A large living person was suddenly and completely swallowed up on the hard mountain road as if he had fallen into a swamp. No trace of his existence could be seen anymore. Upon seeing this, the surrounding apartment residents fell into great shock and fear.
"There's a ghost! There's a ghost underground!"
"We can't stay on this mountain anymore!"
"We must act separately! If we continue to get together, we will definitely die!"
The residents of the apartment started talking after a companion mysteriously disappeared. Their words were full of fear about the current environment, so they couldn't help but want to make some changes.
But soon, two deafening gunshots broke their discussion.
"Don't fucking scream at me! Just leave wherever I tell you! Otherwise, I will kill you all!"
It was a middle-aged gunman. This middle-aged player, who looked very ordinary, looked very different from when he was in the apartment. His face was full of sternness, he raised the two pistols in his hands and pointed the muzzle at the six apartment residents in front of him.
"You can't limit our freedom..."
An apartment resident who looked a little frail then plucked up the courage to reply to the shooter player. He might have been under too much stress after the ghost appeared and could no longer figure out the current situation.
But there was only one bullet to answer him! Bang! After hearing a single gunshot, the apartment resident fell straight down on the mountain road, with a large amount of blood coming out of his chest.
"Have you seen it?! I'm not kidding you! If anyone dares to run around and talk nonsense now, I will let him see the King of Hell directly!"
The middle-aged gunman with a fierce look on his face then threatened the five apartment residents standing in front of him. He obviously did not take their lives seriously and forced them to obey the instructions and stay out of the way.
The two players Wang Zhifan and the young man in school uniform remained silent when they saw this. They had no objection to the high-pressure method of the middle-aged gunman. After all, in this case, it was a waste of time to continue reasoning with these NPCs, and violent suppression was the most efficient.
So a few seconds later, under the intimidation of the middle-aged gunman from behind, the remaining five apartment residents had to turn around and continue climbing. Each of them deliberately avoided the place where the resident who had fallen completely into the mountain path disappeared, and tried not to think about the weird scene before. After all, there was a greater threat behind them, and it was very likely that they would lose their lives before the ghost attacked them.
"I said, what happened to that man just now? Why didn't you shoot to save him?"
At this moment, at the back of the team, the young man in school uniform, still surrounded by red and yellow flames, lowered his voice and asked the middle-aged gunman next to him with some doubts on his face, because he remembered that the other party had said not long ago that he would reward a bullet when a ghost appeared. However, it turned out that a ghost had taken action just now, but he did not make any movement and did not fire.
"How do I know what happened to that man? I suddenly felt a little dizzy just now. I guess it was affected by some ghost. By the time I noticed the man, he had already fallen into the ground and was too late to rescue. Many of the attacks of these ghosts are incomprehensible. It is enough for us to focus on completing our tasks."
The middle-aged gunman's expression was not as harsh as he had been when he faced the residents in front of him. Instead, he was a little anxious because he found that a ghost had already targeted him and used some methods that were difficult for him to counterattack. He felt that the situation might become more and more serious in the future, which made him feel quite nervous now.
"I also felt like something was staring at me, but I couldn't find their specific location."
After hearing this, the young man in school uniform nodded and replied while looking ahead and to the left and right. As a mage player who is good at spiritual attributes, he is actually relatively strong in perception. However, he has felt something wrong since he set foot on the mountain road, but he has been unable to detect the source of this wrongness.
When the two players behind were talking, Wang Zhifan also fell into some doubts. This was because he had not seen the girl Assassin who went to the front to investigate return.
"Why hasn't she come back? Couldn't she have been killed by that female ghost a long time ago..."
Wang Zhifan now has to suspect that the female ghost who pretended to be the player Assassin had already killed the other party. Otherwise, according to their agreement, the other party should have found out the situation and reported back. After all, the area they were asked to conduct stealth exploration was only an area in front, not that far away.
However, if the Assassin player does not come back, Wang Zhifan cannot stay where he is and stop the team from moving forward. He can only try his best to let go of his perception and cover himself and the team behind him, so as not to react in time when a sneak attack occurs.
After more than ten minutes of this, the team, reduced to only eight people, came to a fork above the mountain road. Two forked mountain roads appeared above the fork, but these two mountain roads were not the focus. What was important was that there were things clearly placed on the ground at the openings of the two branch mountain roads. One was a red blood-stained long-sleeved jacket, and the other was a pair of similarly red blood-stained hiking boots.
"Ghost Artifacts?"
As soon as he saw these two things placed directly at the intersection of the two roads ahead, as if he was afraid that climbers like them wouldn't be able to see them, Wang Zhifan felt that they were probably the so-called Ghost Artifacts, because he had already sensed a strong and strange aura from both of them.
But in the face of Ghost Artifacts, which was rumored to be very helpful in fighting ghosts, Wang Zhifan did not dare to be careless. He did not rush forward to pick them up. Instead, he quickly turned around and explained the situation to the people behind him.
"There is a piece of clothing and a pair of shoes on the ground in front of you. They are most likely Ghost Artifacts. Which of you is willing to touch them?"
He turned around and said loudly to the five residents and two player teammates behind him.
In fact, what he said was mainly to his two teammates. After all, they now control the team through violence, and the priority to obtain Ghost Artifacts is definitely in their hands.
"I don't need this shit."
After Wang Zhifan asked, the middle-aged gunman standing at the back of the team was the first to answer him, expressing his firm stance. Perhaps it was the Spirit Bullet he had in his hand and his disgust for ghosts that made him unwilling to come into contact with such items.
"Let me take a look."
The young man in school uniform was much more interested in Ghost Artifacts. He quickly passed through the five residents who were suppressed by the middle-aged gunman and did not dare to act rashly. He came to the position of Wang Zhifan above and saw Blood Garment and Blood Shoes at the intersection of the road.
"My senses tell me that it would be dangerous to touch them rashly..."
The young mage professional stared at the two objects for two seconds, then turned to look at the five residents behind him, and raised his hand to point at one of the middle-aged people.
"You, go to the top of the dress."
He asked the resident to come up and verify the authenticity of Ghost Artifacts.