Finally, Qin Yihan plucked up his courage and slowly turned around.
Jane Busian was still behind him.
Jian Bumian's physical strength was not very good. After running all the way, he was exhausted. His cheeks were slightly red, his eyes were wet, and he was breathing heavily. He had no time to respond to Qin Yihan's words.
[This is so stupid, what a bad teammate. I wonder how he survived three copies. ]
[It's over. I think the NPCs must be laughing like crazy. The meat was delivered to their mouths for nothing. 】
[Hahahahahahahaha, I ran fast, but unfortunately I ran in the wrong direction and got closer and closer to the ghost. ]
[Ahh, my poor wife, we are getting closer and closer to danger. ]
Qin Yihan felt a dangerous atmosphere surrounding him.
Maybe they have already escaped to the NPC and will die in the next second.
He trembled and asked Jane Bumian: "Jane, Jane Bumian, I ran in the wrong direction... What should I do now?"
Jian Busian did not answer his question, and said in a flat voice: "Look behind you."
Qin Yihan turned his head stiffly.
There was no place behind him to run any further, no longer the dormitory corridor.
It was a wide open door.
They can see outside the door, which means that the attention from outside the door will also be focused on them.
Jian Busian stood behind Qin Yihan and narrowed his eyes.
He inexplicably remembered the first sentence of the third rule.
After 11:36 p.m., it is the maintenance time for the circus's training equipment, and "staff" will perform equipment maintenance at that time...
How to maintain training equipment?
What are the staff?
Could the training equipment be an acrobat?
Jian Bumian cast his eyes toward the door
Outside the door was the circus hall where they gathered during the day.
At this moment, a lot of equipment was placed in the hall. These were the equipment they used to practice acrobatics.
All the equipment was covered in blood and had pieces of meat hanging on it, swaying gently in the darkness, waiting to be cleaned up.
It turns out that the "equipment maintenance time" mentioned in the rules is actually equipment maintenance?
However, Jian Busian never saw the maintenance staff.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps.
"Hide!" Jian Busian pulled Qin Yihan up, and the two of them hid under the table in the corridor.
According to the third survival rule, you are absolutely not allowed to leave the dormitory after 11:30.
They left the dormitory, not knowing what dangers they would face.
If you are discovered by the NPC at this time, you will definitely die.
NPCs can use any means to deal with acrobats who break the rules.
Jian Busian and Qin Yihan huddled under the table.
Jian Busian took a look at the countdown for the strategy mission.
【Countdown: 93 hours.】
A clear reminder suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Ding!]
[The system has detected that you have not made any new progress in the strategy task for a long time, so the system has decided to arrange a 'small task' for you to help you advance the progress of the strategy task! ]
"A small task?" Jian Bumian frowned, feeling that this was not a good thing.
[Small Task 01: Please obtain an item that has the scent of the target NPC. (Personal belongings, used items, etc. of the target NPC)]
[Countdown: 10 minutes (After 10 minutes, if the small task is still not completed, the player will be killed on the spot. Time is life~)]
As soon as the small task was released, Jian Bumian’s live broadcast room suddenly became lively.
[Smell? Isn't it just the smell? The color is a little off. ]
[A plant. How come I, an old system player, never knew there was such a thing as a small task? ? ]
[Ten minutes? How is that possible?! We haven’t even seen the target’s hair yet. It’s over. Mianmian must be dead! !]
[It’s still the same old wish, I hope the little beauty Mianmian can die beautifully and leave us an intact body. ]
[Now is not the time to be nervous, other NPCs are coming! ! I wonder if Mianmian hiding under the table will be discovered! ]
The audience in the live broadcast room had also seen the live broadcast rooms of players who were bound to other strategy systems in the past.
At the beginning of the mission, those players were like headless rats being chased. They looked for their target NPC in a panic, anxiously, and aimlessly, fearing that they would not be able to complete the mission.
In the end, all players still died in the first mission.
But they had never seen a player like Jian Bumian, who showed no anxiety at all, was slow and leisurely, and even only checked the countdown once a day.
The system may have never encountered such a player before.
That's why this kind of small task that can advance the strategy mission was released specifically for Jian Bushian.
but……
The small task is only limited to ten minutes.
