And were they a team of eight just now? Wasn’t it seven?
The player wasn’t sure; for a moment, he couldn’t recall.
After all, there were too many temporary additions, and some players left midway, making the composition quite fluid.
Remembering people was evidently challenging.
Moreover, the team formation was chaotic just now. Everyone joined whichever team they wanted, and the number of people was not fixed. It was not impossible to switch teams temporarily.
Since they were all searching together, and the other was so diligent, he was probably someone from the same team.
Primarily, the lingering sense of closeness suggested that the person wasn’t entirely unfamiliar. It’s just that his memory wasn’t very reliable.
The player suppressed the doubt in his heart and continued to search the next room with the other players.
The players searched every room in the hotel, except for the empty one, but found nothing suspicious in the other rooms.
The player in that room must have entered the dungeon.
One player suggested placing a miniature monitor in that room secretly. If the player came back, they would know immediately.
There’s no need to leave someone here to watch.
Other players thought it was an effective method, though a bit unethical and quite dirty in terms of tactics.
It was obviously not a method that a good person would come up with.
In the Infinite Horror game, the most common type of players were those who spared no means to achieve their goals. When necessary, they might even have sacrificed other players as scapegoats.
The players glanced at the player who made the proposal and insincerely praised him a few words.
The praised player smiled awkwardly and didn’t speak.
The one who made the proposal was Ruan Qing.
After observing the players’ attire and appearances, he exchanged for a similar outfit in the system store.
This kind of outfit was worn by five out of ten people, making it easy to overlook and not leaving a deep impression on others.
Coupled with hypnotic suggestion, it was easy for people to feel that his presence there was reasonable.
However, although Ruan Qing was low key in appearance, he did not choose to be low key in behavior.
At such times, the more one reduced their presence, the easier it was for people to suspect them. It’s better to actively come up with ideas, which would subconsciously eliminate suspicions.
So Ruan Qing earnestly stated his guesses and thoughts throughout.
After the players searched the hotel, they moved on to the next location.
Ruan Qing also actively joined in the search, his serious attitude making it seem as if he was not the one being searched for.
Since it was a collective action by the players, a team actively searching for someone, no one had investigated him yet.
No one even suspected him.
The plan was somewhat successful, and temporary safety was ensured.
Whether in the dungeon or in the game’s main city area, players would get tired and hungry. After searching for a whole day, the players were already exhausted.
In the end, they chose to rest for the time being. After all, some players might only have a day or two before they reached the seven day limit.
After seven days, if one wanted to continue staying in the game’s main city area, it wasn’t just ten points anymore; it would cost around one or two hundred points. Moreover, the required points increased every day, doubling with each increment.
Not many players would choose to stay forcibly in the game’s main city area, nor did they have enough points to stay.
So they had to ensure their condition when entering the dungeon.
Ruan Qing followed this group of players directly to the place where they rested. After all, being separated from them meant being alone.
Being alone could attract the attention of other players, increasing the risk of exposure.
The risk of blending back into another team was also not low.
So, it was better to stick with this team.
As the person they were looking for hadn’t been found yet, and the team showed no signs of disbanding temporarily, only one or two players chose to leave.
Therefore, Ruan Qing’s decision to follow them didn’t seem out of place.
In general, teams or guilds would spend points to purchase a resting place for convenience in gathering.
The resting place for this team was a two-story building.
It was about the size of a villa and could accommodate many people.
Many players were hungry after a whole day, and upon reaching the resting place, they exchanged points at the system store for steamed buns to start munching on.
Steamed buns were the cheapest food in the entire Infinite Horror game.
Although eating at NPC restaurants tasted good, it cost a lot of points. Many players chose to exchange for steamed buns.
After all, one point could get three steamed buns, and an average person could be satisfied with just three.
Observing this, Ruan Qing fell silent for a moment, exchanged for some steamed buns, and quietly sat in a corner munching on them.
Taking a few bites, and sipping a little water.
The steamed buns obtained from the system store were somewhat dry, lacking the softness of freshly made ones.
Since coming out of the first dungeon, Ruan Qing had never eaten steamed buns again; he usually dined at the restaurant next to the hotel.
But now, there was no other choice.
A player, who was munching on his steamed buns, noticed the player next to him.
Although both were eating steamed buns, the other person was doing it very elegantly, giving off a somewhat pleasing appearance.
But there’s always this sense of... pitifulness.
