The consecutive accidents made the players wake up with a sense of tension.
They quickly gathered together and one by one looked around to see what had happened.
“It’s true! It’s not an illusion. These plants have really grown bigger! What on earth is this? How could they grow so much overnight? They’re not bamboo!”
“Look at the plants! The leg of that female player is really only half left! But the most horrifying thing is that her leg doesn’t look like it was bitten off by some monster. It looks like it has melted!”
The players discussed in hushed voices, observing the situation around them. The man wearing the Batman mask stood up and stared fiercely at Mo Yang and Song Kefeng, along with the other players.
“Tell me! Did you do something last night?! Why is it only our group of seven and their group that encountered problems?! Three people from our group went missing! Four from their group went missing and two got injured! But you guys, with more than a dozen people, nothing happened to any of you!”
As the man in the Batman mask spoke, the remaining players noticed that it was indeed as he said, only the group of more than a dozen players who followed Mo Yang were unharmed. The players who disagreed with Mo Yang and wanted to travel at night, as well as the Batman-masked men who were clearly excluded, all encountered trouble.
However, Mo Yang remained calm despite the accusations. He glanced at the disabled player who was glaring at him with accusatory eyes and said, “What can we do? You just witnessed it. We, too, have just woken up. Several people couldn’t be awakened no matter how much we shouted. If you have a little bit of brain, you would understand that the white mist last night had a sleep-inducing effect, which is why we all slept so soundly without knowing that people were missing.”
“As for why nothing happened to our side,” Mo Yang coughed and revealed a mischievous smile in front of everyone’s eyes, “it’s because my boyfriend is amazing. The potion he created was sprinkled around our group, and everyone saw this last night.”
As Mo Yang spoke, Zhou Luoluo, the girl with the ponytail, quickly nodded and added, “What Brother Hei said is true. I was the one who asked Brother Black Cat for help. And Brother Hei kindly agreed. But I didn’t expect Brother Clown’s potion to be so powerful.”
The woman with the rose diamond mask also nodded, “I heard some strange noises in my dream last night. Since I’m a light sleeper, but I couldn’t wake up, there must have been something that made us sleep deeply.”
The man in the Batman mask still had a completely disbelieving expression, but then he heard a firm voice saying, “Those plants dragged them away.”
Everyone turned to the source of the voice, and Mr. Bao’s dark face stood out in the daylight, no longer the faintly visible figure from last night’s moonlit scene.
For some reason, Mr. Bao seemed very reliable.
“What’s your conclusion?” Zhou Luoluo walked over.
Song Kefeng glanced at the girl and sighed, “There are signs of plant movement here, and some small fallen leaves.”
“But the situation of the disappearances is different on both sides.” Song Kefeng pointed at the group of seven, “The disappearances and injuries on their side should have occurred without awareness or resistance since there are only dragging marks on the ground. But here… hmm, it’s a bit strange.”
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“What’s strange?” the people around asked in unison. Song Kefeng looked at the circle of players, all of them resembling detectives at a crime scene for the first time, with a particularly interested gleam in their eyes.
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Song Kefeng glanced at the man in the Batman mask and snorted softly, he was definitely not a good person, having been imprisoned twice, and the way he spoke indicated he was involved in fights and brawls in real life.
“There are footprints here from another person, and I judge them to be a woman’s footprints. Then, it seems this woman transformed into some kind of monster and ate those two individuals. That’s my entire deduction. It may sound unbelievable when said out loud, but this is a dream world after all. Plants have come to life, and a woman turning into a monster is not that strange anymore.”
After finishing his statement, Song Kefeng walked away. When he walked past Wan Mei, he deliberately glanced at the man.
He was certain that this clown in a white coat was probably the first person to wake up, maybe due to his unique physique or special abilities or skills. He might have encountered that woman. But what happened afterward? Song Kefeng couldn’t be sure.
He felt that this clown, the one in the white coat, may have killed the woman who could transform into a monster, but if he himself didn’t admit it, no one could extract any information from him.
Well, since no one from their team was hurt, he couldn’t be bothered to pursue it further.
After Song Kefeng analyzed what happened last night, the remaining players fell silent for a while and stopped thinking about the matter. Everyone had the same thought since it didn’t affect them, they should focus on clearing the level first.
Mo Yang turned his sleeping bag into a card and put it back into his pig-shaped backpack. He then called out to Zhou Api, “Fatty, are you ready? We’re leaving.”
Zhou Api quickly responded, “Alright, let’s go, let’s go! Is everyone ready? Although we are only left with twenty people now, if we work together, we should be able to reach the end of the plant area, towards the beach, by the end of the morning.”
The players responded quickly and gathered together.
At this point, it was clear to everyone that the strongest individuals were not the so-called Fantastic Four.
Judging from the fact that no one had encountered any trouble last night, the most powerful players were undoubtedly the clown with the limited edition backpack shaped like a pig’s head and Black Cat Detective! Of course, Mr. Bao, the frowning face also appeared trustworthy and strong, but unfortunately, these three powerhouses seemed uninterested in teaming up with the rest. So, they can only stick close to the new year’s pig-masked man.
