CH 59.1

ckanda15-19 minutes 12.09.2022

Emil watched Lin Jue disappear from sight with a dull expression, and he rubbed his face, “Ah, that…what do we do next?”

His eyes looked straight at Bai Lixin.

Bai Lixin: “……”

‘Brother, I suspect you’re dumping the pot on me.’

Bai Lixin, “How about moving freely? If you’re tired, go to your rooms and rest, you guys haven’t slept much in the past few days, have you?”

The crowd looked up at the dense mass of undead above them, “……”

‘Are you sure we’ll wake up tomorrow if we are to sleep?’

There’s also the question whether they would be able to sleep.

The players almost said in unison, “We’re not sleepy.”

How could they sleep when their souls were about to fly out of their bodies due to fright?

The ghost mother quietly stayed by Bai Lixin’s side. Her power was considered stronger among the ghosts, and the other ghosts cowered and hid in the corner when they saw her.

Seeing that all the players had been woken up, the ghost mother stuck to Bai Lixin’s back, grinning softly as she said, “How’s that? Isn’t my scare technique full level? What else do you need me to do next?”

Not just the ghosts were afraid of the ghost mother, the players were no exception.

Looking at the messy body and the quivering facial features, the experience of being woken up by the ghost mother was still fresh in their minds, and it might be psychological shadow that would linger for the rest of their lives.

Help, what was up with this hellish copy?

They’d reached the 200+ levels but they had never come across this kind of thing.

Also, what kind of bug existence was Bai Lixin? Wasn’t this kind of ghost something that everyone would avoid? But Bai Lixin was chatting with her so happily.

You’re not giving the ghost much face, are you?

Bai Lixin looked around the players and walked up to a male player, “An NPC will come to take you away at around 4 p.m.”

The player was dumbfounded, he looked at Bai Lixin in surprise, and asked in confusion, “Take me away? What do you mean?”

There was still plenty of time so Bai Lixin narrated what he had discovered in the past two days.

Listening to the twists of the plot, not only was the player dumbfounded, but even the ghost mother was a little shocked.

“You mean that science freak not only imprisoned humans for experiments, but the Underworld hotel as well?”

“Now that you say that, something suddenly occurred to me.” The mother ghost floated in the air and spoke with a frown, “You also went to the Underworld Hotel yesterday and saw everything. I only stay on the 19th floor because my obsessions and evil thoughts were too heavy.”

“Usually, the Underworld hotel only goes up to the 15th floor, even during the time of war and plague when the number of dead people were numerous.”

“The guests have now occupied up to the 18th floor because the doors to the Underworld haven’t been opened in a long time.”

She paused, “Actually, it’s not that they haven’t opened, but that the undead can’t get through. There is an invisible barrier preventing them from entering the other world, and because they cannot enter, the undead are unusually agitated every time the gates open.”

“I couldn’t find my children here, so was it because my children are outside the barrier?” the ghost mother cried, “Wuuu, my children must have been treated badly, what kind of experiments have they undergone?”

The crowd looked at the teary-eyed ghost mother: “……”

Ugh, although they should be sympathetic to what the ghost mother was going through ….they couldn’t do it.

She looked too scary.

Bai Lixin, “Didn’t you speak of three ends last night? Now there’s only the end of the basement left to visit. I’m going to go check it out.”

The mother ghost, “Can I go with you?”

Bai Lixin, “Okay.”

He paused and looked at the crowd, “There might or might not be some tasks down there. But the basement tunnels are a bit narrow, so there will be some difficulty with too many people moving around. I can’t take too many people down there so which one of you wants to go?”

One player spoke up, “It’s up to you. I have no desire for extra points now, and I just want to get out alive. Just go with a few willing people that won’t hold you back.”

As soon as this player finished speaking, the other players followed and agreed.

They had been in this copy for only two days and had already been affected for two days in a row.

After experiencing the polish of the copy, there was no desire for more points now.

Although everyone had relied on their skills to get to the 200th floor, it was the first time they had encountered this kind of copy.

Earlier, Lin Jue said that “exploration copies” were easier than other copies.

Simple my ass.

The thought of them being lab rats, with a boss watching and spying on them made them feel bad.

This kind of spying was not the same as the live broadcast of the game.

Although the live stream would expose their embarrassments and wretchedness to the players, that wouldn’t have any effect on the copy.

The spying of the copy boss meant that the other side could interfere at any time.

Exactly like “The Truman show.”

It was a power that overrode them and played them for fools.

After knowing the truth about this copy, several players who were still full of confidence had already backed off.

What if they were halfway through clearing a task and the boss suddenly got interested?

They might as well stay where they are.

Seeing that no one had offered themselves, Xia Chi gulped, “Brother, I’ll go with you.”

