It started from the skeleton's fingers holding the sword and spread upwards, gradually becoming covered with a layer of flesh and blood. The bronze skin was very rough, and the scars that had become faint crisscrossed the back of the hand, enough to show that this skeleton had experienced many ups and downs in life.
From the fingers to the arms, to the whole body, and even the skeleton at the back slowly returned to human form.
The players who were standing at the door of the cab and craning their necks to look over here also saw that the skeletons had actually turned into human forms. Although the clothes they wore were still tattered as before, these people seemed to have suddenly come alive, turning from a pile of bones into crew members on the ship.
The man holding the sword in the front should be the captain. He has a beer belly, bronze skin, and a slight beard. It is almost impossible to tell what he looks like. The people closest to the captain should be crew members. They have tanned skin but look in good spirits.
The rest should be the original passengers of the ship, including thin ordinary people and pampered and arrogant nobles.
The players stared at the scene in amazement. Were these people cursed and turned into skeletons?
Some of those who were quick to react even guessed that the sword might be the key to lifting the curse. Could this be an important plot point and clue for the next chapter?
Zhou Zhou looked at the group of people, then turned his gaze to the sword in the captain's hand. The captain touched his beard, then tied the sword around his waist with a neat movement.
"Hello." Zhou Zhou's gaze shifted to the captain again. The skeletons did not attack them. Zhou Zhou wanted to try to get any clues from them.
But the captain seemed not to hear. After tying his sword, he turned around with his beer belly bulging. He walked back and forth, loudly scolding the sailors behind him, and then strode towards the wheelhouse with two sailors.
Because of his walking back and forth, the captain avoided the location of Zhou Zhou and Elvia. Zhou Zhou opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed it and silently looked at the backs of the captain and others.
"Come here, come here." The players who were gathered at the door of the cab quickly made way. Although these skeletons did not do anything to Zhou Zhou and the other two, it was not certain for them. When they saw them, they might remember the hatred value just now. It was better to avoid them quickly.
There were too many players crowding at the door. The players at the front wanted to retreat, but were blocked by the people behind them and could not do so. Seeing that the aggressive captain and his men were about to reach the door, the players at the front quickly jumped out of the door to avoid them.
The players trapped in the middle were a little slow, and by the time the space in front was made available, the captain and his companions had already walked in front of them.
The player was startled and was about to apologize when he saw the captain and his men pass directly through his body. Immediately, a chill invaded his heart and lungs, causing the player to shiver.
"What's wrong with these people? Why can't we touch them?" The captain and his men walked directly through the players blocking the door. All the players who came into contact with the captain felt a chill all over their bodies, which was very strange.
Watching the captain and a few sailors enter the cabin as if no one was around, chatting while steering the steering wheel, to them, it seemed that the players were unreal and transparent.
A player stared at the captain in confusion for a long time, then slowly stretched out his hand towards the captain. When the hand touched the captain, it passed through his body. The captain's figure slowly shook a few times, like a 3D video with poor contact, and became blurred. When the player's hand left, everything returned to normal.
"There are no bones. I can't feel the whole person." The player shouted in surprise. Logically speaking, these skeletons are entities, after all, they lifted up and threw many players out not long ago. But now I can't feel it anymore, as if it has turned into a gust of cold air.
Other players also stretched out their hands and tried to touch the other two sailors, but just like the captain, they couldn't touch them.
Zhou Zhou and his friends also discovered that, except for the captain and two sailors, other people transformed from skeletons were also walking towards various places on the ship. Several sailors were cleaning the deck, and other passengers were either watching the scenery on the deck or going straight back to the cabin. Facing the many players on the ship, they were only concentrating on doing their own things, as if they didn't see the players at all and were just taking an ordinary sea voyage.
Seeing the captain passing through the player, Zhou Zhou also tried to touch the people on the deck, but still touched nothing.
Shirley and Keli walked out of the cabin. The captain and others did not react at all. The others hurriedly followed them out of the cabin and walked towards Zhou Zhou and Elvia.
"What's up with these skeletons? They look creepy, even worse than the skeleton mode just now."
"It's over, it's really over this time. The sword is out of reach. How are we going to get it from the captain?"
"Zhou Zhou, do you know what's going on?"
Zhou Zhou shook his head, he didn't know either.
Everyone was discussing it. Some said it might be because the captain and they were in different dimensions, while others said it was because the captain and his men were cursed. Zhou Zhou also thought, "Could it be that they didn't know they were dead and thought they were still sailing on the ship?"
