Game Invasion: A new term for each level

Chapter 98: Parting is always filled with sadness and fear; the castle dungeon ends.

Estella crashed down in front of him.

Yang Hui was somewhat stunned, his face showing disbelief.

Yang Hui was even holding her severed arm in his hand.

Estella wasn't quite dead yet; she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yang Hui stepped forward and asked, "Why—you? You could actually become the new head of the Elias family! As long as you abandon those evil forces."

"I can't be the head of the Elias family; I'm just a woman."

"Then why do you want to die? Isn't living better?"

Yang Hui gritted his teeth, gripping her severed arm tightly in his hand, his fingertips turning white from the pressure.

Estella forced a smile: "My family is gone, my hand is broken, I'm crippled, and I'm burned so badly, I can't go on living. Brad—you can go, don't worry about me, go anywhere."

Yang recalled, "Brad will be with you."

Estella chuckled softly: "You're not Brad—I knew it from the start. That look in your eyes, you couldn't pull it off even if you killed him."

"Perhaps tonight, you really are possessed by a demon, but I still like you as you are now, even if you are a demon who has crawled out of the abyss to take Elias's fate."

Yang Hui's pupils trembled, unsure of what to say.

"Brad," Estella's voice was very soft, as if it were about to fade away.

"My name is Yang Hui."

"Is this your devilish real name? It's rather strange—Yang Hui, can you curse me one last time?"

"You—good-for-nothing."

Estella smiled. "You are still—somewhat gentle, unlike me, who is very vicious."

The part of you that I changed will take my place and stay by your side forever.

Upon hearing Yang Hui's words, she breathed her last, somewhat abruptly, her smile still lingering on her lips.

Estella's body crumbled inch by inch.

The castle began to collapse with a deafening roar.

Yang Hui stood there, stunned, for a long time, until he saw a drop of blood glowing red float up from Estella's body.

He belatedly realized what was happening, turning his head left and right, seemingly looking for something.

Finally, Yang Hui took out the small bottle that he had initially used as the key, put the blood bead inside, which looked like a red glass ball, and plugged it in.

In a flash, a screen of light appeared, and the name and effect of the Blood Offering changed.

Item: Blood of Greed Level: D

Effect: After a while, her blood beads will slowly secrete blood. When they overflow, drink them down to restore a small amount of blood and energy, or sprinkle them on wounds to repair external injuries. Keep her blood beads and you can use them repeatedly.

(She wanted everything: status, power, a partner, love, but ultimately had nothing.)

Yang Hui stood up, and the sky seemed to be torn apart, revealing the setting sun behind it.

【ding~】

[You have escaped the castle and successfully completed the level!]

[D+ (Dangerous) Game Dungeon Ended!]

The Elias Family's Bloody Feast

[Rating: S!]

[Experience points gained from clearing a D+ (Dangerous) game dungeon: 4000]

[Due to the entry "Upgraded!", this settlement will receive an additional 25% experience points: 1000 points]

Your dungeon rating is: S!

[Obtained D+ (S) Rank Treasure Chest *1]

Yang Hui stood amidst the ruins, feeling somewhat lost and dejected.

He was also carrying half of a woman's forearm bone in his hand.

He stepped into the ruins, and the cylindrical glow that had enveloped the castle shattered and dissipated like bubbles.

The castle had long since collapsed and was in a terrible state, but he still managed to find a spot by relying on his memory. He cleared away the rubble and revealed the remains of a woman, who was missing a forearm.

Yang Hui silently put down the skeletal arm in his hand.

He took two steps back, put his hands in his pockets, and stood there watching.

As the afterglow faded, the sky was revealed to be filled with blood-red, fragmented clouds.

Xu Qinglan walked over and saw that Yang Hui seemed to have something on his mind, so she didn't disturb him.

She knew that some game instances could have a psychological impact on people.

This is the most difficult to deal with; some people may become deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate themselves, and never be able to get out of it in their entire lives.

Calling figurines or anime characters "wife" is a milder symptom.

The medical term for this is: gaming-related emotional empathy disorder.

This refers to a condition in which, after entering certain game instances, one forms a connection with humanoid creatures within them, suffers psychological trauma due to their death, and sometimes develops a strong belief that these creatures also exist in reality.

