A fierce wind swept across the entire school, and the surging waves tossed the school, which was floating on the sea, up and down.
The sky was overcast and cold, covered with dark clouds, and looking up, not a ray of light could be seen.
As the wind howled, the purple smoke swept over each player, its fragrant aroma subtly permeating their consciousness.
Almost simultaneously, far away in the dark passage, Ya Ya, who was beside Yin Xiu, suddenly disappeared from the spot as if she had sensed a summons.
Among the distorted group of players, only one person emitted a faint red light, constantly maintaining his consciousness. He smelled the smoke drifting through the air, and a glimmer of light flashed in his distorted and cloudy eyes as he gradually regained consciousness.
"Where...is this?" Zhong Mu gritted his teeth and shook his head, suddenly realizing that all the familiar faces around him had turned into monsters. Looking down, he saw that he had two extra hands on his body, and it was even vaguely developing in a more rugged direction.
"Brother Zhong Mu!" A red figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhong Mu. In the dim environment, both of them emitted a faint red glow.
"Ya Ya?" Zhong Mu was stunned, not expecting her to suddenly appear here.
"How did you become like this? You almost lost your mind and turned into a monster!" Ya Ya looked around in shock. Countless people were twisted and their consciousness was sinking. If it weren't for the connection between her and Zhong Mu, Zhong Mu probably wouldn't be awake yet.
"Did you help me?" Zhong Mu looked up and rubbed his temples, feeling an unbearable headache.
"Yes, after all, Brother Zhong Mu helped me!" Ya Ya nodded, but she never expected Zhong Mu to suddenly appear in this instance and be in such a dangerous situation. How did this instance become like this?
"It's over, everyone's going to turn into monsters!" Zhong Mu looked around nervously, watching those familiar faces gradually turn into monsters, feeling an indescribable anxiety.
These people are all so good to him! How can he just watch them get stuck in a dungeon!
"Brother Zhong Mu, don't be nervous. Something is restoring them, it's just a little slow." Ya Ya took Zhong Mu's hand and pointed to the sky.
Surrounded by the red light, Zhong Mu was quickly brought back to his senses by Ya Ya, but there were too many players outside. Some tiny purple lights drifted in the air, slowly restoring everyone as the wind swept over them.
"Purple smoke…" Zhong Mu recognized it. Among the countless records in the town, there was also information about Ye Tianxuan. He always carried a kind of smoke that emitted a floral fragrance. Others smoked ordinary cigarettes, but what he exhaled was a hallucinogenic purple smoke that could have a mental effect.
It's... Boss Ye who's saving them!
"Is Boss Ye nearby?" Zhong Mu quickly looked around, searching for Ye Tianxuan amidst the chaotic and distorted figures.
The entire school was shaking violently, the wind was howling, and the waves were crashing. The players were gradually turning into monsters on the uneven ground. The sky was incredibly dark. There was no worse scene in the dungeon than this.
After looking around, Zhong Mu saw it.
Atop the tall teaching building, a figure stood upright amidst the howling wind.
Purple smoke dissipated around him, and the dazzling, fragmented lights stood out starkly in the dimly lit dungeon, like a rainbow appearing where he shouldn't have been.
But the next second, the figure suddenly plummeted from the sky like a falling leaf.
Startled, Zhong Muxin paused abruptly. Almost without thinking, he rushed forward, pushing aside the layers of players, and stumbled down to the foot of the teaching building in the biting wind.
Zhong Mu had been transformed into a monster with four limbs and arms, but at this moment he was extremely grateful that his hands were able to catch Ye Tianxuan as he fell.
Those who fell into his arms felt incredibly light and fragile, as if they could be blown away by the wind at any moment.
His hair was disheveled in the wind, his tightly closed brows and eyes were peaceful and harmonious, and there was blood on his nose, blood on the corners of his mouth, and blood on his ears, which was shocking on his pale cheeks.
"Ye… Boss?" Zhong Mu's breath caught in his throat. He called out softly, not daring to raise his voice too much, for fear of shattering the illusion that he was still alive.
However, the only response from Zhong Mu was the sound of the wind. He reached out and touched Ye Tianxuan's breath.
The harsh reality dealt a heavy blow to this grown man.
He pursed his lips, his voice becoming choked with emotion, "Boss Ye, wake up! I've only just arrived in your town. Didn't you say I was a promising talent? You haven't even nurtured me yet, how can you just leave like that?"
Before he came to this town, he never imagined that there would be such a place in the dungeon. The place he used to live was a place where players fought each other, and monsters fought each other at night. The dungeon was extremely dangerous, and it was still the same outside the dungeon. Every second was spent in fear, guarding against people and monsters, which was exhausting for both body and mind.
It wasn't until he arrived in this small town that he learned of a person who risked his life to create a haven amidst the wind and snow, meticulously teaching everyone inside how to survive, and who, in every place he went, would pull back countless lives that were on the verge of collapse.
Everyone says that a person like that will die sooner or later, and he himself thinks so too.
But when he actually saw Ye Tianxuan fall and lose his life, he felt as if his head had been hit hard, and he couldn't recover for a long time, his head buzzing.
He had just met a very, very good person, but before he could learn more about him, that person passed away. From now on, in this small town, he will hear bits and pieces about that person from everyone, his brilliance, his radiance, how good he was, but he will never see that person again.
He really can't accept this.
"Brother Zhong Mu…you look so sad…does this person's death make you this sad?" Ya Ya looked at Ye Tianxuan in his arms. She didn't know this person and didn't know much about the situation outside, but seeing Zhong Mu so sad made her unhappy too.
"The death of this person will make many, many people sad." Zhong Mu lowered his head with a heavy expression. He didn't know what would happen to the town after losing this person, but it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to the people in the town.
"Hiss... Why am I standing here?" Some players in the distorted crowd gradually regained their senses.
"I was watching the live stream in town! Suddenly everything went black... and then... ouch... my head hurts!"
"Wow! What happened to you all?! You guys have all become like this!"
"We're at school now. Have we been pulled into a dungeon?"
"No wonder everyone has turned into monsters... But how did we regain our senses?"
As that small question was asked, everyone suddenly caught a whiff of the floral fragrance in the air.
"It's Boss Ye! Boss Ye saved us!"
"That must be it!"
The players excitedly looked around, searching for Ye Tianxuan, and then they saw Zhong Mu with his back to them. "What are you doing squatting there all by yourself? You woke up so early!"
"I didn't expect your monster transformation to involve growing so many arms! What are you holding? Let me see—"
"look..."