Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

As Old Chen spoke, he returned to his original demeanor and shrugged: "Of course, I don't actually know that much. Maybe there are other abilities that other players can utilize."

In short...

He looked at Lin Yu, his tone a mix of mockery and warning: "How about it, kid? Now you know what kind of explosive you're holding, right?"

It not only attracts the people in the asylum, but even the NPCs in this game world might come looking for trouble after they find out about it.

"So do they know now?"

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Old Chen.

"hehe."

Old Chen smiled, a sly glint in his eyes: "Of course I don't know."

"Oh? Even you know this, so why wouldn't the other NPCs in this game world know it?"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and said with a hint of curiosity.

"Don't underestimate me. How do you know I'm just a little kami? Maybe I'm the strongest BOSS in this world."

Old Chen chuckled.

"yes."

Lin Yu seemed to be deep in thought. He looked at Old Chen and suddenly asked, "Then what do you want to do by telling me all this? Don't tell me it's out of kindness."

Old Chen rubbed his hands together with a smile: "It's so much easier to talk to smart people."

As for me... firstly, I'm curious and want to see this legendary thing up close; secondly, I want to make a good connection.

I see you're no ordinary kid; you might just stir up some trouble someday. If that happens, give this old man a hand and let me see the view from a higher vantage point, what do you say?

Lin Yu remained noncommittal: "That depends on whether I have the ability, and... how I'll feel at the time."

"Hehe, that's enough." Old Chen didn't press the matter further; he knew that too much of a good thing could be bad.

He patted his behind and said, "Alright, I've said what I needed to say, and the bracelet has been delivered. I should go back and get busy now."

You better watch yourself, kid. Also, watch out for that liquidator. He's also from the shelter, and he's very strong. He's probably the only diamond-level player in this game. As for his purpose, you can probably guess, so I won't go into details.

The containment plan has failed, and that guy will most likely be activated. You'd better not die at his hands.

After saying that, he turned around again, humming an off-key tune, and swayed into the darkness of the corridor, his figure gradually blurring and disappearing.

The corridor outside was deserted; it was as if Old Chen had never been there, leaving only his meaningful words echoing in Lin Yu's mind.

The amount of information was enormous, but Lin Yu quickly sorted and integrated it.

Everything seems to be connected.

Why is the containment facility so determined to obtain the [Core of World Power], even resorting to unconventional methods? Because this thing touches upon the underlying rules of the system.

The ability to grant NPCs the opportunity to "awaken" is an absolutely intolerable threat to the containment facility, whose top priority is maintaining the order of the "game".

Old Chen, this seemingly ordinary "maintenance worker," possesses a depth of knowledge and demonstrates an attitude that indicates he is far more complex than he appears.

He calls himself an "NPC," but he has a deep understanding of players, the system, the containment facility, and even the core, and even holds a certain detached expectation.

His appearance and overtures seem more like an investment, or rather... a gamble.

"Want to see the view from a higher vantage point?" Lin Yu repeated softly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"interesting."

He put away the new "Guardian Bracelet" that Old Chen had given him. With the bracelet he had previously traded from Fox Fairy and the one he already had, he now had plenty of "safe time".

"Liquidator... Diamond level..." Lin Yu's gaze narrowed slightly.

This is a clear threat message; Old Chen specifically pointed out that the liquidators are people from the detention center.

As for his purpose, Lin Yu could indeed guess it.

It's simply a kind of insurance policy, designed to ensure that their ideas don't go awry.

Lin Yu guessed that this containment facility must have a plan. One was the one he had guessed before: to use the distorted energy of the nightmare world to activate the world's power core, and then interfere with the game to forcibly take it away using the system rules.

However, it is clear that this idea has failed, because the presence of the statue of the True Lord and the portrait of the Third Prince prevents the distorted energy from getting close to the core.

Lin Yu knew without a doubt that the shelter wouldn't give up so easily and would definitely have other tricks up its sleeve.

