Removing Items
Zhao Bi entered the restroom with a lamp in hand, whistling. After relieving himself, he went to the mirror and tidied his hair with his freshly washed, damp hands. Suddenly, something brushed against his lamp. As its light swung aside, a ghostly shadow flickered across the mirror.
Zhao Bi had been reaching for the lamp, but at the sight of that, he immediately used an item instead. He held a Vacuum Cleaner in one hand and tossed a white Vegetable Cover outside with the other. The large, translucent cover enveloped him, and the faint light it gave off formed a barrier.
He stood inside the cover for a while before venturing out. The cover moved along with him.
"Was I seeing things..." he muttered. Just as he turned back to pick up the lamp, a shadow wrapped around his face. He struggled to aim the Vacuum Cleaner at his head, but couldn't suck the thing away.
The Vacuum Cleaner then turned into a knife. He slashed at his own face several times, but it had no effect.
As time passed, Zhao Bi exhausted every means of saving himself. All that remained was instinctive struggling. He collapsed to the ground, twitching, and soon breathed his last in silence.
Only after he died did the shadow covering his face crawl away like an ordinary shadow, disappearing at the restroom entrance.
Elsewhere, when Zhao Bi failed to return for a long time, Kong Cheng sent another player to check on him. After learning that Zhao Bi was dead, Kong Cheng went over with Dr. Deng.
"Death by suffocation." Kong Hui examined the body and said, "At least he wasn't suffocated while taking a leak. That would've been embarrassing."
These players had only gathered temporarily and felt no particular camaraderie. The player