Lin Xiao learned about the nightmare world from Wu Qing.
In addition to being surprised, some inexplicable thoughts such as "really so", "I didn't expect it to be guessed by netizens", "is this world really worse than the real world" came out of my mind.
"So, how long do I stay here, how long will I be missing in the real world, and can't go back until I complete the mission and clear the customs?" Lin Xiao opened the phone calendar and glanced at his time notes, his expression suddenly became a little anxious, "Is there any How can I get out of here as soon as possible, two days later... No, I must go back to the real world tomorrow."
"We don't want to stay in such a place for a long time." Among the four remaining members of the mountaineering club, only Wu Qing was speaking, "but before leaving, we must complete the task of the nightmare world, and this task Not the quick-fix type."
Lin Xiao looked at the inside of his left arm according to Wu Qing's instructions, and then saw that a line of blood-engraved small words suddenly appeared on the arm that had nothing at all. Pain, but fleeting.
[After finding the location of the seven supernatural events of Nightmare University and experiencing them one by one, you can clear the level and leave the Nightmare World. ]
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Lin Xiao originally thought that this was the whole of the mission, but he didn't expect another tingling sensation to come from his arm, and then a few lines of smaller words appeared under the line of words—
[Dear practitioner, this is a top-secret message that only you can see. ]
[The duration of this mission will be more than forty-eight hours. You can sacrifice the soul of a companion to replace a supernatural event, and you can leave the nightmare world ahead of schedule according to your personal mission completion. ]
Sacrificing souls
It's not that Lin Xiao didn't understand anything. The huge amount of text reading and film and television experience during college made her quickly realize the meaning of this top-secret information. This is the nightmare world telling her that if she completes the tasks step by step, there is no way she can return to the real world before a big day.
And the way to speed up the return to the real world is to kill the companions!
The soul of a traveler replaces a supernatural event. Now, besides Lin Xiao, there are five practitioners. If she can really kill all five of them, she can go back as long as she finds two supernatural events!
But... is it possible
Although Lin Xiao is glad that only she can see the lettering on her arm, she has already learned about "props" and "enhancements" from Wu Qing's mouth, and that seniors can get some useful props from the nightmare world. You can also strengthen your body with the Nightmare Points given by quest clearing.
Those props can make the strength of the senior who have been strengthened to become stronger, and some can not only deal with ghosts, but also deal with humans!
Wu Qing explained the possible usage of the props in great detail, and told her and another middle-aged man that as long as they agreed to join his team, Wu Qing would give them two props to use.
Such conditions are very exciting, but Lin Xiao, who received the "special task", does not think it is a good thing to join their team under such circumstances. But if in her own power...
Lin Xiao raised her weak right arm. Most ordinary college girls don't have too much strength, and the blood-engraved number on the nightmare point on her right arm is only a bright "0". How could she deal with this situation? Come to those seniors
I can only hope that these seniors are very powerful and can take them through the customs quickly, right
"I'm still not joining."
"There is no need to form a team."
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Xiao and the uncle beside him actually said the words of rejection. Lin Xiao didn't know what happened to the uncle, but as soon as she heard about team formation, she remembered the games she played before, and was always worried that she wouldn't be able to hurt those teammates after team formation...
After all, Lin Xiao still hid some careful thoughts.
From small and broad, to the following, mysterious opportunities or something... Lin Xiao often sees it in novels.
"It's a pity, but we still need to work together for a while, so the two of you can join our team at any time. Not only me, but the friends behind me are very friendly people." Lin Xiao smiled at Wu Qing , and also turned around and patted the girl with two bags on her back. She always felt that such a picture was indescribably strange.
"Then what should we do next?" Lin Xiao had a small idea of his own, and secretly hoped that Wu Qing would be strong enough to allow them to complete the task today.
The sky in the nightmare world became darker again, as if to indicate the passage of time.
The time on the mobile phones of the practitioners was not as stagnant as before. Instead, it flowed normally as if in the real world, which was enough to tell Lin Xiao that it was still more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and everything was still in time.
"I heard that under normal circumstances, the difficulty of the nightmare world with newbies is relatively low, and there may even be shelters that can avoid danger. We can keep an eye on it at any time."
After speaking, Wu Qing frowned again and said, "Unfortunately, there are usually no mysterious merchants in the dungeons with newcomers. Maybe they don't think there will be any profit."
"Mysterious merchant? Is it the same as the mysterious merchant who sells mysterious items in the game?" Lin Xiao couldn't help but associate the situation he was facing with things like games.
"That's right, if you see a 'person' wearing a white mask and guarding a huge coffin in any dark corner, that 'person' is a mysterious businessman." Wu Qing in Lin Xiao's eyes slowly expressed concern about these things Dao Lai understands it very well, "It's just that those masked people who only stay in one place and don't move are just avatars of real mysterious merchants. They don't say a word other than selling things. Even I haven't seen a real mysterious businessman."
