Chapter 62
Chapter 62
Wei Sen stared at the scene before her, her heart clenching hard.
She had thought that ever since the car accident, she had lost the ability to feel emotion forever. After all, even the death of her boyfriend, Li Chang, had not made her feel the slightest bit of grief.
But now, Lin Xiaoxue’s death made her heart ache.
The feeling was so strange… and yet it was so fleeting.
Wei Sen realized that the pain in her chest vanished in an instant. Very quickly, she returned to normal, her entire mind becoming abnormally rational.
It was as if parting by life and death was simply the norm, and she had long since grown used to that norm.
By now, the cabin had descended into total chaos. Wei Sen glanced at her watch. There was only half a minute left.
“The plane is about to crash,” Wei Sen said, looking toward Xu You and the others.
Xu You was staring blankly at Lin Xiaoxue’s corpse. She found this outcome almost impossible to accept.
They were clearly teammates who had gone through life-and-death situations together!
This girl was clearly still so young!
But from the moment they entered the eerie Instance, everyone had understood one thing in their hearts.
Anyone could die. Partings of life and death could happen at any moment.
“This fucking Instance!” Xu You choked out through gritted teeth, her body trembling slightly.
Suddenly, crows appeared outside the plane windows again. Countless crows slammed into the glass like they had gone mad.
The plane began to jolt violently, and screams rose and fell throughout the cabin.
“Sister Sen, do you think Xiaoxue will revive next time?” Xu You could barely stand steady and clutched the edge of a seat tightly.
Wei Sen paused.
Last time, the person from Group B who had drunk the red wine had also been unable to endure the pain and committed suicide, just like Xiaoxue. But that person had not revived in the next round.
So Xiaoxue could not possibly revive in the next round either.
Wei Sen said nothing. Her silence already explained everything.
“This goddamn broken Eerie World!” Huang Xinze cursed furiously.
Xia Susu had also arrived by then. She stared in shock at the two corpses and the ground covered in mangled flesh, then said in disbelief, “Lin… Lin Xiaoxue… is dead?!”
Suddenly, the crows outside began crashing into the glass. One, then two, and then countless more.
The plane began shaking violently. Outside the windows, everything was dyed a bloody red.
“What the hell is going on?!” Xia Susu gripped a chair hard and looked at everyone in confusion. “No, seriously, don’t just stay quiet!”
Huang Xinze sighed and looked at the group. “See you next round.”
Just like last time, it wasn’t long before the plane’s engines caught fire. Then the aircraft plummeted rapidly, and during the fall, a massive explosion erupted.
Everyone lost consciousness in the blast once again.
“!!!”
Wei Sen sucked in a deep breath and woke up again.
This time, the scene before her was completely different.
In front of her was a broad glass windshield, beyond which she could see the straight runway ahead. The plane was accelerating down the runway.
Wait. The place she was in was… the cockpit!
“Thrust stable. Speed one hundred. Confirmed.”
Wei Sen looked toward the man speaking on her left. He was the captain of this passenger plane, while she was sitting in the copilot’s seat!
As the captain pulled back on the control column, the plane left the runway and began to climb.
Wei Sen looked at the pitch-black sky outside the window and listened to the tower’s instructions coming through her headset.
This time, she had actually become the copilot of this plane!
“Xiao Sen, don’t get distracted,” the captain reminded her from beside her.
The corner of Wei Sen’s mouth twitched slightly. This wasn’t a matter of whether she was distracted or not. The problem was that she had absolutely no idea how to fly a plane!
Fortunately, the captain was controlling everything for now. Wei Sen carefully observed his movements and more or less figured out a little.
When the control column in front of the seat was pulled back, the plane went up. When pushed forward, the plane went down. Moving it left or right controlled the direction.
Great. She had learned how to fly a plane in three minutes!
Wei Sen broke into a cold sweat on her own behalf. While the captain had no time to pay attention to her, she checked the information on her watch.
[Xia Susu: Wait, Lin Xiaoxue really died?]
Everyone in the group chat fell silent.
[Xia Susu: I mean, I never liked her that much, but… I didn’t expect her to die this fast…
Huang Xinze: Susu, we were all teammates. Don’t say things like that right now!