This liquidator is probably the one who came up with the backup plan.

In addition, there's the fact that the opponent has diamond-level strength, as Old Chen just mentioned.

"Is this an attempt to rob us?"

Lin Yu frowned. Normally, this idea would definitely not be wrong.

After all, he's only a Platinum-level player. Sending a Diamond-level player to steal something would normally be more than enough.

But I already have one kill and one victory against a Diamond-level player in the game, don't these guys know that?

Or do they have absolute confidence in the liquidators?

I don't understand.

"It seems impossible to get through the remaining four days peacefully." Lin Yu was not afraid; a diamond-level enemy was not worth his fear.

He felt a surge of excitement coursing through his veins.

Passive defense has never been his style. Now that the opponent has shown his fangs, he will naturally retaliate fiercely.

"You want the core? Then let's see who's taking in whom!"

Lin Yu did not go out immediately, but returned to the living room, sat cross-legged, and immersed his consciousness in the player group chat.

He wanted to see how things were going outside.

Since the liquidator was from the shelter, Lin Yu could barely understand his actions of killing players.

It's nothing more than killing to silence witnesses; the dead are the best at keeping secrets.

As expected, the group chat was in complete chaos, with panic almost overflowing the screen.

[Death Notice: Player Mighty Warrior has died.]

[Death Notification: Player Shadowwalker has died.]

[Death Notice: Player Arcane Demon has died.]

Death notifications kept popping up, at a moderate frequency.

"It's the liquidator! That guy's gone mad! He's killing indiscriminately!"

"Run! Back to the apartment! Don't stay outside!"

"He's too fast! There's no way to stop him! My gold-level shield shattered in one hit!"

"Why? Why did he want to kill us?!"

"Help! Anyone in the B section corridor? Help..."

"It's useless. Even a Platinum-level fighter wouldn't last more than a few seconds! He's a monster!"

The channel was filled with desperate cries and dying wails. The number of surviving players was dropping at an alarming rate, from 79 to 61 in just over ten minutes, and the number was still declining.

The liquidators have clearly dropped their pretense and are now overwhelmingly wiping out all the players on the first floor of Nightmare Tower.

His goal was clear—to kill everyone and create a game ending where only one person survived.

Lin Yu even saw that the team he had saved before had also sent out a distress message in the channel, but soon their IDs faded and became new names on the death list.

The brutal law of the apartment game, where the strong prey on the weak, is vividly demonstrated at this moment.

Lin Yu closed the group chat; the noisy, panicked messages were meaningless to him.

What he needs is intelligence, not noise.

"Diamond level..." Lin Yu sneered, "Trying to treat me like some easy prey? Then let me show you who the real hunter is!"

Since the other party has already brandished their weapon, he must take the initiative to nip the threat in the bud.

A diamond-level rating? That's not enough to make him cower in his apartment, trembling with fear.

"Jin Ling," Lin Yu called softly.

The eagle standing next to the statue of the True Lord immediately let out a clear cry, flapped its wings and landed on his shoulder, affectionately nuzzling his cheek.

"Time to stretch your muscles a bit." Lin Yu stroked the smooth feathers of the golden plumage.

Jin Ling nodded, equally eager to fight.

He quickly checked his own condition.

He didn't rush out of the apartment immediately. Although he was confident, he knew that impulsiveness was the devil. When facing a diamond-level opponent whose strength and methods were unknown, he still had to be cautious.

When the player chat was reopened, the number of survivors had dropped below 60 and was still decreasing.

There was almost no effective communication in the channel, only sporadic, desperate curses or last words.

"Help...who can help me...?"

"A demon! He's a demon!"

"It's over...it's all over..."

……

The information was fragmented, but combining the ID in the death message with the occasional mention of the area, Lin Yu's brain worked at lightning speed, and he guessed the guy's approximate location.

"Let's go." Lin Yu said to the golden feather on his shoulder and stepped into the Nightmare Building again.

