Chapter 143 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui said, "If you're forced to participate in this dungeon, then the difficulty of this dungeon will increase. You really shouldn't have done that."
"Ah!" His face turned pale. "What are we going to do? This dungeon is way too difficult for me to clear!"
Xue Rui shook his head, looking somewhat regretful. "There's nothing we can do about it. In short, you have to remember this: next time you can't let it drag on for 30 days. You have to enter the game instance in advance, otherwise it will happen every time."
He paused for a moment before slowly approaching him and whispering, "I remember... if your points go negative, you'll really die in the real world."
Xue Rui's voice was very soft, giving him a somewhat ethereal feeling.
He was clearly terrified. He was already on the verge of a breakdown, and Xue Rui's words really scared him.
"What should I do... what should I do?!"
Xue Rui laughed and said, "It's okay. I won't die from failing this time. I'll just learn from the experience next time."
The man suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He then realized that he had never seen this player before and that he wasn't with him earlier.
Only then did he think of escaping, but... it was too late. As he turned around, Xue Rui slit his throat with a single blow.
Although his gold-plated dagger was not as lethal as Lin Leyou's sharp knife, it could still kill the opponent in one blow if it caused a fatal wound.
The man clutched his bleeding neck, staring intently at Xue Rui, before slowly losing strength and collapsing limply to the ground, dying before he could even utter a complete sentence.
He easily earned 100 points this time, and slowly moved to the side, obediently waiting for Lin Leyou to come find him.
After all, the fog around here is so thick. If I wander off, Lin Leyou might not be able to find me if I go too far.
He also remembered what Lin Leyou had told him before.
Lin Leyou's situation was simpler. Unlike Xue Rui, he wasn't a player; he appeared here as an NPC.
Wearing the skull mask prop, he appeared to the player as a walking Grim Reaper. So when he appeared in the sight of the player he was targeting...
Lin Leyou met his gaze.
I thought I would at least fight him, but he didn't even try to fight back. He turned and ran away as soon as he saw me.
Lin Leyou was stunned for a moment before he reacted and chased after the player as fast as he could, but he didn't expect that the player would run so fast in such a desperate situation.
This means he can't catch up for a while!
There was no other way; if we kept running, we would definitely go too far, and it would be terrible if we lost sight of Xue Rui.
He picked up the dagger in his hand and hurled it at the fleeing figure. The cursed dagger truly lived up to its curse.
The knife landed firmly in the opponent's back, and surprisingly, it pierced right through the heart from behind, resulting in a critical hit and instant death!
It wasn't that Lin Leyou actually possessed such skill, throwing with such accuracy and strength; rather, it was simply because the cursed dagger had a one-hit kill effect on targets no stronger than himself.
He sensed his loss of reason and sighed softly. Sure enough, with each strike, regardless of whether he could kill the target, he would lose a part of his sanity.
This feeling was truly unpleasant. He had thought he was used to it, having used it many times in the Happy Community instance, but he never expected... he simply couldn't adapt to this kind of thing.
I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to wield this sharp knife and slash around at will.
"Congratulations to Lin Leyou for killing a player. You have earned 100 points and 100,000 gold coins."
He walked to the player's corpse, pulled the dagger out of it, and found the blade covered in blood. After retrieving the dagger, he looked around to confirm Xue Rui's presence.
Xue Rui was a player, and within his field of vision, it was very obvious to see a bright red figure.
In fact, he couldn't see through the fog; he could only see all the players within a 100-meter radius thanks to the temporary items given by the dungeon.
Lin Leyou's skeletal figure, emanating black energy, quickly appeared within Xue Rui's field of vision.
Even when facing such a skeletal monster, Xue Rui remained relaxed and spoke with a smile, "Has Brother Lin's situation been resolved?"
"Hmm." Lin Leyou said somewhat dejectedly, "This player is fast enough."
He glanced at the corpse lying not far away, next to a pool of bright red blood, then looked away. "Let's go, let's go check on that sightseeing bus."
As for the other players, they had long since disappeared. They were incredibly fast, running forward with all their might, completely ignoring the players they had previously considered their companions.
However… Lin Leyou thought of the players Xue Rui had killed before, and he didn’t expect that Xue Rui, at his age, would be so skilled at killing people in dungeons.
He certainly believed that Xue Rui had never done anything like this before when he first entered the instance, so he could only sigh that the instance of the Endless World was truly a great test of one's abilities.
