UGB Chapter 118
Chapter 118
Seeing Sang Yin laughing, the little black cat frowned again, stared at him with golden vertical pupils, and pawed the air a few times.
The atmosphere suddenly became a bit delicate, Ming Shu looked at a person and a cat, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
He touched the two marks on Sang Yin's fingertips, feeling distressed and grateful: "Fortunately, there was no bleeding..."
Seeing this, the little black cat "meowed" aggrievedly.
It didn't use all its strength at all, for fear of frightening Ming Shu, otherwise the entire finger would have fallen off.
Sang Yin held Ming Shu back and pulled him up: "I'm fine."
He looked down at the little black cat who was unwilling to leave, and suddenly said to it: "Why don't you put a nest outside?"
The little black cat couldn't enter the house, Ming Shu thought that Sang Yin was joking, but saw the little black cat wagging its tail lightly, Sang Yin really turned around and went to the living room, took a square cushion back and put it on the ground next to the door superior.
When putting the cushions, Sang Yin stretched out his hand from the door, and the little black cat wanted to bite him, but he avoided it in time.
The little black cat tilted its head to look at the mat, lowered its head and sniffed, and confirmed that it was safe, then jumped up and turned around, then lay down and licked the tip of its tail.
"Are you going to sleep here? Aren't you going home?" Ming Shu leaned against the door, reaching out to touch it, "You and Guji really seem to..."
Especially the scene where Sang Yin got along with the little black cat just now made Ming Shu's feeling even stronger.
Hearing the word "咕嘤", the little black cat didn't understand, and rubbed Ming Shu's hand: "Meow."
Sure enough, the little black cat rested outside Mingshu's house. Mingshu had never raised a cat before, so he was reluctant to enter the house for a while, and stayed with the little black cat at the door for a long time, until Sang Yin urged her.
The door of the room was finally closed, and the little black cat also curled up on the soft cushion, closed its eyes and fell asleep quietly.
Lights were on in the living room, some light leaked through the cracks in the door and windows, and shone on the ground and sofa cushions outside the house.
The upholstery is white, and the kitten on it is as black as a ball of ink. It has rolled itself into a ball. At first glance, it seems to be a shadow cast by something, and there are no undulations or outlines inside.
Inside the house, Ming Shu yawned and entered the bedroom with Sang Yin.
He was still holding Sang Yin's hand, hesitatingly said: "I think it's just Guji, but..."
Ming Shu also faintly sensed that something was wrong, the little black cat appeared tonight, and the shadow also appeared, the shadow always separated him from Sang Yin, and the little black cat didn't like Sang Yin either.
But he didn't think that the little black cat was the shadow, he just wondered if there was any other connection between these two nocturnal creatures.
"Observe again, it's better to be cautious," Sang Yin said, "That cat can move freely at night, which proves that its strength is not low, and it can protect you by guarding outside the door."
As for whether to find a way to let it enter the house, we will talk about it later.
Even if the little black cat and the shadow are the same kind of creature, it doesn't matter, it uses the appearance of a cat to show people, and its personality is also somewhat similar. There is a high probability that it is a small animal, and it also likes Mingshu.
It's just that I don't know what special relationship the shadow has with the townspeople, or the middle-aged woman who broke in tonight.
After the middle-aged woman disappeared, the cakes left on the coffee table also disappeared, as if they had never appeared before.
Sang Yin hugged Ming Shu to comfort him: "Don't worry about it, let's go to bed? Do you want to take a bath?"
Ming Shu hesitated, his cheeks were reddish and he said, "Can you wash with me?"
After finishing speaking, he quickly added: "I... I'm a little scared."
He was really a little scared. Except for the wizards and demons in the past, it was the first time that a creature broke into his house by force.
This brought him a kind of uneasiness, Ming Shu felt lingering fear, and wanted to seek the comfort and companionship of Sang Yin at all times.
Sang Yin probed the heat on Ming Shu's face with his fingertips, and said softly, "Is it really just fear?"
Ming Shu blushed even more, and said vaguely: "Yes."
They didn't do anything yesterday, and Sang Yin finally agreed to touch Ming Shu's tail, and Ming Shu endured it obediently.
Most of the time, he is still rational. He was really frightened by what happened tonight, which made him more attached to Sang Yin.
