Kill

"We need to gain the full approval of our families, to be recognized as residents of the community, before we can safely leave the community."

"I've already resolved the family crisis, and today I need to help my teammates resolve their family Rules," Qin Rang said. His wife, for some reason, had been wearing a black apron all day.

"I've been acting as a babysitter for that weird daughter these past few days," Sheng Qingqiao, breaking down. "I need to finish this quickly, I'm afraid I'll kill the monster."

"If we fail to deal with Lin Yi, we'll open the North Gate at six o'clock tomorrow night. That's our only chance," Qin Rang said. "Wish us luck."

Lin Nieran smiled and nodded, thanking them for the news.

"If anyone's weapon breaks, give it to me; I'm happy to lend a hand."

"Thank you very much, boss."

Lin Nieran returned home and quietly leaned against the balcony, watching the group leave and observing the other people hurrying to and fro in the neighborhood.

He had been observing these people for the past few days, and he had to admit that humans are truly amazing. They just throw their lives into it and get to work, and in just a few days they found the correct way to leave this Instance.

007 asked curiously, "[Host, do you know a way to leave?]"

"Of course I know, otherwise how would I have left?" Lin Nieran said.

Why not tell them?

"If I told them that Lin Yi killed all the monsters and that's how we escaped, they wouldn't believe me, would they?" Lin Nieran silently threw a bombshell at the system.

Several question marks flashed above 007's head.

[Ah?]

[Host, isn't Lin Yi your alternate personality? The monsters he killed were the same monsters you killed, weren't they? Did you kill all the monsters that escaped?]

Lin Nieran pondered, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with saying it that way?"

007 was filled with doubts. Given Lin Nieran's personality, how could he go on a killing spree? He was the kind of person who got tired of walking even a few steps.

[Host... I suddenly have a terrifying thought: between you and Lin Yi, who is the Master?]

The more 007 watches, the more he wonders: this Instance is supposed to be Lin Nieran's home, but why does Lin Yi seem to have a stronger connection with this neighborhood? Is it really just because of character identification within the Instance?

Lin Nieran laughed and threw himself onto the bed, hugging his pillow lazily, and said, "Your imagination is getting more and more vivid; you can even say things like that."

"You've been reading too many novels. I see you've been quite free lately? You even have time to concern yourself with these trivial things."

[Not too busy]

The system rescanned Lin Nieran, looked at the name that had signed the contract with it, and then remained silent.

Hmm... His host really is a madman. Such a calm madman is more terrifying to the system than a madman who hasn't exploded.

Well, we're already on this path, what can we do now?

On the seventh day, the Lantern Festival, everything was as usual.

The calm during the day made people even more restless.

As night approached, a bizarre Lantern Festival gala played on television, while the rooftop lights shone with a warm, yellowish glow.

Lin Nieran and her mother made glutinous rice balls together, Dad wiped the table in the living room. The family was enjoying a happy time together.

On the last night, as Lin Nieran waited for the glutinous rice balls to cook, he stared intently at the two eerie figures playing his parents, lost in thought.

At six o'clock, dinner was still cooking in the pot when the living room lights suddenly went out without warning, and the television went silent with a snap.

Not only his house, but all the buildings outside the window were without power, with only the streetlights casting a dim glow.

"What's going on? Is there a problem with the circuit today? It's a holiday!" The Weird Mother wiped her hands and called to the eerie Dad, "Old Lin, go outside and check the meter."

"Good."

The Weird Mother had just finished giving her instructions when a sudden flash of light appeared in front of her.

The Moonlit Night, which had been hidden in the room all along, quietly dealt with the strange creature.

After death, the body lost its disguise, and the bizarre body quickly split in two, collapsing onto the kitchen stove.

Sheathed her sword under the Moonlit Night, picked up the heart-shaped Weird Object from the ground, and handed it to Lin Nieran.

Lin Nieran stretched lazily, relieving the fatigue from bending over to make glutinous rice balls all afternoon.

Taking the Weird Object, he glanced regretfully at the blood-splattered glutinous rice balls on the table. "What a pity, all that work and I haven't even gotten to eat them."

Perhaps it's because the family itself is fake, and the fake family reunion dinner doesn't truly belong to him.

The heart in my hand is still mimicking a human heartbeat, and blood is dripping from my fingertips.

"I didn't take Mom's Weird Object when I escaped last time, so I'll take it this time as a souvenir."

[Host, you were really decisive, you didn't hesitate at all.]

Lin Nieran: "What are you hesitating for? It's not the first time."

Upon entering the living room, Moonlit Night strangely slashed her Dad, who had returned home, with another stroke of her sword, this time with great ease.

Perhaps because he was already holding the pair of gloves of this strange Weird Object, the eerie things that had reappeared in the neighborhood were naturally not as powerful as before.

He and Lin Yi killed quite a few of the strange creatures in the neighborhood, but they only took his Dad's Weird Object to use for disguising their identities later.

It was because he didn't take away these Weird Objects, and the monsters weren't completely eliminated, that the Instance only went into hibernation due to excessive energy consumption, rather than truly disappearing.

Once the dormant Instance is fully replenished, it awaits an opportunity to restart. The Protagonist Group were lucky enough to arrive just in time for this Instance's restart.

After killing two of the strange creatures, Lin Nieran, under the protection of the Moonlit Night, arrived at the rooftop of Building One, where he could see everything that happened at the north gate.

He used the Invisible Man card he obtained from a gacha draw and said, "Moonlit Night, go help."

At this moment, quite a few people had already secretly hidden in North Gate.

"Quick, quick, Tang Pin said the power is off, is the door open yet?"

With An Ying's hand opened slowly at the North Gate.

"It's a success!"

The crowd cheered, but no one dared to go out first.

The group looked at each other, but before anyone could step forward to try, a young man slowly walked out of the darkness outside the door.

Unexpectedly, people came from outside, and everyone raised their Weird Objects as a precaution.

The boy had bloodshot eyes, held an old, worn kitchen knife in his hand, and a wide smile curved his jaw as his blood-red eyes slowly swept over the crowd.

The crowd's expressions gradually darkened. They not only recognized the young man as the BOSS, but also felt the oppressive force of absolute Rules and energy emanating from him.

Lin Yi looked around and seemed to spot some familiar players. His body was surrounded by energy, completely enveloping the entire residential area.

"Let's play a choice game. Going out is simple."

"You have a choice: either bring most of your fellow players out of the Instance, and once they leave, the Instance will consider everyone to have Instance."

"Or choose to kill all the residents with me, and then leave the community safely."

"This multiple-choice question remains valid until dawn."