85: Chapter 85 The Long Sleeping Palace 12

The current situation is simple. In a nutshell, Luo Yuejian is lost.

Luo Yuejian accepts this well. The passages are complex and ever-changing, with countless forks; isn't it perfectly normal for a noob player like her to get lost?

However, not being able to find other players is definitely not okay. This game doesn't seem to have a time limit, and if she keeps slacking off, who knows how long it will drag on. Luo Yuejian is still a bit anxious.

She asks the slacker system in her heart: "Is there any way for me to find those three teammates? Finding any one of them will do. Is there a map or a tracker?"

The slacker system says: "Sorry, Host, I am a legitimate system and do not provide cheating assistance."

Luo Yuejian: ...?

She is speechless: "Are you kidding me? Haven't you given me enough cheats already?"

The system's reply is very innocent: "Eh? When has this system ever given you, Host, any cheats?"

The slacker system will never admit it, even if it dies. Cheating? What is that? As a pure and innocent little system, how would it know what cheating is?

Luo Yuejian: Smile.jpg

Knowing that the slacker system is determined to play dumb, she can't be bothered to argue with it and prepares to find her teammates in her own way.

Although she can't find the others, it's not impossible to let them find her.

Since the Man in the Suit and the Man in Black Turtleneck both have ulterior motives and want to eliminate other teammates, she just needs to leave marks to lure those two players over, and she can achieve her goal just the same.

She acts immediately.

Thinking of this, Luo Yuejian acts without hesitation. She leaves marks on the walls as she walks. It's not a particularly difficult method; the cooldown for the matchbox she used earlier is already over.

She strikes a matchstick and quickly extinguishes it. She uses the matchstick as a charcoal pencil, draws a couple of strokes on the wall, and that's it.

She leaves as soon as she finishes drawing, not lingering. Anyway, she has already left the marks. She believes that with the level of cunning those players possess, as long as they see these marks, they will surely realize they were left by another player and will chase after her without hesitation.

Her plan is well-thought-out, and indeed, a player sees the traces she left behind.

The Leather Jacket Man's gaze falls on the blurry black mark on the wall, his brows furrowing slightly.

He rubs it with his finger and brings it to his eyes; there is a black mark on his index finger. It looks like the mark was left not long ago.

A player? Is it the White-haired Girl or the Man in the Suit?

But no matter who left this mark, he is not prepared to follow it. He guesses that this might be a trap set by another player, intentionally leaving a mark to make him think it's a plea for help or guidance from a lone player, when in reality, it's to lure him into a dangerous place.

The few players in this round are no pushovers; he absolutely cannot let his guard down.

Ignoring the black carbon mark, the Leather Jacket Man walks in the opposite direction.

Five minutes later, the Man in the Suit arrives shortly after.

He first looks at the direction the Leather Jacket Man left in, then examines the mark on the wall.

Since the Leather Jacket Man did not head in the direction of the mark, this most likely means that this mark was not left by the Man in Black Turtleneck.

After all, according to his previous speculation, these two players have likely teamed up. If this mark had been left by the Man in Black Turtleneck, the Leather Jacket Man should not have walked in the opposite direction.

Therefore, there is only one answer: this mark was left by the White-haired Girl.

The Man in a Suit with a Rose narrows his eyes, but he is also not prepared to follow this mark.

The White-haired Girl is too unpredictable. By comparison, although the Leather Jacket Man and the Man in Black Turtleneck are not easy to deal with, but...

It would be better to wait until he solves the Leather Jacket Man and the Man in Black Turtleneck before coming back to find her.

Of course, if he can reach a cooperation with those two players, solving the White-haired Girl first is not impossible.

He takes a deep look at the deep, dark passage, then turns around and walks in the opposite direction.

Luo Yuejian does not know that the other players have already gone in the opposite direction from her. She is still leaving marks while wandering around aimlessly.

After walking for a long time, her legs are sore, but she hasn't seen a shadow of her teammates. Luo Yuejian finds it strange and wonders, is this place really that big? Could it be such a coincidence that none of her teammates found the marks she left? This is freaking ridiculous.

If they saw them, why didn't they come to find her? Is she hard to kill, or what?

Just as Luo Yuejian is feeling depressed, a black shadow suddenly flashes in front of her. The shadow is extremely fast, like lightning, and instantly disappears without a trace at the end of the passage ahead.

Luo Yuejian is startled by this sudden scene, subconsciously thinking it is another player in her game. Before her brain can react, her legs seem to have a mind of their own and immediately start chasing after it.

Holy crap, finally caught one. Kill me first, then you can run!

The shadow's speed is initially very fast, and Luo Yuejian can barely keep up even with all her might. However, just when she thinks she is about to lose it, the shadow's speed suddenly slows down.

Seeing this, Luo Yuejian is delighted and quickly quickens her pace, wanting to take the opportunity to close the distance between her and the shadow. As time passes, the shadow's speed gets slower and slower, and eventually, Luo Yuejian can even clearly see the figure of the thing.

Only then does she realize in shock that the black shadow is not another player, but a pitch-black, unknown creature extremely similar to an infant!

The creature's appearance is truly eerie, as if it had walked out of some horror novel like a vengeful spirit. However, faced with such a terrifying sight, Luo Yuejian feels no fear; instead, she instantly becomes extremely excited.

A monster! It's a monster! Finally, she sees a dangerous creature. This game has been too dull; she even thought it was just a regular player welfare round, racking her brains thinking about how to get other players to eliminate her.

Now that she finally sees a creature that looks clearly very lethal, Luo Yuejian's legs are no longer sore, her back no longer aches, and she even starts looking forward to the monster killing her quickly.

But her expectations fall through, because the monster seems to have no interest in her, and even seems... a bit afraid? It is only focused on fleeing for its life right now.

Luo Yuejian watches the monster running away in a panic, and she stands there dumbfounded. Knowing that the black shadow is not another player but a monster, she cannot chase it openly; that would be too obvious and might get her reported.

But she cannot figure out why the monster ran away.

Damn, a monster running away when it sees her—is this reasonable? Is she some kind of terrifying beast?