During the first hour of the Nightmare City forum being open, the hottest topic was not about games, but a war of words between schools in the daily section.
The more popular posts will be placed on the front page, which will lead to more people flocking in. Even though many of them have graduated long ago, they will immediately rush over when they see someone insulting their alma mater.
The competition between schools is already fierce, and the various inter-school competitions held every year lead to constant conflicts between schools, so it is normal for this kind of thing to happen.
Zhou Zhou looked at the various replies greeting the other school flashing across the screen. He was at a loss for a moment. After hesitating for a long time, he sent another message.
"Everyone stop arguing, I just want to know which school is more remote."
His original plan was to ask others and find a very remote school that most people had never heard of. That way, when Eddie and the others asked, he would say that he was studying in this school, and no one would check whether he was actually in this school.
But now, not only did he not get anything out of his question, but the message he just sent out was ignored and was soon drowned out by a large number of messages.
Since no one answered, he asked other questions.
"Is there any remote and unknown planet?"
This was to prevent anyone from asking him where he lived. He learned from Molan that people now lived on different planets. Asking others where they live is also a high-frequency question, so you should prepare in advance.
However, the question was asked in a similar way to the previous one and received a similar response.
Everyone started to curse at each other again because of the discrimination between planets in different galaxies, and no one answered the question of the author at all.
The fuse of the two quarrels Zhou Zhou: "..."
I left the post, remained silent for a while, and finally gave up asking further questions.
He clicked into the game area, wanting to see if there would be any NPCs like him in the game.
The gaming area was also very lively, with people asking for help on how to clear a level, looking for companions, and writing their thoughts. Zhou Zhou was browsing inside and found a new post.
"I'm a complete newbie, and I'm about to play my first dungeon. I want to ask you if there's anything I should pay attention to."
Zhou Zhou clicked in with curiosity. Although he had entered several copies before, he also wanted to know if there was anything else he should pay attention to in the copy.
The first reply to the post was, "Don't die!"
The following are all seconding motions.
The poster replied: "I know this. If you die in a dungeon or fail to clear a level, you need a resurrection item to enter the game again. Ten thousand points is indeed very expensive. Thank you for the advice, senior. I will be careful."
"That's not what I meant. Did you know that you will become a ghost after you die?"
"ghost?"
"After you die, the system will generate a ghost in your image. The ghost will help NPCs eliminate players in the dungeon."
"Does it have anything to do with me? Does it add points?"
"It has nothing to do with me. Ghosts are dungeon products and don't add points. The most important thing is that the players nowadays are very perverted. When they see ghosts, they not only don't hide, but they will actively catch them. After catching them, they will squeeze them into various shapes and play with them as balloons. Tsk tsk, think about it, when players catch ghosts that look like you and play with them in various ways, don't you feel offended?"
"Uh...but I can't see it if I'm dead, so who cares."
"After dying in a dungeon, you can see the ghost's aftermath through the task panel. Don't ask me how I know."
"It does sound a bit... but there's nothing wrong with killing ghosts to clear a level."
"If it's for the sake of passing the level, I won't say anything. I'll put the video up and you can watch it for yourself."
After the last person finished speaking, he posted a video.
The video uses a third-person perspective, and the faces of the players and ghosts in it are blurred.
After Zhou Zhou clicked on it, he saw a boy in a white shirt in a library picking up a ghost from the gap of a bookcase by its ears, squeezing it flat and rounding it, and even kneading it into a circle, before putting it in his pocket and leaving.
Although the player's face cannot be seen, his posture is relaxed and he is not in any danger. It gives people the feeling that he is just catching the ghost to play with because he is bored.
Zhou Zhou raised his head and blinked, then lowered his head to watch the video. The video was of the library of the Love Academy, and he recognized that the person whose face he couldn't see clearly was himself, and that ghost was the first one he met.
"Hahaha, the ghost is so miserable~"
“Hahahahahaha, we really need to listen to what the senior says. As expected, we cannot die in a dungeon. This kind of death is too undignified.”
