Chapter 476 [(*^▽^*)]
Jiang Changdong took a deep breath. He had planned to visit that village, but he suddenly lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he found himself here. He squinted at his surroundings.
The area was shrouded in black mist, with visibility reduced to only two or three meters. Moreover, he couldn't sense his backpack, meaning he couldn't access any items from it.
Not only that, his physical condition is now completely in line with this identity, making him a middle-aged man without any help or props.
He could only search for a way out like an ordinary middle-aged man, but... no matter which direction he walked or how long he walked, the scene was exactly the same, as if this space was endless.
"What kind of hell is this place... Why can't we use props?!"
What's worse is that every hour, a wisp of black mist would float out of his body, mixing with the surrounding black fog that obscured his vision. Every time the black mist floated out of his body, he would lose 100,000 points!
One hundred thousand points per hour, that's two million four hundred thousand points per day.
Jiang Changdong's lips twitched. "Such a few points aren't a big problem, but it won't work in the long run..."
He walked for a while, but still didn't find anything different. He kept walking and walking, stopping to rest when he got tired, and then continuing to walk in one direction.
He himself didn't know how long he had been walking, but it didn't change anything for his current situation.
Just as he was about to lie down and rest, he suddenly heard voices coming from a certain direction. Jiang Changdong jumped up and ran towards the direction of the sound. The other person probably heard the heavy footsteps as well, and soon stopped talking. Jiang Changdong became anxious, "Who was talking just now?"
The two people opposite him clearly recognized Jiang Changdong's voice as well. One of them hesitated and said, "It's Jiang..."
Before they could finish speaking, Jiang Changdong shouted impatiently, "It's me! It's me! Where are you?"
The other party probably also wanted to obtain more information, so they simply talked to Jiang Changdong to confirm the direction, and in the end they really met up. Jiang Changdong looked at the two people in front of him and confirmed that they were the people he had summoned under his identity.
"How did you get here? Have you found a way out? By the way, are your items still usable?"
They shook their heads. "We were attacked. When we woke up, we were here. We can't open our backpacks, so we can't use our items. If we had items, we would have left here long ago."
"Yes, we can go anywhere, but... we must be closely connected to the people who ambushed us here. I wonder how they found us."
"By the way, how did you get here?"
Jiang Changdong sighed, "Same as me, I was also ambushed."
"So you woke up here too?"
Jiang Changdong remained silent for a while before deciding to recount his experience in order to exchange more information. "I did not faint during the attack; instead, I managed to escape."
"What? You ran away... Then how did you..."
Jiang Changdong: "When I was escaping, I saw a village in the distance ahead. I don't know if you saw it when you were attacked."
The two nodded in agreement. "Of course we saw it. It's just a shame that someone ambushed us. They probably wanted to kill a few more people so that there would be fewer people competing with them for the treasure."
"By the way, didn't you say you successfully escaped? What happened afterward? How did you end up here?"
Jiang Changdong said, "To my shame, after I escaped, I found a secluded place to heal my injuries. Then I planned to take a detour to the village to take a look, but I didn't expect that I would suddenly lose consciousness before I got very close to the village."
"Was there no one around when you lost consciousness? Did the people who were lying in wait for you come after you?"
Jiang Changdong shook his head, "Impossible. I scattered the surveillance equipment all around. If anyone came, I would have known immediately. It's impossible that I didn't notice anything. The only explanation is..."
The other two also fell into deep thought. "The only explanation is... the one who attacked you wasn't human."
"No, no, maybe this is their talent!"
"So what about where we are now? This can't be some kind of talent, can it? Staying here for an hour will deduct 100,000 points, and... I just..."
Jiang Changdong and the other person looked at him, "What did you just say?"
He let out a difficult breath, "I just tried to commit suicide, thinking I wouldn't play this dungeon anymore, but I didn't expect that suicide was completely useless, I can't die!"
Upon hearing this, the other two felt a chill run down their spines, even getting goosebumps. "Really?"
The other party sneered, "If you don't believe me, I can show you again right now!"
He then pulled a dagger from his pocket and stabbed himself in the neck. The slash severed half of his neck, but not a drop of blood flowed out, and the wound healed in the blink of an eye.
