171 – Two Anomalies! The Doomed World!

【So it turned out the anomaly was operating a small shop in this city, which made you all feel quite peculiar. Upon entering the shop and seeing the anomaly with an ordinary appearance, lacking any aura and completely like a mortal, you were all even more surprised.】

【This was the first time an anomaly proactively exposed itself and invited you over. Moreover, this anomaly was the weakest one you had ever seen; at least, its physical combat strength was so. Perhaps even a slightly trained mortal could defeat and kill it.】

【However, despite the oddity, you did not let your guard down, knowing that Ye Xiaofan had already been turned into a puppet, which implied the anomaly’s complexity. Anomalies have powers that are always of the highest level, not necessarily their combat strength.】

【As you stayed vigilant, the anomaly invited you to sit and served you all a cup of tea. You had no intention of drinking it, which made the anomaly feel quite bored.】

【Then, the anomaly proactively told you about its power. It could treat a shop as its base. This base was invincible—unbreakable from the outside and indestructible on the inside. Furthermore, within this base, it was invincible; no one could harm or move it. Of course, it also couldn’t harm its guests by conventional means, at most, it could expel them.】

【These words made your expression change slightly. It was the first time an anomaly had voluntarily disclosed its power, and if this was true, it posed a major problem. You couldn’t kill it, while the anomaly, evidently, could deal with you using unconventional methods.】

【In response, your expression turned cold as you began to try attacking the anomaly and the shop. To your silence, even when you unleashed an attack powerful enough to annihilate a Void Spirit, it did no harm to the anomaly, not even damaging anything within the shop.】

【Seeing your actions, the anomaly didn’t mind; it merely smiled and mentioned it had forgotten to tell you one thing. Entering the shop required paying a price and purchasing a card from it, containing all sorts of things. It could be a grand prize or a big pitfall—it all depended on luck.】

【Upon hearing the anomaly’s words, you became solemn, realizing that this anomaly had sinister intentions from the start, digging a hole for you to fall into. Still, you had no choice but to jump in.】

The simulation stopped here. Wang Ping’s consciousness blurred, and numerous images appeared in his mind, finally seeing the interior of the shop.

“What price do we need to pay? How did he end up like this?”

With a grim expression, Wang Ping knew the time for decision-making had come. He glanced at Ye Xiaofan and spoke in a deep voice.

“Him? What if I told you I saved his life? Would you believe me?”

The anomaly spoke meaningfully.

“What do you mean?”

Wang Ping frowned.

Wu Jun and the others also showed surprised expressions.

“When he arrived in this city, he had already been cursed. Despite becoming a puppet now, without my help, his soul would’ve mutated long ago.”

The anomaly spoke calmly.

“Cursed?”

Wang Ping’s eyelids twitched.

Indeed, Ye Xiaofan hadn’t shown up for a while.

He had been hunted previously, so had the cultivators hunting him played dirty?

But what was the deal with this soul mutation?

“By the way, all your companions have also been cursed and their souls have mutated. Especially this guy; his condition is the worst.”

The anomaly calmly looked at Wang Ping, swept his gaze over Chen Kang and the others, and finally pointed at Chen Kang, speaking slowly.

“What? I’ve also been cursed? And my condition is the worst? Why don’t I feel anything?”

Chen Kang pointed to himself, feeling a chill.

“Haha, it would be odd if you did feel something.”

The anomaly sneered.

“Stop beating around the bush, just tell us what’s going on!”

Chen Kang urgently questioned.

“My little shop is very fair. To know something or to get something, you need to pay the corresponding price and rely on some luck.”

The anomaly drew a deck of cards, placed it on the table, and spoke slowly.

“If you want to know certain things, you need to spend ‘coins’ to buy a card. The card will reveal the truth. Of course, you might also buy a ‘bad card,’ and then… you’d be unlucky.”

Wang Ping stayed silent, staring intently at the anomaly.

Then, he looked at Ye Xiaofan again.

In the simulation, the existence of the chat group had been downplayed. They couldn’t contact the chat group, which meant Ye Xiaofan couldn’t reach them.

So, after he was brought into the shop by the anomaly, he fell into its trap. Becoming a puppet was due to the anomaly’s power but also because he had bought a card and bet on something.

“What a bother.”

Wang Ping sighed.

Yes, a real bother.

Facing an anomaly that couldn’t be dealt with either by fighting or simulating, relying solely on luck was the most troublesome thing for Wang Ping.

