Chapter 526 [(*^▽^*)]
Even now, Lin Leyou was unwilling to leave. Instead, he quietly dragged away the person standing at the very back of all the players, who was being choked and gagged.
Of course, this is not an ordinary villager NPC, but a player. You must kill it as soon as possible, otherwise, if the opponent realizes and uses an item, it will definitely be able to break free from your control.
Fortunately, as a vengeful ghost, his strength attribute was maxed out. The player struggled for a long time, trying to pry his hands apart, but his own hands remained unmoved.
To this player, the hands restraining him felt like ice, and within two seconds, he felt his neck and face were so frozen that he could barely feel anything.
Only then did he remember to use the prop. It wasn't that he didn't have the prop, but that he hadn't realized it before. But it was too late now, and Lin Leyou twisted his head off.
The player is dead, but it's a pity that the opponent retrieved the items they had taken out before dying. It seems this player is quite experienced; they probably lost some items before and it hurt.
Lin Leyou killed two players, but how many did Xue Rui kill?
Xue Rui is quite skilled; any player possessed by him is doomed, or rather, they die the moment they are possessed. Although he can control the body, he cannot use the player's items.
The items they had were all designed to kill ghosts, so he could only use roundabout methods to kill these players.
When Lin Leyou looked over, there were already three players' corpses lying on the ground, and Xue Rui himself had reached his limit. It seemed... um?
Xue Rui's possession is time-limited, lasting five minutes. This means that as long as Xue Rui does not release the restriction within five minutes, he can continue to control the body even if it is damaged or even if the body is separated from its head.
However, Xue Rui could feel the pain caused by the damage from these weapons, and he had to endure it. When Lin Leyou saw him, Xue Rui already had many wounds on his body.
This was only because he dodged in time. Just then, two more players circled around and tried to surround and block Xue Rui. Lin Leyou narrowed his eyes, then went over and grabbed the player who was standing at the back and was probably planning to slack off. He used the same method as before: covering his mouth and choking him to prevent him from making a sound.
This time, instead of dragging him far away, they simply snapped his neck to kill him, just to prevent these players from having time to use items. They only slowed down the fall of his body slightly to avoid making any noise.
Of course, some players are equipped with protective gear. Although he, as the BOSS, could break through it, that would attract attention. Therefore, he only targets players who are armed but not protected.
Perhaps the players' attention was all focused on Xue Rui, which is why they didn't notice the corpse lying behind them, or perhaps it was because it was dark at night?
That doesn't make sense. These people are all equipped with excellent night vision devices. They should be able to see something if they want to, right?
Lin Leyou thought for a moment and then threw the group of players into his Ghost Wall. This talent had evolved from simply using it at the beginning and waiting for it to end, to now being able to separate all the players and place them in different Ghost Wall areas. This improvement in how he used it was something he had figured out little by little.
Three were just killed by Xue Rui, and one was possessed, making a total of four dead. Lin Leyou used his talent to extract the soul of one, and secretly assassinated two others, snapping their necks, making a total of three. So, by this calculation, seven of the thirty players have now been lost.
Lin Leyou then approached Xue Rui, who wasn't trapped inside by the ghost wall, and asked, "How many minutes are left?"
Xue Rui: "About two minutes."
Lin Leyou: "So, do you still want to continue?"
Xue Rui said, "Never mind... This experiment was successful enough. There's no need to rush. We can wait for the next one."
Lin Leyou nodded, "That's good."
Xue Rui released the possession state, and a phantom emerged from the player's body before disappearing into the darkness. The two immediately drifted away and returned to the rooftop they had been on before.
Meanwhile, the players who had been trapped in the Ghost Wall by Lin Leyou all came out one after another, and quickly regrouped after they came out.
Although the time spent trapped in the "ghost wall" varied, it must be said that the players who made it this far remained remarkably calm when faced with the "ghost wall."
Everyone has a special tool to deal with being lost in a maze.
After they regrouped, they immediately discovered the man lying on the ground, covered in wounds—this was the man who had just killed the three of them…
"We're being controlled by a ghost. The ghost we just encountered was no match for us, so it used a ghost wall technique to trap us..."