Even though the other party didn’t show much expression, the player suddenly felt a pang of sympathy, as if the steamed bun didn’t match up to the other, and a feeling of pity and compassion arose in his heart.
He wasn’t usually this overflowing with sympathy, and besides, he himself was eating steamed buns.
But there was a trace of reluctance in his eyes.
After a few seconds of silence, the player exchanged soft bread in the system store and handed it over.
Ruan Qing looked at the bread in front of him for a moment, then looked up at the player with some confusion.
The player turned away, awkwardly saying, “I accidentally exchanged the wrong thing earlier. I don’t like to eat these soft things. Here, take it.”
It took five points to exchange for this kind of bread, and it’s obviously a lie to say that the exchange was a mistake.
Just as Ruan Qing was about to refuse, the player directly threw the bread into Ruan Qing’s arms and continued to munch on his own steamed bun.
Holding the bread, Ruan Qing whispered a ‘thank you’ to the player.
‘System, when I enter an instance, transfer the points for the bread to that player’s account.’
System: [Okay.]
While Ruan Qing was nibbling on the bread, a few people entered the room.
A player who was currently munching on a bread immediately approached, “Captain, any gains?”
The man shook his head slightly. “None.”
It had been seven or eight hours since the bounty mission was posted and the mission was still incomplete.
Finding that player was obviously more difficult than everyone imagined.
No wonder the top players on the leaderboard were willing to spend a hundred thousand points to find someone.
Ruan Qing was stunned when he saw the man called the captain, and the next second he immediately lowered his head.
The captain was the tall player he had encountered in <Xishan Residential Area> before.
While the other didn’t seem like a pervert, they had interacted, and the risk of being recognized would be much higher.
Fortunately, the tall player didn’t notice anything; probably didn’t expect the person they were looking for to be sitting in their resting area.
After exchanging information with the team members, the tall player sat down next to them and said to the people in the hall, “My time is about to come. Does anyone want to join this time? If so, form a team and enter the dungeon together.”
“I do.” The man who had given the bread to Ruan Qing immediately raised his hand. “My time is also almost up. I’ll go with the captain.”
After saying this, the man lowered his voice and whispered to Ruan Qing, “The captain means he’s taking people into the instance. It’s a rare opportunity. Do you want to come?”
Ruan Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “I’ll go.”
And were they a team of eight just now? Wasn’t it seven?
The player wasn’t sure; for a moment, he couldn’t recall.
After all, there were too many temporary additions, and some players left midway, making the composition quite fluid.
Remembering people was evidently challenging.
Moreover, the team formation was chaotic just now. Everyone joined whichever team they wanted, and the number of people was not fixed. It was not impossible to switch teams temporarily.
Since they were all searching together, and the other was so diligent, he was probably someone from the same team.
Primarily, the lingering sense of closeness suggested that the person wasn’t entirely unfamiliar. It’s just that his memory wasn’t very reliable.
The player suppressed the doubt in his heart and continued to search the next room with the other players.
The players searched every room in the hotel, except for the empty one, but found nothing suspicious in the other rooms.
The player in that room must have entered the dungeon.
One player suggested placing a miniature monitor in that room secretly. If the player came back, they would know immediately.
There’s no need to leave someone here to watch.
Other players thought it was an effective method, though a bit unethical and quite dirty in terms of tactics.
It was obviously not a method that a good person would come up with.
In the Infinite Horror game, the most common type of players were those who spared no means to achieve their goals. When necessary, they might even have sacrificed other players as scapegoats.
The players glanced at the player who made the proposal and insincerely praised him a few words.
The praised player smiled awkwardly and didn’t speak.
The one who made the proposal was Ruan Qing.
After observing the players’ attire and appearances, he exchanged for a similar outfit in the system store.
This kind of outfit was worn by five out of ten people, making it easy to overlook and not leaving a deep impression on others.
Coupled with hypnotic suggestion, it was easy for people to feel that his presence there was reasonable.
However, although Ruan Qing was low key in appearance, he did not choose to be low key in behavior.
At such times, the more one reduced their presence, the easier it was for people to suspect them. It’s better to actively come up with ideas, which would subconsciously eliminate suspicions.
So Ruan Qing earnestly stated his guesses and thoughts throughout.
After the players searched the hotel, they moved on to the next location.
Ruan Qing also actively joined in the search, his serious attitude making it seem as if he was not the one being searched for.
Since it was a collective action by the players, a team actively searching for someone, no one had investigated him yet.
No one even suspected him.
The plan was somewhat successful, and temporary safety was ensured.