Frankly, this reminded Wang Ping of some novels from the past life where the protagonists operated black shops across various worlds.

Only this time, the protagonist was cunning but not as dangerous as the anomaly.

No wonder the anomaly dared to approach them proactively; it could only deal with them in this manner.

“So, want to buy a card to know what you want to know?”

The anomaly coaxed.

Under the anomaly’s coaxing, Chen Kang and others fell silent.

“You say everyone except me is affected? Does that mean the spiritual energy, spiritual fruits, and other cultivation resources of this world are flawed? That’s why you only possessed a mortal and not a powerful cultivator.”

Wang Ping looked at the anomaly, piercingly sharp, directly exposing the truth.

This wasn’t difficult to guess.
There’s no problem with him, but everyone else has issues? And Chen Kang’s case is the most severe.

What is the difference between them?
Since entering this world, Wang Ping has never absorbed any of the world’s spiritual energy nor eaten anything from this world.

Therefore, he remains unharmed.

But Chen Kang, Wu Jun, Chen Si, and Cai Yonglong have all consumed the spiritual fruits of this world over the years.

Especially Chen Kang, he has been eagerly cultivating immortality during these years.

His talent for cultivation is surprisingly good.

Because of this, with the help of everyone, he has never lacked cultivation resources and has now reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

The highest cultivation level, the deeper the trap; this is undoubtedly an extremely abnormal situation.

Therefore, Wang Ping could only think that everything like spiritual energy in this world has problems, so cultivators who have absorbed spiritual energy and eaten spiritual fruits all have issues.

As long as it’s related to spiritual energy, it’s all a pitfall.

This situation reminded Wang Ping of some anomalous cultivation themes he had seen before.

“Hehe, you’re very smart, you guessed right. Yes, there’s a problem with the spiritual energy in this world. As long as you use anything related to spiritual energy, there will be trouble.”

The anomaly laughed in a eerie, creepy manner.

These words made Cai Yonglong and the others shiver, their hearts full of fear.

“Was it you?”
Chen Kang clenched his fists with an ugly expression.

“Fool, I revealed my abilities from the start, how could I possibly do this kind of thing?”

The anomaly mocked, taking a leisurely sip of cold tea.

“If it’s not you, then who is it?”
Chen Kang didn’t believe it, he said through gritted teeth.

The anomaly’s words were not to be trusted, he really didn’t believe him.

“Compared to your leader, you all are truly foolish.”

The anomaly sighed.

These words made Chen Kang and the others indignant.

“They are just caught up in their situation. If anyone knew they were already cursed, it would be impossible to stay calm.”
Wang Ping spoke calmly, trying to soothe Chen Kang and the others.

“Oh? It seems you’ve already guessed the truth.”

Wang Ping’s behavior made the anomaly smile and speak.

“This world, there’s another anomaly, right.”
Wang Ping took a deep breath and uttered these words.

As soon as these words were said, Wu Jun and the others also instantly figured everything out, feeling a chill down their spines.

A world with two anomalies, isn’t that too absurd?

Moreover, the other anomaly is obviously more dangerous and has already grown.

“That’s right. There’s another anomaly in this world.”

The anomaly laughed and looked admiringly at Wang Ping, without any intention of hiding the truth.

“Do anomalies also not get along with each other? You seem very eager to expose the other anomaly. You even wish for his death.”
Wang Ping stared sharply at the anomaly in the shop and slowly spoke.

“Anomalies are solitary individuals. Except for those truly powerful ones, we anomalies who have not yet grown will never serve anyone. In fact, we are competitors, wishing for each other’s death.”

The shop anomaly grinned and said emotionlessly.

“I was the first to come to this world. Initially, I had set up a plan and was about to successfully destroy this lower world and then leave. However, that guy appeared. He irrationally polluted this world, ruining everything I had set up, forcing me to stay in this world.”

The shop anomaly spoke calmly, revealing the truth.

“I even had to give up my original body and possess a mortal to avoid being polluted by him. So, I am very displeased with him. If you can get rid of him, it would be the best thing for me.”

“…”

Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he learned another piece of information.

Anomalies not getting along is quite a normal situation.

If anomalies did get along, it would be a disaster.

Of course, it is also possible that the anomaly in front of him is trying to mislead them.

“We can cooperate. You tell me where that anomaly’s true body is, and I’ll help you solve it.”
Various thoughts flashed through Wang Ping’s mind as he spoke.

