Chapter 72 Housekeeping and Cleaning (5)
"What do we do? The monster is about to come out and move around. Lei Ge and Dan Yang can't get their weapons out, and their combat power has been weakened."
Gou Wenyan suddenly turned to Bai Ye, as if seeing a lifeline, "Brother, you're strange too!"
Then, as if discovering a new continent, she hugged Bai Ye tightly, almost like a koala clinging to him.
"You're the same kind of people as them, you can definitely beat them. At the very least, they probably won't hurt you."
Gou Wenyan's idea was good. Since Bai Ye is a half-demon, he doesn't calculate damage value. So, if the three people hide behind him, they can at least reduce the damage by half.
If a fight breaks out, let Bai Ye lead the charge; perhaps the strange creatures will show mercy when they see their own kind.
Xing Lei and Cheng Danyang shared the same idea, but they weren't as extreme as Gou Wenyan.
They planned to use the white night to draw the attention of the supernatural beings, or perhaps to communicate amicably so they could launch an ambush and take the opportunity to kill them.
Bai Ye listened without saying a word.
Cheng Danyang was the youngest, and now he felt that he was being very unfair. "Brother Bai, how about we forget about it?"
That's really unfair to people.
However, Bai Ye surprised everyone with his words, "The idea is good, but how do we settle the accounts?"
"Huh?" Cheng Danyang was dumbfounded.
Gou Wenyan immediately grinned, “Then you’ll definitely get the lion’s share, followed by Brother Lei and Danyang. I can’t get it. If you’re willing, you can share some of the soup with me.”
After discussing the specific arrangements, the four stopped knocking on the door and found a small corner in the living room where they sat back to back.
The advanced and bizarre creatures ignore walls and can pass through them; they dare not move close to the walls.
Now, Cheng Danyang and Xing Lei are facing the wall and the window, respectively.
As for Gou Wenyan and Bai Ye, they each faced the empty living room. The difference between the two was that Bai Ye faced the largest area, directly facing the path leading from the living room to the various rooms.
"Bai Ye, what time is it now?" Gou Wenyan asked in a low voice.
Bai Ye replied, "11:36."
After a while, Cheng Danyang asked, "Brother Bai, what about now?"
Bai Ye replied again, "11:56."
Time flies so fast?
Gou Wenyan was startled and reached behind him, but instead of grabbing anyone else's arm, he grasped a cold, round object.
He couldn't help but touch it twice, then trembled in fright, "Alarm... alarm clock."
"The alarm clock is with Bai Ye." Xing Lei said attentively, "Don't ask about the time anymore, there are only a dozen seconds left."
"No, it's not..."
Gou Wenyan gripped the alarm clock, his whole body trembling, but with the last bit of courage, he continued to reach further back.
"Brother Lei, Danyang, the alarm clock is floating in the air. No, nobody's here."
After he finished speaking, the living room fell into a deathly silence.
Xing Lei immediately reached out to the side, while retreating continuously, forming a triangle with Cheng Danyang and Gou Wenyan, their shoulders brushing against each other.
Gou Wenyan was still holding the alarm clock, his heart already pounding with panic.
"Everyone was back to back, so when did Bai Ye disappear?"
Cheng Danyang wasn't too panicked. "I don't feel anything unusual, but don't worry, Brother Bai has fighting skills, so there shouldn't be any danger for the time being."
Xing Lei nodded, "Let's first guard against a bizarre surprise attack, and then figure out a way to find Bai Ye."
At this moment, Bai Ye teleported into the wall, an environment that would be unbearable for players but was warm and comfortable for him.
He even sensed that the walls were fluid, able to move around as he pleased.
With a thought, Bai Ye slid from one wall to another, peeking out to look at the wall in the second bedroom that was originally next to the cabinet.
Then another thought struck him, and he found himself inside the bathroom wall near the master bedroom.
This feeling, how should I put it, is somewhat familiar, very much like that night in the mental hospital in the first instance.
"How did I get stuck in the wall again?"
Bai Ye squatted in the corner, wondering if there was something she hadn't noticed before.
"Never mind, let's go find Wenyan and the others first."
Bai Ye got up, slid down the wall, and quickly returned to the living room.
He poked his head out, just about to call for help, when he saw a fist coming straight at his face.
Cheng Danyang punched the protruding figure on the wall on the head and shouted, "It's that relief! It must be the woman who appeared at the beginning, hiding mysteriously inside the wall."
Bai Ye barely managed to dodge and slipped out from the other side, but before he could even extend half of his hand, he was grabbed.
