Excessive ferocity due to caution

"What happened?"

In the darkness, a trembling voice rang out.

"No, I don't know!"

Fortunately, there was a response.

But the rapidly dropping temperature was felt by everyone present.

"Is there... a power outage?"

Another female player said the same thing.

In fact, she knew very well what the situation was.

But she didn't want to say it.

It seemed that this was the only way to make her appear less anxious.

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A strange icing sound rang out, as if large blocks of ice were adhering to and freezing on the furniture, and then cracking open.

No one around her responded.

The woman was shivering.

I closed my eyes tightly and kept praying in my heart.

"Please don't let it be me..."

"Please don't let it be me..."

Please!

"There are so many people here, you can kill anyone you want!"

"I have no grudge against you, please, please don't come after me!"

Her body trembled, and she dared not open her eyes in the darkness.

I was terrified of seeing something scary.

The woman thought she had become incredibly brave over the years and was no longer afraid of evil spirits, but now she realized that she hadn't become braver, but rather stronger, which was why she was no longer afraid.

Now that her power has been stripped away, she still feels a deep-seated fear when facing the vengeful spirit once again!

The temperature around us is still dropping.

Soon, the temperature dropped below 0 degrees Celsius.

The woman's hands and feet were cold.

He had even lost sensation below the knees in both legs.

She wanted to move slightly.

But to his horror, he discovered that he could no longer control his own legs.

She squinted and opened her eyes a crack.

Cardiac arrest.

To her horror, she saw an extremely pale and terrifying face staring directly into her eyes!

Her legs had already been frozen.

The woman's expression was one of utter horror.

In the last second before she lost consciousness, she was still thinking... why me?

zizi——

The lights came on again.

It was still as dark as before.

The sudden appearance of light and shadow did not bring any relief to the group; instead, it made them even more frightened.

In the dim light, the people in the room were shocked to see a female corpse lying on the floor.

The female corpse had festering wounds, a terrified expression, wide-open eyes, and ice on her body.

It was Han Bing, one of the actors in their group just now.

There were no other fatal wounds on her body; the festering sores were all caused by excessive cold.

Just as Zhao Yi was about to get up to examine the body, the fat man from before hurriedly shouted:

"Don't move!"

"The evil spirit may not have left yet!"

"Moving around recklessly might lead to unnecessary danger!"

Zhao Yi glanced at him indifferently:

"If I don't move around, there won't be any danger?"

"Then tell me, how did this person on the ground die?"

Fatty:

"I……"

He wanted to refute it, but he had no reason to do so.

The fat man, whose face was grim, turned his gaze to Zhang Dapao, the captain of his team.

"It doesn't matter. Under normal circumstances, this kind of evil spirit won't launch a second attack in a short period of time."

"Especially at the beginning of the mission, the evil spirits face significant limitations."

Zhang Dapao said this without any hesitation.

He approached Zhao Yi, watching Zhao Yi carefully examine the body, and asked with considerable curiosity:

"Can you tell anything from this?"

Zhao Yi:

"She did not have any fatal wounds."

After saying that, he borrowed a sharp knife from the others and cut open the woman's chest, touching and pinching the bright red organs inside.

"It's not a myocardial infarction."

"She wasn't scared to death."

Zhao Yi's gaze was sharp.

"If nothing unexpected happens, she should have been frozen to death by the evil spirit."

Everyone looked at each other.

A young man with dyed hair on Zhang Dapao's end sneered:

You're doing something pointless.

"What good is knowing how evil spirits kill?"

"When it's about to kill you, do you think you can avoid it by wearing more clothes or sitting next to a fireplace?"

Zhao Yi glanced up at him and replied indifferently:

"So you think your preparations were useful?"

"You say you'll protect us, but when the evil spirits come, you don't dare utter a sound."

Upon hearing Zhao Yi's words, the young man with dyed hair immediately became enraged and rolled up his sleeves, ready to clash with Zhao Yi.

"You son of a bitch..."

Just as the two were about to start fighting, Zhang Dapao immediately called out to the young man with dyed hair.

"Duan Chao, stop right now!"

"Have you forgotten what you promised me when you came out?"

Upon hearing Zhang Dapao speak, Duan Chao barely suppressed his anger, snorted coldly, and stepped aside.

Zhang Dapao said to Zhao Yi with a slightly apologetic expression:

"I'm really sorry, Duan Chaoren is just like that, he's a bit of a chatterbox."

"You have seen the methods of evil spirits."

"We are not lying. Only through your cooperation and sincere teamwork these three days will you have any chance of survival!"

"It wasn't that we didn't take action just now, but the situation was unexpected and we weren't prepared."

Zhao nodded.

In fact, he knew perfectly well that these guys weren't refusing to act because the situation was unexpected and they weren't prepared.

They were simply too lazy to explain to these nine NPCs, so they used the evil spirits to intimidate them.

With one person dead, the remaining eight are much easier to control.

It's just a common tactic of making an example of someone to scare others.

Of course, one should see through things but not say anything.

"The evil spirits that follow you have considerable limitations. After killing one person, it will not immediately launch a second attack. There is usually a cooldown period of at least 1 to 2 hours."

Zhang Dapao continued speaking.

"We must make the most of this time to investigate useful information."

At this point, he glanced at the NPCs in his eyes.

Great, they were all listening attentively to me, and none of them were causing trouble.

This is much easier than the group of NPCs I led last time.

Sure enough, these brats need to be taught a lesson before they'll behave.

"According to our investigation, your small expedition group must have provoked some extremely troublesome spirits or evil beings in the Cursed Mountain after venturing deep into it, which led to them targeting you!"

"Although we don't know the specific details at the time, and you've all forgotten them because of the mysterious power of Cursed Mountain, one thing is certain: this evil spirit cannot launch a second attack in a short period of time, otherwise the remaining nine of you would have had no way to escape Cursed Mountain alive!"

"Our time is precious. Next, you will need to cooperate with us and have a tracking chip installed on your body. This chip can transmit what you encounter and what you hear in real time."

"That way, if you encounter danger, we can come to your aid immediately!"

No sooner had Zhang Dapao finished speaking than someone else spoke up:

"I'm sorry, I refuse."

P.S.: First update.