The lively discussion came to an abrupt end with these words. Everyone looked at Zhou Zhou silently, then turned to look at the skeletons around them. It was clearly a scene of sailors busying about and passengers relaxing, but it sent chills down the players' spines.
The destructive power of this sentence was huge. The timid players were originally glad that this copy was not that scary, but they were frightened by Zhou Zhou's words and leaned towards the players around them.
"That shouldn't be the case." A player kept looking around and said in doubt.
"It may not be." Zhou Zhou frowned, his expression serious. He thought of another possibility: "Maybe it is the last memory of the passengers before they died. Because everyone is dead, their souls are trapped in the last memory of their lives and keep looping."
Player: “…”
Isn’t it almost the same? And according to these two statements, the people on the boat are ghosts!
After listening to Zhou Zhou's words and looking at these skeletons again, the players always felt that the expressions of these skeletons were very abnormal, their walking postures were also strange, and their smiles seemed even stranger. Why were they smiling at the sea? There is nothing on the sea.
"After they died, their souls were still on the ship. They couldn't be looking for replacements," a player said in horror. "That was the case in my last instance. The ghosts kept looking for substitutes. Once they found one, they would kill the player in various ways, then absorb the player's ghost and finally become the boss of the instance."
"No way, these are passengers on the ship, not ghosts, nothing should go wrong, and they can't touch us." Another player comforted.
That’s right, they can’t touch each other, and the other party can’t touch them, so there should be no problem.
Just when everyone was becoming suspicious because of Zhou Zhou's guess, a scream suddenly came, scaring the players who were already uneasy about the ghost.
"Ahhh, help!"
The sound came from above them. The players touched their hearts which were beating rapidly due to fear and looked upwards.
Uh…it turned out to be that player, he’s still hanging on the mast.
A player below, frightened by the scream, shouted angrily: "Why are you still up there? Get down quickly."
"I can't get down, my hands are numb!"
"Just slide down the pole."
"I hugged you too tightly just now, and my feet are numb!"
"…Then you stay here for now."
After that, the players were silent. They really didn't know what to say, especially the passengers who were talking and laughing but without making any sound. It was like they were performing a pantomime, which made people feel extremely weird.
The player on the mast finally slid down from the pole slowly. He found that no one was talking, but just looking at each other. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you doing?"
"Ahem, by the way, what should we do with those players?" A player broke the awkwardness and changed the subject.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, what are we going to do with those players?"
"Didn't you say throw it into the sea?"
The players had said before that they would throw those guys down, but they almost forgot about it because of the skeleton incident just now.
The group of people walked towards the cabin again, but this time, everyone was careful to avoid the sailors and passengers while walking. They even hesitated and did not dare to go in when they reached the door of the cabin. The captain could not be waiting for them inside. When they went in, they might see the strange and horrible deaths of the captain and the sailors, or those three men might pounce on them with green faces, wanting to kill them and use them as substitutes.
There are normal copies of the Nightmare City, but there are more ghosts and spirits that suddenly appear. After many rounds of copy games, players can even imagine all kinds of horrible and weird scenes in their minds. The player at the front was frightened by the scene he imagined, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and he looked silently at the person behind him.
How about you guys go ahead? The meaning in his eyes was very obvious.
The player behind him grinned at him, pretended not to understand, and moved aside.
Zhou Zhou and Ai'er were standing in the middle of the crowd and found that everyone was standing at the door and not leaving. He stood on tiptoe, looked forward and asked what was going on.
"Zhou Zhou, right? Zhou Zhou, can you go in first? You have a good relationship with the Skeleton Captain, so he won't beat you if you go in first." The player said with a flattering smile.
Zhou Zhou didn't think about how much of a shadow his previous guess had cast on the people present. Seeing that the people in front of him made way for him, he had no choice but to go up and knock on the door.
Naturally, no one responded from inside. When Zhou Zhou went in, he saw the captain, with a bulging belly, steering the wheel with great enthusiasm. Although he had a scruffy beard, he looked like a captain when steering the wheel. Zhou Zhou thought while looking back at Alvia, but she was still not as handsome as Al. Al was at the steering wheel before, and although he looked careless, he was more handsome than the captain in both figure and temperament.
