What's wrong with being a salted fish?

While Qiuyue was taking Zhou An to break through the barriers and get clues, Xiao Yuan was lying in the small space he had opened up to rest.

In the copy, even he himself needs to abide by the rules.

When he attacked Clay previously, he had already secretly used a bit of his divine power and suffered backlash immediately. However, because the backlash was relatively minor, he didn't actually feel much.

But now, he ignored the rules and attacked other players in the copy, even killing them. The backlash pain almost made him unable to move.

As a last resort, Xiao Yuan could only use a little more of his divine power to open up this space for himself to recuperate.

Xiao Yuan lay powerlessly in the space. It seemed as if ants were crawling in every bone in his body; every inch of his skin seemed to be torn apart, and there seemed to be a hammer hammering in his brain.

The pain stimulated Xiao Yuan's nerves all the time, making him clench his fists, but controlling his body made the pain even more intense.

Damn it! Xiao Yuan couldn't help but curse in his heart.

It was just this level, and he could still tolerate it; but since he had eliminated a strong competitor for Zhou An, it could be said that it was a sure win.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but laugh at himself. Zhou An was so afraid of him that he even wanted to leave him, and he actually got rid of the other players for him. It was a bit ridiculous.

Xiao Yuan thought of that night again. He originally wanted to go back to Zhou An's room to coax him, but unexpectedly the other party did not open the door for him.

After Xiao Yuan ran out of patience, he pried the door open, and then a small vase flew towards him.

"Get out!" Zhou An roared.

Xiao Yuan was hit directly, his forehead was red and swollen, and it seemed that there were some broken skin. The vase had fallen to the ground and broke, and Xiao Yuan's face became very ugly because of Zhou An's actions.

Seeing this, Zhou An started to tremble again, and he remembered how Xiao Yuan had ripped him open in the illusion.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yuan asked coldly. He thought he was pretty good to Zhou An, giving him whatever he wanted, even the stars without the moon. But the result was Zhou An's inexplicable fear of him.

"Stay away from me!!" Zhou An shouted in a muffled voice, holding his head.

Xiao Yuan took a deep breath, closed the door, and slowly approached Zhou An, trying to calm him down: "Xiao An, don't be afraid, calm down first, and then we can talk, okay?"

But Zhou An didn't listen at all. He just shook his head desperately and told Xiao Yuan to get out.

When Xiao Yuan approached him, Zhou An even madly tore Xiao Yuan's face, leaving four bright red marks.

Xiao Yuan touched the wound on his face, then looked at Zhou An who was on guard against him, and finally he laughed out of anger.

He suddenly grabbed Zhou An's wrist, revealing Zhou An's tear-stained face, and mocked darkly: "Don't want to see me? What qualifications do you have to not want to see me? Do you think you can complete the dungeon so smoothly without me? I was the one who dealt with the people who made you unhappy in the previous dungeon!"

Xiao Yuan grabbed Zhou An's hand and threw him onto the bed. He opened and closed his hands, but in the end he didn't have the heart to slap Zhou An.

He just looked down at Zhou An: "If it weren't for me, you would have died a thousand times. Do you think you still have the energy to yell at me? Are you worthy of yelling at me? You used me to deal with so many people you didn't like. Why do you have to pretend to be so innocent now?"

Zhou An grabbed the bed sheet tightly, bit his lips and glared at Xiao Yuan without saying a word.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Yuan just felt tired. He thought Zhou An would remember his kindness, but he didn't expect that the other party was still so defensive towards him.

Just a small illusion is enough to sow discord between them.

Before Xiao Yuan left, he said one last thing to Zhou An: "Without me, you are nothing."

After Xiao Yuan finished his recollection, he did not forget to laugh at himself. Who could say that his attack on Wen Chuan was not a revenge for him kicking Zhou An into the illusion?

but...

Mentioning Wen Chuan, Xiao Yuan began to reminisce again. He needed to use this method to ignore the pain in his body.

Wen Chuan is dead, but where is his body?

Xiao Yuan didn't think much about it, he was just thinking about what to do next.

Qiuyue is not a human being, so Zhou An only needs to get rid of Lin Zhuo, and he can leave here safely. Then he can return to his own territory and slowly fight with Zhou An.

As for myself, I just need to abandon this body after Zhou An leaves. Although I may need to rest for a few days, it is not a big problem.

......

"Sister Yue, you are a very nice person."