“Solve? Please, although I hope you can help me get rid of him, you can’t do it, your strength is far from enough.”

The shop anomaly looked at Wang Ping with a strange gaze and burst out laughing.

“I see, he has already gone to the Immortal Realm and even polluted it, hasn’t he?”

Wang Ping frowned, quickly thinking of a possibility.

“Hehe, exactly. In this large world, all the cultivators are already doomed. With what ability can you solve him?”

The shop anomaly shrugged, speaking with displeasure.
Upon hearing this, Wu Jun and the others felt a chill deep in their hearts.

Wang Ping also furrowed his brow and fell into silence.

It was his first time encountering such an anomaly that had already polluted a great world.

The cultivation world was not weak, and there were certainly many strong individuals in the immortal realm.

However, if even the immortal realm was doomed, there was indeed no hope.

An anomaly that had grown to this level was incomparable to those infantile anomalies he had encountered before… It was truly insoluble.

Unless he had the power to destroy this entire great world, it might be possible to completely kill this terrifying anomaly.

Of course, even if he could destroy it, he might not be able to kill the anomaly since it had already polluted this great world and could leave at any time.

“You should be thankful you haven’t absorbed a single bit of this world’s spiritual energy, or you’d be done for, and the world you’re from would follow suit…”

The shop’s anomaly said with a cold laugh, revealing this terrifying fact.

Wang Ping remained silent.

Unable to deal with the shop’s anomaly or the one that had polluted the immortal realm, their mission in this world seemed utterly pointless.

“Can you show me the true side of this world?”

Wang Ping looked at the shop’s anomaly and asked this question.

“Pay the price, draw a card, and maybe you’ll find what you want…”

The shop’s anomaly pointed to the cards spread out on its table, speaking meaningfully.

“Brother Wang, let me do it.”

Seeing this, Chen Kang gritted his teeth and said.

“Brother Wang, you can’t risk yourself. Since we’ve already been polluted, it makes more sense for us to do it.”

“Hmm.” Wang Ping didn’t refuse, nodding in agreement.

“To see the true side of this world, you need to sacrifice all your power to draw a card. Are you willing?”

The shop’s anomaly chuckled.

“I am.” Chen Kang hesitated for a moment but then gritted his teeth and made the transaction.

“Very well.”

The shop’s anomaly nodded in satisfaction.

Then, Chen Kang visibly aged rapidly, losing his powerful strength.

Without the support of cultivation, he wouldn’t directly die of old age like an ordinary person. His lifespan would still be much longer, but aging was inevitable.

Chen Kang, feeling his weakened state, gave a bitter smile, glanced over the many cards, and randomly chose one.

“I’m sorry, but it seems your luck isn’t great. Congratulations, you drew the Doll card. You will become a doll…”

The shop’s anomaly looked at Chen Kang with a pitying expression and spoke.

These words caused Chen Kang and the others to change their expressions.

Subsequently, Chen Kang’s body twisted and transformed into a ragdoll, falling to the floor.

“Who wants to go next?”

The shop’s anomaly looked at Wang Ping and the others.

“I’ll go. But I want to change the condition… I want to save my brother.”

Chen Si gathered her courage.

“Such touching sibling love… Of course, that’s possible.”

The shop’s anomaly nodded.

Next, Chen Si drew a card.

Unfortunately, it was another bad card. Although Chen Si didn’t turn into a doll, she did transform into a puppet like Ye Xiaofan.

This left Wu Jun and Cai Yonglong in silence.

“Anyone else?”

The shop’s anomaly’s gaze was burning as it scanned Wang Ping and the remaining two.

“Wu Jun, use your ability.”

Wang Ping ignored the shop’s anomaly and instead looked at Wu Jun.

Wu Jun had a bug-level ability that could bring miracles… They didn’t necessarily need to buy these dangerous cards from the shop’s anomaly.

Earlier, he had purposefully used Chen Kang and Chen Si to test the cards’ nature.

Now it was clear that anomalies were anomalies… Full of traps.

“Alright!”

Wu Jun took a deep breath and activated his Golden Finger: Unstable Factors ability.

However, even this time, Wu Jun’s ability didn’t bring a miracle; it didn’t trigger the anomaly’s fatal effect or any powerful buff.

He only activated a relatively minor possibility…

That was, Chen Si and Ye Xiaofan, who had turned into puppets, woke up from their puppet state.

