Wyrd
December 12, 20236 minute read
1
Zhao Kehan affirmed, “Very likely. This can also explain why it’s called ‘Ghost Embodiment’. We might have to integrate into the ghost group and pretend to be ghosts later.”
Pang Yang, trembling, said, “I’m very curious about how people turn into ghosts. But how do we pretend to be ghosts? We have shadows, and ghosts are different from stiff corpses; they think very cleverly.”
The members of the Hongyu Guild were known for their expertise in raiding dungeons and analyzing them.
Pang Yang looked at Zhao Kehan, wanting to know if he had a solution.
Zhao Kehan said, “Right now, I don’t know.”
He looked at the only person among them who hadn’t spoken, asking Ning Su, “Little brother, do you have any thoughts? Dungeon strategies are usually discussed and refined together.”
Being called out, Ning Su could only say, “The common belief about ghosts is that when a person dies, their soul becomes a ghost. Why is it set in this dungeon world that one has to turn from a corpse into a ghost?”
“Do corpses turn into ghosts through a specific process, becoming a ghost after going through that process, or do they gradually become ghosts in sequence?”
Pang Yang looked bewildered. “What kind of questions are these? What does it have to do with our current situation?”
But Zhao Kehan didn’t see it that way.
He looked at Ning Su with a much more serious gaze.
This young man brushed aside the superficial and looked at the essence of the problem.
Why.
How.
Although he didn’t know the answer to the first question, he recognized the value of the second question.
“If they gradually become ghosts, they might be constantly evolving and become just like humans when we are unaware.”
Pang Yang shivered.
The group fell into silence.
They realized the difficulty of this dungeon.
Zhao Kehan said, “Don’t be discouraged. It’s already great that we discussed this much at this time. There must be a solution for the rest.”
Pang Yang felt comforted. “Yeah, you’re right.”
Seeing that the corpses hadn’t joined yet, he glanced at the “people” gathered throughout the park and whispered to them, “Apart from the corpses, there’s another source of danger. You must be careful of Xue Wei.”
Zhao Kehan remained silent.
Fang Qi asked, “Who?”
“Yongming Guild, Human Pupa Master, Xue Wei,” Pang Yang said with a smirk. “She must be here in this instance to capture players and turn them to human pupae.”
Ning Su was taken aback; indeed, before entering the instance, he saw that enchanting woman.
It wasn’t his first time seeing her; the last time was when he was walking with the two children in the base while looking for a house. Because Ah Fei said the other was a “short-sighted” woman, she scared away the real estate agent.
Pang Yang said, “The pupae she makes are all former players. She’s cunning; being turned into a fearsome pupa is worse than becoming a ghost.”
He snorted, “I remember the president’s leg; her pupa bit it off during the guild competition, leaving a permanent ailment.”
Ning Su pursed his lips, concealing his emotions.
Zhao Kehan remained tight-lipped about it.
The entire base knew how terrifying the Human Pupa Master was; no one dared to speak casually about her.
In the Yongming Guild, the Human Pupa Master, the Gu Witch, and the Black-Clothed Azan formed a dark web that spread throughout the entire base.
Pang Yang dared to say this because the Yinhua Guild and the Yongming Guild were arch-enemies.
And Zhao Kehan belonged to the Hongyu Guild.
The Hongyu Guild had once managed to win the first place in the guild competition, but they knew it was a stroke of luck; they still had a gap with those two guilds.
During clashes between the two guilds, they never got involved, always maintaining neutrality.
Pang Yang said, “Anyway, be careful. This instance is like heaven for her. She might have entered after seeing the dead in the preview video.”
He silently prayed in his mind that the guild competition wouldn’t be like this instance.
Fang Qi asked, “Isn’t she afraid of being delayed in the personal competition?”
Pang Yang said, “She’s a top-ten ranked player. Players ranked in the top ten in the previous season must participate in the next season’s competition. They don’t need to go through the preliminary rounds; they go straight to the final showdown, just like the top three guilds entering the guild competition finals.”
Fang Qi understood.
No wonder there’s a Human Pupa Master in this instance, and there’s the formidable Zhao Kehan from the Hongyu Guild.
Pang Yang continued, “Maybe she entered this instance to find better pupae, preparing for both the guild and personal competitions.”
“...”
Alright, he understood how much Pang Yang disliked the Human Pupa Master.
