The hospital lobby was dimly lit, and looking out through the glass wall, all one could see was pitch black.
Yue Xiaoyan huddled under the consultation desk, looking at Chunling in bewilderment.
The chill still filled the hall. Although they couldn't see it, they could clearly sense that something was wandering outside. Perhaps it was the ghost's aura that could not be ignored, or it could be that Yue Xiaoyan had a "witch" physique, and Chunling was also an evil ghost.
She did not join the group chat again. Her companions all had their own tasks. She knew a piece of news about herself and asked them all to rush here.
But she is also a player... Although her combat power and physical strength are not as good as others, she is still stronger than ordinary players without special powers.
Moreover, her awakened supernatural powers just happened to match the supernatural copy.
Yue Xiaoyan didn't want to be a useless person hiding behind her companions. She had previously wanted to rely on Lu Cai to survive, but that was simply because she felt she was no match for the big boss, Tie Ding, so she didn't want to cause trouble. This was different from always expecting friends to save her.
And she also has a resurrection card!
Yue Xiaoyan planned that she could fight with the opponent first. If she couldn't beat him, she would find a chance to run away. If she couldn't escape, she would die together with the opponent. Anyway, she wouldn't have to pay any compensation.
If exchanging one life for another doesn't work... fighting with him can be considered combat experience, and I can share experience with my companions when I wake up.
After thinking everything through, Yue Xiaoyan raised her eyes and looked at Chunling.
This time, Chunling wore a long floral dress with flowing hair, looking very ladylike. But when she caught Yue Xiaoyan's gaze, she tilted her head in confusion. She didn't understand.
Yue Xiaoyan held her forehead in her hand. The two of them didn't seem to have a good understanding. Chunling, a ghost descending from the sky, had no clue about Yue Xiaoyan's feelings. Yue Xiaoyan also wondered if she had received a fake ghost descending from the sky.
A gust of cold wind swept past, and Yue Xiaoyan shuddered all over and couldn't help but clutch her trouser legs.
Pah--
Her ears pricked up, and her heart skipped a beat at the sound, and finally even her breathing seemed to stop.
Yue Xiaoyan recognized it as the sound of bare feet stepping on the floor tiles.
The footsteps were very slow, and it was obvious that the other party was neither anxious nor impatient, which was consistent with the mentality of an evil spirit.
She stretched out her hand and clenched it, revealing a copper coin dagger. The copper coin dagger lacked a blade, and in other instances it was merely a decorative item. However, in the supernatural instance, powered by the "Witch's" power, it could be considered a sharp weapon.
Just as she was ready, the noise outside suddenly disappeared. Yue Xiaoyan couldn't help but hold her breath and listen carefully.
Another chill came—
"You are here—"
A voice suddenly rang out. It was a boy's voice, but this time it was dry and hoarse, and it carried a malicious sneer.
Yue Xiaoyan turned her head suddenly, and a charred face came into her eyes.
The other person's face was covered with burn marks, his hair and skin were burned off, his bright red flesh was faintly turned outward, his cloudy eyeballs were moving flexibly in his eye sockets, and the smile at the corner of his mouth seemed to be frozen.
Chunling reacted quickly, rushing out. Before he even touched the ground, he reached out and grabbed the other person's neck, pushing him against the wall.
For a moment, two gusts of cold wind collided with each other, and the seats behind the information desk were blown off track.
The ghost woman floated in mid-air, her skirt swaying violently, her long, silky hair swaying violently in the wild, chilling wind. Her face was expressionless, not even a hint of pretense of color left, her complexion as cold as white porcelain. Her eyes were dark and lifeless, veins on her face began to bulge, and her nails slowly lengthened, becoming sharp claws.
There was not a single intact piece of skin on the burnt evil ghost's body, and his shoulders were even a little crooked. His skinny hands made an attacking gesture, and just as he raised them, a long emerald green whip snapped and landed directly on the evil ghost's forearm.
With a snap, the forearm broke and fell to the ground.
Seeing the charred, withered hand struggling on the ground, Yue Xiaoyan quickly chanted another spell. A small ball of green flame wrapped around the forearm on the ground. The ghost hand in the flame struggled and tried to run out of the fire, but was entangled by an extremely thin green silk thread and fixed in place to endure the burning of the flame.
The evil ghost, pressed against the wall, struggled, its body twitching slightly.
Yue Xiaoyan stood not far away, watching the two ghosts confront each other, still a little puzzled. How could this evil ghost be subdued so easily? What a waste of its abundant chilling aura.
Then she heard a thud and a heavy object fell behind her. Yue Xiaoyan turned her head vigilantly and saw Zhao Yan squatting on the ground, holding his chest as if he was trying to calm down.
"Zhao Yan! Are you okay?" Lu Cai ran over quickly.
Zhao Yan slowly stood up and waved at her: "How are you now?"
"Chun Ling caught the evil ghost!" Yue Xiaoyan pointed forward.
Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, send a message to the group, otherwise they will be anxious-"
Yue Xiaoyan nodded and was about to open the group chat when she suddenly thought of something.
"Go ahead! I want to see what that thing is!" Yue Xiaoyan ran to Chunling angrily.
