Miss Dragon, the BOSS, will not be captured.

"Let's not delay, let's connect the device quickly."

The doctor in charge of treating Ye Qingxian came over, sounding somewhat anxious.

Soon, Ye Qingxian's hospital bed was wheeled out of the emergency room and taken to the location of the virtual reality equipment.

She didn't even have the strength to wave goodbye to her mother; she could only watch her mother with her eyes as the hospital bed receded into the distance, watching her mother's figure disappear into the narrow corridor.

This was the last time she saw her mother in real life.

While adjusting the equipment, the doctor explained the precautions: "After entering the game, there will be two differences between you and normal players."

"what?"

"First, your pain level cannot be changed; it can only be 100%. Second, a health indicator will appear in your character system, representing your physical condition in real life."

"I understand……"

Being alive is enough; I don't care about pain levels or other settings.

Ye Qingxian realized that the doctor in the white coat who was talking to her didn't seem to be the one who usually treated her.

This is quite normal, though, since the doctors in charge of emergency care are not always the same.

As the device was being connected, Ye Qingxian suddenly thought of something.

It seems like she's being held in a cage by Esther, isn't she?

Although Esther had let her go, she was forcibly logged off before she could leave.

In other words, the place she was in after entering the game...

In the dungeon of the Netherworld Dragon Abyss, a girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the previously empty cage.

"Ugh, my body..."

The first thing she did was to perform a self-check, and after entering the game, she felt no pain or weakness.

Her physical attributes will be the same as in the game.

"Ah! Looks like I won't have to suffer for a while!"

Ye Qingxian shouted out loud without thinking, something she had always done.

But when she remembered where she was, she immediately fell silent.

After checking the precautions the doctor mentioned, the pain level was indeed 100%, and there was an additional health indicator bar—

"Physical condition: Extremely poor, estimated life expectancy 35-40 days"

So it's possible to predict how many days someone will live? No wonder it's a hospital's virtual reality equipment.

It's really unpleasant to see how many days you have left to live.

Ye Qingxian is now in a situation no different from being transported into a game world, with 100% pain level and no ability to exit the game.

The dimly lit dungeon was very quiet, but a breeze blew in from somewhere, making Ye Qingxian's body shiver involuntarily.

The cage was locked, and she couldn't break it with her strength. What should she do next? Shout loudly to attract attention?

Although Esther had previously agreed to let her go, Ye Qingxian was now worried that during the time she had suddenly disappeared and reappeared, Miss Long might change her mind and not let her go.

I don't think so... right?

Section 12, Chapter 010: Falling into the clutches of evil

Ye Qingxian gripped the cage door, hesitating whether to shout loudly.

Click~

The cage door was open; it appeared to be unlocked.

What should I do next?

Ye Qingxian first opened the map panel, which showed that she was in an unknown area.

In this situation, the map is completely useless.

She walked out of the cage, deliberately slowing her pace to avoid making too much noise.

Hmm, why do I feel like a thief?

Ye Qingxian still vividly remembered the feeling of being electrocuted by Esther. She didn't want to disturb the NPCs here, and if possible, she wanted to sneak away.

If she is discovered, she will simply be killed on the spot. After all, as a player, she can be resurrected after death, but she will suffer the pain of death due to her pain level.

The stairs leading from the dungeon to the surface were right in front of her. Ye Qingxian looked around; she should be the only one in the dungeon at this moment.

She took a deep breath, regretting why she hadn't learned a stealth skill back then. Now she could only crouch down, trying not to make any noise, and sneak up the stairs.

Ye Qingxian never expected that the area above the dungeon was actually the inner area of ​​the royal palace, which contained countless rooms of all sizes, exuding an ancient atmosphere, and with a rather complex structure that made it easy to get lost.

"Why isn't there even a window...?"

Although there were no windows, Ye Qingxian could always feel the wind, though she didn't know where it came from.

huh~

Suddenly, the torches in the passage she was in were blown out by the wind, creating an eerie feeling.

Ye Qingxian is a very bold person... that's what she told herself, but that's not the case at all.

Apart from her own footsteps and the faint sound of the wind, there was no other sound in the passage.

A few minutes later, Ye Qingxian unsurprisingly got lost.

She ran around aimlessly, trying to squeeze into any door she saw, but still couldn't find a way out.

Just when she was at her wit's end, the passage suddenly widened and the side doors on both sides disappeared, and hope finally rose in her heart.

"Finally out...!?"

Upon arriving at the extremely spacious place, Ye Qingxian's mood did not relax; instead, she became even more tense.

Although she didn't know the way around the palace, she knew what the main hall was.

The king's palace should have been magnificent, but for the ruins before us, the absence of cobwebs was a cause for celebration.

The spacious hall was empty of guards, and sunlight could not penetrate through the windows, making it appear very dim.

What made Ye Qingxian hold her breath was the dragon girl sitting on the throne.

She crossed her legs, propped her head up with her hand, tilted her head to one side, and closed her eyes as if she were sleeping.

When she was locked up before, Ye Qingxian didn't have time to observe the dragon girl carefully. Now, taking this opportunity, she deeply engraved the dragon girl's appearance into her mind.

Seeing something in CG is a completely different experience from seeing it in real life.

Since the other party was sleeping, Ye Qingxian didn't want to court death. She shifted her gaze to the entrance of the main hall, where she should be able to leave.

She knew that the hope of escape was slim. Even if she left the palace, the area outside was still the Youjing Longyuan dungeon area, where any monster could easily kill her.

This idea was quickly confirmed. Ye Qingxian had only taken a few steps when she suddenly triggered the mechanism beneath her feet.

call out!

Suddenly, a rope appeared and looped around her ankle, then she was hung upside down.

Not far away, an arrow launcher emerged from the cracked floor and unleashed a storm of arrows at Ye Qingxian.

I do have a real pain level...

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxian closed her eyes, preparing to face the pain to come.

Ding Ding Ding!

The arrow struck her, but was deflected by a blue barrier.

Who saved me?

The dragon girl resting on the throne opened her eyes at some point and met Ye Qingxian's gaze.

The dragon's red eyes exuded an eerie aura, a feature typically found only in evil characters.

However, from a human perspective, Esther is indeed an evil character.

"Where did this kitten come from?"

Estia stood up, stretched, and then slowly walked this way.

Every sound her shoes made as they stepped on the ground sent a chill down Ye Qingxian's spine.

At this moment, Ye Qingxian was praying, hoping that Esther would give her a quick death, since her pain was real.

"who are you?"

Estia glanced at Ye Qingxian's name and discovered that she was actually a player.

"Please let me go, or just kill me cleanly..."

"I'm asking you a question." Esther circled around Ye Qingxian's body. "How did you get in?"

"..." Ye Qingxian didn't know if Estheria was pretending to be stupid. She gritted her teeth and said, "Didn't you have people arrest me here?"

"Oh! It's you!"

Estia slapped her forehead, only then remembering who the girl who was hanging was.

This player was forcibly logged off earlier, so they should still appear in her dungeon when they log back in.

Ye Qingxian didn't expect that Estheria would forget her so quickly.

"You escaped from the dungeon?"

"Yes……"

"I see."

After staring at the human for a few seconds, Esther found it boring.

She's just a delicate human girl; there's no point in talking to her.

and many more……

Estia suddenly thought of something: why not interrogate the players to obtain information about the "real world" and find out why so many players were appearing on the continent of Faya?