Chapter 1
In the eerie and ancient castle guest room.
The cold wind blew the curtains, and the wind chimes hanging in front of the window jingled, making the atmosphere in the whole room even more eerie.
Suddenly, a pale hand stretched out from under the bed.
The female ghost had long hair draped in front of her face, her body twisted into a strange shape, half of her body emerged from under the bed, and her bright red clothes looked like human blood flowing freely, which was extremely creepy.
The horrifying scene before her did not affect Jiang Lele at all.
She leaned back in her chair and took in her surroundings.
Several male and female players huddled together nervously, backing away in fear.
One of the men, who claimed to be an old player, was explaining the dungeon rules to everyone.
"Everyone, listen to me. This is a novice-level dungeon. The ghosts won't kill anyone. We just need to get through the scary phase of the ghosts, and we can successfully pass it. Don't panic."
He didn't know what bug happened in the random dungeon matching mechanism that accidentally dragged him, an old player, into the novice dungeon, so he could only temporarily act as a guide to guide the novice players.
Then, veteran player Jiang Hongyu continued to introduce the current situation to everyone.
The general meaning is that these players are currently pulled into this game called the world of reincarnation, where they can only survive by constantly clearing dungeons.
As for how to return to the original world, Jiang Hongyu didn't know either.
The new players who were originally trembling with fear turned pale when they heard this.
"Does that mean we'll stay in this world forever?"
Jiang Hongyu shook his head. "Not necessarily. If you can clear all the dungeons, you might be able to get out. But so far, I haven't heard of any player being able to clear all of them."
A feeling of despair spread, and everyone's eyes became dull, not knowing where their future lay.
Compared to the despair of these people, Jiang Lele seemed extremely calm.
How should I put it...
She had experienced so many bad things like this, so many that she didn't even feel a thing about what was happening in front of her.
To put it simply, ever since she was old enough to understand, she has been experiencing all kinds of strange things and troubles around her. For example, she would choke when drinking water and have to go to the emergency room, she would have accidents as soon as she got on the elevator, and she would be hit by flower pots when she was walking on the road.
But unfortunately, she has a very strong life. She has been unlucky for so long, but she herself is fine, while the people around her have to suffer this disaster innocently.
In her memory, it seemed that she had no relatives since she was old enough to understand, and she only knew a very kind neighbor aunt.
The neighbor aunt took good care of her. She would cook an extra egg for breakfast every day and give it to Jiang Lele.
But then one day, the neighbor's aunt's son came to her house to play. Perhaps affected by Jiang Lele's unlucky physique, he had several accidents in succession and was admitted to the hospital.
Since then, the neighbor aunt has never appeared again.
Jiang Lele looked at the neighbor's door that was closed every day, and knew that the neighbor's aunt and her family must have moved away because of her.
She originally thought that her life would continue to be lonely and unlucky until she was forced into the world of reincarnation.
The crisp sound of cracking melon seeds gradually became clearer in the bedroom.
Everyone was nervous and turned around to look for the source, only to find Jiang Lele sitting alone at the desk, having cracked a table full of melon seed shells.
A man wearing glasses looked at Jiang Lele dissatisfiedly, "We are here, frightened, and you are hiding in the back, eating melon seeds?"
Jiang Lele paused, "Didn't they say that the ghosts in this novice dungeon won't hurt people? Then we can just wait until we finish the process."
...Although they said so, Jiang Lele was hiding over there eating melon seeds so easily, making their frightened expressions just now seem petty.
"Ding! The melon-eating system has been linked! Are you hungry? Are you sleepy? Come and eat melon with Xiaogua!"
Jiang Lele was stunned for a moment when she heard the sudden voice in her mind.
Players who heard the binding notification sound together: "......?"
What's that sound? Who's talking?
Players began to look around for the source of the sound.
After all, having just experienced the strange experience of being dragged into a dungeon, Jiang Lele quickly regained his composure and silently asked himself, "What use are you?"
"I, little melon, know all the gossip and fun stuff about this dungeon, including but not limited to gossip!"
Jiang Lele: "So?"