The stench of blood in the corridor was much stronger than before, and there were splattered dark red bloodstains and broken pieces of equipment everywhere on the walls and the floor.

Interestingly, the monsters in those buildings all mysteriously disappeared; were they also hiding from that guy?

Or is it that they don't want to get involved in this battle?

Lin Yu activated his Heavenly Eye and Sharingan, scanning his surroundings to capture any remaining energy residue and traces.

Soon, he arrived at a place that looked like an abandoned hall, where the signs of a battle were quite obvious.

A player's corpse, split in two and charred at the edges, lay in the middle of the corridor. The lingering aura from the wound was exactly the same as the aura of the Purifier that had been sensed earlier.

Lin Yu crouched down, his Sharingan scrutinizing the wound.

"A sword-type weapon with extremely strong penetrating and burning properties... extremely fast, capable of killing in one strike." Lin Yu made a preliminary judgment about the Pursuer's attack method.

"He's a guy who excels at burst damage and precise attacks."

The interior of the hall was even more dilapidated than he had imagined.

The chairs were askew, everything was covered in a thick layer of dust, and a few broken chandeliers hung askew, casting mottled and eerie shadows.

The center of the hall was relatively empty, with only a few supporting pillars standing there.

Suddenly, the golden feather on his shoulder twitched slightly, making a very faint "cooing" sound, and his sharp eagle eyes looked toward another entrance to the hall.

Almost simultaneously, Lin Yu's Heavenly Eye also detected a strong, bloody scent rapidly approaching.

coming.

Lin Yu's eyes narrowed.

Footsteps sounded, unhurried and graceful, their sound particularly clear and jarring in the deathly silent hall.

A tall, slender figure in white slowly entered the hall from the opposite entrance.

It was the liquidator.

He was still wearing that spotless white suit, his face covered by a pure white, poreless mask, and he held a slender silver rapier in his hand, the tip of which was still dripping with bright red blood.

He strolled seemingly casually, but each step he took was precise, landing precisely in the gaps between the ruins without making a sound.

"Ah, I didn't expect you to come out on your own initiative." The liquidator's voice came through the mask, his gaze fixed on Lin Yu.

"Instead of running away, or hiding in the apartment, you're here waiting to die?" The liquidator's voice came through the mask, tinged with surprise: "It seems you know you can't escape, so you're planning to end it all with dignity?"

Lin Yu slowly turned around and looked at the liquidator, his eyes calm and unwavering: "Escape? No, I'm here to inspect."

"Inspection?" The liquidator was slightly taken aback.

"Let's see how much this so-called liquidation guy sent by the shelter really weighs." Lin Yu's tone carried an undisguised contempt: "I hope you don't disappoint me too much. After all, even warm-up exercises need a decent punching bag."

He even had the leisure to look around at the surroundings and commented, "The place is big enough to stretch your muscles."

"Arrogant!" The liquidator was finally enraged. As a diamond-level player, when had he ever been so disrespected by a platinum-level player?

You will pay the price for your ignorance!

Before he finished speaking, his figure blurred like a white ghost, and the rapier in his hand transformed into a cold star, piercing straight for Lin Yu's throat.

Its speed was extremely fast, carrying a diamond-level pressure, as if it wanted to kill Lin Yu with a single blow.

Tsukuyomi activated!

Lin Yu's blood-red eyes, through which the kaleidoscopes spun slightly, sent invisible mental fluctuations piercing the mind of the person being cleared.

However, the eyes beneath the white mask of the liquidator seemed to flicker, and a cold mental barrier instantly formed. Lin Yu's illusion struck it, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, only causing his movements to pause very slightly.

"Psychological attack? It has no effect on me."

The liquidator's voice was mocking as he thrust his rapier forward once more.

However, facing this fatal blow, Lin Yu merely turned slightly to the side.

Swish!

