Chapter 67 Nightmare Community

[The login time for the dungeon [Nightmare Community] has been determined]

After returning to the Yunshan old house, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but sigh at this message.

The last time I entered the Night Fisherman dungeon after only a few days of rest was because the system found a suitable safe house. Normally, the interval between entries into the dungeon should be between 3 and 30 days.

After all, the game consumes a lot of living people, and not everyone can adapt to the high frequency of entering dungeons.

So this time he had planned to rest for at least half a month before considering entering the dungeon.

Thinking about what the safe house system had just said, he felt a little worried.

"Not sure what a safe house means?"

[It is a safe house that has not yet been completed.]

After the system finished explaining, it also sighed heavily.

In the past, it was the one that selected the copies, and would choose the copies with unlocked safe houses for the host to enter, so as to facilitate the retrieval of the ghost body.

But this punishment copy was specially arranged by the main system, and even it can't do anything about it.

[However, fortunately, the detection radar is not blocked. You can still rely on the safe house detection radar to determine whether there is a safe house here.]

[But everything is uncertain in an unfinished safe house... It's possible that we won't be able to find it?]

Listening to the electronic sound of the system that seemed to be about to cry, Xu Zhiyan waved his hands and thought of a more important question.

"Then is there any body part of Party A in this copy?"

If other people enter the copy mainly to earn points and stay alive, then one of his main tasks in entering the copy is to retrieve the body of the ghost.

[As long as the safe house exists, it means that Mr. Ghost... has a body.]

Regarding this question, the system gave a decisive answer.

[However, according to the attributes of the instance, if the safe house is weak or has not yet taken shape, then the ghost body will not be too powerful and will likely be marginalized.]

“Marginalized…”

Does it mean that the relevant tasks do not exist, or are simply hidden in some corner?

After listening to this, Xu Zhiyan nodded, indicating that he understood.

As the sun sets, the login time for the punishment dungeon begins to count down.

【The timer starts.】

[After 24:00:00, players will be forced to enter the game no matter where they are]

Looking at the countdown, Xu Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

There is still one day left.

After getting some information about Xinan from Jiang Huaique today, he also saw the pictures of the dismembered bodies.

But because Jiang Huaiqie was too nervous, he had to comfort him first.

Sitting in front of the unlit fireplace, Xu Zhiyan pinched the bridge of his nose.

"What are you thinking about?"

The voice of ghosts and gods suddenly sounded.

“I’m thinking this game is really shit.”

Xu Zhiyan closed his eyes and put his feet on the low table with a chess board.

As he was faced with a bigger problem, he didn't even have time to think about the awkward events of last night, and he kept muttering to himself.

"The game has been constantly tempting me with points, causing me to keep making money and have no time to improve myself."

He raised his eyelids, glanced at his right hand which was inlaid with ghost bones, and put the blame on himself with a sense of righteousness.

After passing the dungeon, other players will have significant improvements in both physical fitness and panel, such as increased mental strength.

But this system has been suppressing him, resulting in the only skills he can currently use being those related to safe houses.

"But it doesn't matter."

Xu Zhiyan thought about it, then suddenly retracted his legs and sat up straight.

"I've looked at the high-level items in the inventory. Except for some consumable items that don't require spirit points, the other high-level items only require a maximum of 100 spirit points."

At worst he can have a few more copies, even if it only increases by two points each time, there is always hope.

"The main system put Xinan into the punishment dungeon this time, perhaps hoping to use him to deal with other players who violated the rules."

"I will take Qu Ji into the shell early tomorrow morning. I need more information..."

As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan's eyes darkened.

His confidence comes from his head.

As his own combat capability is not strong, he must get more information in order to deal with it with ease.

The ghost listened quietly to the young man in front of him talking about his plan, and accompanied him in silence.

A monster noticed that the temperature was getting lower as night fell, and quietly lit the bonfire in the fireplace.

The firelight traced the silhouettes of the two people.

The lobby of the safe house was silent.

The next morning.

Xu Zhiyan used the free time he had previously stored in the shell.

He first went straight to the player's trading location, almost emptied out all his family assets, and took over the inconspicuous little shop with 18 million points.

In the empty warehouse behind the shop, a directional portal unique to the safe house is being built.

Xu Zhiyan felt as if blood was dripping from his breath.

Originally, there were other purposes for buying the shop, but it seems it is too late this time.

The customization service of the safe house not only requires real-world purchases, but also requires someone to purchase items from the game store.

