The attacker originally thought that using two high-level items in a row, 【Ghost domain】 and 【You can’t see me】, plus his own space skill, meant that he would be absolutely fine.
【Ghost domain】could completely partition off a designated space and construct an independent ghost domain according to the user’s imagination.
【You can’t see me】 was an invisibility item that erased one’s existence from their opponent’s perception.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Lan’s reactions were so sharp.
Not only didn’t he become frightened and frenetic under the ghost domain’s influence, he was also able to avoid invisible attacks, and was even able to counterattack in the end.
Moreover, he followed the bloodstains that were left behind, and each slash was more precise than the last, which made it increasingly hard for the attacker to hold on.
Understanding that the situation wasn’t good, he immediately chose to flee.
Who knew what was on Xiao Lan’s blade. After that first stab, the attacker felt a burst of nausea and began to heave. His stomach even began to hurt a few seconds later. The longer he fought, the more uncomfortable his insides felt. If he had lingered a few seconds more, he may have shat his pants right there.
The attacker, that is, He Rui, was now feeling extreme regret.
What had appeared to be a simple search and investigate mission unexpectedly gave him such generous ‘rewards’. One didn’t have to think hard to know that it wasn’t going to be easy; why did he charge in so recklessly?
Why was he so naive?!
That Fei Luo in black next to Xiao Lan looked very fierce. Who knew exactly where he came from; he felt like a ruthless character who would murder without batting an eye.
He Rui finally found a rare chance to make a move when Xiao Lan was alone, but he never expected this one to also be so powerful!
He had used up two high-grade items in a row, and even threw out the partner he had been cooperating with for the time being.
Anyway, this partner wasn’t much and was just a beginner player; he just had a unique skill. With his bug dead, however, this person was useless; if he died in this game, He Rui could just find someone else. However, his heart ached over the high-grade items; in the end, he had gained nothing, and had even suffered two knife cuts. It was a complete loss.
The results of his final investigation were: Fierce, not to be trifled with, very skilled.
If he dared report this outcome, the one who would die the next second would probably be him.
“Gu —”
There was a sharp protest from his stomach, which was accompanied by the violent need to shit.
He Rui turned pale and clutched his stomach which was convulsing nonstop. Xiao Lan’s appearance was just a pretense; unexpectedly, he was so reprehensible. Not only did he use poison, he even smeared chocolate over the wound; he was simply demented!
Was this guy a sadist? One really couldn’t judge a book by its cover.
He Rui couldn’t use the toilet back in 404 now; who knew if those two demons were already waiting for him there.
Looking at the closed doors along the corridor, he wondered if he should just find a room and resolve his problem there. With his space ability, he wouldn’t leave any traces.
Just as he was surveying these doors, He Rui suddenly realised that his surroundings were a little strange. Wasn’t this corridor a little too dark?
Even if there was a rainstorm outside, would the corridor be this dark?
After that, the darkness around him began to squirm as if it was alive and the black shadows which were originally hibernating had now completely woken up.
He Rui stared at the shadows in front of him as they twisted and changed, slowly extending out into their surroundings. Long, monstrous black arms probed about, as if searching for something.
This thought startled He Rui. What were they looking for?
Not daring to linger, He Rui endured his stomach discomfort and the nausea, and tried to run to the other side.
But this single move seemed to stir up the tranquillity in this space. The shadows which had initially been searching everywhere aimlessly instantly froze.
The next second, like a pack of wolves that had discovered a lone sheep, the black arms all headed towards He Rui.
Seeing that the situation had gone south, He Rui didn’t think too much before he directly activated his ability and disappeared from the current space.
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But if he didn’t flee right now, it would be over for him right then.
After switching to another corridor and seeing that the black arms didn’t follow him, he let out a faint sigh of relief.
He clutched his knee with one hand while the other gripped his stomach. Because of the stiffness in his body, his movements at the moment were slow. He panted heavily, and rejoiced in his escape. But while he was panting, his breathing froze.
His own shadow appeared before him, unattached to his body.
The shadow looked very ordinary.
But the light here was coming from the front… Why would his shadow be in front of him?
Staring stiffly at his own shadow, He Rui saw the face of the pitch-black shadow slowly split apart. The mouth slowly opened and closed, as if saying to him:
“Found — you —”
The shadow’s mouth was fixed in a wide smile.
Instantly seized by fear, He Rui turned with the intent to run once more, but he discovered that the corridor behind him had already disappeared.
A slender hand with prominent knuckles and encased in a black glove stretched out from within the darkness. Only an elegant gentleman would have a hand like this, yet it firmly grasped He Rui by the throat like an iron claw.
“Wu —” He Rui tried to struggle, but discovered that he was as weak as a child when suppressed by two hands.
Instantly, a fear of death bubbled up in his heart.
