Chapter 392 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui and his group had previously discovered that once a ghost was present in a certain place, other ghosts would not come to compete with that ghost for territory.
If there were more people here before, elite monsters might come here. But now most people have run away, and there aren't as many people as before, so elite monsters probably won't come here.
Since that's the case, they can stall for time here as much as possible without worrying about anything else, and use the puppets to constantly probe the elite monsters over there.
However, they weren't the only ones in the staff canteen; there were four other players there as well. These two groups of players were wary of each other and were even very cautious when using items to deal with the ghost.
Of course... they soon discovered that the door that had just been opened had been closed at some point, and the ordinary NPCs who had crawled over on their feet were trapped inside before they could even get out.
They didn't even realize it until they reached the doorway. They had been keeping their eyes on the open door as they crawled forward, but it seemed like they only noticed it when they got there.
"Open the door...open the door and let me out! I don't want to be eaten...let me out..."
Before the NPC could finish speaking, his words abruptly stopped. Everyone looked closely and saw that a huge mouth had suddenly appeared on the ground, biting off his head and swallowing it. As the mouth disappeared, only a headless and legless corpse remained lying on the ground, with blood gushing out from the severed neck.
The stench of blood in the restaurant grew stronger, but Xue Rui and his group had seen this kind of scene many times before, and their expressions didn't change at all. However, the other four players looked rather serious.
"Hurry up! If we don't deal with this ghost..."
"How fast? What tools do you need? We need to find him first, where is he now?"
Before they could finish speaking, they heard a chewing sound coming from an unknown direction. It was clearly the sound of bones being crushed, but the sound was so faint that they couldn't pinpoint the direction.
"What should we do? The more people a ghost eats, the stronger it becomes. Although this is an ordinary ghost, if we don't deal with it quickly... even if we can kill it, there will be casualties."
The four players' eyes then fell on the corpse still at the door and the surviving NPC. "These two food items should be eaten first..."
"What are you going to do? Kill it, crush it, or burn it to ashes? That would use up a lot of items. Are you willing to give up your points?"
"So what do you suggest we do? Are we just going to let that monster eat us? What if it gets stronger and only targets me?"
"That's not quite right. Why don't we start protecting them from now on? The bodies can be stored away, but as for the living one..."
"What's there to protect? Just kill the one who's still alive. It's nighttime anyway, and the company allows everyone to fight after work. After you kill him, just keep him with the other corpse!"
"You make it sound so easy. Go ahead and kill him. I'll take care of preserving the body. I promise the ghosts won't eat it."
Without easily obtainable food, the ghosts will have to target players if they want to eat. None of the players who make it to this dungeon are simple creatures.
Not to mention, the relatively weaker ones had already died in the past two days.
Xue Rui and the others didn't pay any attention to that side. As long as the ghost didn't cause them any trouble, they didn't care about it for the time being.
Zhou Feng: "Take a look at this elite monster."
They have a monitor that shows what the puppet sees. Right now, the puppet is seeing the elite monster 05 eating. Judging from the clothes the person it's eating is wearing, it's a regular NPC employee who just stayed on to work overtime today.
That's true. If players were killed and eaten so quickly, they wouldn't have deserved to be alive until now.
Xue Rui: "Still eating, not finished yet..."
Sichuan pepper: "Let the puppet go and try. Yesterday's elite monster broke the doll monkey. I wonder if it will make a move this time."
This time, the puppet is also a doll, a monkey doll. The monkey doll is clean, as if it was just bought from the store.
When the toy monkey appeared in the elite monster's field of vision, the elite monster was stunned for a moment. At first, he thought it was a creation of some ordinary ghost that had come out.
He glanced at it but didn't pay any attention and continued eating. As long as no one came to steal his food, he wouldn't care about anything else.
Seeing that the elite monster ignored the toy monkey, Zhou Feng controlled the monkey to slowly walk towards it. When it was about three meters away, the elite monster looked over again.
"Get out!" he roared, and the toy monkey was sent flying backward, crashing into the wall before stopping. Fortunately, it was just a toy, so even though it hit hard, it was unharmed.
The elite monster was clearly a bit angry. "Come any closer? I'll tear you to pieces!"
Although he was angry, that was exactly the effect Xue Rui and the others wanted. They would be troubled if he wasn't angry; only when he was angry would he use some of his skills.