After regaining consciousness, Ye Xiaofan was momentarily stunned, and then, realizing something, he gave Wu Jun a bitter smile as a thanks.

“Interesting ability…”
The anomaly shopkeeper, seeing this scene, looked at Wu Jun with quite a bit of surprise and praised him.

“How about a trade? You pawn your ability to me, and I can give you the power to see the truth directly.”

The anomaly shopkeeper let out a sly laugh.

This made Wu Jun’s expression change.

If he gave his ability to the anomaly, that would be a disaster.

Moreover, this was the first time they encountered an anomaly capable of taking away their abilities.

Although the anomaly in front of them seemed to pose the least threat, in reality, it was far more dangerous than any they had met before.

“Brother Cai, don’t mind the anomaly. Just draw your cards; you can attempt to flip all the cards at once. Then remember, use your ability at the critical moment.”

Wang Ping glanced at Cai Yonglong and transmitted his words.

“I got it.”

Cai Yonglong gritted his teeth.

Then, he too began drawing cards.

But to the anomaly’s shock, he chose to flip all the cards at once.

In an instant, a variety of ‘bad cards’ appeared. Among the remaining twenty-some cards, only one was the card they needed, a few were harmless, but the proportion of bad cards was frightfully high.

However, when the effects of these bad cards should have taken place and Cai Yonglong was supposed to pay the corresponding price, he chose to use his Golden Finger·Absolute Defense to protect himself.

One must admit, Cai Yonglong’s Golden Finger·Absolute Defense was indeed powerful.

The upper limit of this unique ability was much higher than Wang Ping had initially predicted.

Although the protection time was brief, the dark mist in the depths of the Forbidden Ground of the Primordial Holy Land also couldn’t break through the defense.

Now, even facing the anomaly’s power, it was entirely defended against.

The anomaly’s power did enter Cai Yonglong’s body but had no effect, similar to a game where a character under an invincible and uncontrollable state receives numerous control effects, which are all ineffective.

However, beneficial effects did take place.

Cai Yonglong gained an ability named the Eye of Truth.

“You bastard, you cheated!”

The anomaly spat blood and pointed at Cai Yonglong, cursing.

Damn, he had been a cunning merchant anomaly for so many years and had never been exploited.

Now, he was the one being exploited by the enemy… Damn it, he was furious!

“Cheating? What cheating? Didn’t I endure the price as well? It’s just that your ability couldn’t affect me. How is that my fault?”

Cai Yonglong looked at the anomaly with an innocent expression.

“Damn it…”

The anomaly shopkeeper’s psyche was about to explode.

Who would have thought that someone immune to his abilities would show up… How is this fair?

“So many cards, most of them bad, only one good card, and you still have the nerve to say we cheated.”

Wang Ping also spoke up, sneering.

From the anomaly shopkeeper’s reaction, he had figured it out. Although the anomaly’s ability was peculiar, there were some rules he couldn’t change.

For example, once the reward cards were released, he couldn’t take them back.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so enraged and would have simply taken back the ability Cai Yonglong got.

“Humph.” The anomaly shopkeeper’s expression changed, and then he coldly snorted and said, “Fine, take the Eye of Truth. Consider it my gift to you. Furthermore, out of kindness, I’ll tell you that the Eye of Truth’s ability can be shared with others.”

At the end, the anomaly shopkeeper revealed a cunning and insidious smile.

“Brother Cai, use the ability and let us see what this world truly looks like.”

Wang Ping squinted his eyes and spoke to Cai Yonglong.

“Got it.”

Cai Yonglong’s eyes glowed faintly as he glanced at Wang Ping and the others.

Then, Wang Ping and the others felt a cooling sensation in their eyes.

Soon after, Wang Ping’s vision changed.

He saw the anomalies in the souls of Cai Yonglong and Wu Jun. Their souls were no longer their original forms, but instead, twisted, wriggling creatures emitting an ominous aura.

Even the spiritual energy flowing within Cai Yonglong and Wu Jun was not as pure as Wang Ping initially saw, but rather, disgusting creatures with compound eyes or indescribable muddy entities.

It was not only disgusting but also emitted an ominous aura, making one feel as if their eyes and souls were being polluted.

“Ugh…”

Unable to bear the sight and unable to accept that her soul looked like this, Chen Si was the first to vomit loudly.