“Hehe, don’t be so nervous. I have no interest in vulgar violence.” A voice as deep as a cello came from within the darkness, but it sounded like the murmurs of a demon in He Rui’s ears. “Someone wants to see you, so be obedient, okay?”
The existence in the dark was just declaring the truth of the matter to He Rui, and wasn’t asking for his consent.
The next second, the endless darkness swallowed He Rui up.
On the other side, Xiao Lan walked out of the room with Luo and waited at a corner in the corridor.
Then, he saw a black mist spread out in the corridor in front of him. There was the faint sound of panicked footsteps inside the mist. Luo then reached into the darkness and yanked out a figure that was firmly wrapped up in shadow.
Luo bowed lightly to Xiao Lan. “Your prey, sir.”
Xiao Lan gave him an admiring gaze. “Amazing.”
Luo smiled faintly. “It is my honour to help you.”
Xiao Lan then turned to look at the person who looked like he had seen a ghost. “We meet again, He Rui.”
Without waiting for a response, Xiao Lan punched him right away. “You dare ambush me!”
“Poverty is unable to restrict my imagination, you’ve obtained 【Plastic besties’ feelings】.”
The sudden appearance of the system notification stupefied Xiao Lan. It was a good while before he recalled that this was a passive skill which came with the skill upgrade, and was a random chance of him obtaining an item during a fight.
But this effect was truly a little fraudulent. The first time, he obtained Zhang Dong’s signature, and then didn’t trigger it again after that; he practically forgot that this passive skill existed.
The item that appeared went straight into his storage space. Xiao Lan took a quick glance; it looked like a hairclip.
【Name: Plastic besties’ feelings】
【Ability: Makes you more enchanting than the women around you. When there are women around you, your charm increases by 20%】
【Description: Only photoshopping yourself; this is the friendship of plastic beautiful sisters】
Xiao Lan: “…”
This thing was completely useless to him. After all, he had never relied on charm, and only relied on morality (strength) to move people. Instead, he thought of Wu Ting. Perhaps the crossdressing bigshot would be interested in this thing. Keep it to make a deal later ba.
When Xiao Lan looked at He Rui again, there was a trace of affection in his eyes, as if he was looking at dried sausage hung up at home to celebrate the new year.
He Rui had yet to understand what was going through this person’s mind, when he was punched in the stomach yet again.
“Bu —”
A dull fart echoed in the silent corridor.
Xiao Lan drew back his hand. He no longer dared to beat up this guy, for fear that the latter might not be able to take it and accidentally shat himself.
“Stop hitting me, stop; just ask what you want to ask…” He Rui fell to the floor and curled in on himself, looking like he was about to shit his pants.
Xiao Lan had a disdainful expression. “Why did you ambush me just now? How did you do it?”
He Rui squirmed. “By re- relying on an item to create a separate space, as well as my own skill…”
“Oh.” Xiao Lan examined him closely. “How did you turn invisible?”
He Rui: “Ugh… Also with, with an item.”
Xiao Lan acted like he was about to beat him again. “Take all of them out!”
This attitude was simply that of an evil tyrant blocking the path and bullying a pitiful villager.
He Rui was pale as his stomach let out another rumble. With a trembling hand, he took a card out from his storage space. “There’s only this. 【Ghost domain】 is a one-use item, so it’s no longer available.”
Under He Rui’s pained gaze, Xiao Lan accepted the card.
【Name: You can’t see me (high-grade item)】
【Ability: Erase your existence from your targets’ (no more than five) awareness (Uses 3/5)】
【Description: But you still exist, so you can still be hit】
Xiao Lan revealed a satisfied smile. The happiness of a broke person was just this simple and unostentatious.
He put away his spoils of war before he said, “Talk about your mission.”
He Rui hesitated, but when he saw Xiao Lan raise a fist again, he hurriedly said, “Don’t, don’t, don’t, I’ll talk. Someone showed me a photo and had me look for you, as well as investigate your background and skills, and the force backing you.”
Xiao Lan: “How did you find me?”
He Rui: “With a rare item provided by the client; I memorised… your face… then —”
“Bu…”
He Rui paled once more. “ — then, it raised the chances of entering the same instance as you.”
Xiao Lan couldn’t help but take a couple of steps back from this pot of fart. “Who commissioned you?”
He Rui covered his butt desperately. “I can’t say, I really can’t say… It’s a very influential person. If I speak, I might as well die right now.”
Seeing that the fear on He Rui’s face wasn’t fake, Xiao Lan frowned.
He Rui wasn’t able to take it for much longer. “I’m begging you… Big brother, I wasn’t able to find out anything about you in my investigation. The two of you together have beaten me up three times. Let me go ba, alright? I won’t dare to accept this mission ever again.
“I really don’t dare say anything. If I really told you who commissioned this mission, I might not survive until the next instance. Besides, it’s possible that person just wants to draw you in.”
