Chapter 65: Prison (6)
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The movement of the female player turning back seemed to suddenly go into slow motion in everyone's eyes. Her expression changed from stunned to disbelief, and then to deep fear.
The corpse ghosts in the hall had just retreated from the corridor and had not yet gone back to sleep. When they heard the noise, they opened their eyes again and stood up, stretching out their bloody arms to grab her. Countless ghosts surrounded her body at the same time. If she couldn't dodge, she would be torn to pieces in the next moment!
The black-clad bodyguard didn't even look at her. He grabbed another player next to him and pushed her to the other side with the same action as before, avoiding the group of zombies that surrounded the female player in front.
In addition to Qin Yi and Yi Han, the other members present were 2 men, 3 women, and 2 animals. The bodyguards' attack was so sudden that the players were caught off guard and were almost all pushed into the enemy in a blink of an eye. The zombies entangled several players, and no one paid attention to the bodyguards and Qin Yi who had not yet entered the hallway.
There was nothing unclear about the situation. The master lost consciousness, and the servants, driven by the supreme belief of "protecting the master", pushed all irrelevant passers-by out as bait to pave the way for the master to escape.
"There is indeed something wrong with this Qin Yi. This was definitely planned by him." Yi Han called the system in his mind while throwing the iron chain to the black-clad bodyguard. The system responded to him immediately, as if it had added some buff to him, and issued the latest instant task: Save the lives of these players who should not have died.
Amid the screams of his teammates and the meaningless growls of the zombies, the system's voice was a little unclear, but even if the system didn't say anything, Yi Han wouldn't just leave it alone. With a force of his arms, he pulled back the bodyguard who was about to escape from the door. Yi Han tied the iron chain between the bodyguard's legs, and the bodyguard was tripped to the ground, but the unconscious Qin Yi was still fixed on his back.
After all this, a corpse ghost soon noticed Yi Han, and he controlled the iron chain to tie the other end firmly to the wall lamp, making it impossible for the bodyguard to escape. He dodged the attacks of the bodyguard and the corpse ghost, and turned around to help others without fighting.
The players here were suddenly attacked and were hit because they couldn't dodge in time, but they quickly reacted and began to use various life-saving props and abilities in a hurry while covering their wounds. After all, these people were three-star players and had some fighting power. Seeing that they could still hold on, Yi Han helped his own Jian Lin and Xiao Hei out first.
Just when he was dealing with the bodyguard, Jian Lin had been surrounded and beaten by four corpse ghosts. Xiao Hei tried his best to protect Jian Lin. A faint light flashed on his body during the battle, and his ferocity was N times higher than before. It seemed that when the system added a buff to Yi Han just now, it also released Xiao Hei's seal, so that they could turn the situation around. However, there were too many enemies, and being beaten by four corpse ghosts was almost equivalent to being beaten by four Yi Hans... When Yi Han came over, both of them were injured.
The iron pot appeared in his hand again. Although he couldn't kill the zombies with one blow, it was better than nothing. Yi Han joined the battle and used fatal moves. Several zombies were soon beaten to a pulp.
"No, the efficiency is too low." Without having time to check on his partner's injuries, Yi Han casually threw a portion of braised pork to Jian Lin, then turned around and took Xiao Hei to rescue other players, but this time he changed his strategy.
Xiao Hei followed beside him to assist in attacking the zombies, but Yi Han kept his eyes on the players who were being chased.
As the chains were still tied to the bodyguard, Yi Han had to reach out and grab them himself. He pulled a bloody female player out from the pile of zombies, and with a backhand swing, he threw her towards the open door.
The female player was surrounded and tried desperately to escape, but the corpse ghosts did not give way to her. Unexpectedly, she was caught by Yi Han when she was on the verge of death. Before she could stand firm with her wounded body, she was dragged out of the game by the system.
Seeing that this method was good, Yi Han followed the same method and drilled into four or five more piles of zombies, retrieving people and throwing them away, all in one go.
However, with this tactic, his seriously injured teammates were sent out of the game one after another, and his helpers became fewer and fewer, and finally all the zombies surrounded him and Xiao Hei.
For some reason, there were not many ghouls around the bodyguard. Occasionally, a few of them approached him, but they all attacked him instead of the unconscious Qin Yi. The bodyguard's legs were entangled and he couldn't move. He could only stand there and fight with the ghouls, but it didn't take long before a ghoul's arm bone pierced his chest directly.
Yi Han saw this scene and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
The bodyguard's combat capability is about the same as Yi Han's, and he can only fight one corpse ghost. According to common sense, even if there are innocent teammates in front as bait, even if he disregards his own life and tries his best to protect his employer, there is no guarantee that he can get it out.
But Qin Yi still knocked himself unconscious and handed his life to him. Why?
During the battle, Yi Han tried hard to think about what Qin Yi had said and done before. He glanced at the corpse ghost that killed the bodyguard, pulled out his arm bone violently, but ignored Qin Yi, turned around and leisurely joined the army attacking him.
"There must be something on Qin Yi's body." Yi Han's heart moved.
