Excessive ferocity due to caution

Sitting in the car, Zhao Yi gazed at the ever-changing scenery outside the window.

The driver was a suicide squad recruited by the warehouse ghost.

Using the rearview mirror, it cautiously glanced at Zhao Yi, who was sitting in the back seat of the car.

The driver knew that this living person was his boss's boss.

It was curious, but didn't ask any more questions.

Talkative ghosts don't live long.

After delivering Zhao Yi to the ghost hotel, it parked the car in an open area where there were no proper roads. In case of danger, it would be ready to run away with Zhao Yi.

"Master...this place might be dangerous."

"I suggest you just look at it from a distance."

The driver, unaware that Zhao Yi was there to see someone, professionally took a military-grade pair of binoculars from the car and handed it to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi held binoculars and looked at the dilapidated hotel in the wilderness in the distance, covered with cobwebs and thick with dust.

I don't know how many years it has been wasted.

"Your suggestion is excellent... but I'd like to make a slight modification."

After finishing his sentence, Zhao Yi tossed the binoculars to the driver and strode towards the ghost hotel.

He just activated his Evil Eyes. His Darkest Personality has an extremely strong ability to sense danger, and once he makes a judgment, he is never wrong!

The hotel was not in danger.

At least there is no direct danger.

Zhao Yi lifted the roadblocks and arrived at the outer gate of the hotel. As soon as his hand touched the large iron gate outside the Ghost Hotel, he experienced a strange sense of disorientation.

A mental shock!

And it's not weak.

In the past, this level of mental shock would have caused Zhao Yi a lot of trouble.

But now, after Zhao Yi devoured the spiritual power of Blitzcrank's Heart and absorbed a large amount of unclean power, he is no longer the same as before.

In terms of mental strength, Zhao Yi is about to break through that layer of paper and enter the level of near-major danger!

pity……

Due to Zhao Yi's frail body, he was unable to actively release his spiritual power.

Otherwise, the first thing to collapse will not be the enemy, but his own body.

The powerful mental impact emanating from the hotel was instantly pulled into that abyss the moment it came into contact with Zhao Yi's mental world!

Sensing the danger posed by Zhao Yi, the other party stopped probing.

Zhao Yi turned around and told the driver to wait for him outside, then pushed open the iron gate and went inside.

As the driver watched Zhao Yi's retreating figure, he couldn't help but start to let his mind wander.

It had heard of this place's notorious reputation, yet Zhao Yi swaggered in as if it were his own home...

Could this be a secret base of the Jie Sect?

hiss……

I think I've discovered something incredible!

Would Zhao Yi kill me to silence me afterward?

hateful……

It's true what they say, "You're sitting in a car when disaster strikes from the sky!"

Hmm... I'll definitely have to act a bit stupid then...

...

He pressed his hand against the door.

Push away.

A pair of sharp teeth bit down hard on Zhao Yi's hand!

It's a tiny, hairy spider, about the size of a palm!

The toxin spread.

Zhao Yi's arm immediately turned black and blue, and he lost all feeling in it!

Just then, some fine black tentacles grew on Zhao Yi's arm, frantically absorbing the toxins!

Zhao Yi was slightly taken aback.

Since he dissected and devoured a large amount of unclean power from the mountain god's corpse using his ox-cutting skills, the raider has been greatly enhanced, gaining the ability to detoxify and break curses.

These two auxiliary skills differ from life steal; they do not require damaging enemies to parasitize.

Seeing that Zhao Yi had neutralized its most deadly toxin, the ferocity in the hairy spider's big eyes faded, and it turned and ran away!

But Zhao Yi's reaction was equally sharp.

He grabbed it directly into his palm.

"If you bite me, I'll bite you back. It's fair and reasonable, isn't it?"

After saying that, Zhao Yi, seeing the spider's terrified expression, stuffed it directly into his mouth and began to chew it vigorously.

Chicken flavor, crunchy.

They ate it, down to the fluff.

Then Zhao Yi walked into the hotel, and when the other spiders saw him, they all ran away in a flash.

"Stop hiding, I know you're in there!"

Zhao Yi took out a scalpel and transformed it into its second form, the "Sister-Slaying Blade." The blade was dragged inside, leaving shallow marks on the ground when it slashed!

"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person!"

"Come out here, let's talk!"

Zhao Yi slowly walked up the stairs in the hotel lobby. He somehow found a fire axe, so he held the axe in his left hand and a knife in his right, and tried to talk to the people in the hotel in a friendly manner.

He searched three floors.

no one.

Zhao Yi searched very carefully.

