt that the once cheerful and optimistic Rakshasa brother was back.
"Hurry up, let's go in, don't keep everyone waiting."
Zhang Ze shouted "Enter the Demon Realm", and his eyes instantly turned into darkness.
When he looked around again, he found that he was standing outside a village. There were dozens of houses in the village, the smoke was dim, and it was peaceful.
"This is the eighty-eighth level of the demon realm in the parallel world?" Zhang Ze felt very curious.
The man on the side said without emotion: "Enter the Demon Realm in the Demon Realm... Infinite matryoshka dolls."
"Do we need to kill monsters in this level of the Demon Realm? Where are the Soul-eating Insects? Also, where are the keys to clearing the stone gate?" Zhang Feng asked a lot of questions in succession, but no one could answer them.
It wasn't until Cao Xinyu came online that Zhang Feng got the answer.
Cao Xinyu explained: "The background of this level of demonic realm is that people in the entire village are parasitized by soul-eating insects. The way to clear the level is to find a mysterious pharmacist, refine an antidote to kill the soul-eating insects, and save the villagers."
"As for the stone gate and key, they are in the mountains behind the village. We looked for them for a long time before we found them."
Yiye Zhiqiu asked curiously: "How many levels of demon realm have you reached now?"
"We have reached the 100th level." Cao Xinyu was a little proud. She knew that Zhang Ze and the others had only reached the 60th level of the Demon Realm, and their speed was far slower than them.
Moonlight Bunny's eyes widened: "One hundred levels? You are so awesome!"
Others also nodded, feeling that their progress was too slow.
In fact, it's not that their progress is slow, but that the difficulty of the Demon Realm they experienced is too high!
In the world where Cao Xinyu lives, because Rakshasa's talents and skills are average, their demon realms are not very difficult and they can pass each level of the demon realm relatively easily.
Of course, it was not all smooth sailing for them. After reaching the 100th level of the Demon Realm and seeing the final boss, the Great Sun Tathagata, they never made any progress again.
"So, the soul-eating worm is in the villagers' bodies?" Yiye Zhiqiu asked.
"Yes, let's go. I'll show you how to get the Soul-Eating Insect." Cao Xinyu walked towards the village and said, "Don't worry, the villagers will not attack us. You can go in with confidence."
So, everyone followed her into the village. At this time, a male villager came up to him and said excitedly: "Are you the heroes who are here to save us? I will take you to see the village chief!"
He turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly heard Cao Xinyu's cold command: "Stop!"
The male villager stiffened, turned around, and found Cao Xinyu pointing a gun at him. He was surprised and asked, "Hero, what are you going to do?"
Others were also surprised as to why Cao Xinyu pointed his gun at innocent villagers.
Zhang Ze already knew the reason, his face darkened, he walked over and pressed Cao Xinyu's sniper rifle, and asked: "Your method is to kill the villagers and then take out the soul-eating insects from their bodies?"
"Yes!" Cao Xinyu did not deny it. She said solemnly: "The soul-eating worm cannot be separated from the villagers' bodies. We can only kill them and then dig out their hearts, where the soul-eating worm will live inside."
Moonlight Rabbit said hurriedly: "Didn't you just say that you can use special medicine to deal with the soul-eating insects in the villagers?"
"No, that will kill the Soul-Eating Insects, and we need living Soul-Eating Insects!" Cao Xinyu said coldly: "I know you think I'm cruel, but in order to save my world, I can't care so much!"
Everyone looked at each other, this matter was indeed difficult to handle.
On the one hand, there are innocent villagers, and on the other hand, there is their own world. If it were placed on the giant gods and others, they might make the same choice as Cao Xinyu.
However, Zhang Ze thought of other ways.
"Xinyu, don't kill people randomly first. I'll think of a solution." Zhang Ze shook his head at Cao Xinyu.
Cao Xinyu pondered for a moment and finally put down the gun.
"Brother villager, we don't mean any harm. Please take us to the village chief. I have something to say to him." Zhang Ze said kindly to the male villager.
The latter was still a little nervous, but he was willing to believe Zhang Ze and nodded: "Okay, come with me."
The group of people followed him into the depths of the village. Everyone saw that the villagers' lives were very peaceful, and there were no traces of being affected by the Soul-Eating Insects.
"When the Soul-Eating Insects don't attack, they are just like normal people." Cao Xinyu said casually: "Once they attack, they will bite people everywhere, and then inject the Soul-eating Insect eggs into the body of the bitten person. They rely on this way to reproduce.”
"So, those villagers who are about to have an attack will be locked up alone to die."
Everyone shuddered after hearing this, and Zhang Ze murmured: "It's almost like a zombie virus."
Entering the village chief's home, the old village chief received Zhang Ze and his party warmly. The old village chief asked them to find a way to save the villagers, and Zhang Ze wholeheartedly agreed.
Cao Xinyu remained silent throughout the whole process. She wanted to see what Zhang Ze could do to save the lives of the villagers and obtain live soul-eating insects.
After leaving the old village head's house, Zhang Ze asked Cao Xinyu how to find the mysterious alchemist. Cao Xinyu said: "He was robbed by a group of bandits. We can go to the bandits' lair to rescue people...Brother Rakshasa, are you sure?" Is there any way? We don’t have much time.”
She has received news from her subordinates that a large number of soul beasts are moving towards their base. She is not sure why, but she guesses that it may be related to the arrival of Zhang Ze and the others.
Perhaps, the mother body realized that people like Zhang Ze would bring danger to it, so it took action in advance and struck first!
Zhang Ze nodded and said: "It's almost the same, but I need to get the special medicine first."
"Okay, I'll take you there."
