The person standing in front of everyone was actually one of the Four Heavenly Kings they saw after entering the temple. He was holding a pipa, had a ferocious face, and his tall figure gave off a strong sense of oppression.
He stared at the struggling water ghost without blinking, stretched out his big hand, grabbed the water ghost's arm and lifted it up, and then the two of them disappeared in the smoke.
The smoke gradually faded, leaving only a group of silent players.
After a while, Keli finally found his voice: "The water ghost has been captured. Should we chase him?"
Shirley rolled her eyes at him and said, "Why are you chasing after it? The first ghost has already been eliminated."
The others immediately looked at their task panels, and the progress on them changed from 0/10 to 1/10.
Eddie pondered, "In other words, the mission is not for us to kill the ghosts, but for us to catch them, and then..."
He looked at Zhou Zhou, and everyone realized at this time that the sudden appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings and Buddhas was related to the piece of paper Zhou Zhou took out.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhou Zhou took out a stack of yellow paper from his pocket and said, "This suddenly appeared in my pocket. I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to actually work."
"Zhou Zhou is indeed a BUG in the dungeon. He can always turn the tide every time he does a mission." Shirley excitedly went forward and wanted to give Zhou Zhou a hug, but was given a cold look by Elvia, and then she remembered that the two were now a couple.
The hand that was originally intended for a hug was finally forcibly transferred to Zhou Zhou's shoulder and patted, but even so, Elvia still looked at him several times.
"But there are only eight pieces of paper, and there are nine ghosts now." Zhou Zhou thought for a moment and said to Shirley, "Shirley, look in your pocket."
"How could I have it?" Shirley said as she reached into her trouser pocket and actually pulled out a crumpled yellow piece of paper.
The others also began to feel their own pockets, but Keli had already done that and naturally knew that he didn't have any money.
"What's going on? Why do only you two have it?" The speaker was another group of players. The two groups clearly came in together, but only the other team had the key item to kill the ghost.
Zhou Zhou put the paper back into his pocket: "I just thought about it, it should be because we entered the temple and worshipped the Buddha statue, so these papers appeared."
Qian Le searched through his pockets and said depressedly: "I also kowtowed, why don't I have it?"
Shirley also remembered that Zhou Zhou was the first one to worship the previous gods and Buddhas. Only the last one Zhou Zhou didn't know and didn't go in to worship, so she was the first one to worship. Although Qian Le followed, he was always the second or third. Now it seems that only the first person to worship the Buddha will have props.
After expressing his thoughts, Zhou Zhou also agreed with them. Although the trio felt a little uncomfortable, if it were just them, they would never have thought of this and would not have been able to discover the props. In a sense, they were still benefiting from their help.
"Now that we have these props, we can easily deal with the remaining ghosts as long as we find them." Keli immediately became excited.
With previous experience, the players always searched together as nine people and did not separate.
Many of the dungeon scenes in Nightmare City take place at night, so players are used to having a lighting tool in hand.
A group of people came to the kitchen. They had checked it during the day and found nothing unusual. When everyone was about to leave, Elvia discovered that the remaining food in the kitchen had been moved.
There were some vegetarian foods in the kitchen. Because the monks disappeared, some of the stored vegetarian food had already gone bad.
However, Elvia discovered that a portion of the food in a bowl was missing compared to the previous inspection. However, the missing amount was not much and other players did not notice it.
"So there is a ghost in the kitchen too? After all, we can't eat the food here. The food is rotten. It must have been eaten by a ghost." Keli analyzed.
"Then where is the ghost hiding?" Shirley couldn't figure it out. The kitchen was not big, and there was no place to hide in the simple and quaint kitchen. Could it be that this ghost could also become invisible?
"A ghost in the kitchen?" Zhou Zhou muttered, looking at the bowl of rotten vegetarian dishes, "Could it be a gluttonous ghost?"
Since he couldn't find where it was hiding, Zhou Zhou decided to use food to try to lure it out.
He took out the food he had bought at the item shop. Originally, he was going to eat it with everyone in the dungeon, but later on, it was mostly him and Elvia who did the dungeon, so most of the food was slowly eaten by him.