I searched every room.

The hotel, which was already in a terrible state, is now in an even worse state.

Finally, Zhao Yi arrived at the fourth floor.

There's only one room here, and it's locked tight.

The entire floor was filled with an eerie and powerful aura.

Black hair was everywhere, and its source was in that room!

These bizarre hairs are comparable to those of a near-death experience!

If they really fight, he'll probably have a hard time leaving alive.

The reason why the other party was so wary and fearful of him, and hesitated to make a move, was because Zhao Yi had won the first mental battle when they first entered the hotel!

Therefore, the other party naturally regarded Zhao Yi as a near-major ominous creature!

For most beings, within a certain threshold, physical strength is easy to increase, but mental strength is often difficult to elevate!

Moreover, when a being's mental strength far exceeds that of its physical body... the physical body will collapse because it cannot withstand the mental power!

Zhao Yi is a very special case.

Even so, his mental power was strictly confined to the mental world, unlike L381 and other anomalies, he could not directly materialize his mental power!

Now that things had come to this point, Zhao Yi couldn't back down. He knocked on the door with a smile on his face.

"Hello, I'm here to find someone, and I have absolutely no ill intentions."

After a brief silence, a sound came from inside the room.

"The hotel is very busy. Who are you looking for?"

The sound was extremely strange.

It sounded like hundreds or thousands of different people's voices were mixed together.

But you can hear the voice of each of them very clearly.

They are clearly very different, yet they are perfectly integrated, as if they were one from the very beginning.

Zhao described the person he was looking for to the unknown person inside the door.

The other party said:

"I can give him up."

"But you have to exchange it for something."

Zhao Yi smiled upon hearing this:

"No problem."

"The price is negotiable!"

The things inside the door also breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, it didn't want to confront Zhao Yi, who was suspected of being a "potential killer," head-on.

"If you can keep your hair, I'll let him leave the hotel..."

The smile on Zhao Yi's face gradually disappeared.

He took out his phone and dialed the warehouse ghost.

"Martial prowess..."

"Yeah... bring a few hundred brothers, and call Inspector Cheng Kong along too, come to the Ghost Hotel... yeah, knives, guns, fire, little boys, whatever you have..."

The unknown and eerie atmosphere inside the room panicked the moment they heard the name "Cheng Kong":

"No, no, no... Boss... the price is negotiable!"

"It's okay if you don't want to give me your hair, we can talk about it again... talk about it again..."

Zhao glanced sideways at the door:

"Alright, I'll listen to what you have to say..."

A strange breath escaped from inside the room:

"How about this..."

"Could you ask the branch manager of Chaotic World Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Valley Suspension Town if you can get me a signed photo of 'Michael'..."

Zhao nodded:

"That's a good option."

"Oh, right... keep the ghost for me. If I find it's gone later, you'll be responsible for the consequences!"

The room was filled with an eerie atmosphere, and someone hurriedly said:

"Don't worry, I mean them no harm..."

"Those ghosts who disappeared in the hotel are all alive and well!"

Zhao Yi shook his head, turned around, and left the hotel.

He didn't intend to do this himself; he would leave it to Wu Liang.

After the battle with the Mountain God, Wu Liang's influence in Gu Xuan Town was greatly increased.

Even Cheng Kong doesn't dare to provoke the Warehouse Ghost easily now.

The warehouse ghost should be able to go find the company manager without any problems.

The end of the month has passed, and a new month has begun.

Before the mechanical rabbit Edison could completely bring trouble, Zhao Yi decided to seize the time to have some fun in the game dungeon... ah, no, to improve his strength.

Back at the guild headquarters, Zhao Yi opened the game system and started matchmaking...

His body turned into a flash of white light and disappeared from the room.

...

[Instance: Orphan's Lament]

[Participating players: Zhao Yi (Lv12), Liu Mang (Lv16), Li Qi (Lv13), Wu Daquan (Lv14), Meng Huo (Lv21), Bai Zhanji (Lv19), Wang Kai (Lv18), Xu Xiaocheng (Lv17)]

[Main Quest 1: Gain the "Respect" affinity with at least three orphans at the Miracle Orphanage.]

Main Quest 2: Survive the one-week probation period.

Side Quest: ???

Main quest reward: 400-2200 experience points (depending on rating)

[Side Quest Reward: ???]

[Difficulty: Desperate]

[Synopsis: ...In order to give the children a wonderful and educational childhood, the Miracle Orphanage spent a lot of money to hire many young teachers from a prestigious academy. You happen to be one of them. However, during your probationary period, you discover that this orphanage is very different from what you imagined...]

