Qianyue walked in the snowy field, taking one step deep and one step shallow, and couldn't help but sigh that the world was indeed different from what she had imagined.
The first moment she heard the word "extremely cold world", the scene that appeared in Qianyue's mind was the scene that only appeared at the poles of the planet.
The glaciers are towering and human activities are rare. Apart from extremely cold-resistant animals, the only moving things that can be seen are machines used for scientific research.
But the world before us is a little different, even more like the era background in a fairy tale.
Thatched huts, small villages, backward transportation, no interstellar high-tech, not even lighters and down jackets.
In this case, a heavy snowfall is enough to turn the world into the end.
…
Perhaps Yugi heard her prayer, because after walking for about half an hour, Qianyue actually saw the outline of the town again.
This town was obviously much larger than the two small villages Qianyue had seen before, and most of the people coming and going were players carrying backpacks.
Qianyue was not harassed this time and entered the city in a very low-key manner.
Afraid that others would recognize that she was wearing the Duobao merchant's cloak, Qianyue turned it inside out and wore it.
She hid the player's unique backpack under her cloak, and finally put on the hat, she was almost indistinguishable from the natives.
In the evening, the streets were very deserted.
Some doors were tightly shut, others only a frame. A cold wind blew into the house, and the mess on the roadside and the pink snow silently told of what had happened here.
Qianyue found a hay shed at the end of the alley, but when she lifted the thatch, she was met with three pairs of frightened eyes.
Three skinny kids.
“…”
Qianyue hesitated for a moment whether to give them some food, but in the end she silently covered them with thatch and turned away.
As expected, right after she left, several homeless people rushed over from the corner and shouted, "Take it out! Did that woman give you something to eat?"
A few minutes before nightfall, Qianyue finally found an attic to stay in. Through the small attic window, she quietly watched the night fall, then closed her eyes to rest.
But before long, there was a loud noise downstairs, followed by a strange roar!
"Crazy, another crazy one!"
“Run!”
…
There must have been a fierce fight going on outside. The sound of chaotic footsteps mixed with tinkling and clanging could be heard continuously, and from time to time there were also a few screams and groans of pain.
Qianyue's eyelashes trembled slightly, but she did not move.
After a few minutes, the sound gradually faded away, and the surroundings became quiet again.
At this moment, there was a sudden "creak" sound and someone entered her room downstairs.
Qianyue opened her eyes instantly.
Judging from the footsteps, there seemed to be two people walking in a hurry. But they didn't seem to notice that there was someone above them.
The door leading to the attic is near the kitchen and is difficult to find if you enter the house from the main door.
"Come on, come in and sit down."
The person who was speaking was a woman, and the other person seemed to be injured, gasping for air from time to time, and there was another clanging sound when he entered the house.
The woman asked, "What has the value dropped to now?"
"...15, there is a negative status of infection...hiss, and still losing blood." The answer was from a man.
Woman: "Infection? Luckily, the anti-inflammatory medicine I got two days ago hasn't worn off yet. Just bear with it, I'll apply the medicine to you right away."
Perhaps because they thought there was no one else around, the two of them did not deliberately lower their voices when speaking, but Qianyue upstairs heard everything clearly.
She thought to herself, "Player? The injured man didn't use any tools, but waited for that woman to come and save him. She must be a doctor."
I just don't know how they got injured. Could there be wolves in the city? But that noise just now didn't seem right...
After a few minutes, the man's voice returned to normal.
He urged, "Hurry up and get yourself in shape. It's not safe here. Let's leave quickly."
He paused, then asked, "Fuck, do you still have any inhibitors? That guy scratched me, and my spirit value dropped by 30 points!"
Woman: "No, it's all gone during the day."
…
After a while, the sound of a door opening was heard downstairs again, and the footsteps gradually faded away, but Qianyue did not close her eyes.
She still maintained her previous sitting position, leaning against the wall without moving. The surroundings were so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
The next second, Qianyue suddenly swung the ice pick, and at the same time, the sliding door of the attic was pushed open from below.
The man had just popped his head out when he saw a silver light rushing towards his face!
"Fuck! I didn't mean to do that!"
Xu Hongbo leaned back subconsciously, but his neck still felt a hint of coldness, which scared him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He immediately realized that even if he had surrendered beforehand, the other party had no intention of stopping. If he hadn't dodged, the thing would have pierced his neck by now.
The girls downstairs also became nervous and hurriedly explained: "Sorry, we didn't mean to do that. We didn't know there was someone upstairs-"
Before she could finish her words, she heard the people upstairs mockingly say, "Don't you know there's someone here? I thought you were here to touch the corpse again."
Shi Wei & Xu Hongbo: ...Why is it her again!
The two of them squeezed at the entrance of the attic, their hands folded on their legs, behaving like elementary school students listening to a class.
Opposite the two men was Qianyue, who was sitting with one leg bent against the wall. The ice pick that had almost pierced Xu Hongbo's neck was placed beside her leg.
