After the white candle refused to extinguish, the expressions
on Mo Ran and Xiao Shiyi’s faces turned gloomy.
Mo Ran walked directly towards the players, his expression
terrifying, as if he intended to kill them all.
While the players were nervously on guard, Mo Ran bypassed
them and dragged Xia Baiyi out from the corner. Ignoring her struggles, he
ruthlessly threw her to the ground.
The force was visibly intense, and it must have been very
painful.
Mo Ran squatted in front of Xia Baiyi, grabbed her throat,
and lifted her up, asking, “How do you extinguish the candle?”
Xia Baiyi widened her eyes, her body trembling slightly. She
desperately clutched his hand that was choking her neck, seemingly frightened.
“What are you doing? How would I know how to extinguish it?”
“Heh, since you don’t know...” Mo Ran coldly sneered,
tightening his grip. His tone lacked any warmth. “Then you can just die.”
He was about to break Xia Baiyi’s neck right then and there.
Xia Baiyi’s pupils shrank, tears streaming down from the
corners of her eyes. She glanced unwillingly at Ruan Qing, who was standing
nearby, tightly gripping Mo Ran’s hand around her own neck. With great
difficulty, she spoke, coughing, “Cough, let... let go. I... I’ll tell
you...”
Mo Ran, with an emotionless face, loosened his grip slightly,
giving Xia Baiyi a chance to speak.
However, it was only a slight respite because Mo Ran’s hand
remained on Xia Baiyi’s neck, as if he would snap it instantly if she uttered a
lie.
Xia Baiyi bit her lip and slowly began, “The... the white...
white candle... can only be...”
Before Xia Baiyi could finish her sentence, it was as if she
saw something horrifying. Her eyes widened, and it seemed like her eyeballs
were about to pop out.
The next second, blood began to seep from her eyes and mouth,
followed by her nose and ears.
No, it wasn’t like blood. Although the lighting in the
classroom was dim, it was clear that it wasn’t red at all. It was a dark red,
almost black in color.
It was as if ink had blended into the blood.
Furthermore, the blood was not only flowing downward, but
they even mysteriously flowed onto Mo Ran’s hand, as if they came alive,
attempting to penetrate his body.
Mo Ran immediately released his hand upon seeing this,
shaking off the bloodstains that seemed to have come to life.
However, within a few moments, the dark red color completely
occupied Xia Baiyi’s body, and she ceased to breathe.
The players quickly retreated, fearing to come into contact
with the eerie dark red color.
Mo Ran’s expression turned even more grim. He fiercely kicked
the table next to him, causing it to topple and collide with several other
tables, creating a loud noise that seemed incredibly eerie in the silent night.
Xiao Shiyi simply glanced at him coldly, then pulled out the
white candle from the table, attempting to try other methods.
After the white candle was pulled out, its light once again
illuminated the space without any obstruction.
It also shone upon Ruan Qing’s body.
The light of the white candle was not warm, but at the moment
it shone upon Ruan Qing, the coldness dissipated, as if sunlight had bathed
him.
Ruan Qing lost his support, and his body weakened to the
point where he could no longer hold himself up, falling forward uncontrollably.
But Ruan Qing knew he couldn’t fall because once Xiao Shiyi
blocked the light of the white candle, the coldness would engulf him again.
As Ruan Qing fell, he suddenly exerted all his strength and
reached out desperately, trying to retrieve the white candle from Xiao Shiyi’s
hand.
Xiao Shiyi was probably unprepared and didn’t hold on tightly
to the candle. Ruan Qing successfully grabbed the white candle, but due to his
lack of strength, his entire body collided with the table in front of him.
The table made a significant sound upon impact, and everyone in
the classroom turned their attention to the source of the noise.
Xiao Shiyi was the closest and reacted the fastest. After
realizing what happened, he immediately embraced Ruan Qing’s waist, preventing
him from falling to the ground along with the table.
Perhaps it was the white candle shining on Ruan Qing’s body
once again, but this time, the people in the classroom finally noticed
something was wrong with him.
