"Soul-Crying Street": He Was Just Playing Around with the Instance

Xu Xi seemed to be nailed to the spot. He didn't even know what his expression was like; his mind was filled with that horrifying and hideous corpse.

His hands and feet seemed to have a mind of their own, his mind screaming for him to hurry up and get to the next floor, but his body remained frozen in place.

With great difficulty, her willpower overcame her frozen body, Xu Xi, like a puppet, began to slowly move away.

The woman's head slowly turned, her gaze fixed intently on the young man's figure.

The opera music around her grew even shriller, Xu Xi wanted to quicken her pace, but her legs seemed to have a mind of their own.

He took back what he had just said.

An undignified death is out of the question.

That's really not very respectable.

As the comments on the screen suggest, this level is just meant to scare players; there's nothing dangerous about it.

Xu Xi successfully reached the wall at the alley entrance, where a new slogan had indeed been put up.

Congratulations, your judgment was correct.

"Her tears had long since dried up, but she couldn't win back his infatuation. Her heart grew colder and colder, and was eventually swallowed by despair."

The woman who was crying on the floor above hanged herself on this floor.

Was it because her husband gambled away money and even sold off their family property that she chose to end her life in despair?

Feeling the coldness in her hands and feet, Xu Xi continued to the next floor.

10th floor.

There was no paper money falling from the sky, no bizarre opera music, no horrifying female corpse, and nothing else strange.

Everything is normal.

This gave Xu Xi's slightly tense nerves a break.

11th floor.

On the unchanging street, Xu Xi spotted a small, dark shape in the middle of the road in the distance.

When he got closer, he saw that it was a black cat with a small bell tied around its neck.

The black cat's fur was quite disheveled, with some of its fur clumped together by dried blood. Its two hind legs were bent abnormally, and it lay curled up on the ground, barely alive.

Upon seeing a stranger approach, the black cat meowed weakly a few times.

Meow~ Meow~

As time went on, the black cat became increasingly agitated, and even moved its injured leg to crawl towards Xu Xi with difficulty.

Xu Xi instinctively wanted to back away.

But perhaps sensing no malice from the black cat, he wanted to see what its purpose was, so he abruptly stopped himself from retreating.

The black cat crawled to Xu Xi's feet, bit his trouser leg, and tried to pull him toward the roadside.

Xu Xi raised an eyebrow in surprise. What was the other party doing...?

He thought for a moment, then obediently followed the black cat's lead and walked to the side.

Just then, a loud horn blared.

"Beep beep--"

Xu Xi subconsciously looked up.

Lying down...

Before he could even utter the word "damn," a car pulled up in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Before Xu Xi, who had been thrown more than ten meters and was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, lost consciousness, he couldn't help but wonder, how many ways had he already experienced death?

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[Hey buddy, don't stand in the middle of the road! A car's about to drive by!]

[Don't look at the cat, my boss, there's a car! There's a car! (shouting wildly)]

[I remember the second player ignored the cat, saw it, and went around to the right alley to enter the next level.]

[This cat is covered in injuries; it looks terrible.]

[It has a bell around its neck, so it's probably a domesticated dog.]

Is the cat dragging the big shot along?

[Car, car, car, the car is here!]

The netizens' hearts jumped into their throats instantly, and even the live chat fell silent.

It's worth noting that the young man on the screen seemed to be completely focused on the black cat on the ground, paying no attention to what was happening in front of him.

Just as the car was about to hit him, some netizens couldn't help but close their eyes.

But the remaining netizens saw that the young man didn't even raise his head, but bent down, lifted the black cat by the scruff of its neck, and turned it to the side.

The car sped past without stopping.

The movements were fluid and smooth.

... The chat fell silent.

[Ber, are you kidding me?]

[Great, great, great, perfectly timed maneuver!]

I reasonably suspect that this man did it on purpose.

[No doubt about it, he's just playing around with the Dungeon.]

[Xu Xi: You thought you were going to kill me? Heh, you're not dead yet.]

[Boss, you've really mistreated me, you know that?]

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Xu Xi stared at the black cat she was holding in her right hand, then reluctantly put the cat down on the ground after a moment.

The Rollback timings are sometimes too precise; he almost had to roll back again.

What, to train his reaction speed?

I just happened to scoop the cat out with me, otherwise the other animal might have been run over by that car.

... etc.

So, the black cat was pulling him towards the side of the road because it knew a car would pass by and wanted to save him?

Xu Xi looked down.

With the danger over, the black cat lay listlessly on the ground, slowly licking its wounds.

He paused, then bent down and tentatively stroked the black cat's head.

The black cat didn't resist; on the contrary, it rubbed against Xu Xi's palm eagerly, its amber eyes slightly narrowed. "Meow~"

Xu Xi restrained himself and touched it twice before stopping.

If this weren't Dungeon, he would have used both hands to attack.

Xu Xi had also considered getting a cat or dog, but she was always too busy being a corporate slave and felt she didn't have enough time to spend with them, so she gave up on the idea.

"Thank you for what you just did."

After thanking the black cat, Xu Xi decided to continue to the next floor.

However, just as he was about to lift his leg, his trouser leg was gently bitten again.

Um?

Xu Xi looked at it again.

The black cat tugged at its neck with its two front paws, and the bell tied around its neck was untied.

Xu Xi was taken aback when he saw it push the bell to his feet with its paw.

"You want me to wear your bell?"

The black cat meowed.

Xu Xi picked up the tiny bell, which was only the size of a fingernail, and examined it carefully.

The workmanship is exquisite, but it's a bit dirty right now.

Xu Xi's gaze fell on the black cat that had listlessly slumped back onto the ground after giving her the bell.

The next second, he grabbed the other person's neck again.

He happily accepted the bell, and he happily accepted the cat.

"Meow!"

While the black cat looked bewildered, Xu Xi carried it to the sign.

Congratulations, your judgment was correct.

It was her only remaining salvation, but it also left her.

Xu Xi glanced at the black cat that obediently let him carry it.

Who is "she" referring to here? The woman who hanged herself?

Does the other person own this black cat?

Xu Xi shook her head and didn't think about it anymore. Just as she was about to head to the next floor, she suddenly stopped.

He turned back and walked towards the original path, only to find that the alleyway he had come from had now become a wall.

Okay, as expected, the Dungeon won't let him exploit this kind of bug.

He wondered if, since he could see the correct or incorrect prompts on the wall, he could go back and choose again.

There is truly no turning back.