After he said "I'll tear you apart," the toy monkey didn't leave. Instead, it started laughing shrilly and charged at him while laughing.
Elite Monster 05 was clearly taken aback. There was actually an ordinary ghost that dared to challenge it? Was it going to devour him and become an elite monster?
"Haha!" He found his own idea hilarious. "Did he really think that just because he ate a few people, he could stand up to me and take my place?"
Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. So, elite monsters can be replaced by other powerful ghosts? And all that's needed is to devour the original elite monster!
Xue Rui and the others were stunned for a moment after hearing this. Then Ding Baishuang asked a question, "The corpse of that elite monster last night... did it disappear at six o'clock, or was it taken away and eaten by other ghosts?"
Upon hearing this question, not only Xue Rui and the others, but even Lin Leyou was taken aback, because he hadn't paid attention to it before. He quickly checked the surveillance footage.
The surveillance footage from last night is still available. After Elite Monster 03 died, Xue Rui's team quickly left the area, and I didn't look at that location again at that time.
He continued looking down, and sure enough, he saw it... A gaping maw slowly emerged beneath the corpse of Elite Monster 03, swallowed the body, and then gradually sank into the floor, disappearing without a trace.
This thing looks so familiar! Lin Leyou really did find it familiar, and he quickly realized that it was very similar to the ordinary ghost that was currently in the staff cafeteria.
However, the gaping maw that swallowed the corpse of Elite Monster 03 was much larger than the one in the staff canteen. The maw in the staff canteen could only bite off a foot or a head at most, and nothing more. But the maw that appeared last night could easily swallow an entire Elite Monster.
Lin Leyou hurriedly asked the system, "System! Did I get an extra elite monster?"
System notification: Standard not yet met!
Lin Leyou understood. The ordinary ghost that swallowed the corpse of elite monster 03 had not yet fully digested his body, so it would take more time!
So, if he wasn't mistaken, the mouth that appeared in the staff canteen was just... a tiny thing, meant to mislead the other elite monsters and prevent them from discovering that he was about to become a new elite monster, otherwise... devouring?
The current elite monsters look down on ordinary ghosts; in their eyes, ordinary ghosts, NPCs, and players are all the same kind of food.
Perhaps due to certain rules, they won't actively seek out ghosts to eat, and they'll even avoid them when they find them, but... if a ghost comes to them, they certainly won't be polite.
What about the evolving ghosts? Will they eat them? Judging from the current behavior of this ordinary ghost hiding, it's highly likely that it will catch and eat them, right?
After all... the rules only stipulate that they cannot actively hunt ordinary ghosts, but ghosts that are evolving into elite monsters are not included in this scope.
Lin Leyou gasped, this was truly...
In other words, as long as Elite Monster 05 discovers the ghost that devoured the corpse of Elite Monster 03, the two ghosts will kill each other, and the player can even reap the benefits!
It's just a matter of whether Xue Rui and the others have thought of this, and... whether they can discover that the ghost that devoured the elite monster's corpse is the same ghost in front of them.
Lin Leyou's lips curled up slightly. If Xue Rui couldn't figure it out, then it had nothing to do with him, hehe!
However, based on his understanding of Xue Rui, he might not be able to think of it for now, but he should be able to later...
Just then, Xue Rui suddenly said, "Uncle Feng, let the monkey keep provoking us, let him keep talking. I feel like... something's not right."
Although Zhou Feng didn't understand, he still nodded, "Okay!"
And so, Elite Monster 05 saw the monkey approaching again, getting even closer than before, and even using its soft tail to pick up a piece of meat that it had missed.
This piece of meat wouldn't even be enough to fill his teeth; he wouldn't even pick it up to eat, and might even step on it as he leaves. Anyone can eat these scraps after he's gone, but not while he's still here! So…
Elite Monster 05 watched as the little monkey swallowed the piece of meat whole, then his lips twitched. "Heh...heh! Good, not bad! You've got guts...you really have guts!"
He wasn't speaking as loudly as before, but everyone who saw the scene knew that what he said before was just a warning, and now he was truly angry.
Elite Monster 05 tossed aside the remains it was holding and looked at the monkey that had eaten a piece of meat and was now standing there quietly watching it—clearly a provocation!
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