At this time, there were still thirteen corpse ghosts in the field. After the bodyguard died, they all came to besiege him and his two companions. Jian Lin was seriously injured in the previous battle. Although he had eaten braised pork and recovered half of his injuries, he soon began to feel weak again after joining the battle. Xiao Hei was in a slightly better condition, but during the fight, Yi Han heard various fractures and the sound of piercing flesh and blood.
He would definitely lose if he fought like this. Yi Han gritted his teeth, suddenly gave up defense, turned around, and rushed towards Qin Yi who was lying in the corner.
The corpse ghosts chased after him, and non-stop attacks fell on his back, but they were soon stopped by Jian Lin and Xiao Hei. In a blink of an eye, Yi Han was next to Qin Yi.
He threw the bodyguard's body aside without any hesitation and began to touch Qin Yi carefully. The next moment, he took out a tooth-shaped necklace from the inner pocket of his clothes.
It was opened from the reward box obtained from the second random level. However, it seemed that one of the teeth on it was missing.
【Tooth necklace】
【Quality: Grade C】
【Condition: Brand new】
[Explanation: The necklace made of the victim's teeth is probably a talisman.]
As soon as he got the necklace, Yi Han felt that the attack from behind slowed down.
"really."
He stared at the missing bead on the necklace, and without thinking, he tore it apart completely. Then he forced himself to stand up, returned to the encirclement, and gave one to Jian Lin and Xiao Hei respectively.
As expected, after getting the single tooth, the zombies' offensive was temporarily slowed down.
The situation improved slightly, and Yi Han then felt that his ribs seemed to be broken and he had several penetrating wounds on his body. But for the sake of caution, he gritted his teeth, swung out the chain he had just retrieved, and worked together with his companions to finally knock down all the remaining zombies.
This tragic battle finally ended. The huge hallway finally became quiet, leaving only the gasps of the two injured men and the leopard.
"No wonder he dared to knock himself out. With the amulet, no one would attack him even if he was lying in a pile of zombies. In order to prevent the necklace from being found and taken away after he fainted, he specially hid a necklace. It is very likely that he took the opportunity to drink the poison/drug and swallowed it... This is his backup plan."
Yi Han covered his bleeding wound and looked back at the unconscious man with glasses. He finally understood how this man had evaded the system's surveillance.
This person should have had a clear goal from the beginning: to use the unlocking times of his teammates to find the exit, and then only keep the exclusive reward for himself, and let the others die. But Qin Yi also knew the system's character value judgment and screening mechanism, so if he wanted to achieve this goal, he couldn't be discovered by the system.
Qin Yi had mentioned before that before he met his teammates, he found an unsent letter, which hinted that something was wrong. But now that he thought about it, this hint was almost equivalent to not hinting at all... He must have concealed some key information, such as the "tooth amulet" must have been mentioned in the letter - but it should be very obscure. After all, if it was a clear hint, Qin Yi would be discovered by the system if he deliberately concealed it, but for the obscure hint, there was a reason not to say it, "because I didn't realize it was a clue."
"I read the ghost story on the forum" and "I saw the unsent letter" are two actions that cannot be concealed, so he took the initiative to say them. But "a few words in the letter that I am not sure whether they can be considered clues" can be concealed, so he did not say it.
Similarly, when he got the "tooth necklace" later, he could say "I didn't know that every tooth was useful, and I thought that a talisman could only protect one person", so he didn't say it. Then, by drinking poison/drug and swallowing a single tooth, he could say "Since it is said to be an amulet, I want to use it to block the other half of the poison/drug", which is also fine. Finally, because a tooth was removed, the amulet effect of the necklace still exists, "It turns out that every tooth is an amulet, so as long as the teeth are distributed to all teammates, everyone can pass the level together", this conclusion, he can no longer use the excuse that he didn't know... However, at the same time, he fainted after drinking poison, so even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it.
"This is really..." Yi Han didn't know how to comment. However, these were just his speculations. After telling the system, the system's reply was even more helpless: It was because such things always happened around him, but there was no solid evidence, that he could not be judged as infamous.
The bodyguard in black was just a consumable of Qin Yi. "Using any means necessary to protect his employer and harming his teammates" was entirely the bodyguard's own decision and could not be blamed on Qin Yi. Moreover, Qin Yi might not have wanted the bodyguard to leave the door alive - the murderer who harmed his teammates was already dead, so should he still punish the master who knew nothing?
"Now this person is not a bad player. If I leave him alone and he fails to pass the level after 24:00, will my character value be deducted?" Yi Han asked while covering his wound. Now that the game is over, his mute debuff has disappeared.
"If you watch someone in need and do not help him, your character points will be deducted, but this person has life-saving items on him, so it's okay for you to leave him behind, he won't die..." said the system.
"..." Yi Han just wanted to say that this person really had a lot of backup plans.
Enduring the pain, Yi Han collected the more than 20 reward treasure chests that fell on the ground. He turned around and stared at Qin Yi, then tightened the iron pot in his hand.
"...Don't be impulsive. You will go to jail if you kill someone." The system said helplessly.
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