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Chapter 34 The So-called Formal Player's Test
From Bai Zhi's point of view, this novice mission was really not difficult. The so-called difficulty was mainly to see if the player had the ability to observe small details and the courage to face the strange.
After all, reality was not a game. Compared with ordinary people, players only had an extra ability to fight against anomalies. It was not like those games where players could be resurrected infinitely.
Even due to the particularity of the player's identity, the danger faced by the player was even more than the danger faced by ordinary humans.
There was only one life for everyone.
Just like the little boy who stepped on people’s shadows before, Wu Hua and his teammate were obviously formal players who had passed the novice mission. However, in front of that kind of anomaly with wisdom, if it weren't for him, they would’ve been killed as well.
Joining a novice mission with equipment support from a large organization was a good thing for that particular player. But at the same time it would also bring uncontrollable changes to the novice mission process, just like the novice mission Bai Zhi was currently doing.
If it wasn't for the piece of equipment that Beard Guy rented that had a little influence on his judgment, he wouldn't have thought of the key to solving the problem until such a dangerous time.
In the face of these anomalies, blindly escaping was of no use. The only solution was to face it bravely. But if players only had courage and did not know how to observe carefully, they would fall into a dangerous situation like what the little boy did to Wu Hua’s group.
——This is what the novice mission wants players to learn, and it is also the real test of the novice mission.
Taking the mirror out of the toilet, Bai Zhi stared directly at the turbid mirror surface without hesitation. Under the gaze of Night Owl and the others in the distance, an illusory slender arm stretched out from the mirror and grabbed his neck. Without the aid of the equipment, after about two seconds, Bai Zhi's figure disappeared directly in place.
With the disappearance of Bai Zhi, the cold aura that enveloped the entire villa and pierced into the bones obviously stopped.
"..."
Looking at the mirror that was placed over there alone, the expression on Night Owl's face seemed very inexplicable for a while.
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As if the body had passed through a layer of foam, when Bai Zhi opened his eyes again, he found himself in a rather...weird place.
The surrounding environment was still the same as the lobby on the first floor of the villa, but the sound of the rainstorm outside had disappeared at some point. Although the rain was still falling silently, everything around him was dead silent. The strange dark red light that emerged from nowhere, like blood, enveloped everything in front of him, looking very strange.
"Sure enough? In such a place, the consumption of physical strength is almost twice that of the previous world..."
Reaching out to touch the black finger marks that also appeared on his neck, Bai Zhi couldn't help frowning slightly.
In fact, judging from the previous situation, the most suitable person to enter here was Night Owl who was in the best condition. However, with the timid character of the other party, it was estimated that after entering here, she would probably hold her head and shrink in the corner, trembling nonstop...
Although the environment here was strange, the strange red light that appeared throughout the entire space provided a very good lighting function. But when Bai Zhi was about to seize the time to search for the last necessary body part and put together the puzzle, an unusually clear sound of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance of the stairs.
"Tsk, I hate sweet stuff..."
Looking at the entrance of the stairs, and after murmuring something in his mouth, Bai Zhi took out a piece of chocolate, peeled the package off, and stuffed it into his mouth without looking at it.
According to the normal strategy and clearance method, he should avoid the Resentful Spirit's attack in this dilapidated villa while searching for the final puzzle. This method was the safest, but also the most time-consuming.
They didn't have much time left, and in the real world, Beard Guy wouldn't be able to last that long with two useless teammates, so he had to take a riskier approach.
About ten seconds later, a ferocious figure appeared at the entrance of the stairs. The body that was not tall was full of stitches, and a pair of hollow eye sockets without eyeballs slowly looked around the entire hall. The white bones were faintly visible at the joints of the wounds that had been forcibly sutured with hair as threads.
"So a mummy, ey?"
After confirming, Bai Zhi, who was hiding behind the stairs, threw his self-made white phosphorus incendiary bomb at the opponent quite decisively, and then ran upstairs without the intention to see the result.
At the same time as the angry and painful roar came from behind, Bai Zhi had already run straight to the second floor. He didn't care to hide his figure. He simply kicked the door open, and rummaged around in each room one by one.
What he was most worried about was the Resentful Spirit that had no entity and could pass through the wall at will. Like this kind of existence with a physical entity that could be attacked, it made him a little relieved. But if it really was the kind of intangible existence that cannot be attacked, he would have to consider whether this rookie mission had the intention of torturing them.
It was just that when he had just searched three rooms, the anomaly that was soaking wet and looked like it had rolled a few times in the rainstorm outside roared and chased to the second floor.
What startled him was that in a situation of extreme anger, the other party took off his head, which was forcibly stitched to his torso, and smashed it towards him.
Since he didn't expect that the other party still had this kind of long-range attack method, he was hit by the other party directly. While his right hand was bitten tightly by the head, the headless sutured corpse also strode towards him.
"Are you kidding me! This thing even knows how to put out fires..."
With one kick, Bai Zhi kicked away the head that had been bitten on his hand. After he got up from the ground, he already had a few simple grenades in his hand that he had made before. He quickly threw these grenades behind him, and then hid behind the corner of the wall at the same time.
Accompanied by the sound of several explosions, iron nails, blades, glass, etc. flew everywhere, making the banging sounds.
"Tsk, if it weren't for the bazooka and C4 could not be bought online..."
Ignoring the bitten wound on his hand with black blood flowing, Bai Zhi hurriedly left before the angry roar sounded again.
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