Ruan Qing took a deep breath and cautiously approached the green vine.
He moved very slowly, not just because of the monster, but also because he was wary of any movements from the green vine.
The moment he noticed anything unusual with the vine, he would immediately pull back.
When he was less than a meter away from the vine, Ruan Qing stopped. He then picked up a stick he had found nearby and quietly poked the vine.
As he poked it, his whole body tensed, eyes fixed on the vine, ready for it to come to life at any moment.
However, things didn’t go as Ruan Qing had expected. The green vine remained motionless, its leaves swaying slightly only because of his poking. The movement followed the trajectory of his pokes, indicating that it was merely a reaction to his force, with no signs of anything unusual.
It seemed just like an ordinary green plant.
The viewers in the livestream had been watching Ruan Qing closely. When he and Han Ze had split up, many viewers were on edge, as if they were the ones in danger alongside the monster.
Fortunately, the streamer was calmer and smarter than they had imagined.
However, the viewers were puzzled when they saw Ruan Qing poking the vine, not understanding what he was trying to do.
[What is my wife doing? Flirting with the vine? Or is he just bored? (confused face.JPG)]
[What nonsense are you talking about? Use your brains! My wife is testing whether the green vine is dangerous!]
[Wait, now that you mention it, something seems off. Doesn’t this green vine appear everywhere the players go? And didn’t the vine stay intact when the maze shifted?]
[Ahhh! Wife, don’t touch that vine! Something’s wrong with it!!!]
The viewers were shocked when they saw this comment and quickly asked what was going on.
The viewer who posted the comment promptly shared a link and a player’s livestream ID.
The viewers first clicked on the link.
It was a recording of another player’s livestream, seemingly someone outside the maze giving directions.
This player was meticulously helping the maze players find their way, albeit slowly, but more effectively than anyone else.
This was also the second most-watched livestream, right after Ruan Qing’s.
He was Feng Ye’s teammate.
But he wasn’t just guiding Feng Ye; he was also guiding Ning Wang and Su Zhen.
When Ning Wang learned that Ruan Qing had entered the livestream room, he immediately went into the maze, without any intention of guiding Su Zhen further.
So, the task of guiding fell on that player.
All three of them were big shots that the player couldn’t afford to offend, so he tearfully took on the heavy burden of guiding the three of them.
Although those people in the maze weren’t livestreaming, the viewers could see them through their teammates’ perspectives.
And the linked video was the scene when the player used binoculars to look in Su Zhen’s direction.
Su Zhen was fighting a monster, and in the battle, some attacks struck the green vines on the wall not far away.
The green vines were directly cut off.
In the next second, golden liquid flowed from the cut vines, reconnecting with the broken branches.
Then the vines regenerated.
They returned to the state as if they had never been cut, quietly clinging to the wall.
Full of vitality, pure and harmless, the leaves of the vines even swayed slightly with the breeze.
A scene of tranquil times.
However, all the livestream viewers who saw this couldn’t help but feel a chill down their spines, a sense of creeping dread and fear.
That feeling was similar to what the players felt when they first saw the maze.
The livestream of Infinite Horror was different from the live broadcasts of the Life and Death Casino; in Infinite Horror, the audience could share the same feelings.
This meant that not only did the players feel the terror of the maze, but the viewers also felt it.
And when the green vine was cut, the viewers felt that sense of terror once again.
It was even stronger than the feeling they had when they saw the maze.
The players and livestream viewers who saw this scene widened their eyes, and a horrifying suspicion arose in their hearts.
Perhaps the true horror was never the maze itself, but the green vines within the maze.
Those green vines were the source of that fear.
After discovering this, the players directing from outside immediately informed those inside the maze.
However, even though Ruan Qing was supposed to be giving the commands, he was now inside the maze, thus unaware of the anomaly with the green vines.
The streaming platform completely blocked the reminders sent by the live-stream audience.
The system couldn’t intervene in this matter.
The system couldn’t unblock those messages, nor could he warn Ruan Qing about the danger of the green vines.
He could only watch Ruan Qing poke the green vines while secretly guiding Han Ze to rush over.
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Ruan Qing noticed that despite poking the green vines hard, there was no unusual reaction. He cautiously took a few steps back, distancing himself from the green vines.
The more normal the green vines appeared, the more abnormal they actually were.
The current situation was almost a deadlock. Without the key, the door couldn’t be opened, and without opening the door, the monster couldn’t leave.
To get the key, one had to get close to the green vines.
Ruan Qing’s long eyelashes fluttered slightly as his gaze fell on the wandering monster not far away.
When the monster turned its back, he silently retreated a bit, holding a stick.
He retreated to a distance far enough from both the vines and the monster.
Then, taking advantage of the moment when the monster had its back turned, he used all his strength to hurl the stick at the wall covered with green vines.
He himself squatted motionless in the corner, blending in with the wall.
To get the key, one must indeed get close to the green vines. But who said it had to be him?
If the monster rushed at the green vines and they didn’t react, then he could naturally approach the green vines.
But if there was something wrong with the green vines, the monster might very well die at their hands, allowing him to safely wait for Han Ze to find him.
Either way, it was advantageous for Ruan Qing.
Because Ruan Qing threw the stick while the monster had its back turned, it naturally didn’t see Ruan Qing’s actions.
When the stick hit the wall with a loud noise, the monster instantly turned around and fiercely charged in the direction of the stick.
Due to the monster’s extremely poor static vision, the wall seemed nonexistent to it, and it charged straight ahead.
The stick broke into two pieces under the monster’s attack, and the green vines on the wall did not escape either, directly snapping under the assault.
It seemed unable to withstand the monster’s attack.
The monster then chased the stick to the ground and pounced on it.
Ruan Qing’s delicate and picturesque eyebrows furrowed lightly. Just as he thought he had guessed wrong, the next second, the broken green vine started oozing golden-yellow liquid.
As the liquid flowed out, an overwhelmingly terrifying feeling arose, even stronger than when he saw the maze.
It was a sensation one would only experience when facing an unimaginably terrifying entity.
It made one feel as if they were facing the heavens and earth, so small and powerless.
I'm as fearful as the viewers
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chapter!
im so confused about the thing with the vines
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