Now Jian Bumian couldn't even find out who the target NPC was.
What's more, he has now violated the survival rules of the circus and his life is in danger at any time.
And now the staff NPC is approaching the table step by step.
If Jian Bumian leaves the table at this moment in order to complete the small task within ten minutes, he will be discovered by the staff NPC and will most likely be killed.
If he had been hiding under the table, he would have avoided being found by the staff NPC.
But this definitely delayed the completion of the small task.
When the ten minutes are up, Jane Bushian will be wiped out on the spot.
This is really a dilemma!
Why is the small task released at this time?! Jian Bumian's luck is too bad!
In the eyes of the audience, Jane Bumian has been pushed to the brink of death.
In the blink of an eye, another minute had passed, and now Jane only had nine minutes left to stay awake.
It's no use making a choice now.
It’s better to think about which way of dying would be more beautiful: dying at the hands of a staff NPC or being wiped out by the system.
But unexpectedly.
Jian Busian did not show any panic, as if he had never known the existence of the small task.
He hid under the table, pursed his lips, closed his eyes, and listened carefully to the footsteps of the staff NPC.
The footsteps were a bit dull, not like a normal ghost walking on two feet.
Jane Busian's calmness and concentration made the audience shudder.
Boom boom boom.
The sound suddenly stopped.
Jane's breath was choked.
A distorted and strange sound suddenly sounded!
"Hey, why are there two things hidden under the table?"
Discovered!
Jian Busian opened his half-closed eyes and suddenly saw a hideous and terrifying ghost face.
The upper part of the ghost's head is deflated, obviously caused by long-term friction with the ground.
This NPC... is actually walking backwards!
It was a bad idea.
Jian Busian simply left the table and stood in front of the NPC.
Qin Yihan's legs trembled as he followed Jian Busian.
The upside-down ghost chuckled a few times.
"Are you new staff members?"
Qin Yihan was stunned.
What happened?!
The comments that were frantically speculating on how Jane Bumian died suddenly stopped.
Neither Qin Yihan nor the audience noticed that Jian Busian's gentle and beautiful caramel eyes were filled with a faint blue light, like shining bright stars in the dark night, which quickly filled her eyes.
The same look as when he devoured Doctor Skeleton.
Jian Busian said to the upside-down ghost calmly: "Yes, I am a new staff member. I was just wiping under the table."
[Jian Bumian, you used the item that "makes NPC unable to recognize you as a player." 】
【Time limit is 20 minutes.】
[Usage times: 1 (consumed)]
The props were used successfully.
"Hmm..." The inverted ghost didn't notice that Jane was sleepless.
The next second, it shifted its gaze to Qin Yihan.
The gray-haired young man looked pale, his pupils were constricted, and his legs were trembling.
The upside-down ghost suddenly turned its upside-down body over, opened its bloody mouth, and its distorted voice was full of anger!
"You! You are an acrobat, right? How could you break the rules and run out of the dormitory!"
Qin Yihan: “…”
If they don't leave the dormitory, they will be squeezed to death in it.
The upside-down ghost stretched out his dry green hands and tried to stretch them towards Qin Yihan's neck: "I will twist your head off and stick it on your feet! Walk backwards like me!"
Qin Yihan was stunned and watched the other person's hand approaching his neck.
Sharp, hard nails, stained with the blood and flesh of other acrobats, scratched a red mark on his neck.
Is he going to die?
He hasn't graduated from college yet, hasn't gone on his graduation trip yet, and hasn't had time to raise a cat...
"etc."
Jian Busian said calmly, "Leave him to me. I will make him die miserably and painfully, and make an example of him to all the acrobats."
Qin Yihan raised his head, and was stunned without reacting. He looked at Jian Busian with eyes begging for salvation.
The handstand ghost glanced at Qin Yihan, thought for a moment, and said to Jian Busian, "Then you can deal with this disobedient acrobat later. By the way, we are maintaining the equipment, can you help me take care of this acrobatic equipment first."
Jian Busian nodded: "Okay."
The audience in the live broadcast room did not see the blue light flashing in Jian Bumian's eyes, and did not understand why Jian Bumian could not be recognized by the staff NPC.