This is the last one.
These foods are far superior to the rotten vegetarian dishes in the copy temple. If the other party is really a glutton, he will definitely be fooled.
The kitchen was too small and it would be too crowded for all of them to stay here, so in the end, Zhou Zhou, who was holding the yellow talisman paper, and Elvia, who had the highest martial arts value, stayed behind, and everyone else went outside to wait.
The steaming food was placed on the small wooden table in the kitchen. The aroma gradually spread in the kitchen. Zhou Zhou and Alvia stood side by side, chatting in a low voice at the door.
Zhou Zhou whispered to Alvia like a thief: "I don't know if that glutton will be lured out."
Alvia: "Since you eat even rotten rice, you shouldn't be able to resist these foods either."
Zhou Zhou sniffed the aroma in the air and suddenly said, "It smells so good. I want to eat it too."
But all the remaining food was placed on the table, without leaving any.
Suddenly, an ice cream was handed to him. It was Zhou Zhou’s favorite flavor.
He looked at Alvia in surprise, but Alvia handed the ice cream forward: "Don't you like this?"
Zhou Zhou looked at the ice cream and suddenly felt a little embarrassed for some reason. He silently took the ice cream and ate it in small bites.
After taking a few bites, he seemed to remember something and raised the ice cream to Alvia's mouth: "You eat too."
Alvia looked at the ice cream very close to her and shook her head: "I don't usually eat these things."
"Try it." Zhou Zhou insisted and insisted that he take a bite.
Alvia took a bite. He seldom ate these things, not even when he was a child, but it tasted very sweet.
Zhou Zhou ate the ice cream very quickly and let Elvia have a bite from time to time. After the two of them finished eating, the atmosphere became a little strange.
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia. It seemed that when there were many people around, he always minimized his presence and followed him silently, but he would stand up at the most critical moment and was always the first to discover his needs. It was so good to be in love. No, it should be said that it was so good to be in love with Al. I really wanted to kiss him.
He would do whatever he thought of and never hide his thoughts. He raised his head and kissed Alvia, then continued to kiss her a few more times like a chick pecking at rice.
Alvia curled the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned down and lowered his head slightly. When faced with his lover's intimate movements like a chicken pecking at rice, he was always happy and very indulgent.
Alvia's arm slowly hooked around Zhou Zhou's lower back.
"Um..." A player with a red face appeared at the kitchen window. He was one of the three players in the team. His face was red at this moment, and his eyes were wandering as he stared at the ground. "Your companion asked if we could catch ghosts first. If you want to have sex, I can wait until after the dungeon is finished."
He seemed embarrassed and didn't look up at the two of them. He bent his head slightly as if listening to something: "They also said that they have packed the bed for the wedding, so don't let them eat dog food in the copy. And the last sentence, I was forced."
After saying this, he immediately moved away from the window.
Alvia looked out the kitchen window with a cold gaze. A group of people were hiding outside the window and making a lot of noise. It was hard not to notice them.
Zhou Zhou didn't feel embarrassed at all, but it was not appropriate to continue at this time. He gently pushed Elvia to let her let him go, then turned to the wooden table and found that there were fewer dishes on the table.
"There's one dish missing." Zhou Zhou blinked. He was so engrossed in the meal that he didn't notice when the dish disappeared.
Alvia looked at the stove not far from the wooden table: "There."
When the gluttonous ghost sneaked out just now, he discovered that the setting of the ghosts in this copy was very clever. Although they looked like human figures, their movements were very agile and they made almost no noise, so even the sensitive Zhou Zhou would sometimes miss their movements.
Alvia saw it very clearly, but the timing was not right, and he did not remind Zhou Zhou. Anyway, he already knew where the glutton was hiding.
"Stove?" Zhou Zhou looked at the kitchen stove. The stove made of yellow mud had only one fire hole for entering and exiting, but the fire hole was very small, and even a child could not get in. It seemed that this ghost did have unique abilities like a water ghost.
