As the sixty players united and began reciting the poem with double the speed, The Night Stalker felt the immense malice directed towards him by these players.
Even though he wanted to cover his ears, it was already too late. He couldn’t escape hearing the harmonious, friendly, and resolute words like “I Love This World” that were being fired at him like bullets. It made him feel nauseated.
But at the same time, The Night Stalker was also extremely angry. These people, who were completely weak in his eyes, were just too annoying. Even though he felt terrible at the moment, he was determined to kill a few of them to teach others a lesson!
So after slipping and recovering his balance, The Night Stalker, like a hungry wolf, lunged at Song Kefeng, who was at the forefront. Song Kefeng, seeing this, didn’t retreat but advanced, and he quickly engaged The Night Stalker in a fierce battle.
The weapon in his hand was slightly inferior to The Night Stalker’s curved blade, making it difficult for him to attack. However, compared to the first night when he could barely get close to The Night Stalker, it was already much better.
Mo Yang, Qi Hong, and Liu Tong quickly followed suit. It was difficult for the three of them to intervene directly in the battle between The Night Stalker and Song Kefeng, but they positioned themselves in three different directions, and whenever they found an opening, they would rush forward to attack The Night Stalker, preventing him from fully focusing on Song Kefeng.
With everyone holding hands, reciting the poem with increasing momentum and volume, they had been fighting for less than five minutes, and The Night Stalker already felt like he was about to explode.
He felt like he needed to go back, put on earplugs, and then come back to kill!
But before The Night Stalker could feint and retreat, Mo Yang seized the opportunity and swung his black Tang sword towards his nose. The Night Stalker naturally dodged, but Mo Yang’s target wasn’t his nose; it was his nose clip.
Ding! With a light sound, Mo Yang’s Tang sword skillfully cut off the nose clip that The Night Stalker had attached to his nose. The Night Stalker couldn’t control himself and subconsciously took a breath. Instantly, his whole body trembled violently, and he lost his balance.
Damn it!!
Seizing the opportunity, Liu Tong and Qi Hong both struck fiercely at The Night Stalker’s body. The Night Stalker roared in anger, but he didn’t care about the hair cut off by Qi Hong or the arm injured by Liu Tong. With a series of large jumps, he quickly left the scene.
As he left, The Night Stalker’s angry roar echoed throughout the castle:
“I will come back!!!”
“I will kill every one of you!!!”
About a minute after The Night Stalker had left, the remaining players who had been reciting the poem quickly stopped. Then, they looked at each other in an orderly manner and glanced at the hair and blood left behind by The Night Stalker. After a moment of silence, the castle erupted in deafening cheers.
“Ah ah ah! We won again!!”
“The Night Stalker was disgusted by us for the second time!”
“This is the first time I feel so triumphant in a game! Hahaha, who cares about a killer! He still ran away!!”
“Yeah, guys, let’s give it our all. We can definitely endure and finally kill The Night Stalker!! Urgh!”
The joyful players patted each other’s backs and shook hands, rare to see such harmony in a game, rather than being enemies until death. But because of what happened yesterday, after the celebration, instead of returning to their rooms, they simply slept on the sofas and carpets in the hall. After all, The Night Stalker might come again, and they couldn’t take it lightly.
At this moment, most people were looking at the four who had stepped forward to confront The Night Stalker. Liu Tong glanced at Song Kefeng, and the two exchanged a nod of understanding before Liu Tong went to rest.
Liu Tong didn’t expect to encounter a police comrade in this world, but he believed that anyone who entered the dream world as a police officer must have experienced persecution and betrayal. He no longer had that selfless and fearless heart, so he didn’t plan to get too close to Song Kefeng.
Wan Mei, with Mo Yang’s help, collected The Night Stalker’s hair and blood. Qi Hong had cut off the hair, and Liu Tong had drawn the blood, but neither of them had any intention of taking Dream Coins from Wan Mei. Come on, who would easily take the money from the big boss? Even though they didn’t know much about Wan Mei, they felt they should keep a distance and show friendliness.
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Moreover, mental power would slowly recover over time, and with the quick mental recovery bonus from the Heart of the Tree People, he had an average of 60 points of mental power every day.
But even so, he still felt that his mental power was a bit insufficient.
In addition to spending 20 points of mental power daily from fishing for money, he also had to spend 20 points of mental power each day to upgrade the NPC special cards of Feng Yu and Ouyang Yang.
Occasionally, he could spare 10 points of mental power to upgrade his phone, but he couldn’t do so before obtaining the Heart of the Tree People. Fortunately, with the Heart of the Tree People, he could finally have an extra 10 points of mental power to use freely.
Wan Mei suggested that he use those 10 points to buy high-level items like “Ten Complete Nourishing Soup” and “Super Fighting Techniques” from the Dream World store. This way, his basic attributes of strength, speed, and agility had slowly increased by 1 point in the past half month, and his health had increased by 16.
Not bad.
