Chapter 591 [(*^▽^*)]

Yu Peng's eyes were icy cold. For such a scumbag who had deceived him both physically and emotionally, killing him would be too lenient!

"Wow! I just got back and I've already witnessed a real spectacle. I never expected this..."

Yu Peng turned around and saw Lin Wanyi and Jiang Xiali. Under the starlight, he saw the two people he had been waiting for. "Good evening, both of you. I'm so sorry to have made you laugh. I just..."

Jiang Xia waved her hand, "I know you're just dealing with some trash. I've seen this kind of thing before, so I'm not surprised, but..."

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "When you leave, remember to take the body with you. Leaving it here is unclean and will attract snakes, insects, rats and the like... little guys."

Yu Peng: "Don't worry, you two, I'll take the trash with me."

After he finished speaking, he grabbed Wang Yi's wrist and dragged him away, quickly disappearing into the darkness in the distance. Jiang Xiali watched the other person's departing figure and sighed.

"Although...but..."

Although it was just a scene set up within the instance, seeing such a scene still made him feel uncomfortable. "I wish there were fewer of these kinds of things."

Lin Wanyi said, "The world is vast and full of wonders, and so are people. Never be surprised that someone will do something you never thought possible. It is precisely because they are human that they are so diverse."

Jiang Xiali grabbed his hand and shook it, "The grand principles you're talking about do make a lot of sense."

Lin Wanyi said, "Let's go inside first. I need to go out for a bit later."

Jiang Xiali's smile faded slightly. "The power's out. Is this the end of the series?"

Lin Wanyi nodded, then shook her head. "I don't know, maybe, it might be today or it might be tomorrow."

Or it might be later, who knows?

However, he had gotten into the habit of going out to look for the item every day, and he had to go out again tonight. Moreover, the dungeon was almost over, and if he couldn't find the item by then, there might be problems.

No one knows how that thing was hidden. The part that represents power has already been captured, and all that's left is the part that represents wisdom. No matter how smart you are, it's useless without power.

He placed detection equipment all over the mountain, but so far no trace has been detected. Could it be that it really wasn't hidden on the mountain?

Lin Wanyi immediately decided to take a walk around the mountain that night, and if she didn't find anything, she would look for other places at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, player Si Meng was leading Dong Nianwen outside searching for Hang Qing. "How did Hang Qing disappear too... Where could she have gone?"

Dong Nianwen shook her head. "I don't know."

Si Meng said, "Just tell me a place, and we'll go there and take a look. If we still can't find it, we'll go back."

Dong Nianwen thought for a moment and said, "A garden?"

Si Meng was slightly taken aback. The garden? The garden was where Su Tong went before she disappeared. "Let's go, let's go take a look over there. Don't think that going to the garden to repent now will win me my forgiveness!"

When they arrived at the garden, neither of them expected that although they had indeed found Hang Qing, they had found her body.

Dong Nianwen quickly went over to check and said, "He was killed by weapons or props."

Si Meng was initially a little shocked, but after hearing this, she raised an eyebrow and said, "So, she was killed by another player? Why would a player attack her?"

Dong Nianwen, “…”

How would he know that?

Si Mengdao sneered, "I've got it!"

"This situation must have triggered a hidden main quest. She's become a traitor, opposing the players and siding with the BOSS. That's why she attacked Su Tong, killed her, and then went to attack other players. But she didn't expect to run into a tough opponent and get killed instead!"

Dong Nianwen nodded, "It's almost certainly true."

Si Meng snorted, "I heard that the rewards for the hidden main storyline are higher, but if you fail, you will lose more points. This time, she lost at least 100,000 more points than Su Tong. Just thinking about it makes me happy. I'll ask her when I get back."

Dong Nianwen, "This corpse..."

Si Meng sneered, "Why bother with her? She's just a corpse. She's gone. Let's go, let's go."

Si Meng and Dong Nianwen quickly left the area and headed towards the hill. Even without streetlights, they were able to reach the top quickly.

All the players are here at the observation deck on the mountaintop.

"You've arrived? Did Hang Qing see you?"

Si Meng looked around and saw that everyone's expression was normal. She couldn't be sure who killed Hang Qing for the time being, but that didn't matter. Hang Qing's identity was there for all to see.

"Hang Qing is dead, you don't need to wait anymore."

Everyone was surprised and looked over, exclaiming, "What happened?!"

