The players who participated in the murder of the little girl were chased, while the players who did not participate hurriedly hid back in their rooms.
The townspeople dared not show their faces, and the female ghost did not appear. As a result, the entire town was filled with the screams of players. Wherever Yin Xiu went, people died. The oppressive atmosphere was even more terrifying than when the female ghost appeared that day.
The viewers in the live chat were all trembling.
"Luckily, I'm not a dungeon monster... I can manage by scaring other players in town and not messing with Yin Xiu..."
"Who told them to provoke Yin Xiu themselves? That female ghost, that town mayor... sigh... this instance is doomed."
"Thank goodness, at least the little girl didn't die. If she had died, no one in the entire instance would have been able to get out alive."
"It can only be said that the monsters and players in this instance are all newbies who don't know Yin Xiu. They've all messed with the wrong person, so they're just unlucky."
"Let's see how many monsters survive this dungeon. Will Yin Xiu show any mercy?"
"I think it's difficult. Those who trigger Yin Xiu's lightning strikes in the dungeon will likely face dire consequences."
The bizarre comments popping up in the live chat scared the players.
Yin Xiu had lived in their town for a long time! They hadn't provoked him and never knew he could be so frightening when he got angry.
In a small town where harmony is valued, old friends guide newcomers, and there are certain rules and regulations, there actually lives such an unruly killer who has lived there for so many years!
In an instant, everyone understood why the town had been spreading the word not to get close to Yin Xiu—who would dare!
Inside the instance, after a long chase, the sounds of the town gradually faded away until even the last screams ceased.
Yin Xiu kicked open the door of a town resident's house and walked out covered in blood.
He took a deep breath, seemingly to calm himself, then lowered his eyes and wiped the blade with the hem of his clothes. But the hem was also covered in blood, and he couldn't get it clean no matter how much he wiped. So he simply didn't put the knife away and turned to walk towards the square.
"Finally, they've all killed them?"
"Several townspeople were also affected and killed along with them, but it's finally over."
"No...he hasn't sheathed his sword yet, it's probably not over yet..."
"? Don't scare me."
"Yes... he's not done killing them all... if he had just wiped his knife clean, it might have ended there, but the fact that he hasn't sheathed his knife means there's more to come..."
"How could you know so much about what happened before?! You even know such small details!"
"If you were the one who got killed, you would understand too."
"...Sorry to bother you."
Everyone stared nervously at Yin Xiu in the scene. He was now covered in red, looking extremely terrifying. He walked step by step towards the square, carrying a knife. Anyone who saw this scene would shudder.
The square was now silent, except for the corpses scattered on the ground, and only the weak monster girl and Zhong Mu with his injured hand remained.
Even Zhong Mu was startled when Yin Xiu returned; he didn't recognize him for a long time.
"...Master Yin Xiu?"
Yin Xiu nodded slightly, then walked over to the little girl.
She was severely injured and had been bleeding for a long time. With her current monstrous body, the larger the wound tore open, the more blood she lost. Nothing could heal the wound, and nothing could save her.
"Brother..." The little girl collapsed weakly to the ground, her voice barely audible, "I'm in so much pain..."
Yin Xiu stared at her, reached into his pocket and took out the medicine he had brought from the basement, and put the red pill into her mouth.
After swallowing the pill, the little girl's body changed rapidly, gradually transforming from a wild beast covered in black fur back into a little girl.
After returning to human form, the wounds on her body were even more horrifying. Large and small lacerations covered almost her entire frail body, and the cuts on her arms and legs were almost severed. Let alone being saved, it was already a struggle for her to stay alive.
The little girl's face was stained red with blood, and her neatly braided pigtails were disheveled and extremely messy.
Her pupils were unfocused as she stared blankly at Yin Xiu, slowly uttering, "Brother... I heard Mother's voice..."
Where?
"At...the entrance to town...outside...my mother is waiting for me..."
The town entrance means you have to leave the town.
One of the rules in the mother's note was to leave town at night, any night would do, but it was clear that the little girl couldn't make it to any other night.
Yin Xiu looked up at the sky. He had woken up rather late, and with the time spent chasing players, a considerable amount of time had passed, and it was still some time before nightfall.
He stroked the little girl's hair and said gently, "When it gets dark, I'll take you out to see your mother. Can you wait a little longer?"
"Okay..." the little girl replied with difficulty, trying to keep breathing and not fall asleep.
"Then you stay here and wait for your brother to come back. Your brother has some things to do." Yin Xiu asked softly again.
The little girl wearily opened her eyes and gazed at Yin Xiu. "Brother, you must come back to find me..."
Yin Xiu's gaze trembled slightly. For some reason, this sentence made his heart tighten for a moment, as if he had recalled something bad, but his mind was very blurry.
"Okay, I will definitely come back..."
After saying that, Yin Xiu looked at Zhong Mu beside him and said, "Take good care of her and don't let anyone take her away."
"Okay!" Zhong Mu nodded vigorously, his gaze resolute.
Yin Xiu then picked up his knife and stood up.
As she turned to leave, she suddenly remembered something, looked up in the direction of the town entrance, and asked Zhong Mu, "Have you seen Li Mo?"
"Your roommate?" Zhong Mu shook her head. "Isn't he with you?"
Yin Xiu seemed to be deep in thought.
When he woke up, he didn't see Li Mo beside him. Instead, he vaguely heard him say something like, "It's almost over here. He has to prepare a surprise for our next meeting, so he has to leave now."
Yin Xiu never expected that she would run away after sleeping with him.
"Forget it, let's ignore him." Yin Xiu turned around indifferently, glancing in the direction of the inn as he wandered around the town.
Then, the live stream showed him leaving the square and immediately kicking into a town resident's house, brandishing a knife and demanding to know where the town mayor lived.
The inn is just the mayor's collection and crime scene. All the rooms are for players to stay in. The mayor doesn't live there. If you want to find the mayor, you'll have to ask the townspeople.
"It's...it's in the black house right next to the square..." The townspeople were genuinely terrified, as it was the first time they'd ever seen a player come in with a knife and threaten them.
"Thank you." Yin Xiu nodded lightly, then swung his knife backhand and turned to leave the house.
"Damn, what a ruthless boss. He killed the person right after thanking him."
"Judging from his aggressive stance, Yin Xiu probably intends to clear the dungeon."
"Huh? He's going to clear the level already? Is he going to kill the town mayor?"
"Yin Xiu has always believed that the town mayor is the corpse mentioned in the rules of passage. Since he is a corpse, we must first turn him into a corpse."
"666, Yin Xiu beats up the town mayor, damn, I never dared to imagine it. After so many dungeons, I never thought I would see someone carrying a knife to solo kill a dungeon boss."
"The completion rating for this dungeon has always been around two stars. This is because most of the players in the beginner dungeon are newcomers who don't know how to complete it with a full star rating. The second reason is that the dungeon boss is difficult to defeat."
"The boss of this dungeon didn't even think Yin Xiu could beat him because he had never been attacked before, so he dared to provoke Yin Xiu."
"Damn, I knew he was so reckless. I'm afraid his roommate isn't afraid of Yin Xiu."
"Brother Xiu, go and give him a good beating!"