Put that way, this fellow was a little wretched. Not only didn’t he get any information, he was conversely robbed and finally beaten up several times.
That was why people shouldn’t do bad things.
As the farts started to come closer and closer together, Xiao Lan swiftly left with Luo, and it looked a little like they were fleeing.
When it was time for dinner, Xiao Lan returned to 404.
The players had already gathered at this time, but there was no sign of He Rui or Meng Ze. One had probably taken up residence in the toilet, while the other had already decided to lay low and not appear.
Very unusually, there was no thick congee on the table today.
A brief note had been placed on the table, and in messy handwriting, it read:
【The gathering has begun】
The note was also weighed down with a knife. The blade dripped with blood from cutting who knew what. Thin blood flowed down the blade and soaked through more than half of the note, and gave off a rather strange smell.
Wu Ting pointed at the tip of the knife. “It’s pointing at the kitchen. Is this a hint?”
Everyone looked in the direction that the tip was pointing; the kitchen was dark right now, with no light at all. After trading opinions for a moment, everyone finally decided to head for the kitchen together.
Xiao Lan reached out to flick the light switch in the kitchen, but the light didn’t turn on.
“It’s no use, the power was just cut for all of 404.” Saying that, Wu Ting took out a flashlight and aimed it at the kitchen.
The first thing the light fell on was a black lump. When the light shone on it, the thing instantly scattered and fled in all directions at an incomparably quick speed and in a very practised manner.
“Ah —”
That was Duan Xueyin who screamed.
“Ah — cockroach!!!!!!!!”
That was Li Haokuan’s girly scream.
Xiao Lan: “…”
Luo: “…”
Wu Ting: “…”
Under everyone’s complicated gazes, Li Haokuan thrust out his overly muscular chest in his black singlet. “What? I’m a northerner; I’ve never seen such scary cockroaches, alright?!”
Northerners: We’re not taking this blame!
The author has something to say:
Happy New Year~ After thinking about it, it’s better to end the chapter on a not-scary note~
New Year’s little theater:
To celebrate the new year,
Xiao Lan decided to cook tangyuan for Luo, while Luo decided to cook dumplings for Xiao Lan.
A long, long time later,
The two looked at the two bowls of sludge on the table and fell into deep thought…
Mn, order takeout ba.
Soo who is it? His father? Did his father make He Rui follo XL???
Luo is very OP ehehehe
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Hmmm🤔Maybe..Maybe not
I’m thinking either it’s his father or the father’s enemy
Father or father’s enemy… But why did I think it was the debt collecters at first 😃
What are they, romantics… “I’ll follow you even in another world”??? Lmao
I mean his debt followed him to another world so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Maserati guy?
Why is that not hard to believe 😂.
Thank you for translating! <3
Okay, so Luo can’t complain that XL’s food looks… abnormal. He himself can’t cook either xDD
Thx for the double update (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
woah thanks for the updates!
It seems Luo and XL can only rely on takeout in the future huh
Aww…I was hoping Luo could cook but I just remembered that Luo is like a kindergartener…
Thanks for the chapter~
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^)♡
I’m guessing it has to do with the man who was in the car watchng XL. He might be the enemy of his father.
Also, when will Luo find more pieces of himself? He didn’t find any with Madam Bella nor here. I guess it was to last a little longer before he becomes whole.
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the update
Muchas gra las, cada vez se vuelve más inye
Muchas gracias, cada vez se vuelve más interesante
He Rui : Don’t be fooled by his looks, he’s a sadist!!
Xiao Lan: !! you have misunderstood!! I’ve been wronged.
Luo: You dare wrong my master😠😡
He Rui: (Dragged away and beaten up) 😭😭😭😭
Me:🤣🤣🤣 Luo is so badass.
Hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂
The last scene…… bwahahaha
Thx for the chappy
I’m glad we get to see more of Luo OP abilities and he is absolutely the best ‘body guard’ for Xiao Lan on whoever is trying to hunt him down in both worlds. My best guess is a partnership or heir gone wrong that left Xiao Lan’s father dead or trapped. Cant wait!!!!
I didn’t know what a singlet was so I google it’s either a sleeveless shirt or a very tight suit that wrestlers wear and— honestly I’m hoping it’s the second one cause all the photos I saw were hilarious
funny thing is, I’ve never seen a cockroche before… or maybe I have? well, they were jumping around and they were green so who knows?
No. No you haven’t. I am happy you have not seen one of those disgusting creatures. Especially the flying one shivers
O ho ho ho ho~
Chocolate is good enough of a poison for a dog like you!
Omg, just the thought of having to run around and fight while having diarrhea is making me cringe but laugh at the same time. Here’s a 🕯️for He Rui’s cough cheeks…
Cockroaches are demons. 😰