Emil also said, “I’ll go too.”

Bai Lixin, “Okay, then let’s go.”

Seeing that the three men and the ghost were about to leave, the male player who had just been warned called out to Bai Lixin, his face unusually pale, “What should I do then?”

With their minds cleared, the players had seen the news of the death of the other two previously missing players.

He had been chosen, he wasn’t going to die too, was he?

Bai Lixin, “If there are no surprises, I will be taken as well.”

He thought about it, and a bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

He looked at Xia Chi, “By the way, you all went to the Underworld Hotel yesterday so how did you come back afterwards?”

Xia Chi thought seriously, “It seems like we just left and no one stopped us.”

The ghost mother, “That’s right, they leave at the point in time when the two time periods intersect. When the two moons in the sky overlap, the Underworld hotel falls into a deep sleep. So they are able to leave in a dignified manner.”

“The karmic fruit should only summon the undead, but I think both humans and the undead are affected by their call because the two worlds are almost without borders. But when the sun is almost out and the living world prevails again, as the humans will instinctively leave the world of the undead.”

Bai Lixin, “What happens if the living remain in the Underworld hotel when the world of the living reappears?”

The ghost mother, “Nothing much. The ghosts in the hotel are sleeping at that time, who cares about the living.”

Bai Lixin did not just look at the chosen player this time, but also looked at the other players.

A little shaken by Bai Lixin’s gaze, one player trembled and spoke, “What is it?”

Bai Lixin, “I’ve thought of a good place to hide you all.”

The players whose eyes suddenly snapped open, “……”

Fuck, it can’t be what they think it is, can it?

Young man, you have a very big mind.

Bai Lixin’s eyes arched into crescent moons as he smiled.

The crowd saw Bai Lixin’s spontaneous smile, and they suddenly felt their scalps tingle a little.

Bai Lixin slowly pull out a room card from his pocket, “This is a card for room 321 on the 18th floor of the Underworld Hotel.”

“You have seen this copy, there are dangers everywhere and there is no absolute safety.”

The crowd looked at each other.

The player who had been named reached out and took the room card from Bai Lixin’s hand with a resolute expression on his face, “You’re right, the world of the undead is dangerous, but at least its bad in a real sense. The world of the living plays us like fools.”

“I’ve persisted in this escape game for my mother, but this damn copy had completely erased the memories of my mother.”

“Why should that pervert be the only one allowed to toy with us, instead of us fooling him in turn? Didn’t he want to do experiments? We’ll just hide in the Underworld hotel and play hide and seek with him!”

Bai Lixin, “Let me warn you first, the Underworld Hotel is not absolutely safe. The ghosts there eat humans. I am only giving you a way out, but I may not be able to guarantee your safety, everything is up to you. Lin Jue should be outside picking karmic fruits right now, so if you guys want to go, follow him to the Underworld Hotel.”

The players hesitated for a few seconds, them all of them stood next to the player with the room card.

One player spoke up, “But there’s only one room, will it fit so many of us?”

The ghost mother originally planned to follow Bai Lixin to find her children but when she heard the male player mention his mother, her body, which had been floating in the air, suddenly landed. She was once again moved to tears by the bond between mother and son, “Leave them to me. That room of yours won’t hold many people, so I’ll hide them on the 19th floor where no ghosts dare to go. ”

With that, she drew out a sack from behind her cloak.

Before the look of horror faded from the faces of the crowd, the ghost mother moved quickly and picked up a player by the back of the collar and stuffed him into the sack.

Her movements were so skillful that one could not help but suspect that she was a repeat offender.

The last player didn’t even have time to let out a shriek as all the players were stuffed into the huge sack in one go.

The sack was made of something unknown, as it looked like only two players were stuffed into it rather than dozens.

Under Bai Lixin’s stunned eyes, the mother ghost picked up the sack and patted her chest, “I’ll do my job, don’t worry. You guys go ahead, I’ll be soon be there!”

With that, the ghost mother left like the wind.

Xia Chi looked hesitant, “Brother, I suddenly have some sympathy for those players. What’s going on?”

Emil, “I feel the same way. Can this ghost mother be trusted? She’s not tricking us, is she?”

Bai Lixin, “No way.”

He had received a task from the ghost mother, and although he did not trust the ghost mother, he trusted the spirit of the contract between them.

With that shackle, the ghost mother would not harm those players.

In addition, he had always been good at reading people, and the ghost mother was the kind he could trust.

Emil was still in shock as he looked to Bai Lixin, “This is the first time I’ve seen such interaction with NPCs. We usually just chat with the NPCs about necessary topics to get information, can NPCs be used in cooperation like that?”

