Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Wuji’s consciousness seemed to be slowly sinking. He vaguely saw a pale shadow in the blue.
“You…”
As soon as he opened his mouth, a large amount of water poured into his mouth, causing Gu Wuji to struggle involuntarily, but his body was almost completely out of his control, and the figure seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.
But due to lack of oxygen, Gu Wuji’s vision was blurred. Even if he opened his eyes wide, he couldn’t clearly see what was in front of him.
Just when his consciousness was about to completely fade away, he saw a golden eye suddenly appear in front of him.
….
Gu Wuji felt a stabbing pain in his mind. He suddenly pulled away from the strange state and regained consciousness immediately.
He propped up his body and coughed up a lot of water next to him, gasping for air. Being able to breathe fresh air made him feel that his whole body was alive.
Only then did Gu Wuji notice that he was already soaked, as if he had just been fished out of the water. The liquid remaining in his mouth was also very salty and was indeed sea water.
It was impossible for someone to pour seawater here while he was sleeping. Although this research institute was right on the seaside, it was not easy to get access to seawater.
“What’s going on? I was just dreaming, but my body seemed to have really entered the sea water…” Gu Wuji sat up and looked around the bed, only to find that except for the places where his body touched, the bed was in a very dry state.
This kind of thing where you were bound to encounter ghosts when dreaming was not the first time this had happened to Gu Wuji. If it were any other person, he might have a psychological shadow and be afraid to fall asleep, but for Gu Wuji, he would usually just fall back and continue sleeping.
But it was very rare for reality to be affected, not to mention that Gu Wuji’s clothes and body were soaked by the sea water. It was obviously impossible to continue sleeping under such circumstances.
Gu Wuji had to get up, pick up clean clothes and prepare to go to the bathroom outside to take another shower, so as not to affect the quality of his sleep. The moment he stood up, something shiny fell to the ground.
“What is this?” Gu Wuji reached out and picked up the thing, and found that it was a golden scale, which glowed under the weak light and looked very beautiful.
….
At this time, a player was yawning and walking towards the bathroom.
He had slept well just now and had no accidents at all. Now he just wanted to come out and use the toilet.
But when he came out of the room, he felt that something was wrong. The temperature here seemed to be a little low. The lights in the corridor were very dim, and he could vaguely see the light shining in the bathroom at the end of the corridor.
“There should be no problem.” The player immediately became vigilant. He had also purchased information from the system before coming to this copy.
“Logically speaking, this dungeon is not that dangerous… the boss should be something studied in this research institute, and it is impossible to sneak here now. This is only the first day of the dungeon.”
Although he comforted himself like this, he still held the self-defense tool in his hand and slowly walked towards the bathroom.
After knocking on the door, there was no movement inside. The player took a deep breath and suddenly pushed the door open, only to find that it was empty and no one was inside.
“It should be just to scare people. Usually nothing too scary will happen on the first day.” The player breathed a sigh of relief and quickly solved the physical problems on the side. Then he washed his hands in the sink nearby and poured water on his face to feel calmer and more collected.
But just as he put the water on his face, he suddenly seemed to hear some strange sound, and then felt that the whole space fell silent.
The player immediately wanted to stand up, but his body seemed to be pressed against the sink by an irresistible force. And what he saw in front of him seemed to be no longer the sink, but a bottomless pool, and most of his body had fallen into it at this time.
He began to struggle, but to no avail. The props and abilities on his body seemed to be sealed at this time.
And when the player tried his best to hold his breath and look around, what he saw made his eyes widen. In the dark water, several hands that had turned into skeletons suddenly appeared, grabbing at his body.
The player couldn’t help but move back, but it was of no use.
Just when he felt that he was about to fully confess here, the door next to him was violently pushed open.
For some reason, the player suddenly felt that his body had strength, and he suddenly opened the prop he had been holding. Suddenly his body finally broke free from this weird space, and he fell to the ground.
He looked at the position of the sink in shock. At this time, there seemed nothing strange there, as if everything that had just happened was his hallucination.
“Are you okay?” Gu Wuji couldn’t help but ask.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw the player looking strangely at the sink. It seemed like nothing was wrong, but there were more and more water stains on the player’s face and hair, and his face was becoming more and more ugly.
