Chapter 714 [(*^▽^*)]
Players who escaped the plaza area were now far from the venom, and after frantically drinking healing potions, their injuries healed much faster.
"Quickly, run this way!"
"Is this speed enough?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you just say you were being targeted by some powerful monster? If you don't run fast and rejoin the others, you're going to die."
"Damn, I forgot about that! Quick, there are a lot of people over here, come this way!"
They quickly rejoined the team of ten players, and the snake didn't chase after them. "What's going on? Is this monster the number one ghost?"
"I just secretly used a weapon item, a purple heavy pistol with a silencer. I fired several shots at the snake's tail, its body, and its head, but it was completely useless! My defense is maxed out!"
"None of this works? Your purple-grade weapon... then mine... mine requires melee combat, but the area around the monster is definitely venomous, so I can't get close."
"What should we do? Should we...?"
"Don't worry, it will be dawn soon. After dawn, the monster will turn back into a human, and then it will be our turn to make a move. For now, let's hide."
"Where can we hide... Oh no, the monster is coming this way! Run!"
The monster didn't damage the surrounding houses or roads; it only chased players who were walking outside. Some players even ran into their houses to hide. The monster either didn't know this or was deliberately not chasing them; it only chased those it could see and who were still outside.
Their group of about ten people was the largest, so the monsters naturally headed towards them first.
"Run! Let's get out of the village, that monster shouldn't..."
"Hurry! It's very fast, it'll be here soon!"
They used their unique abilities and speed-up items, and in the end, they managed to escape to the outskirts of the village before being caught by the monsters, and even ran to more distant places.
As they expected, the serpent-man monster didn't chase after them. It just stood at the edge of the village, watching in their direction with its cold, vertical pupils, as if it wanted to freeze their bodies.
"No, these eyes are making me uneasy. Let's move further away."
"Quick, over here."
After they walked away, the monster did not stay at the edge of the village. Instead, it turned around and twisted its body in another direction. At this time, the monster found the players who were just scattered and hiding in the village one by one.
Faced with this monster, they tried everything they could, taking out all the items in their backpacks, but nothing worked; all their attacks were just tickling it.
The end result was that all those targeted who couldn't escape were poisoned and eaten by the snake-man monster.
With only ten minutes left until dawn, the monster was not giving up. In addition to the players it had just eaten, some players had hidden inside the houses. It was now roaming near the house with the largest number of players, as if waiting for them to come out.
But where would the players go? They all huddled together and hid in the house, and they would never go out before dawn. However, they forgot one thing... Although this monster had a snake's head and tail, it had a human torso and two hands.
Just as they were hoping time would pass quickly, a player suddenly saw a giant hand appear outside the window. This hand ripped the window and its frame off and tossed it aside.
The next second, just as the player expected, the hand reached in from there and groped around inside. The bones inside the arm seemed to be soft and could bend and twist at will.
Even the fingers work the same way, allowing you to search every corner of the house, thus making it impossible for any player hiding inside to escape detection.
Soon, several players took out teleportation items and left the house. As for where they would appear, that was beyond their current knowledge.
At this moment, Lin Leyou, along with Xue Rui, controlled their monitoring devices and quietly infiltrated the cell where the monster had been imprisoned.
Of course, it wasn't the mechanical spider that went down, since we didn't know if there was any danger inside. We could only send the monitoring ball down, and Xue Rui even installed a small light on the monitoring ball for this purpose.
As the monitoring ball slowly floated down, the underground space was instantly illuminated by the small lights, revealing a completely open area. It was quite spacious, however…
Looking at the situation displayed on the monitor screen, Lin Leyou, a human, was somewhat surprised. "There's nothing inside, except for this... array carved into the ground?"
Xue Rui, "A summoning circle?"
"Probably not. If it's a summoning circle, then this snake-man monster was summoned, not a ghost belonging to the village?"
Xue Rui: "The situation is a bit complicated. Let's search more carefully."
Soon they saw some writing carved on a wall. It looked very messy and was difficult to read, but they still managed to read it through, albeit haltingly.
The general idea is that by using this formation, one can reunite with a part of oneself that has separated from them, and return to being a true person.
