Chapter 27
"When the peach trees wither and the protection mechanism fails, the power to suppress them will disappear completely," Ye Nianchu said. "Do you need to clear the level early, too?"
Once the evil spirits gather seven players, they become incredibly strong, and the rest of the players won’t last till the end of the game. It will turn into a real ghost town.
For normal players to survive, they need to stop those who have an early pass. The simplest way to prevent future problems is to act directly. It’s a classic "you or me" situation.
Sharing such crucial news means there’s no great malice, but the teenager shook his head. “Actually, I was supposed to stop someone from clearing early.”
“Whether you find out who cleared early or act first to get ahead of the evil spirits, the latter is easier,” he continued.
Under the lamplight, the teenager’s thin lips curled into a smile. His tone was gentle, but he had an air of danger about him.
Ye Nianchu eyed him and asked, “Why are you telling me this?”
The teenager pondered for a moment and said seriously, “Because of you, I’ve changed my mind.”
He looked like someone who could make many girls swoon, but Ye Nianchu wasn’t about to fall for that. Once she saw through his NPC disguise, she marked him as a dangerous player.
All this talk of being nice and harmless was just a ruse. This was a master-level player in disguise.
Ye Nianchu watched the movement outside and said, “You don’t look like you’re planning to give up on passing early.”
If the teenager is telling the truth, isn’t he ruining his own chance by changing his mind? Players generally don’t help each other out.
“Not stopping the early players will make my plans harder,” the teenager said, ignoring the noise outside. “I’ll give you some time to leave Daiyong Town.”
His words implied he never intended to let anyone escape this game. Ye Nianchu’s eyes darkened. This teenager was planning to end the game in a different way.
He wanted to finish the game early—not by passing it, but by making it end artificially. As far as she remembered, no player had ever done this in the game world of Unnatural Forces. But with fewer games like this, changes might be normal.
The teenager got up and prepared to leave. Ye Nianchu stayed quiet, waiting for him to go before repositioning the peachwood coat rack.
There were 16 hours left until the early hours of the sixth day of the game.
The calm of the previous night felt like the calm before a storm. The peach trees were still in the mountains, and it should have been light by now, but the sky outside was as dark as night.
During this time, Ye Nianchu stayed inside, waiting. The other players on the second floor were also waiting.
One more face appeared in the photo; only two players were left.
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The mountain wind howled fiercely, and black mist gathered outside. The room felt chillingly cold, and an unsettling rustling noise came from an unknown direction.
The evil spirits surrounded the B&B, and the rest of Daiyong Town was also affected.
"Bang—"
Suddenly, a loud crash came from the terrace, like something heavy hitting the ground.
Ye Nianchu, who had been sitting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them and turned her head. Flower petals on the ground were stained red with blood. Wang Hai lay on the ground, one of his eyes rolling away.
His fingers twitched slowly, and his remaining eye looked around the room with a desperate longing for life.
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