Chapter 1: Wilderness Hotel 1
[System voice prompt: Welcome to the Wilderness Inn, dungeon level five stars.]
Su Qingyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone, slowly opened her eyes. She calmed herself down, then took out an offering card from the offering bag and threw it out.
A silver arc was drawn in the air, and suddenly, a figure landed beside Su Qingyun.
He was tall and straight with silver hair, dressed in ancient costume. He was a very handsome man, but he was missing an arm.
"Master." He nodded to Su Qingyun.
Su Qingyun stood up and said, "Ye Yi, you have to accompany me this time." She took out a dark blue bead from her bag and handed it over.
Ye nodded, accepted it respectfully, and looked up at the hotel in front of him.
The hotel was shabby, with moss covering the walls and peeling bricks and stones revealing the mottled soil inside, like a ruin forgotten by time.
A gust of wind blew, and the half-open door creaked in the cold wind, like the groan of hell.
"This level is very dangerous!" Ye Yi gave his assessment.
Su Qingyun smiled bitterly. Passing the level was inherently dangerous, because if you failed, you would be torn apart and swallowed by the strangeness and disappear completely.
And she spent a year in this danger.
"Let's go." Su Qingyun took a step forward to enter the hotel. At this moment, a strange sound came from behind him.
Turning around, she saw three people, a man and two women, standing behind her. They must be the newcomers sent by the system.
In this chaotic and weird world, unfinished novels, movies, and legends are turned into copies. The system randomly grabs humans into the copies. For those who fail to pass the level, the system will grab new humans in.
Chirp again and again, endlessly.
"No!" A girl among the three screamed in horror.
[System Voice: Please enter the dungeon as soon as possible. Countdown 30 seconds, 30, 29...]
Su Qingyun saw a familiar face among the three people, Yang Bingyan.
Someone she didn't want to see.
Enemies meet on a narrow road!
Su Qingyun turned back indifferently and took Ye Yi into the hotel.
The system sound is still ringing: [20, 19...]
Yang Bingyan spoke up and said to the screaming girl, "Hurry up and get in, or you will die."
"No, no." The girl still refused.
Yang Bingyan ignored her and jumped up the stairs and ran into the hotel.
System sound: ...2, 1.
The hotel door was heavily closed. At this moment, a low growl, like that of a wolf or a dog, was heard from outside. The girl who had not come in seemed to have noticed something. She ran over and slammed the door of the hotel, shouting. The stained glass door showed her pale palms, one by one.
"Open the door, open the door, I'm going in, I'm going in."
But... it's too late.
A dark shadow attacked, bit the girl's calf, and then dragged her down the stairs. Then it swallowed the girl into its mouth as if it was gnawing on a rotten fish.
The girl's cries became weaker and weaker. As the black shadow shook its head, it completely disappeared, leaving only the mottled blood on the glass door of the hotel slowly flowing down.
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Su Qingyun stood with her back to the door, expressionless. She couldn't remember how many times she had seen this scene and had long been numb to it.
"Su Qingyun!" Inside the hotel, Yang Bingyan recognized Su Qingyun, "Why is it you?"
Su Qingyun ignored her.
"That's great. I didn't expect to meet you." Yang Bingyan didn't care whether Su Qingyun was willing to pay attention to her or not, and introduced Su Qingyun to another person.
"This is my best friend. She was one of the first trial participants. I didn't expect she's still alive. We can follow her."
Su Qingyun raised her eyes and took a look at the boy. He was thin, wore glasses, and looked harmless, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes from time to time.
Su Qingyun looked away.
"Senior, please guide me." The boy spoke and introduced himself, "My name is Fang Yuan."
Su Qingyun ignored him.
At this time, the system voice sounded: [Welcome to the Wilderness Inn. This is the only hotel in this area. After entering the store, please go to the front desk to check in. If there is no staff at the front desk, please wait patiently.]
Su Qingyun raised his wrist to look at his watch. The time showed 9:40 in the evening. Generally, there would be strange things happening in horror copies after 10 o'clock.
She winked at Yoruichi.
Ye Yizhao looked around and then shook his head at Su Qingyun.
There are no rules in the hotel lobby, but it seems that they are in the rooms. No wonder the system prompts us to check in as soon as possible.
Su Qingyun went to the front desk.
The front desk was empty, with only a tattered bell covered in rust hanging on the counter shelf. There was no wind in the room, but the bell made a dull and hoarse sound.
Su Qingyun frowned slightly. She looked around. The hall was dimly lit and she could only vaguely see a few tattered portraits hanging on the wall. The figures in the paintings had blurry faces but bright eyes, flashing strange light in the darkness.
Su Qingyun avoided the portrait, took out a ghost money and placed it in front of the bell, saying, "Stay in the hotel."
The sound of a door opening echoed in the empty hall, followed by a slam shut.
"Who wants to stay in the hotel?" An old and hoarse voice came from behind the counter.
"I." Su Qingyun's voice was firm.
Under the counter, in the shadows, a gray head slowly emerged. The silver hair was like dead grass, tangled in strands, and some strands even hung down to the face.
It's an old woman.
Her skin was wrinkled like an old cloth that had been rubbed repeatedly by the years. Her eye sockets were sunken and her eyes were cloudy. Her whole body exuded a rotten smell, like an evil spirit.
"Grandma, I'm staying in the hotel too." Yang Bingyan squeezed to the front of the counter with her signature smile on her face, looking gentle and lovely.
The old woman glanced at Yang Bingyan coldly and said indifferently, "If you want to stay in the hotel, you have to queue up first."
Yang Bingyan was disappointed and retreated.
Su Qingyun lowered her eyes and smiled. The old woman was just an NPC that triggered the plot. She had no thoughts or emotions. There was really no need for Yang Bingyan to show off her good acting skills here.
The old woman took Su Qingyun's ghost money, then took out a key and placed it on the counter, and instructed, "The hotel turns off the lights at 10 pm. Don't walk around if you don't have anything to do."
Su Qingyun raised her wrist and looked at her watch again. It was nine forty-three minutes.
She thanked the old woman and took the key, leading Yoruichi towards the stairs.
Yang Bingyan stopped her.
"What did you just give me?"
Su Qingyun did not answer.
The currency in the strange world is ghost money, and she believes that no one is unaware of it now.
"Fang Yuan has no money. Can you lend him some?" Yang Bingyan pointed at Fang Yuan.
"Ye Yi." Su Qingyun called Ye Yi softly.
Ye Yi transformed and pushed Yang Bingyan away.
Su Qingyun went upstairs.
Downstairs, Yang Bingyan's eyes were first filled with surprise, and then full of hatred.
"She actually has a contracted god, and Qin Shu said he never liked her. He's totally lying."
She slammed her palm on the stair railing, and the innocent look on her face was gone.
Fang Yuan stood by, his small eyes behind the glasses rolled around, and he came over to show his goodwill to Yang Bingyan.
"This Su Qingyun is so unkind. We have to be careful of her."
Yang Bingyan immediately smiled. "She's quite mean, but we're in the same dungeon now, so we still have to look out for each other in order to clear it."
She took out a ghost money and handed it to Fang Yuan, "If you don't have money, I can lend it to you. In the dungeon, one ghost money gives you three days of life, and I only want two days from you for one ghost money."
Fang Yuan, "..."
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