However, because she was once a powerful cultivator and had not eaten anything for a long time, even though she had lost her cultivation, her body was still not that of a mortal; it was a spirit body, closely related to spiritual energy.

Hence, what she vomited was also indescribable worm-like entities.

Cai Yonglong and the other men also felt no better. Their faces were pale, and they felt an extreme sense of nausea, with a desire to end their lives.

“It is indeed exceedingly disgusting.”

Wang Ping’s mind was also unsettled, finally understanding why the anomaly had shown such a cunning and malicious expression.

Because opening the Eye of Truth and seeing the true form of this world was not a matter of luck but rather a misfortune.

The feeling of seeing one’s soul turned into a monster was enough to drive a person insane.
Even Wang Ping, despite his terrifying power and being unpolluted, also felt a sense of mental contamination, making him very uncomfortable.

Without saying much, Wang Ping stepped out of the anomalous shop and came outside.

Then, he saw that the air no longer carried pure spiritual energy, but various mud, insects, and indescribable entities.

The occasional cultivators appearing in the city were in a similar condition to Cai Yonglong and the others.

These were just weaker cultivators; it was hard to imagine what the powerful cultivators had been polluted into.

Wang Ping silently tore through space and arrived at the Thunder Realm Sanctuary.

The Thunder Realm Sanctuary was just holding an Immortal Feast, with all the powerful ancestors in attendance.

However, what he saw were no longer cultivators with immortal poise, but monsters whose bodies and souls had been so polluted that even Wang Ping felt nauseated.

And the rare treasures, rare spiritual water, spiritual fruits, and spiritual rice at the Immortal Feast were also indescribable entities.

The more abundant the spiritual energy, the more disgusting it was, and the more terrifying the ominousness and pollution it contained.

Even Wang Ping now felt his stomach churn and very uncomfortable looking at the polluted ancestors of the Thunder Realm Sanctuary at the feast, as if his soul had been polluted.

These were just some cultivators who hadn’t even reached the Tribulation stage, making even a ruler like him who practiced the Incinerating Heaven Emperor’s Scripture and could defeat void gods feel so uncomfortable, as if his spirit were about to be polluted.

It’s hard to imagine what the Immortal Realm has become… probably a true pandemonium.

“Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan are both finished…”

Wang Ping sighed, feeling heavy-hearted.

As long as he couldn’t solve the anomalies of this world, these two were beyond saving.

Unless Wu Jun’s Golden Finger could bring about a miracle, but such things depend on luck, there are so many possibilities in the world, no one knows when the chance to purify their pollution will come.

Moreover, Wang Ping remembered that Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan had ventured to other worlds to participate in group missions.

If their own spiritual energy had problems, then did the worlds they visited also have problems?

Wang Ping felt some trepidation.

The current situation was unsolvable.

Wang Ping could only hope that before they came to this world, the anomalies hadn’t appeared, and the two hadn’t been polluted.

But this possibility was very low.

Because when Wang Ping had just come to this world, he was passively immersed in a simulation state.

At that time, the Immortal Feast had already shown problems.

This indicates that the anomalies polluting the Immortal Realm had long arrived, and everyone had been affected.

The other worlds are still manageable, but the worlds where Chen Yao and Zhao Sihan are present, there exists spiritual energy.

The anomalies polluted spiritual energy directly.

What have these two worlds become?

Then, what about the worlds Qin Tian and Chen Yao went to while executing missions?

This seems to trigger a chain reaction.

Wang Ping’s face turned somewhat ugly.

He was thankful that Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan had never come to his world.

Otherwise, he would be doomed too.

Not encountering the anomalous shop and knowing these things, he would have silently been affected in the future, eventually perishing without realizing it.

Wang Ping took a deep breath, forcibly calming himself before leaving the Thunder Realm Sanctuary and returning to the anomalous shop.

“How is it? Regretting opening the view of the True Eye?”

The anomalous shop asked with a half-smile.

“Sometimes, not being able to see the true side of the world is a blessing…”

Cai Yonglong and others had grim expressions, unable to speak.

They still couldn’t accept the fact that they had become monsters.

“You were right; true anomalous cultivation… neither my companions nor this world can be saved.”

Wang Ping slowly spoke.

“That’s why I said, you, trying to help me eliminate it, is purely wishful thinking.”

The anomalous shop lay on the table, mocking.

“This anomaly, as long as it isn’t eliminated at the start, the world it invades will inevitably meet its end. This guy will grow into a boss anomaly rampaging across the heavens after polluting one world after another.”