Si Meng: "We saw Hang Qing's body in the garden. He was killed by weapons. What are your thoughts?"

Everyone found it a bit strange. If she was killed by a monster, that would be understandable, but if she was killed by a weapon or item, then it meant that the player killed her?

But when players reach this A-level difficulty dungeon, would any player still be greedy for those 200 points?

Or is someone eyeing Hang Qing's gold-plated sniper rifle? While killing a player might have a chance of dropping items from their inventory, the probability is very small. Even if items do drop, they're likely to be unimportant, and Hang Qing is strong enough that he could easily be killed in return!

None of the people present would willingly seek to harm Hang Qing.

Therefore, there must have been a compelling reason to kill her.

Suddenly someone asked, "Could it be that Hang Qing has taken on a hidden main storyline?"

"A hidden main quest... That doesn't make sense. If she triggered a hidden main quest, why would she help us hunt down the monster birds? We've almost wiped them all out..."

Suddenly someone realized, "This strange bird might not be able to help us players complete the game!"

They're not stupid; they probably realize that too.

Si Meng was somewhat stunned. She had only thought about Hang Qing triggering the hidden quest, but she hadn't considered the strange birds. "If nearly 1,500 of these giant strange birds can really help us clear the level, that would be a huge fighting force... this... we..."

"Killing the monster bird, will Hang Qing get points too? I'm so jealous! Why didn't I trigger the hidden main quest? I'm so envious!"

Everyone was talking about how envious they were of triggering the hidden main storyline, but soon someone said, "Isn't Hang Qing dead?"

Now everyone's silent. Yeah, so what if the hidden main storyline is triggered? If you can't reach the end and successfully complete the game, you'll lose at least 100,000 more points than other players.

One hundred thousand points is not a small amount!

Si Meng glanced at the players present and frowned slightly. "How come we're the last two? Including us, there are only eighteen. The rest..."

They came to their senses. "No one else has arrived yet. It's already this late. I guess they're probably in grave danger too. And we don't have much time left. We can't wait any longer."

Si Meng nodded, "Then let's get started, the sooner the better."

"The entrance is here, everyone follow me."

One of the players led the two of them to the northernmost corner of the observation deck, where a dark hole had appeared in the ground.

"Right down here? Should we just jump down?"

"I threw a puppet before, and it's already been torn to shreds. Anyway, the monster... the BOSS is definitely down there. That thing is definitely the BOSS. Do you dare to go down?"

Si Meng said, "What's there to be afraid of? Are you suggesting we just blow up the mountain and lure out the monster?"

"That makes sense. Let's go down now. Who wants to go first?"

Everyone looked around, but somehow their gazes eventually landed on the person who had just said the last sentence, Si Meng. Si Meng's lips twitched, "Why are you so scared?"

"I'll go first."

Although she said that, she didn't actually jump down. Instead, she threw a puppet down first. After about five minutes, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm going down now. You guys follow closely behind. If you scatter, there might be problems."

"Don't worry, we'll be right behind you, we'll never stray too far."

Si Meng then jumped down from the cave entrance. The puppet went ahead to scout the way, while she followed behind. Not long after she landed, the other players appeared behind her one by one.

They only started walking forward after everyone had arrived.

Now it's not just Si Meng's puppet anymore; other players have brought out their own puppets and sent them ahead to scout. No matter what, they need to see for themselves what's going on ahead; hearing from others will always be a step too late.

Eighteen various puppets ran quickly forward, lighting the furnace for their master and testing the waters for any danger ahead.

Resort restaurant.

In the pitch-black restaurant, only the faint starlight shining in from the windows illuminated three dark figures.

The three were none other than a doctor, a security captain, and a restaurant manager.

"Are there only the three of us left in the entire resort now?"

"Has everyone else gone in?"

"No, Wang Yi was killed by Yu Peng. Yu Peng's whereabouts are unknown. Lin Wanyi and Jiang Xiali are in cabin number one, and Lin Leyou and Xue Rui are in cabin number ten."

"Besides that, there's no one else, right?"

"Yes, shall we take action?"

"No need, there's no need for that. Once it kills the people who have invaded the mountain, it will break through and eat the people living in the wooden houses on the mountain. We don't need to do anything."

"That's good..."

"Should we stay here now? Although we... but if it goes on a killing spree, I don't think it will spare us."

"But the villagers absolutely will not allow us to leave the resort now!"

"...There's no other way, we have to hide."