But only a small number of viewers are bothered by this.
More viewers were wondering why Jian Bumian was still doing something that had nothing to do with the strategy goal when there was a small mission! He even followed the staff NPC to maintain the equipment? ?
This will be wiped out on the spot!
Is this player not afraid of death, or is he too powerful and unscrupulous? !
The experience of surviving zero copies in Jian Bumian’s personal profile tells the audience that he is obviously not the latter.
Jane Bumian was really teetering on the brink of death.
[Countdown: 6 minutes (After 6 minutes, if the small task is still not completed, the player will be killed on the spot. Time is life~)]
The upside-down ghost raised his hand and took out a long sword from somewhere.
The hilt of the sword was rusty and the blade was bright silver.
"This is the prop that the acrobats will use in the 'Sword Swallowing' acrobatics tomorrow. I don't know if the prop is long enough to go all the way from a person's throat to their stomach. If it's not long enough, the acrobats won't get the desired training effect..."
It handed the sword to Jane Bumian and chuckled:
"Swallow the sword and see if it can penetrate your stomach. It is the staff's responsibility to test the performance of the acrobatic equipment in advance. Besides, you are a dead person like me, so you can't feel the pain, right?"
Jian Bumian: "..."
When Qin Yihan heard the words of the upside-down ghost, all he could think of was—It’s over, Jian Busian is definitely finished.
The barrage was boiling.
[? ? The length of this sword can pierce through Mian Mian's belly. ]
[It's over. If Mianmian doesn't swallow the sword, the NPC will find out that he is alive and kill him. But if he swallows the sword, Mianmian will die faster. ]
[No matter which one you choose, you'll die! ! If I just choose to lie down and be wiped out by the strategy system! At least it's a quick and painless death! ]
[Hehe, I suddenly want to see this sword go through Mianmian's mouth and then come out from another place! ]
Jian Busian remained calm and held the hilt of the sword in his hand.
The inverted ghost felt something was wrong when he saw Jian Bumian's hesitation, and screamed, "Swallow it! If you don't swallow it, I'll help you!"
Jian Busian pursed her lips and said, "Don't rush to swallow it. I heard other staff members coming over. They seemed to have something urgent to do."
He heard new footsteps.
As expected.
The footsteps became clearer and clearer, coming from another door hidden in the darkness.
A tall and thin man walked out of the gate.
It had a small badge on its chest, stained with blood, and the words on the badge were vaguely recognizable. ——The head of the circus.
It’s the head of the acrobatic troupe!
Just by looking at the name of this character, you can tell that he is a very important NPC in this dungeon.
The head of the acrobatic troupe glanced at Jian Busian and the Handstand Ghost and frowned.
"What are you doing here? There's a letter from a distinguished guest who will come to see the acrobatic performance in a few days, but I can't read. Can anyone help me read it?"
Jian Busian's eyes suddenly lit up like a cat, and he raised his hand: "I, I can read!"
[Countdown: three minutes (After three minutes, if the small task is still not completed, the player will be killed on the spot. Time is life~)]
The head of the acrobatic troupe pulled a letter from his coat pocket and handed it to Jane Bumian.
Jian Busian immediately threw the sword in his hand in front of the upside-down ghost with a bang and took the envelope.
The envelope is white gold in color, with slightly raised gold-stamping patterns, complex and prosperous, and a red fire lacquer stamp that shows it has been opened. The letter alone can show the noble status of the letter-writer.
ah.
Jane Busian's long and thick eyelashes drooped, and her eyes, which were filled with a layer of star-blue light, showed excitement.
He discovered a treasure.
Jian Bumian suppressed his hands that were trembling slightly with joy and took out the letter from the envelope.
The platinum-colored letter paper was also very smooth, and a faint scent of ink emanated from it.
Jian Busian spread out the paper and took a look at the words on it.
Then he was dumbfounded.
All I saw was the handwriting written in black ink, which was sloppy and casual.
…It looks a bit like cursive English, but if you look closely it looks a bit like French.
Or say a language that this copy created itself.
Jian Busian glanced at the upside-down ghost who was staring at him.