However, to use this formation, you need a scale from a snake-man monster.
only……
Everything else is fine, but this scale is very difficult to obtain. They all saw the scene of the snake-man monster hunting down players. So many players have used almost all the available items, whether physical attacks, chemical attacks or other types, but they were completely useless.
This monster is like a bug; it cannot be harmed at all, yet it can hunt down one player after another with its strong defense and powerful venom.
"The snake-man monster is back! Come out quickly!"
The mechanical spider spotted the snake-man monster in the distance, which had probably already devoured all the players in that house. Before leaving, it thoughtfully put the window frame it had just taken down back in place, and then slowly made its way towards the plaza.
Xue Rui quickly controlled the monitoring ball to leave the underground space, and then secretly hid all the monitoring equipment, making sure it couldn't be discovered.
The snake-man monster appeared slow, but it covered great distances, arriving at the plaza in less than a minute. It stared at the hole in the plaza with its vertical pupils for a moment, and then its body slowly shrank.
It returned to the underground space below, and the surroundings became quiet.
Those who were secretly watching thought the hole dug in the square would be restored to its original state, but to their surprise, nothing happened, and the hole was simply left there.
Daylight broke.
Humans Lin Leyou and Xue Rui exchanged glances. They decided to go out and take a look, but not too close to the square. They would observe from a distance how the NPCs would react once they noticed the situation in the square.
They weren't the only ones with this idea; other players who were secretly observing, as well as those who had luckily escaped last night, were all waiting for the NPCs to come out of their homes.
About two minutes after daybreak, a few NPCs began to appear on the street, and then the number of people increased, so naturally many NPCs saw what was happening in the square.
As a result, they stood around the pit expressionlessly, some whispering, but no one knew what they were saying.
Lin Leyou, a human, wondered, "I wonder if the village chief has shown up."
Xue Rui said, "I still haven't seen the village chief."
As soon as they finished speaking, they saw and heard an unbelievable scene through the mechanical spider.
One of the NPCs slowly walked to the edge of the pit and called down, "Village Chief, do you want us to help you close the door?"
Huh? Village chief? Close the gate?
Who is the village chief? What gate is being closed?
At this moment, all the players who were watching this scene realized that the long-lost village chief was actually in a cell below the fountain square... no, in the basement. The entrance that the players had opened earlier was the door to the village chief's house, and this village chief was the strongest monster in the dungeon.
Meanwhile, the two ghosts in Villa No. 16 were also talking about this so-called village chief.
Ghost Lin Leyou: "Do you think this village chief is the number one ghost?"
Ghost Xue Rui: "I'm better than him."
Lin Leyou said, "Speaking of which, I don't seem to know what abilities you have after you become a ghost."
Xue Rui touched his hand. "I don't have any special abilities. I can cut the combined strength of anyone or anything hostile to me, or even ghosts, in half. If I can hold out for ten minutes, I can cut it in half again. If I hold out for another ten minutes, I can cut it in half again, and so on."
"It also has the ability to control water."
Lin Leyou blinked. "This seems to be much better than mine."
Xue Rui, "What do you have?"
Lin Leyou, "What you see is plant control, as well as claw tearing, hovering flight, and turning around to kill."
Xue Rui, "Turn around and kill?"
He looked at his hands; he didn't have any claws, and he couldn't fly when he became a monster.
Lin Leyou said, "If I talk to you from behind, and the words include the word 'turn around,' and you actually turn around, then the condition is met, and I can kill you at any time regardless of any conditions or restrictions."
Xue Rui, "He seems very strong, but in reality... he is still very strong."
Lin Leyou said, "This condition is difficult to fulfill. It can only be done by surprise. So remember, I will never call you back from behind."
Xue Rui: "We won't be separated in this instance, and only you have this ability. Each ghost's ability is unique and won't be repeated."
Lin Leyou said, "What if there are similar ones? Anyway, don't look back randomly at night."
Xue Rui pondered for a moment, then said, "I'll listen to you."
Lin Leyou smiled and patted his neck, "Did you see what happened at the village chief's house just now?"
Xue Rui, "You mean that formation and the words carved on the wall?"
Lin Leyou nodded. "What do you think?"
Xue Rui took his hand and squeezed it in her own. "I have no idea. Let's see what they do. I need to think about it some more..."
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