Chapter 122 Madness and Chaos

With the external threats gone, the people inside dared to come down to the first floor.

As Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing finished dividing the ghost crystals, the people who had miraculously survived in the building pushed open the door and rushed over upon seeing their faces.

Are you here specifically for rescue operations?

"Can we leave this place now?"

These people were all very excited, and people from other buildings also came out and subconsciously gathered around.

Rong Yi waved his hand, signaling them to be quiet. "Please be quiet. We are not sent by the authorities and need to understand the situation first."

“We know,” someone suddenly said.

Rong Yi looked over and saw that he was also a player.

Among the survivors were two players, their eyes filled with exhaustion, clearly indicating they hadn't rested in a long time.

Wei Yanqing raised his head towards the building and said, "Go inside."

They hesitated at the building that trapped them, but seeing Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing walking in front, they gritted their teeth and followed.

The natives gathered together and sat on the side, while Rong Yi and his group sat in a corner with the three players.

"What exactly happened? What's the date today?" Rong Yi asked.

The male player, with blond hair and a deathly pale face, glanced at his phone. "Around 4 PM on the 5th."

Time in the Ghost Realm is out of sync with the time in the instance world. She felt like she had been in the Ghost Realm for three or four hours, but in reality, a day and a night had passed in the human world.

Another female player with long brown hair asked curiously, "Where did you go? How come you don't know what happened?"

The male player nudged her with his elbow. His companion didn't know, but he did. The chat said that two players followed the beam of light to the Ghost Realm, which was most likely the two people in front of him. Otherwise, how could they not know what was happening in the dungeon world?

After being hinted at by her companion, the female player immediately changed the subject to answer Rong Yi's question, "A few hours after a beam of light appeared in the capital city, a large number of ghosts came down from the sky, as if the sky had been torn apart by them. They all came to Qingyong District to wreak havoc, saying that this was a hunting ground."

The male player nodded in agreement. "That's right. There are too many ghosts outside, and there are only two of us, so we hid inside the building. The ghosts outside didn't come out in droves; instead, one came in every half hour or so." As he said this, he glanced at the natives behind him. "As for them, they were deliberately driven here."

Ghosts are filled with malice towards the living and have no positive feelings towards them.

They drive living people into the building, then release a small number of ghosts in to hunt, and after killing them, they come out and mentally torture people.

"We stayed inside the building for more than ten hours without daring to sleep," the female player said.

Rong Yi understood immediately; no wonder he looked so pale after not resting for more than ten hours.

Wei Yanqing: "In other words, these ghosts can't kill people anywhere, but they divide up hunting areas. How many hunting areas are there in the capital city?"

The two players looked at each other, and then the male player raised his index finger.

"Just one?" Rong Yi thought that with such a grand display, they would be going to slaughter everyone.

The female player nodded. "That's right. Before the signal went down, this was the information we received: each city only had one hunting zone, and the rest were operating normally. It seems the ghost horde was ordered not to violate the rules there."

Rong Yi frowned. "That's not right. Logically speaking, with so many ghosts, there should be many players coming. Just those few waves of ghosts were all first or second tier, which would have been easy to deal with. How come after more than ten hours, only the two of you are here?"

To be honest, a district isn't that big. With the number of players, it's entirely possible to wipe out all the little devils in a short time.

The male player sighed, "That's what's disgusting about those ghosts. They've sealed off the hunting grounds, preventing people inside from leaving and outsiders from entering. Players who want to come in are blocked outside. I heard that each area is guarded by ghost lords with near-fourth-tier strength on all four sides. To break in, you have to kill four ghost lords."

Reaching the upper level of any class's strength is a qualitative leap, making them difficult to deal with even if they are at the same third level, let alone the four ghost lords who are all at the fourth level.

The female player continued, "At that time, many players were gathered in one area to figure out the sky phenomenon, so there were very few players in that area. We haven't encountered any other players besides you yet."

Wei Yanqing nodded: "In that case, the Ghost Lord cannot be killed easily. Without them, the little ghosts in the hunting area may lose their deterrent effect and thus run rampant in other areas."

The two players slumped their shoulders in dejection. They had plenty of bullets, but they couldn't guarantee that every shot would hit the ghost. Moreover, including the two in front of them, there were only four players in total, while the number of ghosts was thousands of times greater than theirs.

Unfortunately, ghosts have no physical form, so they can't be dealt with simply by being strong; the only thing you can rely on is second-tier bullets.

Rong Yi didn't see anything wrong with it. "Hasn't this area become our hunting ground?"

With few competing players but a large number of imps, it's practically a hunting ground; you don't even need to put in the effort to find a spot.

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Seeing Qingyong District become a hunting ground for ghosts, Yuan Tianyu could only desperately try to seize a warehouse containing a large amount of peach wood. The guards were terrified by the horde of ghosts, and the Resistance Alliance easily took control of the place.

The world looked like it was about to end, so the guards had no time to report it and quickly ran home.

It was as if a large horde of ghosts descended from the sky, correcting people's misconceptions. They finally understood that these ghosts should not be worshipped.

The alliance worked overtime to process peach wood branches, making them into the shapes of small swords, small axes, and other weapons. Even the scraps were not wasted; they were all made into date pit shapes, which could be used with slingshots to damage ghosts. If handled properly, they could also be recycled.

Seeing the hordes of ghosts descending from the sky in waves, Cheng Yuying realized that the ghost realm had connected with the dungeon world.

Therefore, she immediately went to the Resistance League, whose members were some of the government officials, to ask them if they knew what else the ghost was hiding.

It took a while, but we finally found it.

While Yuan Tianyu was still worrying about the safety of the hunting area and his brother, he heard that the mysterious team was looking for them.

"Let them in."

A dozen or so players filed in. Yuan Tianyu rubbed his temples. "Are you all here to offer assistance?"

Cheng Yuying shook her head. "We came here to ask something. Besides hiding these peach wood branches, did those ghosts hide anything else? Ask you, the official member."

Yuan Tianyu moved his hand away. "What information did you receive?" he asked. "We've been keeping a close eye on the authorities. If there are any other members hiding, we'll definitely inform them."

Seeing that he really didn't know, Cheng Yuying had no choice but to tell him: "Those ghosts have been watching this world for a long time. They have hidden away the books on how to deal with ghosts, but we don't know where they are."

She was really anxious. The official who was eavesdropping was at the deputy mayor level. How could she expect the alliance to know if he didn't know?

Yuan Tianyu suddenly stood up. "A book on dealing with ghosts?"

The other players nodded, and one of them said, "We can't enter the hunting area, so we can only inquire about the information in the ancient texts. It seems that no one knows anything about it."

They were also hoping to get their hands on some ancient texts to save on bullets, since their bullets were bought with points and weren't unlimited.

However, it's not easy to kill the Demon Lord right now, and besides, it's difficult to deal with the Demon Lord with bullets.

(End of this chapter)