The upside-down ghost was very dissatisfied with him throwing the sword on the ground, so he picked up the sword and looked at him with ill intent.
Compared to sword swallowing.
He still preferred to read the letter.
I can only make it up.
Anyway, the NPC leader of the acrobatic troupe can't read.
Jian Busian, who was also illiterate, held a piece of paper that he could not understand at all and began to tell lies with his eyes open.
“Dear head of the circus, I will be attending your circus performance in three days. I hope I can see wonderful acrobatic performances then.
At the same time, I hope the staff of the circus can prepare a delicious dinner for me. I like to eat fat matsutake foie gras, slightly smelly truffles, thick cod caviar, golden fried crepes, and duck confit with vanilla sauce... um, it would be best if it were paired with some aged red wine..."
In his mouth, the mysterious and distinguished guest seemed to have become an insatiable and hungry ghost.
The head of the acrobatic troupe listened quietly, and suddenly asked, "Have you finished reading?"
The inverted ghost stroked the blade with his dry hands, leaving a light yellow sticky liquid on the smooth blade.
"Let him finish reading quickly. When he finishes, I want him to try the length of this sword."
Jian Busian realized that he still couldn't get rid of this troublesome ghost.
He would rather starve to death than swallow this disgusting sword.
At the same time, the alarm sound, amplified countless times by the system, rang in his ears.
[Countdown: one minute (After one minute, if the small task is still not completed, the player will be killed on the spot. Time is life~)]
Jian Busian acted as if he didn't hear the alarm. His expression didn't change at all. His eyes were focused on the letter paper he couldn't understand, and his mind was full of impromptu nonsense.
He coughed a few times and continued:
"Finally, this is my most important request."
"——I want a servant to accompany me to watch the acrobatic performance. The servant must be a young man with black hair and an oriental face, and his body must not be damaged."
The head of the acrobatic troupe listened and immediately revealed a strange and meaningful expression.
Most of the distinguished guests who come here to watch the performances are either rich or noble, and often need some cute and beautiful gadgets to liven up the fun.
[Countdown: 20 seconds]
Jian Bumian was not in a hurry, and continued to slowly open his eyes and tell lies:
"After you have chosen a suitable attendant for me, please ask him to take out the dried black rose from the envelope. Then, when I see the person wearing that rose, I will know that he is my attendant."
There was indeed a black dried rose in the envelope.
Jane Busian didn't know what the purpose of putting this tattered flower in the letter was.
"Captain, this is the letter from the distinguished guest."
Jian Bumian put the letter back into the envelope.
[Countdown: ten seconds]
He raised his head and looked at the tall and thin NPC in front of him.
"Captain, I have a small request. Can you please let me accept this black rose and become the attendant of that distinguished guest?"
His voice was the same as always, very light and soft.
His black hair was stuck to the sides of his cheeks due to sweat from nervousness, the corners of his eyes were slightly flushed, and his eyes, hidden by long eyelashes, were filled with bright star-blue dots.
Whether in the eyes of NPCs or players, the first impression of Jane Busian is that she is very suitable to be an excellent vase.
The head of the troupe looked at Jian Busian for a few times and nodded: "Okay, you can be the attendant of the distinguished guest. I will send you to him when the time comes. You don't have to maintain the equipment in the circus, and you don't have to swallow the sword. The distinguished guest said that your body cannot be damaged."
The inverted ghost gnashed his teeth and turned away in great dissatisfaction.
[Countdown: five seconds]
【five】
【Four】
Jian Busian chuckled and said, "Thank you, Captain."
He opened the envelope and gently took out the plant from it.
A black rose, darker than the night, lay quietly in the boy's overly fair hand.
【two……】
The countdown was suddenly interrupted.
[Congratulations, you successfully completed small task 001 at the last second! ]
[You have successfully obtained an item full of NPC's aura - the black rose! Please take this beautiful black rose and have a romantic death confession with the evil ghost NPC! ]
Jian Busian lightly picked up the thorny rose stem with his thumb and index finger, revealing a faint smile.
When he took the letter from the head of the acrobatic troupe, he smelled a scent of evil spirit.
He had been a ghost NPC for a long time, so he was naturally very familiar with this kind of aura, it was the same kind of aura.
