Entering the Instance! Encountering the Car-Stealing Thief Again! Lin Yu's Rage!

"Cough, cough—spit!"

Lin Yu sat up in the water, spitting out the water in his mouth.

His clothes and hair were dripping wet, and the air was filled with a damp smell.

He immediately wiped the water from his bangs and looked around.

It was an empty room about the size of a classroom, with pure white walls and ceiling that emitted a soft, bright light.

There were square holes at the top and bottom of the walls—the upper holes were slowly letting in water, while the lower holes were draining it.

The drainage speed was clearly greater than the inflow speed, and the water level in the room was rapidly decreasing—the water that had reached his chest when he sat up was now quickly dropping to his lower abdomen.

There was nothing else in the room besides these.

Lin Yu looked around and saw the other four players, just as the game prompt had said.

"Cough, cough..."

"Spit!"

They had also just crawled out of the water, spitting out the water from their noses and mouths.

Lin Yu, as usual, sized them up.

A dark-skinned, burly uncle, wearing a blue shirt and trousers, with a white safety helmet on his head.

Not far from the uncle were a young man and woman supporting each other—the man was wearing a gray hoodie and jeans, and the woman was in a pink tracksuit.

They both looked like ordinary college students.

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, quite surprised.

These two seem to know each other, and they're way too close.

Probably a couple... or at least ambiguously involved.

He had seen mentions of "teaming up" on the forum.

Certain special items could temporarily allow two or more people to participate in the same instance.

He just hadn't expected to encounter a couple in his second instance.

Lin Yu's gaze fell on the last player.

Then, he froze.

The last one was a rather young girl.

She was probably not much shorter than his club president, Shen Bingmiao.

She was wearing a black windbreaker and cargo pants, with a single ponytail, her hair not very long, and a round shape on top of her head—she was also wearing a pair of black, round-lensed sunglasses.

Lin Yu felt that her attire was a bit familiar, but he couldn't be sure for a moment.

Until he saw the girl's head turn towards him—even through the sunglasses, Lin Yu was quite sure their eyes met!

And in that instant their gazes met, the lower half of her face, without a mask, her lips parted slightly, seemingly in surprise.

It was this moment that confirmed it for Lin Yu...

This was the scoundrel who stole his bicycle!

Lin Yu's anger flared up, and at the same time, he let out a relieved laugh.

"Talk about karma, it comes fast! I didn't expect to actually meet you in the game!"

Lin Yu got up directly from the ground and waded through the water towards the girl.

"I'll break both your legs!"

Seeing Lin Yu's expression, the girl instantly looked terrified.

"Hey, hey... don't come over here!"

She also quickly got up from the ground and began to back away.

"From the prompt, it's highly likely this instance is cooperative and puzzle-based! We don't need to fight!"

The smile on Lin Yu's face grew colder, "I know, but not having legs doesn't affect solving puzzles, does it?"

The girl quickly pulled out a utility knife, her face pale.

"Then don't come over... if we really fight, it's not certain who will win!"

"You want to pretend to be a 'Soldier' again? You think I don't know you're a 'Thief'?"

Lin Yu's face...

"How dare I? Besides, even if I were a 'Soldier,' it wouldn't matter... you are too," the girl said with a mournful face, "but don't think 'Soldiers' can do whatever they want, my knife is very sharp!"

Lin Yu sneered at her words, then took out the [Infallible Revolver] from his pocket.

"Is that so? Is your knife as good as this?"

The appearance of the pistol completely crushed the girl's last line of defense.

She fell to her knees in the water with a thud, her face full of tears.

"Big brother, I was wrong, I was just joking—I returned the bike to you in the end anyway... That lock wasn't even difficult for you, I saw it from afar, you smashed it open in an instant!"

Seeing the young girl quickly back down, Lin Yu felt a bit helpless.

The "Ninja" from before was also... It seemed the "Soldier" profession was quite intimidating among the normal professions.

Coupled with the pistol in his hand, his current combination could probably walk all over normal players.

Indeed, seeing Lin Yu's interaction with the "Thief" girl, the other three players also showed him great respect for being a "Soldier" with a pistol.

Finally, looking at the kneeling girl and Lin Yu holding his gun, the uncle wearing a white safety helmet nervously spoke up.

"Ahem, young man, I can tell you seem to have some conflict with this little girl in real life... She prankishly locked your bicycle, right?"

"In my opinion, this girl is indeed mischievous, but it's not to the point where you should make such a big fuss in a death game... Especially since this is a cooperative game, there's no need to put yourself in danger just to spite her, don't you think?"

The uncle in the white safety helmet said cautiously.

Lin Yu had mostly calmed down after the girl knelt.

But he still hadn't put his gun away.

Because he needed to confirm something.

"But why would you prank me out of the blue—are you sent by some organization to test me?"

The young girl raised her hands over her head and quickly shook her head.

"Heaven and earth as my witness, absolutely not!"

"Then why? Speak quickly!"

Lin Yu demanded sternly.

The Thief girl said with a crying face, "I... I was the one selling items at the market that day!"

"In my last instance, I worked hard to get two 'Speed Talismans', originally planning to sell them for a good price... But when I got there, some player told me my price was too high. Someone just sold over a dozen bottles of 'Agility Potions' with even better effects than mine..."

"I found out it was true after inquiring, and by the end of the night, I only managed to sell one talisman after lowering the price... I felt a bit resentful, so I inquired about your general characteristics."

"And then, I unexpectedly ran into you on the road... You were confronting a ninja at the time... I saw it was a good opportunity, and in a moment of anger, I just wanted to play a trick on you!"

The young girl said with a crying face.

Lin Yu listened and felt both annoyed and amused.

"Alright... Truly a childish impulse!"

He waved his hand helplessly.

Since this person wasn't sent by some major organization to test him, Lin Yu's last trace of worry disappeared.

And his anger had completely subsided.

Quarreling with a girl with such a childish nature, Lin Yu felt it was really unnecessary!