【Zuo Lin'an: So there's only one player left, right?】
【Xu Youyou: Yes.】
【Xu Youyou: I was a bit too impatient earlier, and this player is really smart, so my rules got figured out early on. I managed to kill all the other players who weren't as cautious, and now he's the only one left.】
【Xu Youyou: He's like a rock. No matter what I do, he doesn't react.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Have you tried everything?】
【Xu Youyou: Yes. I tried mimicking other players' voices, making noises, touching him directly, and everything else, but he remains completely unmoved. It looks like he plans to stay like this until the dungeon ends.】
【Xu Youyou: I even switched to my living body state to harass him directly, but I didn't expect him to go all out and use some kind of martial arts technique to seal off his five senses.】
【Xu Youyou: Brother An, I'm completely out of options. Please, give me some ideas!】
Zuo Lin'an hesitated after reading this.
Xu Youyou's situation wasn't complicated, but it was incredibly difficult.
Although Zuo Lin'an had time limits on his attacks, he could at least still take the initiative. In contrast, Xu Youyou's rules had been completely figured out by that last remaining player.
Now, no matter what Xu Youyou did, the player wouldn't react.
And according to Xu Youyou, the player had even used some martial arts technique to seal off his five senses.
For players who hadn't triggered any rules, Xu Youyou could only harass them. At most, he could switch to his living body state and beat them up, but he absolutely couldn't kill them.
How was he supposed to play like this?
Zuo Lin'an frowned. He racked his brain but couldn't think of any good solution.
However, since Xu Youyou had rarely reached out to him for help, he couldn't just reject him outright.
【Zuo Lin'an: Your situation is a bit complicated. Let me think.】
Then, a sudden spark of inspiration hit him.
【Zuo Lin'an: Oh, right. You can ask Instructor An, or go ask Bai Yuan and Song Yangxia. They might be able to give you some advice too.】
【Xu Youyou: That's right! I'll go ask them right now!】
Soon, Zuo Lin'an noticed that Xu Youyou had sent messages to several small group chats.
The three-person group with him and An Mu, the group chat with Instructor An, and the four-person group they had recently created.
Huh?
Zuo Lin'an only just realized that Xu Youyou had changed the name of their group chat with Instructor An to... 【Instructor An and His Two Outstanding Students】.
He let out a sigh.
Then he saw that Instructor An had quickly replied, even though it was already four in the morning.
【An Wen: Your situation is tricky. Have you really tried everything?】
【Xu Youyou: Everything. I even beat him up directly, but he just didn't react. He knows he'll fully recover as long as he clears the dungeon and leaves, so he doesn't care at all.】
【Xu Youyou: On top of that, he's a martial artist. Not only was he completely unfazed by my harassment, but he also sealed his five senses right in front of me. I was completely dumbfounded!】
【An Wen: Hmm... I see. In that case, I don't have a solution either. You'll just have to take the loss this time.】
【Xu Youyou: o(╥﹏╥)o Instructor, please save me! I don't want to let a player clear my dungeon so easily!】
Meanwhile, in another group chat.
【An Mu: I can't think of anything either. But you were way too careless. How could you let the players figure out your rules so easily? If you ask me, you should have used your living body to pretend to be an NPC and blend in with the players.】
【An Mu: That way, even if the players are wary of you, they'll at least still communicate with you!】
【An Mu: Your living body can make the players trigger the rules repeatedly, while your specter body handles the execution and kills them.】
【An Mu: Those players wouldn't have a clue what went wrong. Plus, the NPC identity has a natural deterrent effect, so they wouldn't dare make a move on your living body.】
【An Mu: Although doing this means losing the advantage of the Human-Specter Symbiont's perfect fusion, at least you wouldn't get stuck like this. Just treat this as a lesson learned and be more careful next time.】
【An Mu: Oh, right. I just asked my dad, and I have some good news to share with you.】
【An Mu: The erosion and assimilation of this wuxia world is going very smoothly. Even if your dungeon gets cleared and sealed by players, you'll probably only have to wait a little over a year for it to unseal and welcome the new world.】
【An Mu: Hehe, aren't you happy?】
【Xu Youyou: You horrible woman, can't you give me some actually useful advice?!】
Seeing An Mu gloating in the group chat and the two of them immediately starting to bicker, Zuo Lin'an sighed inwardly.
It seemed An Mu still held a grudge over Xu Youyou changing the group chat name earlier.
In the other four-person group.
【Bai Yuan: It's a dead end. I have no solution and can't think of any way to break the deadlock. Since you can't kill him anyway, once the time is up and he returns to reality, any injuries he has will be fully healed.】
【Song Yangxia: What's this? Sealing his five senses? That sounds intense! I don't have a way either.】
【Bai Yuan: Why don't you wait a bit? I'll go ask my brother.】
【Song Yangxia: Oh, right, there's my brother too. I'll go ask him as well.】
【Xu Youyou: Please, I beg you guys! I really don't want to get sealed. I don't want to wait a whole year!】
While Zuo Lin'an was lost in thought, he suddenly turned his head to look toward the distant mountaintop.
Xuan Liu and the others were up on the mountain.
For some unknown reason, Xuan Liu suddenly stood up without any warning. He snatched Tang Jianghe right out of Tang Wanrong's arms, slung him over his shoulder, and ran.
Tang Wanrong was shocked by his actions.
“Xuan Liu, what are you doing?!”
Ignoring her, Xuan Liu quickly sped away.
Although Tang Wanrong didn't know what he was trying to do, a faint sense of foreboding rose in her heart.
“Xuan Liu! Come back here!”
“This princess orders you to come back!!”
But Xuan Liu turned a deaf ear. He even activated his qinggong, vanishing into the withered forest in the blink of an eye.
Tang Wanrong had originally intended to give chase.
However, with her speed, she lost sight of Xuan Liu after only a couple of steps. Moreover, the thick darkness ahead filled her with dread, leaving her too terrified to take another step away from the campfire.
Observing this scene through his God's-eye view, Zuo Lin'an's expression grew serious.
Since he couldn't attack these three players right now, he wouldn't be able to do anything to Tang Wanrong even though she was left alone.
So, why did Xuan Liu take the sleeping Tang Jianghe away? What on earth was he planning?
Zuo Lin'an kept his eyes locked on Xuan Liu, watching him descend the mountain at breakneck speed.
He truly was a Houtian Rank martial artist. Even while carrying a heavy burden, his qinggong was faster than any other martial artist Zuo Lin'an had seen before.
Once he reached the foot of the mountain, Xuan Liu suddenly stopped and closed his eyes, his intentions unclear.
Zuo Lin'an observed him closely, his mind filled with doubts.
“Could he... be looking for me?”
He pondered the possibilities and realized it was highly likely.
Taking advantage of the fact that Zuo Lin'an couldn't attack Tang Wanrong, Xuan Liu had temporarily left her on the mountaintop while he searched for Zuo Lin'an elsewhere in the dungeon.
He probably wanted to use his specter items to drive Zuo Lin'an away.
After all, although Tang Jianghe's talent was in effect and prevented the specter from attacking them, the players could still attack the specter.
And these four hours were his best opportunity.
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