He calmly put the dagger away. "Well? You saw it? Want to try it yourselves? I can lend you the dagger."
Their faces were grim, but they still tried it themselves. Of course, they didn't borrow any daggers; they always carried some small weapons on their own. After trying it out, they confirmed this.
"How could this be? I can't open my inventory, I can't use items, I can't get out of this place, and I'm losing 100,000 points every hour. The worst part is that I can't even leave the instance by committing suicide, which means..."
"So, we have to wait until everyone else finishes their missions and leaves, and the instance is completely closed before we can leave? How long will that be? A month or two?"
"Let me do the math. 100,000 per hour, 2.4 million per day, 72 million per month, and that's... well, that's more than the reward for completing the mission. You know, we can't do any missions here. In other words, once the instance ends, we can leave, but we'll still lose 100 million points for mission failure. Add it all up..."
"Damn it, I spent so much time buying an item that I now have less than 200 million points left. Am I completely finished this time? Am I going to die?"
"It shouldn't be that bad, right? Maybe the mission can be completed within a month?"
"How about the three of us walk in one direction together? Maybe we can reach the end that way, and once we reach the end, we're sure to make some new discoveries."
"There's no other choice now, let's go."
Behind Xiushan Village, there is a "thief's pit." The villagers of Xiushan would throw any malicious thieves they caught into this pit, letting them continuously generate resentment within it, which they would then consume.
Just then, a tall figure appeared near the thief's pit. He was holding two tattered but still breathing people in his hands. He casually tossed them into the pit.
They fell into the churning, thick, almost liquefied black fog below, and then sank to the bottom of the pit.
If the black mist were to disappear, one could see that the pit of thieves was filled with layers upon layers of corpses, with a dozen or so relatively fresh people lying on top. They were either limp or lying at the bottom of the pit, their eyes glazed over, staring blankly upwards, as if gazing at the sky, longing to leave this place.
Among them was Jiang Changdong's body. He lay there with a stiff face, his eyes lifeless and dull. With each breath, black mist went in and out of his mouth and nose, as if it were taking away the life force from his body.
Lin Leyou and Xue Rui didn't feel anything while they were sleeping that night, but when they woke up, they found that the red dots on the map... except for those that hadn't yet approached the village, were all in the bandit pit.
Lin Leyou counted, "Heavens... Apart from the thirty-one scattered red dots outside, all the others who are still alive are in that pit on the back mountain. It seems that we really don't need to do anything."
Xue Rui's expression also turned somewhat serious, "If you hadn't gotten that..."
If Lin Leyou hadn't started the hidden quest, they would probably be lying in that pit by now. After all, in their own eyes, it was impossible to defeat these villagers, but escaping was still an option.
What's the point of escaping if the mission isn't completed?
Lin Leyou looked at the situation on the map, "Even at a slow pace, all of these people have crossed the river. There are still some who are being chased by the Ghost-faced Spiders, but it looks like they should be able to escape..."
Xue Rui stared at the red dot representing Xue Qian and asked softly, "Is it about to end?"
Lin Leyou blinked. "Shouldn't we decide when it ends?"
Xue Rui was about to say something when he suddenly saw a dense cluster of red dots on the edge of the map. "Xiao You, look! Someone else has come in!"
Lin Leyou quickly looked at the map, but before he could speak, the system's voice came through.
"The Kowloon Gang is an organization founded by a group of people skilled in tomb raiding. After they found out about Xiushan Village, they sent two people to follow the cannon fodder team ahead to explore this mountain forest. Once they got the exact location of Xiushan Village, they went out in full force, determined to obtain the treasure of Xiushan Village!"
"System notification: The exact location of Xiushan Village has been secretly transmitted by the Kowloon Gang. All 635 members of the Kowloon Gang who obtained the correct location have entered the mountains! Please keep up the good work. This mission allows you to kill these bandits by any means!"
Lin Leyou gasped when he saw the number, “Six hundred and thirty-five people!”
Xue Rui frowned deeply. "Adding the thirty-one red dots scattered around earlier, that makes a total of six hundred and sixty-six people. This number..."
Lin Leyou casually remarked, "That's really awesome!"
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