Doll Survival Game - Chapter 151

Then he leaned over to look down, as if he could see through the monster’s corpse and the rocks below to the very bottom of the land.

The land where humans once lived.

Luo Yiran didn’t look down. He said briefly, “Tianhong’s boss was the first to discover the monsters coming up. After thinking it over, his decision was to cooperate with the monsters, feeding them with humans-in other words, temporarily sacrificing a small number of people to save the majority.”

Via frowned, thinking this boss might be a bit insane.

Luo Yiran looked at the half-buried game pod by the wall. “And his bargaining chip was ‘fresh ingredients.’ This was exactly what the monsters wanted, so both sides agreed to cooperate.”

Via interrupted him, “What about Tianhong’s demands? If he didn’t ask for anything, wouldn’t the monsters suspect he had ulterior motives?”

Luo Yiran looked up. “His demand was that the monsters not eat him.”

Via’s frown deepened.

Luo Yiran lowered his eyes. “But Tianhong’s boss also knew this was only temporary. After all, if the monsters ran out of food, they’d eat him without hesitation. So during this time, he kept searching for the monsters’ fatal weakness-something ordinary humans could use to defend against and kill them.”

According to the records, parasitic monsters had very strong regenerative abilities, and the most common monsters could be killed by Sky City’s mid-grade weapons. But for higher-level ones, stronger weapons were needed. However, powerful weapons also had a wide area of effect, which would cause great harm to Sky City.

Moreover, there were even more advanced monsters, completely unscathed even when a bomb exploded inside their bodies-what could be done about those?

“Because the monsters varied in type and strength, Tianhong’s final solution was to develop poison. They thought that no matter how powerful a monster was, there would be some kind of poison it couldn’t resist.”

Via felt this was the key point and quickly asked, “Did they succeed?”

Luo Yiran shook his head. After shaking his head, he remembered Via couldn’t see, so he spoke, “I don’t know. The information ends here. Most likely, they didn’t have time to develop a poison specifically targeting the monsters.”

“Didn’t have time…?” Via felt something was off.

Luo Yiran pressed his lips together, then shifted his gaze down to the right. “The pirated game is Tianhong raising humans as fresh ingredients for the monsters, and Tianhong’s boss promised the monsters that once you enter the game, you can’t get out.”

Via: “…”

Via’s expression was odd. “But you all got out.”

So the monsters gave up on cooperating, thinking it was unreliable.

Luo Yiran was very calm. “Even if we hadn’t gotten out, you blowing up Tianhong would have shaken the monsters’ confidence.”

Mainly because it would easily expose the basement’s scenery directly.

And now it seems that what Via and the others destroyed might have been documents related to the existence and research of the monsters.

Via didn’t say anything. His previous words actually didn’t mean much, because he knew that even if Luo Yiran and the others hadn’t affected anything, the game would have found another way to push the plot to this point.

“What do we do next?” Via asked instinctively. After asking, his face darkened-why was he asking him?

Since Luo Yiran couldn’t see, he didn’t notice. At this moment, he just opened the group messages and then froze.

After a while, Luo Yiran said, “Check the group.”

Time shifted back a bit.

Even though Lin Ye and the others were anxious, Yi Yuefeng didn’t plan to take them to Changdu District right away. He arranged for them to stay in the room next door, saying they’d go after a good rest.

Yi Yuefeng also arranged “bodyguards” to protect their safety.

Lin Ye naturally knew this was to prevent them from running away, but the three of them weren’t worried at all and moved in.

Zhang Mimi rolled around on the soft bed, sighing, “So comfortable, though I feel a bit embarrassed.”

Everyone else was out struggling, and here they were living in such a nice place-was it really okay?

Lin Ye washed his face and then looked up. “Then let’s go out.”

Zhang Mimi pretended not to hear, his gaze moving to the window, then pausing. ” Lin Ye, Miaomiao’s here.”

Lin Ye followed Zhang Mimi’s gaze and nearly had a heart attack.

Outside the window, a humanoid monster covered in dark green and suction cups was stuck to the glass, its long, seaweed-black hair wet and plastered against the window.

Lin Ye had never seen Duan Miaomiao in this form, so he was stunned.

Zhang Mimi had seen it in the training room, so he wasn’t fazed and walked over to the window. “What are you spacing out for?”

Lin Ye: “…”

After Duan Miaomiao came in, she turned back to normal, a bit embarrassed as she brushed her hair behind her head. “Sorry, I think I scared Lin Ye.”

But she couldn’t help it-this place was very high up, and she was worried about falling, so she used this monster with suction cups.

Lin Ye helplessly waved his hand.

Duan Miaomiao pointed at the holographic display. “You guys didn’t check the messages, did you? Yuan Mo sent a message saying someone is looking for Yiran.”

The two really hadn’t checked, since they’d just come from Yi Yuefeng’s room.

After a couple of coughs, they opened the messages, and their expressions changed at the same time.

Duan Miaomiao sat on the sofa. “What do you think?”

Yuan Mo had already explained everything very clearly, but Luo Yiran hadn’t replied.