Sang Yin didn't speak, Ming Shu pursed his lips and looked at him silently.
His appearance was somewhat similar to the aggrieved appearance of the little black cat outside just now, Sang Yin couldn't bear to refuse, and said softly: "Okay, let's go together."
Both of them knew what it meant to take a bath together. Sang Yin helped Mingshu find pajamas, and as soon as they entered the bathroom and closed the door, Mingshu took the initiative to kiss her.
"I miss you so much," Ming Shu said in a small and vague voice, panting slightly, "I know it's not good...but I can't help it."
He is still a little worried, but recently his condition has not worsened, and in a sense it is stable, and it is not as painful as Xia Zhu's suppression of blood-sucking and loss of appetite, and it is not as painful as Shan Qi.
Maybe they were all wrong at the beginning, Shan Qi was assimilated, not because of Halloween costumes.
Sang Yin slowly unbuttoned Ming Shu's clothes: "Do you want to regret it now?"
He leaned over and kissed him, comforted and took care of Mingshu in his own way, let him relax completely, and stop thinking about other things.
After an unknown amount of time, the lights in the living room were still on, and there was a faint movement, followed by footsteps, from the direction of the bathroom to the bedroom.
The little black cat at the door raised its head and shook its ears.
During the period, Sang Yin's voice was mixed in, but he could not hear clearly.
After a while, the living room finally became dark. The little black cat meowed softly and turned over, closed its eyes and continued to sleep.
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When Ming Shu woke up the next day, Sang Yin and the little black cat were gone.
He put away the cushion at the door, went to the yard to check the newly bought jack-o-lantern last night, and confirmed that it was not damaged again.
At this time, the little girl who brought him cakes yesterday came again.
She was standing across the street, looking at Ming Shu with her head tilted, as if wondering why he could appear safely.
The little girl still had an innocent face, Ming Shu remembered the pastry and the middle-aged woman yesterday, stared at her coldly, turned around and went back to the house quickly.
Now, apart from the necessary tasks, Ming Shu no longer dared to have any contact with any townspeople.
The same is true for Xia Zhu. He heard about Ming Shu's situation last night, and he was terrified.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: Fortunately, I confiscated it, otherwise you might not be able to contact me today...
He doesn't have a mulberry seal that can protect him, and the pumpkin placed at the door is not favored by the little black cat. Only a little bit of luck made him choose to refuse the pastry delivered to his door yesterday.
What exactly is that middle-aged woman, Ming Shu and Xia Zhu each have their own ideas.
Mingshu thinks that middle-aged women are another kind of nocturnal creature that has never appeared before, appearing at night like wizards and demons, and will come to look for things that belong to them when they are taken away.
Xia Zhu thinks that the middle-aged woman is a ghost that other players have encountered, and I don't know if it is related to the townspeople.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: I wanted to ask a player I contacted before, but he didn’t reply me
If there is no reply, it is likely that he was killed, or the mission failed.
This time the main task was already very difficult, last night was the deadline, except for Ming Shu and Xia Zhu, Xia Zhu has not heard of anyone who has successfully completed it yet.
Xia Zhu sent messages to several people on the list, but did not receive a reply, and his palms began to sweat.
Could it be the two of them left... Xia Zhu calmed down and comforted herself that maybe she was busy and didn't see it, and she would reply in a while.
He stopped thinking about it, clicked on the dialogue box, and continued to chat with Mingshu about middle-aged women.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: In fact, the two guesses do not conflict, otherwise there is no way to explain why the ghost that the player encountered almost broke in
There are also clay pumpkins. Last night, the middle-aged woman was obviously affected by the jack-o-lantern and the clay pumpkin at the door, so her body was burned. The jack-o-lantern was damaged, and the clay pumpkin could no longer be used.
[Private Chat] Ming Shu: If so, what did he take away from the player you know?Ghosts will go to him?
Moreover, it is also doubtful that they did not break in completely.
But no matter what the middle-aged woman is, although she and wizards and demons enter the house in the same way, they must not be the same kind. Sang Yin has never been burned by a clay pumpkin.
After a while, Xia Zhu's message came again.
