"Greed" Knocks

In the Player Space, time seemed to stand still, and her physical functions were frozen at their peak, Xu Xi to fall asleep.

However, in the Dungeon, players revert to their original physical condition, experiencing fatigue, sleepiness, and hunger.

After integrating all the information she had gathered, Xu Xi felt a long-lost sense of drowsiness.

This was the first time he had ever spent the night in Dungeon.

Xu Xi lay down on the bed without even taking off her shoes.

Since we're just playing through Dungeon, we don't need to be too fussy.

What? You're saying that netizens in the real world will see it through live stream?

Please, he's not that famous. Who's so bored as to look at him every day?

Meanwhile, the chat was buzzing with activity, with viewers jumping around in the Livestream Room.

[Is Xu Xi sleeping so soundly? At least keep one eye open and stand guard!]

[The pro fell asleep so quickly; the guy in the baseball cap next door is still pondering the Dungeon's background.]

[I must say, Xu Xi seems much more approachable after he falls asleep. When he's awake, his expression is always cold and indifferent, making him seem unapproachable to strangers and even strangers stay away.]

[No, I feel uncomfortable seeing him without brushing his teeth, washing his face, or taking off his shoes.]

[Are you a perfectionist?]

[What are you all worried about? Three Dungeons have passed, don't you know how strong Xu Xi is? He must have been sure there was no danger before he went to sleep.]

[Dude, have you forgotten about Shining Players?]

[... Oh dear, I really forgot.]

[This Dungeon definitely can't be viewed with common sense anymore. Even if Xu Xi is incredibly powerful, I'm genuinely afraid he won't be able to resist the addictive nature of "Shining Players".]

[That's true. All the players who watched it died inexplicably. Even if Conan came, he'd have to stay for two episodes before leaving.]

Xu Xi, who thought she was nobody, drifted off to sleep.

As for the eerie attacks that sneak up on players while they're asleep at night?

It's okay, dying in your sleep isn't painful anyway.

The Rollback is still happening; Rollback would save his life.

If the Rollback isn't available, then he's dead.

Xu Xi was sleeping soundly, unaware of how long she had been asleep, when she was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door.

The sound, though quite far away, clearly penetrated his ears.

Unable to sleep due to the noise, Xu Xi decided to get up and walk to the window, looking through the glass in the moonlight towards the direction from which the sound was coming.

Unfortunately, the limited view made it impossible to see what was knocking on the door.

The knocking didn't continue indefinitely; it paused for a while and then resumed, knocking a few times and then stopping again, repeating this cycle repeatedly.

But each time it sounded again, the sound seemed to get a little closer.

Something is knocking on doors, one by one.

The idea suddenly flashed through Xu Xi's mind, and she even imagined a terrifying and bizarre scene of someone dragging heavy steps and knocking on doors one by one.

Several villagers on the ridge of the field warned me in the afternoon not to go out at night and not to pay attention to knocking on the door; they must have been referring to that thing.

And indeed no one answered the door, so the thing kept knocking on the next house.

Xu Xi had no intention of being the exception who opened the door.

After the unknown thing finished knocking on their house and moved on to the next one, he prepared to turn around and go back to sleep.

I still have to spend three days in the Dungeon, and tomorrow I need to go to the village to collect clues. I can't afford to be out of shape.

Soon, the knocking grew closer, and Xu Xi could see through the window what was knocking.

That was... a villager?

Xu Xi was taken aback.

He wasn't the monster you'd imagine, nor did he have any frightening appearance; he was just an ordinary villager.

In no time at all, the villager had finished knocking on the houses of the two neighboring players and arrived in front of their house.

"Bang bang--"

"Bang bang--"

The villagers kept knocking on the door.

Just when Xu Xi thought it would leave after a few more knocks, the villager gradually increased the force of the knock.

"Bang-bang-bang--!"

"Bang--Bang--Bang--!"

As the villagers' actions became increasingly violent, the door was pounded on and began to shake more and more violently.

Xu Xi frowned.

When he walked out of the room and into the main hall, he saw that the Young Man in a Duckbill Cap was already there.

The other person looked warily at the door that had been knocked on, their expression grave.

"Why does it only knock a few times and leave at other places, but it keeps knocking here?"

Seeing that another player had also come out, the Young Man in a Duckbill Cap couldn't wait to discuss a strategy.

Is there something special about our house?

He was now somewhat annoyed, wishing he hadn't chosen this house in the first place.

He couldn't help but wonder if he and the Young Man in a Hoodie, or perhaps both of them, had attracted something outside the door.

But that doesn't make sense; they've been together the whole time and haven't done anything out of the ordinary.

The only thing that seemed problematic was that the two of them went to observe the wheat field.

Could it be that the fishy smell from the wheat field lingered on them, attracting the attention of something outside the door?

The Young Man in a Duckbill Cap was about to tell the young man opposite him his guess when he saw that the other man had already walked towards the door.

"Wait--" Just as he was about to reach out to stop him in shock, he saw the young man in the hoodie open the door without hesitation.

That's it, my life is over!

Xu Xi, on the other hand, naturally also felt something was amiss.

His first thought was that, just like in the previous Dungeon, there was something in this house, or on him and the Young Man in a Duckbill Cap, that had attracted the villagers outside.

They didn't know what it was yet, and the villager clearly wasn't going to give them time to find it. The other party went from knocking on the door to pounding on it, and now to ramming it.

Even if you don't open the door, it will be knocked down in a little while.

Given this abnormal strength, it's easy to see that the "villagers" outside aren't real villagers either.

Xu Xi opened the door directly to save some time.

Judging from the persistent efforts of the "villagers" outside the door, it was clear that the other party wouldn't leave easily.

He planned to test the "villager's" attack methods to see if he could determine the reason for the persistent knocking and then dodge in the next turn.

As soon as Xu Xi opened the door, she turned to the side, causing the "villager" who was rushing towards the door to fall to the ground.

There were no cries of pain, nor any roars.

As if feeling no pain, the "villager" slowly got up from the ground.

The Young Man in a Duckbill Cap had already slipped into his room and closed the door tightly.

Seeing this, Xu Xi finally realized that he seemed to have overlooked the other person's feelings when he opened the door.

He suddenly remembered that when he crashed into the wall and killed himself in the Underground Passage during the last Dungeon, he didn't seem to tell his teammates.

So, in the eyes of others, it was just a perfectly normal person suddenly going insane, banging their head against a wall, and dying?

"..." He dug his toes into the ground.

After a moment of silence, Xu Xi quickly calmed herself down.

It's okay, it's Rollback.

Nobody remembers, nobody cares.