"What does the real mysterious businessman look like?" Lin Xiao immediately asked.
"I heard that I will walk around, and I will give some discounts and free props to the trainees. Anyway, it is impossible to meet, and it is even more impossible for a nightmare world with new people to appear." Wu Qing explained, He took Lin Xiao to the exit of the playground.
Along the way, the unfamiliar uncle who didn't know his name hardly said anything or even told them his name.
But it also reminded Lin Xiao of something suspicious.
Wu Qing is really nice and enthusiastic, like the most dedicated novice instructor in the game, he taught almost everything related to the nightmare world, and also said a lot of things that sounded like secrets and that newbies like Lin Xiao met in a short time. The less you hear, the more trustworthy you become.
But if you put these aside calmly, you will find that Wu Qing has only introduced his own name from the beginning to the present.
He didn't introduce the name of his companion behind him, or even asked Lin Xiao and the uncle's name. Coupled with the fact that the teammates behind Wu Qing kept silent one by one, Lin Xiao felt a little weird after a long time.
"Let's move on, there shouldn't be any supernatural happenings on the playground." Wu Qing said, and smiled again, "unless there are some resentful athletes or something."
"Most of them are in the library, dormitory or teaching building." Lin Xiao followed Wu Qing's footsteps. She still knew too little about the world, so she couldn't act independently so quickly.
"What's there?" At this time, the uncle who was following Lin Xiao pointed to the direction of the building in front. Under the increasingly dark sky, the bright light made everyone show a surprised expression.
"Maybe it's a shelter. I heard that the shelter is a place with bright lights in any nightmare world. It's a place that Specters can't invade for half an hour." Lin Xiao saw Wu Qing frowning, "We are still newbies. I didn't encounter a shelter when I was there, so I haven't been able to encounter it since."
"us?"
"Yeah, we." Wu Qing turned around, stood in front of the three teammates, stretched out his hands, and said with a smile, "The three of us are all members of a university mountaineering club, and we are good friends who support each other."
The three people standing behind Wu Qing also turned their heads, showing a smile that made Lin Xiao feel a little weird for some reason.
"Anyway, let's go ahead and take a look."
Lin Xiao murmured in his heart for a while, and then followed Wu Qing's footsteps.
Everyone didn't notice that there was a smoke that was indistinguishable in the night, not far behind them.
"It's a shop." Humans' instinct to find light sources made Lin Xiao quickly run to the door of the shop "in a corner", but Wu Qing and the others were always vigilant about the surroundings, not like Lin Xiao's carelessness. No scruples.
"Could it be a mystery shop!" Lin Xiao could see the counter and two shelves in the shop through the glass wall of the shop, so he looked a little excited, "It seems a little different from what you said, Wu Qing, could it be? A special mystery shop?"
"I've never seen this... But there are many things I don't know in the nightmare world, maybe there will be something to gain. But everyone should be careful, it may be one of the seven supernatural events that this nightmare world needs to look for. "Although Wu Qing said that, he had already pushed open the glass door that was hidden in front of Lin Xiao!
After all the practitioners walked into the corner of An Yu, Su Zimo approached the store from a place where the lights couldn't shine, and hid aside and looked at the store, wanting to see what "An Yu corner" was like when he was away. In progress.
"There are very few things in this store." Lin Xiao looked at the six-piece wash suits and sunny dolls on the first shelf with some puzzlement, and then saw the second shelf hidden in the back.
If there are groceries on the first shelf, then the things on the second shelf are even more incomprehensible.
Three phones that look second-hand
A round mirror
A pill bottle
A triangle
And... three... daggers
"You are lucky." Lin Xiao heard Wu Qing say next to him, "Those three daggers are props from the nightmare world, this store may really be another kind of mysterious store. And... "
"And?" Lin Xiao looked at Wu Qing.
"And the store doesn't seem to be guarded."
No one is watching
Lin Xiao, who had already walked in front of the circular mirror, turned his head to look at the counter, but at this moment, the corner of Lin Xiao's eyes seemed to see himself smiling in the circular mirror... That kind of cold feeling behind his back When the attack came, Lin Xiao hurriedly turned around to look at the mirror, but found that although he looked scared in the mirror, there seemed to be nothing strange about the mirror itself.
On the other hand, Wu Qing by his side has successfully picked up a dagger on the third floor of the shelf, and the whole process has not been hindered in any way.
"It seems that there is really no one to guard. We take some things with us while no one is there. Maybe we can protect ourselves!" Wu Qing said, seeing the items on the top of the shelf at a glance, he was about to reach out. go.
[噔—]
But at this time, the piano in the shop suddenly played a note, and then the upright piano that no one was playing suddenly began to play quickly, each note like a torrential rain falling from the sky, making Wu who was about to do bad things. Qing they were startled.
[Jingle bell - jingle bell - ]
As soon as the piano started, a white mobile phone on the counter also started to make a deafening ringtone.