Excessive ferocity due to caution

Yang Linlin felt a chill in her heart.

Having obtained the roster, she thought she was just one step away from surviving this hellish difficulty dungeon. However, at this moment, she suddenly realized that she had underestimated the difficulty of the dungeon!

The real challenge of this dungeon lies in surviving the seventh day!

Yang Linlin let out a breath and smiled bitterly to herself.

I'm such a fool.

How could a dungeon of this difficulty be cleared so easily?

Fortunately, today is only the first day, and they still have plenty of time.

Judging from the current situation, as long as she goes with Zhao Yi, her chances of survival are very high!

After the series of dangers they just experienced, Yang Linlin clearly realized that Zhao Yi was the real boss on this trip!

By latching onto Zhao Yi's coattails, you might not only be able to clear the game, but you could also get a decent score!

It's important to know that a high rating is extremely important in the "Hell" game!

In the early stages alone, unlocking the intermediate dungeon shop requires three S-rank or higher ratings!

Without a rating, no matter how many points you have, you can't buy goods in the intermediate store!

After figuring these things out, Yang Linlin felt much more relaxed.

If soldiers come to block our way, we'll use earth and water to flood it!

She continued to carefully observe the shadowy figures that might appear around her, clutching a pistol tightly in her hand.

This pistol was far less powerful than the "Crusher" she had given Zhao Yi, but having something in her possession made her feel much more at ease!

The starlight was faint, and the moonlight was dim.

A light mist suddenly rose from somewhere.

It gradually became thicker.

The already dim visibility in the darkness was further reduced!

Yang Linlin sensed something was wrong and immediately said to Zhao Yi in the computer room:

"Zhao Yi...it's fogging up!"

Zhao Yi raised his head, his eyes flashing with countless data points, which were then all deleted in a very short time.

He quickly shut down the computer, reset the keyboard and mouse, walked out of the computer room, looked at the fog outside, and grabbed Yang Linlin's hand!

"Run!"

He grabbed Yang Linlin and they ran straight into the white mist!

By this time, the fog had become quite thick, limiting their visibility to about twenty meters, and it was still shrinking!

The most terrifying thing is that this mysterious fog is actually constantly devouring Yang Linlin's mental energy!

She felt dizzy and suddenly woke up, quickly biting her tongue. The sharp pain and the taste of blood in her mouth allowed her to barely stay rational!

Studio:

Holy crap! This fog is like Silent Hill!

Could it be that a Pyramid Head will suddenly appear carrying a big sword?

This fog is terrifying enough just because it devours people's mental energy! It drops five or six points every minute, no one can withstand that!

Why isn't Zhao Yi's sanity level dropping at all? Something's definitely wrong with this guy!

……

"Did the SAN drop so quickly?"

Seeing Yang Linlin's increasingly vacant eyes, Zhao Yi quickly made a decision and ran towards the tall water tower in the distance!

He wanted to go back to his dormitory, but it was too late now.

The first floor of the water tower was locked by an iron gate.

Fortunately, Yang Linlin gave Zhao Yi a hunting rifle, and he fired a shot at the doorknob of the water tower!

Upon entering the first level of the water tower, Zhao Yi slammed the door shut and then moved some dusty wooden crates inside to block the door!

Fortunately, the fog did not seep in.

Zhao Yi stood up and looked outside through the peephole.

The fog was getting thicker, reducing people's field of vision to only five meters!

At the same time, data related to the dense fog also came to Zhao Yi's attention.

……

[Fog: High Danger]

[Note: There are many eerie things inside. If you don't want to encounter them, you'd better find a shelter to hide in as soon as possible.]

……

Sure enough, there were unimaginable dangers hidden in this fog!

With the ghostly mist gone, Yang Linlin's spirits began to recover. Her face was still deathly pale, but her eyes had regained their sparkle.

"Thank you, you saved my life again."

Yang Linlin looked at Zhao Yi gratefully, only to find that Zhao Yi was pointing a gun at her!

Before she could understand what was going on, she heard Zhao Yi say:

"come out."

I'll only say that once.

Yang Linlin was stunned for a moment, then heard a rustling sound coming from the darkness behind her!

She turned around in surprise and discovered that behind a pile of junk behind her was a disheveled man!

The man raised his hands, his face beaming with smiles:

"No...don't kill me, I'm not a bad person!"

...

[Human: Low-level danger]

[Note: Congratulations, you've discovered a living person in a haunted school! But there's no reward.]

...

Zhao Yi slowly lowered the gun in his hand and asked:

"Who are you?"

The man smiled wryly:

"It's a long story. It's not safe here. Something scary might come in soon. Let me take you to the basement first."

Zhao nodded.

The man moved a large brick from his feet, and there was light underneath!

The two followed the man into the basement. The man carefully restored the entrance and checked it several times before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Sheng. I was formerly an investigator of mysterious cases at the A City Police Department. This is my identification."

Li Sheng handed his identification to Zhao Yi, and they exchanged brief messages.

"Did you come alone?"

Zhao raised an eyebrow, his finger tracing the corner of the cabinet behind the lamp.

I rubbed it.

No ash.

Li Sheng sat down on the worn-out sofa and sighed.

"No, about three months ago, we started looking into Shishan High School... One by one, the students and teachers mysteriously disappeared, as if they had vanished into thin air. The police in City A mobilized a large number of people to investigate, but to no avail. So, under pressure from public opinion from all sides, the mayor had no choice but to come to us."

"After some preparation, I led a special task force to this school to conduct an investigation, but unexpectedly, we encountered something strange..."

Li Sheng slowly recounted his experiences.

It turned out that the mobile team that came to investigate consisted of 27 people, but it happened to be foggy at the school that day. Li Sheng and his group were attacked by a terrifying unidentified creature in the fog. They were fully armed and almost wiped out before they could even see the enemy!

Finally, Li Sheng, who was seriously injured, escaped with the remaining six team members by taking refuge in a dormitory building.

After the fog cleared, they discovered that they couldn't leave the school at all.

Outside the school gate, there was a terrifying thick fog!

The remaining seven could only eke out a living in the eerie school!

"Excuse me, what about your six teammates?"

As soon as Zhao Yi finished speaking, he saw Li Sheng's face turn ugly.

"He's dead."

Zhao Yi asked again:

"According to you, you stayed at school for at least three months. What did you eat during that time?"

Li Sheng's expression turned even uglier.

"Can we not talk about this?"

Zhao Yi seemed to be deep in thought.

At that moment, a strange sound rang out above their heads.

squeak-

Like a machine that had been idle for decades, it started running again, emitting a screeching, grinding sound.

Immediately following was a flurry of hurried footsteps.

The three of them held their breath, not daring to breathe loudly, and listened intently to the footsteps above them.

They could hardly imagine what kind of creature would make such a creepy footstep sound when it walked.

It wandered back and forth for a long time before finally leaving.

"I only recently discovered this shelter; otherwise, I would be dead already!"

Li Sheng lowered his voice and came to the two of them.

At that moment, a message suddenly popped up in their systems.

Player Zhentao was assimilated into a dungeon monster due to excessively low sanity.

Player Lu Bai has been attacked by an unknown creature and is dead.

[Congratulations to player Zhao Yi! Yang Linlin has triggered a hidden quest—Investigate the truth behind Ishiyama High School!]

[Mission Reward: S-rank rating *1.]