Chapter 755 [(*^▽^*)]
Even so, a few players still managed to drop some simple surveillance equipment outside and witness Lin Leyou and Xue Rui's incredible feat, which was simply astonishing.
Several players gathered in the small square and talked excitedly, "The security guards are amazing. When they see ghosts or monsters, they just chase after them and kill them. The ghosts or monsters usually run away and don't fight the security guards."
"But I saw something even more amazing. Last night, two top players teamed up to hunt ghosts, wearing hats and masks! I saw it all. They were accompanied by a little mouse that could guide them to the ghosts' locations. That's incredible. I wish I could be that strong someday."
"Really?"
"I saw it too, but my surveillance camera couldn't move, so I only saw them kill a monster and I also saw a little mouse. That's all I saw after that. That's amazing!"
"But isn't our mission to survive for seven days? There's no need to go through the trouble of killing ghosts..."
"Oh dear, that's us. We're so weak, of course we can't do anything. They're strong. With the strength of those two big shots, they're definitely hunting ghosts to get more points, and they might even get dropped item cards, which will make them even stronger."
"I'm so envious, I want points and item cards too."
"You guys are so stupid! This is an S-rank difficulty dungeon. If we survive for seven days, we can get two million points!"
They glanced at their point accounts, which had only single or double digits, at most three digits, and their eyes lit up. "We definitely can't just hide and get through this level of difficulty."
"So... the more monsters these two big shots kill, the greater our chances of passing this level!"
"Two million, two million points! Isn't that like becoming rich overnight?"
"Then let's pray that these two big shots can kill all the ghosts and monsters, so we can win without lifting a finger. I have to say, it feels great to have big shots carrying us!"
"Let's fly! Let's fly! Yay!"
These players are all semi-new players, not very strong, but they are not stupid. After all, anyone who has been through the beginner dungeon should know the importance of points.
If you think that having so many points will make you rich in the real world, you're sorely mistaken and you'll definitely suffer a terrible fate.
Lin Leyou and Xue Rui had no idea what the players were talking about. They were fast asleep at the moment. The robot only returned to its corner to hibernate after cleaning up the tableware outside.
They stayed indoors during the day and hunted ghosts at night, a lifestyle that continued until the evening of the sixth day.
Lin Leyou looked at the darkening sky outside, "The sixth night, tomorrow will be the seventh day, and the last day... but I just feel that something is wrong."
Xue Rui said, "It's alright. Even if they kill us, so what? There's only one day left until the dungeon ends. Even if they want to cheat us, how many points can they really take away? Besides... it's not certain who will win or lose."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Let's go, it's our turn to go on stage."
They put on masks and hats, opened the door, and prepared to go out. However, opening the door tonight was different from the previous days.
There should be motion-sensor lights outside the gate, which should turn on automatically when they open the door. However, there were none today, and it was still pitch black outside after the door was opened.
It wasn't the kind of darkness that comes with the sky, but rather it seemed to be filled with some kind of pure black substance. The light from inside the room disappeared as soon as it reached the outside, so it couldn't illuminate the outside at all.
Xue Rui leaned closer to look, "Is it a ghost's talent?"
Lin Leyou: "It's possible. If it's a talent, then we can't go out."
Xue Rui said, "But what good is trapping us at home? They can't get in or kill us. Even area-of-effect talents can't do anything to us."
Xue Rui took out his surveillance equipment to see what the surveillance cameras he had set up outside could capture. As a result, he found that all the surveillance cameras captured completely black images, with no visuals at all.
Xue Rui, "It shouldn't be... Could it be that the whole neighborhood..."
Lin Leyou closed the door and then followed Xue Rui to the balcony. The streetlights that were just visible had now all disappeared, leaving only darkness.
All the windows blocked the view outside, and all the surveillance cameras were completely dark. They were trapped in their homes, unaware of anything happening in the neighborhood.
Xue Rui: "What should we do? This pitch-black thing is definitely suspicious."
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, then took out her phone. "Don't worry, draw all the curtains closed. I'll contact someone to see if it helps."
Xue Rui knew he was going to contact the security captain, so he nodded and didn't say anything more.
Lin Leyou sent messages to the other party, but there was no reply. He tried calling, but the other party did not answer. He tried several times, but the situation remained the same.
Xue Rui, "No way?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "Yes, that really won't work."
Xue Rui said, "Otherwise, we can wait. Once the seven days are up, the instance will be over."
