Perhaps it was because 666's knife-wielding posture was too tempting, the thought just flashed through his mind and he said it out loud.

Lu Cai initially blushed at his own shamelessness, but upon reflection, he felt his thinking was sound. She was merely an awakened NPC, a dungeon bug. 666 was different; she was a renegade scavenger, a direct disgrace to the KB game administration.

By agreeing to go with him, Lu Cai took a great risk.

Improving your own strength in times of danger is a very correct thing to do.

So when 666 turned around with a puzzled look on his face, she was able to remain calm.

At this moment, the three black shadows that were chopped off by his sword condensed into a ball and re-formed into a taller human figure behind him.

Lu Cai recalled the action of 666 just now. The blade split open horizontally, the blade was heavy, with a tremendous force, and the momentum was like a rainbow. She weighed the small dagger in her hand and it probably didn't have the impact of the long sword.

But it doesn't matter, she is strong, which can be considered as making up for her weakness.

With a slight turn of her wrist, she turned the tip of the dagger forward, leaped up, and exerted force suddenly.

The dagger slashed horizontally at the shadow. In that instant, time stood still. The blade passed, leaving the shadow unscathed. It suddenly expanded, attempting to envelop them.

Lu Cai lowered the hand that was tightly gripping the dagger. She just wanted to prevent herself from over-relying on super powers when fighting others, but she didn't expect that this move could also help the super power energy flow?

She clearly felt that she had used her supernatural powers, but when she tested it, she found that the supernatural energy in her body had not been consumed.

The black shadow above his head suddenly stopped and twisted violently a few times. A thin crack appeared where Lu Cai had just cut it with his knife. Red color expanded from the edge of the crack, quickly eroding the black shadow. In an instant, the black shadow turned into ashes and slowly disappeared.

Cai Lu raised his hand and patted 666 on the shoulder: "From now on, we are partners——"

I feel like I've earned something!

She had made the final decision. 666 on the side was still a little confused. Why didn't she chase him away after such a short while?

But when Lu Cai agreed to let him follow, he put aside his doubts and showed joy in his eyes.

"Let's go around and see if Hua Xiaochi and the others are inside." Lu Cai changed the subject. "Will you be able to find a way out later?"

After all, it was he who cleared the way with a swing of his sword. He couldn't just go in without caring about the exit, right?

666 seemed to understand, but nodded.

Lu Cai walked forward for a while and entered the hemodialysis ward. The ward was a large, empty room with beds spaced apart and curtains that served as partitions neatly placed on the inside.

At a glance, she found the ward empty and dim, so she took a quick look and found nothing unusual, then retreated to the corridor outside the ward.

At this time, the group chat started.

[Qin Yu: Gu Xici and I are outside the hemodialysis ward. Where are you?]

She leaned against the wall and began to discuss countermeasures in the group chat.

[Lu Cai: Hua Xiaochi, I, and the other two have gotten lost and are now in the hemodialysis ward. What are your plans?]

[Qin Yu: Do you need our help?]

[Caller Lu: Try to see if you can leave the 5th floor first.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: Chunling and I are on the first floor, waiting for Zhao Yan to come out of the branch.]

[Zhao Yan: I entered the branch line at the lobby information desk. Please be careful.]

[Lu Cai: Do you have any ideas for the main storyline of this hospital dungeon?]

[Qin Yu: At present, we can only confirm that we cannot go up to the fifth floor or above.]

[Lu Cai: You can go down to the -1 floor. There's a morgue there. I wonder if there's a -2 floor.]

[Zhao Yan: I looked at the floor plan, and there's no -2 floor.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: There are still many ghosts that don't hurt people.]

[Qin Yu: What is the 'black smoke' you mentioned earlier?]

[Lu Cai: I'm not sure, but it seems to devour dungeon monsters and players, and it's the one that mimics the player's companions.]

[Qin Yu: No, I just went back to see those two imposters, two disfigured ghosts.]

Lu Cai frowned. It was clearly black smoke that attacked her just now.

[Lu Cai: Disfigured? How did it happen? Can you tell?]

[Qin Yu: Like being on fire, when they revealed their true appearance, they kept avoiding my gaze, as if they were very inferior.]

[Lu Cai: Is it a fire?]

[Qin Yu: It’s possible.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: So, the next step is to find the cause of the fire?]

[Lu Cai: There are still footprints on the stairs. Xiaoyan and Zhao Yan, be careful. The footprints are heading downstairs.]

[Zhao Yan: I'm still on the side quest, Yue Xiaoyan, please be careful.]

Qin Yu: Let's check outside the hemodialysis ward first to see if there are any clues. The scope of the dungeon is tentatively set at '-1 to 5th floor'. All floors above the 5th floor are missing. There must be a reason.

[Yue Xiaoyan: Burned?]

[Lu Cai: Its range of activity is from -1st floor to 5th floor.]

She thought for a moment and added.

[Lu Cai: It could also be floors 1 to 5, with the -1 floor being incidental.]

[Qin Yu: Because the -1 floor has a strong negative energy, was he implicated?]

[Lu Cai: Let's look for clues first. I don't even know if I'm actually on the 5th floor right now.]

If you jump to conclusions, you may miss many clues.

