Chapter 54: Rebellion

Zhong Mu gritted his teeth and opened the door of the compartment.

The waiter at the door quickly looked up, staring intently at Zhong Mu. Was this person finally about to burst out? Could she still meet her deadline in the final seconds?

Zhong Mu glanced palely at the waiter at the door, then turned around and ran to the toilet window, looking down.

The walls outside the second-floor hostel here are very smooth, and there are not even any pipes. There is absolutely no place to stand. The height of the second floor is not high, but it is low. If you jump down, your feet may have problems.

Zhong Mu looked around, estimated the height, and hesitantly took half a leg out of the window. Just as he was about to jump out in one go, the roar that had been going on from the square suddenly stopped.

Zhong Mu was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at the bathroom door, and the waiter disappeared.

If she disappeared, did it mean... that it was dawn?

Zhong Mu quickly stuck his head out and looked outside. The sky over the town had already turned white, and the light of the rising sun gradually emerged.

The next second, the players' excited shouts rang out from the building, cheering in unison, "Finally! It's dawn! The little girl has fallen! The townspeople have won!"

"Let's go, let's go see if she's still alive! She's been fighting with the townspeople for so long, even if she's a monster, she should be dead by now."

"You must die even if you're still alive! We need corpses to complete the clearance requirements!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The players immediately ran out of the building excitedly, and their crazy words frightened Zhong Mu's heart.

What the hell? Did he hear that right? The player who had been so timid that he didn't even dare to leave the room suddenly became so brave that he rushed to the scene of the bloody battle immediately?

Zhong Mu hurriedly retracted his legs and tried to go downstairs with the group of players, but everyone was inexplicably excited and rushed downstairs one after another, forcing Zhong Mu into the corner.

"Hurry up, hurry up... We have to kill her quickly."

"In order to clear the dungeon, we can't let her live."

"Stop talking! I'm finally leaving this dungeon! I've been waiting for too long!"

"Hahaha, let's go, we have to go quickly."

Amid their muttering, Zhong Mu noticed that not all players were so excited and in a hurry to run downstairs. Some of them were still timid as newbies should be, and were trembling and peeking at the door, and were even scared by the players running downstairs.

Those players who were running eagerly and even hoping that the little girl would die seemed to have changed their temperaments. They were manic and crazy, with murderous intent in their eyes.

Zhong Mu silently took a step back and avoided these people.

It would have been fine if I hadn't looked, but when I looked closely, I suddenly discovered that there was a thin black smoke coming out of those players, as if they were contaminated, and it was wrapped around each player.

This group of players seems to be the newcomers who rarely go out to explore because of fear...

Are they...contaminated by something? Or are they being manipulated?

Zhong Mu was unsure for a moment, but prudently chose not to deal with him.

The group of players rushed downstairs excitedly and headed straight for the square.

During the day, the townspeople would gradually return to their houses. At this moment, in addition to the blood all over the square, there was also a monster lying on the ground with wounds all over its body and breathing weakly.

After fighting with the townspeople, she was now extremely exhausted and so weak and injured that she could not move. She could only lie there, gasping for breath in pain.

Seeing the players approaching, she instinctively wanted to get up and hide, but her limbs were severely injured and she couldn't get up at all. She could only watch as the players approached her very boldly, walking around her and looking her up.

"Damn, she's so ugly. She's scary enough normally, and she's even more hideous when she turns into a monster." A player walked up to the little girl, stared at her monster-like appearance and criticized her.

The little girl suddenly bared her teeth and wanted to pounce, but her limbs just rubbed against the ground weakly and failed to have a deterrent effect.

She glared at the players fiercely, as if she wanted to tear them to pieces. Under normal circumstances, these people would have been scared away, but today they were unusually bold. After being threatened by the little girl in a low voice, they walked up to her and kicked her in the head.

