Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"Creak~"

Accompanied by the grating sound, the thick, dilapidated black door slowly opened, and a pungent mix of rot and mildew assaulted the senses.

Xu Ruoguang frowned slightly, bypassing the veteran who automatically stepped aside after opening the door, and entered first.

The veterans behind exchanged a look and reluctantly followed suit.

They weren't afraid per se; as former soldiers themselves, they could move freely with their prosthetics, while these veterans were all crammed together here waiting to "rot."

This stark contrast made it easy to draw certain conclusions, particularly when the team leader, a confidant of the local administrator, did not want to present a bad impression to that administrator before their true intentions were exposed.

As for this Block No. 2 Veteran Camp itself, they felt there was nothing to hide...

"Shing!"

As he set foot inside, Xu Ruoguang's longsword slid partially from its sheath. He glanced over his shoulder with peripheral vision at the veterans following him and said coldly, "Is this the 'absolute safety' you spoke of?"

For some reason, even though it was only a game, Xu Ruoguang had zero tolerance for any heresy in this game world, beyond humankind.

Any human tainted by heresy needed to be utterly eradicated, which was the only way out for mankind.

Cutting off the rotten flesh, even at the cost of harming sinew and bone, was the only way to ensure the health of the whole body.

OCD? Or too strong a sense of immersion?

Xu Ruoguang didn't know; he was just acutely aware of the presence of heresy.

In the past few days, he had led the Black Street Guard, composed of veterans, to purge many residents of Black Street who were still consorting with demons.

These people, who had witnessed the existence of demons with their own eyes, and even encountered them in person twice, had an extremely high rate of corruption.

During every moment of distraction, during the nights of sleep, those insidious whispers eroded their wills unseen.

Not every common person had a will strong enough to resist.

And now, the high-dimensional demons revealed their fangs once more with their corrupting influence on mankind.

The foul stench of undead flesh hit their nostrils, and bolstered by some unending authority, humans had become "immortal" monsters!

"Eh~"

"Eh~"

Uncontrollable groans rose from the rotten throats; their gray-white eyeballs bulged unnaturally, and their faces melted like wax, barely maintaining a human shape.

The sound of the door had disturbed these mindless wanderers, so they all turned their stiff bodies to look over...

"Click!" The veterans following Xu Ruoguang drew their pistols and rifles at the sight of their former comrades turned grotesque and instinctively turned off the safeties.

Bullets chambered.

The deputy team leader, one of their own, cautiously stepped forward with a frown and asked, "Old Lin, what happened to you all?"

The decayed faces still bore traces of their original appearance; the deputy team leader, who was very familiar with every comrade, attempted to communicate.

But all they got in response was saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, and guttural growls like those of rabid dogs.

"Haven't you realized? Your companions have fully enlisted in the demon's ranks!"

Xu Ruoguang's longsword was unsheathed, its blade glinting against the wall.

The target confirmed, humans who had joined the legions under the Eternal demons would become these ghastly, undead corpses. Enjoy new chapters from My Virtual Library Empire

Not every Eternal demon could benignly bestow equal blessings upon every believer, often just fortifying them with some "life" authority instead.

They would not lose life due to infections by bacteria and viruses, immune to sickness, but both their bodies and minds would be corrupted by high-dimensional powers into forms unacceptable to mankind.

Against such adversaries, the only recourse was... to kill!

Xu Ruoguang flashed into action, activating bullet time.

The longsword swept across throats but did not bring about the withering of life.

As they turned into undead, these bodies had lost the vulnerabilities they possessed as normal humans.

Their lives had been fully "digitized," and only by depleting their health points with sufficient damage could these inhuman creatures be thoroughly purged.

"What are you waiting for?" As the blade's light fell like snow, Xu Ruoguang's frosty voice also rose.

Urging the veterans behind him to take action.

Although they left their comrades here, these veterans merely wished to use the constraints of the mundane world to make their brothers fully recognize this harsh reality and join their noble cause.

They never truly wanted to abandon these brothers who emerged from the same predicament... On the contrary, they held deeper respect for those steadfast in their beliefs.

The more resolute a person's belief, the tougher they become upon switching sides.

But no matter how they yearned to learn why their former comrades had become what they were now, under Xu Ruoguang's command, they had no choice but to pull their triggers.

The harsh reality was laid bare before them; brothers corrupted into demonic henchmen could no longer turn back...

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Guns handcrafted by Black Street themselves discharged single shots, the random gunfire tearing apart several undead corpses.

Yet the gunshots undoubtedly attracted the attention of more undead deeper in the Veteran Camp, and more twisted figures rushed towards them with their seemingly broken bodies.