"Who is that boy? Does anyone know him? He looks good, let's hook up with him in advance. Can you teach me how to play ghost?"
"Are there any HD videos? I just want to see what the player and the poor ghost look like."
"Ahhh, those hands are so pretty!"
"No, what's wrong with you? Don't you think this player has no morals at all? He is simply insane."
"I think it's very cute. The way he kneads the ghost seems serious and well-behaved. The most important thing is that his hands are really beautiful, and his skin is so white."
"The person who posted the video above couldn't be the ghost in the video, otherwise how could you have the video? To be honest, I really sympathize with you, hahahaha."
"You guys are all the same. You're just playing a game, why are you mistreating ghosts? Don't you have a mental problem?"
“??? You’ve been blabbering there, are you trying to make us sympathize with you and curse at the players in the video with you? Haven’t you heard of the winner being the king? Since you’re dead, just clock in and earn points, and don’t provoke us here.”
Originally, I wanted to get all the players in the forum to attack Zhou Zhou together, but I didn't expect that the players nowadays are very rational and not easily provoked. The person who posted the video was finally scolded by the people who posted it, and then he calmed down and stopped posting messages.
However, the popularity of this post gradually increased, and gradually many related posts appeared.
"Ghost Destroyer, where are you? I want a team for a lot of money!"
"People with beautiful hands must also be good-looking. Does anyone have the contact information of Ghost Destroyer?"
"Who is the Destroyer? I just went offline for a few minutes, why does it feel like a century has passed?"
Zhou Zhou didn't find any posts about the abnormalities of the game NPCs, but he saw many new posts about the Ghost Destroyer.
He now knew that the Ghost Destroyer was talking about him. After all, he had been reading the entire post. But why was he looking for him?
Because he can rub ghosts? Because of his hands?
I raised my hand and looked at it over and over again for a long time, but couldn't see what was wrong.
Could it be that other people's hands are different from his? Zhou Zhou was shocked and thought he was exposed, but after thinking for a while, he realized that everyone had five fingers, and he also had five.
It was unclear whether the players were just joining in the fun or looking for people for fun, so Zhou Zhou posted another thread.
"Don't look for me. I'm not a ghost destroyer. My hands are normal, just like everyone else's."
“Hahahaha, the host really knows how to have fun.”
"Same same, we are all the same."
"It's me, come find me."
"My hands are not normal, they are special--beautiful!"
"Brother, I finally found you. I am your long-lost brother, Ghost Destroyer No. 2!"
Everyone below was laughing. Zhou Zhou looked at it for a long time, closed the task panel, and lay on the bed angrily.
The forum is useless. Not only can't you ask questions, but someone also posted a short video on it. No one listened after he explained it. It's useless! Zhou Zhou decided not to read the forum anymore.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Zhou pouted and looked a little unhappy. After lying for a while, he suddenly sat up and looked at his clothes in deep thought.
His face was blurred in the video, but his clothes were seen by everyone. He has been wearing the same clothes and will definitely be discovered to be the same as the person in the video. He is an outlier in the game and must keep a low profile.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhou immediately hurried out the door.
The next morning, Zhou Zhou sent a message to everyone to gather and prepare for the dungeon.
He originally thought that only he, Al, Qian Le and Eddie would have time during the day, but it turned out that the people who came were Al, Shirley and Keli, while neither Eddie nor Qian Le came.
"Zhou Zhou, have you changed your clothes?" Shirley's eyes lit up when she saw Zhou Zhou the first time she came online.
Before, Zhou Zhou always wore a white shirt and blue jeans, looking youthful and sunny. In the game, not only can you project or save the clothes you wear in real life, you can also change your clothes directly in the game, so it is very common to change your clothes every day or wear the same clothes all the time.
But today, Zhou Zhou was actually wearing a black sweatshirt. The style of the sweatshirt had a hip-hop style, and paired with Zhou Zhou's well-behaved face, he looked even more cute. Shirley endured for a moment, but her true nature was finally revealed. She held Zhou Zhou's head with both hands and rubbed it.
