Chapter 127 The Singer, Oh, the Singer 60

"Seriously, even if your memory is bad and you've forgotten how bloodthirsty this sister is, your eyes aren't blind, right? You can at least see the blood on her face, can't you?"

It wasn't just Zhang Zhendong who was shocked; the Black-skinned Sugarcane known as "Jie Yu" was also startled.

His attitude became much more obvious. He exaggeratedly stepped to the side, pulled his collar tight with his hands, pressed his shoulder against the remaining lackey of Zhang Zhendong, and said in a voice he thought was very quiet, "I told you that woman was crazy, but you didn't believe me. Who with a sane mind would dare to directly provoke the Weasel?"

The Weasel.

Zhang Zhendong felt another tremor in his heart upon hearing that.

What kind of thunderous nickname was that to say right in front of Sister Lin? Are they all tired of living?

However, what surprised him most was that upon hearing these two's thunderous remarks, Lin Xiangjun not only didn't perform a live demonstration of drawing her blade to decapitate them in a spray of blood, but instead revealed a smile that could be described as kind and amiable.

Her lips curled up, revealing a standard eight teeth, and her eyes curved, unexpectedly showing a touch of a young girl's gentleness.

——If only the dried blood smeared on her face wasn't flaking off in "pitter-patter" fragments due to her skin stretching.

"It's terrifying, Sister! You've given me the uncanny valley effect!"

Lin Xiangjun said in a gentle voice, "Of course. I found a way to clear the instance, though it isn't complete."

Her original speaking voice was just average, neither pleasant nor unpleasant, but now, in order to make herself appear more gentle and amiable, she deliberately pinched and affected her voice.

As for the effect… even Cheng Shengtian, who was nearly suffering from moderate contamination and losing his sanity, couldn't help but shiver uncontrollably, as if he had seen a ghost.

Lin Xiangjun herself didn't notice it.

"I just asked the Supermarket Owner and obtained some clues about the instance, and I've also acquired two methods to clear the instance."

"The most common D-rank clear only requires surviving for seven days in the alley."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jie Yu retorted, "That method definitely won't work! Everyone must have been able to hear the Songstress's lyrics clearly yesterday or the day before, right? The Songstress sang it so clearly, 'Cry until the seventh day, the ghost knocks at the door.' Doesn't that tell us that the seventh day of the instance is definitely extremely dangerous? What's the difference between surviving here for seven days and just going to your death?"

The lackey also nodded, indicating that Jie Yu was right.

The longer one stays in the instance, the higher the difficulty of the instance, and the more severe the contamination one receives.

If they really stayed honestly for seven days, they would either be harvested by the "ghost" that comes knocking after seven days, or they would die directly from violating the rules due to cognitive distortion from the contamination.

"Sister Lin, this method definitely won't work. All of us have violated the rules to varying degrees. If we really have to stay here for another four days, it's possible that before the ghost even comes knocking, we'll already have died from the contamination."

Zhang Zhendong waited until Jie Yu finished speaking before nodding and asking, "Sister Lin, is there any other way? Our current situation is really… we can't wait out the seven days."

However, the scenario he anticipated—Lin Xiangjun sneering and questioning who he thought he was, and asking if he had the right to point fingers when he hadn't even gotten enough free seafood—did not occur.

Lin Xiangjun herself nodded very affirmatively, "I also think this method of clearing is completely a trap set by the game."

However, before the others could heave a sigh of relief, Lin Xiangjun sighed and said with a hint of distress, "Then there is only one last method left: an S-rank clear."

Their eyes lit up.

An S-rank clear of a three-star instance!

Not to mention the rewards given by the game, as long as they could take this achievement out, they could easily defect to those big families or major corporations… endless wealth and glory, and ascending to the top in one step would not be a problem!

"What is the S-rank clear method?" Zhang Zhendong's lackey asked curiously.

His tone was so eager that it carried a hint of a command. Zhang Zhendong glared at him fiercely, but perhaps his mind was clouded by the potential huge benefits, so he didn't notice Zhang Zhendong's gaze at first.

Lin Xiangjun was still not angry.

She remained that kind and amiable, as if she didn't feel offended at all.

"The S-rank clear is slightly troublesome…"

"It's fine, Sister Lin, tell us! We will definitely do our best to do whatever we can!"

"Yeah, Sister Lin, just tell us first. If we really can't do it, we can look for other methods!"

The lackey, Jie Yu, and Cheng Shengtian, all blinded by wealth and glory, eagerly crowded around.

Zhang Zhendong felt increasingly uneasy.

Setting aside whether Lin Xiangjun was a good-tempered person, any normal person with such important clues in their hands would surely haggle a bit to secure some benefits for themselves, wouldn't they?

Lin Xiangjun was too forthcoming and too generous.

It was like… a scam.

Seeing that the few of them were sufficiently agitated, Lin Xiangjun then slowly sighed and said, "You should have also found the clues; the Songstress herself was raped and killed in Xieyou Alley."

"Before she died, she struggled and called for help, but none of the residents in Xieyou Alley paid her any attention. She died filled with hatred and resentment, so she deeply hates the residents in Xieyou Alley who stood by and watched—those unclean houses are the houses of the residents she killed after they stood idly by."

"Do you remember the hint the system gave us when we entered the instance the day before yesterday? Everyone must like the Songstress's singing. This is actually telling us that everyone must respond to the Songstress's cry for help, including those residents."

"This is also the reason why the system requires us to present flowers to the Songstress after she finishes singing. If we don't, we will gradually be contaminated and eventually die together with the indigenous residents on the seventh day—this is also the real reason for the lyric in the Songstress's song, 'Cry until the seventh day, the ghost knocks at the door.'"

Lin Xiangjun's voice sounded so sincere, as if she were truly thinking of them.

"What flowers?" Jie Yu asked blankly.

Lin Xiangjun was taken aback, then remembered that Rule One was the reward for her being the first to enter the instance.

"This is the rule I just found in the supermarket. [The Songstress likes flowers. After she finishes singing, please place a flower in her hand. If she wears a green dress, give her a yellow flower; if she wears a blue dress, give her a red flower; if she wears a red dress, please give her a white flower; when she wears a white dress, do not give her red flowers, white flowers, or yellow flowers.]"

"I am willing to say this much because we are all players in the same instance. Compared to letting those weird things take advantage, I certainly hope more that my compatriots can leave the instance alive."

"And the requirement for an S-rank clear is that there can only be people who like the Songstress in the instance, which means there can only be people who will respond to the Songstress's cry for help, which is all of us players."

"Those indigenous residents of the instance, all the NPCs, must be cleared out."