Chapter 751 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou withdrew her gaze from the doll and couldn't help but wonder, "That's really strange."
Xue Rui leaned closer to him, "The ghost that knocked on the door twice last night might come again tonight."
Lin Leyou: "I know. I'll see tonight. If they come, I'll kill them first. They're very annoying."
Xue Rui: "I used up most of the food in the refrigerator yesterday, so I'm going to replenish it today."
Lin Leyou said, "Okay, then you wait for me at home. I'm going to the supermarket to buy some things. Wait for me to come back, and then we'll go to the training room in the community together."
Xue Rui naturally had no objection, "Sure."
Aside from the holidays Qin Xingyu specifically arranged, Lin Leyou went to Qin Xingyu's place almost every day for special training. If he didn't relentlessly catch up, it wouldn't be long before Lin Leyou left him far behind.
Lin Leyou prepared his things, then put on a mask and left home. As he was about to step out the door, he glanced at the doll placed outside.
Xue Rui's doll was left on the balcony and not brought in, while his doll was left outside the door. Lin Leyou thought about it and wondered why, despite having opened the Happiness Community instance countless times because Xue Rui often came, he had never felt anything was amiss like this before.
Never mind, just to be on the safe side...
Lin Leyou took out his gold-plated defensive gear to protect himself before leaving home and heading towards the supermarket.
As he walked through the neighborhood, he could immediately tell which players were there. Although a few tried to blend in as NPCs, sharp-eyed people spotted them right away.
Lin Leyou passed by the entrance of the residential area on his way to the supermarket and found the security captain there; they were old acquaintances.
The security captain said, "Oh, you've come to see me?"
Lin Leyou: "Yes, I went to the supermarket and stopped by to see you. Was everything alright last night?"
The security captain shook his head, but then nodded.
Lin Leyou sensed something was wrong. "Tell me about it. I'm not going to get involved anyway, and maybe you can ask me for help."
The security captain was somewhat embarrassed. "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I don't know how to say it myself. Anyway, the whole neighborhood was very quiet and eerie last night."
Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow. "This is very strange. Even though it's only the first night, those lower-level creatures... will still come out to hunt, right?"
The security captain said, "Yes, I've been through this so many times. It always starts like this, but this time is different. I feel like the situation in this instance is a bit different."
Lin Leyou asked the system, "System, check the difficulty of this Happy Community instance."
"System notification: The difficulty of the Happy Community system has been temporarily increased to S level. Resident Lin Leyou, please pay attention to safety and assume the role of a background NPC in this instance. Thank you."
Lin Leyou raised an eyebrow, "How could it be an S-rank!"
It's worth noting that the reward for clearing the Happiness Community instance was less than a thousand points, meaning that the instance's difficulty didn't even reach the lowest C-level difficulty.
It is one of the transitional dungeons between beginner dungeons and C-level difficulty.
He looked at the security captain and said, "Try your current strength."
The security captain was stunned for a moment, "My current strength? My strength is..."
He subconsciously assessed his current strength, and only then did he realize how powerful he had become! This is...
"What happened? Why..."
Lin Leyou: "You can check it too, hurry up and confirm."
The security captain stood there for a moment, then said, "Temporarily upgrade to S-level difficulty..."
Lin Leyou, "A temporary promotion... did something happen?"
If it's true, then his previous feeling wasn't a misperception. So what exactly was lingering outside his house last night?
Could it be related to what Hua Yun'an reminded me of? Jiang Changdong? Has he come to the Happiness Community instance?
If they come, they'll definitely be NPCs from the ghost side, and they'll absolutely oppose me. But inside the dungeon, I'm just an ordinary NPC. So what if they kill me?
Lin Leyou suddenly thought of Xue Rui, who was staying at his house. Right, he was fine... but Xue Rui was different. Xue Rui had smuggled himself in and was an undocumented immigrant. If he died in the instance, would he really be dead?
Lin Leyou immediately contacted Xue Rui using the ring, "Where are you?"
Xue Rui was taken aback. He was flipping through the photo album he had found earlier, which contained many photos. "At home? What's wrong?"
Lin Leyou: "Don't go out before I get back, understand?"
Xue Rui, "Something happened?"
Lin Leyou knew that the difficulty of the dungeon was unchangeable, so he said goodbye to the security captain. He didn't go back immediately, since his refrigerator was indeed empty and he needed to go to the supermarket to replenish his supplies.
He told him about raising the dungeon difficulty to S rank.
Xue Rui: "S-rank difficulty? Why was the difficulty increased at the last minute... Could something have happened again?"
Just like last time.