The rapier grazed almost the neck of Lin Yu, the sharp sword energy even cutting off a few strands of hair that were flying up, but it didn't even scratch his oily skin.

"Too slow." Lin Yu commented calmly, his Heavenly Eye and Mangekyou Sharingan both activated, he had already seen the opponent's movements clearly.

"What?!" The liquidator was shocked. His full-force attack had been dodged so easily? This was impossible.

He refused to believe it, and his rapier instantly transformed into a shower of silver light, enveloping Lin Yu like a sudden storm! His swordsmanship was cunning and ruthless, each strike aimed directly at a vital point.

But Lin Yu's figure was like a ghost, strolling leisurely amidst the dense sword light.

"Good angle, but unfortunately the power is scattered."

"That's an interesting move."

"Is that all you've got? A front man for the shelter?"

While dodging, Lin Yu commented on the liquidator's swordsmanship like a mentor, his mocking tone almost making the liquidator vomit blood.

In that instant, Lin Yu suddenly unleashed a fierce sword thrust, charging towards the liquidator.

But the Cleaner was ultimately a Diamond-level expert and wouldn't fall for it easily. As if he had eyes in the back of his head, his rapier swung and parried at an incredible angle, precisely blocking the Demon-Slaying Sword.

At the same time, he spread his fingers on his empty left hand, and five sharp energies, like silver threads, shot out and wrapped around Lin Yu's limbs.

Lin Yu ignored it. The [Heavenly Cloak] shone brightly with crimson light, automatically protecting its owner and blocking the threads.

scoff!

But at that moment, the golden feather in the air let out a cry like an eagle, transforming into a golden lightning bolt. Its incomparably sharp [Spellbreaker Golden Claw], accompanied by a tearing sound, grabbed at the Purifier's mask.

"You hairy beast!" The liquidator was annoyed by Jin Ling's interference. He swung his rapier, and a silver sword aura slashed towards Jin Ling.

Jin Ling activated her [Riding the Wind] talent, her body twisting nimbly in the air, narrowly avoiding the sword energy.

At this moment, Lin Yu acted again, his hands quickly forming hand seals, and his magical power surged within his body.

"Thunder Magic - Five Thunderbolts Strike!"

Boom!

A thundercloud suddenly appeared in the sky above the hall.

Five thick, thigh-sized white lightning bolts, like divine punishment, ruthlessly struck the person responsible for the cleansing.

Facing the thunderbolts descending from the sky, the Cleaner let out a low, cold snort from beneath his white mask.

He dared not be negligent and swung his rapier rapidly.

"Silver Moon Guardian!"

A massive, semi-circular shield, woven from countless silver sword lights, instantly formed, firmly protecting him beneath it.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five bolts of lightning struck the silver shield in succession, unleashing a deafening roar.

Lightning and sword light clashed and annihilated each other, causing the entire abandoned hall to tremble violently and rubble to fall in a shower.

The shield fluctuated violently, and fine cracks appeared on its surface, but it did not break in the end, and it withstood the five lightning strikes.

"That's not enough to kill me, young man."

Looking at the shattered shield, Lin Yu said with a joking smile.

"Shut up!"

The liquidator roared, unleashing his full diamond-level energy. A dazzling silver light shone from his rapier, and a sword aura, imbued with terrifying power, was unleashed like a crescent moon.

Silver Moon Slash!

This attack had a huge range, almost covering all of Lin Yu's dodging space.

"This is more like it." Lin Yu flipped his right hand, and the [Demon Slayer Sword] hummed, with Samadhi True Fire instantly rising on the sword.

He didn't use any fancy sword techniques; he simply slashed out with his sword!

boom!

The crimson flame sword energy clashed fiercely with the silver moon sword energy.

In an instant, the Silver Moon Sword Qi was shattered and annihilated by the Samadhi True Fire Sword Qi, just like fragile glass.

The sword's momentum remained undiminished, heading straight for the person responsible for clearing things out.