But what was even better was the upgraded NPC character cards of Feng Yu and Ouyang Yang, now at level two. Mo Yang could summon both of them to help him for 10 minutes during critical moments, and occasionally they could chat as well. Originally, Mo Yang had thought of summoning Ouyang Yang to confront The Night Stalker if he couldn’t handle it, but it seemed unnecessary now.
His phone had also just been upgraded to level two before entering the game, unlocking the “Mental Internet” function.
Yes, that was the function Mo Yang was currently using.
“Hey! Bro, you’re actually on Weibo? Can phones in the game connect to the outside world?” A player passing by Mo Yang glanced casually and was instantly amazed. He had a phone too, and he dreamed of browsing Weibo, watching videos, and playing games even in his dreams!
Mo Yang lay on the sofa and glanced at him. “Yeah. My phone was upgraded, so I can access the internet. But the internet fee is a bit expensive.”
One point of mental power for an hour was simply robbery.
The curious player said enthusiastically, “Phones can be upgraded? How do I upgrade mine? I don’t mind paying a bit more for the internet; after all, I’m addicted to it.”
Many other players with similar addictions gathered around, unable to access the internet, watch live streams, or browse Weibo while in the game. Mo Yang looked at their eager eyes and earnestly explained, “It’s really expensive.”
“No problem! We can skip meals just to access the internet!”
Mo Yang sighed, “First, you need to save money and buy a limited edition phone. Then, you have to spend 10 points of mental power every day to upgrade your phone. Finally, to connect to the real world’s internet, it costs 1 point of mental power per hour. If you can do all that, you can access the internet.”
The players with a maximum mental power of only 8 looked at themselves, holding ordinary phones bought from the Dream World store, and then at Mo Yang with his proud and smug cartoon pink pig phone. Suddenly, they realized that the handsome guy lying on the sofa might be a formidable Dream World expert.
Qi Hong also took out his Lantern Festival gift package and topped up his phone with 10 points of mental power. Although his guide had been telling him about the benefits of upgrading his phone, he had completely ignored it. But now, it seemed that upgrading was indeed beneficial. At least, he could access the internet in the game.
003: Hehe, a trash host. You’ll regret it.
That night, The Night Stalker didn’t come again. When they had breakfast, everyone quickly went to the restroom to wash their faces and brush their teeth.
Compared to the tense silence of the past five days, the players’ moods had improved significantly.
During breakfast, the player who was one step away from being a luck god, Ou Qiming, held up a special item he had found – the “Chick Pecking Worm” picture – and asked Mo Yang, “Yesterday, you didn’t let me use this picture, saying it would be useful to strike The Night Stalker again today. But you have to tell me how to use this picture, right? Do I have to hold the picture and shout at The Night Stalker, ‘The Night Stalker, look here!’ ‘The Night Stalker, look at me!’?”
Mo Yang took a sip of mushroom cream soup, savoring its rich flavor. He nodded, “That’s a good idea. You must remember to run faster and try to make him dizzy when he sees you.”
Ou Qiming replied, “I don’t think so. I’m just lucky and have decent instincts. I’m weak physically and socially, and I’m a bit of a shut-in. I can’t run fast, and my combat power is minus five. I’ll just help you guys find items. Let someone else hold the picture.”
Ou Qiming refused three times, making his speech sound particularly lonely.
Mo Yang chuckled, “With this picture, it’s like having a talisman.”
Ou Qiming, who had almost become a luck god, was nonchalant. “It’s okay. My luck is still decent, and you guys dying won’t necessarily mean my death. Actually, if you guys hadn’t decided to counterattack The Night Stalker, I planned to just scrape by.”
Other players: “…”
Mo Yang said with a smile, “Alright then, Fatty Zhou, you hold this picture and guard it with Qi Fu. When The Night Stalker comes tonight, no matter what, you must attract his attention and draw his hatred so that he sees the picture in your hands, okay?”
Zhou Api quickly stepped forward and patted his chest, “Rest assured, Boss, I’ll definitely give The Night Stalker goosebumps when he sees me!”
Qi Fu nodded beside him, “With my high speed and agility, I can back you up, Fatty Zhou.”
Then, after finishing breakfast, they planned to continue searching for items based on their instincts and see if they had any good luck today. Of course, they had to go to the Meditation and Star Observation Room first to enhance their instincts.
Mo Yang also intended to go there, not wanting to miss any opportunities. However, Wan Mei looked up at him and said, “Go to the kitchen and find a local specialty with a green or yellow outer skin and a juice acidity of around 7. I conducted some experiments yesterday, and it seems that The Night Stalker’s body is least resistant to liquids with this acidity.”
Mo Yang’s eyes lit up, but he had no way to measure acidity since he didn’t have test papers. However, he had other ideas.
“Green apples, oranges, sour grapes, lemons, which one is closer?”
Wan Mei smirked at the question, “Sour grapes.”
Mo Yang nodded, giving an OK gesture, “Leave it to me, I’ll definitely find it.”