"So I know that the female ghost in front of you, no, the male ghost, has a green head!"
Jiang Lele finally became interested and grabbed another handful of melon seeds. "Can you elaborate?"
The room became extremely quiet.
After searching around for a long time, the players finally set their eyes on Jiang Lele strangely, and realized that the voice that inexplicably appeared in their minds came from Jiang Lele.
As for why they could hear the conversation between Jiang Lele and the system, everyone was confused.
At this moment, the male ghost lying under the bed froze and looked up at Chu Lele in disbelief.
As an NPC in a dungeon world, he had heard of all sorts of weird things and superpowers, but this melon-eating system was the first time he had seen it.
No! The male ghost suddenly realized why this melon-eating system said he was cheated?
"Actually, the male ghost under your bed is a wife-loving man. He was supposed to scare you, but she pretended to have her period early so she could meet up with the water ghost in the well next door. To make it look presentable, the male ghost even bought a wig and put it on. You didn't realize it, did you?"
Hearing this, Jiang Lele glanced at the male ghost under the bed with a little surprise.
Unexpectedly, the female ghost who scared a group of players half to death just now turned out to be a cross-dresser.
The male ghost lying under the bed: "......?"
This system is nonsense!
His wife is so well-behaved and sensible, how could she possibly have an affair with that dirty water ghost next door!
The other players who were forced to watch the show all looked at the male ghost under the bed in surprise.
I don’t know why, but I suddenly wasn’t afraid of him anymore, and instead felt a little sympathy for him.
Jiang Lele spat out the melon seed shells and immediately asked, "What is this male ghost wife doing now?"
"Just now, the male ghost's wife and the water ghost entered the room, and they are both lying on the bed now... hehe, you know~"
Jiang Lele felt a little sympathy for the male ghost.
If this is true, this male ghost is so miserable.
He worked so hard to become a cross-dresser and help his wife with work, but ended up being cuckolded.
Oh my god...it's such a miserable life.
When Jiang Lele and the system were talking about this, the male ghost under the bed had already turned very ugly with his face. He gritted his teeth and his anger surged in his heart.
Jiang Lele, who had been watching the male ghost's movements, asked, "Why doesn't he crawl out to scare people?"
"I guess since you guys are all new players, I want to give you some time to rest. By the way, I saw you like eating melon seeds, so I stole a handful of five-spice seeds from the next dungeon and put them in your pocket. Remember to eat them."
Jiang Lele silently took out a handful of five-spice melon seeds from his pocket and continued to crack them.
Xiaogua suddenly screamed: "Ahhhhhh, so exciting! The male ghost wife and the water ghost have started to take off their clothes, and then it's unspeakable!"
Jiang Lele was a little surprised: "You can still watch the live version? Let me see it too."
The system politely replied, "Considering the constant dangers within the dungeon, our organization's regulations prohibit broadcasting videos to hosts currently participating in the dungeon. However, you can broadcast once you exit the dungeon."
Jiang Lele: “…”
Oh, damn organizational rules.
"Ahhh! The position of that female ghost and the water ghost is ********* now."
The other players' faces flushed red:?!
Is this something they can listen to without paying?
After listening to the whole thing, Jiang Hongyu's lips trembled slightly. He didn't know what to do to ease the shock in his heart at the moment.
It was strange that he could hear the conversation between Jiang Lele and the system.
Unexpectedly, the content of the conversation between these two people was even weirder.
What he was most curious about now was whether the male ghost in question could also hear the conversation between Jiang Lele and the system like them.
Not only Jiang Hongyu, but other players also pretended to glance casually at the male ghost under the bed.
The red-clothed male ghost's expression kept changing, as if he was brewing a more frenzied mood. He had obviously heard the conversation between Jiang Lele and the system.
Before the players could react, the male ghost suddenly crawled out from under the bed, turned around and left the room.
Jiang Lele, not knowing what was going on, held up a handful of unfinished melon seeds and asked, "Why did the ghost run away?"
The corners of other players' mouths twitched slightly: Thanks to you, he might have gone to the scene to catch the adulterer.
