"Survivors": Whatever Happens, Just Trust the Great Xu Xi
China Central Television).
[Holy crap, holy crap, my trypophobia is about to kick in, help!]
[This is Camp? This is like walking into a den of ghosts!??]
[1, 2, 3... Wow, there are so many, it's impossible to count them all! This year's players are incredibly lucky!]
Players inside the Dungeon can't see it, but netizens outside can see it clearly.
[Luckily, Daisy from the Hans Country didn't open her eyes, otherwise she would have been greeted with a dozen or so pairs of bright, watery eyes.]
The Russia woman in the leather jacket was targeted terribly; not only was she pushed into the water, but she was also held down by five or six Ghostly Shadows who wouldn't let her get out.
[That pool of water was so green it was reflecting light, it was so dirty I felt like I'd get infected just by touching it.]
[That black guy also had a rough time; he practically ended up lying in the Ghostly Shadows.]
[The two players from Kimchi Country and Kangaroo Country were the smart ones; they closed their eyes and played dead when they sensed something was wrong, otherwise they would have been met with a forest full of mop-head hair.]
[Damn it, who knows how weak and helpless I felt when I saw countless Ghostly Shadows appearing all around those two!]
[When it comes to wit, our Xu Xi is the best. He perfectly avoided this series of torments. Oh, I almost forgot, there was also the United States guy. Luckily, he withdrew quickly.]
As the live chat was flooded with comments, host Jiang Jin remarked, "These two eliminated players look rather pitiful."
"After all, what these players did wasn't quite right." Considering he was still live-streaming, Luo Zongyun put it rather tactfully.
However, netizens didn't have as many concerns.
[It's more than just inappropriate; it's practically like dancing wildly on someone's grave.]
[Don't forget to add, it's tens of thousands of graves]
[It has to be the Production Team; they're masters of courting disaster.]
[The mop owners: It's annoying enough that people are dying, but then some people come and jump around in our house with nothing better to do.]
Yao Han pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked, "So, this Dungeon requires ignoring these Ghostly Shadows? I saw three players manage to pass the challenge safely just like that."
Lin Miao shook his head. "Not entirely."
Luo Zongyun also said, "Currently, the behavior of the Ghostly Shadows is disordered, which means that there may not be any 'rules' governing them, and we cannot predict how they will act next."
The two hosts were taken aback upon hearing this.
Yao Han exclaimed in surprise, "If there are no 'rules,' then the players are completely powerless against these Ghostly Shadows?"
"You could say that, but..." Lin Miao paused, "We need to be careful about one thing: the Ghostly Shadows don't kill the eliminated players. If they wanted to, they could wipe out every single player in the Camp the moment they stepped through the gate."
"Therefore, the key point is not actually how to fight these Ghostly Shadows, and whether they have 'rules' is not important. What matters is the Ghostly Shadows' attitude towards the players."
Luo Zongyun nodded, his thoughts basically the same as Lin Miao's. "If you don't provoke or ignore those Ghostly Shadows, they might indeed let you go, unless you're unlucky enough to be targeted by them."
"The Ghostly Shadows' goal is clear: to get all the players to leave the Camp. But why they want to do this is what we need to think about."
Looking at the players who had regrouped on the big screen, Lin Miao sighed softly, "The remaining players need to change their strategy as soon as possible."
At this moment, Jiang Jin suddenly asked with a slight hesitation, "Our Huaguo contestant Xu Xi withdrew from the competition from the very beginning, which fulfilled the Ghostly Shadows' purpose. Logically, this should be a good thing, but from what you two are saying, it seems that withdrawing from the competition may not necessarily be a good thing?"
His question was direct, and viewers were immediately struck by the revelation, with the screen flooded with comments like "Yeah, right."
The two experts exchanged a glance.
"The intimidation and obstruction from the Ghostly Shadows can be seen as danger, but also as a warning. What they don't want players to come into contact with might just be the key to clearing this Dungeon," Luo Zongyun said seriously. "I believe Xu Xi can definitely see that; his judgments from past Dungeons are undeniable."
"As for his thoughts, unfortunately, I really can't fathom them." Luo Zongyun shrugged slightly.
