"That's good too." Mu Anqi nodded, then looked at Wu Sansheng and couldn't help but ask, "Did you buy any props?"
"A little medicine," Wu Sansheng whispered, "and a small knife."
"I have three crudely crafted smoke grenades here. I bought them for 10 points each. If you need them... you can contact me. I'll sell them to you at the original price." Mu Anqi thought for a moment. Crudely crafted smoke grenades were useless in this game. She felt that Wu Sansheng and Zhao Guogu were both good players, and if they needed them... she could help them out.
As for the effects of this smoke grenade... she hadn't used it herself, so she couldn't really describe it. Mainly, the name and the crude craftsmanship... the effectiveness seemed obvious at a glance.
"Then, two," Wu Sansheng said.
Zhao Guogu thought for a moment. Her supernatural ability was born with good fortune, and her skill even had a passive ability called "turning misfortune into good fortune." As for danger... she felt she shouldn't be in any danger. But this jealousy was directed at her, so what if they had other methods? Therefore, thinking that having more items wouldn't be a loss, she also reached out her hand, "Then take one for me too."
After making the decision, the three players exchanged transaction serial numbers in a corner. Mu Anqi received 30 points and spun out the three smoke bombs in his hand.
Seeing her score return to 280, Mu Anqi felt she was still a wealthy woman. Although she didn't have enough points for a full revival, she hadn't used any of her free revival opportunities, and probably wouldn't need to stockpile 500 revival points after the game ended. Mu Anqi took out her schedule, said goodbye to the other players, and headed upstairs.
It's daytime now, and she plans to go see... if there are any horror movies like Shattered Mirror Continent. After all, what if... she gets to see it randomly in future games? Seeing it beforehand and building up her courage might be helpful for the future.
Over the next few days, Mu Anqi gradually changed her mindset and began her "vacation" life cautiously yet relaxedly. She gradually realized that this escape game seemed... a little different from others?
The Ghost's manipulation and killing of players is genuinely malicious, but the players' treatment after completing the dungeon is surprisingly good. Of course, it's also possible that this is how the dungeon is designed? Or, to put it another way, what if this game caters to all kinds of emotions?
Mu Anqi walked out of the movie theater without looking to either side. Although she was startled for a moment, she quickly became too lazy to pay attention to the dark figure that flashed past the theater entrance. The ghosts here need to scare people to get their emotions... so she'd just have to bear with it. When she's more powerful in the future, or has some amazing props, she'll see who scares whom then.
Mu Anqi wasn't actually too worried about Zhao Guogu and Wu Sansheng; Wu Sansheng seemed too reliable. Even if Wrath, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, might erupt in a rage and hunt him down, following the principle of fairness, the pursuit wouldn't be too outrageous. As for emotional manipulation… Mu Anqi felt that Wu Sansheng would rationally and coldly observe Wrath's performance.
As for Zhao Guogu, there's no need to even mention her. What does "born with incredible luck" mean? It means she's a born lucky person. Someone with such perfect luck would probably turn misfortune into good fortune even if she encountered difficulties. Whether Ghost is jealous of her or trying to assimilate her... Mu Anqi thinks this is all too much like a female protagonist's wish-fulfillment novel, and "jealousy" is just the vicious cannon fodder supporting character.
As for the last one, Shen Bufan? I really don't know him, understand him, or care about him.
But it depends on that person's personality. No matter how arrogant someone is, they must at least have the right to be arrogant, right? That guy is so arrogant, he probably has some real strength.
After all, if he really had nothing, given his personality, he would have been beaten to death eight hundred times over.
Even if he can't get past the level and clear it... there's nothing Mu Anqi can do. The nature of this dungeon is quite clear; it's not a cooperative or competitive game, it's just a series of individual challenges.
When Ghost uses illusions to deceive at night, the player's room is clearly completely isolated. This is evident from the fact that no matter how loud the noise, other players cannot hear a sound. As for... what would happen if players were crammed into a house? Obviously, since everyone is unfamiliar with each other, no one would risk doing so.
The next morning, when Mu Anqi went out, she met Wu Sansheng, who was waiting in the corridor. The lady had indeed escaped the clutches of anger.
According to Wu Sansheng, in her hallucinations, anger tried to enrage her in various ways. These included witnessing injustices, being bullied at school, being misunderstood by teachers, and experiencing distrust and neglect from her parents… or being bombarded with verbal attacks and insults online, being pointed at by passersby, and subjected to "body shaming" and "appearance shaming" by strangers…
Anger did everything in the illusion that it might cause a problem.
But Wu Sansheng remained unmoved. She simply touched the number "7" she had carved on her hand, her face expressionless as if she were merely an observer, and that the overwhelming malice in the world was not directed at her at all.
"It's so fake."
With just this calm assessment, the entire illusion completely collapsed.
The ghost was completely stunned by the rage. He had imagined many scenarios and seen many players' reactions. Losing control, rage, madness? Or perhaps losing their minds in anger or becoming self-destructive after being defeated? But this was truly the first time!
Immediately following was his rage! The illusion collapsed, and unlike the lazy ghost who couldn't wait to finish work and go back to sleep, he was furious and pounced on Wu Sansheng in the next second.
However, the player who had escaped the illusion showed no discomfort or hesitation, and simply took out two things and threw them into the house.
The anger, mistaking it for a specially made grenade or some other ghost-slaying weapon, caused the attack to hesitate for a moment. And in that instant, thick smoke filled the entire room!