Xu Qinglan was still thinking about whether she should arrange an appointment with the Bureau's psychologist for Yang Hui.

Yang Hui walked over with his hands in his pockets, brushing past Xu Qinglan.

"Let's go, we've cleared the game dungeon."

He seems to be fine.

Holding the information about the castle, Xu Qinglan said, "This is a female skeleton. The fire engulfed the banquet that night, and this is the only body found afterward. The skeleton is basically intact, and the cause of death was a fall. The only missing part is her left forearm, which has not been found to this day. It seems that she escaped the fire but fell to her death outside the castle."

Yang Hui stopped in his tracks: "Didn't we say before that no one escaped, and not a single body was found?"

Xu Qinglan flipped through the papers a couple of times and said, "No, the information has always been written this way, and that's what I told you before."

Yang Hui heard a buzzing sound in his ears and felt dizzy. He hadn't recovered even after sitting in the back seat of the car.

He clearly remembered Zhang Yi saying: "The banquet and the fire were both fatal; not a single body was found."

Did he change history? Is the castle instance in the game truly exceptional? Did it transport him back to that night?

Zhang Yi said at the time that from the outside it looked like he had returned to that night, but he didn't say that he had actually traveled back in time and affected history!

It's also possible that no one has cleared this game instance yet, so no one knows about it.

So, does that mean Estella isn't fictional?

Was she ever truly alive?

The constant buzzing in Yang Hui's ears made him unconsciously look towards the dilapidated ancient castle.

If we're talking about something special, the most unique thing is that long table that looks like it belongs to another world, and the master of that blood feast, whom Augusta refers to as the Lord of Blood of the Abyss in his prayers.

Now that I think about it, I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.

He began to delve into his memories: the subway, Zhouyan, the bloodbath in the corridor!

Zhou Yan mentioned this name at the time to stop them!

Then a bloodbath erupted!

Yang Hui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Was he being targeted?

Starting from the subway corridor of the arrival instance?!

No, no, no! He could have refused the castle game instance.

There is no possibility that he has to go to this game instance.

That was a coincidence.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At this moment, the upgrade notification arrived, but this time the panel information was unusually slow, and I don't know why.

[Congratulations on reaching level 15!]

[Because of the entry "steady - solid and steady", this upgrade will grant it another new -]

New entry.

Please choose from the three random terms below within three minutes.

The information occasionally freezes, and the screen tears horizontally.

Yang Hui was a little confused. What was going on? Could it be stuck?

The three terms appeared one by one.

Yang Hui stared intently, a chill creeping up his tailbone.

1.

【Bloodstained Appearance】: (In the abyss) where the corpses collapsed, blood gushed out like a spring, flowing red and spreading, staining the area.

2.

【Bloodstained Appearance】: (In the abyss) where the corpses collapsed, blood gushed out like a spring, flowing red and spreading, staining the area.

3.

【Bloodstained Appearance】: (In the abyss) where the corpses collapsed, blood gushed out like a spring, flowing red and spreading, staining the area.

Yang turned around, his skin tingling and his limbs turning cold. He didn't know what the Abyss entry was, but this description, this entry name, was definitely related to that Blood Lord.

He felt as if he hadn't even stepped off the long table of the blood banquet, and after crossing through time and space, he heard a soft laugh.

And all three options are filled, which means you can't leave it out, right?

Yang Hui dared not draw any conclusions about the others.

But! He's definitely been targeted by that Blood Lord!

One after another, the vehicles from the Administration Bureau headed towards the north of the city in the setting sun.

A kilometer away, a person dressed in rock camouflage extended an optical telescope.

His face was covered in paint. After looking at it for a while, he took out a cell phone and dialed a number.

The other person is a girl.

"Hey~ This is Hunan-Sichuan Private Kitchen~ Would you like a reservation or to order à la carte?"

He whispered, "Seeing through everything, divine judgment cleanses sins!"

The other party waited a few seconds before continuing, "Break—Break through the illusion to seek the truth, Heaven descends!"

"The 【Castle】game instance has been cleared by the Administration Bureau."

"--knew."