As the two were talking, a dark hand quietly reached for the table and quickly took away a large chicken leg from the table.
The whole process happened under the gaze of the two people. Zhou Zhou, holding the yellow talisman, walked quietly to the table, then half-crouched and looked down curiously. Under the table, a ghost covered in black was eating a chicken leg with relish. Suddenly meeting Zhou Zhou's gaze, the greedy ghost was stunned.
The next moment, the glutton screamed in fear as if he had seen a ghost, and then rushed into the stove's fire hole at lightning speed. Zhou Zhou only saw a black shadow flash by, and the glutton disappeared.
"It's so fast." Zhou Zhou couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, he found that the ghost did not forget to take the chicken leg away when it ran away.
"What should we do now?" Zhou Zhou asked. He had just scared the ghost away.
Alvia looked at the black footprints on the ground, then looked at the dark and thick old ash in the stove, and said, "Keep waiting, it will definitely come out again to steal food. Give me a piece of talisman paper, and I'll come next time."
"Oh." Handing the talisman paper in his hand to Elvia, Zhou Zhou stood behind Elvia and watched him staring at the stove with half-closed eyes. Knowing that nothing would go wrong as long as the other party took action, Zhou Zhou lowered his head and grabbed the corner of the other party's clothes, wrapping it around his fingers and rolling it around.
Noticing that Zhou Zhou was playing with the corner of her clothes, Elvia looked at the wrinkled corner of her clothes and said nothing. Her soft eyebrows became sharp and cold when she looked at the sneaky glutton at the stove again.
A black creature appeared from the small stove burner. It grew bigger the moment it appeared from the stove burner, and then walked quietly to the table. Although it knew it was a trap, it could not resist the temptation of food. It had never eaten such delicious food before.
When its pitch-black claws stretched out towards the table, Elvia seized the opportunity and stuck the talisman on its arm. The glutton's reaction speed was very fast. Perhaps it was because of its own agility that it showed up in a swagger even though it knew that there were players lying in wait.
But no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than Elvia.
The moment the glutton saw the yellow talisman paper, his brown pupils shrank instantly. He retracted his arms and opened his bloody mouth to bite Elvia, but at the same time the talisman paper had already stuck to his arm.
The glutton was frozen in an instant. His originally small face now had a mouth larger than a normal human size, and his gums and oral cavity were covered with fine fangs, which looked particularly terrifying from a close distance.
The moment the fog filled the kitchen, the players outside the door knew they had succeeded, and they quickly ran in to take advantage of the last chance to see what the ghost looked like.
The pitch-black little ghost was extremely thin, and was particularly inconsistent with the big mouth full of sharp teeth. Qian Le, who was naughty, poked the little ghost and found that his fingers had turned black. He shouted that he was poisoned.
Finally, Elvia said that it was the charcoal ash that had accumulated in the stove for years. After being laughed at by everyone, he lowered his head and went to wash his hands.
This time it was still one of the Four Heavenly Kings who appeared. The kitchen was low and dilapidated, while the Four Heavenly Kings were tall. It was originally thought that there was no room for him here, but it turned out that the other party was not a physical entity. A virtual god or Buddha passed through the kitchen, then bent down and grabbed the glutton on the ground, and disappeared.
Task progress 2/10.
Unexpectedly, the second ghost was caught so easily, but Zhou Zhou also said that the gluttonous ghost was very fast. If it weren't for the temptation of food and Al's reaction speed, they might have to spend some effort.
The third ghost soon appeared. When everyone was searching around in the cover of night, Shirley suddenly screamed and said someone touched her arm.
Everyone searched around with lighting tools, but couldn't find where the ghost was hiding.
Naturally, I don’t know what kind of ghost this is.
Eddie accidentally opened the task panel again and found a prompt on it.
"Look at the task panel, there is something new on it."
The original task panel would only show the progress of catching ghosts, but now it actually shows the information of the first two ghosts. Of course, this is no longer necessary now. The key point is that the name of the third ghost has also appeared.
The third ghost is the lust ghost.
Although there is only one name, the ghost's preference can be seen from the name.