"How is this possible?!" The liquidator was horrified and hastily raised his sword to parry!

Clang!

With a loud bang, the liquidator was thrown backward as if hit by a speeding train, crashing heavily into the wall behind him, sending debris flying.

The silver rapier in his hand groaned under the strain, and a clear crack appeared on its blade.

He struggled to his feet from the hole in the wall, his white suit covered in dust, his eyes beneath the mask filled with disbelief and a mixture of shock and rage.

His opponent was clearly only a Platinum-level player, so why did their strength and speed completely overwhelm his Diamond-level opponent?!

"It seems your performance is over."

Lin Yu stood with his sword in hand, his eyes still calm: "Well then, it's my turn."

"Good...very good!" The liquidator's voice was no longer calm, but filled with suppressed rage and murderous intent.

"You've successfully enraged me, you insect! I'll make you wish you were dead!"

boom!

An even more terrifying diamond-level pressure erupted from his body like a tsunami.

Under this oppressive force, the surrounding rubble floated up, and the rapier in his hand lit up again, but this time, it was no longer silver-white, but transformed into a dark silver color like an abyss.

Lin Yu felt the oppressive aura emanating from the other party, but his expression remained unchanged.

"It's only just begun, and it's already failing?"

Lin Yu licked his lips, feeling the increasingly intense violent emotions emanating from the [Hate Gloves], and smiled slightly.

He held back no longer, curling his tongue to swallow the Moon Spring Capsule hidden in his mouth, and his magical power began to recover rapidly.

As for why his magic power was consumed so quickly.

That's because he had already activated the King's Battle Technique when the battle began.

The battle has now lasted for nearly a minute, and his strength, constitution, and agility attributes have increased by more than thirty points, naturally resulting in a significant consumption of mana.

"Try taking another strike from me." Lin Yu took a step forward, and the [Spatial Leap] instantly closed the distance. The [Demon Slayer Sword], carrying terrifying force, lightning, and flames, slashed down.

"Damn it!"

The liquidator let out a roar of shock and rage, unable to maintain his composure any longer.

His diamond-level energy erupted without reservation, his rapier bursting with dazzling silver light. He gathered all his strength and thrust out with one strike, a clash of titans!

"Aurora - Annihilation Strike!"

The silver sword tip and the Demon-Slaying Sword collided violently in the center of the hall, like two meteors.

boom!

At the center of the collision, a terrifying energy shock, like a supernova explosion, spread wildly in all directions in a spherical shape!

Rumble! ...

The entire abandoned hall was as if it had been hit by explosives; the supporting pillars broke inch by inch, the dome collapsed completely, and the walls were destroyed like sandcastles.

In an instant, smoke and dust filled the air, obscuring the sky and the sun, as if the end of the world had arrived.

A full minute passed before the energy storm subsided, and the mist in the air began to slowly dissipate.

Lin Yu floated in the air, the black Susanoo energy body beside him used to block the falling rocks slowly dissipated. He looked down at the ground, his Heavenly Eye piercing through the smoke and dust, locking onto the center of the explosion.

There, a huge pit has replaced the original center of the hall.

At the edge of the deep pit, the figure of the liquidator slowly emerged.

He was kneeling on the ground, looking extremely disheveled.

His pure white suit was covered in dust and signs of wear and tear. The most striking change was the pure white mask on his face... a clear crack had appeared from his brow to his lower right jaw.

Through the crack, one could vaguely see a pair of eyes behind it, a mixture of anger, fear, and disbelief.

Meanwhile, in this collision, the rapier in the liquidator's hand could no longer withstand the force and broke in two.

"No... Impossible! How can you be so strong?!" The liquidator struggled to get up, his eyes filled with disbelief.

His pride and joy were so easily shattered in front of his opponent!

"Strong?" Lin Yu slowly approached, looking down at him with indifferent eyes.

"This is just the appetizer. You think it's over already?"