[Private Chat] Xia Zhu: Do you still remember Shan Qi?The night before he was assimilated, he killed the guide
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: Now that I think about it, there were strange things before, and those who were harassed by ghosts seemed to have hurt the townspeople
That time, the players needed to kidnap townspeople in order to do the task. Everyone was affected by the Halloween costumes, and their state was more or less wrong. They also encountered strange behaviors of the townspeople. Many people couldn't hold back. shot.
They used to think that being assimilated was the reason for Halloween costumes, but now that they think about it, it may be two different things at all.
What Xia Zhu said made Mingshu a little confused.
[Private Chat] Ming Shu: What do you mean?
[Private Chat] Ming Shu: You hurt the townspeople, so you will be assimilated?Are those ghosts doing it?
[Private Chat] Xia Zhu: It’s just a guess. If you think this way, the blood of the townspeople was brought into the house by the player.
They always felt that the actions of the townspeople that time were very strange, and the few townspeople brought by the guide the night before yesterday, knew that they should leave if they couldn't save them, so they insisted on stabbing themselves with the tip of the knife.
This conjecture seems a bit unbelievable at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that it can really be explained.
The blood of the townspeople is taken into the house, and ghosts appear at night, demanding their "things."
[Private Chat] Ming Shu: So are the little bloody pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns?
These two things are placed at the player's door. Although they are not brought directly into the house, they may be targeted by ghosts if they are so close.
But there is another problem, if the guess is correct, then the townspeople and the ghost that appeared at night, that is, the middle-aged woman who broke into Mingshu's house, are the same creature.
For unknown reasons, they can only appear during the day.
Ming Shu sat at the dining table, drinking the last sip of milk.
He threw away the bottle, went into the bedroom, found the pocketknife he had bought, put on his coat and hood, opened the door and went out.
He came to the street, slowed down and walked around, and saw a familiar face.
It was the little girl who brought him pastries. She was squatting on the side of the road and crying, and it seemed that her home was behind her.
The yard and the door were open, and there were a few people gathered at the door, looking in.
Ming Shu squeezed the knife tightly in his hand, and mustered up the courage to approach.
He saw a few townspeople coming out of the stretcher carrying a stretcher. There was a vague figure on the stretcher, which was tightly covered by a white cloth.
The townspeople carried the stretcher onto a cart by the side of the road, when a gust of wind blew, and a corner of the white cloth was lifted.
Ming Shu's breathing was stagnant, and even though he had made mental preparations in advance, he was shocked by what he saw.
The person on the stretcher was the middle-aged woman who appeared in his room last night. At this time, her face was ashen, and the exposed half of her face was wrinkled, and her eyes were quietly closed.
The townspeople quickly covered the white cloth and hurried away pushing the cart.
Ming Shu still stood where he was, and took two deep breaths.
Is it because the little black cat killed the ghost of the middle-aged woman last night, so she died during the day?
He shifted his gaze and saw the little girl who brought him pastries stood up, staring at him with a resentful expression.
But she didn't dare to get close to Mingshu, so she turned her head and ran back home.
At this time, Ming Shu saw that the guide also came out of the little girl's house.
His face was ugly, and when he saw Ming Shu appearing, he became even more sour.
The two looked at each other for a moment, Ming Shu pulled back the brim of his hat, smiled at the guide, waved goodbye to him, turned and went home.
This move seemed to be provocative, the leader's facial muscles twitched a few times, watching Mingshu's back disappear into the corner of the street.
Back in the house, Ming Shu immediately locked the door and drew all the curtains tightly.
His palms were sweating, and the pocket knife was too tightly squeezed, leaving a red mark.
Going out to confirm just now has exhausted all of Mingshu's courage. He was afraid that the middle-aged woman failed to succeed last night, and the townspeople would attack him again during the day.
From the expression on the leader's face at the end, he must know what happened.
Mingshu stabilized her mind, turned on the system and sent a message to Sang Yinxiang, asking him to accompany her.
He struggled, and received reminders of missions and plot updates.
