Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“What?” Gu Wuji actually felt that this development was not very surprising. How could the other party not have such strength when he could be the villain boss, but he still showed a polite look of surprise.
“As long as people enter this research institute, they are divided into two types. One is those who can hear the voice of the mermaid, and the other is those who cannot. There is no rule in this. The first one to hear the voice was Fiona.”
Hearing the brown-haired woman mention Fiona, Gu Wuji couldn’t help but pay attention.
The brown-haired woman said: “Of course he was very happy at first when he could hear the voice. He thought he was the chosen one to be able to communicate with this legendary creature, and his status in the research institute also improved… …And I am also no exception.”
“I see.” Gu Wuji probably realized why they were so despised just because they didn’t hear the sound, and were regarded as cannon fodder that didn’t matter if they were sent to be used as fodder.
“But as time went by, the voices in our minds become more and more noisy and weird, making it difficult to sleep and often causing hallucinations.” The brown-haired woman said: “Just by doing nothing, we will be disturbed by the voices in our minds. The sound affects you like crazy, as if there are countless people talking in your ear…”
“Such a situation cannot be relieved at all, and after the situation gradually worsens, even leaving here will only make the symptoms more severe. People were found dead on the road, with relieved smiles on their faces when they died after going outside,” the brown-haired woman said, speaking faster and faster, “People who have hallucinations seem to have been cursed by him. There is not even any way to deal with him. It is better to say that dying in the hallucination is our relief.”
“But even so, maybe this is his revenge.” This is what made him most confused, “After all, he was caught here by humans. It cannot be said that he was caught intentionally.”
“No, as long as he wants to, he can kill all of us here and leave here in an instant. His power is not something that humans can compete with. From the beginning, he came here to find someone.” The brown-haired woman’s face turned pale, and her voice was trembling, “The reason why you are here is because of this matter. If he is a monster, you are the chosen sacrifice.”
“Looking for someone?”
But after Gu Wuji asked this, there were footsteps outside, and it seemed that someone was about to come in.
The brown-haired woman’s face turned extremely ugly for a moment. She then put down the wine glass in her hand and whispered in Gu Wuji’s ear, “If you want to leave, you must seize the opportunity tomorrow. Someone will come in through other places to send some supplies and you can escape with them.”
“Why are you helping me like this?” Even if Gu Wuji believed that there was true love in the world, the other party revealed too much information to him at once.
“I just don’t want him to make another mistake.” As soon as the words fell, the brown-haired woman turned around and hurriedly left through the door on the other side.
“Wait a minute -” Gu Wuji chased after her, but after opening the door, he saw nothing.
Even behind this door was nothing more than a warehouse, with no other exit at all.
Gu Wuji turned his head again, and there was no trace of the wine glass originally placed on the table, as if it had never been there. He immediately fell into silence. With his many years of experience in encountering ghosts, he immediately understood that the brown-haired woman he met was probably a female ghost from the beginning.
“Who is the person she mentioned at the end?”
No matter how he thought about it, Gu Wuji felt that she was not referring to the mermaid.
At this time, the door here was finally pushed open, and it was other players who came in. Lu Yuanzhou was also among this group of people, and his eyes hinted to Gu Wuji not to act rashly.
Gu Wuji noticed that the number of people who came in was one or two less than the number of players before. Someone must have died in this dungeon…
After everyone came in, a player named Falcon among the group showed that he had something to say. He was the boss of the male player Gu Wuji met before when feeding the mermaid. It was said that he was also very famous, although Gu Wuji had never heard of this person.
However, everyone had vaguely heard that this person had a bad reputation. The teams he had been with several times had been wiped out, which made people feel a little worried.
“It has been two days since we entered this dungeon. Everyone has almost completed the investigation.” Falcon said, “Our goal is very clear now.”
The others had a look of fear on their faces, according to their initial attitude, it was impossible for them to have any deep contact with each other. But at this time, considering that Falcon probably knew something they didn’t know, they didn’t refute, and they all nodded.
Only Gu Wuji was still confused and asked, “What is our goal?”
Everyone around him fell into silence. Several people looked over in surprise, not expecting him to say such a thing. Obviously, Gu Wuji had really been regarded as a vase.
However, the two people who had been in contact with Gu Wuji had subtle expressions. They all knew that Gu Wuji was a really capable person. This could only be said that the boss had a personality.
Falcon himself didn’t expect anyone to ask. He looked at Gu Wuji as if he was looking at a primary school student, and then pointed his eyes at the male player on the side. It was impossible for a boss like him to explain himself.
The younger brother immediately explained, “You may not know the situation because you were not here just now. A lot of things happened today, and people in the institute are not interested in continuing to work, so we are asked to come back first. Seizing this opportunity, the boss just hypnotized an NPC, the other party revealed everything he knew.”
At this point, the younger brother’s face showed a proud expression, and he felt that he was really hugging a big thigh.