The distance between the two sides was almost as far as an entire attic, which was enough to show how panicked Xu Hongbo and Shi Wei were.
At this time, Xu Hongbo was explaining the whole story to Qianyue.
"We originally planned to stay in a nearby warehouse for one night, but there were so many players there that no one dared to mess around."
"But unexpectedly, one of them suddenly went crazy. He injured several more people, and in the end, four or five of them went crazy."
go Ape?
Qianyue was stunned.
It took her two seconds to realize that there seemed to be a setting in the game that would cause players to go crazy if their mental value was depleted.
——Forgive her, it’s not that she has a bad memory, it’s just that her life was too comfortable, Qianyue hardly worried about her own mental value, so she naturally forgot the relevant rules.
But what is the operation of tickling someone?
Thinking of Xu Hongbo complaining downstairs that "that guy" had scratched off thirty points of his spirit value, Qianyue vaguely guessed the answer.
She asked bluntly, "Is madness contagious?"
Xu Hongbo was stunned. Although he didn't know why Qianyue asked this, he answered truthfully: "After going crazy, the player will indiscriminately attack everyone around them and will not die completely until an hour later."
"During this one-hour period, when ordinary players are scratched, their health points will drop and their spirit points will also drop." They may even lose more than their health points.
"Once the spirit value is depleted, the player will also go crazy."
Qianyue understood. This was a bit similar to the zombies in the doomsday movies she had seen before. Not only were they crazy themselves, but they could also infect two others.
She said subconsciously: "Your city is terrible."
Xu Hongbo: “…”
Seeing that Qianyue seemed to be in a good mood, Shi Wei, who had been quietly standing aside, asked cautiously:
"Now that everything has been explained, shall we go?"
The two were about to stand up, their movements were too slow. But Qianyue suddenly said:
"Leaving what?"
The two of them froze, and their minds simultaneously recalled the original nightmare.
"sorry!"
Shi Wei subconsciously thought she was angry, and said with a sad face: "We shouldn't have been so curious as to disturb your rest, but we really don't have any props-"
Qianyue interrupted her in surprise: "What do I need your props for?"
They were both stunned.
"That……"
Qianyue: "Shh."
She raised her chin towards the small round window, and Xu Hongbo hesitated for a moment before slowly leaning forward.
On the empty street, several people staggered past with strange postures, as if they had drunk fake alcohol.
A wild wolf slipped in from nowhere and wanted to attack any living creature it saw. But before it could move, the "drunkards" suddenly turned around and pounced directly at the wolf.
A moment later, a scream that was not human pierced the night sky.
On the eighth day, it began to rain.
Xu Hongbo and Shi Wei had already reached the limit of staying in the attic with Qianyue for a whole night, so as soon as the sun rose they jumped up and ran away as if their butts were on fire.
Qianyue leaned against the window and watched them walk away, then slowly went downstairs.
As the two had said before, a mad person would not truly die until an hour had passed. The zombies that had been wandering the streets last night had died one after another before the sun rose, and now they lay on the street, almost indistinguishable from ordinary people.
The rain fell down with a loud noise, hitting the eaves, corpses, and stone steps, and finally gathered on the muddy road. A foul stench filled the air.
If this continues, not only will floods occur in the suburbs, but epidemics will soon break out in the city, and players will probably not be spared.
Although this town is large, it is also very far from various resource points. Under the current circumstances, it is impossible for any supplies to be delivered from outside. The situation will probably become even more chaotic...
Qianyue stood in the house and watched for a while, then put on the hood of her cloak and walked into the rain.
This place of residence has been known to others, so Qianyue no longer plans to live there.
She found a secluded place again, and this time no one came to disturb her.
Although there were sounds of fighting nearby from time to time, Qianyue remained unmoved and continued to eat and drink as usual.
Day 9…
Day 10…
When the first ray of morning light on the eleventh day shone on the earth, the world in front of Qianyue suddenly changed and returned to the original pure white space.
Even Qianyue couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion at this moment - finally, she had completed the game! She could finally leave this game!
"Congratulations to player Qianyue for completing the first round of dungeon challenges."
System: "Your level has been upgraded. The following is a level introduction..."
Qianyue: "Skip, skip."
System: "You have obtained 30 attribute points. You can choose to allocate them now or temporarily store them."
Qianyue: "Seal it."
"Remaining items in the backpack: 2 pieces of black bread..."
Qianyue: "I know, I know. I'll skip the rest."
Now she just wants to get rid of this game as soon as possible and go back to continue enjoying her wonderful vacation.
The system finished the last paragraph slowly:
"You have successfully advanced. The next round of dungeons will open in three days. Please pay attention to the email notification and participate on time."
Qianyue was stunned.
What does it mean to advance smoothly and attend on time?
"etc……"
Before she could finish her words, the world in front of her suddenly darkened, and then a line of prompts appeared in front of her:
【You have been promoted. 】
[There are 3 days left until the next instance opens]
Please wait patiently.
Qianyue: “…”
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