[A new plot update has been detected, do you want to check it immediately? 】
【Plot reminder】:
【The ghost was shocked when it found out what the zombie was doing. At first, it thought that the zombie was trying to play tricks on the boy, and then eat him after playing enough.But it observed for several days in a row, not only did the zombie not eat the boy, but the relationship with him got better, and they would play together every time it was getting dark. 】
[The ghost was puzzled, but couldn't hold back the doubts and anger in his heart. He found the zombie at night and asked why it was with a weak human being. This is an insult to the ghost.The zombie didn't bother to talk to the ghost, only said that he liked it, and told it not to meddle in its own business. 】
【The ghost didn't get an answer from the zombie. It was still watching the zombie playing with the boy, and a bad idea came to mind. 】
[Halloween is coming, on that day, zombies don't need to disguise themselves, they will definitely make an appointment with the boy to spend Halloween together.The ghost doesn't want to continue watching them get together, and plans to let the boy discover the true face of the zombie before Halloween. 】
[It's not difficult to do this, the ghost just needs to use the accumulated energy to blow away the white paper pasted on the zombie's body when the zombie appears next to the boy, and increase the brightness of the street lights on the street. 】
[The young man watched the white paper on the zombie's body fall off one by one, exposing the originally livid and stiff skin, and ran away screaming in fright, the zombie had no chance to explain.The culprit, the ghost, had already taken the opportunity to slip away, hiding far away from being found by the zombies. 】
[The goal is achieved, the ghost is very happy, waiting for the arrival of Halloween, when its strength will increase greatly, it will no longer need to be afraid of zombies, monsters that rely on brute force to win, it must swallow the boy in its stomach, as a comfort The crimes suffered in recent days. 】
(Reminder: The plot is for reference only.)
After watching the plot update, Ming Shu still didn't find any clues related to the actual development.
What about other monsters?What about townspeople and shadows?Aside from the Halloween point, the entire dungeon seems to have been put into a wrong script.
[Ding dong—main mission released]
The second system prompt popped up, but there was no task content, and it took about half a minute before it arrived.
[Mission [-]: On Halloween, team up with four other companions in different costumes and ask other residents for candy. 】
The task was announced, and Xia Zhu's news followed closely behind.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: This plot has nothing to do with it, no wonder the task release is so slow
Ming Shu also thought that the mission might be related to what the ghost did, but it turned out to be skipped directly to Halloween.
Four teammates in different costumes... They need five people to form a team to complete this task.At this time, Xia Zhu told Mingshu a bad news.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu: Shan Qi can't be found, and the other two teammates have no news
[Private Chat] Xia Zhu: Not only them, all the players in my friends list, in this dungeon, have no news
Ming Shu suddenly felt a chill run up his spine.
Players live so scattered that they don't even know where other teammates live, and the distance makes them unclear about each other's status.
He and Xia Zhu's mission went smoothly, but before they knew it, the others were gone.
Either the mission fails and the dungeon is exited, or the townspeople assimilate it.
The latter may still have a chance, anyway, he is in the dungeon, but when Ming Shu thought of Shan Qi's state that day, his heart became heavier.
There might be a way to reawaken assimilated players, but they don't know how.
Tomorrow is Halloween, and the task must be completed before five o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow.
Ming Shu immediately sent a message to Sang Yin, together with Xia Zhu and the other three, planned to go outside to find other players to form a team.
When Sang Yin received the news, he rushed over as soon as possible, and then set off to Xia Zhu's residence with Ming Shu, paying attention to whether there were any players along the way.
Missions and plots are announced, and those in the team who are dissatisfied will definitely come out to find teammates.
Sang Yin wore a mask to cover his face, and Ming Shu was led by him in a robe and followed closely beside him.
After not taking two steps, the guide stopped them.
He stared at Sang Yin: "Who are you? Are you a resident here? Why are you wearing a mask?"
Sang Yin was calm and composed: "Of course."
He guessed that the guide would be nearby, so he deliberately chose a remote road, and there were no townspeople walking around.
Sang Yin let go of Ming Shu, stepped forward and made a gesture to take off the mask, so that the guide could see his face.
Just as he raised his right hand, a cold light flashed in his sleeve.
The guide didn't notice for a moment, and the dagger pierced his neck fiercely. Sang Yin grabbed his other hand in time, and pressed his sleeve against the knife edge, so as not to let the blood splatter everywhere.
Sang Yin supported the guide, dragged him to a dark place and dropped him.
The guide was still breathing, and he stretched out his hand to grab Sang Yin, but the palm of his hand was nailed to the wall by the short knife.
