Chapter 103 Madness and Chaos
Based on my experience on the subway, the ghosts here won't easily let go of the living who anger them.
Wei Yanqing clearly realized this as well. He put the things away and didn't continue. Instead, he calmly washed his hands.
Sure enough, in less than a minute, the lights in the room dimmed a bit. Rong Yi remained completely unmoved, and even wanted to laugh: an old trick.
The television, which had been turned off, turned on again, but the image was no longer of the previous sacrificial ceremony; instead, it showed a corridor.
The corridor looks very familiar.
Rong Yi looked at Wei Yanqing. They had just walked through this corridor a few minutes ago, and he didn't expect the scene to turn to this.
"This is to make an example of someone," she said.
Wei Yanqing stretched his neck. This time he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, which made his shoulders look broad and his waist narrow. His muscle lines were faintly visible under the thin shirt.
"I hope more will come."
The television screen moved forward until it stopped in front of a door, the number of which was the room they were staying at.
squeak--
Rong Yi's lips twitched, and he turned his head to Wei Yanqing, saying, "That's so tacky. It's clearly a nice door, but they have to make this kind of noise just to scare people."
Wei Yanqing chuckled.
The television played Rong Yi's words from earlier in their entirety. Perhaps out of embarrassment and anger, he slammed the door shut.
A sorrowful, resentful cry rang in their ears.
A pale, bluish hand grabbed Rong Yi's shoulder. She immediately grabbed the hand back and pulled it out of the darkness. It was a female ghost dressed in white with disheveled hair.
Upon seeing the owner of the hand, Rong Yi swung his arm and struck horizontally, a move commonly known as the "Big Strike".
The female ghost was so slapped that she lost her bearings and staggered a few steps before regaining her balance.
Before the female ghost could recover from the shock of being injured by the object, Rong Yi quickly spun around and delivered a powerful spinning back kick to her temple.
After the procedure, the female ghost's figure faded somewhat.
Wei Yanqing was surprised that she could directly hit a soul without a physical body. "Should we try the weapon?"
The fact that the weapons in this world cannot harm souls does not mean that the ones they brought from Obsidian City are ineffective.
Rong Yi stopped his next move, decisively pulled out his pistol, and fired a shot at the female ghost's body.
The bullet missed it, but struck the bedside table behind him. Rong Yi removed the magazine, loaded second-tier bullets, and continued.
Bang--
The shot was effective, blasting smoke from the female ghost's shoulder. "Second-tier bullets work, but anything below second-tier won't."
Fortunately, I bought quite a lot of Tier 2 bullets.
This scene was shown to many people through a television program, not only the original inhabitants of the dungeon world, but also the players who were forced to watch the program.
The fact that second-tier bullets can damage souls is very useful information.
The female ghost with the injured shoulder covered her wound, her resentful gaze fixed on Rong Yi.
Wei Yanqing reached out and aimed at it. The female ghost froze. As he closed his five fingers, the female ghost seemed to be squeezed and crushed by an invisible force until it was compressed into a ball.
Finally, the female ghost could not withstand the pressure and exploded with a bang. The smoke from the explosion did not dissipate into the air, but was condensed together and drifted to Wei Yanqing's front.
The concentrated mist entered his body, and Wei Yanqing closed his eyes in enjoyment, with only a ghost crystal floating in the air.
At this point, the live broadcast was cut off, and the TV switched to other screens to play commercials.
Wei Yanqing handed the ghost crystal to Rong Yi, saying, "It's a crystal that's almost at the second tier."
Rong Yi accepted it without hesitation, saying, "This thing is called Ghost Crystal."
The show's attempt to intimidate them backfired, instead making them demonstrate their bare-handed ghost-killing skills to the general audience, after which they behaved themselves and didn't bother the audience again.
Wei Yanqing prepared a lavish meal.
The braised pork ribs were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and Rong Yi ate them with great relish.
Halfway through the meal, she found herself complaining about the mission: "They say we have to kill the Ghost Lord, but all we've heard so far is the Ghost Sovereign. We don't even know if the Ghost Lord is higher than that."
Wei Yanqing had finished eating and elegantly wiped his mouth. "We can always find it in a year. The current situation is that we need to obtain as many ghost crystals as possible."
He readily accepted the name Rong Yi had given to the crystal.
“So far, it’s all been ghosts coming to us on their own.” Rong Yi looked towards the window, where the curtains were tightly closed. “I don’t see many people outside at night. Could it be that a large number of them come out at night?”
"Let's go out and take a look tomorrow night. I'll rest today."
If that's the case, then we'll have to stay up all night and hide during the day.
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The next day, Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing deliberately slept until the afternoon before going out. As soon as they stepped out, the guests across the street saw their faces, were immediately startled, and slammed the door shut.
Rong Yi: "...Do we look that scary?"
Wei Yanqing closed the door and said lazily, "It's not that we're trying to scare people, it's just for the effect of last night's show."
Rong Yi had slept for too long and his mind was a little foggy. After a while, he remembered what happened last night. "Oh..." But even so, there's no need for a living person to be so afraid.
The two went downstairs and had just reached the lobby when a woman ran out from behind the reception desk.
The woman in the hotel uniform, with her hair in a low ponytail, nodded to them and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, you two need to check out today, so we will not be able to accommodate you any longer."
Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing didn't reply. The woman was so anxious that she had a bitter smile on her face and looked like she was about to cry. "I'm really sorry, please ask you two to check out. We're just a small business."
With such luxurious decor, they call themselves a small business.
However, the person in front of them was just an ordinary worker, and Rong Yi and his group had no intention of making things difficult for him. If they didn't check out, the employee would be the one who would suffer.
Wei Yanqing handed her the card, "Okay, you can go move out and return the money to us."
The female employee breathed a sigh of relief, clutching the card tightly. "Okay, please wait a moment."
Rong Yi felt a little curious, as it was the first time he had seen indigenous people with such vivid expressions, perhaps because he was afraid of the guns in their hands.
The check-out process was extremely fast. The female employee, fearing they might change their minds at any moment, quickly swiped their cards, withdrew the money, and handed it back to them, saying, "This is the remaining money for you two. To express our apologies, we will give you a full refund and an extra 500 yuan. Thank you for your cooperation."
He finished speaking and gave a deep bow.
When I got to the door, there were people coming and going outside; it was the afternoon rush hour.
The show last night must have been very famous; pedestrians on the street avoided them, afraid of being exposed to their scent.
"Where are we going in broad daylight?" Rong Yi asked the crucial question.
They have no identity here, no fixed place of residence, and haven't seen any other players yet, so forming a player alliance is out of the question.
"Let's wander around and try our luck. Didn't we encounter a ghost yesterday during the day?"
Once the two figures had completely disappeared from the hotel entrance, the female employee who had checked them out immediately picked up the phone. "Yes, they've left... Yes, they took the money they tampered with." Her voice was cold and indifferent, showing none of the anxious pleading she had just displayed.
Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing avoided the bustling streets and ventured into the alleys, hoping to find some extra money.
They passed through several alleys without incident, and continued walking. Several clotheslines were strung across the alley, covered with faded clothes, socks, and even underwear.
It feels like this place is completely isolated from the hustle and bustle outside, and even the lively sounds of the street seem far away.
Female ghost: Do you know how much psychological damage a big hibiscus has caused me?! (Cries while covering face)
(End of this chapter)
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