Everyone looked at Shirley, the only female player among the nine players, and Shirley hugged herself nervously.
"Oh my god, it turns out to be a pervert. I'm in trouble. You must protect me well. I don't want to be taken advantage of by a pervert."
Zhou Zhou nodded seriously: "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you."
Just now he had his back to Shirley and did not notice the ghost in time. Now he is standing next to Shirley. If the ghost appears, he will never let it touch Shirley again.
Keli seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, he said nothing and just stood silently on the other side of his sister.
Shirley was very touched. Sure enough, her brother and Zhou Zhou were the most reliable at critical moments. She clenched her fists and said, "Don't worry. I have also learned self-defense. If it dares to touch me again, I will kick it hard in the middle and cripple it."
Zhou Zhou agreed: "Yeah! Get rid of it."
Alvia stood on the other side of Zhou Zhou, looked down at Zhou Zhou who was indignantly agreeing with Shirley, and said nothing.
The others looked at Shirley stretching out her legs and starting to practice, and silently stepped back.
They have no objection to kicking out perverts, as long as no innocent people are hurt.
Everyone was alert to the movements around them. Zhou Zhou suddenly felt a chill behind him. He turned his head sharply, but found nothing.
Just when Zhou Zhou was puzzled, someone suddenly touched his waist.
Zhou Zhou:! ! !
He looked down and found nothing around him.
Noticing Zhou Zhou turning around, Alvia immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"It seems like someone is touching my waist." Zhou Zhou's eyes were still looking around and didn't notice that Elvia's face was getting colder when he heard this.
"Is a ghost coming? The temperature around us seems to have dropped. Be alert." Eddie's hair stood on end and he suddenly became nervous.
Everyone present could feel that the ghost seemed to be around them, but this ghost was like the wind, omnipresent and illusory, and not even its shadow could be seen.
Suddenly, Alvia's hand stretched forward, as if pinching something in the air.
Everyone's eyes turned to Elvia's hand. From the moment he pinched the other person, the ghost gradually began to reveal its shape.
"Is this a ghost?" a player asked doubtfully.
The ghost that appeared looked no different from an ordinary person, and was even more handsome than an ordinary person. It was hard to tell whether it was male or female. Its peach blossom eyes were moist because of the difficulty in breathing caused by the neck being pinched, and it looked very pitiful.
This pervert was standing in front of Zhou Zhou at this moment, with one hand about to touch Zhou Zhou's face. Even though it was being clamped, the hand was still trying to stretch forward, wanting to touch Zhou Zhou.
"I'll just touch you. I won't do anything else. You're so beautiful. I like you so much." At this time, everyone finally saw the shadow of a pervert in this "person". He squinted his eyes slightly, staring at Zhou Zhou with his peach blossom eyes, and his expression revealed an obsessive intoxication.
Alvia sneered and tightened his hands, squeezing the pervert's neck immediately. But he was not a human being after all, and even though his neck became a long strip, he could still tease Zhou Zhou with a normal expression.
The other person's neck stretched and got closer to him. Zhou Zhou took a step back: "I have a boyfriend."
This sentence seemed to make the other person laugh: "It doesn't matter, as long as you make love with me..."
Shirley suddenly rushed out and stood in front of Zhou Zhou: "Don't tease our Zhou Zhou."
The pervert glanced at Shirley, then decisively passed her over and continued to say to Zhou Zhou: "Let's make love together, and I will definitely make you..."
The moment Shirley jumped out, Alvia said to Zhou Zhou: "Talisman paper."
Zhou Zhou immediately took out a piece of talisman paper and prepared to stick it on, but it was taken away by Elvia halfway. Before the other party could finish his last sentence, the talisman paper was slapped hard on the face.
The expression of the pervert froze, and after the Four Heavenly Kings appeared, the pervert also changed his appearance and revealed his true form.
The perfect human appearance turned into a burly and ape-like creature. This was the true face of the pervert.
When the ghost and the Four Heavenly Kings disappeared together, the players were not as happy as before. Instead, they looked cautiously at the two people with extremely bad expressions on the scene.
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