"I think he's waiting for the other players to find the key," Lin Miao suddenly said. "As I said before, he's waiting for the real danger to emerge, but I'm also curious how he'll ensure he gets his hands on the key then."
[Anyway, just trust Xu Xi and that's all that matters.]
[So, this pro saw through the essence of the Dungeon moment they entered? No wonder they exited so easily; apparently, they knew the imps were troublesome, but that wasn't the key issue.]
[Okay, I was worried that Xu Xi would be at a disadvantage because of the unequal perspectives between the two sides.]
[Am I the only one who wants to know how he figured it out? (Very quietly)]
[This is the sixth Dungeon in 248 content, still not used to it?]
[He probably noticed this abstract point when the director explained the background of the Dungeon.]
[Not abstract]
[Another question: Why didn't we see the other girls with mop-like hair in her Livestream Room after the first short-haired girl was eliminated?]
Yao Han also asked a similar question.
"It's probably because she's possessed," Luo Zongyun quickly replied. "It's like she has a special Yin-Yang Eyes, so we can't observe her."
[Aren't the mechanisms in these mop heads a bit excessive?]
[Wow, they have the mechanics and the quantity, it's completely unsolvable. Now I'm convinced they really have given the players a free lunch.]
At this point in the Dungeon, Briman's desire to cooperate with Xu Xi has reached a point where Xu Xi ruthlessly rejects him.
"Our Huaguo athlete Xu Xi firmly rejected the collaboration invitation from United States athlete Briman," Jiang Jin followed up with his statement.
Lin Miao and Luo Zongyun exchanged another glance.
"It seems we were worrying too much." Lin Miao smiled helplessly.
Players in the same situation, who naturally have a cooperative stance, don't even bother with a perfunctory response; it would be a lie to say they have no confidence.
"At this moment, I also wish I could borrow Xu Xi's brain," Luo Zongyun joked. "I'm really looking forward to his performance in this Mixed-Team Competition."
[If it were any other player, I would say, "Dude, stop pretending, your life is more important," but this is Xu Xi.]
This Mixed-Team Competition was truly eye-opening; it was the first time I'd ever seen so many ghosts.
I'm wondering Xu Xi will eventually eliminate all the players?
[Probably, he's got the ability.]
"You closed your eyes after you realized something was wrong?" Daisy raised an eyebrow and repeated thoughtfully.
"Yes," Kuxiya nodded gently, "We didn't actually recite that scripture, but changes still occurred around us."
"Even though there was no wind, the air suddenly became quite chilly, as if something was about to emerge, and there was more than one."
Geseling continued, "We chose silence over leaving quickly, and it proved to be a successful choice."
She didn't say it was right, she only used the word "success".
"If that's the case, our experiences might have some similarities," Daisy recounted what she heard and felt after being blindfolded.
Winniever sighed, "So I'm the only one being chased around by the Blue-Gray Entity and the Ghostly Hands?"
"The Ghostly Hands?" Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to this word.
They had all heard the woman in the leather jacket describe what that thing looked like, so it wasn't unfamiliar to them, but what exactly was the Ghostly Hands ?
Upon hearing this, Winniever briefly recounted his own experience, sending chills down the spines of the others.
"I didn't expect this thing to have summoning abilities." Daisy's expression was rather unpleasant.
"No, it's not a summoning," Winniever denied. "To be precise, it's a call, those Ghostly Hands... they might also be the same kind of eeriness, that Hanging Ghost companion."
This can be determined from the fact that the Ghostly Hands did not disappear after the Hanging Ghost was shot by his gun, and that they were attacked at the same time even though they were in different places.
The breathing of the other five people immediately became much heavier.
"I should have guessed there was more than one of those things." Geseling tried to calm himself down. "What about the woman in the leather coat? What happened to her?"
Winniever shrugged. "I wanted to know too, but unfortunately, we were separated. By the time we got there, she had already passed out by the pool, completely soaked."
Now only the Mass Grave group remains.
Ichimura Kōta Yurien, but decided to speak up himself.
He was afraid the other person would say some useless nonsense again.
After learning how Saha was eliminated, everyone's expressions became subtle.
I once lamented that the short-haired woman hadn't used her trump card sooner; when it was the other woman's turn, she couldn't use it either.