Global Collapse

Chapter 922 You are that heartless and insane chess player

Ghosts have no humanity, but they can use tricks that humans use.

It's not impossible to pretend to leave and lure her out.

Anzhi Tinglan didn't rush out. Instead, she observed the direction the ghost had left through the mirror. A mirror at the door reflected the situation in that direction, and the image was transmitted through the mirrors before finally entering Anzhi Tinglan's field of vision, allowing her to observe the situation there without having to go to the door.

It was very dark outside. When Anzhi Tinglan was being chased by the ghost, she did not cover the light of her flashlight. She needed light to judge which way to escape. Without the flashlight, she was afraid she would run into the wall after running a few steps.

When she knelt down, her hands were already weak, and the flashlight fell to the floor, rolling twice.

The beam of the flashlight danced in the mirrors, illuminating the corridor outside.

But it didn't illuminate a large area. The ghost quickly left the small area illuminated by the flashlight, and the terrifying ghost, along with the terrifying headless corpse, melted into the terrifying darkness.

"He must really be gone." A voice suddenly broke the silence of the area.

Anzhi Tinglan then looked at the person who had made the sound.

It was Guiguzi who was angered, the one who pulled her into this safe zone at the critical moment.

When Anzhi Tinglan looked up from her lying on the ground, she saw his figure and recognized him.

But compared to Guigu, the ghosts outside were far more deadly. She had to concentrate all her attention on them, and had to temporarily ignore her "savior."

Now that the ghost has left, she can finally spare some attention to carefully examine Guigu.

Like a ghost, Guigu was not actually standing in front of her. What Anzhi Tinglan saw was just a reflection that had been reflected many times. As for where he was actually, Anzhi Tinglan could not tell for the time being.

Even with a flashlight on, the surrounding environment was very dark.

The reason why Guigu was recognized at first glance was because of the unique large burns on his face. When he was unfortunately teleported to Gu Mian's house, the first thing An Zhitinglan noticed was this somewhat special face.

When she looked up from the ground, An Zhitinglan recognized Guiguzi immediately upon seeing the scars on his face.

The fact that she was a "lifesaver" and that the "Mother Mother" buff that the "Rat Loves to Eat Cat" had given Guigu made Anzhitinglan lower her guard to a minimum and focus her attention on the ghost outside. If the person in this area were Gu Mian, Anzhitinglan would definitely pay more attention to Gu Mian than to the ghost outside.

"Thank you." After turning her attention back to the person, An Zhitinglan rotated her wrist and uttered a thank you that lacked sincerity.

Anyway, Guiguzi already knew what kind of person she was in the previous chessboard instance, so he wouldn't believe her if she were to express her gratitude with tears streaming down her face now.

"You're welcome." In Hao Laoshi's words, the player in Group Three could only be described as "ruthless." When Guigu heard that someone was being chased by a ghost, his first reaction was to save the person. When he discovered that the person being chased was An Zhitinglan, he hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still saved her.

However, Guigu was also wary of the other party, and did not appear directly in front of Anzhitinglan, but spoke to her through layers of mirrors.

Without beating around the bush, he went straight to the point and asked, "Have you seen my friends in the dungeon? Hao Laoshi, Fatty, Mouse Loves to Eat Cat, Sweetheart Xiaoqi, and Liu Liu Dashun."

This involves reading out the names of everyone on the list except himself and Anzhitinglan, except for Hao Laoshi.

In fact, Guigu didn't know if Hao Laoshi had been pulled into this instance, as his name wasn't on the list. However, since Hao Laoshi was so close to him when Guigu was pulled in, it was very likely that he had also been pulled in.

Anzhi Tinglan paused for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. After a few seconds, she looked at the person in the mirror and said, "I didn't see Hao Laoshi and Fatty."

"You've seen the rest?"

Anzhi Tinglan nodded, knowing that the mirror would convey her meaning to Guigu's eyes: "Three fools."

There was not a trace of politeness in his speech.

She already knew from "The Mouse Loves to Eat the Cat" that these three idiots were spoiled brats from Guigu, and what's even funnier is that they were very dissatisfied with Guigu.

Guigu remained silent for a while without refuting, which suggests that he had some understanding of the three people's intelligence.

"How are they?" After a long while, Anzhi Tinglan heard Guigu continue to speak, his tone somewhat strange.

As the former commander of the Holy Mother Base, Anzhi Tinglan believed that Guigu should be very concerned about the safety of these people, but she detected a hint of resistance in Guigu's voice, as if the former commander was somewhat reluctant to hear news about these people. However, Anzhi Tinglan had no time to ponder other people's inner struggles; she only wanted to quickly figure out how to leave this instance.

