Where Was Everyone?

"Let's count again." Uncle Justice stood up as well.

By this time, many players at the scene had already noticed that the number of players was incorrect.

Luo Yi and Uncle Justice were both unwilling to believe that players from their own gang would do such a thing.

"They must have miscounted."

With 500 people crammed into one house, it's normal for errors to occur due to the large number of people and their varied opinions.

This time, the three gang leaders, Ye Bugu, Luo Yi, and Uncle Justice, personally went to count them.

Ye Bugu, Luo Yi is on the second floor, and Uncle Justice is on the first floor.

Then.

"I've finished counting. The third floor is correct; there are 143 people," Ye Bugu confirmed.

"The number of people on the second floor is also correct, 162," Luo Yi said in a deep voice.

The Uncle Justice on the first floor looked incredulous. "The number on the first floor is correct, including the three of us, it's 197 people."

Everyone fell silent.

How come there are two extra people?

Xiao Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

"Does the game involve ghosts?" Xiao Fan couldn't understand.

"Could it be one of the players who went up the mountain earlier, and sneaked into our group while we weren't looking?" one player speculated.

Upon hearing this, the other players thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was the only possible explanation.

Otherwise, how would they explain the two extra people?

"We must find these two people," Luo Yi said decisively.

In this situation, they can rescue players who are in danger, but they shouldn't rescue them so inexplicably.

"How about this, this house has three floors, and each of our three gangs will take one floor. If any unfamiliar people appear, it'll just be one of those two," Ye Bugu suggested.

"Let's do it this way." Luo Yi and Uncle Justice nodded.

Xiao Fan wanted to remind everyone, but he didn't know how to explain the concept of ghosts. The Game System was unusable, and his skills were useless; to be honest, he was quite panicked.

His greatest survival skill, "Stealing Heaven and Changing Day," is a passive skill. Xiao Fan doesn't know if this passive skill will trigger when he can't use other skills.

If he can't, he'll be in real danger.

Ye Bugu and his two companions have already begun their operation. The Night Blade Sect is on the third floor, the Justice Alliance is on the second floor, and the Military District is on the first floor.

Before parting ways, Ye Bugu distributed the food for the evening to each gang. Everyone was exhausted after a long day, and the gangs that wouldn't encounter any strangers could directly distribute their dinner.

"Everyone be careful," Xiao Fan reminded everyone before going upstairs.

"Hahaha, what are you afraid of? Even if we can't use our skills, are we afraid of two people with so many of us?" Uncle Justice laughed loudly.

Xiao Fan sighed inwardly, "Sigh, I'm just afraid it's not human."

Is this game going to add new monster species?

The house has three floors, three rooms, and a large hall.

The Night Blade Sect sent a total of 150 people this time.

Aside from Xiao Fan, these people have been teammates for several years; who doesn't know who?

"Look around you, see if there's anyone you don't recognize," Ye Bugu said bluntly.

The teammates looked at each other but didn't recognize anyone different.

"Alright, let's get our food and eat first."

Instead of counting the people first, Ye Bugu chose to serve dinner first.

There are 150 dinners in total, all pre-assigned. Each person takes one, and the number of people will be verified at the end.

He knows everyone in the gang, so he doesn't need to worry about anyone claiming the prize fraudulently.

He first gave one portion to Xiao Fan, and then the other team members lined up to receive theirs when they arrived.

Every time a meal was handed out, Ye Bugu would keep an eye on the person taking it, to prevent anyone from taking more than their share or from strangers. When the last meal in his hand was taken, and the line for food was finally empty, Ye Bugu breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"It seems our gang's size was correct."

Xiao Fan's fingers trembled slightly.

Where's your food?

Ye Bugu was taken aback. How could he have forgotten about him? These 150 dinners could include him!

But when the food was being distributed, he carefully checked each player and confirmed that they were all members of his guild, and that no one had taken more than their share.

How come 150 copies were sent out?

Ye Bugu felt a chill run down his spine, and an indescribable fear welled up inside him.

What the hell is going on?

He misremembered? Impossible. He was more focused than ever just now; there's no way he could be wrong.

The Night Blade players, no longer concerned with their food, scrutinized the surrounding players, only to be met with equally scrutinizing gazes from all directions.

No one noticed that there was anyone acting strangely in the group.

That's a bit creepy.

"Go ask the Military and the Justice Alliance what's going on."

Xiao Fan spoke up to remind him.

"I'll go right away."

Ye Bugu realized what was happening and immediately ran upstairs, wanting to know about the other two gangs as well.

But when I reached the stairwell, the system's long-lost voice sounded before me.

"Enter the Dungeon <Ghost Domain>?"

"Dungeon? What's that? Ghost Domain? What kind of realm is that?"

He's just spouting things he doesn't understand!

Ye Bugu saw the system notification, his first reaction was that the Game System was now usable, and he quickly brought up the game interface.

It turned out to be a false alarm; the game interface was still unusable.

"What's going on? This system works sometimes and doesn't work sometimes."

"Enter the Dungeon <Ghost Domain>?"

The system notification sounded again.

No, no, no!

Ye Bugu decisively refused.

He now wants to go downstairs to inquire about the Justice Alliance's situation.

"Enter the Dungeon <Ghost Domain>?"

"Why are you out again? Didn't I already refuse?" Ye Bugu said impatiently.

"Player not responding, Dungeon connection in progress."

"What do you mean?" Before Ye Bugu could react, his figure disappeared at the top of the stairs.

Xiao Fan waited for a while but Ye Bugu didn't return. Suddenly, he thought of a terrifying fact.

In this situation, he shouldn't have let Ye Bugu!

The main issue was that this 250-square-meter house housed 500 people; Xiao Fan hadn't really thought that much about the population density.

But wouldn't there suddenly be two extra people in a house that houses 500 people?

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and said, "Who's coming downstairs with me to find your gang leader?"

Although the Night Blade Sect members did not know Xiao Fan's identity, Ye Bugu had previously instructed them to follow Xiao Fan's orders.

Upon hearing Xiao Fan speak, several squad leaders immediately stood up.

We'll go with you.

Xiao Fan sensed something was wrong as soon as he reached the top of the stairs.

Logically speaking, even with the closest possible proximity, a house housing 500 people should be completely silent.

However, standing at the top of the stairs, he couldn't hear any noise from the first or second floor.

That's a bit creepy.

"Shadow?"

Xiao Fan went down the stairs and called out Ye Bugu's name towards the second floor, but no one responded.

"Uncle Justice?"

Still no response.

Xiao Fan inwardly cried out in alarm.

In this situation, the more people, the better.

"Go and call everyone else..."

Xiao Fan turned around, intending to have the players behind him call the rest of Night Blade over, but found no one there.