Chapter 510 [(*^▽^*)]
Having already visited the mountain god temple, they were no longer on guard and were gathered outside the gate, seemingly discussing something.
"Didn't they say there was a stone coffin inside? A stone coffin that was nailed shut, where is it?"
"Could it be that this mountain god temple is just a smokescreen, meant for outsiders, and the stone coffin is actually hidden somewhere else?"
"But I just looked around, and there aren't any other roads around here besides the one we took to get here. Where else can we look?"
"It's already dark. Are we going to go back in the dark today?"
Because it had been a cloudy day, the sky was gloomy, and they were walking in the mountains, where it was even darker and there was hardly any light. So if someone hadn't reminded them, they probably wouldn't have realized that it was already dark.
"What should we do? Why don't we spend the night at this mountain temple and go back tomorrow?"
Lin Leyou's lips curled slightly; this was exactly the effect he wanted. Xue Rui looked at the five players; if they insisted on sneaking back to the village in the dark, he could kill them on their way back.
After discussing it for a while, the five of them decided to stay here to rest for the night. They went back into the house where the mountain god statue was located, and it was now completely dark.
They casually turned on their flashlights, illuminating the pitch-black room.
"Wow! This mountain god statue looks kind of scary when you shine a flashlight on it at night!"
"What's the big deal? Shining a flashlight on yourself, isn't it just as terrifying?"
Then the other person actually moved the flashlight towards me, shining it on my face from bottom to top. "How about that? Isn't it scary?"
To be honest, it's really quite terrifying. If such a scene appeared suddenly, I would probably be scared.
"Alright, stop fooling around. Let's get some rest. Tomorrow we'll go back to the village, tell them about the mountain god temple, and then look for the location of the stone coffin."
"I always feel like I'm missing something."
What was missed?
When asked, he shook his head. "It's just a feeling, I can't quite put my finger on it right now. Let's just rest."
"I'm exhausted after walking all day on mountain paths!"
Even though everyone was less wary of the mountain god temple than before, they still took precautions in the supernatural dungeon. They placed some anti-attack items around the resting areas, which were of course for warding off ghosts.
Lin Leyou, standing not far away, commented, "These props can probably only defend against some low-level, mindless wandering ghosts, right? They don't seem very useful."
Xue Rui said, "There are warning props inside. The remaining props are not very useful, but they can buy them some time to wake them up and prepare."
Lin Leyou: "It seems Xiao Rui has been to quite a few similar dungeons before, right?"
Xue Rui: "There are indeed quite a few, so I know all their methods."
Lin Leyou said, "However, we can't use props now. We can only use our own talents, the talents that come with our identity cards, and what the vengeful ghosts can do..."
Xue Rui said, "Breaking through their defenses is actually quite simple."
Lin Leyou, "Simple?"
Xue Rui said, "Okay, Xiao You, use the 'ghost wall' technique. Use it after they fall asleep. The warning device will only alert you when a ghost gets close. As long as we don't get close, it won't make a sound."
Lin Leyou, "Even if I used my talent?"
Xue Rui: "Yes, that warning item is just a green-tier item. It's already quite good that it can achieve this level of functionality."
Lin Leyou looked at the players who were tidying up and preparing to go to sleep, and wondered what they were thinking.
Time passed slowly. Perhaps they were really tired after walking on the mountain road all day. None of the five of them stayed behind to keep watch. They all huddled together and fell asleep, subtly protecting the girl in the middle.
It's a pity... all the players will die here.
Lin Leyou: "Asleep? Shall we begin?"
Xue Rui nodded. "We can begin."
Lin Leyou immediately used his Ghost Wall talent to separate and trap all five people, but they were still fast asleep and didn't even realize that they were alone.
Xue Rui: "Let's go now."
As they slowly approached, the props set up by the players began to frantically emit alarms upon detecting the approaching ghost, and the players were indeed awakened. Xue Rui and Lin Leyou had already each killed one player.
They took advantage of the moment when the other party was just awake and hadn't reacted yet, directly using their eerie ghostly energy to solidify their forms. One of the ghostly claws, wrapped in rolling yin energy, snapped the neck, while the other directly pulled out the heart in front of the other party, and then crushed the heart before the other party even breathed their last.
With a single squeeze, the heart in his hand burst like a balloon filled with red liquid, splattering blood everywhere, but it didn't get on them.