After coming out of the checkpoint, Zhou An excitedly talked to Qiuyue with the fresh clue in his hand.

Qiuyue not only helped him complete the task, but also gave him all the clues he obtained, which greatly increased Zhou An's favorability towards Qiuyue.

"Yeah, I also think I'm a good person." Qiuyue said with a smile as she walked in front of Zhou An with her hands behind her back. She was jumping around and looked very energetic.

Just at the next turn, Qiuyue and Zhou An met Lin Zhuo.

"Qiuyue, you two?" Seeing the two of them together, Lin Zhuo did not show any disgusted expression, but just tilted his head.

"Um, Sister Yue, I have something else to do, I'll go first." After Zhou An finished speaking, he lowered his head and ran away quickly, bumping into Lin Zhuo while running.

Lin Zhuo touched his arm that was hit and looked at Qiuyue in confusion: "Do I look like someone who would eat people?"

"Who knows?" Qiuyue shrugged.

Lin Zhuo continued to wander in the corridor, and Qiuyue followed his pace and walked side by side with him.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was silent.

"Why do you want to be with Zhou An?" Lin Zhuo spoke first.

"I found his sneaky look interesting, so I'll kill some time. After all, he's the only living person here besides you." Qiuyue looked indifferent. It doesn't matter who she plays with.

After Qiuyue said this, Lin Zhuo became even more silent. Yes, only he and Zhou An were real players here.

"You seem to have some sympathy for him?" Qiuyue felt that Lin Zhuo's eyes seemed a little sad.

Qiuyue then reminded him: "Only one person can leave this copy."

"I know." Lin Zhuo said.

"The only way to revive Wen Chuan is to go out. Besides, do you think Zhou An is a good person?" Qiuyue said.

She saw it clearly when she was with Zhou An just now. If Zhou An hadn't wanted to use her to get through, he would have pushed her into the fire pit long ago.

Lin Zhuo was silent. Who gave Qiuyue the illusion that he would sympathize with Zhou An? He already knew that this guy was not a good person.

What made him sad was that he couldn't pass the level with Wenchuan, and he felt very sad that he was the only one left.

If he had known this would happen, the moment he entered the dungeon, he would have been thinking about how to overthrow Xiao Yuan's throne.

"I knew you were lying when you said we couldn't win." 0617 suddenly appeared and muttered.

Lin Zhuo kept smiling and replied: "Hmm? What did you say? The wind is too strong and I can't hear you."

“…” Just keep pretending, who can pretend better than you?

At this time, Qiuyue patted Lin Zhuo on the shoulder and comforted him: "Okay, don't be sad, I added some information to Zhou An's clues, I hope he can have a good night. Now, let's go eat!"

Before Lin Zhuo could ask Qiuyue what she did to Zhou An, Qiuyue pushed Lin Zhuo towards the restaurant.

At this time, Zhou An, who hurried back to the room, had a ruddy complexion and stared at the two clues in his hands with shining eyes.

He never thought that Qiuyue would actually help him. He originally thought that Qiuyue and Lin Zhuo had a good relationship, but now it seems that it is just average.

Otherwise, why would he give me such an important thing as clues?

Zhou An covered the clue against his chest with his hands and lay on the bed. He couldn't help feeling proud: I didn't expect it would be so easy to get the clue. It seems that I can leave the copy soon without Xiao Yuan.

As he said this, he counted on his fingers and determined that after seven days, the BOSS of the dungeon would break free and slaughter all the players in the dungeon, and today was the fifth day.

The two clues in his hand only indicated that it was a red rabbit that could change itself to hide; they did not specify the other party's specific location.

In other words, he must find clues again tomorrow, catch the rabbit, and then hand it over to Clay before the seventh day limit.

Is one day really enough? Zhou An stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Suddenly, he thought: Lin Zhuo also needs to go, he will definitely go to find the rabbit, all he needs to do is follow him, snatch the rabbit he finds and give it to Clay, right? No one says that snatching someone else's rabbit doesn't count!

Zhou An thought happily that the chance to leave the game was just around the corner. With this thought in mind, he fell asleep happily.

......

Suddenly, someone patted Zhou An, bringing him back to consciousness.

Zhou An heard someone asking him, "Zhou An! What are you daydreaming about?"

He raised his head dully, looking at the woman standing in front of him in disbelief.

