"Welcome to the town." The mayor, sweating profusely, awkwardly withdrew his hand from Yin Xiu's shoulder while forcing a smile.
Li Mo led the little girl over, handed her to Yin Xiu, and then reached out and grasped the hand that the mayor had just placed on Yin Xiu, giving it a friendly handshake with a smile, "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you." The mayor smiled and said perfunctorily, trying to pull his hand back, but it felt as if his hand was imprisoned in his palm, and he couldn't pull it back no matter what he did.
The smile on his face froze instantly. He looked up at the man in front of him who was smiling, yet silently exuded terror, and felt a sense of panic in his heart.
"Brother!" The little girl stumbled into Yin Xiu's arms, sobbing, "Let's go quickly, I hate it here!"
"Mm." Yin Xiu nodded, his eyes softening slightly, and picked up the little girl and left.
"You guys…" Zhong Mu looked at the mayor and Li Mo, who were still shaking hands in place, at a loss. After that, he chose to follow Yin Xiu.
As soon as they left, the mayor broke out in an even deeper sweat.
The comments section stared intently at the two people in the middle of the road, watching them remain motionless. Li Mo smiled as he stared at the town mayor, who maintained a stiff smile. The two of them were smiling at each other face to face, and the scene felt somewhat unsettling.
"Although I know the mayor might not be an ordinary person, when we stand face to face, I always feel that Yin Xiu's roommate is more terrifying."
"Needless to say, he can eat monsters alive when he gets vicious."
"I saw him before, last night... By the way, that person's name was Yin Xiu?"
"Oh, it looks like players from other towns have come over here to send comments."
"Let's find out about that big shot. His name is Yin Xiu? How many times has he cleared the game? Ten times? Twenty times? He seems really amazing."
"Haha, you're too narrow-minded, bro. He's a master who's completed all the games."
"??? Don't try to brush me off just because I'm from some other town. If you don't want to talk, then forget it!"
"They actually completed all the levels."
"Nonsense, everyone who cleared the game has already left, who would come back to the dungeon? You guys in town, if you're going to hide information, at least give us something plausible."
"Fine, don't believe me then, but if you're so capable, then stop copying Yin Xiu's homework!"
The two sides were arguing fiercely when suddenly someone exclaimed in alarm, "Hey, stop arguing! Look at the screen!!"
In the live broadcast, Li Mo was still holding the mayor's hand and didn't intend to let go. After a moment of silence, the mayor sighed helplessly.
"Alright, it was my fault for touching the prey you had your eye on. How about offering up a hand as an apology?" The mayor shook his head as he raised his other hand. The nails on his palm instantly became sharp and powerless, severing the hand that had been grabbed in a flash.
Blood gushed out, but he remained expressionless. "Take it."
Li Mo maintained a smile throughout. He grabbed the severed hand, pulled it off forcefully, turned around, and left to find Yin Xiu without giving him another glance.
This air of effortless arrogance turned the mayor's face ashen.
The other party deliberately severed the hand that had touched Yin Xiu as a warning, but he simply wouldn't listen. In this instance where he was the lord, everything had to be his, especially since that piece of art was truly a rare find that perfectly suited his taste.
"Hiss..." After he left, the mayor's face showed a slight pain. He glared at Li Mo's back and gritted his teeth. "Why should you be the one who gets it first? My copy is not going to be given to other monsters. I have to get it."
He turned and left with a sullen expression, arms crossed.
Before long, Li Mo caught up with Yin Xiu's pace. He lightly squeezed past Zhong Mu from behind and stood beside Yin Xiu.
After he caught up, he pursed his lips and chewed something, walking around Yin Xiu's side. His voice was still quite noticeable.
Yin Xiu glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, knowing perfectly well that he had secretly gone to get something to eat, and it certainly wasn't normal food, but he didn't bother to ask.
Zhong Mu, standing behind him, turned pale. He had clearly seen a streak of crimson liquid, like blood, hanging from the corner of Li Mo's upturned lips! He must have been mistaken, right?! Otherwise, why didn't Yin Xiu react at all?!
"How is that player doing?"
"have eaten."
"OK."
The two's casual conversation made Zhong Mu instantly raise his hand to cover his ears. He couldn't hear it! It couldn't be what he thought!
"Do you want to go to Grandma's house first, or rest for a bit?" Yin Xiu asked the little girl in his arms, turning his head to look at her.
"Shall we take a rest?" The little girl leaned wearily on Yin Xiu's shoulder and mumbled, "Brother, you must come with me to Grandma's house."
"Hmm." Yin Xiu nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Li Mo, "What about the rule slip on that player? Did you eat it too?"
Li Mo paused in his chewing, remained silent for a few seconds, then his throat churned. He lowered his head and spat out a blood-stained note, smiling slightly. "I ate it, but I can spit it out."
Yin Xiu looked at the sticky note, which was almost entirely covered in blood, and was reluctant to take it. He pointed to Zhong Mu behind him and said, "Give it to him."
"Huh?" Zhong Mu, who was suddenly called out, was still a little confused. He didn't want to listen to the strange conversation between the two people in front of him, so he just covered his ears and walked away. When he looked up, Li Mo suddenly stuffed a note into his hand.
He stared tremblingly at the blood-stained note lying in his palm. He didn't want to touch it, but he had no choice; it was something very important.
The four returned to the mayor's door and knocked. After a short while, the door opened from the inside. One of the players peeked out through the crack in the door and immediately saw Yin Xiu, covered in blood and holding a little girl. He was so frightened that he shuddered, slammed the door shut, and screamed, "There's a monster outside!!"
"What monster?!" Zhong Mu ran to the window and pounded on it. "Look closely! It's us!"
Zhang Si came over to take a look and recognized Zhong Mu, who had a falling out with Wang Guang, so he came to open the door.
"Where is my brother Guang?" Zhang Si asked as soon as he opened the door, looking for Wang Guang.
Yin Xiu entered the house indifferently without paying any attention to him, and Li Mo also entered the house without paying any attention to him. However, Zhong Mu stopped and handed him a blood-stained note, "He's dead. This is his last thing."
Zhang Si froze instantly, staring blankly at the note in his hand. It took him several seconds to process what he had just learned. The only top player in this dungeon was dead. How was he supposed to get through this?
"Wait!" He suddenly seemed to remember something, turning around instantly to stare intently at Yin Xiu and the others. "Why is it that only he died, while you all came back safe and sound?"
His questioning gaze swept among the group, and he murmured a possibility, "You sold him out when things were in danger?"
Otherwise, he couldn't understand how a big shot like Wang Guang could have been the only one to die while the others survived. It didn't make sense!
Upon hearing that their leader had been betrayed, the players in the room instantly sharpened their gazes.