Global Collapse

Chapter 298 You'd better get out of here!

"Let me tell you! Do you know why the ghost stopped appearing? Because it was just caught by a doctor!"

In the final few minutes, Nine Lives coincidentally ran into the escape player "Life's Peace 658" who was his opponent.

This middle-aged man actually managed to survive to the end while still holding the identity of a survivor.

Nine Lives also witnessed his skill in hiding.

The man's voice was weak, as if he were afraid of disturbing the rats in the garbage dump.

"Keep your voice down, or you'll attract the ghosts," said Yishengping, shrugging beside Jiuming.

Nine Lives anxiously gestured with his hands: "Didn't I just say that Ghost was caught by a player and his hair was pulled!"

He was afraid the other party wouldn't believe him.

This is indeed an incredibly unbelievable thing. I, Jiu Ming, would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

"Shh," Yi Sheng Ping An quickly said, "Don't be so loud, I know, I know, the ghost has been caught by a player."

The perfunctory attitude was evident in his words.

Nine Lives was getting anxious and stressed.

He was eager to share his unbelievable sights and sounds with others, just as eager to share that he had seen sows line up and jump into the water.

But Nine Lives knew that what he had seen and heard was even more amazing than an old sow jumping into the water.

"It's true!" Nine Lives felt like his lips were about to get blisters.

The feeling of witnessing something impossible happen with your own eyes, and then telling others about it only to be met with complete disapproval, is truly frustrating and infuriating.

A peaceful and uneventful life seems a bit of a nuisance.

He finally turned to look at Nine Lives, who was gesturing very seriously beside him: "You must be hallucinating because of the stress of playing hide-and-seek. We only have five minutes left before we leave the instance. Stop thinking about all that nonsense and just stay here obediently, okay?"

As he spoke, "May you live a peaceful life," Jiuming pointed to the screen. He saw that it was already 11:55. That's right, there were only five minutes left before the dungeon ended.

"I think what you're saying is definitely a hallucination, like being pulled by the hair or being completely ruthless," Yi Sheng An Ping was still trying to reassure Jiu Ming. "That's impossible. If it were like a player fighting back against a ghost, wouldn't the dungeon have any dignity?"

"If that really happens, the game will have to close the dungeon early to save face. Didn't they announce that some dungeons were closed early before..."

He was still talking to himself when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

The reason was simple: just as Yi Sheng An was talking to himself, a game panel suddenly popped up in front of him and Jiu Ming at the same time.

Wait a minute? I just checked the time, and the dungeon still has five minutes left.

As he pondered this, he looked at the panel with some surprise.

【warn! 】

[A data vulnerability has been detected in the 'Heartbeat Hide-and-Seek' instance. To ensure information security, this instance will be immediately destroyed!]

Yi Shengping was stunned: "Holy crap?"

I was just saying that the dungeon would end early, and then my prediction came true!

No, this ending is even worse than an early termination; it actually destroyed itself?

Nine Lives, who was standing next to him, was also stunned. Then he spoke very quickly: "It must be because that doctor caught the ghost!"

Only after living a peaceful life did he begin to have doubts.

The player's dungeon evaluation will be conducted in advance. After the evaluation is completed, the player will be forcibly removed from the dungeon...

Meanwhile, Gu Mian encountered the same situation.

He froze as soon as he understood the first word that came out of the ghost's mouth.

They were truly frozen, as if instantly immobilized, not even a single hair moving. The game panel then appeared.

[Dungeon reviewer #10065 is at your service. First of all, I sincerely wish myself a pleasant life...]

Gu Mian felt that the number 10065 looked very familiar; she had seen it at least three times before.

Before the previous review, I sincerely wished the players a happy life, but this time it seems a little different?

Your game nickname was detected as... Your game nickname was... Unable to detect game nickname.

[Your game code '1' has been detected... You are currently in the 'Heartbeat Hide-and-Seek' instance.]

[Your performance in the dungeon will be evaluated below, please wait...]

Player: ? ? ?

Participate in the game of hide-and-seek to uncover the truth and successfully solve it. Clue collection rate: 12%, decryption progress: 100%, dungeon rating: +159 points.

The fat man looked at Gu Mian's panel and said, "It means that only 12% of the clues have been found. The reason why the decryption progress is 100% is entirely due to guessing and reasoning on his own in the later stages."

Number of escapees captured * 0, dungeon rating +0 points;
Violence... A game bug was found in the dungeon, granting an additional 60 points to the dungeon rating.

Have you found a vulnerability in the copy?
Gu Mian frowned in surprise. So you're talking about the ghost you caught?
The "data vulnerability" mentioned in the previous warning probably refers to this ghost as well. However, describing it as "finding the vulnerability" is not quite accurate; "exposing the vulnerability" is a more fitting description.

However, this instance adopted a lenient policy, not only not punishing but also giving itself bonus points, which is truly unheard of and unseen.

[Player ???'s overall dungeon review score: 219 points]

[Dungeon Rating: S]

At this rating level, players will receive 999 in-game currency, 9 attribute points, and the rare special item 'Angel Halo' will drop.

[Having the title 'Troublemaker' greatly increases the likelihood of unexpected events occurring when equipping this title.]

Gu Mian: "..."

Is this title a sarcastic jab at myself?
Last time, I gave myself the title of "Train Conductor Killer," which meant increasing the train accident rate by 50%.
Here comes another one...

However, this rare and special item sounds quite powerful.

Gu Mian took a moment to glance at the panel of the fat man next to her.

Good grief, a score of 25. Gu Mian couldn't understand how much slacking off could get a score of 25.

I got 200 points without doing anything...

He glanced at Chu Changge's panel again.

101 points.

It feels like Chu Changge didn't do anything and still got over 100 points, while Fatty's 25 points are simply amazing.

The fat man was so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.

However, there were no rat holes nearby, so he could only stand there and be looked at by Gu Mian with a strange gaze.

Fortunately, the instance started kicking people out immediately.

The fat man wasn't scrutinized for long before the dungeon forcefully kicked him out.

Gu Mian received the same treatment, of course. He even imagined that if the instance could speak, it might say something like "Get out of here now" while kicking him out...

After leaving the instance, the ticket seller looked particularly grim.

Previous copies were all sent to the factory for repair.

This time, they just destroyed it outright; it seems they've made a pretty big mess of things...

(End of this chapter)