Chapter 59 - Insane Player

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The Businessman felt the bone-piercing chill the moment he exited his tent and he approached the burning campfire with shuffled feet and sat down in its proximity to warm up.

The others gradually woke up, and in a short moment’s work, the campfire was completely surrounded by people. B4NXEb

Due to the identification that happened during last night’s dinner, everyone’s treatment of each other was comparatively rigid as they did not make a single utterance, allowing the crackling of the fire to fill the silence.

The Businessman broke the dead silence: “There’s still two more people.”

Internet Celebrity spat, “Who knows what those two dead gay guys are doing.” In actuality, she was quite jealous of the pair; they were obviously in the same game but they did not look like they were under the slightest pressure and it was as if they were having a vacation on the snow-capped mountain. They even brought along a suitcase of snacks with them.

When she thought about the food, Internet Celebrity pressed her hand on her stomach and she could perceive the rumbling it was making. FZ3nrI

The others were hungry too.

Logically speaking, players who had experienced more than two games prior to this instance should have experienced a strengthening in their physique and they were not supposed to become hungry so easily. However, only a night has passed thus far and yet their stomachs were unbearably hot and anxious.

The Businessman with a potbelly felt worse; he expended more energy by virtue of his size and he was so hungry that his eyes were glinting.

Only Braided Pigtails was slightly better off. She whispered: “You should drink the soup that Lisa made, at least you won’t suffer from hunger.” xyJdp7

Internet Celebrity rubbed her stomach, “It is highly improbable to starve to death in the game, it’s better to stay away from the NPCs’ stuff.”

The group waited for a while but they did not see the pair come out and they started becoming slightly impatient.

Braided Pigtails suggested: “I’ll go and find them.”

The others were already hungry to the point where they were jittery, and in order to preserve their energy, they did not reject Braided Pigtails’ suggestion. 8LRFBI

Thus, Braided Pigtails stood up and drilled into the camping grounds, her short and petite figure concealed by the tent canopies.

However, just as Braided Pigtails left, they heard the noise of a zipper being opened from one of the tents, whileShen Dongqing and Zhou Wenyan came out of it one after another.

Internet Celebrity looked behind the pair but she did not see Braided Pigtails’ figure.

“Where’s Braided Pigtails?” XofFbL

Her voice just landed when Internet Celebrity heard a faint voice sound from her side: “Here.”

Internet Celebrity twisted her head in that particular direction reflexively, and she did not know when but Braided Pigtails was already back and she had sat down by her side. She leapt up in fright and patted her chest. “Can you make some noise? Don’t scare people.”

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Braided Pigtails gave her a glance before she lowered her head again, hiding her entire face in the shadows.

Businessman rose to his feet. “Since everyone is here, let’s set off then.” c5YRid

The Doctor agreed, “The faster we find the deceased, the earlier we can leave this copy.”

Hence, the group of people left the camping grounds.

The initial dark blue skies similar to the blue dome of heaven was slowly blanketed by grey clouds and started releasing snowflakes. hJ0jY

As they moved further away from the campsite, the wind and snow became fiercer.

In the entire expanse of snow, the six figures looked exceedingly insignificant and they were akin to small ants as they inched forward bit by bit.

The Doctor said: “I saw Internet Celebrity’s corpse here.”

He pointed at the mark on the ground. C3s5w2

Maybe because there was no snowfall last night, the mark was not covered away, distinct and visible.

The Doctor squatted down and started digging at where the mark was.

The Businessman went up to help as well.

Meanwhile, Internet Celebrity stood by with folded arms. “I don’t believe that my corpse will appear, I’m standing right here, how could I be dead?” dkT3GV

Braided Pigtails stood at the corner, not issuing a word, but she would occasionally lift her head and observe everyone in front of her, an eerie glint flashing across the depths of her eyes.

As Shen Dongqing stretched his hand out to catch a snowflake, he turned his back to sweep across his surroundings.

Zhou Wenyan squeezed his shoulders, “What’s the matter?”

Shen Dongqing: “I felt someone watching me.” tGrYnA

Hearing that, Zhou Wenyan scanned the people at the scene but could not find any abnormalities in the moment.

No, it was more accurate to say that everyone here was strife with strangeness, which was why the strangeness was normalised.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Shen Dongqing did not mind the spying that was happening in secret; he would allow them to continue watching, it was not like he would lose something.

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“I’m so hungry.” Shen Dongqing rubbed his stomach.

Zhou Wenyan took out a lollipop from his outer coat’s pocket and offered it to him.

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Zhou Wenyan peeled open the wrapper, “Better than nothing.”

Shen Dongqing agreed with his words, and he lowered his head to contain the lollipop in his mouth.

The lollipop which had gone hard in the cold weather slowly melted on his tongue and it seemed to comfort the starving feeling in his stomach. AIsujF

While he sucked on the lollipop, he said: “I don’t like it here.”

Not only was there no internet or electricity, it even went as far as to deprive him of food to eat. This game was not fun at all.

Zhou Wenyan consoled him by ruffling his hair, “Bear with it, we’ll be fine once we get out.”

