Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 165 The Mark on the Back of the Hand
Jiang Ran stared at the dark shape for a long time, and only after confirming that it had not gotten up again did she let out a slight breath.

Since the Source of Purification is performing so well, she has nothing to worry about. She can go and see Majik tomorrow.

Before leaving the balcony, Jiang Ran took one last deep look at the moon hanging high in the sky.

The sky, obscured by a large expanse of inky black, actually didn't have many clouds; they were mostly concentrated near the moon, creating the illusion of an eye.

But even just staring at the moon for a long time, Jiang Ran would still feel uncomfortable.

It's like being spied on through the moon.

Unfortunately, she couldn't bring the moon down, so she might as well wash up and go to sleep.

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Because the shadowy creature wouldn't actively crawl into people's homes, the players had a relatively quiet night.

Except for a few players who had to go out for various reasons and were besieged by the shadows, most people slept soundly until dawn.

But when the players woke up, they suddenly realized that the shadowy figures were not as harmless as they had thought.

Especially those who had tried to kill the shadowy figure, including Jiang Ran.

Some dark dots appeared on the back of their hands.

Jiang Ran sat on the bed, examining the black spots on the back of her hand, her expression not very pleasant.

I didn't expect to get infected anyway.

These shadowy figures seem to contaminate anyone who makes a move against them.

It can only be said that many things in this instance do not follow the rules, and the purification bullets that Jiang Ran created now seem to be in an awkward position.

She rubbed the dot, but it didn't leave any color residue. It didn't hurt or itch, and there was no mental pollution whatsoever, so she had no idea what it was for.

A marker? Or... will it be made transparent like Xiaobai was before?
Jiang Ran got out of bed, washed up, and then tried putting a drop of Purification Source on the black spot.

Unfortunately, the source of purification, which was clearly very effective on Xiaobai, quietly slid off Jiang Ran's hand without causing any change.

She had no other choice but to temporarily avoid those shadowy figures.

When I went downstairs, Xiaobai had already prepared breakfast.

Seeing Jiang Ran come down, he smiled and said, "Good morning, Master."

Jiang Ran smiled, and seeing that Xiao Bai was completely unaffected, her mood improved slightly.

But after getting close to Xiaobai, she thought for a moment, then directly grasped his hand and carefully examined whether there were any black spots like the ones on the back of her hand.

Although Xiaobai didn't know what Jiang Ran wanted to do, she obediently raised both hands and let Jiang Ran examine them.

Jiang Ran looked around but didn't see anything suspicious, so she gave up and casually asked, "Was anything unusual last night?"

Unexpectedly, Xiaobai said seriously, "Master, yes. Around three o'clock in the morning, it seemed that all the black liquid in the sky had flowed away, but the black shadows began to devour and merge with each other."

"I was worried that they would try to attack the house after they merged, so I kept watching their movements from the window. Strangely, each group of shadows would disappear on the spot after merging."

"I couldn't quite see what those shadowy figures eventually merged into. The only thing I'm sure of is that all the group photos disappeared at eight o'clock in the morning."

Is it 8 a.m. again?
That means these shadowy figures are obstacles set up by the game instance.

There's always a solution for anything that comes from a dungeon. This wasn't just Jiang Ran's unfounded confidence; it was something she had figured out through trial and error regarding the rules and restrictions of dungeons.

Whether you're a player or a god, the first restriction you face in a dungeon is that everything must adhere to the game's basic principles.

You can use the elements that exist in the game itself to deal with players, but you can't use strength that is not on the same level to forcibly crush them.

This is why Big Eyes was exceptionally patient when facing Jiang Ran.

After all, impatience is also a problem. It cannot use its own source power to deal with Jiang Ran. On the other hand, it should also be to prevent the instance from collapsing directly because of this power.

Just like the previous instance, Jiang Ran felt that it was most likely because the enraged Big Eyeball had done something that broke the game rules, forcing all players' instance journeys to end prematurely.

This time it's learned its lesson. It doesn't know if the environment of this fourth instance was its doing, but in such a bizarre and unpredictable instance where it can traverse other rules within the instance's game rules, it's more suitable for it to exert its power.

For example, they secretly tampered with Xiaobai's body from the very beginning.

Whether Jiang Ran discovers it or not, it can benefit from it.

Not to mention those bizarre and strange rules of death, which might very well contain its handiwork.

In this instance, Jiang Ran must be more careful than in other instances.

Otherwise, you'll end up like this little black dot on the back of your hand, getting infected without even realizing it.

Jiang Ran was also puzzled. If Big Eyes was determined to eliminate her in this instance, why didn't she choose to enhance Xu Tian's family's curse killing ability and directly use the rules to leave her with no way out, or... simply place her bets on Jiang Man?

Only she knows what's going on. No matter how cold she is when facing others, Jiang Man still occupies the softest spot in Jiang Ran's heart.

If there is anyone who can shake Jiang Ran's resilient heart, it can only be Jiang Man.

But it was strange that Big Eyes didn't put any effort into them.

Is it that it doesn't want to?
how is this possible.

Put yourself in Jiang Ran's shoes. If Big Eyeball had the chance to grind Jiang Ran to dust, it would only go all out and show no mercy.

Jiang Ran stroked her chin, unable to grasp the key point for a moment, and decided to go meet that GOD after breakfast.

Majik must be getting impatient too.

While eating, she quickly browsed the chat lobby and discovered that she wasn't the only one with black spots on her hands.

Judging from what the players said, it seems that anyone who attacked the shadowy figure had the same black spot on the back of their hand.

The only differences are in size and depth.

Some people also posted photos of the black spots in the chat group. Jiang Ran compared them and found that only the black spots on the back of her hand were the largest...

While it's described as large, it's only relative. The spot on the back of her hand is no bigger than a soybean, but most other players' spots are only the size of a grain of rice or even a pinhead.

Some people might not have noticed the black spots on their hands if they hadn't seen someone in the group say so and taken a closer look.

With everyone talking at once, they quickly discovered the pattern.

After all, those who don't have black spots on the back of their hands are people who have been staying at home and haven't gone out.