Excessive ferocity due to caution

[Player Xu Xiaocheng is dead]

[Player Wang Kai is dead]

The system message was broadcast to every player in the instance.

Meng Huo's expression in the churchyard was unpredictable.

If Zhao Yi's previous guess is correct... then he has no chance of surviving more than seven days!

He can't just run to the churchyard and cemetery as soon as get out of class is over, can he?

If the spirits dwelling in the cemetery knew that someone was eating, drinking, and defecating above them, they would be doing so out of kindness, let alone offering protection. It would be a miracle if they didn't crawl out of their graves and kill him!

Soon, other players came running towards the graveyard from a distance.

Meng Huo lit a cigarette, glanced around anxiously, and then lowered his eyes in disappointment.

It's not Zhao Yi.

He had many questions in his mind and wanted to get the answers from Zhao Yi.

It concerns his life and death.

Meng Huo has not always been able to take the initiative since he first entered the game until now, when he has reached level 21.

But he'll get by.

He has excellent eyesight.

So everything went smoothly.

After just two days together, Meng Huo was very clear that Zhao Yi was the person most likely to help him in his team.

While Bai Zhanji and Li Qi possessed decent mental fortitude, they were still quite a distance from his own, let alone facing dungeons of extreme difficulty...

What should we do next?

Where is the way out?

Meng Huo took a deep drag on his cigarette and exhaled the smoke from his mouth.

As the footsteps drew closer, Li Qi exclaimed in delight:

"Meng Huo!"

"What are you doing here?"

Meng Huo glanced at her and said indifferently:

"Cemeteries are safer."

Li Qi, still shaken, looked behind him.

They didn't chase after them.

She leaned on a tombstone, panting, and said:

"That's terrifying..."

"They have been blessed by two miracles..."

Peel, render in oil...

Each time these evil spirits receive a blessing, their power increases significantly!

Meng Huo remained silent.

He leaned against a small tree, smoking, his eyes unfocused.

The future is uncertain.

Seeing the slightly awkward atmosphere, Li Qi thought for a moment and then said:

"By the way, Meng Huo..."

"I just discovered something very strange..."

Meng Huo raised an eyebrow, his gaze finally landing on Li Qi.

"What's strange?"

Li Qi said:

"I know this sounds absurd, but..."

"The ghost that was chasing me... doesn't seem to have much intention to kill me."

"I was thinking about this when I was running away..."

"Actually, it came close to me several times while I was running away, but the attacks it launched... were not fatal."

"Or rather, compared to Little Red last night, the ghost chasing me tonight... doesn't seem to have a strong desire to attack."

Upon hearing this, Meng Huo's eyes widened suddenly.

"Wrong!"

Li Qi asked, confused:

"What's wrong?"

Meng Huo was somewhat excited:

"Our previous assumptions...were wrong!"

"You're right!"

"Those children who have developed a favorable relationship with us don't show strong murderous intent towards us even after being blessed..."

He had actually noticed this, but his excessive tension had clouded his mind, causing him to miss this crucial point!

Only after Li Qi reminded him did Meng Huo suddenly realize what was happening!

If Li Qi's experience might be an accident, then his fate is the most powerful confirmation of the conjecture about Li Qi!

Because... he was being chased by six blessed ghosts!

If it were six "Little Reds" instead, he would never have run to the cemetery!

Because these ghosts who have a favorable relationship with him can pinpoint his location anytime, anywhere!

"We were all misled by appearances..."

Meng Huo shared his thoughts with Li Qi, and as he spoke, something occurred to him, and he murmured to himself:

"No wonder I didn't see Zhao Yi hiding in the cemetery..."

"Given his abilities, he might have already discovered this..."

Li Qi was stunned:

"But if he doesn't come to the cemetery...where else did he go?"

Meng Huo lowered his head in thought, constantly pondering what Zhao Yi might do.

My mind is replaying Zhao Yi's past live streams.

Suddenly, a terrifying thought flashed through his mind...

The cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.

He said absentmindedly:

"Could he be... going to kill Little Red?"

"This guy is... insane!"

Xiao Hong is currently the most direct danger to the players, and her strength is far beyond what players at this stage can contend with. Therefore, for most players, their first thought is to escape from Xiao Hong...

But Meng Huo felt that... based on Zhao Yi's past behavior, it was very likely that he would take these children who liked him directly to find Xiao Hong!

