Chapter 1853: Chapter 1698: Escape Game 50

Although I already knew I couldn’t rely on the newbies’ combat abilities, Miao Shuangshuang was still a bit disappointed; these newcomers’ tools are so weak, it’s hard to believe they’ve passed through the levels.

At the moment when Miao Shuangshuang was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, a timid voice came over: "Um, I don’t have any aggressive tools, I only have a ghost-detection tool, not sure if it’s useful?"

The speaker was a very young girl, alone in a corner, looking very timid. At this moment, she was holding up her hand, speaking softly like a timid rabbit.

Seeing everyone looking over, the girl shrank back and said: "This tool was something I accidentally got in my first game, it can detect traces of ghosts, and actively seek ghosts."

Saying this, the girl blushed and confessed awkwardly: "I previously said I was a newbie of two games, which was a lie; I have actually completed six games.

Every time I pass a level, it is by relying on this tool, which allows me to sense where ghosts are beforehand, and then hide in a safe place until I clear the level.

However, my pass ratings have always been very low, so I don’t get many rewards, and the points for physical enhancement are especially few. Even though I’m a veteran player of six games, I’m not even as good as an ordinary newbie."

This function may be a bit of a wasted effort for a weak person like this girl, but this ghost-finding feature is just what everyone needs right now.

In fact, at the start of this game, the girl had already discovered that the island’s inhabitants were all evil ghosts, so she had been quietly finding safe places, trying to survive the game.

Miao Shuangshuang didn’t intend to pursue why the girl hadn’t told everyone at the start that the island was full of evil ghosts.

She probably thought that if she were the last one left in the game and passed the level, maybe the rating would be higher, and she’d get more rewards.

If what the girl said was true, that she scored low each time she passed, then not only would her rewards be few, her survival days would also be few.

That means she has hardly any rest time, having to keep rotating through the terrifying games repeatedly.

In such life-threatening horror games, where today’s events are unknown and one’s mind is constantly under high pressure, it’s normal for selfish human nature to be magnified to the extreme.

Miao Shuangshuang could understand the girl’s selfishness but couldn’t agree with her way of thinking.

Her method was not only selfish but foolish—it doesn’t work like that; if you pass the level alone, the game won’t award a high score.

If the girl had informed everyone at the start about the island being full of evil ghosts, all players could work together to pass the level; as someone providing important clues, her rating naturally wouldn’t be low.

Unfortunately, she chose to hide at the start, and now, seeing Miao Shuangshuang and Xiao Zhongjing discovered the island’s secret and gathered all players to counter-attack the evil ghosts, passing the level is certain.

Only then did she speak up, willing to contribute and claim more credits, to increase her game pass rating.

Miao Shuangshuang knew her thoughts, and all players could see through it, but everyone was counting on her ability to detect ghosts, so nobody said anything.

Only everyone’s hearts left an impression of being unreliable because, for instance, her roommate who used to be very close to her, silently moved away.

The roommate is someone who likes taking care of others and is reportedly a player who has passed three levels, with decent abilities, always protecting the girl, but is now disheartened.

It’s fine to be selfish to others, but to someone who has a good relationship with her, who cares for her in every aspect, if she still watches them die without saying anything, it’s beyond selfish—it’s cold-blooded.

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Where Xu Qiangzhong opens Mist Forest doesn’t matter because Mist Forest is actually located within a separate Different Space that doesn’t overlap with any other space, and can be opened from anywhere.

The biggest hassle is that opening Mist Forest takes time, so everyone discussed and decided to have Xu Qiangzhong prepare to activate Mist Forest in a room at the hotel.

Miao Shuangshuang and Xiao Zhongjing were responsible for close protection of Xu Qiangzhong inside the room, while Tang Jinyi and Chen Mo were tasked with protecting from outside, to prevent anyone from barging in.

Although Xiao Zhongjing’s combat ability wasn’t strong, he was holding the Thunder-Attracting Jade Talisman, making him quite powerful.

There’s no need to mention Miao Shuangshuang’s combat ability; moreover, Xu Qiangzhong had seen her fight firsthand, so he trusted Miao Shuangshuang. With her protection, he felt more at ease.

And Tang Jinyi had high prestige among players, with strong abilities, and players trusted him. Having him guard outside could reassure players and facilitate handling sudden events.

The girl who could sense ghosts was responsible for detecting if there were any ghosts in the hotel; she had mentioned that the evil ghosts in the hotel, like Old Jin and the waiters, weren’t always around.

The hotel only had evil ghosts during the day when players were in there and at night when they attacked people, but otherwise, the hotel was free of evil ghosts.

Because Xiao Zhongjing came to find Miao Shuangshuang early in the morning, before the usual time players got up for breakfast, at this time, Old Jin and those evil ghosts weren’t present in the hotel.

Even though there was a chance Old Jin might catch Xu Qiangzhong opening Mist Forest, to avoid long dreams, the group decided to have Xu Qiangzhong prepare to open Mist Forest immediately.

The group was already prepared for the possibility of Old Jin returning while Xu Qiangzhong was in the midst of opening Mist Forest.

Therefore, the moment Old Jin and the waiters stepped into the hotel, the girl monitoring ghost activities quickly discovered them and informed the guards Tang Jinyi and Chen Mo urgently.

Tang Jinyi didn’t move but signaled Chen Mo to deal with Old Jin and the evil ghosts. Chen Mo stood, took a step, and his body was instantly enveloped by a cloud of black mist, transforming into the image of a huge evil ghost.

This was Chen Mo’s form during battles with evil ghosts, allowing him to transform from human to ghost form, enabling direct combat with ghosts, rather than being attacked by them while unable to touch them.

This was a reward given by the System for achieving an excellent score in one of his previous game passes.

With this reward, Chen Mo not only could fight evil ghosts directly but his power doubled in evil ghost form, making his combat ability akin to a walking cheat.

Inside the room, Miao Shuangshuang and Xiao Zhongjing didn’t feel anything, but outside, Old Jin and the few evil ghosts he brought were taken care of by Chen Mo.

After three hours, Xu Qiangzhong finally activated the Mist Jungle. The moment the Mist Jungle was activated, Miao Shuangshuang and Xiao Zhongjing realized their surroundings had changed.

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