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Chapter 677 Let Me Go and Let Me Update

Both of them were somewhat conflicted. To verify their conjecture, they could only try finding the ghost first.

They wanted to verify whether this was a real path to survival, but they didn't want to encounter ghosts.

"Let's take it one step at a time," Wen Qin said. "Don't actively seek out ghosts. If our guess is wrong, actively seeking out ghosts will only lead to our death."

At this point, his expression became somewhat hesitant: "Actually, I'm starting to have some doubts..."

What is there to doubt? Tonight, Bai looks at Wen Qin and talks about wine.

"Did the ghost really crawl out of the photo?" Wen Qin recalled. "On the bus, the ghost did get closer and closer to us, looking like it was about to crawl out of the photo, but we didn't actually see it. Was it just trying to scare us?"

"If we actually saw the ghost crawl out of the photo, then it would be too late." Tonight White imagined the scene. "In that case, we would be face to face with the ghost, and there would be basically no chance of survival."

“That makes sense,” Wen Qin said, understanding the situation. “But I’m still a little uneasy. Do you think it’s possible we’re wrong? What if the ghost can’t crawl out of the photo?”

He just saw a ghost almost crawl out.

For everyone's safety, Wen Qin only threw the photos out of the car after drinking.

He dared not gamble then, because if he lost, he would lose his life.

The safest way is to throw the photos away.

"Don't think too much about it yet," said Tonight White. "In short, we need to get as far away from the mountain where we took the group photo as possible, and away from the place where we threw the photo. I think the ghost will either crawl out of the photo and start looking for us from where it was thrown, or it will start its operation from the mountain where we took the photo. Anyway, the farther away from those two places, the better."

Wen Qin nodded as she drank, thinking as she quickly moved forward.

Bicycles are always parked in large groups on the bustling streets.

There are always one or two unlocked bicycles among these.

After walking for several hours, the two finally found two unlocked vehicles, which they skillfully stole and rode off.

Wen Qin looked at the setting sun and asked, "Are you going to rest tonight?"

After a moment's thought, Bai said, "Let's not rest. We can manage the first night. The most important thing now is to get away from here and travel tonight."

Wen Qin nodded as she drank.

Meanwhile, Lemon Not Sour and Yu Ji on the other side had already walked quite a distance.

The road the two chose was relatively remote, with almost no people around, only large tracts of land planted with trees and crops.

A wide road stretched into the distance, with large trucks occasionally speeding past the two of them.

"Night is approaching." Lemon-Not-Sour looked at the yellowish sky. "Nighttime is dangerous. Our eyes will be affected by the darkness, making it difficult to detect ghosts approaching, but ghosts can easily spot us moving in the dark. We'd better find a secluded place to hide tonight, what do you think?"

Yu Ji nodded: "I'll listen to you."

So the two of them went to find a secret hiding place before the sun went down.

Lemons are not sour and don't consider staying in hotels, firstly because they have no money, and secondly because ghosts love to find people in such places.

Staying in a hotel makes it easy for ghosts to discover you.

It's better to stay hidden in the wild.

The two found a cornfield before sunset and hid there.

Lemon Not Sour also placed some small loudspeakers in different places in the cornfield. These were special items she had obtained from a previous dungeon run; there were five in total, all controlled by a remote control.

Simply press the switch on the remote control, and the five small speakers will emit a loud noise simultaneously.

This sound can neither scare away ghosts nor serve any other purpose; it only hurts people's ears.

This is a useless special item, and it might even reveal your location.

But lemons aren't sour, so we make the most of them.

“If the ghost finds us, we’ll press the remote control and run away in different directions. With cornfields this tall, we’ll disappear in a flash, making it hard for the ghost to find us. It can only determine our location by sound,” she explained to Yu Ji.

"The sound from these loudspeakers can mask our footsteps, making it difficult for the ghosts to find the direction we're running in."

Yu Ji nodded.

Lemon Not Sour looked at the afterglow on the horizon: "It will be completely dark soon. Let's not make a sound. We can communicate with paper and pen if we need to." As she spoke, she took out a notebook and a pen.

This is something I bought from an outside supermarket; it's something I can bring into the dungeon.

There is a small light bulb at the other end of the pen, which can emit a faint light to illuminate the words on the notebook.

This little light is made by wrapping a lemon (not sour) with tape and attaching it to a pen, making it easier to read in the dark. The light bulb only illuminates an area of ​​four or five centimeters, so it won't be noticed by ghosts.

Yu Ji nodded and said nothing more.

Night fell quickly.

The sky grew completely dark.

The moon is quite large today, and it shines brightly on the cornfield.

Lemon, not sour, gently brushed aside the leaves that kept brushing against her face, warily looking around.

There are many small flying insects here, which is very annoying.

Every now and then a few insects would fly into their eyes, and the two silently shooed them away.

Besides these insects, there were also some strange animals making noises in the cornfield.

The rustling sounds coming from around them made the two of them tense up every now and then.

The lemon isn't sour, and who knows if there might be snakes in it? I might not be killed by a ghost but by snake venom instead.

There was a reason she chose this relatively secluded road.

In this secluded environment, she could immediately detect any slight movement and then react accordingly.

Overly crowded places can actually conceal danger, so that it is only discovered when it is already close at hand.

“We’ll take turns resting, you should get some sleep first.” Lemon Not Sour wrote in the notebook and handed it to Yu Ji.

Yu Ji nodded slightly and closed her eyes.

Falling asleep under these circumstances is extremely difficult.

But you have to grit your teeth and sleep, otherwise you won't have the strength to escape.

Yu Ji was relieved that she didn't snore and attract ghosts when she slept.

Seeing Yu Ji close her eyes, Lemon Not Sour continued to observe her surroundings.

She brought an electronic timer specifically for recording time in these survival copies.

By now, they have spent seven hours and twenty-four minutes in the instance.

Only one-tenth of the instance time has passed.

They will have to stay here for more than sixty hours before they can leave.

Everyone split up and went their separate ways; Lemon Not Sour had no idea about the others' situation.

Has anyone died yet? She wondered.

If others die, you should be grateful, grateful that they bought you time, and grateful that the ghost didn't follow the same path as you.

But she couldn't feel happy in the face of death.

The death of others would benefit her, but she still hoped that everyone could survive.

As she pondered, she thought of the group photo that had been thrown away.

Lemon Not Sour took advantage of the free time to quickly start thinking.

If your unlocked bicycle is stolen, don't get angry.

They were most likely stolen by someone who entered the instance!

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