These are all children blessed by miracles, can they... defeat Little Red?

Meng Huo was unsure.

His intuition told him that it would be impossible to deal with Xiao Hong using only the children who were on good terms with them.

Will Zhao Yi... die?

He instinctively reached for a cigarette above his collar.

However, the box was empty.

Meng Huo anxiously crumpled the cigarette pack into a ball, put it in his pocket, took out his phone, and checked the time.

Ten minutes remain until the midnight church bells ring.

If they can just hold on for these ten minutes... they should be safe today, right?

...

logistics department.

Under the pale moonlight, eleven children blessed by a miracle blocked Xiaohong's path.

Dark clouds gathered overhead.

Xiao Hong's head was tilted at a 90-degree angle, her skin clinging loosely to her body, which was covered in hot oil, as if it might slip off at any moment.

The other children were much the same as her.

They were both blessed with two miracles.

But the difference in their auras... is huge.

Xiao Hong's strength is something they cannot rival...

Zhao Yi, who was watching from a distance, kept analyzing Xiao Hong through his Evil Eyes.

"Why is Little Red so much stronger than them, even though they both received the blessing twice?"

"Was it done intentionally by the system, or...?"

Zhao Yi sorted out the possible ideas in his mind one by one.

However, neither of these speculations has been substantiated by concrete evidence.

"I need to go to that storage room that Wang Kai and the other guy went to earlier..."

"The adult corpse might hold the clues I need."

"But before that..."

Zhao Yi had a strong interest in Xiao Hong.

He cannot stray too far from the battlefield now, because he has left an item there.

As soon as Wen Ruochen made the first move, the other children rushed towards Xiao Hong!

The oil crackled and popped as they moved swiftly and ruthlessly, using tricks like monkeys picking peaches and two-finger pokes to stab eyes, but these methods were ineffective against Little Red.

Little Red has everything they have.

And it is stronger than them.

In just a few short rounds, six children were torn into pieces by Xiao Hong's bare hands...

They lay on the ground wriggling; although not yet dead, they had lost their fighting ability.

Xiao Hong looked at the remaining five children who had been blessed, tilted her head, and sneered:

"Do you want to continue?"

The other children slowly retreated, seemingly feeling fear under Xiao Hong's powerful fighting ability.

Seeing that they had lost their will to fight, Xiao Hong walked towards the back of them.

Zhao Yi was standing there a hundred meters away.

That man is its target!

However, just as it passed by those children, the five children suddenly and deliberately grabbed her limbs and body from five different directions!

"snort!"

"Still not giving up?"

"You think you can...?"

Before it could finish speaking, it was suddenly lifted up by these five naughty children!

"quick!"

One of the children shouted and ran off with Xiao Hong in one direction.

They can't hurt Little Red, but they can lift it up!

After running a few steps, they threw Little Red into a trap!

Xiao Hong did not rush to resist.

Because it knows that these weak, blessed ones cannot harm it at all.

There was nothing in this orphanage that could harm them.

The person who could have harmed me is dead.

But during the fall, Xiao Hong suddenly felt numb all over her body for no reason!

In an instant, an intense aura of death enveloped it!

Xiao Hong stuck her hands into the soil to stabilize her falling body!

It lowered its head, trying to see what had brought it the fear of death...

However, all that could be seen in the distance was a metal box.

Nothing special.

It looks like a trash can.

During the brief time that Xiaohong was observing the tin box, the blessed child on it attacked it once again!

The dark shadow fell and slammed hard into its back.

It is a very profound thinker statue.

The stone statue has its hands clenched into fists and resting on its forehead.

It's probably thinking.

With so many rocks around, why did those naughty kids insist on throwing me down?

Depend on!

Little Red, struck hard by the stone statue, sank unexpectedly, her legs sinking into the metal box first.

In that instant, Little Red felt a force that made it despair!

It was at this critical moment, just before the metal box was activated, that Xiao Hong instantly separated her human skin from her body!

The human skin quickly rose upwards, stepping on its own body to escape from the metal box!

hum!

The body shredder is started.

Xiao Hong's miraculously blessed, otherwise undamaged body was instantly turned into a pile of minced meat, and although the human skin was fast, most of it was still shaved off!

It mustered its remaining strength and fled in terror toward the outside!