Fang Qi, who had never seen the Human Pupa Master before, asked him, “Did you see her? Where is she?”
Pang Yang snorted, “I’d recognize her even if she turned to ashes.”
“...”
He looked around, even stood up to confirm, “There, under the tree by the lake, sitting with a man in a black windbreaker.”
In the moonlight-diluted night, they could faintly see people not far away.
There was a woman with a voluptuous figure, wearing shorts and a camisole. Her other features were somewhat blurry, but her berry-red lips were particularly eye-catching.
Perhaps to make herself look less human, she had smeared her lipstick upwards, creating a crack that seemed purplish on her fair face.
She was talking to the man beside her, who was dressed entirely in a black windbreaker blending with the night. A vine twined around his long, curved hands, and he looked over with a faint expression towards them.
Ning Su: “...”
Ning Su: “..........”
He finally knew who the last player to enter the instance was.
So, this non-human was also counted as a player in the instance.
He hurriedly covered his chest, hearing a deep heartbeat.
Just then, they heard a faint but extremely piercing bell sound.
In the noise, they saw “people” starting to walk towards the different buses.
They looked at each other nervously, taking stiff steps and following them to their respective buses.
Only two people weren’t so anxious.
Xue Wei moved slightly, not standing up but rather taking a step closer to Ling Xiao.
With a long eyeliner flicking at the end of her eyes, she exhaled smoke and asked softly, “Hey handsome, is this your first time on the base, the first time entering a new instance?”
“This round of the game is indeed my first time entering an instance.”
He didn’t look at the woman. When he saw the young man boarding the bus, he quickly tucked the vine into his sleeve and stood up.
Xue Wei found this statement a bit strange, but she assumed he was talking about his first time entering an instance. She appraised his figure and smiled pleasantly.
However, the man never looked at her properly from beginning to end.
He only looked—
She followed his gaze and happened to see the figures of one large and two small individuals.
Seeing those two small figures, she was surprised. Her red lips slightly parted, and she smiled even more pleasantly. “Isn’t this a coincidence?”
As they were about to enter the bus door, one of the small figures stopped.
The young girl turned back and stared right at her. Her eyes, dark as night, glowed with an eerie blood-red light, as if blood were about to flow.
Wyrd
December 12, 20236 minute read
1
Zhao Kehan affirmed, “Very likely. This can also explain why it’s called ‘Ghost Embodiment’. We might have to integrate into the ghost group and pretend to be ghosts later.”
Pang Yang, trembling, said, “I’m very curious about how people turn into ghosts. But how do we pretend to be ghosts? We have shadows, and ghosts are different from stiff corpses; they think very cleverly.”
The members of the Hongyu Guild were known for their expertise in raiding dungeons and analyzing them.
Pang Yang looked at Zhao Kehan, wanting to know if he had a solution.
Zhao Kehan said, “Right now, I don’t know.”
He looked at the only person among them who hadn’t spoken, asking Ning Su, “Little brother, do you have any thoughts? Dungeon strategies are usually discussed and refined together.”
Being called out, Ning Su could only say, “The common belief about ghosts is that when a person dies, their soul becomes a ghost. Why is it set in this dungeon world that one has to turn from a corpse into a ghost?”
“Do corpses turn into ghosts through a specific process, becoming a ghost after going through that process, or do they gradually become ghosts in sequence?”
Pang Yang looked bewildered. “What kind of questions are these? What does it have to do with our current situation?”
But Zhao Kehan didn’t see it that way.
He looked at Ning Su with a much more serious gaze.
This young man brushed aside the superficial and looked at the essence of the problem.
Why.
How.
Although he didn’t know the answer to the first question, he recognized the value of the second question.
“If they gradually become ghosts, they might be constantly evolving and become just like humans when we are unaware.”
Pang Yang shivered.
The group fell into silence.
They realized the difficulty of this dungeon.
Zhao Kehan said, “Don’t be discouraged. It’s already great that we discussed this much at this time. There must be a solution for the rest.”
Pang Yang felt comforted. “Yeah, you’re right.”
Seeing that the corpses hadn’t joined yet, he glanced at the “people” gathered throughout the park and whispered to them, “Apart from the corpses, there’s another source of danger. You must be careful of Xue Wei.”
Zhao Kehan remained silent.
Fang Qi asked, “Who?”
“Yongming Guild, Human Pupa Master, Xue Wei,” Pang Yang said with a smirk. “She must be here in this instance to capture players and turn them to human pupae.”