...

Eternal Night Camp.

A sudden commotion arose.

The popularity of an inconspicuous live stream room soared with lightning speed, directly becoming a trending topic!

"Holy crap! That lunatic Zhao Yi is livestreaming!"

"Holy crap! He's streaming? He hasn't streamed in so long, I thought he was dead!"

"Ugh, I feel restless if I don't see my brother Zhao for a day!"

"Damn... how did this guy get to level 12???"

"Outrageous... He was only at a single-digit level last month? Is he not holding back his level to wait for the next wave of demons?"

"Given his abilities, it seems he doesn't need to hold back his level anymore..."

"Damn! Guys, come check this out! That unlucky guy Zhao Yi got matched into a raid on 'Desperate' difficulty!!"

"Really?!"

"This time we'll have something to watch!"

"Damn it, I got too excited!!"

"Wait for me, I'm going downstairs to buy a bag of fries!"

"..."

A group of viewers flooded into Zhao Yi's live stream.

After a long separation, they were repeatedly beaten up in the game's dungeons and open world.

However, watching others play horror games and playing horror games yourself are two completely different things.

...

In the mountains, a luxuriously built orphanage stands out abruptly through the gaps in the foliage.

It would be hard for outsiders to imagine that such exquisite and magnificent buildings could exist in the middle of nowhere.

And this exquisite and magnificent building is also an... orphanage.

A white stone sculpture, adorned with fiery red amber tears.

The garden pavilions exude the beauty of emerald green.

Further inside, in a brightly lit room, sat two people.

One male and one female.

The man, with a smile on his face and elegant manners, handed over a document.

"Ms. Liu Meimei, this is my resume. Please take a look."

The woman listlessly reached out and tugged at her golden curly hair, glancing casually at the resume.

All the information is at your fingertips.

"Zhao Yi, right... what a hastily written name..."

"Civil engineering...a boring major."

"Please briefly describe your special skills."

Zhao Yi replied:

"Dissection".

"Corpse preservation."

Amputation.

"Surgery."

"Psychological counseling."

Liu Meimei was taken aback upon hearing this.

"You civil engineering students study this?"

Zhao Yi crossed his legs.

"Self-taught".

Liu Meimei frowned:

"Why isn't it on your resume?"

Zhao Yi said lazily:

"It's too good to write on this piece of paper."

"Back in the day, I once helped a sow give birth during a difficult labor..."

Liu Meimei:

"Did the mother and child survive in the end?"

Zhao Yi:

"No... only one piglet survived."

"But at the time I felt that a family should be together all the time."

"so……"

Liu Meimei narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of appreciation in them:

"So you killed the only surviving piglet?"

Zhao Yi remained silent for a moment.

"No."

"I did a backflip in front of the bodies of its mother and siblings."

Liu Meimei was stunned.

"What...do you mean by this?"

Zhao Yi shrugged and explained:

"I messed with its family."

Liu Meimei:

"???"

The two stared at each other for a long time before Liu Meimei forced a smile and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth:

"congratulations……"

"You've been accepted."

"However, according to the rules of Miracle Orphanage, you will have a one-week trial period here."

"After the trial period ends, I will decide whether you stay or leave based on the children's feedback..."

Zhao nodded and left the room with a smile.

...

[Live Stream Room]

What the hell! After all these days, Brother Zhao's illness hasn't improved at all!

I originally thought the female manager of this orphanage would be a super scary NPC, but I didn't expect her to be so friendly to the player. Disappointing. Is this all there is to this difficult dungeon?

Here it comes! This monster is here! You struggle even on Hell difficulty, so where do you get the nerve to mock Extreme difficulty?

I found posts from experienced players on the forum. They said that the higher the difficulty of a dungeon, the more normal it seems in the early stages, but once the real danger appears, players have almost no chance to fight back!

I agree with the comment above. Although I can't quite put my finger on it, I just feel like there's something off about this female manager...

PS: 4000+ words combined into one.

As usual, I'll make a detailed outline tomorrow morning.

Some students might ask: Why is the update so late today? Are you slacking off again?

Not at all.

I stole some cherries from the first floor today and got chased by a dog.

It wasn't tied with a rope today.

But I didn't lose out. I climbed the tree and squatted up there to eat, while it watched anxiously from below.

Not only did I finish eating it, I also shot it in the forehead with a cherry pit.

Spray it with your urine!

Mark this territory!

It's driving it crazy, hahaha!

That's all for now, I'm going to get my rabies vaccine tomorrow.

Good night!!