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‘Dad’ felt that the situation wasn’t very good. This group of lucky children seemed a little different from the ones before. It was like the difference between an ordinary high-schooler and the male lead of a shounen manga…

Unfortunately, it was already too late to retreat. zEBfXi

Without waiting for ‘dad’ to come up with a way to resolve the situation, Xiao Lan brandished his dagger and dashed towards him.

The dazzling blade slid past, the incomparably sharp dagger kicking up a gust of wind that made one shudder. ‘Dad’ hurriedly extended his claws to block it.

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After a shrill ring, he barely fended off the blade, but a deep cut was left on his sharp claws. e IaYV

‘Dad’ was stunned in his heart and was also a little distressed over his claws. His claws could dig through slabs and remain completely unharmed. Who knew what this guy’s dagger was made of; why was it this solid?

Moreover… wasn’t this child a little too strong? He was like an angry bull, completely different from those delicate, juicy and tender little cuties.

Who the heck between us is the true non-human?

Not waiting for him to continue with his musings, Xiao Lan attacked once more. The sharp edge of the blade flashed incessantly in front of ‘dad’, forcing him into a continuous retreat. He raised his two hands and responded to the attacks with great difficulty.

Crack —

With another slash, the claws that had experienced a series of attacks were finally unable to take it and snapped off.

The next moment, the dagger in Xiao Lan’s hand ruthlessly stabbed ‘dad’s’ arm.

“【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】  deals Dad damage, additional toxicity: sodium chloride.” LV5Zkc

Xiao Lan: “…”

It turned out that this guy’s name was Dad ah. Truly a cursory name. Perhaps ‘grandma’s’ name was truly Grandma. What kind of appalling naming sense was this?

“Ao —”

Sodium chloride, or salt, entered the wound made by the dagger, causing ‘dad’ to experience the joy of rubbing salt in a wound. He instantly couldn’t help but shriek. 57ZJpq

Taking advantage of the moment that ‘dad’ was busy screaming and couldn’t defend himself in time, Xiao Lan swung his dagger again. This time, the dagger nicked ‘dad’s’ thick, plump, and short neck. Unfortunately, his skin was too thick and there was too much fat; Xiao Lan actually didn’t cut down to the bone.

“【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】  deals Dad damage, additional toxicity: 84 disinfectant · high concentration.”

“Aooooooo —”

‘Dad’s’ screams grew louder. On this quiet night, it sounded like a pig being slaughtered for the New Year’s Eve family dinner. 5Ilbmq

Although 84 disinfectant had the word ‘disinfectant’, it was generally used on things like clothes or the floor, and couldn’t be used on human wounds since this thing was corrosive and an irritant to some extent, and would produce a burning sensation.

In short, it allowed you to experience the joy of placing fire on your wound.

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Under a two-fold attack of joy, ‘dad’ felt as if his soul had been sublimated. It was as if his grandma in heaven was waving at him. He saw her smile so lovingly. Her embrace was definitely full of warmth and didn’t contain pain.

His neck was bleeding. Though no vital parts were injured, who knew what that naughty child had smeared on the dagger. The cut earlier was seriously too painful. NHDBIm

‘Dad’ panted as he looked at Xiao Lan. “Heh… You… really are… a vicious and naughty child!”

Xiao Lan looked at him with an innocent expression. “You really can’t blame this on me.”

You can only blame your bad luck. This was his first time seeing someone this miserable, experiencing salt sprinkled on their wound followed by it being set on fire.

Xiao Lan was fully aware of the principle ‘killing you when you’re sick’. As he spoke, he had already attacked ‘dad’ again. An exhausted ‘Dad’ fended him off with fingernails that had mostly snapped off. After a few rounds, another blade sank deep into his body. Bkd oX

“【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】  deals Dad damage, additional toxicity: fly agaric.”

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Instantly, ‘dad’s’ gaze, which had still been a bit fierce, turned blurry.

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“Quick, come save me!!!” ‘Dad’ let out a piercing cry which shook Xiao Lan’s ears painfully, and his hand slowed down for one moment.

‘Dad’ seized that gap and scuttled out from under Xiao Lan’s blade. He didn’t care at all about his clothes being cut. He stuck out his belly and shouted himself hoarse. “Come ah! Quickly come save dad!!!”

After that, the big rat spirits that had been chasing the three of them arrived and attacked them from different directions, acting as if they were finally about to feast on a buffet.

At that moment, the rocket launcher which Wang Taidi had prepared displayed its might. Oad5RW

Unlike its aggressive-looking exterior, this thing was in fact a bubble bazooka. A large number of bubbles spurted out of the muzzle and flew at the big rat spirits that were dashing over. The rats were enclosed in the bubbles, and looked like they were trapped inside. They were obviously weak bubbles, yet they couldn’t scratch them apart. Even when they used force, the bubbles just rolled around on the floor.