After comparing and summarizing, Zhou Zhou looked at the group of players tied up in the corner. There happened to be a sailor busy where they were, moving back and forth among these players. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't touch each other, this scene would definitely leave a shadow on both sides.
Wu Yu looked at the group of players surrounding Zhou Zhou as he entered the room, looking like a winner. He secretly hated them, but the situation was pressing, so he had to bow his head. "It's impossible to complete the main quest now, so the conflict between us doesn't exist anymore. And maybe there will be a place where players can work together later on. Can you give us another chance?"
His attitude was very sincere, and such an expression on his kind face could easily confuse others.
Zhou Zhou was not affected at all. He never judged people by appearance alone. Otherwise, how could he become friends with the resentful woman? So facing the hypocritical Wu Yu, his attitude was very firm: "There is no chance."
Corey, who had been silent, realized from Zhou Zhou's attitude that Wu Yu had completely offended the other party and could no longer be trusted.
"Everything I did was instructed by Wu Yu. I was just deceived by him, and so many players present were instigated by him to attack you. Everyone plays the game just to pass it smoothly. There is no need to be so cruel." Corey did not look as kind as Wu Yu, and even his voice was cold and hard, but his words successfully motivated the players who were tied up together, and the others also began to repent and apologize.
The others looked at each other. They didn't know what to do in this situation. They decided to leave it to Zhou Zhou and the others. After all, they were the ones who robbed their things and they were the ones who handled the fight. How these people were dealt with was none of their business.
Zhou Zhou looked at Kou Li and suddenly said, "I know you."
Corey was originally thinking about how to incite others to make Zhou Zhou soften his heart. After all, these people were following Zhou Zhou. The female player with the highest combat power and Al didn't talk much and left all the decision-making power to Zhou Zhou. This young guy looks like a child of some noble family. He can make such a stupid person soften his heart by playing the victim.
But Zhou Zhou's sudden words did make him a little confused. He squinted his eyes and looked at Zhou Zhou carefully. He was sure that he had never seen him before, so how could he know him?
"Inside the dormitory building of Love Academy." Zhou Zhou said calmly.
Shirley and Keli heard the familiar copy name and looked at Keli's weathered face. They had been with Zhou Zhou all the time, so how come they had never seen this person before?
Keli suddenly thought of something, and walked forward to ask Zhou Zhou: "Is it the person who pushed you down?"
"Yeah!" Zhou Zhou hummed hard, and then said to Kou Li: "We agreed to beat you up."
Shirley also remembered, and squeezed to the front to look at Corey carefully, her eyes widened: "Okay, it's you!"
Corey also remembered, but he still felt that Zhou Zhou was a stranger. It was too dark around him and he was being chased closely by the monster, so he could only take a look at the other person's clothes. At that time, he only thought that the other person must be a rich man, and he didn't see what he looked like clearly. So how did Zhou Zhou recognize him? There are hundreds of millions of game players, and unless they form teammates, the possibility of meeting each other again is very small. That's why they are rampant in the game. Anyway, no matter what they do to the players in the copy, they will never meet them again, and there is no need to worry about them seeking revenge. As a result, in just a few days, not only did they meet them, but they also offended them for the second time.
Shirley was already rolling up her sleeves. At that time, they were helping Zhou Zhou to curse, but today they ended up running into their hands. This is what they call karma.
Zhou Zhou didn't intend to beat Corey. After all, he didn't feel angry at that time, and he had nothing to be angry about now. The main reason was that he had an agreement with Shirley and the others.
And in the copy of the Doll's House, he promised Shirley and the others that they should be vigilant when encountering bad people and not repay evil with kindness. They must repay the other party for what they did to him. He has a good memory and recognized Corey at the first sight, so he was always on guard against the two of them.
And Alvia probably recognized Corey, after all, the three of them were on the same floor at the time.
"Shirley, don't hit him, just put them back into the sea." Zhou Zhou grabbed the cursing Shirley and said calmly.
Put it back into the sea? The female player raised her eyebrows and curled the corners of her mouth slightly. They were indeed put back into the sea. After all, they were all rescued by Zhou Zhou. Although some players had props to get on the boat at that time, the nature of the matter was different when Zhou Zhou took the initiative to lower the rope ladder.
"Okay, okay, I'll come and help too." A player said enthusiastically. He was the player who was dragged by Cory to block the skeletons before. He had long been dissatisfied with these two people. There would be absolutely no problem letting him release them back to the sea.
They will definitely enter the sea in style.
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