Chapter 2
"It's not impossible," the man across from her said, picking up some food with his chopsticks. "The system doesn’t reveal anything, and there's no response when we ask."
Deng Lan agreed. She had been watching a drama at home, and then, in a blink, she was suddenly in this game.
She couldn’t quit; it felt like a bad deal she had no choice but to accept. She had never seen a game this awful.
Luckily, she was fortunate.
When she met Ding Qi, another new player, Deng Lan was relieved to finally find a teammate. Being alone in the game was scarier than being pulled into it.
"Why don’t we stay near the town exit and, on the sixth day, leave right away at dawn?" Deng Lan suggested.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Ding Qi’s eyes, but he didn’t show it. He seriously analyzed, "I think the game won’t let us pass that easily. The closer we get to the exit, the more dangerous it might be."
Deng Lan didn’t know what Ding Qi was thinking, but his reasoning made sense. She looked at him with growing trust.
Daiyong Township is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is in a low area. The only exit is a narrow path on the east side.
If danger appears in such a place, there would be nowhere to run.
The conversation at the next table continued, but Ye Nianchu focused on her food. Her expression was calm, and her behavior was graceful.
She had no intention of revealing herself as a player. In her current state, she couldn’t fight anyone. It wasn’t the time to discuss cooperation. Going solo was better.
Sometimes, it’s not the game that’s hard, but the people.
Having paid a high price before, she was much more cautious now.
Sensing eyes on her from behind the bamboo curtain, Ye Nianchu picked up her phone and unlocked it. She pretended to adjust the angle to take a picture of the scenery outside the window.
As a proper tourist, she had to take pictures everywhere!
But the moment she pressed the shutter, the camera screen went black, as if something had quickly flown over the water.
Ye Nianchu's fingers paused. She immediately opened her photo album to check. The picture she had just taken was unusually blurry, and the upper left corner was covered by a thin black mist.
How did this happen?
Even if a small insect had flown past the camera, the picture shouldn’t be this blurry.
She was sure her hand didn’t shake when she took the photo.
And what was that black mist in the picture?
As Ye Nianchu wondered about this, the sky suddenly darkened. Clouds swirled, and large dark clouds blocked the sunlight. Just a moment ago, it had been sunny, but in less than a minute, the weather completely changed.
A strange cold feeling rose and shot up her spine, spreading through her body. Even the air felt icy and bone-chilling.
Looking outside again, Daiyong Township still appeared peaceful, but something seemed different.
It wasn’t the weather.
It was something about the town itself.
Ye Nianchu suppressed the trembling in her heart and flipped through her photo album again, carefully checking each photo. After looking through them twice, the first 52 photos were fine, but the last one stood out.
A sense of danger made her instinctively move her finger toward the delete button.
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