They saw Ruan Qing’s eyes moistened, tears streaking down his
delicate and beautiful face. He was gasping for breath in a hurry, as if he had
cried after being bullied. He appeared extremely agitated, fragile, and
helpless.
For a moment, the classroom fell into silence, as if the
whole world had become quiet.
The audience in the livestream once again flooded the chat.
[My wife is too beautiful, it’s making me hard! We’re
supposed to be watching a horror game, but I can’t help feeling like I’m
watching something inappropriate.]
[Sob, sob, please don’t let my wife die! Who will
save my wife? I’ll give them 500 points!]
[God Pei, stop watching! My wife is about to die! And you’re
just sitting there watching! You deserve to be without a wife; you know that?!]
[It’s so difficult. Why did they target my wife? There are so
many players. Why target my wife? Players are incredibly resilient! They can
handle anything!]
[Hey? Hey hey hey? Do you all think the ghost wants to
possess my wife’s body?]
[I always felt that the ghost wasn’t choosing a body, but
rather choosing a wife! Why else would it choose the most beautiful one? And look
at our school bully’s posture, it seems like he’s been taken advantage of.]
The audience in the livestream was instantly led astray.
After all, the school bully’s posture did indeed look like he had been severely
bullied.
However, the fear and terror on the school bully’s face
didn’t seem fake either. Half of the audience still believed that the school
bully was just scared.
As for his appearance, it was naturally pure and seductive,
so when he cried, it naturally looked like he was being bullied.
Both sides refused to accept each other’s views and couldn’t
convince one another. This directly led to intense discussions, and even bets
were placed on whether the ghost was choosing a body or a wife.
The majority of people chose “choosing a wife.”
This livestream of the dungeon was just a live broadcast for
intermediate players. Even though it was recommended in the live streaming
section, it was positioned very far back. Only Pei Yan’s livestream was
slightly ahead, but not by much, as the front rows were mostly reserved for
advanced players.
So apart from the dedicated fans of each streamer, there
weren’t many new viewers coming in.
However, shortly after the livestream room became an
intermediate level progressing towards an advanced dungeon, the livestreams of
various streamers suddenly appeared in the front rows of the live broadcasting
hall recommendations.
Pei Yan’s livestream even made it to the homepage
recommendations.
Below the livestream on the homepage, there was usually a
text description, including the name and level of the instance.
A large number of viewers looked at this unfamiliar
livestream with confusion, wondering who this person was.
It was an intermediate-level player. Could it be another
expert rising up again?! This must be witnessed!
A large number of viewers instantly flooded into the
livestream and saw the gambling activities being held.
[What is the purpose of ‘Midnight Blessings’? Answer one: To
choose a body. Answer two: To choose a wife.]
New viewers: “???” Why did the option ‘To choose a wife’
overwhelmingly won the votes?!
What’s wrong with this group of viewers?!
This wasn’t a romantic storyline. It’s a horror game dungeon,
for God’s sake!
New viewers who were just entering saw the screen filled with
mentions of “wife” and immediately rolled up their sleeves to argue.
[Hahaha, I admit the NPC has some attractiveness, but come
on, are you serious about choosing them as a wife? Do you really think they are
some heartthrob?]
[A heartthrob? No way! After all, only a human would be affected
by a person’s appearance. But this is a ghost! Do you know what a ghost is?
It’s a ghost that can tear your wife to shreds without even blinking, hehehe.]
[Oh my, young viewers are really inexperienced. They actually
think ghosts are looking for wives. Some ghosts might indeed be looking, but
they might also tear the wives apart.]
The old viewers who had been lurking in the livestream were
shocked. Where did these idiots come from? The weird and discordant barrage of
comments infuriated the old viewers, and they started arguing with the new
viewers.
The barrage became a chaotic battlefield, but the old viewers
used a significant amount of points to suppress the argument.
[Stop arguing. It’s not worth it. If they have the ability,
they can vote for ‘to choose a body’. Why bother blocking them? They’re the
ones who would lose points.]
In this kind of gambling game, the losers would transfer
their points to the winners, which would then be distributed according to the
ratio of their bets.
