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Chapter 064 Tonight Will Be Crazy!

Ling Mo responded quickly.

After all, he had successfully cleared a dungeon alone this time, and his abilities had improved—these were things he wanted to showcase to Xia Xinyan. She had asked to play the game, and he couldn’t be more pleased.

Before he returned, Brother Haonan had also asked him if he wanted to team up for a dungeon since they had already cleared the first battle zone dungeon and could squad up once they unlocked their abilities.

The more people, the merrier. Tonight was bound to be exciting.

—At least, that’s what Ling Mo thought before entering the game.

Brother Haonan was already waiting for them in the game, but after forming the team, Ling Mo found that only two people had joined—one was Brother Haonan, and the other was someone called Wen.

Wen was Brother Haonan’s roommate, and he had a decent relationship with Ling Mo. Notably, this guy had the sort of name that resembled that of a criminal suspect, but it was indeed his real name. He said his family originally wanted to name him Wen Mouren, hoping he’d grow up to be a big achiever—only to forget the radicals when registering.

He was somewhat of a celebrity at school, as whenever a teacher called out “Wen,” many students with the surname Wen thought the teacher was implying something about them.

In a way, he was even more impressive than Brother Haonan.

To avoid any misunderstandings, Ling Mo specifically explained to Xia Xinyan, “This Wen is his real name, don’t mind it.”

Xia Xinyan chuckled softly, “That name is quite unique.”

“True that,” Ling Mo replied without a care, and then opened the team chat channel, “Why are there only two of you? Where’s everyone else?”

“They started without us; it’s just us waiting for you. Aren’t we nice?” Brother Haonan casually said, “Let’s not mind them. We can just go with the four of us.”

Ling Mo nodded reluctantly, “Alright, then I…”

Before he could finish his sentence, a private message suddenly popped up—

【Zhang Dari: ?】

Ling Mo paused, raised his hand, and sent a team invite to the fatty.

The guy accepted almost immediately, and then his loud voice echoed in the team voice chat: “Yo?! It’s so lively! Let me introduce myself, I’m Zhang Dari, Old Ling’s buddy!”

And then Ling Mo kicked him out.

【Zhang Dari: ???】

【Zhang Dari: Good bro, I was wrong! Let me back in!】

Ling Mo fell silent, while Xia Xinyan was already chuckling, “Let him in, the more people we know, the more reliable it is.”

Since personal strength wasn’t that strong at the start, teaming together was definitely more dependable than random teams—at least they knew each other, so there wouldn’t be any idiots. The fatty clearly understood this, so even with no shame, he had to squeeze into the team.

Since Xia Xinyan said so, Ling Mo had no choice but to let him in, but he muted the fatty in the team voice chat and immediately started the battle zone dungeon matching.

Perhaps because there were more people, this time the matching went quickly. In an instant, they entered the familiar preparation hall, and the players participating in this dungeon met up.

There were just the five of them, no other players.

“Wow, a real squad,” the fatty looked around, then fixed his gaze on the two unfamiliar faces: “What are your names, brothers? Let’s get to know each other.”

“Yang Haonan, Ling Mo’s friend,” Brother Haonan casually introduced.

He looked pretty much the same in-game as he did in reality, just slightly better-looking and had trimmed down his noticeable beer belly—he looked more social now.

“Wen—surname Wen, called Mouren,” Wen also chimed in.

His appearance was also quite similar to real life, just with a bit of tweaking—like making himself fairer.

Now it seemed that although you could freely change your appearance in the game, most people preferred to base their customizations on their real looks…

The preparation time passed quickly, and then they were teleported into the dungeon, opening their eyes to find themselves inside… a truck cargo bay.

The truck seemed to be moving, the slight bumps could be felt, and the cargo bay was filled with various materials that looked impressive yet mysterious.

Meanwhile, the game issued a new task—

【Battle Zone: Haunted Villa】

【Difficulty: Medium】

【Time Flow Rate: 1x】

【Description: You as ghost-hunting trainees with two and a half years of practice have finally arrived at your first real mission today.】

【Current Task: Collect all ghost evidence before 6 AM the next day.】

【Important Notice: In the suburbs of XX City, a villa has been confirmed to have ghosts. Three murders have occurred there. Unrelated personnel should not linger nearby.】

Ling Mo: “……”

Damn.

But the first one to speak was Brother Haonan: “What?! A haunted dungeon?! Come on, can we not play this?!”

“Can’t, withdrawing from the battle zone dungeon incurs penalties, and you can’t play battle zone for a certain time afterward,” the fatty shook his head.

“Then let’s not play battle zone. Isn’t there a Safe Zone? Isn’t it all the same?” Brother Haonan clearly couldn’t handle it.

“Come on, the rewards from that Safe Zone dungeon are not enough for a toothpick, playing that is just a waste of time.” The fatty stared at Brother Haonan, frowning, “Brother, you’re not scared of ghosts, are you?”

“Yeah! I’m scared of ghosts, okay?! Is that some sort of shameful secret?!” Brother Haonan looked distressed, “Everyone has their weaknesses, right? You’re all not scared of ghosts?!”

—No one responded to him.

“Damn.” Brother Haonan gave up, “How about you guys catch the ghosts, and I’ll support you spiritually.”

Wen noticed a document sitting on the table and picked it up. After reading it for a few seconds, he suddenly said: “This seems to be a guide? Hey, Haonan, it says here that one person needs to stay behind to command the operations globally. If you’re scared, you can stay in the truck.”

“Really?” Haonan immediately scooted over, and the other few gathered around to look at the document’s contents.

The information written was straightforward and detailed their mission entirely.

Their task was not to exorcise ghosts but to conduct preliminary investigations before exorcising them. Simply put, they had to determine what kind of ghosts were in there to allow the subsequent exorcist team to target the problem accurately.

What they had to do was very simple, such as—

Capture a supernatural event.

Take a picture of a ghost.

Communicate with a ghost.

And through these gathered clues, deduce the type and background of the ghost, then escape the haunted house once everything was completed, marking the end of the mission.

…Alright, maybe it’s not that simple.

The main thing is that this dungeon was completely different from the ones they had played before.

The basic difficulty of the game had an added layer of psychological horror.

The document mentioned needing one person to stay in the truck to analyze the collected information and draw conclusions, and Brother Haonan immediately made his choice: “I’ll stay in the truck. You guys go, that’s decided.”

Ling Mo, who had not said a word throughout: “…”

Actually, he was scared of ghosts.

But with Xia Xinyan beside him, he couldn’t say it.

It was quite frustrating.

Damn tonight is gonna be crazy.

He shouldn’t have gotten hooked on this line.

 

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