"Stop it!"

Zhao gave the order, but at the crucial moment, the church bells rang out in a grand and resounding manner.

Like waves that stretch endlessly.

Zhao Yi glanced at the time.

12: 00.

It's noon.

The children around, with their varied expressions, all quieted down as the bell rang.

They seemed to have been formatted; their bodies no longer dripped oil, and their loose skin gradually became firmer.

The children ignored Zhao Yi and walked mechanically toward the church...

But in the distance, the one who had escaped with half a human skin ignored the magnificent sound of the bell and headed straight into the depths of the night!

Zhao Yi followed that direction for a while, only to find that it was the direction of the dean's building.

The darkest personality's malevolent gaze had already begun warning Zhao Yi not to enter that building.

Zhao Yi shook his head slightly, secretly thinking it was a pity.

Just a little bit more...

He almost managed to completely remove Little Red from this instance.

However, he was not discouraged.

Because tonight, Zhao Yi obtained many more clues.

He put the shredder back into his inventory and headed in another direction...

His actions just now, however, pushed the popularity of his live stream to another climax.

...

Damn it... there's a reason why Zhao Yi was able to reach the top of the newcomer rankings back then, he was too audacious!

Indeed, while everyone else was hiding, Zhao Yi suddenly unleashed a super double attack, almost instantly killing Xiao Hong...

Unfortunately, a small mistake can lead to a huge disaster. Zhao Yi failed to kill Xiao Hong this time, and he will be in danger tomorrow night!

Actually, I'm more curious about his tin box...

Most likely, it's a lucky draw from the Treasure Chest of Fate. Not long ago, a new member of our guild drew a rule-based item, but a certain old bastard in the higher-ups tricked him out of it with a pair of unwashed lace panties belonging to the guild's goddess...

Hey upstairs, can you ask if your guild's goddess underwear has any left?

Damn it! Hey pervert upstairs, tone it down! This is a legitimate live stream!

Where is the housing manager?

...

In the dead of night, silence returned.

Instead of returning to the apartment to rest immediately, Zhao Yi went to a remote storage room in the orphanage.

Red roof, gray stone walls, diagonal graffiti.

This should be the room.

Zhao Yi pushed open the door, and dust fell in a flurry.

The light bulb in the room was broken, and the darkness was unsettling. Especially the skeleton sitting slumped against the wall, facing the door, with its two empty eye sockets staring straight at the person entering, exuded an unusual eeriness!

Step inside the house.

Miscellaneous items were piled up everywhere.

There were signs that the place had been ransacked.

After a quick clean-up, Zhao Yi went to the skeleton and, under the horrified gazes of the viewers in the live stream, began to disrespect the remains.

He first took the skull off and held it in his hand.

The skillful technique was like polishing a skull.

After fiddling with it for a while, he seemed to lose interest in the skull, put it under his buttocks, and sat down as if it were a stool.

Then he began to grope the skeleton's body.

"Damn it! Don't be so weird!"

"What kind of weird XP is this?"

"I can't accept it..."

The viewers in the live stream felt they were about to lose their composure seeing Zhao Yi's bizarre appearance.

This process lasted about two or three minutes.

Zhao Yi stopped what he was doing and buried his head in thought.

An interesting discovery.

The skeleton of this body is remarkably well-preserved.

Color, sheen, and cleanliness...

This proves that it did not decay naturally.

Natural death, decay, decomposing bones... it couldn't possibly be this clean.

Its skin and flesh... were simply peeled off!

That's why you can't see hair or fingernails on the skeleton!

When Zhao Yi asked Wang Kai and Xu Xiaocheng about the condition of the corpse, he already had a vague suspicion that there was something strange about the skeleton.

It now appears that, apart from the bones, the rest of the body has been completely stripped away by a mysterious force.

What Zhao Yi found even more interesting was...

The size and shape of the skeleton of this corpse... basically match Liu Meimei's!

"It seems that inferences three and six can be ruled out..."

Zhao Yi muttered to himself, his eyes filled with excitement.

"The Liu Meimei we saw... is not the real Liu Meimei."

"The real Liu Meimei... has been dead for a long time!"

"So...who is it?"

P.S.: Guys, read this first, then go to sleep. I'll write another chapter, and then go to sleep. It'll probably be past midnight by then.

Goodnight in advance, my darlings!