The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

Zhou Zhenguo had said that tonight he would have a final showdown with that "door-knocking ghost." The two of them faced the same direction, waiting for it to come.

There are flames, sounds of fighting, and three different sounds coming from that direction.

It's him.

Su Mu stared at the increasingly dim red dot, his fingers tapping lightly on his spear. He wanted to know what was happening over there, but he was too far away, at least dozens of cable car stations away, and couldn't see any details at all in the thick fog.

He could only see the red dot change from bright to dim, from dim to almost invisible, and finally... disappear completely.

The fire went out.

The channel was completely silent.

No one speaks.

Everyone stared in that direction, waiting for something, but nothing happened. No news, no announcements, no movement whatsoever.

After a long while, Liu Yang sent another message, his voice trembling even more than before: "Something...something crawled out of that cable car. I can't see what it is, it's too dark, but it's crawling on the cable and coming this way..."

"What is it?"

"Is it a monster?"

"Run!"

"Why are you running? How can you run on a cable car?"

The channel was in complete chaos. But Liu Yang never replied.

Su Mu frowned, staring in that direction, repeatedly considering a possibility in his mind... climbing out of the cable car and moving along the cable. If it were a monster, it should be able to fly.

Climbing cables...that's what humans do.

Zhou Zhenguo?

He opened his chat window with Zhou Zhenguo and typed, "How's it going on your end?"

I waited a few seconds, but there was no reply.

He posted another message: "Still alive?"

The reply came quickly this time, containing only two words: "A Pyrrhic victory."

"He got away."

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned again. "Pyrrhic victory" meant he won, but it wasn't an easy victory. And that last part, "he got away"... that thing got away, not died.

"Did they run away?" Su Mu asked.

"Yes. We chased it away, but didn't kill it."

Su Mu was silent for a moment, then asked, "How did you deal with it? What methods did you use?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end, then a message came through: "We've used everything we could."

"If you encounter this again," Zhou Zhenguo's last message was, "run if you can. Don't be reckless."

Su Mu closed the chat window, leaned against the wall, and stared at the ceiling.

Run if you can.

But can he escape? That thing will follow the cable. And he's on the cable, with nowhere to run.

However... he thought again, Zhou Zhenguo and that friend had not changed jobs and their attributes were far inferior to his, yet they were able to drive that thing away.

Although he primarily deals physical damage, his attributes are overwhelmingly superior, and he also possesses two rule-based talents: Weakness Targeting and Extra Attack. If that thing targets him, it's uncertain who will defeat whom.

What's truly frightening are rule-based abilities. Like those that say "you'll die if you turn your back"... those things are unreasonable, they don't consider attributes or levels, if the rules say you'll die, then you'll die.

Su Mu took a deep breath. No matter what, he needed to improve his strength first. Once the blood ginseng medicinal wine was ready, his attributes would increase even further. And once he mastered the spearman's skills, his combat power would reach another level.

If that thing still dares to come back then...

He touched the M500 at his waist, then looked at the long gun resting on his knee.

Physical attacks are useless? Then fire a few more shots.

One layer of skin isn't enough? Then two or three layers will do the trick. He doesn't believe there's anything in this world that can't be killed.

After nearly twenty minutes of silence in the channel, Liu Yang finally sent another message:

"It wasn't a monster...it was a person. The person who crawled out of that cable car was badly injured and covered in blood. He climbed onto my cable car, knocked on my door, and I let him in."

"What did he say?" someone asked.

"He didn't say anything. He fainted as soon as he came in. I bandaged him up, and he's still unconscious."

"What does he look like? Is he from around here?"

"Yes. It looks like... someone from Zhou Zhenguo's team. I've seen his avatar in the channel before."

There was another commotion on the channel.

Some began to speculate about what had happened; some tried to contact Zhou Zhenguo; some suggested going to check out the cable car. But most remained silent... They vaguely sensed that what had happened tonight was far more complicated than they had imagined.

Su Mu did not participate in the discussion. He turned off the channel and turned his attention back to the window.

Ten minutes or so.

Finally, the long-lost sound rang out.

"Tap. Tap. Tap."

It wasn't the dense, rain-like impact of the first night, but rather sporadic, intermittent tapping sounds, as if something was tentatively touching the glass.

The quiver moved.

"Whoosh... Pfft."

"Whoosh... Pfft."

Automatic aiming and automatic firing.

Within a 100-meter range, anything that enters the firing range will unhesitatingly fire a wooden arrow from the quiver. Those things fly very fast, but no matter how fast they are, they are useless against the quiver's lock-on.

Kill notifications started flooding the screen...

[Slaying a Lv1 monster grants +0.1 experience points.]

[Slaying a Lv1 monster grants +0.1 experience points.]

[Slaying a Lv2 monster grants +0.1 experience points.]

Su Mu glanced at the experience bar, then at the blurry shadows outside the window. These creatures weren't high-level; level one gave 0.1 experience points, level two gave 0.1, similar to farming cat demons during the day. But there were many of them... The quiver fired an arrow almost every few seconds, and kill notifications were constant.

Unfortunately, there were no treasure chests.

Su Mu quickly discovered the problem.

The bodies of those killed by the quiver fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

A hundred meters from that height, and he was gone. He could only watch helplessly as those potentially existing boxes disappeared into the darkness.

waste.

Su Mu hesitated for a moment, but still turned off the automatic firing of the quiver.

While experience is important, he has already reached level 3, which is the maximum, so without resources, it would be a complete waste.

Especially the Ghost Crystal... He desperately needs the Ghost Crystal to make fog lights. Without fog lights, he can only be like this now, unable to see anything and passively taking hits.

He switched to an animal trap.

Although this thing is inefficient, it can get you things.

Each time one is captured, a box will appear in the cable car, containing a real, tangible crystal.

Su Mu placed both animal traps on the roof of the vehicle and then waited patiently.

A few minutes later...

[A bear trap has caught its prey. Killed a Lv1 Poison Firefly, gaining 0.1 experience points. Obtained: 1 Mystic Crystal.]