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He Lizhou took something out of his pocket. Wu Guyun took a closer look and found that it was a dagger. Even though he knew that He Lizhou was a helpful NPC, he still couldn't help but get nervous.
He Lizhou pointed the tip of the knife toward himself and handed it to Wu Guyun, "This dagger can be used for simple communication. Vibration means that the other party is in trouble."
After that, he demonstrated it to Wu Guyun, and Wu Guyun finally understood what He Lizhou meant. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I thought..."
She thought she had trusted the wrong person and He Lizhou had turned against her at the last minute.
He Lizhou didn't have time to say more, "Your time is almost up. You must find the secret that Mr. Bai has hidden in this house as soon as possible. Act quickly."
Wu Guyun nodded and pointed the dagger, "Where are you going?"
He Lizhou glanced at the overlapping eaves of the backyard and pointed, "Front yard."
The area of the front yard is naturally larger than that of the backyard. Wu Guyun wanted to ask a question, but when he thought of He Lizhou's mysterious attitude, he swallowed his words and said, "Okay, I hope this matter can be resolved in one night."
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Wu Guyun clung to the wall, released the force with her arms, and landed lightly on the ground without making any sound. After she calmed her breathing, she took out the dagger left by He Lizhou from her arms and struck a certain part of the handle. Soon, the dagger began to vibrate.
He Lizhou had just arrived at the front yard when the dagger in his pocket suddenly vibrated wildly. He took out the dagger in disbelief and confirmed that it was vibrating before running towards the back house.
Wu Guyun had already brought Si Dongyun to the agreed place. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw He Lizhou running over. Her expression was still calm, but Si Dongyun was not. Si Dongyun was panicked, muttering to herself, pacing on the spot. If Wu Guyun had not been by her side, He Lizhou almost suspected that Si Dongyun was mentally ill.
He Lizhou only took a quick look at Si Dongyun's situation, then turned to ask Wu Guyun, "What did you see?"
Wu Guyun was also not calm. She swallowed her saliva, her fingers still trembling unconsciously, "The whole yard is full of bones."
He Lizhou almost suspected that he had heard it wrongly, and repeated in disbelief, "A yard full of bones?"
Wu Guyun nodded. She knew this was outrageous, so she took the lead and wanted to take He Lizhou to see it.
He Lizhou glanced at Si Dongyun. She was quite frightened, but she still knew that she wanted to follow Wu Guyun, so he did not stop her. Leaving her here alone would only make it more dangerous.
Wu Guyun led the two people and walked around to a courtyard. Wu Guyun walked forward and looked at the mark left on the door, then nodded to He Lizhou, indicating that this was the courtyard.
He Lizhou looked through the crack in the door. It was pitch black inside and he couldn't see anything clearly. So he straightened up and looked at the two people in front of him. "How did you see a garden full of bones?"
Although Wu Guyun was also frightened, he could still sense the suspicion in He Lizhou's eyes, so he pointed to the wall he had climbed over and said, "I saw it from where I climbed up."
He Lizhou looked at Si Dongyun again. This time, before he could ask any questions, Wu Guyun took the initiative to explain, "Si Dongyun also saw it, and we looked into the yard together."
The moon was not big tonight, and He Lizhou didn't see anything through the crack in the door just now, so he couldn't help but suspect that there was a formation in the yard. Since there were Taoists and evil spirits in this copy, it was not surprising to have a formation. He Lizhou estimated the height of the wall, jumped up, and held on to the top of the wall with both hands.
He lowered his head and looked into the yard, and couldn't help but hold his breath. In the yard, there were piles of white bones, which emitted an eerie and lustrous luster under the faint moonlight.
The reason why he saw darkness through the crack in the door at that time was not because of some formation, but because there was a tall and thin man in black clothes standing at the door. At this moment, he was tilting his head to look at He Lizhou who was lying on the wall, with a sneer on his lips and undisguised malice and expectation in his eyes.
Even though He Lizhou loosened his hands and jumped off the high wall immediately, he was unable to deceive the other party. Before He Lizhou could even utter the word "run", the three people heard the sound of the courtyard door being pushed open.
The moment the man in black opened the gate, people poured out from other courtyards, and finally Mr. Bai appeared surrounded by a crowd of people.
Mr. Bai's health condition seemed to have taken a sudden turn for the worse. After a whole day, he needed someone's help to stand up.
He walked to the front and looked at He Lizhou coldly, "Sure enough, you are also a traitor."
This time he didn't ask anything. The movement of raising his hand seemed to have exhausted all his strength. His wrist dropped limply. The man in black got the signal and the smile on the corner of his lips deepened.
“You guys are quite capable, to have managed to get here—” He did not reveal more, but the new helper that appeared the next moment surprised the three of them.
The new helpers are other players in the dungeon.
Wu Guyun's eyes widened slightly, and He Lizhou instantly understood how the man in black did it, and why all the players who entered this copy seemed to have no opinions of their own.
This is a typical case of mental pollution. Sheng Ju would probably be very familiar with it because he had just learned this trick, a concept that Proctor He Lizhou had memorized while attending classes as an auditor.