Keli followed Shirley as usual. When he saw Shirley hugging Zhou Zhou and rubbing him, he secretly rolled his eyes at her.
When Al came, I found that he was also wearing black today, a thin black windbreaker. The style is extremely simple, with a faint black sheen, and it is obvious at first glance that it is of great value.
"Did you guys agree to wear black together?" Shirley winked.
Zhou Zhou shook his head. He was trying to disguise himself. What if someone found him based on his clothes?
"Shirley, aren't you going to work today?" Zhou Zhou asked. Normally, Shirley and the others have to go to work during the day, so they shouldn't come.
"You forgot, it's the weekend."
weekend? So you're not going to work? Zhou Zhou nodded and said nothing more, just looking into the distance as if he was waiting for something.
"Speaking of which, why didn't Eddie and Hea come?" Shirley saw Zhou Zhou looking around and knew that he was waiting for others.
"Heya has something to do and hasn't come recently. Why haven't Eddie and Qianle come yet?"
"They can't come." Alvia suddenly said, "The freshmen started school early for training. They should be packing their luggage to go to school."
At the same time, Zhou Zhou also received messages from two people. Just as Elvia said, they were going to take a spaceship back to school today and would not be able to play games for the next few days.
Zhou Zhou was still feeling lost because he hadn't seen them recently. Shirley suddenly asked, "Zhou Zhou, don't you have to start school early?"
Zhou Zhou was startled, and was about to say the reply he had thought of for a long time last night, but was interrupted by Keli.
"Zhou Zhou is still here, which means he is not a freshman. Didn't you hear Al say that freshmen will start school early?"
Shirley looked at Keli with dissatisfaction. She just asked casually.
"Let's get ready for the next dungeon." Elvia continued what Coli said.
Zhou Zhou nodded quickly, opened the task panel, and selected the four of them. This time he still chose the black star. After all, in the black star copy, he could meet new friends every time.
The location of this copy is at Colt Lake, and the location is specifically marked on the task panel.
The four people came to Colt Lake, an area located in the center of Nightmare City. The huge lake was shrouded in a layer of white mist, mysterious and silent.
Zhou Zhou and his companions discovered that the marked location was actually in the center of the lake, but they were still quite a distance away from the center of the lake.
Looking at the lake that was shrouded in fog and couldn't see anything ten meters ahead, Shirley asked, "How do we get to the location marked on the map? Swim there?"
Keli glanced at her, pointed at the boat next to him and said, "Big sister, look over there."
Only then did Shirley notice that there were more than a dozen small boats tied to the lake. She had just been looking at the lake and didn't see any boats at all.
Four people bought two boats. The boats here can only be purchased with points and cannot be rented, and one boat can only seat two people.
These two simple boats cost two thousand points. No wonder there were players on the lakeside but no one was riding a boat on the lake. If they were not here to do the dungeon, who could afford such an expensive boat?
Shirley and Keli were in one boat, while Zhou Zhou and Elvia were in another. The four of them paddled slowly towards the location marked on the task panel.
When they arrived at the location on the task panel, they saw only white fog all around them and could not see any dungeon entrance at all.
After waiting quietly in the middle of the lake for a while, the four people's task panels rang at the same time.
[Instance Name: Things from the Deep Sea]
[Mission content: Successfully survive for seven days and find an escape exit. 】
[Main quest: The sea water has radiation. If you soak in it for more than an hour, you will die automatically. Please escape as soon as possible. 】
"Has it already started? Is this the location of the dungeon?" Shirley looked at the task panel in confusion.
"Isn't it sea water? We have a lake here," Keli said hesitantly.
Just as they were still trying to figure out what was going on with the copy, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the middle of the lake. It started out as a slight fluctuation and became bigger and bigger. Finally, the two small boats were sucked into it and spun all the way down along the whirlpool.
The simple boat broke and capsized under the pressure of the whirlpool, and the four people were swallowed up by the whirlpool before they could react.
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