"There are still many corpses over there, what should we do? Should we collect the bodies first, go back to the safe house, or... check the village chief's house?"
The player who had just tried to play Lin Leyou several times without any problems breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's go check it out. The mobs are gone too. They were probably taken away by the BOSS."
They carefully inspected the village chief's house and, finding nothing amiss, cautiously turned back. This time, they encountered no danger and returned safely to the safe house.
When they returned, the players on the rooftop also came down. "You're back? What happened? Seven people are missing?"
"There's nothing we can do. That boss can possess players, catching us completely off guard. What do you suggest we do?"
"There's no other way; we can only carry some protective gear with us."
"Some people have it, some people don't..."
"From now on, those who have the props will form a team, and those who don't..."
"Why? People with the props get to handle the more dangerous tasks?"
However, the rewards are the same. After all, the main quests are not distributed according to effort, but rather everyone gets the same points as long as they complete the quest. Naturally, players who put in more effort are unhappy about this.
"So what do you think we should do? What if those who are capable don't contribute and they all die? Do we have anyone here who feels worse seeing others profit than losing themselves?"
Upon hearing this, the players present were stunned. They were just feeling resentful; they hadn't said they wanted the main quest to fail.
At this moment, Guo Xia stepped in to smooth things over, "Alright, let's focus on the important matters now. Let's analyze the BOSS's abilities so that we don't make the same mistakes when we encounter it again."
That topic was indeed not a good one, and everyone tacitly moved on from it and didn't bring it up again.
"This BOSS can possess people silently. Since that person doesn't have any items to defend against ghosts, wearing such items should prevent possession."
"It can also turn some of the souls of the people it kills into its minions. The two little monsters that rammed the door earlier appeared during this period."
"There's also the 'ghost wall,' which can not only trap us, but also separate us and lock us in separate spaces."
"That should be all for now..."
"If that's all there is to it, it's easy to deal with, but I suspect it's more than that."
"What we just dealt with was a possessed ghost BOSS. It was surrounded by us and had no choice but to use the Ghost Wall technique to trap us and buy time before it could retreat."
At this point, everyone felt that the BOSS's strength didn't seem that great. "This analysis seems to have increased our confidence, and we feel that the BOSS isn't so scary."
"We still need to be careful. This BOSS definitely has other abilities. Even without its talent, the power of the ghost itself alone would probably be enough to give us a hard time."
"Phew... We lost seven companions tonight, and now we have eighty-eight left. We must be careful from now on. When we go out, we must be in groups of five or more to avoid being caught alone by the BOSS and killed."
Everyone values their lives and points, so no one objected to this suggestion.
Seeing that it was almost time, Guo Xia said, "The two of you providing cover up upstairs...did you see what was happening over there?"
The two men who had been using ranged weapons for cover on the roof paused for a moment. They had been talking about other things, but they didn't expect that all the attention would suddenly fall on them.
They paused slightly, somewhat surprised, but there was nothing they could do about it...
"We saw them, but they were too far away, beyond the range of our weapons."
Guo Chengzheng: "Out of range? Why didn't you say so before? If you had said so from the beginning, they wouldn't have left this range. When the possessed player started killing people, you could have reacted immediately and killed him, at least saving a few lives."
"By the way, you must have seen what happened over there, right? Why didn't you warn us? Instead, you just waited for them to come back without saying a word, as if nothing had happened?"
Unexpectedly, the matter was brought up again. Guo Chengzheng and Guo Xia, who had brought it up, did not continue to speak. Instead, they got up and left, returning to their own beds.
They didn't care, but the seven players who died each had people who supported the side quest and people who abandoned the side quest, while the two who supposedly had ranged weapons were in the fence-sitter group.
"I knew something felt off, like there was something I couldn't remember, and now I know, that's it! When we had our accident over there, we didn't get any remote help!"
"The situation was urgent at the time, and everyone was busy fighting the BOSS. We didn't even have time to react. Now that everything's fine, do you think you could have escaped by not saying a word?"
"Even if you can't figure it out tonight, you'll figure it out when you've calmed down by tomorrow. So you don't need to look at them. You'd better give us an explanation now, or don't blame us for being ruthless!"
They had incurred the wrath of the masses and were extremely anxious at that moment.
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