Xue Rui looked at Lin Leyou's behavior and felt a little puzzled. "Little You?"
Lin Leyou watched as the blood slowly seeped through his ethereal hand and fell to the ground, then his attention was drawn back by the shout, "What's wrong?"
Xue Rui, "Aren't you getting too into character?"
Lin Leyou was slightly taken aback after hearing this. Perhaps the other party had hit the nail on the head, or perhaps for some other reason, he felt as if a block of ice, overflowing with cold air, had been thrown into his mind at that moment.
His previously agitated mind instantly calmed down. He blinked, then looked at the player he had just killed by tearing out his heart. "I...I just did this?"
Xue Rui frowned, grabbed Lin Leyou's hand, and stared intently at him. "I knew it..."
Lin Leyou covered her face, somewhat at a loss, "This..."
Xue Rui: "Have there been times like this before?"
Lin Leyou thought for a moment and then nodded, "Yes, but I always thought it was something that came with using the identity card and the person I was playing... something that I don't really need to pay attention to. Once the dungeon ends and the identity card disappears, I will naturally return to myself."
Xue Rui, "Do you still feel that way now?"
Lin Leyou shook his head, "No... What you just said seemed to have woken me up."
Xue Rui and his companions, no longer concerned about the three surviving players, began to examine themselves more carefully, but they couldn't find anything unusual.
Lin Leyou sighed, "Alright, this identity card will probably only subtly guide our words and actions to be more in line with this identity. We just need to be careful."
Although Xue Rui still had doubts, he couldn't find any more anomalies, so he could only leave it at that.
Lin Leyou said, "There are still three left to kill. Let's kill them first."
Xue Rui: "Okay."
They had just wasted some time, and by this time, one of the three players had already broken through the wall and was running outside, without even staying to look at the other players.
Of course, even if he wanted to see, he could only see two dead corpses, while the remaining two who were still alive were still bound inside the ghost wall.
Lin Leyou said, "I'll go after them. You take these two."
Xue Rui: "Okay!"
As soon as Lin Leyou finished speaking, his figure flew through the gate and out onto the path outside, where he saw the player running frantically along the road.
As the player frantically fled, he could even feel the eerie wind coming from behind him, as if it could ignore all his defenses and penetrate directly into his internal organs and bone marrow, slowly taking away all his body heat.
While he was running, he could clearly feel his body getting colder and colder. He even lost feeling in his limbs at times and just kept running mechanically.
It wasn't long, only about two or three minutes. He knew that if he continued running, he would only die. Now he either had to find a way to kill the vengeful ghost chasing him, or find a way to speed up his return to the village in a short time, or even get back to the village in one go.
Lin Leyou toyed with him like a cat playing with a mouse, not in a hurry to kill him. He wanted to see what kind of props this person could produce. If possible, he would kill him when he produced the props, so that he might be able to seize them.
Lin Leyou knew he couldn't use the items right now, so he planned to give them to Guo Xia. Although he didn't intend to abandon the mission and let Guo Xia complete it, giving him some items was still acceptable, since he was an official.
Losing 300,000 points in exchange for some purple-grade equipment should still be a good deal, since purple-grade equipment starts at a million points.
Lin Leyou suddenly materialized and appeared in front of the player. The player stared at him in shock when he saw Lin Leyou, "You...you are a vengeful ghost!"
Players who can reach the A-level difficulty dungeon should be able to distinguish between ordinary ghosts and fierce ghosts, but Lin Leyou just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
Then his floating body suddenly dispersed and disappeared without a trace. The player was still standing in the same spot, constantly searching, but the item in his hand could only warn him that there was a ghost within ten meters, but could not tell him the specific distance or location.
He immediately took out his prop from his backpack and held it in his hand. Lin Leyou originally planned to play with it, but he was a little surprised when he saw the prop in his hand.
The item he was holding in his hand was actually an oval-shaped stone emitting a faint golden light, just like the item Xue Qian used in the Xiushan Village instance...
While not exactly identical, they are remarkably similar. Could this prop be... specifically designed to subdue ghosts? After all, the prop Xue Qian had before allowed him to survive in that pit for so long.
Lin Leyou suddenly became interested in this prop.
After he took the golden stone, the eerie ghostly aura around him could no longer get close to him. Lin Leyou also tried to get closer to him, even extending one of his fingers... a ghostly claw tentatively approaching.
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