Don't want to kill? Can't kill? That's fine too. Just wait to be killed, eliminated, and then face real death.
The two walked to the sightseeing bus, and Lin Leyou saw the skinny old man sitting at the very front.
The old man seemed to have noticed them too, and slowly turned his head. Only then did the two of them see that his eyes were empty and dark, with no eyeballs inside.
But he seemed to have eyes, his empty eyes staring at the two of them for a moment. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but hesitated when his gaze fell on Lin Leyou.
Then his gaze swept over Xue Rui again, "This is yours..."
Lin Leyou: "Yes, this is what I reserved. Go find something else."
The old man NPC didn't bother him. He slowly got off the car, moving very slowly, intending to walk forward and leave.
Xue Rui hadn't planned to do anything; he could have gotten on the bus after Lin Leyou left. But Lin Leyou pushed him from behind.
Xue Rui subconsciously turned around and glanced at him, her eyes somewhat bewildered, but she didn't expect to meet Lin Leyou's speechless gaze.
Only then did Xue Rui remember that there was an extra quest in his mission that allowed him to kill NPCs, and the reward for that was much greater than killing players.
Xue Rui didn't hesitate. Since Lin Leyou asked him to go, he would go. Anyway, there was no loss if the NPC ghost died.
It also allows him to kill fewer players, leaving them with more points.
He first took out the Beretta pistol that Lin Leyou had given him and silently shot the old man, who was walking unsteadily, in the back of the head.
If he really looked like an ordinary old man in the real world, Xue Rui might hesitate a little, but this old man was an NPC ghost.
He was certain that if Lin Leyou hadn't been standing there, this old man would have definitely attacked him. He didn't even know what methods he used to kill players.
His hand was so steady when he fired the gun that you'd think he was a professional.
There was a hole in the back of his head, but the old man was still walking forward, seemingly no different from before. However, the two of them noticed that the old man's previously unhurried pace had changed, and he had quickened his pace.
Lin Leyou stood behind Xue Rui, signaling him to continue.
Xue Rui then fired several more shots into the back of his head. It was around the tenth shot that the NPC finally collapsed to the ground, motionless, and appeared to be dead.
Xue Rui stood there for a while, but didn't receive any system notification. This NPC was actually pretending to be dead!
He frowned slightly, exchanged bullets again, and fired ten more shots at the head. Since the bullets were all exchanged with points, twenty bullets cost twenty points, which wasn't very expensive.
After firing the twentieth shot, the body on the ground bounced violently, tilted its head back, and the skin on its face gradually corroded away, revealing black bones and teeth that gleamed green.
Xue Rui finally received the system message.
"Brother Lin, killing an NPC actually gives you 300 points!"
Spending 20 points to exchange for bullets and getting 300 points in return was indeed a very good deal.
Xue Rui said, "I find it a bit strange. I shot him, and in the head, which should have caused a lot of damage. But why didn't he fight back or fight back? He couldn't even run away quickly?"
Lin Leyou stroked his chin. "Is it possible that he simply can't run fast?"
Xue Rui shook his head, "I don't understand, is it because Brother Lin is around?"
Lin Leyou watched as the NPC's corpse gradually turned into black granules that scattered on the ground, and then dissipated into the air like dust.
Perhaps it really is related to him, because he was assigned the role of an NPC garden guardian, and this garden guardian should have a higher status than other NPCs.
They can't just attack the prey they've set their sights on, especially not in front of them. So when Xue Rui hit him, he simply sped up and ran away without fighting back.
But he was very slow, so he had been sitting on the sightseeing bus before. After being kicked off, he probably wanted to find a place to hide and then find a second sightseeing bus, but unexpectedly...
He was killed by Xue Rui.
For the first time, Lin Leyou felt that his identity was pretty awesome.
Xue Rui: "Never mind, the body's gone..."
Lin Leyou said, "Let's go and see if the sightseeing bus can move. If it can, we won't need to walk there."
Xue Rui: "We might encounter players along the way."
It would be strange and suspicious to see the two of them in the same car.
Lin Leyou smiled and said, "It's okay. You can sit in the front and I'll sit in the back. Even if other players see us, they won't think we're in cahoots."
"They'll only think you're focused on the sightseeing bus and what's in front of you, completely unaware that the evil spirit is already behind you, about to take your life."
"To avoid being implicated by you, these players will cover their mouths tightly to prevent me from making any noise and then quietly escape."
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