Chapter 8 Phoenix God (7)

◎Player Xiao Zhong, death confirmed.◎

It's so quiet tonight.

After taking off his mask, Black Mask lay down on the bed, tossing and turning, listening to the noise outside the door.

His real name is Xiao Zhong.

Phoenix God was his third dungeon. He originally thought that he had finally officially joined a large guild and had a C-level player to lead him. No matter how Xiao Zhong thought about it, he felt that he could rest assured in the dungeon and at least he could get out alive.

However, this dungeon was more difficult than he had imagined. The C-level player in their guild triggered the death condition on the first night. If it weren't for the props and Xiao Zhong's skills to transfer the death damage, perhaps their Luo Pan would have died on the first night.

As soon as he returned to his room today, Xiao Zhong saw a black and white photo on his desk. Although Xiao Zhong had subconsciously closed his eyes, he still couldn't avoid looking at the woman in the black and white photo.

He triggered the death condition.

Xiao Zhong rushed to Luo Pan for help. After a moment's silence, Luo Pan gave Xiao Zhong a prop to divert damage and told him to wrap the prop in a black-and-white photo and put it under the bed of the man with white gloves, just like he did to the new man with glasses yesterday.

The red veil is a god-level item that Luo Pan had previously found in a B-level copy. It can temporarily block the perception of ghost NPCs, allowing Xiao Zhong to use his skills to transfer black and white photos and choose other people to be his scapegoats.

However, this item can only be used twice. After the compass is used once, the Xiao Zhong will automatically become invalid after use.

Even if the newcomer finally discovered the black and white photo, it would be of no use.

So Xiao Zhong kept listening to the noises outside the house, hoping to hear the cries of the newcomer who was threatened by ghosts and was on the verge of death.

But this night seemed to have made the whole world silent. Xiao Zhong stayed up all night but did not hear any movement from the newlyweds.

A terrifying and absurd guess gradually emerged in his mind.

Could it be... that he failed to transfer the death conditions?

This shouldn't be the case. The newcomer's performance has not been outstanding. Logically, he shouldn't be popular. Without popularity, there will be no points for rewards. Without points, he can't even unlock the mall and can't redeem any life-saving props.

How could he possibly escape this death condition?

The door of the house was not very strong and was blown open by the wind.

The gloomy moonlight, accompanied by the cold, strolled into the house.

Xiao Zhong swallowed and planned to get out of bed and close the door to prevent any strange things from entering the house at night.

The moonlight shone on the ground. Xiao Zhong squinted his eyes and bent down to find his shoes on the ground. The moment he put them on, he stopped and smelled something wrong.

The door was not blown open by the wind.

A gray-white photo stood upright at Xiao Zhong's door, like a person walking independently.

Xiao Zhong looked at the photo in daze and horror, his mind filled with unbelievable shock.

How could that be?

He failed to transfer the death conditions!

The woman in the gray photo has curved eyebrows and eyes, and thick blood is constantly flowing from her crescent eyes.

The blood dripped onto the ground bit by bit, and gradually formed a pool of blood.

The blood flowing on the ground seemed to have consciousness of its own accord, winding like a snake towards Xiao Zhong who had just stepped on the ground.

Xiao Zhong's breathing became rapid, but he had been through several copies after all. He immediately used a prop at hand to build a temporary protective shield for himself, and then crashed into the window next to him. The glass shattered, but Xiao Zhong didn't care about that anymore. He crawled out of the window with his hands and feet, with only one thought in his mind -

Help!

Xiao Zhong was so frightened that he couldn't remember which room Luo Pan and his companions lived in, so he could only knock on random rooms in desperation.

In the first room, no one answered.

In the second room, no one answered.

Xiao Zhong felt like he was going crazy, he could see a pool of blood chasing out of the house.

No blood allowed!

Instinct pulled at his thoughts, and Xiao Zhong shouted hoarsely for the player to open the door for him.

Finally, he knocked on a door.

Before Xiao Zhong's ecstasy faded, he met the eyes of the man wearing white gloves.

It was the new person he had transferred and harmed.

The man didn't look surprised. His eyes were originally light in color, and under the pale moonlight, they revealed a seductive white.

Xiao Zhong's breathing quickened, his pupils shrank to the point of becoming a line: "It's... you..."

"It's me." The newcomer wearing white gloves said coldly, "Maybe good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. Why don't you look down and take a look?"

Xiao Zhong finally realized something.

When he was running just now, he just felt his body was heavy, and Xiao Zhong thought it was a physiological reaction caused by being too frightened.

As the man finished speaking, his expression changed drastically. He bent down stiffly and found that he was wearing a pair of familiar sneakers on his heels.

Xiao Zhong wanted to ask for help.

But a pair of pale blue hands wrapped around his neck and pinched him so hard that he couldn't make a sound.

"Why kill me?"

It was the voice of the new man who had died.

Xiao Zhong then understood why Luo Pan didn't stuff the red veil himself but asked him to do it.

…Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished.

Xiao Zhong's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the man in white gloves coldly close the door of the room.

The blood behind him had spread to his feet and climbed up his trouser legs.

Help……

It seemed as if there were countless small mouths in the blood, which devoured his flesh bite by bite as the blood climbed.