These crudely made smoke grenades are player-made and effective even against ghosts. Smoke grenades aren't inherently very lethal; neither humans nor ghosts can see each other inside the smoke anyway. But what can you do when they're crudely made?
Anger, though merely a ghost, smelled an extremely foul, pungent, and nauseating odor that nearly choked it to death. Enraged, it thrashed about, furiously charging through the thick smoke and attacking wildly—but touched nothing.
Just as he was going crazy, the sound of the door opening and closing suddenly rang out.
—That player ran away?!
In the dead of night, she actually threw a smoke bomb into the room and ran away? Isn't she afraid it's even more dangerous outside?!
This was a real chase, and Fury never expected that he would be escaped by a player on his own turf... He ran to the corridor and saw that the player had actually slid down the hotel handrail with a clean and neat movement.
He tried to provoke the player, but the player remained completely unaffected by his emotions. He also tried to empathize with Wu Sansheng, but the moment he entered the role, the anger felt like a flame thrown into eight meters of ice and snow—it was chillingly cold, and a jolt jolted him back to reality. Terrified, he quickly canceled his ability.
He could only wander around the hotel with Wu Sansheng. The angrier, more violent, and more irrational he became, the calmer and more composed Wu Sansheng grew.
He was filled with resentment until time ran out and he had to give up.
How come the player he chose is such a weirdo? He doesn't even have any emotions. He painstakingly crafted this illusion, and clearly blocked the player's memories, but this player remained unmoved, contributing not a single bit of emotional value, and even claimed his illusion was fake?! Yes, the conflicts and events were a bit too frequent, but wasn't time pressing?! Putting everything else aside, just the act of immediately releasing a smoke bomb and running away after leaving the illusion makes this player stand out.
In the dead of night, Angry, carrying a bottle of liquor, grumbled at the Ghost who had come out earlier. Here, apart from the lazy one who was too lazy to come out and the jealous and arrogant one who couldn't go out, all the other ghosts were gathered in the restaurant.
"So, you didn't get any emotion points. All those emotion points... you generated them yourself?" Greed looked at the unfortunate Angry guy, a hint of relief on his face. When it comes to work, seeing someone else having a worse experience than him made Greed feel a lot better.
These Ghosts, like Anger, produce very low levels of anger energy because the output is excessive and the quality is poor. Looking at the emotion points Anger gained this time, Greed thought to himself that Anger was really quite angry.
This comparison cheered Greed up. This cheer made him think again about the 100 guansi Mu Anqi had tried to offer. It wasn't much, but every little bit was money. The player he chose to complete the game obviously wouldn't be able to absorb any of that player's soul energy, and as for the emotion points… while Mu Anqi had contributed a lot from watching horror movies during the day, those weren't credited to him, so he wouldn't get any more.
After thinking it over, Greed restrained himself. He figured if Mu Anqi still wanted to ask questions, 100 guansi it was, since he'd be the one to answer anyway. Even if he couldn't lie, he could be vague and not go into too much detail; Mu Anqi wouldn't gain anything anyway.
However, after he came to terms with it, Mu Anqi stopped contacting him.
The reason... is very simple.
She ran into that female Ghost General again.
Mu Anqi didn't know if it was a coincidence or something else; she didn't know if she was lucky or incredibly unlucky. Fortunately, she was in the game " Seven Nights Hotel," protected by Nirvana Space, so the Ghosts outside the game couldn't harm her.
But that doesn't mean she enjoys bumping into ghost bosses who look like game bosses.
Even if this Ghost General is a cool and domineering older sister. Well, when you're just an observer admiring her looks, it's certainly a pleasant experience. But if she stares at you or makes eye contact with you… well, that's a very unpleasant experience. Even if Ghost General toned down her aura, she was still incredibly creepy.
Mu Anqi ran into this big shot after coming out of the sauna. She was still wearing her sauna yukata, leisurely preparing to get a massage. She bumped into him as soon as she came out.
The female ghost was clad in armor, and even her bright red cloak couldn't conceal her graceful figure. Mu Anqi was initially stunned by her beauty. However, when she saw the beauty twirling a throwing knife in her hand, watching the white blade dance and twirl nimbly in her grasp... Mu Anqi snapped out of her daze.
Forget about her beauty, and seeing that none of Ghost General's underlings were around, she turned and ran. However...
It felt as if the wind was blowing past her ears, and somehow the throwing knife in the beauty's hand disappeared into the wall in front of her.
"Stop."
The voice was cold and emotionless. Mu Anqi felt a chill run down her spine, and a coldness rose from her back and spread to her limbs. She involuntarily gripped her clothes and stopped abruptly.
Heh… Hopefully, this boss won't be ungrateful and let her go immediately. Otherwise, don't blame her for making this beauty taste the Blessing Curse even if it kills her! Mu Anqi took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. She turned around, her mind filled with the Blessing words she hadn't yet uttered. Heh, being able to see a beautiful female ghost dance before dying is a wonderful thing—yeah right! She doesn't want to die, sob sob…
"Don't use your abilities." The ghost stood ramrod straight, a smile playing on its lips. It didn't advance, yet it exuded an extremely dangerous aura. For some reason, Mu Anqi suddenly had the unsettling feeling that he had been caught by his superior.
"Your ability is quite good. Judging from the current situation, your potential is quite high." The female Ghost General sized up Mu Anqi, seemingly weighing something. Just as Mu Anqi was feeling extremely uneasy, the ghost spoke. "Would you like to join my ranks?"
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