Wrapped in bubbles, the rat spirits rolled themselves into a pile on the floor, their scattered screeches ringing out from time to time.

It looked extremely comical and ridiculous.

Just as Wang Taidi was waiting for the rocket launcher to cool down, a fellow that was even blacker and thinner than the previous rat spirits leapt out from a corner. It was extremely quick and moved nimbly around the bubbles dancing in the air, rushing out from within Wang Taidi’s blockade line. VxOaZC

Sharp claws ruthlessly attacked Xiao Lan with all their strength from behind. Xiao Lan was already halfway through his attack; there was no time to instantly change his position and turn to defend himself.

A proud smile flashed over the face of the thin and black rat spirit, as if it could envision the sweet scent of blood spilling out.

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A silent black blade sliced past.

The next instant, the small smile on the black and thin face turned into astonishment. Why could it see the ceiling? The ceiling was clearly… so high up… NST6rm

The corpse that had lost its head was still lunging forward, and it ran two steps before it fell with a bang.

“You… killed an NPC…” Wang Taidi sounded panicked.

All players knew that after killing an NPC, its corpse would automatically look for a player as a substitute, and the first person it sought would be the one who killed it.

Sure enough, the black and thin rat spirit’s corpse slowly became a gelatinous, gooey and dense liquid which headed swiftly towards Luo. khSBbm

But Luo merely stretched out one hand unhurriedly. A shadow that ordinary players couldn’t see spread out to envelop the sticky and dense liquid. After that, it was like a sponge that absorbed moisture, and absorbed that extremely unclear liquid until nothing was left.

After a while, there wasn’t any trace of it left on the floor.

There was a graceful smile on Luo’s lips. “Something of this level isn’t worthy of giving me trouble.”

Wang Taidi, who only saw the corpse turn into liquid and attempt to swallow Fei Luo up before disappearing for no reason, had eyes that were filled with: Fuck me, this fucking thing is a bigshot’s dimension reduction attack ah. 9RguqL

Luo’s image in his heart became all the more unfathomable. This person… what skill did he have, to actually be this OP?

Thinking about how he himself could only rely on items, Wang Taidi was overcome with sadness.

On the other side, ‘dad’ was being violently beaten up by Xiao Lan to the point that he was about to lose his human form, and he had thoroughly lost his fighting strength.

The fly agaric’s poison had thoroughly broken out, and ‘dad’ had fallen into endless hallucinations. He was so badly battered that he was genuinely like a rat now. He curled in on himself on the floor, though his belly still stuck out. 4lf0oF

He was murmuring, “So many people… hitting me… eat fruities… don’t talk… cornbread… Hehe… grandma is starting a live broadcast…”

The hallucinogenic world seemed extremely enriching.

Xiao Lan surveyed the area. Seeing that the current dangers had all been eliminated, he put away 【This is a dagger coated in highly toxic poison】.

Wang Taidi also put away his bubble bazooka. Seeing ‘dad’s’ miserable state, he felt some pity for him. “I’m already sympathizing with this guy.” q534MC

Xiao Lan looked him up and down. “If I gave it a match, wouldn’t it look a lot like the little match girl?”

Luo: “…What in the world happened during your childhood?”

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Thanks to the kids’ drawing classes, he had a certain understanding of human fairy tales, and none of them included this eye-searing scene in front of them at all.

Wang Taidi expressionlessly said, “That is an insult to childhood. What little girl would be bald and have such a large belly?!” vJpLAO

Seeing that no one supported him, Xiao Lan scratched his head and changed the topic. “Um… let’s leave before talking about it ba.”

The three continued towards the exit. Perhaps because they had resolved a large number of soldiers in one wave, their progress this time was much calmer.

At the entrance hall.

A thick bloody scent filled the air. Xiao Lan looked in the direction of the smell of blood. uc7 Kf

It was Hu Yue.

To be more precise, it was his corpse.

The bottom half of Hu Yue’s body had been pulled into a crack in the cupboard. That crack was tiny and narrow, and clearly wasn’t something that a human would normally be able to enter. There was a great deal of blood around him, as well as signs of a violent struggle.

It was clear that he also did his best to try and escape before dying. pYRMrg

Hu Yue’s eyes were large, his still immature face filled with disbelief, as if he had seen something he hadn’t expected at all. One of his hands was stretched out desperately, and there was a shred of cloth in it, as if he had been pulling at someone for help.

“It’s Gu Jiangke’s shirt.” Luo’s extremely sharp memory allowed him to instantly identify the source of the cloth scrap.