"Ahem..." Jiang Hongyu finally interrupted Jiang Lele, "What's your name, girl?"
Jiang Lele was stunned when she saw that Jiang Hongyu was talking to her. "Me? My name is Jiang Lele."
Jiang Hongyu walked up to Jiang Lele and said, "Hello, I'm Jiang Hongyu. Let's be friends. Maybe we can meet again in the dungeon in the future."
Jiang Lele took the initiative to shake hands, "Hello."
Her eyes fell on the glowing dagger on Jiang Hongyu's waist.
"By the way, why does your dagger glow?"
Jiang Hongyu took off the dagger and patiently explained, "This is the item I got when I cleared the last dungeon. This dagger has a built-in flying function, which is quite useful."
Jiang Lele was a little curious, "It also has a flying function?"
Jiang Hongyu grasped the dagger. The next second, his eyes changed instantly, and he raised his hand and swung it towards the opposite wall.
The slightly fluorescent dagger pierced the opposite wall at lightning speed, and the sound of breaking wind at high speed was accompanied by the sound of raised dust.
"When you participate in more dungeons, you will have the opportunity to obtain similar props, and there is also the possibility of awakening your innate superpowers." Having said that, Jiang Hongyu looked at Jiang Lele silently. He probably could hear the conversation between Jiang Lele and the system because Jiang Lele had awakened superpowers, but her superpowers were rather strange.
Jiang Lele looked at the dagger in the wall. There were actually several fine cracks around the wall, which showed how powerful the dagger's attack power was.
"Host, when I have the chance in the future, I'll steal a few handy weapons for you from the super rare dungeons. They're definitely more powerful than this guy's broken dagger, so don't worry."
"Oh." Jiang Lele replied indifferently.
Jiang Hongyu, who had just retracted the dagger, twitched his mouth slightly.
He had fought hard to participate in a difficult dungeon to get this dagger, but he was actually treated with such disdain.
Seeing that Jiang Hongyu was silent, the other players also tacitly pretended not to hear anything for the sake of safety.
Not long after, a girl who was a little braver popped her head out from under the table.
"Brother Jiang, that ghost has run away, what should we do now?"
This was also the first time that Jiang Hongyu encountered a situation where a dungeon monster suddenly ran away.
He pondered for a moment before speaking, "How about we wait a bit? After the dungeon NPC leaves, the dungeon system will recheck the program and probably send a new ghost in."
"Nothing unexpected will happen, right?" The girl's tone was obviously a little nervous.
Jiang Hongyu frowned slightly. "It's hard to say. I was dragged into the novice dungeon this time by accident. If the dungeon system retests the program, it might detect that my status as a veteran player doesn't match the difficulty of the novice dungeon."
"What will happen if a mismatch is detected?" Jiang Lele asked.
Jiang Hongyu pondered for a moment. "For the sake of fairness, the dungeon system will readjust the dungeon difficulty. Since I'm a veteran player, the dungeon difficulty will most likely be raised to normal."
"Ghosts in normal-level dungeons can hurt people, and there's a risk of death."
"What!" A male player suddenly stood up. "But we're clearly a group of newcomers. Because of a system error, they matched you, a veteran player, in. And they're going to increase the difficulty of our dungeon just because of this?"
Jiang Hongyu also looked somewhat helpless. "That's just the system rules. It's so rigid."
As soon as the conversation between the few people ended, the copy system prompt sounded.
[Ding! Uncontrollable dangers have been detected in the Castle Terror novice dungeon, including the presence of veteran players with awakened superpowers. The dungeon's difficulty is about to increase...]
Jiang Hongyu's eyes darkened slightly, "As expected."
Because of Jiang Hongyu's reminder just now, everyone is already prepared, and the difficulty of the dungeon may be raised to the normal level.
Everyone's expressions became very serious.
But the next second.
[Ding! The dungeon difficulty has been adjusted to rare level, and the clearance rate is 9.99%]
[Warm Tip: Rare-level dungeons have a very high mortality rate, so new players should avoid attempting them lightly.]
Players: “???”
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