Before Gu Wuji could think of how to help, the golden scale on his body suddenly became hot, and the other person sat down directly on the ground, looking like he had just woken up from a dream.
“Thank you.” The player stood up with difficulty. Although he didn’t know what had happened, it was obviously Gu Wuji’s arrival that prevented the matter from becoming more serious, and he did not hide what happened to him. “I was just washing my hands, and suddenly I felt like I was being pushed into the sea water. There were countless evil spirits in the water, and I almost drowned in it.”
Gu Wuji couldn’t help but think deeply after hearing this, “It seemed to me that you were just standing there. Could it be that the ghost in this copy can create hallucinations for people, but if it is an ordinary hallucination, it won’t make people get wet from the sea…”
The player shook his head, looking frightened. “Is the stuff being studied in this institute some kind of water ghost? It’s too scary.”
“Didn’t you find out anything yesterday?” Gu Wuji took the opportunity to ask.
“No.” The player said: “The people here are like sawed-off gourds… I think they are more like hiding secrets from us, and their eyes are not normal at all. I guess these NPCs still want us to be cannon fodder first.”
“It makes sense.” Gu Wuji said, “After all, this institute won’t pay a lot of money to hire laymen like us to do chores for no reason.”
“Damn it, I’ll suffer no more anyway.” The male player said: “It seems that this copy is far more troublesome than we thought. You should be more careful.”
After saying this, he hurriedly left the place, obviously afraid of encountering any danger here again. He didn’t know if this person would even dare to take a shower in the next few days.
Gu Wuji did not give up the idea of continuing to take a shower. He took a few steps forward and walked to the sink to observe carefully but found nothing. “Perhaps the thing that puts people in danger is liquid, but there is nothing in my room. There is also no liquid, but I also dreamed of that weird thing…”
And the man woke up so quickly at that time, which was obviously the effect of the golden scale.
“What do these golden scales represent?” Although Gu Wuji didn’t know clearly, he knew that this kind of thing must not be known to outsiders, so he put the golden scale away.
Gu Wuji tentatively turned on the faucet, but nothing happened. There wasn’t even a single impurity in the clear water, and even the yin energy in the bathroom just now had dissipated.
“Other than that, what else should be involved to make that person fall into hallucination? What exactly is it?”
Gu Wuji thought while taking a shower as if nothing had happened. It was impossible to let him not take a shower for a few days just because the boss here may be related to water! Gu Wuji’s professionalism as an actor would never allow him to do such a thing.
If the player who just walked away knew that Gu Wuji was still taking a shower, he would definitely fall into silence.
….
The next day, everyone gathered for breakfast.
Some people inside seemed to be in good spirits, but most of them were in a state of depression. It seemed that something bad had happened to them last night. However, it could be heard from their comments that they were listless because of the sound that echoed in their ears all night long. The strange singing made it difficult to sleep.
As for the player who met Gu Wuji in the bathroom last night, his face was pale at this time, and he showed fear when he saw any liquid, fearing that he would encounter that situation again.
Lu Yuanzhou’s face looked pretty good. He told Gu Wuji that he didn’t dream of anything, and he slept like the dead until dawn.
Gu Wuji was also very calm. Although he could be said to have encountered ghosts twice yesterday, he calmly took a shower and went back to his room to sleep, so his current situation did not look like a person who had encountered ghosts.
He then briefly told Lu Yuanzhou what happened yesterday and asked him to pay attention.
Lu Yuanzhou looked solemn and nodded immediately.
At this time, Director Fiona walked in. He still looked so casual. He looked like he had just woken up and hadn’t washed up yet. He had even spilled coffee on herself while eating.
Director Fiona could be said to be the most human-like person in the institute. Even though he was full of doubts, everyone couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw him.
Director Fiona then expressed condolences to all the employees. When his eyes looked at these players, his gaze especially stayed on the ones with ugly faces for a while, and asked with concern, “Are you okay? You look like you are not in good spirits. If you have anything wrong with him, you can tell me and I will find a way to solve it.”
These people didn’t dare to let the NPC know their true situation. They immediately made excuses, saying that they were just too tired. Plus they were not used to the environment yet, so they just couldn’t sleep last night.
Fiona just laughed at this and said with a smile, “I see, it doesn’t matter, just adapt slowly. We still have enough time.”
Of course, her smile was indescribably weird to the players.
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