Shen Dongqing made an unhappy noise in response. eoGCuA

On the other end, the Businessman and Doctor started arguing all of a sudden.

The Businessman pointed at the Doctor and accused, “Are you trying to toy with this old man? We’ve been digging for half a day and there’s nothing!”

At a loss, the Doctor dropped to the ground and gestured at the deep hole they had dug and said: “I obviously saw it yesterday…”

Businessman: “Obviously your ass, I think you’re trying to deceive us.” EyMAvb

Internet Celebrity walked over, pleased. “Forget it, forget it, let’s go to the next place now.” She pointed at the big rock that was not too far away. “I saw the corpse over there.”

The Businessman shook off the snow that had accumulated on his body and strode past the Doctor. “Let us go.”

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Internet Celebrity made a solemn vow as she said: “I was waiting behind the rock, waiting for the Doctor to come out when a corpse suddenly slid down from the rock and gave me a huge scare…”

She stopped in her track, seeing that it was absolutely empty behind the rock. Shocked, her eyes widened: “This, this…” OUtWeR

The Businessman became annoyed, “Are each and every one of you trying to play me?”

Internet Celebrity: “I’m not, I really saw it!”

She fell to the ground, digging at the snow desperately as mutters spilled from her lips constantly, ”It’s definitely here, I saw it, it’s definitely here…”

Hugging both his shoulders, the Businessman gave the Internet Celebrity a side eye. “I feel like I have spoken correctly.” Yf8bBE

Under such circumstances, it was a matter of course that people would believe what their eyes saw.

Having made a wasted trip, the players returned back to the campsite.

The Doctor and the Internet Celebrity were in a bad state and their expressions were absent minded.

Whereas the Businessman walked with his head held up high as he brought the players towards the place he had discovered the corpse yesterday. GJW4Lv

“Like I said, I was the one who was correct……” Before he finished his words, the Businessman came to an abrupt halt.

The thicket of deadwood was still present but the corpse had disappeared.

After recovering from his surprise, the Businessman burst out with an expletive, “Fuck me.”

Finally realising that something was not right, he turned around to ask Braided Pigtails: “Lady, where did you see your corpse?” pUcKFi

Braided Pigtails kept her head down, unspeaking.

The Businessman repeated his question.

It was only then that Braided Pigtails raised her head slowly, revealing an ashen-pale face where her cheeks were hollowed out and blue bruises could be seen under her eyes.

The Businessman took a step back, fearful. KYp794

Braided Pigtails opened her mouth and spat out a word, “Hungry……”

Then, she threw herself onto the Doctor who was closest to her.

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It was evident that the Doctor was a man with a height taller than one metre seven but he was still pressed into the snow by Braided Pigtails who was just a little lady. Taken aback by surprise, it took him a moment to react by struggling and attempting to get to his feet.

However, Braided Pigtails exploded with a strength that did not conform with her stature and she nailed him to the ground firmly. Mc1eIk

The matter developed as fast as sparks jumping out of a struck flint; the people at the scene could barely process it and they watched with wide eyes as Braided Pigtails dropped her head and bit down on a large chunk of flesh.

It caused the Doctor to issue a miserable cry, frightening Internet Celebrity silly.

Businessman rushed up hurriedly, wanting to pull the pair apart.

However, Braided Pigtails refused to let go no matter what and she could not be pulled away. Rather, it was the big-bellied Businessman who was pushed away instead. YvuQ9n

Braided Pigtails drew back her lips, revealing her teeth which were stained with fresh blood before she lowered her head again, leaning closer to the Doctor’s neck, wanting to tear off another piece of meat.

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Zhou Wenyan ceased his actions, “Sigh.” He gave him another light peck before he suppressed his voice and said: “Let’s go out.”

Shen Dongqing’s sleepiness disappeared after a while and he mouthed out: “Go out to make trouble?”

Zhou Wenyan replied, “It can be considered that way.” 8c41Zm

If you had to know, this game was incredibly boring, there was only snowy ground everywhere and apart from that, there was nothing else!

Once Sheng Dongqing heard that they could make trouble, he immediately climbed up and he was so excited he almost knocked into the top of the tent.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Zhou Wenyan pulled his partner back down and helped him wear his scarf. Then, he pulled open the zipper slowly and walked out on light feet.

Shen Dongqing stuck to Zhou Wenyan’s back, holding hands as they sneaked out of the tent and stepped out into the snow. S1hOuL

The wind and snow had stopped.

It was dead silent outside, like a piece of dead ground.

As they were slipping out of the tent, Shen Dongqing looked around subconsciously.

Borrowing the bright and clear moonlight, it could be seen that only one player was sleeping soundly in the tent next to theirs. Apart from their own tent, the remaining three tents were a mix of NPCs and players, but now, only the players were present while the NPCs have disappeared without a trace. aHG9vD

The other two tents were the same; when they pulled open the zippers, it was large and spacious inside.

The players slept on, oblivious, and the Businessman was even snoring, completely unaware of the fact that the person beside him was missing.

Where did the NPCs go?

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