Chapter 703 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou frowned deeply. He disliked this feeling of being out of control, as if his own vault had been brazenly opened by another petty thief.
He didn't even know where the door was. If the other party wanted to take all his props, where would he find them?
"Something's not right. Someone can just take the items from our backpacks, and even the points we've used!"
Xue Rui said, "It seems like it's us."
Lin Leyou blinked. "What's going on? Themselves?"
Xue Rui, "Shall we go out and look for them?"
Lin Leyou suddenly noticed something was wrong. "Come to think of it, I didn't realize it before. You haven't changed at all. You're still the same as before, but I've changed a lot."
Xue Rui touched his face. "It really is the same as before. Logically speaking, it should change its appearance."
Lin Leyou, "If you're going out during the day, it's best to wear a mask and a hat."
Xue Rui said, "Speaking of which, I found that I couldn't open the door or the window to leave the house in any way."
Lin Leyou was slightly taken aback. "Why is that?"
Xue Rui looked at Lin Leyou and said, "I don't know either, you'll have to ask you."
Lin Leyou suddenly remembered something: when he returned from outside and branded this house, the karmic fire on his body seemed to have not yet subsided.
So, this house absorbed even the karmic fire burning on his body back then? Of course, it was definitely only a tiny bit, nothing more.
But even this small detail was fatal to Xue Rui, for it was karmic fire, and even a tiny bit of it would ignite. Karmic fire was just that domineering.
He grabbed Xue Rui's hand with lingering fear, "It was my oversight. When I marked this house, I had some karmic fire on me, and it was probably absorbed along with it. You absolutely have to be careful living here and not touch anything carelessly."
Xue Rui was taken aback. "Karmic fire?"
Lin Leyou said, "Yes... I became the master of this place after I burned the ghost of number sixteen to death with karmic fire. But the attack of karmic fire is indiscriminate, and I was also set on fire. But fortunately, I didn't have much sin on me, and it disappeared on its own after burning for a while."
"I can't show you this. If I take it out, you'll be set on fire. I have my own ways of protecting myself, but you..."
Xue Rui: "What method? I'd like to try it too. If you keep worrying about me, when we need to use the Karmic Fire in the future, will you take it out or not?"
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, then took off the earring from his ear. It was a prop he had always treasured, the Golden Sun. After putting it on Xue Rui, he said, "Let's try it out."
He is a resident, and every time he plays an NPC, he kills many players. He doesn't just play as an NPC; even when he is on the player's side, he never hesitates.
Compared to myself, Xue Rui should have committed far fewer sins. Since I could endure it, Xue Rui certainly could too.
Xue Rui now knew the purpose of Jin Yang. "I've been seeing this on your ear for a while, and I thought it was just a simple earring. I didn't expect it to be such a powerful prop."
Lin Leyou shook his head, "When I first got Jin Yang, it was just a white-grade item. I gradually upgraded it to a gold-grade item by accumulating points and meeting the upgrade requirements."
Xue Rui nodded, "I've never seen a growth-type item before."
Lin Leyou said, "This thing is indeed very rare, and I obtained it by chance."
Xue Rui, "I'm ready, Karmic Fire..."
Lin Leyou said, "It's a karmic fire red lotus. Once this thing is taken out, it's an indiscriminate attack. Right now, it's just the two of us."
He took a deep breath. "Then should I take it out?"
Xue Rui nodded, looking at him seriously, "Mm."
Lin Leyou took out the palm-sized red lotus from his backpack. The red lotus sat obediently in Lin Leyou's palm, and the ethereal flames, like wisps of smoke, ignited Xue Rui nearby.
Lin Leyou quickly put the red lotus away, then cautiously looked at Xue Rui, "How are you feeling?"
Xue Rui touched the golden sun on his ear. "It's okay. I don't feel anything from the ten minutes of invincibility."
Lin Leyou was slightly relieved and had the energy to observe the flames on his body. "These flames are burning fiercely..."
He found it strange. Xue Rui's sins should be far less than his own, so why did the flames now appear even more ferocious than when he was first ignited?
He was now somewhat uncertain. "You...your flames...something doesn't look right."
Xue Rui, "Something's not right?"
Lin Leyou said, "It's just that... your flames look stronger than mine were when I first started."
He paused, then continued, "I have a bad feeling."
Xue Rui blinked innocently, "It should be fine, didn't you provide me with the props?"