Xia Chi, “Following the rules will only lead to failure, break the rules to win. I’ll tell you a secret, my brother once blackmailed an NPC with a memorial tablet.”

Emil was filled with astonishment: “……”

It was at that moment that he understood why Bai Lixin could enter the 72nd floor in three copies.

He had done something that all players didn’t dare to do.

Blackmailing the NPCs?

They wouldn’t even dare to think about it.

Then there was this copy. He had managed to think of hiding all the players in the Underworld hotel.

He could already foresee the shocked look on the priest’s face when he couldn’t see the players tomorrow morning.

Suddenly, the copy seemed a bit fun ah.

A light of excitement filled Emil’s eyes. No wonder Xia Chi, the little rookie loved following Bai Lixin.

It wasn’t just because he could hug his thighs, but it was really cool to follow Bai Lixin as he cleared the copies.

It’s not so much about the smoothness of the passage, but about playing around with those NPCs and copy bosses without following the usual rules.

He felt like he’d suddenly *turned over a serf and sang!

It was really fragrant ah!

—

In the live broadcast room.

[This is really fragrant.]

[Shocked jpg. Hiding players in the Underworld hotel? Boss, I’m convinced.]

[Guys, can someone please enlighten me on what’s up with the world of the dead?]

[He’s so crazy, I love it! Sorry I’m late in joining the circle, what else can someone in the fan circle tell me about him?!]

[Big brothers and sisters who have joined the circle before, is this God Xin’s usual operation?]

[Hahahaha, not bad for God Xin. He sure didn’t let me down… Only magic can beat magic.]

[What kind of brain does he have to think of breaking the illusion with the player’s innermost fear and to think of hiding in the other dimensional space?]

[I would like to call God Xin the eternal god. Let’s just watch.]

[Actually, I’m more interested in the love story with the copy bosses. It’s definitely not a coincidence that two copy bosses look the same. I even suspect that the big boss took a liking to Bai Lixin and chased him all the way here to protect him.]

[It’s not a coincidence that I’m following a love story of the century, but the two bosses are both called “Dijia”.]

[“Dixin” CP, I’m shipping it.]

[Strange, why didn’t Dijia show up tonight? Shouldn’t a knight always be by the princess’s side for her protection?]

[Yeah, I wondered that too. Where did he go?]

—

Just as the viewers in the broadcast room were speculating on Dijia’s movements, Bai Lixin’s group had already made its way down the stairs to the underground passage.

As soon as they entered the underground passage, Xia Chi saw a figure standing in the corner from afar. A dark, chilly mist lingered around him, and he leaned against the wall in a very stylish manner.

Xia Chi’s heart skipped a beat. He took a deep breath and was ready to stand in front of Bai Lixin, but Emil was quicker than him.

Xia Chi had just taken a step forward, but Emil had already pulled two cards from his sleeve and was about to attack the figure.

However, neither of them was as fast as Bai Lixin.

Bai Lixin quickly stopped Emil with one hand and looked at the terrifying figure with a relaxed expression, “How did it go?”

The black mist left the wall and slowly moved towards them.

With every step the black mist took closer, Xia Chi and Emil felt the surrounding air being drawn away.

They subconsciously tensed their backs, and when the dark figure was only two or three steps away from them, Xia Chi finally got a good look at the features behind the black mist.

His eyes suddenly went wide.

True Ancestor?

The black mist slowly dispersed, revealing the real face inside.

The astonishment in Xia Chi’s eyes grew even larger.

This person really looked exactly the same as the True Ancestor.

But the True Ancestor’s eyes were red, while this ghost had black eyes.

And it was a ghost?

Aren’t ghosts all scary looking, how can there be such a handsome and imposing ghost?

The ghost’s expression didn’t look too happy as he looked at Xia Chi and then at Emile. The words that came out of his mouth were horrifying.

“Two humans, which one should I possess?”

Both Xia Chi and Emil’s bodies shook uncontrollably at the same time.

Po-Possess?

Bai Lixin folded his arms to his chest and raised an eyebrow, “Don’t make trouble.”

Xia Chi’s shock hadn’t dissipated since he arrived in the basement.

Don’t make trouble?

Wasn’t that one of the top ten commonly used between lovers?

He secretly looked at the ghost in front of him, and the man across from him looked at him with a very unfamiliar look. The man didn’t know him, so he shouldn’t be the Blood from before.

Dijia came in front of Bai Lixin, “Come on, I’ve found the end of the basement. There are a lot of turns, and it took me quite a while.”

Bai Lixin naturally followed behind Dijia, not forgetting to blow rainbow farts, “As expected, you’re still the best.”

Dijia’s expression looked better as he coughed lightly, “Come on, I’ll show you the way.”