After this bullet comment scrolled by, most of the new
viewers sneered and placed their bets directly on the option ‘to choose a
body’.
Within a few seconds, the votes for Option 1 directly surpassed
Option 2. Because of the influx of new viewers, the vote count for Option 2 was
even suppressed to the point where it was barely visible.
Although the atmosphere between the old viewers and the new
viewers in the livestream was not harmonious, the tense atmosphere the
streamers had just experienced disappeared in an instant.
However, the players in the instance were not so optimistic.
They remained vigilant, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, as if a
ghost would appear from a corner and kill them in the next second.
After all, it was almost 1 AM, and there was less than a
minute left.
Meanwhile, the white candle in Ruan Qing’s hand continued to
burn vigorously, as if mocking the incompetence of the people present.
Pei Yan, who was sitting in the corner, finally made a move
and walked slowly towards Ruan Qing.
The old viewers in the livestream, seeing Pei Yan finally
taking action, gave up arguing with the new viewers and started directly
mocking someone’s behavior of not moving like a mountain in the early stages.
[God Pei, I’ve figured you out. You’re planning to help out
at the last moment and win the favor of our school bully, right!?]
[More than that. By taking action now, it also highlights the
incompetence of others. (Rolling eyes.jpg)]
[Ha, I see through you. You’re a man full of tricks, but it’s
just a little trick to please my wife.]
Indeed, that’s what Pei Yan was thinking. However, he hadn’t
reached the boy’s side yet when the white candle in the boy’s hand unexpectedly
went out.
And it wasn’t even one o’clock yet.
After Xiao Shiyi stabilized Ruan Qing’s figure, Ruan Qing
swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty. He didn’t ask Xiao Shiyi to let
go of him because he really had no strength left in his body.
Even his hands lacked strength, and at this moment, the white
candle in his hand seemed to become somewhat heavy. Subconsciously, he brought
it closer to his chest.
Ruan Qing was taken aback because he noticed something—the
light of the white candle dimmed slightly as it approached his chest.
Ruan Qing moved it closer again, and once more, the light of
the white candle dimmed.
It wasn’t an illusion; it truly dimmed.
Ruan Qing reached out and touched the pocket watch on his
chest, which contained the talisman given to him by another player.
Could it be... because of the talisman?
So, the reason why some players’ candles went out was also
because of their talismans?
Perhaps they had also realized that the white candle couldn’t
burn until one in the morning.
Having discovered a method to extinguish the white candle,
Ruan Qing regained some composure. Without needing to check the time, he knew
that it was now twelve fifty-nine minutes and twenty seconds.
Less than forty seconds remained...
Ruan Qing glanced at Xiao Shiyi, who was holding him tightly,
and gritted his teeth as he brought the white candle close to the pocket watch.
In the instant it drew near, the white candle, which had just
refused to go out, finally extinguished.
However, the white candle seemed quite tenacious. After being
extinguished, it once again ignited, but this time the flame was very small,
but in the next second, it stubbornly went out again.
And it was in that brief moment of less than a second when it
briefly illuminated, Ruan Qing widened his eyes in shock. In his beautiful
eyes, there was nothing but fear and terror.
Because he saw the place where he had just been standing—a
strange and blurry figure was standing there.
Terrifying, sinister, and frightening.
Ruan Qing’s mind went blank once again, and then he
directly... fainted in Xiao Shiyi’s embrace.
As the white candle went out, darkness engulfed the entire
classroom. The players instantly felt as if they were submerged in stagnant
water, unable to see any light throughout the day.
That suffocating feeling of being unable to breathe, as if
drowning in pain and despair, they could only watch helplessly as the water’s
surface grew farther away.
The dim light gradually faded, as if darkness was corroding
their entire mind, entangled with excruciating pain, leaving no room for
respite.
In the end, everyone in the classroom lost consciousness.
Unlike the others who fell directly to the ground, Ruan Qing
seemed to have been supported by something, slowing down his fall, and
eventually landed gently on Xiao Shiyi’s body.
Then, a black mist emerged from somewhere, devouring
everyone.
