Cheng Shuili had originally been terrified, but upon seeing the ring, she not only calmed down but also felt a bit speechless.
This ring was quite humanized. She had originally expected it to only speak in a pedantic manner, never anticipating it could be so colloquial.
Was it just too lazy to say more?
Now was not the time to think about that. Wanyi had gone blank for a moment, but now she finally reacted.
She turned her head to look for Cheng Shuili's shadow, and only when she looked up did she realize that the boss, she...
She... she charged in?!!!
She actually charged in!
Help.
Is this what the boss is like?
Cheng Shuili's movements were shockingly fast. With a single leap, she rushed forward, the dagger in her hand flashing with a cold light as she stabbed straight toward the head of that twisted corpse.
With a "squelch," the tip of the blade sank into an eye socket.
Before Wanyi could even react to stop her, she saw Cheng Shuili twist her wrist, the dagger churning violently within the cranial cavity.
The mangled corpse suddenly began to twitch violently, its broken ribs clawing toward Cheng Shuili like talons.
Wanyi finally reacted, grabbing a collapsed metal shelf nearby and smashing it over.
"Bang!"
The dull thud of metal striking bone was particularly piercing in the silent convenience store.
Cheng Shuili seized the opportunity to pull out the dagger and stabbed it three or four more times, stopping only when the thing was completely motionless.
The two of them retreated a few steps, gasping for air.
A system notification suddenly popped up in front of Cheng Shuili.
【Congratulations to player Cheng Shuili for killing the elite monster Form of the Blooming Skeleton, gaining 80 points!】
A full eighty points!
Cheng Shuili widened her eyes. Beside her, Wanyi was still panting heavily. Having kept her nerves tightly strung, now that she had relaxed, she couldn't help but want to say something.
She had just opened her mouth when Cheng Shuili quickly covered it with a practiced hand.
Cheng Shuili frowned tightly, her eyes glinting in the darkness. She pointed at the ground. It had been hard to see when they first entered, but now that her eyes had adjusted to the dark, Wanyi followed her finger and looked over. There was a pitch-black mass.
Wanyi finally remembered that she couldn't make a sound, so she quickly waved her hands and covered her own mouth as well.
This thing was exactly what Cheng Shuili had guessed earlier; it was only interested in "sound." Even when Cheng Shuili had stepped on it, it hadn't reacted.
Looking at it this way, the monster actually had quite a good temper.
Cheng Shuili smiled silently, signaling for Wanyi to find more clues before they left.
Wanyi nodded and followed closely behind Cheng Shuili.
The checkout counter was covered in a thick layer of dust. Cheng Shuili's fingers brushed across the surface and suddenly touched a protrusion. She gently brushed away the dust and discovered a slip of paper.
She signaled for Wanyi to come over, pulled her into the light filtering through the crack in the door, and read the contents of the note together with her.
The note was already yellowed and brittle, with scribbled handwriting on it:
【Specific Rules for Hell-level "Hunt" Dungeon】
Hell-level?
What did this mean? Were there other levels?
The two exchanged glances. They wanted to say something but couldn't, so they could only continue reading.
【1. Facing danger head-on is the only way out. In evasion, there is only death!】
Cheng Shuili's mind worked quickly. This sentence meant that the finish line fifty kilometers away was not the way out; that seemingly safe place was actually a dead end.
Not bad, this is very much like the system!
【2. When the dungeon countdown is greater than 5 hours, there are no monsters in the service area other than the Sound-Devouring Slime! Please wait patiently!】
【3. When the dungeon countdown is less than 1 hour, the hidden finish line will open inside the service area gas station!】
This made things very clear.
Now all the rules were understood.
Cheng Shuili felt relieved and carefully tucked the note into her pocket.
Wanyi was also happy, smiling at Cheng Shuili with her mouth shut, looking rather simple-minded.
"Let's go." Cheng Shuili signaled silently with her mouth, pulling Wanyi as they moved toward the door on tiptoes.
The rules on the note were very clear. Aside from the Sound-Devouring Slime, there were no other monsters, and since the Sound-Devouring Slime only reacted to sound, they could be slightly less cautious.
Just as they were about to step out of the convenience store, a heart-wrenching scream tore through the silence of the service area.
"Ah—help! There is a th—"
The sound stopped abruptly.
Cheng Shuili and Wanyi froze in place simultaneously.
The sound came from the direction of the gas station; it was that thin monkey of a man who hadn't said much the whole time!
Wanyi's hand gripped Cheng Shuili's arm tightly, her nails almost embedding into her flesh.
Cheng Shuili didn't blame her. She furrowed her brows in thought. The note was very clear; there were no other monsters except the Sound-Devouring Slime!
No other monsters...?
Wait, why didn't Qi Yue count as a monster?
But only Qi Yue had been dragged away by the Sound-Devouring Slime right before their eyes. If there were other monsters, it could only be...
The other players heading toward the finish line!
Cheng Shuili immediately covered Wanyi's mouth, signaling with her eyes for her not to make any sound.
The two stood at the entrance of the convenience store like statues, their breathing extremely light.
A series of hair-raising sounds came from the gas station: tables and chairs being overturned, glass shattering, and the sound of some viscous liquid dripping.
Then came the friction of heavy objects being dragged, accompanied by a subtle, "clicking" sound like bones being crushed.
What you can't see is always the most terrifying.
Cold sweat beaded on Cheng Shuili's forehead. She turned her head slightly and saw that Wanyi's face was as pale as paper, clearly terrified.
She squeezed Wanyi's hand and mouthed, "Don't be afraid."
Just then, a roar came from the direction of the restrooms: "Yang Yunsheng! You motherf—"
A dull thud, and the fat man's voice vanished as if it had been hit with a pause button.
Cheng Shuili's stomach churned. Someone like Yang Yunsheng would definitely betray his companions in a life-or-death moment. Even though she had guessed it early on, she still felt disgusted when it actually happened!
Standing here was not the best choice.
Cheng Shuili made a split-second decision and dragged Wanyi in a mad dash toward the service area exit!
These two hurried footsteps startled the others who were equally terrified.
Cheng Shuili pulled Wanyi one step out of the service area, and when she turned around to gasp for air, she witnessed a truly bloody scene.
She saw Yang Yunsheng being pierced through the chest from behind by a bald Form of the Blooming Skeleton.
It was that bald man who had been the first to choose to walk toward the finish line.
Sharp bone spurs burst out from Yang Yunsheng's chest, and blood drew a striking arc in the air.
"Save... me..." Yang Yunsheng's lips moved, his fingers twitching as he reached toward the exit.
The next second, his body was torn in two, and his internal organs spilled all over the ground.
He had made a sound.
The Sound-Devouring Slime actually didn't mind the scattered corpse. Dark, sticky slime quickly wrapped around it, enveloping all of Yang Yunsheng's remains, not even sparing the blood, and dragged everything back into the convenience store.
This was the first time Cheng Shuili had seen such a bloody scene.
It wasn't that she hadn't killed people or monsters, but this was her first time seeing it to this degree.
The things Cheng Shuili had been most ruthless toward were those slimes, but slimes were cute even when they were flattened! It was just too terrifying for a human to be torn apart like this!
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