Chapter 41

After replying to Nie Yun's message, Ye Zhao ate while opening the Player forum to see how everyone else was doing.

She was already having such a hard time surviving. The others probably weren't doing any better.

Sure enough, the forum was filled with wails and cries. Most people were saying that those around them had turned into ghosts and had nearly killed them.

It wasn't just the people around them who had turned into ghosts. It seemed that everyone in the entire world had vanished, leaving behind nothing but ghosts.

[Can someone save me? I'm willing to pay one hundred million! I'm the youngest son of an xx corporation. Whoever saves my life will have the gratitude of my entire family!]

[My teammates all disappeared after they went out. I'm hiding in the bathroom right now and don't dare move! I just looked downstairs, and those things are everywhere! It's so terrifying!]

[Warning, warning! Do not look at them! Once you look at them, they'll notice your existence! A Player in the building next to mine died like that. Hundreds of them rushed into his room, and not even a body was left behind.]

[Everyone, hold on! As long as we shut ourselves in our rooms and endure for five days, we'll win this game!]

[Pretending to be deaf and blind is the key to clearing this game. As long as we overcome our fear, we'll definitely win—]

[My name is xxx. I live in Building xx, District xx, City xx. My phone number is xxx. If I don't make it out alive, brothers, can you help me pass a message to my parents? Tell them I'm sorry. I'll repay their kindness in raising me in my next life!]

[My name is xxx... Can someone please tell my girlfriend that I'll love her forever!]

As soon as these messages appeared, many people immediately came forward to reveal their own information, hoping that someone kind would take their last words out with them.

Just then, one comment read: [Don't be afraid, everyone. It's not the end yet. As long as we're not dead, there's hope. In the end, humanity will definitely be victorious!]

Ye Zhao paused slightly when she saw this, because the username of the commenter looked familiar: "Moonlit Boat at Night." The name was so very Ye Mingyue's style. Could it be that she had also been chosen to enter this game?

Ye Zhao specifically opened the account's profile page. Sure enough, it was very active, with hundreds of posts encouraging everyone to hold on.

There were so many of them. It was clear she had put a lot of thought into it.

Pretending to be a passerby, Ye Zhao sent Moonlit Boat at Night a private message: [Are you the influencer Ye Mingyue?]

She waited for quite a while, but received no response.

Ye Zhao sent another message: [I'm afraid I won't survive. It's just a pity about the doubling Prop Card I drew. I thought I'd make it out alive and accomplish something great! Wuwu, I'm going to die...]

This time, the other party replied quickly: [What is a doubling Prop Card? Is it a card that can double game items?]

Ye Zhao laughed. Sure enough, benefits were the most enticing thing. [Are you Ye Mingyue?]

Moonlit Boat at Night: [I am. I'm that Ye Mingyue. If you don't believe me, I can give you my phone number. After the game ends, you can come meet me in person. Hotel and airfare are on me!]

Ye Zhao checked her IP address and found that they weren't even in the same city. What a pity. [Can I come join you right now?]

Ye Zhao's words had clearly made Ye Mingyue wary. Rather than tell her the address, she went on at length about how Ye Zhao should not run around recklessly. It was too dangerous right now, and besides, they weren't even in the same city.

Ye Zhao tugged at the corner of her mouth with a cold smile, but she had to admit that even if she knew Ye Mingyue's address, she might not be able to get there and find her. Driving was out of the question. If only there were a plane.

She hadn't had a chance to Scan a plane in the last game, either.

Though she didn't know how to fly one, that was fine. She had Teacher Baidu!

Teacher Baidu was an all-powerful teacher!

Ye Zhao's excellence owed much to Teacher Baidu!

Since she couldn't go anyway, Ye Zhao couldn't be bothered to waste any more words. Ignoring Ye Mingyue's messages asking for her real-life information, she closed the private chat window.

She opened Baidu and searched for a tutorial on flying a plane. Even without a plane, she could first practice through imaginary simulation.

Ye Mingyue stared at the Player named "Wronged Ghost." They hadn't replied to her messages for ages. Could they have died? That would be such a pity. If the other person really had a doubling Prop Card, wouldn't that mean they would possess twice the strength of others?

Just thinking of a certain possibility in the future made the smile on her face impossible to suppress. She sent several more messages to Wronged Ghost, but they all vanished without a trace, with no response at all.

Could they really be dead?

Thinking of the duck that had practically been in her grasp flying away, Ye Mingyue felt miserable.

Over here, Nie Yun and Old Wang were also having a hard time, but they didn't dare scroll through the forum too much. For dinner, they each gnawed on half a compressed biscuit. Although they desperately wanted to go to the dining hall to look for food, safety came first. Besides, they had not yet reached the point of lacking food and clothing, much less the point where they needed to risk their lives for food, so they decided to keep lying low in their room.

At night, they took turns keeping watch while the other slept, striving to leave nothing to chance.

The eleventh day after entering the game.

Ye Zhao woke up early and first listened for any movement outside. Good. The Granulation Ghost had not come.

The floors above and below were quiet as well.

She felt relieved.

For breakfast, she ate two boxes of self-heating rice, then spent some time practicing how to fly a plane without one. For lunch, she ate three boxes of self-heating rice, took an hour-long nap, then went to observe the Granulation Ghost's location again that afternoon.

It had previously been on the tenth floor, but at some point, it had moved to the sixth floor. Its temper was also much worse than yesterday's. For example, some room doors had been smashed open, while the walls had been struck with broad cracks.

Yes, having gone too long without food, it was clearly becoming increasingly irritable and had begun destroying everything around it that it could touch.

This was not a good sign.

The twelfth day after entering the game.

It was time for Ye Zhao's daily Prophet session again.

[Using Prophet Skill. Current Prophet Level: 1. Skill duration: 10s.]

In the pitch-black night, "Roar—"

The enraged roar of the monstrous entity echoed across the land.

"I see you, I see you..."

The massive entity crashed into every structure in the hotel's corridors. The tremendous force left the entire building on the verge of collapse, and at last, it began to cave in.

More than a dozen human Players huddled together, staring in despair and terror at the entity drawing ever closer below. "What do we do? It's coming up!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Big Brother, what should we do now?"

"Use the Peach Wood Sword, quick!"

Just as their fear grew ever stronger, the man they called Big Brother hardened his expression. He grabbed one of the men and hurled him into the open space in the middle of the stairwell!

The man let out a shrill scream. Just as he was about to hit the ground, the entity appeared from nowhere and caught him!

"Found you, found you..."

A scalp-numbing sound of chewing rang out. The entity's violent emotions were somewhat soothed, and the surroundings gradually fell quiet.

The group was still shaken. Some looked terrified, some could not bear to watch, while others curled their lips into smiles as they looked at their companions, as though they had discovered the secret to surviving...

System: [Prophet Skill use ended.]

[Prophet] Skill has turned gray.

[CD: 24h]