Chapter 223 Who is next to me?
Soon, a rustling noise came from the earphones.
It was like the background noise of an old tape when the channel was not adjusted, or like something was breathing.
The screen was pitch black, as if it had fallen into endless night.
After a few seconds, the main interface screen slowly lights up.
The background is a thick black and gray tone. In the distance, a paper lantern hangs on a tree, swaying.
Lu Ming didn't have time to study these, so he just clicked to start matching.
[Matching is starting, please remain quiet...]
[Current number of matched players: unknown]
[Randomly assigning identities and maps, please do not exit. ]
In the upper right corner of the picture, there is a row of irregularly swaying shadow portraits.
Everyone's ID is not displayed, and all avatars are the same.
I don't know how many people I matched with.
Lu Ming's heart skipped a beat, it was quite interesting.
This kid Liang Cong completely understood what he meant!
The atmosphere is rendered to the maximum, even loading is not spared.
Soon, the prompt on the screen suddenly changed:
[Map confirmed, this game's map: Dongzhou Dockyard (Night Rain Mode)]
The next line of words immediately appeared:
[You will serve as an external consultant for folklore restoration and join the Dongzhou Incident Investigation Team.]
[Randomly assigning identities for this round...]
【Identity assignment completed】
[Please make sure the headset is worn correctly and the voice channel is turned on.]
Lu Ming sat up straight.
[Current identity confirmed: Nightmare Master]
Lu Ming raised his eyebrows.
Oh no
If he guessed correctly, he got a ghost in the first round.
This luck... is truly unique.
But that's okay.
He also wanted to experience the feeling of immersion that players would feel when they thought, "Your game design is too shady."
Now, on the contrary, he is Hades.
After a few seconds, the game screen slowly appeared.
A damp and dim town dock, shrouded in fog.
The turbid river water surged in the rainstorm and hit the rotten wooden pier, making a dull and sticky sound.
Wooden boats are rolling on the shore, with crooked masts and dilapidated wreckage. There are also a few wooden structures, warehouses eroded by wind and rain, and stilt houses scattered on the shore.
"Hey, hey, hey, test, test!"
“How many people?”
"Beep, beep, talk!"
“This picture feels very real.”
“Who Can Hear Me?”
“…”
Accompanied by several test voices,
Lu Ming's headphones were filled with the voices of several players, both male and female, with varying sound quality.
The masts on the dock began to shake violently.
The wind gradually grew louder, and the extremely subtle sound of sea water lapping against the shore began to appear in the headphones.
The screen changes perspective, and in Lu Ming's first-person interface, he is standing at the door in the corner of a dim boat house.
In the middle of the boat house, three unlit oil lamps were rolling on the ground in a disorderly manner, as if they had just experienced some kind of hurried escape.
The starting position is random, and there are no extra prompts on the interface.
No one knows how many players are involved in this game.
I can't see where my teammates are, and the small map is temporarily dark.
But the difference is that several prompts appeared on Lu Ming's interface at this moment.
You are a ghost camp
[You have been chosen by the Nightmare Lord]
Please hide yourself among the crowd.
You can use Dream Talk
[Dream Language: When you are walking with someone, your voice can be heard from a third person's perspective, just like whispering in someone's ear.]
[Resentment Value: 0 / 5]
[Grudge Value: Ghosts cannot "kill without limit." After the Killing Intent value reaches 5 grids, they can initiate a possession and kill behavior.]
[Resentment triggering behaviors include:]
[Approach the target for a certain period of time without being detected]
[Create a ghost wall for the player, and the opponent can't get out without noticing]
【Guiding target actions through dream language】
[Inducing Player Ritual Failure]
[No lighting/approaching in blind spots]
【……】
Lu Ming took a deep breath, stared at the screen, and his eyes gradually brightened.
very good.
This is how it feels to start.
There is no timetable, no route hints, the main focus is on a sneaky development!
While Lu Ming was still figuring out what to do first, the voice channel was already buzzing with activity.
"Everyone, please don't move. Tell us what you saw."
"There's a well next to me."
"This game doesn't give anything at the start. Players are suffering so much."
"So, we should go find the altar first."
“Who can hear me?”
"I don't know. Let me guess, how many people are there in our group?"
"I can't even count them... To be honest, I'd be pretty panicked if this game didn't give me a list."
"Why don't we gather first? Find a place."
"Okay, I support this idea. Let's go first."
"Let's act as one and don't run around."
"I suggest that everyone not turn off voice games."
"Yeah, don't play dumb. If you don't speak, people will be more wary of you."
Lu Ming couldn't help but grin as he listened to everyone's chatter in the headphones.
“There is actually an organization.”
"This group of people is quite reasonable."
He deliberately didn't say anything and just listened quietly.
At this point, the gaming atmosphere is already very online.
The background sound is very well controlled, with the sound of fine wet rain, wind blowing through the cracks in the house, and light footsteps.
Fortunately, his identity is a ghost, otherwise Lu Ming would be really scared after seeing all this.
In the headset, the voices of several players continued to rise and fall:
"I've found a companion!"
"You can unlock the mini-map by exploring the places you've explored! This thing is shared, so everyone head north!"
"Everyone gather together, I have a passage here."
"I saw a door with a sign saying 'Pray to God'. Is anyone here? Come join me."
Lu Ming did not say anything and began to move slowly towards the north.
He is not in a hurry.
His current mission is not to "kill" but to "lurk".
He needs to accumulate [resentment points].
Currently [0 / 5].
He walked slowly along the path that led to the pier.
Finally, a voice was heard in the headphones:
"Hey, I'm on this overturned boat, is anyone there?"
Lu Ming looked forward and saw that it was near him!
Someone is coming!
Lu Ming didn't say anything, but just slowly approached.
Soon, a player standing still appeared in the fog ahead.
The man was holding an oil lamp in his hand, with his back to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming took two steps closer.
The man didn't move.
Two steps closer.
Still no movement.
Lu Ming took a deep breath and quietly approached less than two meters behind him.
Soon, a line of faint words quietly popped up in the lower right corner of the system:
[You approached the crowd without being noticed, resentment value +1]
Current value: 1 / 5
A gleam of light flashed in Lu Ming's eyes.
[Whether to choose to use dream language to the player "Yuhe"]
He turned on the "dream talk" function and said a sentence directly,
The next moment, a faint whisper sounded from the other party's earphones:
"Look back..."
After being processed by the game, the sound is very soft, as if it is spoken next to the ear, but it does not sound like it is spoken by the player next to you.
For some unknown reason, Yu He looked back, but there was nothing.
The next second, a real scream came from the channel:
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, who was that talking just now?! Who was standing next to me?!"
"How are you"
"Why are you shouting all of a sudden?"
""
"I hear a voice! It's talking beside me!!"
"Fuck! Can we get together?"
"It seems like I can see the ghost's location by asking the gods? How about you, ghost, get on the mic and say something!"
"Is your request reasonable? Can ghosts talk to you?"
"Are you a ghost?!"
"Don't be suspicious, don't try to stir up trouble! I'm just standing up for the ghosts!"
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