Gu Mian is in this instance, and Gu Mian is a frequent cause of instance server crashes in the announcements. An Zhi Ting Lan suspects that she can eventually leave the instance even if she does nothing, but she has never been comfortable entrusting her fate to others.

"The two numbers were together. When we separated them, they were still alive and well, but judging from their menacing appearance, they probably won't live much longer. The three layers of obstacles they set up and the number of grappling hooks were zero and ten respectively. Oh, the reason why Six Six Great Fortune only set up ten grappling hooks is because the maximum number of grappling hooks that can be set is only ten."

Anzhi Tinglan almost laughed as she recounted this. Ten ghosts! There are ten ghosts in this mall! And there are zero obstacle courses on the three floors where you can avoid them. This is all thanks to the brainless numbers team.

After she finished speaking, she saw that Guigu's expression in the mirror also twisted slightly. It seemed that Guigu had also figured out the function of the grappling hook and the obstacle area, and was marveling at the wisdom of the two of them.

She continued, "When I was with a mouse that loves to eat cats, I was discovered by a ghost, the one that was chasing me just now. It was lagging behind from the beginning, and I don't know why."

Anzhi Tinglan thought about the headless corpse that the ghost had just grabbed. The headless corpse wasn't dressed like a rat that loves to eat cats. Since the corpse in the ghost's hand wasn't a rat that loves to eat cats...

“He shouldn’t be dead. He set up two of the four layers of obstacles,” Anzhitinglan added.

"The number of obstacles I set for the second layer..." An Zhitinglan hesitated for a moment when mentioning herself, "...I set two obstacles for the second layer."

Just like with equivalent exchange, she believed she had provided enough information. Now, Guiguzi would provide a useful clue: "Who set the number of retrieval ports? How many did you set?"

Guiguzi sets the number of retrieval slots, which is the number of slots in the claw machine where the claw grabs the plush toy and throws it out.

The mall is a giant claw machine, the claw is the ghost, the plush toys are the people, the obstacle area is the player's hiding place, so what is the item retrieval port? Anzhitinglan hasn't figured out the item retrieval port yet, but it should be an important thing, just like the claw and the plush toys.

“Three.” Guigu didn’t lie and directly stated the number of retrieval slots he had set. “You’ve realized what kind of instance this is, right? The mall is a giant claw machine, the ghosts are the claws, and we are the dolls…”

The thought of setting the number of hooks to ten for the "Six Six Great Fortune" scheme gave Guigu a headache.

When he saw those three familiar names on the list after entering the dungeon, he roughly guessed what they were going to do. These three were people who had been with the Huluwa base since its early days, and he had only entered the dungeon with them once or twice in the very early stages.

Any language pales in comparison to the replicas of these people, and describing them is a headache.

Their impressive performance in the dungeon made it clear that these people weren't cut out for dungeons. Han Shan had assigned them to the base's logistics department to do tasks like collecting supplies, and they hadn't entered a dungeon since. He never expected to run into them in a dungeon after such a long time.

However, this is a special instance that randomly pulls people in, and they, the logistics department staff, were also pulled in against their will.

"Have you figured out what the number of your retrieval ports represents?" Anzhi Tinglan interrupted Guigu's recollection.

Guiguzi also shook his head, his figure reflected in the mirror in countless ways. Anzhi Tinglan saw Guiguzi shaking his head at her from all directions.

"I don't know, but it should be the place where the ghost throws the body. If you follow the ghost that grabs people, you might be able to understand what the object retrieval point represents at the end."

Anzhi Tinglan must be crazy to follow a ghost.

However, she thought of the headless corpse. Perhaps she didn't need to follow the ghost. The corpse had lost its head, and blood was constantly flowing from the severed skull. She could just follow the trail of blood...

Anzhi Tinglan thought she could see the bloodstains in the corridor outside through the mirror, but the floor was already covered in dust, and the light was too dim to see the bloodstains clearly from so far away.

The two had been talking for quite some time, but the ghost showed no signs of returning.

Anzhi Tinglan still couldn't understand why the ghost had chased her all the way here and then suddenly gave up, nor did she understand what the purpose of those little claw machines in the mall was.

"Have you seen those small claw machines in the dungeon? The ones that glow green?" Anzhi Tinglan wanted to know if Guiguzi had seen those claw machines.

But Guiguzi seemed to be thinking about the bloodstains as well. He was staring at the floor outside the visual error zone, seemingly oblivious to his own words.

“You should recognize your rat friend’s clothes; that’s not his corpse,” Anzhitinglan said.

“I know it wasn’t him who died,” Guigu nodded, “but I recognize the headless corpse’s clothes.”

"Who?"

That's right, I'm that insanely lazy person who always dawdles! Laziness has ten deadly sins, the first of which is: laziness! Just look at the other nine deadly sins—I'm too lazy to even write them all!