When she ran a few steps away, Zhao Yan's expression suddenly changed, from a simple and honest look to a sinister one, and he raised his hand to grab Yue Xiaoyan's back.
The girl was running forward quickly, but when the sharp claws were about to grab her from behind, she suddenly leaned to the side and dodged!
She raised the copper coin dagger and slashed it. The hand that was waving in front of her eyes trembled slightly, as if it had lost its strength. From the ceiling above her head, a long whip swung down, hitting "Zhao Yan" in the face.
Yue Xiaoyan was alert, her brows furrowed. I hope Zhao Yan is okay.
"Zhao Yan" still looked the same, but he raised his hands to cover his face, his eyes full of ferociousness.
Is he the disfigured ghost that Qin Yu encountered, or the dark shadow that Lu Cai encountered?
Did he just mention "group"? That's a concept only players know about. Lu Cai said the shadows are outside the dungeon, so do they know about the existence of the game world?
"We just want to pass the level!" Yue Xiaoyan raised her voice, as if she didn't have to be afraid that way.
"Ah--" A short and sharp scream. Yue Xiaoyan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a ball of black smoke entangling Chunling.
The black smoke touched her skin, which slowly dried and peeled away, revealing crimson flesh. Chunling hung halfway in the air, struggling in agony. The evil spirit she had been holding back finally broke free and turned to Yue Xiaoyan with a smile.
She broke one of his hands, so the hatred must have been great.
"Chun Ling! Come back!" She didn't care about her own danger. It was just a matter of death anyway, but the pain caused by Chun Ling's injury was real.
After receiving her order, Chun Ling quickly closed his eyes and gathered his Yin energy. Suddenly, he turned into a card and flew into Yue Xiaoyan's hand.
Just as she put the Ghost Descent card into the card slot, "Zhao Yan" rushed up from behind and hit her back hard.
She immediately fell to the ground, vomited blood, felt a sharp pain in her internal organs, and her vision became blurred. She could not get up at all.
A pair of feet that were burnt black by fire walked in front of her. Yue Xiaoyan blinked weakly twice, and her ears were buzzing.
——
A crack tore through the darkness, and two figures fell into it.
The tall body tightly wrapped in black smoke trembled. The blade swept past his ear, and Zhao Yan felt his body lighten, and he fell to the ground.
He looked up and saw Lu Cai. The other person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was.
"Zhao Yan?" Lu Cai hurried forward to help him up. "Aren't you in the branch line?"
Zhao Yan stood up with Lu Cai's help, feeling a little dizzy. "I don't know. It's time to leave the branch line, but when I opened my eyes, I was here, and there was no signal in the group chat—"
Cai Lu also noticed the chat box, and a big exclamation mark appeared on the top again.
"We need to get back to the hall quickly—" She frowned, her eyes darkening, "666, chop again!"
666 held the long knife, turned his wrist slightly, pointed the blade to one side, and chopped it down fiercely.
When they cut open the passage on the 5th floor, a black data mass rushed out, but those things were weak, and Lu Cai caught them directly, pinned them to the ground and beat them violently.
At that time, even 666, who was holding a knife beside him, was a little confused.
But the two did not expect that the biggest challenge would be getting lost in these crack passages.
Lu Cai guessed that the power outside the copy interfered with the two of them and wanted to use these strange spaces to trap them. Unexpectedly, he met Zhao Yan while running around.
Zhao Yan's gaze fell on 666. Just hearing that name didn't sound like a serious player. Considering Lu Cai's past behavior, Zhao Yan had reason to suspect she had abducted an NPC.
The crack opened, and the three of them quickly jumped in. As they entered the crack, everything went black. Lu Cai frowned, trying to grasp something in the darkness.
Because of the lack of signal, coupled with the interference from the black data attack, these black channels were probably the territory of the black smoke. It attached itself to the replica world like an elusive parasite, exploiting every opportunity to occupy its territory.
They should be in the gap outside the copy now.
But blindly rushing forward like this is not a solution.
There must be something different...
data......
What's wrong with the data?
As long as they analyze the data, they can return to the real copy world.
Because of her urgency, she stared at the darkness in front of her almost without blinking. What did these black data look like?
She asked herself this question over and over again, staring into the darkness.
Then... a ball of green data rushed into the endless darkness, only revealing its head before being swept up by the darkness and sinking -
That's it!
Lu Cai raised his hand and grabbed something as if he was grasping something in the void.
Black, drowning everything.
But a force was pulling them out!
Darkness was running everywhere. Lu Cai closed her eyes until a faint light fell on her face. She felt several surging data!
His eyes snapped open, his gaze fierce. He saw an empty hall, with the three of them on the ceiling.
A figure surrounded by black smoke raised his fist and was punching the dark blue figure on the ground!
Lu Cai had no time to adjust her landing posture. As she fell, she condensed a few strands of red silk and flung them towards the direction of the black smoke.
She remembered someone reminding her that she couldn't be like that person and give up her hope of survival for the sake of stranger players and monsters in the dungeon.
But she would never allow her companions to leave in front of her!
She remembered what the man said—
"Once eaten by it, whether NPC or player, they will cease to exist."
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