From the moment they first entered this dungeon, mental pollution had already begun, so it was difficult for that group of players to think independently and they could only rely on Wu Guyun alone.
As for Wu Guyun not being affected, it was probably because her personal skills blocked this mental pollution, and she often went to the incarnation of He Lizhou's house, which seemed to be a hotel, to inquire for clues. Si Dongyun was not affected because of Wu Guyun's subconscious protection.
but……
He Lizhou couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wu Guyun. Although she was not affected by the severe pollution, if he guessed correctly, the pile of bones was the source of pollution. Wu Guyun could avoid the severe pollution, but she might not be able to bear to look directly at the source of pollution. Sure enough, he saw that her eyes were confused and she was tending to be in the same state as Si Dongyun.
He Lizhou pulled her behind him and took the opportunity to cut Wu Guyun's fingertips with a dagger. Although the dagger was blunt, it was still effective in cutting flesh. Wu Guyun felt the pain and his eyes became clear for a moment.
The "puppets" around were the eyes and ears of the man in black. He naturally knew what He Lizhou and Wu Guyun were doing behind the scenes, but he didn't take it seriously. Sure enough, after Wu Guyun woke up briefly, he soon fell into illusion again, and this time it seemed to be even more serious.
He Lizhou had no better idea. He reached to his lower back with his right hand and pulled out a new dagger.
Master Bai looked at He Lizhou coldly. After taking a breath just now, he had recovered a little, so he gave the order in a decisive manner: "Kill him."
The moment his order came out, He Lizhou and the "puppets" around him moved at the same time. Although there were a large number of people, fortunately they all had ordinary attack power. In addition, Wu Guyun and Si Dongyun also suppressed their instincts at that moment and did not use the advantage of the closest distance to hurt He Lizhou.
The short knife that He Lizhou had just taken out was so sharp that it could cut hair with a single blow. When he rubbed it against the puppet's neck, a very thin scar appeared. The puppet's head swayed on its neck for a few times before falling to the ground.
During this period, He Lizhou also recognized that some of the people inside were players who had played in the same dungeon as him. If that was the case, then all the puppets in the yard were probably created by players who had lost their self-awareness.
Even though he knew this, he still did not hesitate or show any mercy when he took action.
In his opinion, losing self-awareness means death, and there is no need to hesitate in this situation. If he is soft-hearted, he will naturally be among the group of puppets besieging the next player.
The headless puppet lost its sense of direction, rushed around recklessly, and even destroyed the new formation that the man in black had intentionally set up.
Although the man in black was angry, he was not furious. He Lizhou guessed that his calm appearance must have something else to rely on, so he couldn't help but glance at Mr. Bai during the fight.
Mr. Bai's expression was not that bad at this time. Instead, he looked at He Lizhou thoughtfully. It was unknown what he was thinking about, but it was definitely not a good thing.
He Lizhou was distracted for less than a second and was caught by the puppets in the yard. He was unable to resist and was hit on the right shoulder.
Although the force of the blow was not great, it was very effective. He Lizhou was unable to lift his right hand at that time.
He Lizhou glanced and saw that the fabric on his shoulder was burned, revealing a black handprint on his shoulder, emitting black air.
Without giving him time to rest, the man in black felt that now was the time to press on and pursue the victory, so he chanted a new spell again. This time the spell was more powerful, and even Wu Guyun and Si Dongyun, who had barely been able to control their bodies just now, could not help but take two steps forward and approach He Lizhou.
He Lizhou covered his shoulder and took a deep breath, estimating the combined strength of this group of puppets. Before entering this copy, He Lizhou asked System 09 again and got a big move from the person in charge of the copy.
Originally, he was asked to deal with the players, but in the current situation, He Lizhou could not care about anything else. Even if the system would punish him afterwards, he should just survive from these things first!
When I entered the dungeon, the system didn't tell me that the NPCs would attack me! !
So he endured the shame and shouted angrily: "Everyone take your place!"
After this angry shout, all the puppets in the yard stopped moving, and fell to the ground one after another after a few seconds.
This group of puppets were originally players. Their souls were detained and they became their tools. However, He Lizhou's shout was to let them return to where they should go, that is, the hands of the system where the souls of the players would return after death.
The man in black and Mr. Bai, who had lost a large number of helpers in a blink of an eye, finally changed their expressions. Mr. Bai looked at the man in black coldly, and the man in black finally couldn't suppress his anger. He had spent seven years carefully selecting that group of puppets, and now they were all sent back by He Lizhou. How could he not be angry.
Mr. Bai seemed to have only a cooperative relationship with him. Although there was some impatience on his face, he obviously did not get as angry as he did when his fundamental interests were touched.
"Let those people out."
The man in black seemed very reluctant, but seeing that He Lizhou was about to wake up Wu Guyun, he could not hesitate any longer. He swung his wide robe sleeve over his right hand, and the four fingers of his right hand were broken at the root, leaving only a bare thumb still on the palm.
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