[Qin Yu: Indeed, I may not be on the real 5th floor.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: What are you talking about? QAQ]

[Qin Yu: I went down to the 4th floor and encountered an imposter. It was later confirmed that I had never left the 5th floor. Now that I've dealt with the imposter, I'm not sure if I've left this space.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: So Chief Lu asked you to try to leave the 5th floor QVQ]

[Qin Yu: Yes. As for Lu Cai, the counterfeit she encountered was different from the counterfeit I encountered. Perhaps she entered a different dimension than mine.]

[Lu Cai: Anyway, be careful.]

She didn't say that it was a different space created by 666's sword. This was probably the territory of black smoke.

After closing the system group chat, she saw a gray figure standing to her right. 666 had his back to her, alert to the surroundings, watching his sharp profile.

Although the light was dim, Lu Cai could still see the vigilance on his face.

For a moment, there were mixed feelings.

Lu Cai just casually agreed to team up with him, intending to use him to enhance his own combat power, and also because he suspected that he had a relationship with him.

But he was really a sincere man, so he helped her keep watch.

Cai Lu cleared his throat: "Let's take a look around first..."

When 666 heard her voice, he turned slightly, and his vigilant eyes relaxed. He looked at Lu Cai and nodded.

"The situation here is unclear, let's act together." Cai Lu walked in front, intending to start the investigation from the employee elevator.

The two of them checked all the way but didn't see a single ghost. Lu Cai gradually gained courage and analyzed their experience to him while searching.

"We met three imposters. I thought we were in the same place as Qin Yu." Her voice was very soft, but it was also very loud in the overly quiet doctor's office. "But the imposters on Qin Yu's side were two disfigured ghosts, and ours was the black smoke outside the copy..."

Not knowing whether 666 was listening or not, he held the long knife in one hand and pulled the drawer with the other to look through it.

"I think Qin Yu encountered the real level of the dungeon, and we are being targeted by the black smoke!"

Since awakening, Lu Cai has been fighting alone. Later, when she met Qin Yu, Yue Xiaoyan and others, the topic of discussion was limited to clearing the dungeon. She thought about many problems by herself and never talked about things that had nothing to do with them.

The less they said, the less involved they would be. They had no obligation to help her.

Now that I'm facing 666, I feel a lot more relaxed. After all, his situation is no better than mine. I don't trust him completely yet, but a discussion of this level is not a big deal.

"That humanoid form from the black smoke reminds me of the dungeon I went through before..." Lu Cai paused and looked at 666 thoughtfully, "Last time, you also went to that dungeon..."

666 straightened his back and glanced at her, feeling that Lu Cai's gaze was unfriendly.

"You kicked me last time..." Lu Cai smiled, but it made people feel cold in their hearts, "My martial arts are too poor. From now on... I will definitely learn from you." He tried to starve his master to death.

666 also remembered it, but after thinking about it, he still didn’t know what he had done to offend her, and in the end he could only nod woodenly.

Lu Cai: ...

As expected of an antivirus software, its train of thought is even more straightforward than hers.

The two continued searching and finally saw a medical record clipboard on bed number 17 at the side of the ward in the clinic area.

In fact, it is not surprising to have a medical record clipboard in the ward, but there was nothing before it, and suddenly there was one, so it couldn't be just for decoration.

Cai Lu flipped it open and took a look. The patient in bed 17 was Yi Bin, a male who had just turned 18. The rest was basic information, such as school and home address. The handwritten medical analysis was written in a flamboyant style, reflecting the characteristic of doctor's handwriting - it was impossible for anyone to understand it.

[Lu Cai: I have some new information. There's a patient named Yi Bin in the hemodialysis ward who just turned 18. He might be related to the main plot.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: Someone is coming down the stairs over here!]

[Lu Cai:?]

[Yue Xiaoyan: I didn't know who it was, but I felt someone coming down the stairs, so I pulled Chunling and hid under the information desk.]

[Yue Xiaoyan: Actually, I didn't hear any footsteps, but I could sense them. It was probably the shaman's supernatural power. He's wandering around the hall now...]

[Qin Yu: Could it be the footprints on the stairs?]

[Lu Cai: If you weren't wearing shoes, it makes sense that you couldn't hear the footsteps.]

[Qin Yu: Xiaoyan, do you think you can beat the other party?]

[Yue Xiaoyan: It’s so cold QAQ. This level of coldness, I think it’s a ghost!]

[Lu Cai: Those gentle ghosts don't dare approach the stairs. I guess they're afraid of him.]

[Qin Yu: You hide well, I'll see if I can get downstairs.]

[Zhao Yan: My time is almost up. I'll be able to leave the branch in a few minutes.]

Cai Lu closed the group chat: "Let's go out now!"

I originally wanted to find out the details of this black smoke, but now I can't abandon my companions outside.

666 pointed outside the ward. Lu Cai nodded, and the two returned to the hallway where they had encountered the three imposters. He grasped his long sword and swung it into the air.

A "sizzling" sound of signal interference was heard, and several black digital data clusters rushed out from the place where the blade was slashing, rushing towards the two people.

The author has something to say:

My computer crashed last night while I was typing, and my perfect attendance red flower disappeared QAQ

I rewrote this chapter today, and I'll try to write more tomorrow to make up for yesterday's word count (/crying). Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution between 2022-01-14 23:49:37 and 2022-01-16 22:41:17~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine: 1 steamed bun;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of joyec;

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!