Xing Lei swiftly and accurately grabbed the strange wrist, breaking it in a series of quick movements, and even reached into the wall to reach inside.
"There's one here too, it's a high-level eerie one, it's become one with the wall."
Xing Lei continued searching, but after a long time, he only found half of it. Finally, unwilling to give up, he threw it on the ground. "Wenyan, be careful, don't lean against any wall."
He paused, then added, "Avoid touching cabinets, windows, and anything else you can lean against."
Bai Ye, who was sliding from the wall to the window: "..."
At that moment, he finally understood.
My other task is to "fulfill the principle of the bizarre".
During the day, you are a player, and you are tasked with cleaning.
But at night, things become eerie, and the game will attack the player.
So one person is doing two jobs?
The key point is that, strangely, he didn't calculate two salaries for himself!
This is absolutely intolerable; it's exploiting labor for free!
"That's weird, that's not fair of you. Even if I'm in a hurry to get rid of my half-ghost body, I'm still a player. Why should I be doing two jobs but only getting paid for one?"
Bai Ye pressed himself against the window, almost blending into the materials inside; he had no desire to go out at all.
"That's weird. If you don't pay me, I'm quitting."
Anyway, they didn't say anything about deducting money for being weird.
[Attention players! There are hidden easter eggs in the part-time tasks. Please work diligently to find them.]
Bai Ye's first reaction was to look at his teammates, but he saw that Cheng Danyang, who was closest to him, did not react, so he knew that the mechanical voice was only targeting him.
However, "hidden Easter eggs are like opening blind boxes; they could be big prizes or junk. I don't need to gamble on a 50% chance."
Employees don't listen to promises from their bosses; only the wages they actually receive are real.
"Strange, have you ever heard of bulletproof benefits? Do you know about good promotion opportunities? Do you know about year-end settlements?"
Bai Ye laughed in exasperation as he said this, "These are all pancakes, and I don't like any of them."
The mechanical voice fell silent.
After a short pause, the broadcast continued: [Player has entered a passive-aggressive mode, allocating resources. Resource matching in progress, integration complete.]
[Player's day and night part-time mission is now open. Be a diligent and spooky character, and adhere to the principles of the spooky world. Failure to complete the mission will result in an immediate deduction of 2000.]
Bai Ye's eyes lit up immediately, "So the reward for the strange thing is 4000?"
This is much easier than working as a cleaner during the day.
Anyway, it's just about being a ghost; it doesn't say whether it's an evil ghost or a good ghost.
So, it's okay if I take advantage of the situation, right?
Bai Ye suddenly became full of energy, gliding through various parts of the house, including but not limited to: walls, windows, wardrobes, floors, tables, and sofas.
Everything that was originally in this house can become part of him.
At this moment, the white night was as smooth and slippery as mucus, and it could stick to anything.
This reminded him of a TV series he watched when he was a child, in which the main villain was also like a blood worm, slippery everywhere.
The enemy is in the open while we are in the dark; the night is very long.
Bai Ye had an idea and wanted to tease his companion.
"Work still needs to be done, and slacking off is also part of the job."
Bai Ye's first choice was Gou Wenyan. There was no other way; of the three, this kid was the only one without any fighting skills.
Once you've made up your mind, start working immediately.
Teammates are unwilling to be hurt, but scaring them is absolutely possible.
Taking advantage of the other two's inattention, Bai Ye slid from the sofa to the dining table, now only an arm's length away from where Gou Wenyan was standing.
He didn't stick his head out, but slowly reached out his hand and touched forward.
The eerie fusion of objects, the body becoming part of the object, so Bai Ye's hands are made of the same material that grew out of the oak table.
Gou Wenyan felt something on his lower back and turned around immediately in fright, only to see a corner of the dining table.
He thought he had been too startled and accidentally poked the corner of the table. After all, the corner of the table, though seemingly round, was still a sharp object, so the feel should be similar.
But when he was hit hard again, Gou Wenyan froze.
It's hard, yet very flexible.
That thing is moving!
This isn't a table corner at all, it's... something dirty.
"Is it weird?"
Gou Wenyan, in a flustered state, slowly turned around, clutching the iron pot he had just received.
He wanted to call for help, but Cheng Danyang and Xing Lei had already noticed something strange and started fighting again.
"It's all fake, a hallucination, a hallucination..."
Gou Wenyan muttered something to himself, and in the instant he turned around, the iron pot slammed open with a "smack".
"Clang—"
A piece of oak, resembling a limb, fell from one corner of the dining table; at the very front, there were two fingers bent over.
"The table has come to life!"