The woman's name was Sister An. She was wearing a black windbreaker and her jet-black hair was neatly tied behind her head with a rubber band. She seemed to pay a lot of attention to her appearance and wore very bright lipstick. There was also a small black mole on the right side of her mouth.

But this was not the focus of Zhou An’s attention. The focus was that Sister An was dead, having died in the first copy Zhou An entered.

Zhou An looked at the other person's delicate face and felt creepy.

Sister An is a warm and generous woman. When she knew Zhou An was a novice, she not only patiently explained the rules of the game to him, but also took the initiative to let Zhou An follow her, saying that she would protect him.

Zhou An followed the other party with a clear conscience, trying to get food, resources, clues, and everything else; but Sister An never said a bad word about him. Instead, she comforted him by saying that all newcomers are like this when they first arrive, and told Zhou An not to be afraid.

This copy is about sacrifice. In addition to Zhou An, there are three or four newcomers in this copy, so the difficulty is not very high. It is easy to pass the level by collecting all the clues.

After integrating the clues obtained in the dungeon, everyone realized that this sacrifice was just a trick of the village witch to deceive people. All they had to do was bring the witch to the altar and let her suffer the same treatment as the previous sacrifices. The players who survived the dungeon could pass the level.

But the witch was cunning and after her secret was exposed, she hid in the forest on the mountain.

Relying on her knowledge of the terrain, the witch hid herself very well without leaving any trace. The players searched for two or three days but didn't even find her shadow.

At this time, Zhou An got the second method to leave the copy after a simple level.

As long as a player is pushed into the altar, he can leave the instance by himself.

It’s a very simple condition, but players cannot kill each other within the dungeon.

Zhou An was very tempted. Compared with the elusive witch, it would be easier for a player to succeed. He really didn't want to waste time in the dungeon as the dungeon time was about to end.

The first person he thought of was Sister An. Firstly, it was because he was not familiar with the other players, and secondly, Sister An might not be so wary of him.

So that night, Zhou An asked Sister An to meet him at the altar, saying that he had something to tell her.

Sister An didn't think much about it. She was brave enough and came to the altar alone at night.

The altar was pitch black, with only a few flickering torches lit on the stone pillars surrounding the altar.

Sister An was still concentrating on looking at the dark pit under the altar, wondering how deep it was, when she heard Zhou An's voice behind her.

She turned around, but her foot stepped on a stone, and then her foot slipped, and her body staggered and fell into a deep pit.

The last thing Sister An saw was Zhou An staring at her falling with an expressionless face.

Before she fell to the bottom of the deep pit and all her feeling disappeared, Sister An was still thinking in her mind, why didn't Zhou An try to save herself?

Zhou An, who was standing near the altar, smiled as he looked at the ordinary stone.

While Sister An was concentrating on studying the altar, Zhou An quietly kicked the round and smooth stone to Sister An's feet. The shoes she was wearing today were the ones she had complained about as not being non-slip, so there should be hope.

Even if he failed, Zhou An could pretend nothing happened and talk to the other party.

But he didn't expect that it would be so easy to succeed.

Zhou An quickly took out the note and prayed in his heart. He didn't kill the player directly, he was just assisting, so he must complete it!

When Zhou An saw the red dots splashing on the clue, his heart was filled with joy, as it meant that he had completed the condition.

So Zhou An took advantage of the night and came to the village gate, handed the clue to the village guard, and left the copy along the road.

In the subsequent copy, he met Xiao Yuan, and from then on, clearing the copy was a piece of cake for him.

For so long, Zhou An had never seen other players in that copy in other copies, so he thought no one would know that he had done this. However, he did not expect that one day the dead would appear in front of him again.

"Are you okay? You look a little nervous." Sister An saw Zhou An sweating profusely, so she bent down and touched his forehead, showing her concern for him.

"No, it's okay." Zhou An didn't even dare to move.

"Come on, Da Zhuang and the others have found a way to catch the witch!" Sister An stretched out her hand to him.

Zhou An tremblingly held the other person's hand. It was warm! Was he alive?

He looked around again, seeing familiar scenery and familiar people. He was sure that he was in the first copy, the one about sacrifice.

Zhou An pinched himself and felt obvious pain, and then he was sure that he was not dreaming.

Zhou An almost couldn't hold back his expression. He screamed in his heart: What's going on? Was everything else just a dream? Are Xiao Yuan and the dungeon all fake?! I didn't even want to complete the game, did I?!