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

After leaving Li Miao's shack, Lin Yu prepared to go upstairs to have a good talk with Liu Dagui.

However, as soon as they reached the second-floor corridor, a loud argument broke out.

"Liu Dashan, you fucking liar! We agreed to find props together and help each other out, but what happened? You found something and you want to keep it all for yourself?!"

"You ran faster than anyone else when that thing was chasing me! 'Old player,' my foot!'" It was Zhang Jun's hysterical roar, his voice filled with anger and fear.

"Bullshit! Zhang Jun, stop spouting nonsense! I found the copper coin first! Besides, given the situation just now, who can you blame for not running fast because of your lame leg? Should I have died with you if I hadn't run?!" Liu Dashan's voice also rose, filled with embarrassment and anger at being exposed.

"Brother Liu... Brother Zhang... please stop arguing... that... that thing seems to be coming again..." Liu Yueyue's voice trembled with tears in her eyes.

Lin Yu turned the corner and saw a chaotic scene.

Zhang Jun, leaning on a broken wooden stick he'd picked up from who-knows-where, his left calf haphazardly wrapped in strips of cloth, stained with blood, his face ashen, glared angrily at Liu Dashan, spitting as he spoke.

Liu Dashan clutched a jade Buddha stringed with red cord tightly in his hand, his face ashen and his eyes darting around.

Liu Yueyue huddled in the corner in terror, trembling all over, pointing to an even darker alleyway not far away, her voice shaking uncontrollably.

In the shadows of that dimly lit alley, a blurry figure exuding a chilling aura slowly approached the three.

The figure was charred black all over, and emitted a faint smell of burning.

Zhang Jun and Liu Dashan also saw the approaching ghostly figure. The anger on their faces was instantly replaced by greater fear. The argument stopped abruptly, leaving only heavy breathing and the sound of chattering teeth.

Lin Yu frowned as he watched the charred figure slowly approach from the shadows of the alley.

Ghosts during the day? This is completely beyond the realm of normalcy.

Before entering the game, Lin Yu had gathered a lot of information. The ordinary ghosts in the game were just like those in the movies and entertainment works he had seen in his previous life. They were afraid of sunlight and rarely moved during the day.

A strong sense of disharmony rose in his heart.

The appearance of the little ghost last night could be explained as a sign of the seal loosening, but in broad daylight, when the yang energy is at its peak, how could such a weak vengeful spirit walk in full view of everyone?

"Ah—! It's here again!" Liu Yueyue's scream pierced the oppressive air.

Zhang Jun leaned on a wooden stick, dragging his injured leg. His face was deathly pale, filled only with extreme fear.

Liu Dashan was in slightly better condition, but the hand holding the jade Buddha was still trembling violently.

Just as the charred corpse ghost dragged its slow but oppressive steps and was less than five meters away from them, a hint of madness, driven to the brink of despair, flashed in Liu Dashan's eyes.

"Damn it! Fight it!" He suddenly drew a gleaming machete from his waist, roared, and charged forward instead of retreating towards the charred corpse.

After all, he's a veteran player with a solid foundation, and his movements are far faster and more ferocious than the average person.

puff!puff!

The machete whistled through the air as it slashed fiercely at the charred, withered body of the corpse, sending shards of rotting flesh and bone flying, filling the air with a strong stench of burnt flesh and decay.

Liu Dashan's knife skills were clearly well-practiced. He targeted joints and vital points, and with a few strokes, one of the charred corpse's arms was severed, and several deep, bone-revealing cuts were made in its chest, causing the corpse to become unsteady and sluggish.

"Haha! Nothing special!" Liu Dashan panted heavily, a sinister smile of relief spreading across his face, thinking victory was assured.

However, in the instant his mind relaxed slightly—

"call out!"

A dark shadow, as black as ink and exuding a chilling aura, suddenly shot out from the charred, mangled corpse.

It moved with lightning speed, heading straight for Liu Dashan's face; that was the true form of the vengeful spirit.

"Ghost! The ghost is out!" Zhang Jun and Liu Yueyue were so frightened that they forgot all about their teammates and screamed as they turned around and stumbled away in the opposite direction to escape.

The sinister smile on Liu Dashan's face froze instantly, replaced by boundless fear.

Almost instinctively, he gripped the jade Buddha hanging around his neck tightly with his left hand, while his right hand swiftly pulled a piece of yellow paper with twisted cinnabar runes drawn on it from his pocket—the very same exorcism talisman he had previously purchased from Wang Junyue.

"Get out of my way! I have a magical artifact to protect me! I'm not afraid of you!" Liu Dashan's voice was trembling with tears as he roared at the approaching black shadow, while holding the jade Buddha in front of him and clutching the exorcism talisman in his other hand, ready to activate it at any moment.

hum-

The ordinary-looking jade Buddha actually emitted a very faint, almost invisible, warm white light the moment the shadow lunged at it, forming a thin light shield that barely enveloped Liu Dashan!

laugh!

The shadowy figure crashed into the light shield as if it had struck an invisible wall, emitting a piercing shriek, and was actually bounced back slightly.

The fluctuations in the light shield did indeed serve a defensive purpose.

Liu Dashan felt a sense of relief, but then a surge of greed and courage welled up within him—this jade Buddha really could ward off ghosts.

He looked at the dark figure that had been repelled and seemed somewhat wary, lingering outside the light barrier, and a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

His first instinct was to press his advantage and use that precious exorcism talisman to destroy the ghost! But reason quickly prevailed over impulse.

There are only two exorcism talismans left, and the jade Buddha can only provide passive defense. We should eliminate this one now, but what if there are more later? We can't waste our life-saving resources!

Saving one's life is more important than killing demons.

Just as he was caught in a dilemma, the shadowy figure tentatively approached the light barrier again.

A figure flashed out from the side alley like a ghost! The speed was so fast it created a gust of wind.

A flash of cold light!

Lin Yu's butcher knife drew a sharp arc, striking the dark figure with perfect accuracy.

"Awooo—!"

A scream ten times more agonizing than before rang out! The black shadow was instantly cleaved in two like a snowball being branded with a red-hot iron. The two afterimages twisted and struggled violently, but under the malevolent aura swirling around the butcher's knife, they burst like bubbles with a "poof" and vanished completely!

A faintly glowing orb fell to the ground.

The whole process was as fast as lightning; from Lin Yu's appearance to the ghost's annihilation, it only took two or three breaths.

Liu Dashan remained frozen in place, still holding the jade Buddha and the exorcism talisman, his face still showing shock and lingering fear.

He watched as Lin Yu expressionlessly reached out and grabbed the gray orb of light, his eyes filled with an extremely complex mix of emotions—a sense of relief at surviving a close call, a fear of Lin Yu's terrifying strength, and even a hint of resentment and greed at having his "monster stolen," since he was the one who crippled the ghost first.