Could the clues be hidden in these wooden crates?
"It's disgusting, but it seems like there's no other way."
Jiang Ran deftly opened the nearest wooden crate, and a nauseatingly strong smell of blood rushed out. The crate was full of rotting, putrid flesh. As for what kind of flesh it was, Jiang Ran didn't care.
"Gwen! Help me open these wooden crates!"
"don't want!"
"A strange creature like you, are you afraid of these things?"
"It's filthy!"
"Fine, fine, fine!" Jiang Ran said helplessly, rubbing his head. "Can you use your abilities now?"
"Very blurry."
"Then can you tell me, besides this rotten flesh, is there anything else in one of the wooden boxes?"
“This…” Gwen examined it carefully. “Yes! In the second box on your left, I can only vaguely tell that there’s something different inside, but I can’t be sure what it is!”
Jiang Ran immediately opened the box, ignoring the stench, and rummaged through it for a while, finally finding a piece of iron!
Upon taking it out, it turned out to be a short sword half a meter long, with a completely rusted surface, practically a tetanus weapon!
The only clue in the room was a sword. Could it be that the key to solving the puzzle was to make him fight that ghostly woman outside the door?
"Speaking of which, it was never mentioned from the beginning that the woman outside was invincible, which means that as long as you have a weapon, you might not necessarily die if she catches up with you?"
Jiang Ran would never have made such a judgment if there had been other ways out of the room.
"Found you!"
A furious shout came from outside the door. The ghost woman kicked open the iron door along with the wooden box behind it. The moment her eyes locked onto Jiang Ran, she pounced over like lightning!
Are you kidding me? How can someone who kicks down an iron gate possibly fight one-on-one?!
Jiang Ran instinctively raised his sword to block, but the woman struck the sword with her claw and took a step back. He was somewhat surprised to feel the power coming from the sword, as it was not as great as he had imagined!
By the way, this is just a game.
The woman's strength in ramming the iron gate seemed to be fixed, which is why she couldn't break it open. But when she finally broke through, her strength suddenly increased, which was probably just a game setting to prevent her from being blocked outside indefinitely. After that, her strength returned to normal.
Yes! We can fight!
Women are far faster and stronger than the average adult man, but Jiang Ran has a sword in his hand and the woman's moves are completely unpredictable, just wildly swinging her limbs. Under these circumstances, Jiang Ran is not without a chance to defeat her!
It's likely that Kojiro Kojiro in another world at the same time is facing the same crisis. Jiang Ran doesn't even need to defeat the woman; he just needs to outlive her!
Jiang Ran did not press his advantage, but secretly took two steps back to assume a defensive stance. The woman pounced again, and Jiang Ran swung his sword to block her attack. The two of them retreated!
"That was close... so close!"
The woman's reaction speed was faster than Jiang Ran's, so Jiang Ran had to concentrate fully to have a chance to catch her attack. This was the case the first two times, but Jiang Ran could not guarantee that it would be the same every time in the future!
How come Koji Gojiro is still alive?!
"Ah, how insignificant humans are! Well then, let me help you!"
Gwen grunted twice, raised her head, and took the large pair of scissors from behind her back.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A little brat who can hold his own against Jiang Ran would naturally be defeated in one move by Gwen, a genuine supernatural being!
Jiang Ran then remembered that he had a powerful henchman, but for some reason he had subconsciously overlooked her combat strength!
Gwen sent the ghost woman to her death with two scissors, and then stood with her hands on her hips in front of Jiang Ran as if showing off!
"See? I told you I was amazing, didn't I?"
The surrounding walls collapsed with a crash, revealing three more paths besides the one they had come by. The game was still going on, which meant—
That guy's still alive?
If we move the timeline forward a bit, Kojiro finally managed to escape to this room, close the iron door, and let the ghost woman bang on it from the outside. Only then could he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Halfway through, he was almost caught up by the ghost woman, so Koji Gojiro had no choice but to use the Instant Flash again. Originally, he only had five chances to use this ability, but now he had used it three times!
He also couldn't find the exit of the room, and no matter how anxious he was, there was nothing he could do. In the end, he still couldn't find the short sword hidden in the wooden box.
As expected, the ghost woman rushed in and crippled him with a single claw attack. Kojiro was forced to use his Instant Flash, which inexplicably allowed him to pass through the wall and arrive in the corridor behind.
"Heaven is helping me! Heaven is truly helping me! Hahaha!"
The good news is that he survived; the bad news is that he has no choice but to stick to this one path.
Jiang Ran did not choose to enter a certain path immediately, because the rules only required him to survive. It was clear that this was not an exploration game and had no end.
"If I'm not mistaken, this damn game will change its target next to hunt us down, and we need to choose the right path from these three, or we'll be caught and killed."
"Then there's no need for us to run!" Gwen brandished her large scissors and made a show of ferocity, cutting through the air in front of her. "I'll kill them one by one!"
"No, you don't understand, this is a 'game'."
It was just that this level happened to be a fighting segment, which allowed Gwen to gain an advantage. Since this game could make that ghostly woman kick open the iron gate, it could naturally also give her even more terrifying power.
In other words, the game can create an "unbeatable" unit anytime, anywhere.
"Huh?" Gwen didn't quite understand Jiang Ran's words. "Well, no matter what, you have to choose a path to take. Are you confident?"
Jiang Ran shook his head: "If you have complete confidence from the beginning, then this can't be called a gamble at all."
There are three paths, but the chance of survival is only 1 in 3!
"A one-third success rate? Are you sure you won't die here?"
Jiang Ran grinned: "No, it's a 2/3 success rate!"
The ghost woman's body began to convulse violently, and her belly was cut open from the inside out, revealing a baby's arm covered in blood!
"They're here! Let's go!"
Jiang Ran grabbed Gwen and rushed towards that road!
That was the road they came by!
If you go down the wrong path, you will soon reach the end and be caught and killed by the ghost child. The three intersections are exactly the same, and there is no way to tell which one is the right path!
Therefore, Jiang Ran had no choice but to return the way he came, because the road was long enough that if Kojiro chose the wrong path, he would be caught up with and die before Jiang Ran!
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