And Jane Bumian can tell——
This evil ghost is very powerful.
More powerful than all the NPCs he met in this dungeon combined.
The nature of following the system to arrange the target of the attack...
The owner of this letter is most likely the target NPC mentioned by the 001 strategy system.
Between the envelope and the rose, Jane Busian chose the rose because it had a stronger scent.
He guessed that, compared to the envelope, the rose was the object that had been touched by the target NPC himself.
Fortunately, he made the right bet.
It seems that some of the little habits he acquired when he was an NPC, such as the ability to identify whether the owner of a breath is a more powerful evil spirit, are still of some use in critical moments.
Jane Busian gently touched the rose to the tip of her nose and sniffed it carefully.
His overly fair skin contrasted sharply with the black rose.
Rose petals as dark as the night slid down the tip of the boy's nose until they lightly touched his crimson lips.
He lowered his eyes, opened his lips, and his snow-white teeth left a watery bite mark on a petal.
The scent of roses has a hint of elegant wine when you smell it carefully.
It was his favorite scent.
Jian Busian was increasingly looking forward to the day when he would meet the target NPC.
He put away the rose, lowered his head and glanced at the letter in his hand.
If you look closely at the words on the letter, you will find that they are actually quite elegant and solemn, with a lot of dense writing.
It looks like this target NPC is about to tell you something important.
It’s a pity that Jian Bumian doesn’t recognize this kind of characters. No matter how important the other party’s writing is, it’s all in vain. Who told him not to speak human language?
Besides, the only purpose of this letter has already been used by him.
Jian Busian crumpled the envelope into a ball, threw it lightly on the ground, and stepped over it carelessly.
The audience in the live broadcast room were unable to react to Jian Bumian's series of operations.
Originally, Jian Bumian was at a complete disadvantage.
He was about to be wiped out by the strategy system, forced to swallow a sword by an NPC, and confronted the head of the acrobatic troupe...
As a result, from the moment he received the "letter from the distinguished guest" from the head of the acrobatic troupe, the situation suddenly reversed.
[Does Mianmian recognize this kind of writing? Is what he said true or is he making it up? ? ]
[If he made up the contents of this letter, he would be doomed. He would have to play the role of an NPC attendant and deal with the most dangerous guests. However, he has used up all the props to play the NPC, so he can't play the role of an attendant NPC at all. If the head of the circus finds out that he is lying, the consequences will be disastrous.]
[How did this player detect that the letter was tainted with the target NPC's aura? ? ]
[…I felt that the moment my wife bit the rose was so bitter, I saw her little canine teeth!!]
[I imagined the scene in my mind, a powerful evil spirit and a pretty little servant who came to me on her own initiative, slurp slurp.]
[I look forward to how my wife can seduce the target to say "I love you" to him. I believe my wife can win! ]
After the head of the acrobatic troupe left.
Jian Busian wanted to go back to the dormitory to see what happened to those who ran out of the dormitory.
As he took a step forward, he suddenly remembered that there was someone following him.
Jian Busian turned around and saw Qin Yihan who was completely frightened.
Qin Yihan opened his eyes wide and stared at Jian Busian.
In Qin Yihan's eyes, the young man's gentle expression actually showed a hint of excitement at this moment.
Qin Yihan saw a bit of inhuman blue light in his eyes.
I seem to have seen this blue light somewhere.
Like the stars in the night after rain.
Sparkling, bright, and clean.
At the same time, it is like an endless and quiet abyss that can swallow everything.
Qin Yihan suddenly felt an inexplicable fear.
His mind was completely in a state of blackout.
After a while, Qin Yihan took a breath and his voice trembled:
"Jane, Jane Bushuang, why did your eyes glow blue just now?"
The author has something to say:
Is it because the writing of Little Ears is not exciting or tense enough? qwq The comments section seems to be unenthusiastic, with everyone just pressing their paws, checking in and throwing flowers_(:з」∠)_ I wonder if the writing of Little Ears did not stir up the emotions of the little angels QWQ
Please send a small red envelope for this chapter qwq I want to praise><
The blue light in Mianmian's eyes only appears when she is excited. It is a sign left by her previous experience as an NPC...
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