Help……

Xiao Zhong was firmly restrained by the ghost transformed from the dead newcomer, so he could only feel the dense tingling pain in various parts of his body - his flesh was being eroded bit by bit.

The moon in the sky was blocked by a large object.

Xiao Zhong was forced to hold his neck and look up, and saw the face of the huge statue in the ancestral temple in the air.

His breathing was weak and his face was pale.

The last scene that was invaded in my memory was...

Pupils glowing with enchanting white light, and a voice without any emotion: "Good will be rewarded and evil will be punished."

Xiao Zhong was torn to pieces.

The dawn finally broke over the village.

The eerie mechanical sound brought some excitement to every player who was still asleep or had already woken up.

【Player Xiao Zhong, death confirmed.】

*

When Gu Qiufeng went out, he found a group of players gathered at his door.

The black mask that was visited by the god of death last night was torn into pieces and scattered at his door. One of its eyeballs rolled to the side and was quickly picked up by a crow for breakfast.

"Hey, how come this guy died at your door? Are you okay?" When Xie Songjin saw Gu Qiufeng coming out, he immediately pushed through the crowd and came to Gu Qiufeng's side.

Gu Qiufeng touched his nose. Because more people had given him reward points recently, he had more money, so he changed into a new pair of gloves today. The white gloves formed a striking contrast with the pile of minced meat on the ground. He looked around at the players' expressions, and then asked, "Who is Xiao Zhong? Why did he die in front of my door?"

Xie Songjin was speechless: "Don't tell me you haven't recognized all the players in these few days."

Gu Qiufeng nodded seriously, and then said: "Didn't you see that Xiao Hei? Is Xiao Zhong Xiao Hei?"

Xie Songjin: “.”

It turns out this guy has nicknames for everyone, damn, it's a damn balance.

Xie Songjin: "Oh, yes, yes, that's the Xiao Hei you mentioned. Didn't you hear what happened last night?"

"No, I was too tired yesterday and slept very soundly. When I woke up, I saw you gathered at my door." Gu Qiufeng said.

Xie Songjin and Gu Qiufeng had experienced the moment of life and death together yesterday, and they felt the same way: "Indeed, I was also very tired yesterday, and I slept until dawn."

Luo Pan's expression was very ugly, and his eyes were full of bloodshot under the mask: "I think no matter why Xiao Zhong died at your door, he must have asked you for help before he died yesterday, right? You didn't hear anything at all?"

"I'm also curious, why did Xiao Hei die at my door." Gu Qiufeng was not panicked at all, but chuckled, "I've already said that I was a very deep sleeper and didn't hear anything. But Mr. Luo, I remember that Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai are from the same guild as you, right? If he was in danger, he would definitely go to you two for help first."

He spoke slowly, paused at the right time, and lowered his eyes nonchalantly, as if he was talking to the pile of tiny pieces of meat on the ground: "Perhaps, you guys were sleeping too soundly, so Mr. Xiao Hei came to me?"

Luo Pan's expression changed.

Indeed, before Xiao Zhong died, he should have asked him and White Mask for help first.

Unless Xiao Zhong had lost his mind, he would not go to a helpless newcomer for help. Besides, his room was not very close to Gu Qiufeng's.

Although the players didn't say it directly, anyone who didn't sleep too deeply last night should have more or less heard the sound of Xiao Zhong knocking on the door for help.

It’s just that no one wanted to seek death, so they opened the door for Xiao Zhong.

Xiao Zhong knocked on Luo Pan and White Mask's doors, but no one opened the door for him.

Then he came to Gu Qiufeng's door.

Luo Pan had been listening to Xiao Zhong's movements. The other party did knock on Gu Qiufeng's door and then suddenly there was no movement.

But no one knew whether Gu Qiufeng woke up or opened the door.

Luo Pan felt a little wary of Gu Qiufeng. He didn't know how this newcomer avoided the death conditions set by Xiao Zhong and returned the death conditions to Xiao Zhong again.

If this newcomer is not removed, he will become a hidden danger in the future.

Luo Pan made up his mind, and left with a gloomy face and a white mask on.

Seeing this, Yu Bo also pulled the female college student away.

"You really didn't hear anything?" Xie Songjin asked suspiciously.

Gu Qiufeng nodded: "Sleeping worse than a pig. There is no point in discussing this. What if the ghost wants to slander me and let us players kill each other?"

Xie Songjin said helplessly: "I don't doubt you, I'm just afraid that you will be bullied by Luo Pan. That guy has always had a bad reputation and likes to torture and kill newcomers."

Gu Qiufeng said: "No, good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. He will not survive this copy."

"What did you know?" Xie Songjin asked hurriedly when he heard him say that.

Gu Qiufeng thought about the strange scene he saw from the window yesterday, and a trace of deep thought flashed across his eyes.

After a while, he said, "I want to go see the statue. Do you want to go?"

"Go." Xie Songjin responded immediately.

When they arrived at the temple, they found that the ferocious dog had been beheaded and died nearby.

A familiar figure stood at the entrance of the temple.

Gu Qiufeng's gaze met that pair of strange eyes like a dry well again.

It was the little beggar who should have died in the coffin.

But now he looked like a living person, standing at the door of the temple without noticing anything, and gave Gu Qiufeng a stiff and cold smile: "Sir, we meet again. Do you think the statue is smiling today?"