Matryoshka Off-Limits

Chapter 15: Castle Night

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The nearest house.

Peng Lu had been sitting on the edge of the bed playing with the [Family Badge]. He was much smarter than Luo Xiao, and he quickly thought of the hint that the side quest might be retaliated against, and his expression became increasingly uglier.

Luo Xiao was too greedy and shouldn't have shown off his hard work in front of the owner of the castle. Otherwise, even if Pei Wenwei had exceeded his task targets, the Earl's favorability towards them would not have dropped to the bottom.

Outside the window, there was a faint roar of someone dying. Soon, the night wind brought the unignorable smell of blood. Peng Lu knew that something had happened to Luo Xiao.

"The real bride."

Peng Lu caught sight of these three words and understood everything completely. Without hesitating for a second, he rushed out to find Wen Shi.

He thought he would have to explain for a long time at the door, but after just two hard knocks, the door opened.

Peng Lu was startled, then he said, "You are the only one who can use the badge now. The real bride has appeared. As long as..."

"As long as we use the badge in front of the real bride, this copy will be broken, right?" Wen Shi asked with a smile.

Peng Lu noticed that the hair on his forehead was dripping with water, and there were some water stains on his collar, which meant he had washed his face not long ago. It seemed that Wen Shi had no intention of sleeping tonight, as if he had already anticipated what was going to happen.

"Luo Xiao's eyes sometimes criticize my 'naivety', thinking that it is naive for a newcomer like me to want to survive in the endgame." Wen Shi's smile gradually faded: "But why do I feel that you are more naive?"

Peng Lu's reason had been dispelled by Luo Xiao's death before, but now that he had calmed down, his face changed and he suddenly thought of something.

"That's right," Wen Shi said word by word, "If you disturb the owner of the castle at night, you will die."

He had already stepped into this restricted area on the first night. No matter what form or purpose, once the player disturbed the sleep of the castle owner at night, he would definitely die.

The Blood Bride's mission has been completed. The owner of the castle closed the door himself, indicating that he would not be disturbed by others in the future.

The [Family Badge] given as a reward can be used in any instance, but it cannot be summoned at night in this instance.

Peng Lu also thought of it.

This is just a side quest. It would be too easy to leave the castle by just catching a paint thief.

—Please keep up the good work in the next few days.

The owner of the castle once said this.

In other words, if there was no variable like Wen Shi, they would have to wait until the last blood bride was captured, and the real bride hiding among them would do anything to stop them in order not to reveal her identity.

When the real bride appears, the player who sees leaving Dawn will most likely lose his judgment and directly use the badge to summon the owner of the castle.

This is the game misleading players into making wrong judgments.

Crash.

Crash.

Peng Lu keenly caught the movement.

The lights in the hall were on, and the entire corridor on the second floor could just be seen. A river of blood was flowing from Luo Xiao's room at the back, and something was floating on the river, drifting towards this side quickly along with the liquid.

As the distance got closer, Wen Shi saw the whole appearance of this thing. It was an extremely thin piece of human facial tissue, floating on the river with a pair of almond-shaped eyes. The most expressive part was stained with blood, and almost no white of the eyes could be seen.

"Evil creature." Peng Lu's heart sank.

"What?" Wen Shi was curious.

Peng Lu is able to draw the demon-subduing formation, which shows that he has some real skills. In the real world, he makes a living as a Feng Shui master.

I don’t know why, at this critical moment of life and death, he actually patiently answered Wen Shi’s questions.

"NPCs in the game can be divided into six categories: Yin creatures, ordinary monsters, high-level demons, evil creatures, evil spirits, and true spirits. There is a saying among the players that true spirits are connected to gods, so some people privately call them "only."

Peng Lu further added: "Among them, the evil creatures are composed of endless evil energy. The real bride can separate the blood and skin and use a new carrier to accommodate the soul. This is far superior to ordinary evil creatures. If it is given a little more time, it may evolve into an evil spirit at any time."

He knew very well that he could not deal with this kind of thing. If he had seized the opportunity and set up some formations, he might have a chance to escape, but he obviously did not have the time now.

Wen Shi, who was standing aside, was puzzled by the other party's attitude in answering the question, while calmly listening to Peng Lu's popular science talk about NPCs. He was very sure that the real bride would not dare to attack him.

As long as the Earl's favorability is guaranteed, the [Family Emblem] is an excellent amulet that players can use to gain advantage.

Game dogs are dogs, but they will be left with a way out.