Whether in the dungeon or in the game’s main city area, players would get tired and hungry. After searching for a whole day, the players were already exhausted.
In the end, they chose to rest for the time being. After all, some players might only have a day or two before they reached the seven day limit.
After seven days, if one wanted to continue staying in the game’s main city area, it wasn’t just ten points anymore; it would cost around one or two hundred points. Moreover, the required points increased every day, doubling with each increment.
Not many players would choose to stay forcibly in the game’s main city area, nor did they have enough points to stay.
So they had to ensure their condition when entering the dungeon.
Ruan Qing followed this group of players directly to the place where they rested. After all, being separated from them meant being alone.
Being alone could attract the attention of other players, increasing the risk of exposure.
The risk of blending back into another team was also not low.
So, it was better to stick with this team.
As the person they were looking for hadn’t been found yet, and the team showed no signs of disbanding temporarily, only one or two players chose to leave.
Therefore, Ruan Qing’s decision to follow them didn’t seem out of place.
In general, teams or guilds would spend points to purchase a resting place for convenience in gathering.
The resting place for this team was a two-story building.
It was about the size of a villa and could accommodate many people.
Many players were hungry after a whole day, and upon reaching the resting place, they exchanged points at the system store for steamed buns to start munching on.
Steamed buns were the cheapest food in the entire Infinite Horror game.
Although eating at NPC restaurants tasted good, it cost a lot of points. Many players chose to exchange for steamed buns.
After all, one point could get three steamed buns, and an average person could be satisfied with just three.
Observing this, Ruan Qing fell silent for a moment, exchanged for some steamed buns, and quietly sat in a corner munching on them.
Taking a few bites, and sipping a little water.
The steamed buns obtained from the system store were somewhat dry, lacking the softness of freshly made ones.
Since coming out of the first dungeon, Ruan Qing had never eaten steamed buns again; he usually dined at the restaurant next to the hotel.
But now, there was no other choice.
A player, who was munching on his steamed buns, noticed the player next to him.
Although both were eating steamed buns, the other person was doing it very elegantly, giving off a somewhat pleasing appearance.
But there’s always this sense of... pitifulness.
Even though the other party didn’t show much expression, the player suddenly felt a pang of sympathy, as if the steamed bun didn’t match up to the other, and a feeling of pity and compassion arose in his heart.
He wasn’t usually this overflowing with sympathy, and besides, he himself was eating steamed buns.
But there was a trace of reluctance in his eyes.
After a few seconds of silence, the player exchanged soft bread in the system store and handed it over.
Ruan Qing looked at the bread in front of him for a moment, then looked up at the player with some confusion.
The player turned away, awkwardly saying, “I accidentally exchanged the wrong thing earlier. I don’t like to eat these soft things. Here, take it.”
It took five points to exchange for this kind of bread, and it’s obviously a lie to say that the exchange was a mistake.
Just as Ruan Qing was about to refuse, the player directly threw the bread into Ruan Qing’s arms and continued to munch on his own steamed bun.
Holding the bread, Ruan Qing whispered a ‘thank you’ to the player.
‘System, when I enter an instance, transfer the points for the bread to that player’s account.’
System: [Okay.]
While Ruan Qing was nibbling on the bread, a few people entered the room.
A player who was currently munching on a bread immediately approached, “Captain, any gains?”
The man shook his head slightly. “None.”
It had been seven or eight hours since the bounty mission was posted and the mission was still incomplete.
Finding that player was obviously more difficult than everyone imagined.
No wonder the top players on the leaderboard were willing to spend a hundred thousand points to find someone.
Ruan Qing was stunned when he saw the man called the captain, and the next second he immediately lowered his head.
The captain was the tall player he had encountered in <Xishan Residential Area> before.
While the other didn’t seem like a pervert, they had interacted, and the risk of being recognized would be much higher.
Fortunately, the tall player didn’t notice anything; probably didn’t expect the person they were looking for to be sitting in their resting area.
After exchanging information with the team members, the tall player sat down next to them and said to the people in the hall, “My time is about to come. Does anyone want to join this time? If so, form a team and enter the dungeon together.”
“I do.” The man who had given the bread to Ruan Qing immediately raised his hand. “My time is also almost up. I’ll go with the captain.”
After saying this, the man lowered his voice and whispered to Ruan Qing, “The captain means he’s taking people into the instance. It’s a rare opportunity. Do you want to come?”
Ruan Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded, “I’ll go.”
