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Along with Li Yiqing's voice, the rain outside the window started to fall without anyone noticing.
The rain was pouring down, and the strong wind blew the lanterns hanging in front of the house, making a violent banging sound, which was just loud enough to distinguish dreams from reality.
Qi Qiuxue looked around and found that the extremely distorted human figure had disappeared. She raised her hand and turned on the bedside lamp. The warm yellow light quickly filled the entire room. The floor was clean and tidy, without any water or blood.
Everything that just happened was a dream, or perhaps an illusion.
"Ah Qing, are you okay?" Qi Qiuxue retracted the bone knife and carefully examined Li Yiqing's body to make sure she hadn't hurt her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"I understand." Li Yiqing nodded in response. Glancing at the cold sweat on her temples, he raised his hand and gently wiped it away for her. "Something happened during the time I fell asleep, right?"
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue frowned and explained to her roughly everything he had just seen.
Li Yiqing frowned as she listened, "Are there any characteristics of the humanoid?"
Qi Qiuxue shook her head. "I can't see clearly. I can't see its face, clothes, gender, or age."
“But I felt it,” she said.
Li Yiqing: "What?"
Qi Qiuxue said in a deep voice, "Fear, to some extent, has deeply affected me."
"I smelled the blood in its mouth and felt the coldness coming from its body. Even my senses were amplified."
"For a brief moment, I even felt like a dying goldfish, lying on the bed, struggling helplessly."
“…”
The night is still long.
In order to prevent the servants outside from getting suspicious, Qi Qiuxue turned off the lights. Neither of them slept well in the second half of the night. When the sky was getting light, Qi Qiuxue sensed that Li Yiqing beside her had gotten up.
"I'll go back first." She lowered her eyes and kissed Qi Qiuxue's forehead, saying softly, "Lie down for a while longer."
"Be careful. If you encounter something you can't handle, call for help. Everyone living nearby will come to help, and I will be here soon."
"I understand. Don't worry." Qi Qiuxue responded to her warning, "You too, be sure to pay attention to safety."
Li Yiqing raised his lips and smiled: "Okay."
After a few seconds, she turned and left. The rain outside the window stopped when it was almost dawn. As the door opened, a unique smell of earth on rainy days mixed with fishy and wet air rushed into her nostrils.
Qi Qiuxue didn't sleep anymore, but just lay quietly on the bed, listening to the noise coming from outside.
About ten minutes later, all the servants came to work. Their footsteps could be heard in the yard, hurried and light, as if they had been specially trained.
There was no conversation between them. They were just busy with their own things. There was a strange silence in the atmosphere. About half an hour later, someone knocked on her door.
Qi Qiuxue straightened her clothes and sat up: "Please come in."
"Miss Qi, it's time for breakfast." The servant outside the door bowed respectfully to her. "Would you like to have it brought to your room or would you like to share it with your friends?"
"Let's eat together." Qi Qiuxue said.
"Okay, please move." The servant bowed again, raised his hand in a gesture of invitation, and led Qi Qiuxue to a room specially used to entertain guests.
The other players had already taken their seats. Qi Qiuxue quickly observed everyone's condition, and none of them looked optimistic.
It seems that everyone encountered something more or less last night.
Qi Qiuxue leaned over and sat down. Not long after, Li Yiqing also appeared here.
She changed into a new cheongsam, which was lavender and embroidered with white magnolias. Clusters of lifelike flowers bloomed on her body, matching her bun hairstyle, making her look fresh and elegant.
"My mother asked me to come and dine with everyone." She raised her lips and smiled, continuing to play the role of Miss Li. She turned back to look at the servants behind her, "You can leave now. Close the door when you leave."
"Yes." The servants left obediently and closed the door as she instructed.
At this moment, there was no outsider in the house.
Li Yiqing changed his dignified and distant demeanor and quickly walked over to Qi Qiuxue's side. He chased away Liu Ge, who happened to be sitting next to Qi Qiuxue. "Make way, make way."
"..." Liu Ge was speechless. He rolled his eyes at her silently, then stood up and sat opposite her.
Li Yiqing sat down as he wished, and quickly got close to Qi Qiuxue as if he had installed automatic magnets.
Qi Qiuxue handed her a pair of chopsticks very naturally, and said, "Very beautiful."
"Thank you, Axue~" Hearing her praising him, Li Yiqing immediately raised his lips.
Everyone started eating soon.
The Li family is wealthy, and their wealth is reflected in every aspect, from the decoration of the house, expensive furnishings, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants to small items like a bronze mirror, a teacup, and a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Even the daily meals are carefully designed, with sweetness, spiciness, saltiness... every flavor is well-balanced to satisfy most people's eating habits.
But even so, no one ate too much and put down their chopsticks early.
After dinner, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they talked to each other about what happened last night. It turned out that not only Qi Qiuxue, but everyone had a nightmare.
Human figures with twisted limbs and torn flesh, ghostly figures dangling from beams, severed heads and feet, intestines spilling out onto the floor, and lingering cries...
In their dreams, they were overwhelmed by fear and could not move at all, and could hardly even protect themselves.
Fortunately, they all woke up at the critical moment.
"I didn't sleep well last night." Su Wen yawned loudly, feeling helpless and angry. "Should I say it's worthy of being an S-level dungeon? It's so exciting right from the start."
"I don't know what will happen next." Liu Ge opened his mouth and continued with a serious expression, "These nightmares have brought a serious negative impact. They have polluted everyone's minds to a certain extent. If they continue, it will definitely seriously affect our progress in completing the mission."
After he finished speaking, Bai Shien, who had been silent all along, suddenly interrupted: "If only it were just like this."
Liu Ge quickly looked at her: "What?"
Bai Shien shook her head. "I don't know how to put it. Perhaps it's just my intuition as a veteran player who's completed twenty-four dungeons. I always feel that as time goes by, perhaps one day, these dreams will no longer be dreams."
"Perhaps they will gradually emerge from dreams into reality and then actually harm us, both mentally and physically."
"Or maybe..." She paused, then said suddenly, somewhat inexplicably, "None of us saw their faces clearly, right?"
"Yeah." Wu Shanyue nodded in response, and after a moment's thought, he seemed to suddenly understand something. "You mean, they could be someone else, or they could be..."
She didn't finish her words, but Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth and continued for her: "We."
"After all, this is an S-rank instance, so anything is possible." Qi Qiuxue said softly, "Their fate and experiences may one day befall us as well."
"And then, we will become them."
【Author’s words】
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