Chapter 120
Chapter 120
For the first time, Cheng Miao, usually the most reasonable person in the group, showed genuine coldness. Seeing it, Su Yang stopped pretending.
Like an actor taking his final bow, his friendly, sympathetic expression vanished. The eyes that had been filled with tears turned cold and deranged.
He gave a harsh laugh, loosened a button on his shirt, and looked Cheng Miao up and down. “What rotten fucking luck. So many experts in one instance.”
Gu Jian clapped like a seal. “Wow, what incredible acting! You almost fooled me.”
Su Yang gave him an unreadable, shadowed look.
This man had followed him from the beginning. If Su Yang had not possessed absolute confidence in his performance, he would have suspected his disguise had failed.
“Sister Miaomiao, he’s a Party-Wipe Player?” The moment Cheng Miao said the term, Qin Musong moved Lin Zhu and Qi Jiajia behind him. Lin Zhu poked his head out and curiously studied the unhinged Su Yang.
“Why would you do this?” Lin Zhu frowned. People like Yezi and Yan Qi in the Lantern instance had ultimately acted to protect themselves.
Su Yang’s actions made no sense. Looking back, Xiao Song’s decision to close the door on Qin Musong and Sun Jiao’s failure to leave the game were almost certainly connected to him.
He had also subtly provoked conflict again and again. His honest, harmless image had kept anyone from noticing.
And who believed that nonsense about keeping his eyes closed inside the elevator?
But why? Was he not afraid the game would fail and kill him too?
As if reading Lin Zhu’s mind, Gu Jian said without turning, “Some people harm others without benefiting themselves. They don’t care if they die as long as they take others with them.”
Su Yang spat to the side. “Shitty luck. I only managed to kill three or four people this time.”
Hearing Xiao Zhang’s footsteps descending behind him, he looked at Gu Jian. “Move. Meeting you people was my bad luck.”
Cheng Miao was considering whether to eliminate this menace here when their vision blurred. A brightly colored toy gun appeared in Gu Jian’s hand.
Its barrel ended in a red fist, like a child’s toy that launched a spring-loaded punch when the trigger was pulled.
When Gu Jian aimed it at him without hesitation, Su Yang gritted his teeth. “What, you’re going to attack me? That makes you just like me. I don’t have a single Item. Those people died because they were careless.”
Gu Jian nodded thoughtfully, sounding enlightened. “That makes sense!”
His hand never stopped. He pulled the trigger, and the toy fist struck Su Yang with thunderous force.
Su Yang flew backward. He was still twitching when he hit the floor, scorch marks covering his body.
So it carried electricity too. Powerful and brutally efficient!
After dealing with the troublemaker, Gu Jian put away the toy gun and sat cross-legged. Cheng Miao and the others stared at him.
“You’re not leaving?”
Without looking back, Gu Jian lazily waved goodbye.
Xiao Zhang’s footsteps approached. Cheng Miao grew anxious, but Baili Qianqiu was already walking toward the exit. “Leave him. He probably wants to stay for the show.”
“The show?”
Cheng Miao watched Baili Qianqiu disappear outside, then turned. Half of Xiao Zhang’s body was gone. The ghost was drenched in blood, violent and deranged.
A swollen female ghost in white clung to his mangled, bite-riddled body.
Gu Jian clapped happily and settled in to watch, as delighted as a child seeing a favorite cartoon.
Cheng Miao’s mouth twitched. With no interest in watching two ghosts fight, she led her teammates through the doors.
Familiar darkness surrounded them. Only then did everyone’s taut nerves relax.
“Ding! Looks Are Justice Team has cleared the instance [Apartment 444]. Team reward: 20,000 Travel Coins.”
“Player Cheng Miao earned the highest contribution score in [Apartment 444]. Reward: 5,000 Travel Coins.”
“Player Cheng Miao received a performance rating of A in [Apartment 444] and achieved a side-quest completion rate of 100%. Reward: 5,000 Travel Coins.”
“Player Qi Jiajia received a performance rating of A in [Apartment 444] and achieved a side-quest completion rate of 80%. Reward: 4,000 Travel Coins.”
“Player Lin Zhu received a performance rating of A in [Apartment 444] and achieved a side-quest completion rate of 80%. Reward: 4,000 Travel Coins.”
“Player Qin Musong received a performance rating of A in [Apartment 444] and achieved a side-quest completion rate of 80%. Reward: 4,000 Travel Coins.”
“Looks Are Justice Team earned a total of 37,000 Travel Coins in [Apartment 444]. Remaining Travel Coins: 52,000.”
“Because Player Cheng Miao demonstrated extensive knowledge and profound sympathy for the dead in [Apartment 444], the buff [Close Friend of the Dead] has upgraded to [Omniscient Kin of the Dead]. The player retains all previous buff effects and gains one opportunity to be possessed in each supernatural instance. You may invite a spirit into your body! After possession, you may choose to increase either instance perception or combat power. P.S. When possession ends, you will receive a thirty-minute weakness debuff.”
Cheng Miao stared. Ah. That was really unnecessary.
“Because Player Qi Jiajia demonstrated outstanding prowess in making ghosts dread her in [Apartment 444], she receives the offensive Item [Shen Xin’s Long Hair], which can damage all instance creatures.”
“Because Player Qin Musong escaped a certain-death situation in [Apartment 444], he receives a buff that reduces damage from spirits by 30% in supernatural instances.”
“Because Player Lin Zhu demonstrated outstanding skill at clinging to experts in [Apartment 444], he receives the title [Lucky Goose]. Your luck has increased!”
Lin Zhu stared into the darkness. It did not hurt much, but the insult was devastating…
“Settlement complete. Looks Are Justice Team return point: Black Cat Hotel.”
“Transporting…”
When Cheng Miao and the others opened their eyes, they saw a lively, bustling street. A beautiful white horse strolled toward them, tossed its glossy mane, and spoke. “Beautiful lady, need a carriage?”
The four sat in a carriage drawn by two tall horses and released a long breath.
Lin Zhu’s gaze dimmed. “I never expected Party-Wipe Players to truly exist. What happened to Sun Jiao and the others is such a shame.”
Qin Musong’s weakness disappeared after leaving the instance. He patted Lin Zhu’s shoulder. “That is why you should not trust others easily.”
Lin Zhu sighed. “Good thing I met Sister Miaomiao first, or I would’ve been fooled too.”
Qin Musong smiled. “Someone like Miaomiao is a rare encounter.”
They got off, paid, and watched the two horses chat as they departed. Cheng Miao felt as if she had entered a fantasy. With emotional swings this wild, she would go insane someday.
Seeing the Hotel doors, excitement bubbled inside her. She could pet the cat!
The four had barely entered the lobby when Brother Parrot’s noisy voice rang from the receptionist’s desk. “You were obviously worried about Cheng Miaomiao too! Just admit it, you stupid cat!”