Wen Shi seemed to be on the phone, and said with a double meaning: "If there is nothing else, just hang up first."

He raised his hand to close the door.

Peng Lu first cooperated with E Xiu to trick him on the first night, and not long ago, he cooperated with Luo Xiao to let him lure monsters. Seeing him in trouble, Wen Shi felt no ripple in his heart.

Not applauding to see him off was already a sign of his respect for life.

At this moment, the real bride has crawled out of the sea of blood, and part of the sea of blood has turned into a barrier similar to a flesh membrane to block the way forward.

Peng Lu realized that his chances of survival were very low. Veins bulged on his forehead and it was obvious that he had to use a lot of determination to admit this fact.

The real bride was almost standing opposite him.

Instead of sitting there and waiting for death, Peng Lu used the most powerful item he had so far, the [Demon Subduing Wand].

Without understanding the monster's weaknesses, unless it is an ordinary monster, a higher-level NPC is difficult to kill with weapons.

The demon-slaying wand struck at her lower abdomen, and the woman's slender waist bent easily. The paper changed into various shapes at will, leaving the demon-slaying wand with no point of force.

The last glimmer of hope in Peng Lu's heart was gone.

The woman rejoined the blood.

The next moment, hair like a waterfall fell from the ceiling. Peng Lu raised his head, blood dripping down his face. He was facing a creepy smile. Just as he was about to use the props, something slipped under his feet and flowed behind him. The woman held a paper knife and almost cut off the right half of Peng Lu's arm.

Some of the spurting blood and meat splashed onto Wen Shi's face, and the fishy smell made him feel nauseous.

Wen Shi wiped the blood off his cheek and was quite surprised that this evil creature could actually separate its head from its body and attack people.

Peng Lu endured the pain and opened the game store at this time.

The mall has many categories, from daily necessities to weapons and equipment, which is dazzling.

While dodging the paper knife in a panic, he silently searched for [Spirit Coffin] in his mind, and a separate page popped up immediately.

[Spiritual Coffin: God-level item, 10,000 points

Usage: There is a certain probability of refining dying people into zombies

Tip: You must wait until the target is beyond help.

Tip: The user must not have any resistance

If any of the above two points is violated, the item will be invalid.

If both of the above points are met, the refining probability is 30%.

Slogan: Aren’t you tempted by the god-level props sold at 10% off? Don’t you want to try your luck?]

Several popular high-level props on the main interface require more than 5,000 points, and some are even priced over 10,000.

The only exception is the [Coffin].

All the points of those who have purchased so far have been wasted. After being sold at a discount for so long, the sales volume is only three, and everyone has given bad reviews without exception.

"Pei Wenwei." Peng Lu gritted his teeth and said, "You are a newcomer. No matter how powerful you are, you won't last long if you go it alone. If you are the only one who survives the dungeon, you will be in countless trouble in the future. They will try their best to find out your secrets."

If a new player gets through the endgame alone, no one will believe him if he says there is no trick.

"No, I don't have the ability to save her." Wen Shi thought the other party wanted him to save him, and refused without hesitation. He didn't know the real bride, so who knew what her weakness was.

Peng Lu narrowly avoided the real bride's move and said in a deep voice, "Give me your player number."

"Player 396226 transferred 3,000 points to you."

"Received the [Coffin] from player 396226. Do you want to accept it?"

The introduction of the coffin can be seen on the transmission interface, and Wen Shi reads it at a glance.

"You want me to turn you into a zombie?" Wen Shi frowned: "What good will this do for you?"

The real bride chopped at him again and again. Peng Lu had no time to explain. He smiled strangely and said, "The trouble will come in the future. It's up to you whether you accept the current benefits or not."

Damn, such a familiar and outrageous statement!

The person who set the four rules for Wen Shi said something similar when he gave him the peace lock.

The price you need to pay is behind.

Do you want to answer it

Do you have the courage to take it

Peng Lu knew that Wen Shi would definitely go through a strong struggle. They were all adults and knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

"Receive." Wen Shi made the choice very decisively.

If you survive the first day in the copy, who knows if you can survive the fifteenth? It's the same as picking flowers, the more debts you have, the less you worry.

“…” Peng Lu had a thousand words in his mind, but unfortunately his throat was blocked by blood and it was difficult for him to speak.

After several failed attempts to kill her prey, the real bride's patience was completely exhausted and she stopped playing cat and mouse. The next moment, her body and head were glued together again, and she raised her arms high to let the butcher knife fall straight down, piercing Peng Lu's chest accurately.