Lin Leyou said, "This item is not omnipotent. The invincibility only lasts for ten minutes, after which it only increases the mental recovery speed by fifty percent."
"This flame cannot be extinguished midway. In other words, it will only go out after all the sins on your body have been burned away. However, if it burns for too long, you may have problems."
Xue Rui retorted directly, "So you used it without knowing how long it would burn?"
Lin Leyou was immediately speechless. "I was dealing with the sixteenth ghost who had completely set his sights on me. He had been following me all day and all night, just to kill me and eat me."
"I got this red lotus from the item box you gave me. I have to thank you. If it weren't for the box you gave me, I probably wouldn't have survived back then."
Xue Rui, however, did not believe it. "Don't you have defensive items? You also have peach tree branches, a Soul-Splitting Dagger, and even a weapon that inflicts true damage. Are you really not able to deal with that monster?"
Lin Leyou was silent for a moment, then said, "I was wrong. Wasn't it because I wasn't confident I could kill him using other methods?"
Xue Rui looked at the flames burning on his body and said, "It's okay, I can't die. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. Don't be fooled by the fierce flames now, they'll be over in a while."
Lin Leyou asked with some doubt, "Really?"
Xue Rui said, "You'll see in ten minutes..."
Lin Leyou waited obediently for ten minutes. After ten minutes, the invincibility effect brought by the Golden Sun prop disappeared. He could feel Xue Rui stiffen and widen his eyes at that moment.
Lin Leyou reached out and grabbed his wrist. "How does it feel?"
Xue Rui took a deep breath, "Give...give..."
Lin Leyou knew what he wanted to say, so he took the initiative to move closer and the two hugged each other. At that moment, he noticed that the flames on Xue Rui's body suddenly shrank a lot, to about one-third of what they were before.
What's going on?
Xue Rui felt much better at this point. He no longer felt like his blood and bones were burning. At least he could speak more fluently.
"I can probably sense something strange about me. After all, it's nighttime, and I've transformed into a ghost, which is related to my abilities."
“I can control these things related to sin to a certain extent. By concentrating them, the flames will burn more fiercely, but in doing so, it will be much easier to bear afterwards.”
Lin Leyou didn't ask what his ability was. The most important thing now was to wait for the flames on his body to go out. The two of them just lay on the bed, embracing each other.
As time passed, and as dawn broke, the two of them gradually returned to their human forms. After waiting for more than an hour, the flames on Xue Rui's body gradually died down.
Lin Leyou breathed a sigh of relief, then took out some food from his backpack. "Let's eat something first? I can take a nap after I'm full."
The flames have indeed gone out, but the burning flames took away not only his sins, but also his spiritual power. It will probably be nighttime for his spirit to fully recover.
Xue Rui didn't stand on ceremony and smiled as he fed Lin Leyou a bite first, saying, "You eat first."
After Lin Leyou finished eating, he fed him, saying, "Eat quickly, eat your fill and get a good night's sleep. You'll feel better when you wake up, and we'll go out to hunt tonight."
Xue Rui, "Prey?"
Lin Leyou said, "We have faction badges, so we're definitely on the same side. Since we're both ghosts, what do you think our missions might be as NPC ghosts?"
Xue Rui, "Kill the player".
Lin Leyou nodded, "Yes, killing players, that's how it should be. Although other possibilities cannot be ruled out, for ghosts and monsters, hunting players can't be wrong, at most it's irrelevant."
Xue Rui: "That makes sense. We'll go together when I wake up."
Lin Leyou looked at him and said, "Eat quickly."
Xue Rui didn't last long. After eating his fill, he lay down and fell asleep instantly. Only then did Lin Leyou finish eating the rest of his food. After cleaning up, he originally planned to go for a walk.
But thinking about Xue Rui lying at home, completely powerless, what if someone breaks in?
The house in this instance is not a safe house; anyone can break in if they want to. The karmic fire mixed in with your house was just an accident.
The thought of the karmic fire told Lin Leyou that no one could possibly break into the house, but he was still worried, so he decided not to go out.
He returned to the room and lay down next to Xue Rui. Xue Rui was fast asleep, but he reached out and pulled him into his arms.
Although Lin Leyou was a little annoyed, he didn't struggle. Normally, he would have held Xue Rui's head in his arms instead of letting him hold it.
The villa was quiet inside, but it was noisy outside.
More than ten players gathered in the square during the day today, exchanging information they knew.
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