This was Gou Wenyan's first reaction.
But soon he realized that something strange was attached to the dining table.
"Brother Lei, Danyang, the weirdo has crawled into the table. I just broke one of his arms." Gou Wenyan was both scared and excited; this was his first time facing off against a monster in the dungeon!
Looking down at the iron pot in his hand, he suddenly felt confident. "So the eerie creature is afraid of this thing. I'm confident now."
So Gou Wenyan wandered around the room, grabbing whatever seemed amiss and starting to swing it around, making the iron pot clang loudly and melodiously.
The moment Gou Wenyan called, Bai Ye chose to leave the table and dive straight into the iron pot.
He was just getting ready to have a big fight with his brother, but who would have thought—
This kid doesn't play by the rules.
When Bai Ye was used as a weapon for the eleventh time, he broke free of the iron pot and returned to the wall.
Gou Wenyan, you're a real dog!
Bai Ye sighed, then turned his gaze to the other two who were almost disappearing into the living room.
Two strange figures began to appear in the master bedroom. They were entangled with Xing Lei and Cheng Danyang, but they didn't seem to be going all out.
As a "part" of the supernatural beings, Bai Ye now has a clearer vision. He understands perfectly well that these two supernatural beings are trying to lure people over there.
As for the direction, it's the master bedroom.
Bai Ye slid forward along the wall, almost touching it to watch the fight.
Just as they were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle, an excited voice burst forth.
"Eat them, eat them."
Bai Ye immediately looked towards the source of the voice; it was that strange man, and it was his inner voice.
"Can I hear eerie whispers?"
Bai Ye was surprised, as she had not used any watermelon seeds.
Is this a perk after transforming into a monster?
Bai Ye didn't have time to think much; she instinctively reached out to help her friend.
However, as soon as he reached out, before he even touched Cheng Danyang, who was closest to him, a burning sensation covered the back of his hand.
"hiss--"
Bai Ye was caught off guard and cried out when she was burned.
"Danyang, be careful."
Upon hearing the sound, Xing Lei immediately pulled Cheng Danyang back while cautiously observing their surroundings. "There are more than two strange things here."
Cheng Danyang nodded, "I know Brother Lei, and there's also a nanny."
“No.” Xing Lei’s expression grew even more grim. “It’s not just ordinary strangeness.”
"What's the meaning?"
“We were focused on dealing with those two weirdos and didn’t notice them. But look, those two weirdos aren’t there either.”
Xing Lei pointed forward, and Cheng Danyang looked in that direction.
Sure enough, the two strange creatures who had been retreating towards the room were just as terrified as they were.
Even worse, their fear runs deeper.
"Brother Lei, could there be two groups of strange beings?" Cheng Danyang asked, somewhat confused.
Xing Lei, recalling some information Bai Ye had shared, guessed, "Bai Ye said that there are good and bad ghosts. This ghost, whose location is unknown, might be a good one?"
"Was it that weirdo who kidnapped Brother Bai?" Cheng Danyang was still worried; Bai Ye had been missing for at least an hour.
The night is long, and if you can't find anyone all night, the chances of survival are slim.
"I don't know. Let's go back first. Wenyan is still in the living room."
Xing Lei and Cheng Danyang quickly retreated, leaving only Bai Ye and the two strange figures in front of them in the corridor.
The other party is a high-level, unpredictable being; logically, there should be no fear.
But Bai Ye only made a sound, and the two eerie creatures were so frightened that they almost trembled like quails.
"Am I more than just a high-level weirdo?"
A thought arose in Bai Ye's mind, and upon looking at the two strange figures before him, he immediately felt the urge to test them.
He glanced at the living room, confirming that the two had gone far away, and what seemed like a short distance turned out to be an extremely long passage.
Bai Ye felt relieved and focused on dealing with the two in front of him.
At this moment, the two eerie figures huddled together, trembling as they backed away, wanting to get back to the master bedroom as quickly as possible.
But clearly, the hierarchical suppression rendered them immobile, and a fear rising from the depths of their hearts forced them to collapse and kneel down.
"Sir, we are acting under orders and have absolutely no intention of disturbing you."
Ordered?
This was the first time Bai Ye had heard such a statement. Could it be that there really was a leader in this strange world?
"Whose orders are you on? Why are you making a move here?" Bai Ye asked in a deep voice, feigning aloofness.
While the male eerie figure was still hesitating, the female eerie figure blurted out, "By order of the Nine Venerables, we are stationed in this small world. Those two were humans who entered this place. They are high-level players. As long as we torture them to the point of collapse, our mission will be over."
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