The amount of bleeding was even greater than before, and some of it almost shot into the dying man's own eyes.

Peng Lu didn't close his eyes, staring at the creature that killed him, thinking about the things he hadn't finished yet. He knew that he needed to have enough resentment to support the success of refining.

The regrets in life and the people who have appeared in my life flashed through my mind in a hurry.

Over the past few years, he had struggled to survive in the game, and had been forced to do many things against his will in order to stay alive, but in the end he still died in the endgame. Peng Lu was not even thirty years old, so how could he accept this? His hatred for the game and the monsters almost reached its peak at this moment.

"Hurry." At the moment when his pupils were about to completely dilate, he uttered a word with difficulty.

Wen Shi narrowed his eyes, knowing that the time had come.

"Do you want to use the god-level item [Coffin]?"

Wen Shi: “Yes.”

"The coffin is being activated, and the body of the dying person is being recovered."

The prey suddenly disappeared, and the real bride turned around with a knife in her hand, looking at Wen Shi coldly.

Wen Shi took out the [Family Badge] and said with a smile: "Try it?"

His badge is different from the other two. When the favorability is high enough, the totem on it is particularly real and three-dimensional.

The real bride's chilling look had not yet faded, and she took a step closer to Wen Shi, blood dripping from the tip of the knife.

Wen Shi looked straight at him without retreating. The real bride's eyes were lifeless, which made people feel even more uncomfortable than the gloomy eyes of the owner of the castle. She was like a rattlesnake that could attack at any time.

There was a faint luster on the surface of the badge, and the oppressive confrontation ended with the real bride retreating.

The paper lay again in the river of blood, which flowed in through the cracks in the wall and disappeared without a trace.

Wen Shi stared at the direction where the blood river disappeared, and only after making sure that the real bride was really gone did he take back the badge and immediately check the status of the coffin.

"Currently, we are having difficulty in refining. The soul of the deceased is not strong enough."

"The souls of the dead are on the verge of breaking."

"Your 2B luck value was activated in time, and your obsession made up for the loss of some souls."

"The souls of the dead are once again on the verge of breaking."

"This deceased person is a rare psychic."

"Once again, the souls of the dead are on the verge of breaking..."

Wen Shi was nervous at first, but his face was expressionless a minute later. The only thing that surprised him was Peng Lu's physique. He thought about it and realized that compared to Luo Xiao's preference for using talismans, Peng Lu actually drew a demon-subduing formation himself, so there must be some difference.

It seemed as if monsters would emerge from the walls of the corridor at any moment, so he decided to go back to his room and wait for news.

The moon is very bright tonight.

Wen Shi stood by the window, waiting patiently for the results.

The full moon always easily reminds people of reunion.

From his room, he could vaguely see the iron door on the side.

If Xie Tangyan didn't show up tonight, my health points would drop by at least ten more. I have to say, this feeling of being a sister... is very refreshing, and I feel more confident in everything I do.

Wen Shi bought a recovery potion. The small bottle of twenty points could only replenish three health points. He bought four bottles and raised his health points to ninety-eight. He lost twelve points due to the damage done by the Blood Bride, and the other three points were lost in the hospital due to being stabbed by the world fragments.

The remaining points balance is 2,985.

After doing all this, Wen Shi stood there in silence for three seconds, and finally decided to buy another bottle to fill up the health bar to one hundred and one.

"call-"

He sighed comfortably.

Although ninety-eight health points are more than enough, one hundred and one can give people a greater sense of security.

"Refining is successful."

The sudden reminder sound called Wen Shi's attention back.

"Consume the god-level item [Coffin]*1."

"Congratulations on winning the Warrior: Wandering Corpse."

[Species: Zombie

Current rank: High-level monster, with a certain chance of transforming into a corpse

Sanity: 20

Loyalty: 1

IQ: 79

Note that if the zombie's rationality value is too low, there is a possibility that it will devour its owner.

Summoning method: Blood summoning]

Wen Shi was silent for a moment. He always felt that this Lord Devourer and Blood Summoning were a trap.

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virtual reality.

The shock of Luo Xiao's death had not yet dissipated, and the onlookers were about to leave. However, before they had taken a few steps, another player's number turned gray. This player was one of the top 1,000 players on the leaderboard, and he possessed the rare [Formation Master] skill.

In one final game, all three veteran players were dead.

The red bold copy [Horror Castle Night] became more conspicuous, with only the last number still lit up there -

Player 460872.

(End of this chapter)