The four people below heard Gan Lingling's screams, which sent a chill down their spines.
Although they couldn't see it, they could sense that Gan Lingling was enduring immense pain; she was being tortured relentlessly by the BOSS.
They deeply sympathized with Gan Lingling's plight, because if they failed, Gan Lingling's fate would be their fate as well.
They were also relieved that the BOSS hadn't captured them; if the BOSS had attacked them directly, they wouldn't have been able to escape either.
Gan Lingling was simply very unlucky.
But can their good luck continue?
Jiang Wen's face was filled with fear. She looked at her three teammates and said, "If the BOSS catches me, please kill me. I will thank you."
"Me too," Du Ze said. "If I'm caught and don't have a chance to commit suicide, please kill me instead."
Zhu Heng said somewhat angrily, "Damn it, you two are already giving your last words? We might not even lose!"
"That's right, don't boost others' morale while diminishing your own," Cao Wenzhe added.
Zhu Heng added, "If you're really scared, you can commit suicide right now; no one's stopping you."
"Stop talking nonsense," Cao Wenzhe interrupted him.
Now is the time when teammates are needed most. If these two were to commit suicide, it would weaken their strength.
In that case, their situation won't be too good either.
"Now that we have the Instance bonus, even if this boss is incredibly powerful, he can't stop us if we want to commit suicide."
There's no need to say such discouraging things now; finding the heart is the most important thing.
Du Ze chuckled sheepishly, "I'm just doing this as a precaution. I don't want to die either. Of course, it would be better to get out of the Instance alive."
"Yes, I also hope to leave the Instance alive. Of course, I can't commit suicide now," Jiang Wen said.
Cao Wenzhe said, "Then let's hurry up and find that heart before the BOSS kills Gan Lingling."
Now, if they can find the heart, they have a chance to win the game.
They just hoped that Gan Lingling could hold on a little longer and create opportunities for them.
Although Gan Lingling will suffer more pain, we can only ask her to bear it.
The group had arrived near the location Gan Lingling had indicated and began searching the surrounding area.
At this moment, Cao Wenzhe used his newly acquired ability to create a barrier, enveloping the surrounding area within it.
He knew very well that the heart had been transplanted into a Demigod, who had become a Demigod pet.
If the BOSS really decides to deal with them, all he needs to do is awaken that Demigod, and they'll probably all die here.
His barrier can block everything; as long as the Demigod's body is within his barrier, the BOSS cannot awaken the Demigod.
This ability was likely given to them specifically to help them fight against the boss.
Now that they've reached this point, they've achieved half the success.
"Look what's that?" Jiang Wen pointed ahead.
Everyone hurriedly looked over, but because the light was dim, they couldn't see very clearly; it appeared to be a corpse.
Cao Wenzhe's face lit up with joy. If they were not mistaken, the heart had been transplanted into the corpse.
The crowd rushed over and carefully formed a circle around the body.
It was an unusually large corpse, three or four times the size of an average human, but the body was very thin, consisting almost entirely of skin and bones.
"Dead?" Cao Wenzhe asked, somewhat surprised.
Jiang Wen said, "This is the monster mentioned in the strategy guide, and also the Demigod mentioned in the notes. It shouldn't be dead; it's probably just in a deep sleep."
Zhu Heng said, "Whether he's dead or asleep, we must find his heart first."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the body.
Because the body was lying face down, Zhu Heng simply turned it over. The body didn't move at all during the process, so it was clearly a corpse.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately focused their attention on the corpse's chest.
"What happened? Where is his heart?"
Upon seeing the front of the corpse, everyone felt a wave of despair, because there was a huge gash in the area where the body's heart should be.
The corpse's chest was empty, containing no organs, let alone the heart they were looking for.
They were just moments ago full of confidence, thinking they were about to obtain that important quest item. They believed that once they got the heart, they could very well kill the boss and clear the Instance.
But now, everything is gone.
Even the last hope was extinguished.
"How so!"
"Could it be that the heart was removed?" Du Ze said uneasily.
"How could that be? There's no one else here besides us."
"And the BOSS," Cao Wenzhe said unwillingly, "His heart was most likely ripped out by him!"
These words sent a chill down everyone's spine, but upon closer examination, they were indeed very likely.
The boss certainly knew the location of the heart, and he was clearly intelligent.
Therefore, the BOSS cannot simply let them obtain important quest items without taking action.
The reason the BOSS could torment Gan Lingling up there without interfering was because they had no chance of finding any important items there.
The heart had already fallen into the hands of the Instance boss.
Everything they did was in vain from the start.
But this boss is really going too far; he even targets his own pet.
"What do we do now?" Du Ze asked. "At this rate, we have absolutely no chance."
"Should we just commit suicide?" Jiang Wen asked, somewhat unwillingly.
"You guys are being too pessimistic," Zhu Heng said helplessly. "Even if we don't have that heart, we can at least give it a try."
After all, there are still four of us, and with the Instance bonus, even if we can't beat the boss, we might still survive until tomorrow.
Even if we don't live to see tomorrow, surely we can't even bring ourselves to commit suicide when facing the boss?
So no matter what you say, you have to fight the BOSS. If you really can't win, it's not too late to commit suicide.
"Well, that's the only way," Cao Wenzhe said. "If we just commit suicide like this, I don't think anyone would be willing to accept it."
Indeed, they were all unwilling to accept it.
Even if they already have the Instance bonus, they still can't bring themselves to commit suicide and give up most of their experience points without even trying.
I really can't bring myself to do that right now.
At this moment, a fighting spirit rose again in everyone's hearts. After all, they had a way out. At worst, they could commit suicide, and at least they could return to the real world alive in the end.
Just then, the barrier created by Cao Wenzhe was suddenly shattered by some enormous force.
The four immediately went on alert; the BOSS had appeared.