“To be honest, this is the first time I’ve encountered an anomaly that would share so much with us enemies.”

Wang Ping sat down and said.

“I’m curious, what’s the situation inside anomalies? Do you have connections? What’s the hierarchy within you anomalies?”

“Come on, I told you those things out of interest, hoping to make you despair, but you really think I’m an agreeable anomaly or an anomaly traitor?”

The anomalous shop rolled its eyes, retorting.

“Your task is merely to destroy the lifeforms of this lower realm, right? I can help you destroy them, then you can leave, can’t you?”

Wang Ping, unfazed by the retort from the anomalous shop, began to entice.

“Heh, if I wanted to leave, I could leave anytime.”

The anomalous shop smirked, showing no intention of being enticed by Wang Ping.

“Besides, if you really take action, you’re dead. Whether you live or die doesn’t matter to me, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so it’s better for you to stay alive.”
“You really are quite honest…”

Wang Ping sighed.

Can’t deceive him… This is a bit troublesome.

“By the way, you said you can leave whenever you want? Then why haven’t you left this world?”

Wang Ping rubbed his chin, as if remembering something, and said with a half-smile.

“Based on my previous experience dealing with you anomalies, your mission is to exterminate all living beings. If you don’t wipe out a certain number of living beings, you can’t forcefully leave, right?”

Wang Ping, unsure if his guess was correct, decided to probe further anyway.

“Uh…”

The shopkeeper anomaly’s expression stiffened slightly. Although he quickly regained his composure, Wang Ping’s cultivation level allowed him to catch this in an instant.

Because of this, he obtained new information.

In order for an anomaly to forcefully leave the invaded world, they must complete a certain task threshold. Otherwise, they can’t leave.

That’s why the shopkeeper anomaly resents the polluting anomaly so much— that guy stole his task, ruined his plan, and made it impossible for him to leave this world.

As long as the polluting anomaly doesn’t choose to destroy the living beings of this lower realm, he can’t leave.

But will the polluting anomaly destroy them?

No, he has already made this cultivation world his base. He won’t destroy it.

Hence, the shopkeeper anomaly is effectively locked in this world.

His most miserable fate would be to possess a mortal every now and then just to survive.

After all, mortals age.

Of course, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that he can keep surviving in a mortal’s body forever.

But that would be very tragic.

An anomaly with the potential to dominate across heavens is so pitifully locked in one world, backstabbed by his own kind— it’s truly too pitiful, too stifling.

“What is the point of you saying this? You cannot destroy this world; if you do, you’ll die. And I, too, don’t have a way to help you deal with him.”

The shopkeeper anomaly looked at Wang Ping, annoyed that Wang Ping had exposed his weakness, and snorted coldly.

“You don’t have a way? Isn’t your ability to grant wishes? If you generate the power of purification, wouldn’t that work?”

Wang Ping squinted, not believing the shopkeeper anomaly’s words, and spoke slowly.

Dad always said, use magic to fight magic.

Now’s the time to use the anomaly against the anomaly.

“Heh, easier said than done. My ability operates by rules. You need to pay a corresponding price to generate the power to deal with him, and clearly, you can’t afford that price.”

The shopkeeper anomaly snorted coldly.

“How much world essence is needed to deal with him?”

Wang Ping asked slowly.

“World essence!?”

Upon hearing the term ‘world essence’, the shopkeeper anomaly’s eyes lit up instantly, rubbing his hands together as he chuckled.

“If you want to generate the ability using world essence, it’s not impossible. But at least, you’ll need this much.”

The shopkeeper anomaly said this while raising one finger.

“How much is that?”

Wang Ping raised an eyebrow.

Damn, in the life simulation, without contacting Alpha, he didn’t even know the unit of world essence.

Group points certainly don’t apply in this situation.

“A thousand pounds of world essence. Besides, you are not allowed to let your partner cheat during the transaction. You must draw cards honestly.”

The shopkeeper anomaly grinned and spoke.

“Heh, do you think I’m an idiot?”

Wang Ping sneered.

Although Wang Ping didn’t know how much group points a thousand pounds of world essence equaled, it definitely wasn’t a small amount. This guy was treating him as a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

“Take it or leave it.”

The shopkeeper anomaly pursed his lips, looking at Wang Ping as if he were poor.

Anger surged in Wang Ping, wanting to kill this guy directly.