Lin Ye frowned. “Luo Yiran and the others might be in trouble.”

Zhang Mimi didn’t seem worried; he inexplicably had faith in Luo Yiran. “Maybe they just haven’t seen the message.”

That was possible, after all, Luo Yiran and Via were in the high-risk zone, not as leisurely as they were right now.

Lin Ye tapped the table lightly, then said, “Let’s wait for Luo Yiran to reply. If Luo Yiran wants to meet, we’ll suggest a later meeting time.”

Duan Miaomiao looked up, understanding. “So we’ll meet this Li Han guy after we regroup with Luo Yiran?”

“To prevent the negotiation from falling apart.” Lin Ye nodded. “No matter how strong he is, if we fight together, we won’t be at a disadvantage.”

Zhang Mimi was more amazed by what Yuan Mo had relayed, about not being able to hear what Li Han said. “What exactly did he want to relay? It actually got ‘censored’.”

Lin Ye paused and looked at Zhang Mimi.

Zhang Mimi: “?”

Lin Ye smiled slightly.

Zhang Mimi stepped back a bit. ” Lin Ye… your smile is kind of scary.”

Lin Ye’s smile vanished instantly.

Duan Miaomiao seemed to realize something. “Is it because what he wanted to say involved the game itself?”

Lin Ye nodded slightly. “Maybe even deeper.” Like the origin of the game, for example.

“Then why tell Luo Yiran?” Zhang Mimi was baffled.

“…”

Good question. Lin Ye’s eyes darkened-why tell Luo Yiran?

The doll and this game…

Knock knock-

A series of knocks suddenly interrupted Lin Ye’s thoughts.

The three immediately looked at the door.

They silently exchanged glances for a few seconds, none of them moving, until the knocking sounded again.

Duan Miaomiao’s body shimmered with strange colors, and after the colors faded, her body became faintly visible. She nimbly flipped over the sofa and curled up behind it. “I have a bad feeling about this.”

Zhang Mimi stood up, clenching his fists, veins bulging slightly on the back of his hand. “What a coincidence, I have a bad feeling too.”

Lin Ye straightened his clothes, walked to the door, and looked out through something like a peephole, seeing a man in a suit outside.

He remembered, this was one of Yi Yuefeng’s bodyguards.

His gaze shifted, and he noticed the other bodyguards were gone.

Lin Ye paused slightly-this instance didn’t have any strange settings, in fact, it was a bit like Fairy Tale Forest, mostly relying on force.

So maybe opening the door wouldn’t trigger anything.

He put his hand on the doorknob and pressed down, but a sudden sense of dread hit him, making Lin Ye freeze.

But it was too late, the door was already open.

At the door, the tall bodyguard smiled, and his smile split right down the middle. The head above his mouth bloomed like a flower, petal by petal, and inside was packed with countless tiny, dense teeth that would make anyone with trypophobia die on the spot.

Packed tight, not a gap in sight.

Lin Ye’s eyes darkened-he hadn’t expected there to be NPCs parasitized by monsters even in the low-risk zone.

The parasite at the door didn’t move, and just then, the system’s voice sounded-

[Accept the task “Ghost Tag”]

Looks like just encountering one means you have to accept the task. Lin Ye clicked his tongue.

[Players Lin Ye, Zhang Mimi, and Duan Miaomiao will play as humans, while the parasite will play as the ghost in the game.]

[Game duration: one hour. If caught, you die.]

As the system’s voice faded, all three of their expressions changed-not because of the rules, but because-their items couldn’t be used.

“Not just that.” Zhang Mimi punched the floor hard, face dark as he stared at the unresponsive ground. “Our bodies have reverted to their pre-game state.”

Meaning, their physical abilities had lost all enhancements.

This meant they would play this “Ghost Tag” game as ordinary people.

Duan Miaomiao looked at her body and panicked instantly. “Ah?”

The Ghost Tag game was playing out all over Sky City.

Except where players were, there wasn’t a single monster or parasite, only then would the game not be triggered.

Lin Ye and the others were extremely unlucky, because there was a parasite at their door, and behind them was a high-rise that would mean certain death if they jumped.

They were basically trapped in this room.

To make matters worse, players participating in Ghost Tag would lose all abilities granted by the game, but judging by the monsters’ state, the monsters hadn’t lost any abilities at all.

So it would be extremely difficult for Lin Ye and the others to escape this room.

But there’s always someone more unlucky.

…

Luo Yiran and Via stood on a steel beam on the pit wall, looking down at the pupa at the bottom of the pit, which was suddenly cracking open; then looking up at the parasites and monsters constantly pouring in from above.

Both were stunned-no one could be more unlucky than them.

Just as they finished reading the messages and Luo Yiran was about to reply, the system suddenly announced they had triggered the Ghost Tag game.

Then, as they looked down, a white pupa split open, and inside, a pitch-black centipede-like monster clung to the wall, its beady black eyes staring at them.

But that was just the beginning. After the centipede monster, more pupae broke open, and noises kept coming from above, while the system almost continuously prompted them that they had triggered one Ghost Tag game after another.