Lin Leyou felt that things might not be so simple. He subconsciously looked at the time. "Hmm? Look at the clock on the wall."
Xue Rui looked closely and the two of them quickly discovered something: the clock had stopped moving!
Not only the clocks, but when they took out their phones and looked closely, they found that the time on their phones hadn't changed either.
Lin Leyou said, "It seems that time in our current space has been fixed."
Xue Rui said, "That's not right. This is our home. Even ghosts with special talents can't use their abilities in our home."
Lin Leyou, “That’s true, but… don’t forget that your surveillance camera is also covered, and surveillance cameras are all over the neighborhood, in many corners.”
"This means that the ghost's talent covers the entire neighborhood, that is, the entire instance. It's not just our house; the entire instance is fixed at this time."
Xue Rui: "Then wouldn't the other side be able to do whatever they want? If they can find a loophole, they might be able to wipe out our points..."
Lin Leyou: "I will not allow this to happen."
He took out the Soul-Splitting Blade, opened the door, and gently swung it forward. The blade sliced through the space outside the door, and the gleaming tip seemed to pierce through the solidified darkness outside, creating a visible crack in the darkness.
Xue Rui watched as the opening gradually healed, then took out one of his tools, poked it into the doorway, and easily poked a hole. "This..."
Of course, the hole quickly and automatically repaired itself.
Lin Leyou said, "The security team will definitely not sit idly by. They should be thinking of a solution. Let's wait and see."
Xue Rui said, "The time is fixed. Even if we wait a long time, it's impossible to wait until the dungeon ends. We still need to think of a way..."
The security team will definitely try to find a solution, but they may not necessarily come to rescue them.
Lin Leyou nodded, "Then let's give this a try."
Xue Rui knew he wanted to take out the red lotus. This red lotus was also a gold-plated gemstone item with extremely strong effects. They would occasionally take it out to burn away all the sins they had accumulated, such as the sins of killing, so that they would not be accidentally injured when they needed it urgently.
After all, sins accumulate over time and cannot be eliminated once and for all. Lin Leyou hesitated again at this moment.
"The time is fixed. We seem to be trapped, but it could be a smokescreen. We've just controlled the surveillance sphere that you and I put out."
As Lin Leyou spoke, he closed the door. "Wait. If it's still like this after seven days, then we'll take out the Red Lotus again. For now, please be patient."
Xue Rui thought of another possibility: "It could also be a delaying tactic. Perhaps after all this time, he will have achieved his goal, and by then it will be too late for us to make a move."
Lin Leyou thought it over and over, but still couldn't be sure, so he said, "Let's take it out and try it out."
Indecisiveness may lead to complete failure in the end. Even if you are deceived, it doesn't matter... Anyway, the dungeon will eventually end. They are just ordinary residents in this dungeon. Even if they die, it doesn't mean the mission has failed.
With the doors and windows tightly shut and the curtains drawn, Lin Leyou stood in the living room, then took out the burning red lotus. The moment the small red lotus appeared in his palm, it ignited them.
Even though Lin Leyou and Xue Rui had experienced this many times before, they still couldn't help but gasp. The burning sensation in their souls was something they would never get used to, no matter how many times they experienced it.
Fortunately, the flames only burned on them for a short ten seconds before going out.
They were alright now, but those dark things outside were finished. Lin Leyou put away the red lotus, and then the two of them lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at the darkness outside the window.
The darkness was no longer complete; all darkness was enveloped in ethereal flames. Perhaps they hadn't realized it before, but now they could hear mournful cries that echoed through the heavens and earth.
Lin Leyou said, "I thought it was some kind of ghost's talent, but I never expected that the darkness was actually a ghost."
Xue Rui: "We can see outside now."
Under the burning flames, the viscous darkness became pitted and uneven, and they could indeed see some of the outside world through these breaks.
Moreover, thanks to the faint light of these ethereal flames, the golden ginkgo trees outside the window now also appear to have a faint golden hue.
Before long, the burning darkness gradually disappeared before their eyes. Their sins could be burned away; after all, they were human and hadn't done anything too bad.
But this darkness itself is a monster, composed of gloomy things from the dark side. When it encounters karmic fire, it's like oil meeting fire, instantly igniting and burning at an extremely fast speed.
The last remaining darkness coalesced above the neighborhood, shrinking and shrinking, seemingly trying to reduce the burning area by shrinking its body in order to buy time and call for help.
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