Ning Su was taken aback; indeed, before entering the instance, he saw that enchanting woman.
It wasn’t his first time seeing her; the last time was when he was walking with the two children in the base while looking for a house. Because Ah Fei said the other was a “short-sighted” woman, she scared away the real estate agent.
Pang Yang said, “The pupae she makes are all former players. She’s cunning; being turned into a fearsome pupa is worse than becoming a ghost.”
He snorted, “I remember the president’s leg; her pupa bit it off during the guild competition, leaving a permanent ailment.”
Ning Su pursed his lips, concealing his emotions.
Zhao Kehan remained tight-lipped about it.
The entire base knew how terrifying the Human Pupa Master was; no one dared to speak casually about her.
In the Yongming Guild, the Human Pupa Master, the Gu Witch, and the Black-Clothed Azan formed a dark web that spread throughout the entire base.
Pang Yang dared to say this because the Yinhua Guild and the Yongming Guild were arch-enemies.
And Zhao Kehan belonged to the Hongyu Guild.
The Hongyu Guild had once managed to win the first place in the guild competition, but they knew it was a stroke of luck; they still had a gap with those two guilds.
During clashes between the two guilds, they never got involved, always maintaining neutrality.
Pang Yang said, “Anyway, be careful. This instance is like heaven for her. She might have entered after seeing the dead in the preview video.”
He silently prayed in his mind that the guild competition wouldn’t be like this instance.
Fang Qi asked, “Isn’t she afraid of being delayed in the personal competition?”
Pang Yang said, “She’s a top-ten ranked player. Players ranked in the top ten in the previous season must participate in the next season’s competition. They don’t need to go through the preliminary rounds; they go straight to the final showdown, just like the top three guilds entering the guild competition finals.”
Fang Qi understood.
No wonder there’s a Human Pupa Master in this instance, and there’s the formidable Zhao Kehan from the Hongyu Guild.
Pang Yang continued, “Maybe she entered this instance to find better pupae, preparing for both the guild and personal competitions.”
“...”
Alright, he understood how much Pang Yang disliked the Human Pupa Master.
Fang Qi, who had never seen the Human Pupa Master before, asked him, “Did you see her? Where is she?”
Pang Yang snorted, “I’d recognize her even if she turned to ashes.”
“...”
He looked around, even stood up to confirm, “There, under the tree by the lake, sitting with a man in a black windbreaker.”
In the moonlight-diluted night, they could faintly see people not far away.
There was a woman with a voluptuous figure, wearing shorts and a camisole. Her other features were somewhat blurry, but her berry-red lips were particularly eye-catching.
Perhaps to make herself look less human, she had smeared her lipstick upwards, creating a crack that seemed purplish on her fair face.
She was talking to the man beside her, who was dressed entirely in a black windbreaker blending with the night. A vine twined around his long, curved hands, and he looked over with a faint expression towards them.
Ning Su: “...”
Ning Su: “..........”
He finally knew who the last player to enter the instance was.
So, this non-human was also counted as a player in the instance.
He hurriedly covered his chest, hearing a deep heartbeat.
Just then, they heard a faint but extremely piercing bell sound.
In the noise, they saw “people” starting to walk towards the different buses.
They looked at each other nervously, taking stiff steps and following them to their respective buses.
Only two people weren’t so anxious.
Xue Wei moved slightly, not standing up but rather taking a step closer to Ling Xiao.
With a long eyeliner flicking at the end of her eyes, she exhaled smoke and asked softly, “Hey handsome, is this your first time on the base, the first time entering a new instance?”
“This round of the game is indeed my first time entering an instance.”
He didn’t look at the woman. When he saw the young man boarding the bus, he quickly tucked the vine into his sleeve and stood up.
Xue Wei found this statement a bit strange, but she assumed he was talking about his first time entering an instance. She appraised his figure and smiled pleasantly.
However, the man never looked at her properly from beginning to end.
He only looked—
She followed his gaze and happened to see the figures of one large and two small individuals.
Seeing those two small figures, she was surprised. Her red lips slightly parted, and she smiled even more pleasantly. “Isn’t this a coincidence?”
As they were about to enter the bus door, one of the small figures stopped.
The young girl turned back and stared right at her. Her eyes, dark as night, glowed with an eerie blood-red light, as if blood were about to flow.