It seemed that the golden thigh which Hu Yue had done his best to hug had abandoned him at the last moment.

That was probably the reason for the disbelief on his face. 85WEj6

Xiao Lan didn’t say anything. Wang Taidi pulled a blanket off the sofa on the side and passed it to him. Xiao Lan tossed the blanket at Hu Yue’s corpse from a distance. The blanket covered the corpse, and buried Hu Yue’s expression as well. Regardless of whatever grudges they had, at that moment, they were all just pitiful worms caught by the Advent World and forced to struggle between life and death.

Covering his corpse could be considered the last bit of friendship between fellow sufferers.

Perhaps Hu Yue never thought that the one to push him into the abyss of death would be the support he had taken great pains to find, while the one to help him sort out his corpse would be the person he disliked when he had still been alive.

This was what the impermanence of life was like. AfUVyt

“Let’s continue ba.” Xiao Lan no longer looked at Hu Yue’s corpse that was covered by the blanket. “The door’s just ahead.”

They stood before the door, the wooden entrance quietly towering in front of them and looking utterly harmless.

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Xiao Lan indicated for Luo to retreat with Wang Taidi as he stepped forward vigilantly to insert the key into the keyhole.

The instant the key touched the door lock, a large hand ferociously slapped down towards Xiao Lan from above. Xiao Lan rolled away to avoid the attack. 1Yj8Ip

The floor immediately shattered. If a person had been standing there, they would have most likely turned into paste.

Xao Lan turned to look in the direction of the attack; a hand at the end of the enormous arm sticking in from the window next to the door had delivered that slap.

The arm withdrew from the window, and through the broken glass, Xiao Lan saw ‘grandma’s’ face.

Her face had become unimaginably large, and she was like a giant hugging the wooden house in her embrace. One could imagine how they would directly bear the brunt of her attack if they wanted to leave the house through the window. uYm4Gs

‘Grandma’ casually rubbed the solid lumber like it was paper, reducing it to splinters in her hands. She looked into the house and gave an eerie smile.

From her bulk and fighting strength, the players clearly weren’t meant to directly confront her.

Xiao Lan thought of the specially mentioned ‘key’ in the hint.

Perhaps the only path in the entire house that led to the outside world was the door that was opened by a key. Those who thought themselves smart and tried to leave by other means would probably only be left to wander in this world. cnjedv

With ‘grandma’ eyeing them from the side like a tiger and occasionally groping around the entrance, it was very difficult for Xiao Lan to step forward and open the door.

He retreated and hinted for Wang Taidi to take out his little board.

Xiao Lan: Do you have an invisibility item?

Wang Taidi nodded. fBp1sO

Xiao Lan turned the board to Luo: Can you draw her attention away temporarily? Five seconds is enough. 

Luo nodded slightly, then retreated into the shadows behind him.

Xiao Lan and Wang Taidi also pretended to fall back. In ‘grandma’s’ blind spot, Xiao Lan utilised the invisibility item 【You can’t see me】, then silently stood in place, waiting for Luo to act.

‘Grandma’, who had bad eyesight in the first place, didn’t sense anything strange. She still excitedly waited for the next person to appear. WmBVUX

A moment later, the sound of a window being broken suddenly rang out on the other side of the corridor.

‘Grandma’ frowned. These foolish children ah, why did they always try to escape through the window? She reached out to slap at the window that the sound had come from.

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Right at that moment, Xiao Lan dashed forward swiftly and opened the door with the key.

Behind the door wasn’t the road by which they had come, but an endless darkness. However, this showed that this was the true path to escape. Fo2RpB

After opening the door, he stood next to it and waited for Wang Taidi’s secret signal.

The next moment, a small red ball appeared on the ground. This was the sign of Wang Taidi leaving that they had agreed on.

“Luo,” Xiao Lan quietly called out. After that, a black figure appeared behind him. He grabbed Luo’s hand and they quickly stepped through the door.

“Naughty children who leave secretly!!!” xIrJa2

‘Grandma’s’ infuriated roar could still be faintly heard behind them.

The system notification for clearing the instance rang out:

“Ding dong —”

“Congratulations to player Xiao Lan for clearing the game ‘Grandma’s bedtime story’.” 60Oahu

“Obtained 【Grandma’s random gift box】. Open? (Yes/No)”

In the darkness, Xiao Lan looked at the box from next to the bed which they hadn’t been able to figure out. It turned out that this thing truly was a gift ah. It seemed that ‘grandma’ was still rather generous as a boss.

He chose to open it.

【Name: This is a brick】 NOpuk

【Ability: None】

【Description: Hey! Grandson, is this a brick you dropped?】

Xiao Lan: “…”

He decided to withdraw his previous statement. DJYVUe

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