Although Jiang Huaiqiao and Jin Sheng can do it for you, they also need to enter the dungeon on time and it is impossible for them to help all the time.

In addition, given his special identity, it would be better if fewer people knew about the safe house.

In the morning, he took Qu Ji, who was disguised as a human player, to visit Shell and asked the other party to be responsible for the purchase of customized product originals.

After arranging everything and making sure that there were no problems with the new project in the safe house, he did not return to the safe house with Qu Ji. Instead, he asked the other party to go back and tell everyone that he entered the copy from the shell this time.

After they separated, Xu Zhiyan changed his clothes, put on thick black sunglasses, pulled his hat brim down to the lowest point, and sneaked into the player black market...

In the evening, the sky was filled with rosy clouds.

【00:00：01】

[Timer ends]

As the countdown reached zero, Xu Zhiyan sat on the steps of his newly purchased shop with a calm expression, waiting to be pulled into the game.

The scene in front of me changed instantly.

Even the familiar blackness before the eyes did not appear.

Xu Zhiyan only felt that he blinked, and the bustling crowd just now disappeared in an instant, and the place where he was sitting changed from the steps of a shop to the curbstone at a T-junction.

"…Since we are forced to enter the game at the same time, there is no need to adjust the time difference?"

He stood up, dusted himself off, and looked around.

This space is weird.

In front of me is a residential area covering a large area.

The four neat red characters "Meimeng Community" are posted on the outermost building.

Only the sky above the community was lit, and the rest of the sky was completely dark, as if it was covered with darkness.

The bright sky was also filled with gorgeous sunset glow, but it felt unreal everywhere.

He stood at the border between the neighborhood and the city.

Behind me was endless darkness, and I could not see anything at the end of the road.

This place is completely different from the previous two copies. The city extends outward, and there are even many foreign NPCs involved.

The Dungeon Nightmare Community is more like an independent space.

The game panel suddenly popped up, and Xu Zhiyan raised his eyebrows slightly.

[The mission will be issued after the players gather (Gathering place: East Gate Sales Office/West Gate Security Booth)]

[Players who have not yet entered the community please hurry up. 】

"Are you talking about me?"

Xu Zhiyan shook his head and crossed the road reluctantly.

The gate of the community in front of me is not very big and the decoration is a bit old. The guard room is empty, so it is probably not the main gate.

[Meimeng Community-East Gate]

When he stepped into the community, strange things happened.

Looking out from the community, both the sky and the city had returned to normal, as if the weird darkness just now had never existed.

There are no residents coming and going in the community.

Only a few people could be vaguely seen standing outside the sales office not far from the east gate.

There was a fresh smell of blood in the air.

Xu Zhiyan walked slowly around the green belt, his expression froze for a moment, then immediately returned to normal.

Xinan's dazzling silver hair stands out in the crowd.

What was more attractive than the silver hair was the double-edged knife in his hand and the blood and flesh scattered on the ground.

Xu Zhiyan lowered his eyes and quickened his pace, unable to help but sigh at his good luck.

Before he even reached the players' gathering place, a player had already died. And the mad dog brother seemed unsatisfied with his masterpiece, and he picked up his weapon again and chopped at another player...

The battle was about to break out, but then it ended.

"Bang!"

A light mist rose up, and Xu Zhiyan watched the black-clad player attacked by Xinan disappear on the spot.

Suddenly! A strange male voice appeared behind him.

"Hey, hey, hey! Why are you attacking me right away? That's too scary!" Frivolous Wen was angry and very dissatisfied.

Xu Zhiyan was startled and quickly moved to the side.

I saw a man in black, about 40 years old, wearing a tuxedo, a top hat, and a small moustache standing there.

This is the player who was just attacked by Xinan.

He seemed to have just realized that he had scared someone. He took off his top hat and saluted Xu Zhiyan.

"Oh~ I'm so sorry! I was really scared by that mad dog just now!"

"Please allow me to introduce myself."

The man wiped his beard, smiled at Xu Zhiyan, and introduced himself.

"My name is He Zui, and I'm a magician. You must be Xu Zhiyan, right? A newcomer with a million points! I know you!"

Hearing the other party's exaggerated tone, Xu Zhiyan's mouth twitched.

He looked around quietly.

Outside the sales office, Xinan failed in his attack and shook off the blood on the double-headed knife without moving.

Next to him was a long-haired woman with her arms folded.

He has read the information about this woman.

The person who borrowed my life is Xie Lingyi.

She is not strong, and can even be said to be a little weak.

But she has the most unlucky physique since the game appeared. As long as she exists, she will attract the most terrifying monsters around.