Lin Leyou said, "I just don't understand, but I always feel that something is wrong. Even if the difficulty is increased, I don't think there would be any ghosts or monsters targeting the house of an ordinary NPC on the very first night of the dungeon."
Xue Rui, "Then what do you do now..."
Lin Leyou said, "I'm going to the supermarket. I brought that defensive item with me, so don't worry."
Xue Rui: "Okay then."
Ghosts are unlikely to appear during the day, but that possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, the difficulty has been increased to S level, and there's no guarantee that something unexpected won't happen.
Just then, as Xue Rui was talking to Lin Leyou with the photo album in hand, someone knocked on the door.
Lin Leyou's puppet was placed outside the door, so Xue Rui couldn't see it. He thought for a moment but didn't intend to answer. After all, he was an illegal immigrant and it was better not to expose himself to others.
Especially since Lin Leyou, the homeowner, was indeed out, it was normal for him not to respond.
"Is anyone there? Is anyone there? I'm from the security team, I'm here to ask you something."
Xue Rui's eyes narrowed. Security team... even security teams can't guarantee 100% safety.
He remained unmoved and continued to play deaf, while casually telling Lin Leyou about it. Lin Leyou had already arrived at the supermarket by then. "Don't speak. I just left the security captain's place and came to the supermarket. How could he possibly send security guards to my house to look for someone now?"
Xue Rui: "I understand."
Lin Leyou casually glanced at the doll he had placed by the door to see who was knocking.
It was indeed a person in a security guard uniform. He seemed normal. After knocking on the door several times, he muttered to himself and left, "Nobody here? I'll come back later."
Lin Leyou wasn't mistaken; the security guard had stared at the doll on the ground for a few moments before leaving, wondering, "Why would he leave such a clean doll outside?"
He seemed somewhat confused, but he didn't do anything more and turned to leave.
As the security guard's footsteps faded into the distance, Lin Leyou controlled the doll to get up and run forward at high speed. At this moment, the security guard's footsteps had already reached the stairwell, and the doll listened to the sounds inside the stairwell through the stairwell door.
The security guard's footsteps were going downhill, meaning he went downstairs, and not to another floor, but continued downhill until he left.
The doll didn't follow, but returned to its original position. The mechanical spider that Lin Leyou had left outside when he went downstairs was secretly observing.
But the security guard didn't come out of the building. The mechanical spider didn't see anyone, and the guard's figure disappeared without a trace, so it seemed that he was indeed an imposter.
Lin Leyou bought everything he might need for the next seven days at the supermarket. Of course, ingredients and fruits and vegetables were the most important. His backpack was full of food, but it wouldn't be enough to meet their needs for the next seven days.
After he brought these things downstairs, he stared at the door of the building for a long time before slowly walking in. From the lobby on the first floor to the fifth floor in the elevator, all the way to his doorstep, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Lin Leyou glanced at the doll placed at the door and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked through the doll and found that there was no one at the door.
He blinked... and seemed a little stunned.
Nobody here? Where is he now? Wait, no! The doll in front of him isn't his own! He's on the wrong floor. This floor is exactly the same as the fifth floor. No, or rather, every floor is the same. The differences are just decorations.
But this time, all the decorations were made to look exactly the same, especially the dolls at the entrance!
Lin Leyou took a deep breath, grabbed his things, and turned to leave. This time, he didn't take the elevator but went into the hallway. He looked down and saw that it was the fourth floor.
He went up one floor of the stairs and finally arrived at the fifth floor. After confirming that he could indeed see himself through the doll at the door, he knocked on the door.
But he didn't speak. Instead, he used the ring to tell Xue Rui, "Come to the door and see if I'm on the security camera."
Xue Rui: "Okay."
After checking, he said, "Yes."
Lin Leyou then opened the door, walked into the house, put the things he was carrying on the floor, and closed the door behind him. Xue Rui came over to help him pack his things.
"What happened?"
Lin Leyou told him what had just happened, "It must be the work of ghosts and monsters, specifically targeting me, an NPC. Something's not right."
After saying that, he and Xue Rui tidied up the things. They put the things that were supposed to be in the refrigerator in the refrigerator, piled the things that were supposed to be in the kitchen in the kitchen, and put the things that were supposed to be in other places on the table in the living room or dining room.
Xue Rui stood on the balcony and looked out. "Can you see inside from the outside?"
Lin Leyou: "If I allow it, then it's okay; if I don't allow it, then it's not okay."
Lin Leyou had previously set it to not allow viewing, but people inside could still see outside.
Xue Rui, "This happened right after Hua Yun'an reminded you, so it's highly likely that Jiang Changdong and the others are involved in this instance."
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