I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 259, page 1.17, 36: A Night of Madness
The area was a wasteland, with only a few streetlights intact, illuminating the ground with their dim light.

The sky was pitch black, without a single star or moon, as if the world was shrouded in darkness, like an abyss... No matter how hard you tried to reach out, you could not find any salvation.

The girl stumbled out of the darkness, her face deathly pale, yet tinged with a faint blush from the blood splattered on it. Her clothes were stained crimson, and her right hand gripped a dripping blood-soaked dagger tightly.

His eyes were now dull and lifeless, devoid of any sparkle. He moved forward on instinct alone, like a walking corpse, utterly devoid of vitality.

She kept muttering, "Kill you, kill you, kill you..." like a mindless repeating machine programmed with instructions, unable to utter any other words besides those four.

I walked from the darkness into the dim streetlights, staggering as I kicked a stone on the ground, but I didn't fall.

The streetlights flickered, lighting up intermittently.

Suddenly, with a 'snap', the streetlight shattered, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness once again.

The dagger made a crisp sound as it fell to the ground.

The girl remained silent in the darkness, then suddenly burst into an incredibly sorrowful cry, a cry that seemed to be both regretful and bewildered, unable to find a way forward, and in the end, she could only let herself fall into the darkness and be swallowed up bit by bit.

The cold chains rattled, as if adding heavy shackles to something.

The crying gradually subsided, and with a gentle breeze, the once gentle girl vanished.

In the darkness, only the grating sound of cold chains rubbing together could be heard.

"Hehehehehahahahahahaha" The laughter went from a low murmur to a loud, upturned laugh, the sound carrying a hint of sorrow and helpless despair.

"I'm such an idiot..." Her hoarse voice was filled with coldness and self-mockery. Accompanied by the violent shaking of the chains, she stumbled forward in the darkness, but not a single streetlamp lit up for her.

After Fernana left, the streetlights slowly came on, their dim light dispelling the darkness.

Koya stumbled out, her face pale, and fell hard because she stepped on some gravel. Tears streamed down her face. It hurt, but she didn't want to cry; she just couldn't control her tear ducts.

She heard soft footsteps and saw a pair of small red shoes. Koya raised her eyes slightly and looked at them with blurry vision.

She knelt down and gently wiped away her tears, her voice tinged with helplessness, "Really, why do you cry so much?"

"It hurts so much! If I hadn't taken some blood-replenishing supplements beforehand just in case, I would have bled to death by now." Even though she said that, she was still feeling quite unwell.

She didn't know what kind of weapon it was, but the wound on her back showed no signs of healing and continued to bleed. Moreover, the effects of the healing potion were almost worn off…

"Qin, if I die..." The light green eyes stared intently at Qin, and he said softly.

Qin knelt before her, cradled her head, and gently kissed her forehead, speaking in a tone as if soothing a child, "It's okay, you won't die, you'll just take a nap. Although it's still early, this instance will be over when you wake up."

"Really..." Koya moved her pink lips, her long-suppressed nerves collapsing at this moment, sleepiness washing over her, and she couldn't help but want to close her eyes.

The dozen or so wounds on her back were very painful; they had actually damaged her heart, but unfortunately, she had been given a mechanical heart made of a special material at birth due to heart atrophy. Even if pierced, it could heal completely in an instant, which is why she hadn't died. However, even so, excessive blood loss was still life-threatening, even with the blood-replenishing supplements she had taken beforehand.

It was originally prepared to save my life in the September dungeon, but I never expected it would be used because of player attacks. It's truly ironic.

"Are you sleepy?" Qin gently stroked her cheek and asked tenderly.

"Just a little bit... Please wake me up when the dungeon is over..." Koya forced a smile, but it looked more like a grimace. She knew she couldn't hold on any longer; she had only prepared one healing potion, and that one would lose its effect in three minutes.

At that time, her blood will be completely drained because it cannot be replenished in time.

"Okay, goodnight." Qin looked down at Ke Ya as she slowly closed her eyes, her deep blue eyes, like the ocean, shimmering with tenderness and a hint of coldness.

"Goodnight..." she repeated to herself. The person she was holding was breathing evenly as if they were really asleep, but she knew very well that in two minutes this body would become completely cold and stiff.

"What a willful lover, entrusting everything to me. Aren't you afraid I'll devour you again?" Qin lifted Ke Ya's body horizontally, and blood gradually stained her dress red before dripping to the ground and blooming into a blood flower.

Two maids and two servants stood in the distance, seemingly bowing their heads to welcome her.

Qin ignored everyone else and simply carried Ke Ya forward. The dripping blood seemed to form a stream, guiding Qin along the path she had taken.

The body in her arms grew colder and colder. Qin paused slightly, then tightened her grip on Ke Ya once more.

Her pink lips pursed slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness and killing intent flashed in her deep, ocean-like eyes. The faint snake-shaped totem on her left eye slowly emerged, and just by looking at it, one could feel a terrifying intimidating power.

"I'm sorry, I might not be able to wake you up when the September dungeon ends. But it's okay, just bear with it a little longer, we'll go home after it's over, you can sleep as long as you want, I'll wait for you to wake up." Qin lowered her head and rubbed her cheek against Koya's cold forehead, her tone still gentle, as if the person in her arms was really just asleep.

The servants bowed their heads, trembling, but dared not utter a single word.

"Soya," Qin called softly, looking up into the distance.

One of the servants stepped forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Qin, and respectfully awaited Qin's command.

"Kill that person. If you're not strong enough, lure him to your brother. He won't mind. Remember to finish this before the dungeon ends, understand?" Qin said gently, but her tone carried a hint of ruthlessness and killing intent. "If you can't do it, then come back and offend my eyes. Just kill yourself."

"Yes, Master." Soya stood up, turned around, and ran off in a certain direction.

"This world is indeed unfair. To gain something, you have to lose something. How ironic," Qin sighed softly, her tone tinged with sorrow and helplessness.

Regarding the question of why Qin didn't save Koya.

She is the owner of the instance, but the rules prevent her from doing anything to save anyone.

This is why, whenever Koya encountered Qin before, Qin would simply pretend not to see her, rather than actually rescuing Koya from danger.

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