But Wang Ping seemed to remember something, immediately using his power to grab at the shopkeeper anomaly.

Unfortunately, Wang Ping’s power dissipated the moment it touched the shopkeeper anomaly.

“What? Can’t pay, so you’re thinking of using force? I told you, inside the shop, I am invincible.”

The shopkeeper anomaly snorted coldly.

“And, by the way, let me remind you. I said everyone who enters the shop must draw a card, you haven’t drawn your card yet.”

“Can’t forcefully capture him? Looks like I’ll have to use some unconventional means.”

Wang Ping ignored the shopkeeper anomaly’s words, frowning slightly as he pondered.

“If I want you to sleep with a woman, can such a wish be included in the cards?”
Wang Ping looked at the anomaly and calmly said.

“Pfft.”

Wang Ping’s words left Cai Yonglong, Ye Xiaofan, Chen Si, and Wu Jun all dumbfounded.

“Brother Wang, this is too audacious.”

“What a bizarre wish…”

“Are you serious, kid?”

The anomaly in the shop asked with a subtle expression.

“Of course, I’m serious.”

Wang Ping replied calmly, “You just need to answer whether you can do it or not.”

“Of course, I can. As long as I can accept your wish and it’s within my power, it can be realized in the form of a card. Once you draw that card, whether I want to or not, I have to do it.”

The anomaly in the shop nodded and said.

“However, I must add one condition. It must be done in the shop. I absolutely will not leave the shop.”

The anomaly in the shop said with a serious face.

“Heh, of course, it will be in the shop.”

Wang Ping said meaningfully.

“Then, let’s start drawing cards. Because your wish is too low-level, there’s no need for a significant cost, I’ll just randomly take some of your cultivation. However, if you draw a bad card, the curse will be severe enough. I’m quite looking forward to you becoming my puppet.”

The anomaly in the shop said insidiously.

Wang Ping did not say much more and directly chose to draw a card.

His luck was terrible; he drew the card that turned him into a puppet.

Then, under the excited gaze of the anomaly in the shop, Wang Ping gradually lost consciousness.

At this moment, a screen appeared, and text simulation also showed up.

【Ding, because you turned into a puppet and lost your soul, this simulation ends.】

With these words appearing, Wang Ping suddenly woke up, escaping from the immersive simulation state.

“Phew…”

After regaining his senses, Wang Ping took a deep breath.

That feeling of losing his soul was very anomalous and heart-palpitating. Even now, he still felt somewhat fearful.

Fortunately, it was just a simulation. If it were real, he would have had to rely on Wu Jun’s Golden Finger to save his life.

But, Wu Jun’s Golden Finger doesn’t always randomly get the possibility to save a soul.

“Brother Wang, how did it go?”

Seeing Wang Ping with a palpitating look, Qin Tian asked with concern.

“I found a way to deal with the anomaly.”

Wang Ping glanced at Qin Tian and spoke.

Hearing this, everyone showed joyful expressions.

“But…”

Wang Ping paused for a moment and looked at Qin Tian again.

Now, Chen Kang, Cai Yonglong, Chen Si, and Wu Jun had not absorbed spiritual energy, using energy to cover their bodies to protect themselves.

However, Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan were already in big trouble.

“But what?”

Qin Tian felt an unease in his heart.

“Sigh, Qin Tian, your and Ye Xiaofan’s situation is very bad.”

Wang Ping sighed and then described the details of the simulation.

For a moment, everyone present had drastic changes in their expressions, feeling an urge to vomit based on Wang Ping’s description.

Especially Qin Tian, who turned pale with extreme horror.

He had already fallen victim to it?

How was that possible?

“One world, two anomalies, and one has grown into a big boss anomaly, isn’t this too dangerous…”

Cai Yonglong looked at Qin Tian with a sympathetic look and sighed.

“Am I going to die?”

Qin Tian looked dazed.

“Dying is not likely, but becoming an unspeakable monster that even you can’t recognize…that might happen.”

Wang Ping shook his head and said.

“This is worse than death.” Qin Tian was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Everyone fell silent, silently reinforcing their energy to protect themselves, avoiding the possibility of absorbing external spiritual energy and letting external spiritual energy contact them.

“Alpha, Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan have been affected by the anomaly’s abilities, can’t you see? And they went to a world with spiritual energy, could other worlds have been contaminated too?”

Wang Ping silently asked Alpha in his heart as Qin Tian broke down.