Xia Susu: I was just asking out of concern! Now that she’s dead, don’t we still have to keep clearing the Instance?!
Wei Sen: What identities did you all get?
Huang Xinze: I became a tourist with the Sunset Red Tour Group.
Xia Susu: College student.
Xu You: Flight attendant.
Wei Sen: Co-pilot.
Huang Xinze: Are you flying the plane right now?]
After Lin Xiaoxue and Zhu Zhaoyang died, the atmosphere in the group chat grew much heavier. Wei Sen did not continue speaking either. Right now, they had to find a way to clear the Instance as quickly as possible. The mortality rate of this C-rank Instance had already exceeded 20%!
So far, their group had lost Zhu Zhaoyang and Lin Xiaoxue, while Group B had also lost two people. One had died because they drank red wine, and the other because they used a blanket.
Wait.
Why were the states of these four deaths different?
Lin Xiaoxue and the person who drank the red wine had both experienced tremendous agony before they died. Both had killed themselves because they could not endure that pain.
But Zhu Zhaoyang and the other person had directly turned into a mist of blood.
Then why had Zhu Zhaoyang died?
Which rule had he violated?
Could it be because the mother really was not the Doom Beast, and killing the wrong person would also…
The four clues about the Doom Beast:
1. It hates red.
2. It brings misfortune.
3. It disguises itself as a human.
4. It cannot distinguish day from night.
[Xia Susu: Zhu Zhaoyang killed the wrong person, right? I can see that woman is still sitting in her seat.
Xu You: She does fit the clues for the Doom Beast, but she ordered red wine, so that should rule her out.
Huang Xinze: I feel like my brain is about to grow wrinkles! @Wei Sen, Sister Sen, what do you think?
Wei Sen: Hard to say. Let’s keep looking for more clues.]
Wei Sen looked around. Now that she had a new identity, she should also have new Identity Rules.
Sure enough, she found a note in the pocket of her jacket.
[Co-pilot Identity Rules:
1. Under no circumstances may you harm normal passengers!
2. If you encounter difficulties, you may seek help from the captain. You can absolutely trust him.
3. Do not leave the cockpit, or no one can guarantee your safety.
4. Please remember your identity at all times, stay clear-headed, and never mistake someone for the wrong person, or no one can guarantee your safety!
5. If you see crows outside the window, they must be hallucinations! Crows cannot appear at the plane’s altitude! Please close your eyes immediately until there is no movement around you.
6. Remember this! You have signed a confidentiality agreement with this airline. You may not reveal this airline’s employee rules to anyone outside your identity! You must strictly act according to your identity.]
Like the other Identity Rules, there were repeated sections.
But Rule Three said she could not leave the cockpit. Then how was she supposed to search for clues?
How many clues could possibly be hidden in one tiny cockpit?
As Wei Sen thought this, her gaze landed on the captain.
She had an idea…
“Captain, is it day or night right now?” Wei Sen asked.
The captain looked at her in confusion. “What’s wrong with you? When we arrive in Yangcheng later, go get a psychological evaluation.”
Wei Sen looked at the time on the instrument panel. It was the same as the time on her watch: 2:08 a.m.
“Is it day or night right now?” Wei Sen asked again, this time solemnly.
“Xiao Sen, what’s wrong?” Concern seeped into the captain’s voice.
“Is it day or night right now?” Wei Sen’s tone grew even heavier.
The captain’s brows knitted tightly. “It’s 2:08 in the afternoon. What on earth is wrong with you today?”
Wei Sen sucked in a breath.
So… was it two in the afternoon or two in the morning right now!?
The ones who could not tell day from night-were they the people looking out the window, or this group of Order Keepers wearing watches!?
At this point, there was one thing she had to verify!
Only by verifying this could she determine the true way to clear the Instance!
But this required sacrificing someone…
Wei Sen opened the group chat member list and looked at the three remaining people: Xu You, Huang Xinze, and Xia Susu.
After weighing it carefully, Wei Sen finally tapped on one person’s profile picture and prepared to message them privately.