Sang Yin left the dagger behind and did not take it away. He wiped the two drops of blood that were accidentally stained on the soles of the shoes on the guide, and said coldly: "I will see you once and kill you once, remember?"
He turned around and left, taking Ming Shu who was waiting outside with him.
There was still an afternoon left, and the next progress was not smooth. The three of them searched several streets. Xia Zhu even bought a big speaker from a store, recorded a sentence that players could understand and played it on a loop, but there was no gain.
Seeing that it was almost 05:30, Xia Zhu's expression was serious: "What I was worried about happened..."
Can't find anyone who can form a team, want to try to rescue the assimilated players?But they don't know many people, and the assimilated players can't be seen in the clothes of the townspeople, and the teammates who formed the team before don't know where they live.
And even if they were found, how to make them change back?
In short, Xia Zhu has a headache, and they don't have much time left.
Sang Yin leaned against the side wall, holding a mask in his hand, and suddenly said, "Can I be with you?"
He doesn't know what the conditions for forming a team are, but he can try it out. He can count himself as one, just put on a Halloween costume, and the wizard can count as one.
The demon's body was discarded by him when he was attacked by the shadow that night, and when he went to look for it the next day, it was gone, but there was only one... a vampire left.
When he kills the vampire, plus the wizard and himself, he can just fill the vacancy of three people.
Xia Zhu was startled by Sang Yin's thoughts: "But...but townspeople are not allowed to go out at night."
"Yes," Sang Yin nodded, "I also only found out before I came here today that townspeople can go out on Halloween night."
Both Ming Shu and Xia Zhu were stunned, but in this way, Sang Yin had to control three bodies.
He can't control it at the same time, at most he can only bring Kezi with him, so is this still a team?
Sang Yin tapped the mask with her fingertips: "Try it, this is the only way at present."
Otherwise, where would they find someone?Thinking about the worst, Ming Shu and Xia Zhu might be the only players left in the dungeon.
Xia Zhu sighed: "Okay."
He turned on the system's team formation function, made up his mind, and kicked out the three people who couldn't be contacted, leaving only him and Mingshu.
You have to wait until night to try it. Sang Yin doesn't have a Halloween costume now, so try it with a wizard's shell first.
As the night was approaching, the three separated. Ming Shu was sent back by Sang Yin. He waited in the house for about half an hour, and Sang Yin appeared again in the form of a wizard.
The moment he appeared, Mingshu received a system prompt.
[It is detected that there is a suitable team formation target near you: [Wizard], do you want to send a team formation request? 】
Ming Shu's eyes lit up, and he rushed towards Sang Yin excitedly: "It's really useful!"
He immediately clicked "Yes". Sang Yin didn't know why, but Mingshu had already received a reminder that the team was formed successfully.
"The team formation was successful!" Ming Shu explained to him, "Didn't you receive any news?"
Sang Yin shook his head: "No."
He is not a player, so he naturally has no system and task-related information.
Mingshu checked the system and confirmed several times that [Wizard] did appear in his and Xia Zhu's team list.
[Private Chat] Xia Zhu: Wow!
[Private Chat] Xia Zhu: Useful!
Before Ming Shu could reply to Xia Zhu in the future, he received another prompt from the system.
[It is detected that there is a suitable team formation target near you: [Black Cat], do you want to send a team formation request? 】
Ming Shu's expression gradually changed from unbelievable to dull, he walked towards the door, opened the door, and the little black cat squatted outside: "Meow!"
After eating a few mouthfuls of pumpkin, it hurried to say hello to Mingshu.
Ming Shu knelt down and touched it, hesitantly clicked "Yes" on the system panel.
In the next second, the system indicated that the team formation was successful, and [Black Cat] also appeared on the team formation list.
[Private chat] Xia Zhu:? ?what?
When it showed that the team was successful, the little black cat suddenly straightened its back, as if it had sensed something.
It slowly stretched out its claws, poked into the door frame, stepped in without hindrance, and stepped on the mat at the door.
Sang Yin didn't know what happened, so he slightly raised his eyebrows: "Can you come in?"
At the same time, Mingshu received a third system prompt.
[It is detected that there is a suitable team formation target near you: [Vampire], do you want to send a team formation request? 】
Ming Shu stood up in a daze, looking at the empty street.
Vampires are around too?He didn't see any familiar figures, only two black bats flying across the street quickly.