"What are you looking at! I'm talking about you! You think you're so cute, don't you? You usually pretend to be a little girl and walk around everywhere. A monster is a monster! Once you return to your original form, you become hideously ugly!"

The little girl who was kicked hard made a low sound and curled up her head. When she exerted force, blood began to flow out from the wounds all over her body, staining the surrounding ground red.

The players walked around in the blood, cursing at the little girl. They kicked her wounds and punched and kicked her, even reaching into her torn flesh and pulling. "Haha, look, she's pretty badly injured. She must be dying soon, right?"

The heart-wrenching pain made the little girl scream and struggle, her whole twisted body curled up into a ball.

The more powerless she was to resist, the thicker the black smoke became on the players. Their eyes became extremely excited, staring intently at the little girl. "She's not dead yet. The town's clearance rules require a corpse."

Another player slowly approached the little girl, his eyes dark. "Yeah, and I wonder if the first person to place the body there will get a high score. If someone gets the reward first, then the others won't be at a disadvantage."

The players silently surrounded the little girl, their eyes revealing madness. "How about we cut her into pieces? That way, every player can get her."

"That makes sense. Let's do it. She's going to die anyway."

"It's just a little painful, surely a monster wouldn't mind?"

"If it was an ordinary little girl, I might not dare to do it, but if it's a monster, it doesn't matter. Just kill it."

The players smiled and picked up the weapons left by the townspeople on the ground, such as hatchets, axes, and saws, and approached the little girl step by step.

"Brother, brother! Brother, save me!" The little girl widened her eyes in horror and struggled with her injured body while making helpless sounds. However, her voice was just a low roar in the player's ears.

One player mustered up the courage to rush forward and swung an axe. The sharp axe blade chopped into the monster's flesh, and blood splattered everywhere.

The little girl's pupils shrank sharply, she screamed and dodged, crying, "Mom! ...Mom, save me!"

However, the black smoke on the players was thicker and their eyes were scarlet.

At the moment when the next axe was about to chop down, a figure suddenly rushed over, hugged the man swinging the axe, and threw him to the ground.

"Are you all crazy? You can't hurt her! The corpse according to the rules is not her at all!" Zhong Mu stood in front of the little girl with a pale face. He was really scared by these people. He didn't expect that they would actually take action without hesitation. They were completely different groups of people from the players from the previous day.

"Get out of the way! What does killing a monster have to do with you?"

"She's not even in the same group as us players. Do you really think you can develop feelings for Yin Xiu after just two days? A monster is a monster! If you protect her now, she'll turn around and kill you!"

"Don't get in the way of us passing the level, or I'll kill you too!"

Zhong Mu frowned and stood in front of the little girl, glaring at them. "If you really want to kill her, then wait for Yin Xiu to come back and do it. I don't think you dare to do it in front of him!"

The opposing player instantly became anxious and said viciously, "If you don't let me, don't blame me for killing you too!"

"I won't let you!" Zhong Mu gritted his teeth, picked up the hatchet from the ground, glared at the man in front of him, and said angrily, "If you dare to chop me, I'll chop you back! You cowered in front of the monsters, and now you're threatened by your own people. What's the point of going through the dungeon? The worst that can happen is that we'll all die here today! If I die, I'll take you with me!"

The players took a step forward in disbelief, and Zhong Mu slashed out instantly. His moves were decisive and sharp, and his fierce eyes even scared the players.

They retreated quickly, their expressions becoming complicated and somewhat shaken.

He really dared to chop, it didn't seem like he was bluffing, he was a ruthless guy.

Even in irrational circumstances, anyone who has thought about the dungeon definitely does not want to be hacked to death here.

Zhong Mu glared at them. It was a matter of delaying now. It was already dawn, and he had to buy time for Yin Xiu to come back and ensure that the little girl did not die.

He had never been sociable since the first day the players gathered, and he didn't expect this group of self-righteous players to accept him.

Since you have been rebellious for one day, you must continue to be rebellious every day.