Falcon was most famous for his hypnotic ability. As long as there were NPCs present in the dungeon, he could basically rely on this ability to quickly get information, making everyone envious.
Other players more or less had their own methods. They had already learned a lot of information when they were sent to help the researchers, but they couldn’t just say it casually at this time.
What the boy said next was similar to what Gu Wuji got to know from the brown-haired woman, but then it was different. The NPC seemed inclined to think that the mermaid was taking revenge on everyone in the research institute and wanted to torture everyone to death.
But Fiona had figured out how to calm down the mermaid. The clearer the mermaid’s voice was, the more adaptable a person was to the mermaid, and the faster they will experience hallucinations. Killing such a person as a sacrifice to the mermaid would make the mermaid sleep for a period of time.
Of course, how could the people in their institute be willing to sacrifice themselves? Therefore, apart from those who had gone insane and committed suicide, others were needed to maintain the stability here.
These players were chosen for this reason, but it was said that as time went by, these sacrifices were no longer enough to let the mermaid sleep, and he was about to wake up from his sleep.
The people in the research institute were thus becoming more and more anxious. It was said that as long as they could find the person with the highest compatibility with the mermaid, they could completely solve the curse of the people in their research institute.
“So that’s it.” Everyone nodded, their faces serious.
“It is said that the deadline is tomorrow night. If the person is not found by then, something strange may happen in this institute.”
They were all experienced players, and they knew very well that once a certain deadline appeared in this kind of dungeon, it probably meant that if the dungeon was not completed by then, they would all die here.
“At first glance, you won’t think that this dungeon is very dangerous. After all, most of the time you just have to fight against illusions. There aren’t even many ghosts.” The guy continued: “But obviously, the illusion from when we came in has been continuously strengthened in just two days. Even if there is no abnormality in the research institute, if we don’t solve it as soon as possible tomorrow, only death is waiting for us.”
“Of course, those players who can’t hear the sound seem to be safe. But according to what the NPC said, those who can’t hear the sound are the fastest to die suddenly in the institute, and no one even knows how they died.”
Compared to those ghosts who left traces, the hallucinations in this copy that made people completely confused as to how to solve them were even more frightening. Everyone present had more or less experienced the hallucination like the player almost drowned in the bathroom yesterday. If they hadn’t had the props with them, they wouldn’t be here now.
“Is it possible that we have to select people from the players to sacrifice?” One person said with an ugly face.
“Of course not.” The little brother said quickly, “We are just players anyway. As long as we find out the last secret hidden in this copy tomorrow, we can leave directly. If we don’t care about the illusion then, let this research institute just deal with him themselves.”
The younger brother said this. While Falcon, who had been showing off since the beginning, finally said: “Now, I have a clue to the truth about this copy.”
As soon as these words came out, he finally succeeded in shocking everyone.
“I know that everyone came here to get the same thing.” Falcon continued: “But compared with the opportunity to enter the organization, your life is obviously more important. You just need to follow my arrangements. I am sure I can leave alive, but that thing must belong to me.”
There was hesitation on the other people’s faces. After all, the situation was not too critical at this time, and it was really uneconomical for them to give up the opportunity to enter the organization for this news.
Lu Yuanzhou’s face was the ugliest. He and Falcon had never dealt well with each other. If the current situation was as Falcon said, then the opponent would definitely not miss the opportunity to deal with him.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it now.” Falcon looked confident, and glanced at Lu Yuanzhou with a sneer, “After tonight, you have seen everything, and you will naturally choose to cooperate with me tomorrow.”
The rest of the people had different thoughts and thoughts in their hearts, but they didn’t mention anything on their lips and dispersed one after another.
Lu Yuanzhou seemed to come to Gu Wuji accidentally and asked him how he was doing.
Gu Wuji roughly told him what had happened to him, and nothing about even the mermaid or the hallucination he saw was hidden. “It seems that most of what Falcon said is true.”
Lu Yuanzhou frowned, and he also secretly released the female ghost and asked her to inquire about the news, and what she learned was not far behind. “We know enough, but we still haven’t completed the main task… What is missing?”
“Maybe, what we need to know more is not about the mermaids, but about the people here.” Gu Wuji thought for a moment, after all, there were so many NPCs in this copy, which was very concerning.
And in that hallucination, he always felt that he saw something interesting, but he couldn’t remember what it was. He just thought it was related to Fiona.
“It would be great if Falcon could really allow people to leave this dungeon safely, but according to what I know about him, he just wants to use us as cannon fodder. This was the case in the previous dungeon.” Lu Yuanzhou frowned: “Of course he said it so confidently, so we should be careful tonight.”
“Yeah.” Gu Wuji nodded. He also felt that it would not be very peaceful tonight.
But thinking of the hallucination he had seen, Gu Wuji felt vaguely confused. He always felt that the mermaid that appeared in the hallucination was not a terrifying being that wanted to kill everyone here. Instead, the mermaid gave him a kind feeling… which would really endanger everyone as soon as he woke up. Was he a terrifying villain boss who took human life?
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