Except for the Batman-masked man with an unpleasant expression and the remaining three members of the Seven-member Group, everyone quickly formed a formation.
Deng Libo and Ma Ying, with grim faces, did not join the plant-cutting formation but, persuaded by Sun Fuhai’s plea and the temptation of Dream Coins, decided to accompany him and two other female players who had lost their legs and arms. These five people followed behind Mo Yang’s formation, enjoying the journey without exerting much effort.
Of course, Zhao Ruoxi, who walked at the very end of the formation with those five, was doing almost the same thing. When it was time to change people after half an hour, she either shook her head or claimed to have no weapons, but she managed to stay in the formation without contributing.
This disgusted Zhou Luoluo and the beauty next to her.
But even so, everyone remained focused on reaching the end of the plant protection area together. After two hours of walking, they clearly felt the increasing danger of the plants. Not only had the height of these plants surpassed their heads, making it difficult to determine the direction, but the flexibility and agility of the branches and leaves had also increased.
What could be easily cut with one strike now required three to five strikes. Moreover, the number of injured players was increasing, transforming the previous 4-3-3 formation into a 3-4-4 formation. Only Song Kefeng, Mo Yang, and Wan Mei remained at the front, while others couldn’t last for more than ten minutes. The sudden attacks from plants on both sides also became more frequent, resulting in many players getting scratched.
“Ugh!”
Just as Mo Yang finished cutting a sharp leaf that was thrown at him, his right arm was whipped by a thorny plant. The intense pain, mixed with a numbing sensation, made him let out a low cry. And this cry made Wan Mei, who was in the middle, stop his casual leaf-pulling action and turn around.
Mo Yang didn’t understand why he suddenly stopped. The plant on his right side seemed quite excited and rapidly extended three spiked branches towards him, as if ready to intensify its attack.
However, before its branches could touch Mo Yang, a layer of powder suddenly covered it, leaving it bewildered. It suddenly felt intense pain and then saw a blue flame rapidly spreading from its branches. The flame burned its way up, seemingly unstoppable, and reached its main body, setting it ablaze.
“Oh my!”
“What kind of fire is this?!”
Players exclaimed, their eyes filled with awe as they looked at Wan Mei.
Mo Yang, staring at the initially pale blue flame, asked incredulously, “Is it phosphorus fire?”
“It’s phosphorus fire,” replied both Song Kefeng and Mo Yang in unison.
While Song Kefeng was certain, Mo Yang was bewildered. “Does the guide know that you brought this in?!”
Wan Mei replied, “Only composite objects are not allowed.”
“Uh, but after this game, this may not be allowed either. Hehe.”
When Wan Mei chuckled with the last “hehe,” his clown mask suddenly burst into a series of eerie laughter. Though it was meant to sound cheerful, everyone found it chilling.
By the way, Mr. Expert, you have this kind of handy artifact, why didn’t you use it earlier?!
With Wan Mei’s sudden contribution of phosphorus powder, the players’ speed increased once again. After another two hours, when the plants had horrifyingly grown faces and arms on their trunks and roots, they finally saw the nearby beach and the escape ship.
However, as they cautiously made their way through the plant protection area, which had almost turned into humanoid forms, and joyfully rushed towards the escape ship, a seductive male voice echoed from behind.
“Welcome, guests. You haven’t tasted the most delicious lunch in my castle yet, why are you eager to leave?”
Alarm bells rang in Mo Yang’s mind, and he shouted at the players who were charging forward recklessly, “Come back!! Don’t board the ship!!”
But it was too late. From the bow of the ship, an agile and powerful figure leaped down, and within a second, those players’ figures disintegrated and disappeared. Zhao Ruoxi, fearing trouble, had stayed behind and narrowly escaped. Then she moved closer to Mo Yang.
The handsome man, exuding wildness and strength, approached the group slowly, licking his fingertips, and sighed, “Ah, they didn’t taste good.”
His golden leopard eyes locked onto Mo Yang, and the Black Panther Duke elegantly bowed, extending his palm, “Dear beauty, I invite you to join me in savoring a delicious lunch. Would you honor me with your presence?”
Mo Yang: “…” Wait, I think there may be a misunderstanding caused by my mask. We belong to different races, and it really wouldn’t work out.
Just as Mo Yang was thinking about how to respond to this life-threatening proposition, another voice suddenly rang out from behind them.
“Black Panther, he has already obtained the golden apple I gave him. Shouldn’t he be mine?”
Everyone turned around in shock as an elegant nobleman approached. He, too, extended his hand toward Mo Yang, saying, “Let’s create a more beautiful world together, shall we?”
Mo Yang: “…” The golden apple, I gave it to my boyfriend! Are you doing this on purpose?!
Players: “…” So, this is the true boss?!
The author has something to say –
009: My host is such a headache.
006: Well, well, my host… Oops! My host is also a pain in the ass!!!
006: Oops! My host attracts NPCs! Still a trouble! QAQ
Different species but big dinner~
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