But her characteristic is replacement.

As long as there are other players around, someone will take over her fate.

This game has never had a purely single-player copy, so even if there are only two people, she will not die. She is the life-borrower that players avoid.

As for why Xinan didn't kill her, it was probably because the player who killed the person who borrowed his life would inherit his bad luck, but not everyone can have the replacement feature... Tsk, it seems that even a mad dog will not bite a hard bone.

The last player was lying on the ground with his body torn apart. Xu Zhiyan glanced at the flesh and blood that had been torn off by the double-headed blade without further analysis.

The safe house system had been instructed in advance not to make a sound.

Unlike the four players who were still alive at the east gate, who were showing calmness, the barrage in the live broadcast room was already flying.

[Wow! Is this the legendary punishment copy? ]

[Where is the game being used to raise insects? ]

[Tsk tsk tsk, Dongmen is really a mess of evil gods. 】

[Okay, life-borrower, mad dog, magician, profiteer, the first unlucky guy is out. ]

[Who is the magician? Mad Dog gave him a knife and he stopped? ]

[He Zui is a B guy who is good at running, but not good at attacking. He has a lot of tricks. I have been in the same dungeon with this guy, and he screwed me over. ]

[I guess he found out that he can't be killed by chopping. Although the magician doesn't have the awakening feature, his skills are very fancy. It's difficult to physically save him without taking out targeted props. ]

[Tsk tsk tsk, the next person to be chopped off will probably be Xiao Baiwan...]

Magician He Zui and Xu Zhiyan walked towards the sales office again.

During this time, He Zui started to whisper.

“你一会要不要小心点，那个疯狗杀人只是因为另外一个玩家点击按钮慢了，你来这么晚他肯定要揍你的。”

"Thanks for the reminder."

Xu Zhiyan smiled and walked steadily.

Until the two men walked outside the sales office, Xinan did not make any more moves, just stared at them.

When the four people were in the specified range, each person's system pop-up window popped up.

[Are the players ready to read the information? ]

【whether】

[Tip: All members must be ready before they can read the information. If one person is not ready, the task cannot be released.]

Only then did Xu Zhiyan understand what He Zui meant by "pressing the button too slowly".

It seemed that before he walked in reluctantly, everyone had already been prompted by the system.

He felt Xinan's cold gaze and the other party seemed to be hesitating. After a moment, Xinan put away the knife and decided to get the mission information first.

Soon, three "Yes" buttons and one "No" button lit up at the same time.

The bright red word "No" in front of Xu Zhiyan's eyes stood out particularly, attracting the attention of the other three people instantly.

But he didn't seem to care.

[Players failed to reach a consensus. This prompt will appear again in ten minutes. ]

The panel disappears.

Seeing that the magician and the person who borrowed his life were both shocked, Xu Zhiyan shrugged and spoke calmly.

"I think we should deal with some other things before we play the game," he said in a cold tone.

There was a strong sense of provocation in the look he gave Xinan.

The silver-haired young man had the same smile on his face as in the photo.

He touched the knife, seemingly surprised that someone would dare to challenge him at the beginning of the game.

"Why?"

This was the first time Xinan had seen a player who was eager to die.

Xu Zhiyan showed no sign of panic.

He now has rich experience in dealing with crazy people, and he is not afraid of perverts of this level at all!

He stroked his chin and thought for a while before answering in a low voice: "Probably because you look at me like you're looking at a dead person."

"I don't like the look of your eyes." Xu Zhiyan said.

Compared with the straightforward provocation in the language, pressing 'no' doesn't seem to be a big deal.

He Zui and Xie Lingyi felt the coldness of Xinan's knife tip and could not help but take a few steps back. He Zui even stretched out his hand exaggeratedly, covered his eyes, and looked out through the gap between his hands.

Suddenly, Xinan's smile widened, but his eyes became colder.

"I wanted to kill you after getting the mission information."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sturdy young man holding a double-edged knife suddenly attacked Xu Zhiyan!

The attack happened in an instant.

The sharp blade hits the heart directly.

“…”

But the next second.

Nothing happened.

The tip of Xinan's knife stopped steadily in front of Xu Zhiyan.

The silver-haired young man suddenly widened his eyes.

He found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't go any further.

Xu Zhiyan in front of him was still looking at him with disdain, as if he had already anticipated the current situation!

"How is it possible..." Xinan was sure that he had really tried his best. He could even see the cyclone left by the falling blade, blowing up the strands of hair on Xu Zhiyan's forehead!

