Chapter 22 Hot Spring Bath (10)

The binding process was interrupted, and the skinny NPC finally regained the right to surrender. As a permanent employee of this hot spring bath, he had used this disguise technique to trick many stupid players who came in with sightseeing tickets and thought this was really a holiday resort. But today, for the first time, he felt that the game system allowed them, NPCs, to surrender. This rule was really good.

At this time, his five ghost colleagues had been annihilated, and the perverted sadist holding an iron pot was standing in front of him. He couldn't beat him, and he couldn't escape. If he continued to struggle, he didn't know what kind of insult he would receive! Therefore, at the same time he received the news, he immediately offered 15 points and went offline.

Only Yi Han and two girls who had not yet recovered were left on the field.

"Is...it over?" a girl asked uncertainly.

"Not necessarily." Yi Han looked at the time.

The number on the phone screen just jumped to 23:00 at this moment, and there was exactly one hour left until midnight.

This last hour should be the time when the ghosts are completely free of restrictions and pose the greatest threat to players. But now it seems that all the ghosts in the game have become points in Yi Han's hands, as if there is no danger anymore.

"Time is running out, and I still have to go find the key. You guys just find a safe place here and wait for the level to be cleared. Not all the dangers in the level come from ghosts, so you still have to be more careful." Yi Han looked around the large water park area and finally said.

"Let us help you find the key." The two girls helped each other to stand up from the ground and offered. They both had tickets and could pass through without the key, but they had been saved by Yi Han several times before, and they seemed to want to help him in return for his help.

"No, I already have some ideas," Yi Han waved his hand, not wanting help from others. But as soon as he said no, he saw the girls showing obviously disappointed expressions, so he paused and softened his tone to add, "I will call you if I need help."

"Yes, please be sure to call us!" Only then did they feel relieved.

Yi Han left the two girls, thought for a while, and decided to walk around the water park alone. Soon, the entire hot spring bath was almost fully explored. After searching every corner, it was confirmed that there were no more enemies here. Moreover, although the key had not been obtained yet, there was another unexpected gain.

[Recipe: Kung Pao Chicken (already learned)]

[Instructions: After eating, the charm value will increase according to the deliciousness, making you fragrant and spicy~ Duration: 2 hours. ]

This was found in a crack in the water slide... Although its effects are full of flaws... it is indeed the second recipe Yi Han got in this level.

I didn't expect the rewards for the difficult mode to be so generous. In addition to more points, special items are randomly dropped, and even the recipes are doubled. It seems that I will have to try this mode more often when I reach a higher star level in the future.

Yi Han put away the recipe and turned his gaze back to the water in front of him.

He was currently standing in the northwest corner of the water park, in the swimming pool area, in front of the deepest pool.

All other areas have been searched, but there is no trace of the key. Now the only place left is here - the bottom of the deep pool. This is the location that Yi Han had suspected before. Now that there is no other place, the answer is basically certain.

Because it is located in the corner of the whole area, the light here is not very good. Although the sign beside the pool indicates that the water is only 1.8m deep and the water is clear, for some reason, the shadows in the water are hazy and no matter how carefully you look, you can't see the bottom.

It seems that this is the last level of the hot spring baths: if you want to find the key, you must dive to the bottom of the pool.

Yi Han was not very good at swimming, but he did not trust others, and did not want to give up the contribution of getting the key to others. So he took a deep breath and went into the water.

As soon as he entered the water, he realized something was wrong.

Yi Han is 185cm tall. If the pool was 180cm deep, he could stand on tiptoe in the water with his head out. But after entering the water, he felt his body sinking continuously. His head was submerged in the water, and his toes did not touch the bottom for several seconds.

There is something wrong with this pool.

Yi Han opened his eyes, only to see mottled light and shadows in the water, which was even brighter than seeing it from the water surface - his ears were blocked by water and he could not hear any sound at all, and all he could see was the swaying water flow, silent and invisible.

In a daze, more than ten seconds had passed since he entered the water, but his body was still sinking.

Yi Han calmed down, and with the underwater vision enhanced by delicious food, he stared intently at the bottom, trying to catch any trace of the key.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but just when the oxygen he had inhaled before going into the water was about to run out, his feet finally touched the bottom of the pool.

Yi Han steadied himself in the water, turned around slowly, and saw a silver key lying on the bottom of the water not far away.

There happened to be a drain there, and the key was stuck in the hole.

Yi Han struggled to move over from the bottom of the water and picked it up in his hand.

[System prompt: The player has obtained the key to survival. ]

The system prompt rang in his ears, but Yi Han couldn't relax for some reason - when he touched the key just now, he felt that something above the water surface vibrated slightly.

Yi Han was already a little impatient at this moment, and without much time to think, he immediately prepared to return to the surface of the water. But when he looked up, he found several shadows interlaced in the water above his head.

From a distance, they looked like strange-shaped ghost shadows blocking the water surface, patrolling constantly, and preventing anything that wanted to float up from the bottom of the water.

Yi Han frowned and clenched the key in his hand.

He was almost reaching his limit of holding his breath, his lungs were burning with pain, and without any more oxygen, he might drown at the bottom of the pool.

After looking around, Yi Han returned to the drain again with difficulty.

Take the iron pot from your inventory, turn it over, and smash it down with the handle.

Being in the water and feeling a little short of oxygen, Yi Han couldn't exert as much strength as usual.

Fortunately, this pot is S-grade after all, and even the wooden handle is extremely strong.

Time and again, the water blocked the propagation of sound, but the metal gate of the drain was gradually loosening.

I don't know how many times it hit, but the metal frame finally broke and the gate burst open.

The water around him suddenly rolled up and knocked Yi Han down.

He covered his mouth and nose tightly to prevent himself from holding his breath and choking on water. The fierce pool water brushed past him, and after a while, the water level finally dropped and the water pressure disappeared, as if he had finally returned to reality from this underwater world.

Yi Han tried hard to breathe the air. After a while, the symptoms such as blacking out and dizziness caused by lack of oxygen gradually eased.

He found that he was indeed standing at the bottom of a drained pool - but the pool was only 180cm wide.

The bottomless pool was indeed another space, and after the water was drained, the ghosts blocking the water surface disappeared. At the last moment, Yi Han was already somewhat confused, so he didn't notice where the ghosts went later.

He rubbed his still dizzy head and came out of the pool. Not far away, the two female teammates were running towards him. They must have heard the noise just now and were worried that something had happened to him, so they came over to check.

Yi Han waved to them, indicating that he was fine.

Now that the key was in hand and the time was almost 24:00, they went through several exits together.

When trying the third escape door, the key was successfully inserted into the lock.

[Congratulations, you have successfully escaped from the level: Hot Spring Bath (one-star difficulty)! ]

"Wait a minute..." Before leaving the checkpoint, the two girls suddenly called out to Yi Han.

Yi Han: “Hmm?”

"Um, do you want to add me as a friend..." Yanyan said embarrassedly, holding up her phone.

"Although we may not have the chance to be in the same group in the future, let's just enjoy the feeling of superiority of 'the boss is on my list'!" Another girl was much more straightforward than Yanyan, but the purpose of the two of them asking for friends was not to curry favor with him...

Yi Han didn't mind this, but, "No... I haven't turned on the friend function yet." He said helplessly.

The two girls looked at each other and their eyes widened: "...So this is your second one-star level, boss??"

Yi Han: Spreading hands.jpg

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