Then, Mo Yang went to find the kitchen’s head chef.
In the kitchen, many players were searching for ingredients, but their expressions were somewhat frustrated and anxious. They had already searched for most of the kitchen’s ingredients the day before, and none of them turned out to be the special item they were looking for.
Today, they excluded the previously searched items and added the list of searched items to be sure that they would find the food that The Night Stalker disliked or feared. However, after searching the entire kitchen, they still couldn’t find the special ingredient they were looking for. Some even began to doubt if the special item was even in the kitchen.
At this moment, Mo Yang entered.
With a smile on his face, he scanned the players and then settled on the head chef, “Chef, I’d like to buy some local specialties.”
The head chef saw Mo Yang and smiled warmly, stepping forward to hold his hand, “Oh, tell Auntie directly what specialty you want. Why come to the kitchen? It’s messy and dirty here.”
Other players rolled their eyes.
“Hehe, I just wanted to check the kitchen to see if there were any specialties I wanted to buy. Unfortunately, I looked around yesterday and didn’t find anything, so I thought it was a bit strange. I wanted to ask you, Auntie.”
“It’s a fruit with a green or green-yellow skin. It doesn’t taste particularly delicious by itself, but it becomes really tasty when used to make cakes or pastries with honey. It’s sour, sweet, refreshing, and gives you a feeling of early spring~ Auntie, do you have this kind of special fruit for sale?”
In the kitchen, the other players thought Mo Yang was talking nonsense, but the head chef pondered for a moment and then suddenly clapped her thigh and laughed, “Oh! You’re talking about Winterberry, right! It’s quite sour on its own, but it’s really good in pastries. Haha, no wonder you couldn’t find it in the kitchen. That fruit grows in the snow during winter. If we were to use it, we would directly go outside to the snowy area. There should be quite a few of them in the flowerbed east of our castle.”
Mo Yang smiled brightly, “Thank you, Auntie. Can we go and dig some Winterberries?”
The head chef happily nodded, “Of course, of course. There are plenty of them in the winter snow. Just be careful not to stay outside for too long, or you might get frozen.”
Mo Yang nodded and called the others to dig for Winterberries. The players in the kitchen knew that Mo Yang was looking for the special ingredient they had been searching for all day. After hearing Mo Yang’s words, they told him the location of Winterberries. Each of them wore thick clothing and took toothbrushes and cups before heading out to dig in the snow.
Except for Mo Yang, the head chef refused to lend any tools to other players.
Mo Yang led the way outside, and as soon as he started digging the second hole with a small shovel, he unearthed a string of three Winterberries covered in a thin layer of ice with green-yellow translucent flesh inside.
At that moment, the system prompt finally sounded, congratulating him on finding the special ingredient that could restrain The Night Stalker. The system also mentioned that one Winterberry could be exchanged for 50 Dream Coins and asked if he wanted to exchange them. Mo Yang decisively chose “No.”
Soon after, Ou Qiming stood up proudly, “Look! I found it! Winterberries!”
After digging about a dozen Winterberries, Mo Yang stopped. He checked the time on his phone and realized that 55 minutes had passed since they left the castle. He quickly stood up and warned those who were still outside digging, “Everyone, pay attention to the time! There are only 20 minutes left until an hour passes. Don’t exceed the time. Although these berries can be brought out of the game for money, your lives are more important than money.”
The players still digging in the snow laughed together, promising to return within the time limit. Mo Yang then left.
Wan Mei had already returned to the castle after digging twenty Winterberries. Instead of exchanging for money, he preferred to study the characteristics of the plant.
So far, they had already found four items that could restrain The Night Stalker. The only thing left was the special item in the Martial Arts and Fitness Room. However, Mo Yang felt that even if they didn’t find the special item in the Martial Arts and Fitness Room, they were already well-prepared to have a final battle with The Night Stalker tonight, considering their current morale and the items they possessed.
He didn’t want to wait until the last night to go out again; it was better to finish things early.
Mo Yang explained his plan to Song Kefeng, Zhou Api, Qi Hong, Qi Fu, Xiao Junshi, Liu Tong, Ou Qiming, and others. Everyone agreed. Instead of being cautious every night waiting for The Night Stalker to attack, they might as well put in more effort and directly take him down.
However, as more and more players reached a consensus in the castle, Mo Yang suddenly felt a great sense of danger.
He quickly looked at the time and was shocked to see that 55 minutes had passed since they left the castle.
Ou Qiming rushed to the gate and shouted, “Are you all crazy?! Hurry back! I have an ominous premonition!!”
The moment Ou Qiming’s voice echoed, a black figure with a sinister laugh suddenly emerged from the snow outside the castle.
“Hahaha, hehehe, kekeke! This time, I’ll see how you all disgust me! Stupid humans!!”
Author’s Note –
The Night Stalker: Pah! Who said I only appear at night!! You’re all fools!!
Thank you for the chapter!
How they can be so dumb?
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