As a player with rich combat experience, he can be 100% sure that the opponent did not release any skills.

Xinan felt his blade being fixed in place.

He had never encountered such a situation before.

Could it be that the person in front of him was not the weakling he imagined... ?

The barrage exploded.

【？ ？ ？ ？】

What's going on?

[What skill is this? Did you see what skill Xiao Baiwan used? ]

[What kind of SSS-level defensive item is this white shirt that Xiao Baiwan is wearing? 】

【Ah ...

[Help! So why did Xinan freeze and not move? Is there anyone who can explain it to me? ]

[It must be restrained by some invisible prop! 】

The safe house system also exploded.

[Host! There are less than two minutes left to reach absolute safety!]

It doesn't understand why its host has to lay so much groundwork. It only knows that if it doesn't hurry up and wait for time to end, its host will be finished!

[Ghost Agent: Rare title, comes with 15 minutes of absolute safety time when entering a new dungeon, and can communicate with the safe house system within the safe time. ]

Xu Zhiyan seemed not to hear the system's prompt.

He still looked distracted.

The contempt for Xinan in his eyes almost overflowed.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

He raised his right hand and showed the bones on it, not knowing who he was showing it to.

"You don't think this is a decoration, do you?"

After saying that, he reached out and grasped the blade of the double-headed knife that seemed to be frozen in front of him.

The highest level electric shock item hidden in the sleeve was activated instantly.

"Bang!"

Made of pure metal, the double-ended blade transmits a huge voltage back to its owner.

The silver-haired young man who was so arrogant just now was knocked to the ground in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the other person falling to the ground with black smoke coming out of the corners of his clothes, but he was fine, only his pupils were slightly shrunk. Xu Zhiyan was stunned for a second.

...is not dead.

Yes, after reading all the information about Xinan, he decided to strike first and kill the other party within an absolutely safe time.

But this prop that claimed to be 100% effective in killing people with electricity failed to kill the opponent at all.

The sound of the safe house system was still ringing in my ears.

[Host! Absolute time is about to end! Goodbye 3, 2——1!]

The absolute safety time is over.

If he tried to hide the electric shock equipment, he would inevitably hurt himself. Xu Zhiyan was not sure if Xinan had any other self-defense equipment on him, and he no longer had a second chance to use it.

He decided to change strategy.

On the side, He Zui and Xie Lingyi were completely dumbfounded.

The two of them stood there in shock with their mouths wide open, watching the thin young man walk up to the fallen Xinan and squat down.

Xu Zhiyan looked at Xinan, who was not hurt at all but had lost the ability to move, and felt disappointed, thinking that the props worth 10,000 points were wasted.

But he didn't show it on his face, only the look in his eyes changed.

He thought for a moment and held out his hand.

Like a pervert, he touched Xinan's good-looking face twice, with a hint of regret in his tone.

"You accepted a bounty for my life, and everyone in the black market knows about it."

In order to make Xinan kill him 100%, Xu Zhiyan fought back and sold several high-end props hidden in the safe house. He collected a bounty of one million and went to the black market to ask Xinan to kill him.

Because the information he obtained showed that the reason why Bang Yi was able to own this good dog was because of a black market bounty.

Someone half-jokingly and anonymously offered a bounty of 100,000 for the player ranked first on the kill list.

Xinan happened to accept this reward.

The final action was of course a failure.

However, Bangyi did not kill Xinan. Instead, he praised him and took the opportunity to recruit people to join his gang. From then on, the mad dog was put on a leash. But in recent times, Xinan has gradually returned to his original state.

Xu Zhiyan listed Xinan's personality and found that the other party had some worship of the strong, so the plan B he arranged was to replicate this path.

But compared to the top brother on the list, he spent two hours reading the dog training manual before entering the book, which can be considered as cramming.

Feeling that he had pretended enough, Xu Zhiyan withdrew his hand, raised the corners of his mouth, put on his signature warm smile, and continued speaking.

"You are a good dog. I won't kill you."

“But I don’t like other people’s dogs.”

"Whenever you decide to be my dog, come find me again."

After saying that, he stood up and no longer looked at Xinan.

After a while, the silver-haired young man recovered from his paralyzed state and stood up shakily.

The smile disappeared from his face.

Without saying a word, he looked at the young man who was sitting on the steps of the sales office, his body so thin that it seemed as if it would break if bent.

There was no murderous intent in that look anymore.

Xu Zhiyan pretended not to notice the other party's peeping.

The first lesson in training a dog:

Let the other party know who is the master.