Cao Xinyu and the others had already cleared this level of demonic territory, so they were very familiar with the process. They bypassed many detours and came directly to the bandit's lair. She wanted to sneak in and rescue the pharmacist according to the previous method.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ze and the others barged in directly!
Cao Xinyu looked surprised when she saw the Dragon King, Liu Yueying and others rushing into the bandit's lair. She felt that these people were much more powerful than Liu Yueying and the Dragon King in her world!
"Why are they so strong? They have only reached the 60th level of the Demon Realm! But our team has already reached the 100th level and is not as strong as them!"
Cao Xinyu was very confused. In fact, all this was because of Zhang Ze's existence.
Because Zhang Zela increased the difficulty of the Demon Realm, team members had to improve their strength in order to keep up with his pace and defeat the monsters to clear the Demon Realm.
Therefore, unconsciously, everyone's strength increased rapidly, but Zhang Ze and the others did not notice it.
In just one hour, Zhang Ze and his team cleaned up all the bandits in the lair. Even the BOSS bandit leader was killed by Liu Yueying with a single blow. He was so weak that he couldn't be ignored.
Liu Yueying looked at her weapon in surprise, then at the BOSS that she split in half, and asked Cao Xinyu strangely: "You said this is the BOSS of the 88th level of the Demon Realm? Why is it so weak?"
The corners of Cao Xinyu's mouth twitched. She still remembered that in order to deal with this BOSS, they were almost wiped out!
The pharmacist was rescued from the cage. The pharmacist was grateful and expressed his willingness to do anything for Zhang Ze and the others.
Therefore, everyone naturally asked him to refine a potion for the villagers to deal with the soul-eating insects.
The pharmacist said: "The medicine I refined can kill the soul-eating insects in the villagers..."
Xiaoniaoyiren interjected: "Then can you refine a potion that can not only save the villagers, but also keep the soul-eating insects alive?"
"This... I'm sorry, I can't do it." The pharmacist shook his head.
Cao Xinyu hummed from the side: "I have told you before, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds!"
Zhang Ze suddenly said: "Then, can you please tell me the formula for refining the medicine?"
"Okay!" The pharmacist nodded in agreement. His life was saved by others. It's just a formula, so there's nothing he can't bear to part with.
After getting the pharmacist's formula, Zhang Ze summoned the godfather and asked him to improve the formula.
The godfather thought for more than an hour and finally came up with a new formula that perfectly met Zhang Ze's requirements.
The villagers can be saved, and so can the Soul-Eating Insects!
"This, this is impossible!" The pharmacist immediately shook his head when he heard this. He has devoted himself to research for decades. There is no way anyone can do what he can't do!
However, when he saw the godfather's new formula, he was stunned and speechless for a long time.
He is an expert in this field, so he can tell at a glance whether a recipe will work or not.
Zhang Feng smiled and said: "Pharmacist, I have a message for you, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world!"
"I admire you! I admire you!" The pharmacist exclaimed with admiration on his face: "You are right, little girl, there is really someone out there!"
Cao Xinyu looked shocked: "You mean, this formula can really do it?"
"Okay, absolutely okay!" The pharmacist nodded repeatedly: "I have enough medicinal materials here, and I will help you make medicine now!"
After several hours of waiting, the pharmacist refined dozens of bottles of medicine, enough for each villager to have one bottle.
After bidding farewell to the pharmacist, everyone returned to the village and prepared to start giving medicine to the villagers.
Cao Xinyu had always been doubtful. At first, they tried every means, but still could not save the villagers. In the end, they had no choice but to kill the villagers.
Later, they all became numb and just thought that they were killing "NPCs" in the game instead of real people.
The old village chief looked nervous. He kept asking Zhang Ze, is there really no problem in drinking this potion?
Zhang Ze explained it several times, but finally got tired of it.
The first villager picked up the potion and drank it cautiously. Then he covered his chest and rolled on the ground, shocking everyone.
The godfather explained: "Don't be nervous, this is the effect of the medicine. The soul-eating insects cannot survive in the human body. They are escaping from the human body in order to survive."
"But aren't they parasitic in the heart? How do they come out?" Little Princess Qian asked doubtfully.
"I think the Soul-Eating Insects enter the heart through the blood, so they can also leave the heart through the blood." Shandao Buqing answered using his medical knowledge.
Although it is not necessarily correct, the general situation is similar.
Soon, the rolling villager knelt on the ground and suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of dark red blood, and he fainted.
"Get the person away for treatment quickly!" the old village chief shouted hurriedly.
Zhang Ze walked to the pool of blood spit out by the villagers and examined it carefully. Sure enough, he saw a slender object that was twisting and turning. It looked like an earthworm, but its body could be seen covered with spikes. The suction cup, it relies on this thing to firmly adhere to the human heart.
Zhang Ze turned around and asked Cao Xinyu: "The bugs came out, what should we do next?"
Cao Xinyu recovered from the shock, hurried forward, took out a glass bottle from the system backpack, carefully picked up the bug with tweezers, and put it into the glass bottle.
"Afterwards, you can spend 'Demon Soul Coins' to materialize the glass bottle and the bugs inside into the real world."
Yiye Zhiqiu asked curiously: "Demon Soul Coin? What is that?"
"It's what drops after killing monsters." Cao Xinyu blinked and said, "Isn't it true that in your world's demonic realm, killing monsters doesn't drop rewards?"
"Uh... what we dropped is a magic soul ball." Moonlight Rabbit felt very strange: "So, you dropped something like this here."
What surprised everyone even more was that in Cao Xinyu's world, they could bring things from the Demon Realm into the real world without the need for a manifestation card, which was much easier than their world.
