Chapter 27: Abandonment

  "Wait, I suddenly feel something is off." The two of them were just about to go downstairs when Lian Xi suddenly stopped.

  "What else have you found?"

  "Don't you think this mission is strange in itself?"

  "It's a bit strange, there are no game rules and the scene is different from the first two times. But this is a game with ghosts, thinking about it, it's also quite normal..."

  "Also, Qiao Yurou claimed to be the last survivor of the seventh round. If Qiao Yurou is a ghost, then she must have been deceiving us. If that's true, then her previous experience of having gone through a 'nightmare' without game rules was also fabricated!"

  "But these are just your guesses after all. What if Qiao Yu isn't a ghost? What if what she said is true?"

  "No way! After all, I've participated in three games so far, you and Qiao Jia are both twice, and the others are all newcomers. Even if Qiao Yu said it was true, logically speaking, the game shouldn't give us such a difficult 'game'!"

  "What do you mean?... This isn't a game?"

  "That's right! It's highly likely that this is a hidden quest, we accidentally triggered the hidden quest, collectively entered here, and the ghost has the ability to erase memories! In that case, everything can be explained!"

  "It's indeed possible that if it is the case, then we can understand why we have a sense of déjà vu when they introduce themselves! So what do we do now?"

  "Haven't you forgotten? It was mentioned in the rules of the previous games." Lian Xi suddenly became tense, sweating all over, she thought of the scene where she encountered a ghost without eyes for the first time, her arm was instantly torn off. Even now, thinking about it still makes her heart tremble with fear, "As long as you abandon a part of your body, you can pass the hidden task!"

  "I remember, but I never quite understood what it means to give up a part of one's body..." Ying Ling paused for a moment, "Lian Xi, you wouldn't be thinking..."

  "That's right!" After finishing speaking, Lian Xi rushed downstairs to the kitchen on the first floor. —— There must be something like a knife there!

  "Wait, Lian Yu! Don't be impulsive!" Ying hurriedly chased after her.

  "Hey! What's going on with you two?! You sneakily went upstairs, and now you're rushing down in a flurry." Lian Xi and Ying didn't respond to him, actually they didn't have time to bother with him. Xu Hongwei caught up, and Qiao Yuer also stood up.

  As expected, there was indeed a kitchen knife on the chopping board in the kitchen. Lian Xi rushed over and picked it up, preparing to chop off her own arm. But she hesitated. She had experienced that kind of pain before, and at this moment, she really couldn't bear to harm herself.

  "Wait! This is all just speculation! Can't you calm down for now?! What if it's not what you think it is?""Just waiting won't do, if my guess is right, then I'll succeed. Otherwise, you can abandon me and escape on your own! Someone has to come out and verify this. You said these are just my speculations, so let me be the one to verify them. If I succeed, you know what to do, but if it turns out I'm wrong..." Lian Yu suddenly fell silent, tears streaming down her face.

  "Shadow, I've seen your incredible speed and agility when you killed someone before. Just don't get in my way. And... if it turns out that I'm wrong... then please... kill me..." In Lian Yu's mind, Shadow was a ruthless killer who wouldn't care about the lives of others, so he naturally wouldn't stop her. However, just now Shadow had chased after her recklessly, giving Lian Yu some unexpected worries...

  Upon hearing this, Ying suddenly felt an urge to cry. Lian Xi had given him too many unprecedented feelings and first times. Even in the real world, Ying often thought of Lian Xi and couldn't help but smile foolishly. To Ying, Lian Xi was beauty, a longing; how could he bear to kill her?

  Lian Xi no longer wanted to let herself hesitate, and perhaps she would regret it if she didn't make a move. Lian Xi closed her eyes and told herself that as long as she completed the task and returned to the real world, her arm would grow back. If she died, she could reunite with Qiao Jia and Xiao Mu. A smile appeared on Lian Xi's face. Her right hand tightly grasped the kitchen knife and suddenly chopped down towards her left arm. Forgive me, dear self... I didn't want to hurt you either...

  "Ah......" After a heart-wrenching scream, Lian Xi disappeared. Her left arm remained there, along with a pool of blood and a kitchen knife stained with Lian Xi's blood.

  "What is she doing?" The shadow still didn't speak, but picked up the kitchen knife. Having grown up this way, countless times cutting off or twisting off other people's arms, legs, and even necks. Never thought that one day, I would have to do it to myself. "Listen, if you want to live, after I disappear, immediately pick up this knife and cut off a part of your own body!" Perhaps infected by Lian Xi's madness, she unknowingly said these words.

  He finished and cut off his own arm without hesitation. He didn't make any miserable cry. Blood splashed onto Xu Hongwei's face. Xu Hongwei shouted, "You're all crazy! You're all crazy!"

  "Hehe, discovered so soon?" Qiao Yu Ruo finally revealed her true self, giggling. Before Xu Hong Wei could react, she was already standing behind him...

  Actually, Qiao Yu Ruo was indeed a participant in the seventh round of the game and died in the last game. She wasn't killed by the ghost in the game, but touched the hidden task. In order to understand the hidden task at that time, she was framed by her teammates and eventually became the test subject of that hidden task... Her resentment made her soul stay in 'Dream Purgatory' all the time, she wants to kill all players who trigger the hidden task...

  "Ah......" Lian Xi woke up from her dream. "Lian Xi, you're awake!" Qiao Jia was sitting right in front of her.

  "Ke Jia, you're still alive! That's great! Thank goodness, you're actually still alive." Lian Xi exclaimed with a big laugh.

  "What happened to your arm?" Qiao Jia looked at Lian Yu's left half body which was full of blood and burst into tears.

  "Qiao Jia, I'm fine. Don't cry, losing an arm is better than losing my life, right? What's there to cry about when I'm still alive?"

  At this moment, the shadow lying beside him also woke up. Opening his eyes to see the familiar surroundings, Lian Xi who had just woken up beside him, as well as Yuan Qiao Jia and Zhou Lan Yu. Ying smiled "I really made it out! ......It's just that it still hurts a bit." Ying gritted his teeth and covered his arm which was stained with blood, below his shoulder was empty...

  Their deleted memories were all awakened. This time there are seven players in the game: Mo Lian Xi, Yuan Qiao Jia, Ying, Zhou Lan Yu, Lin Hai, Xu Hong Wei and Xia Xing Luo. Among them, except for Zhou Lan Yu, the other six people have all entered the second layer of the hidden task setting's dream realm.

  This time's task, Lian Xi and others thought it was easy, so they relaxed a bit. As a result, they inadvertently triggered the extremely dangerous hidden task collectively.

  Because this task score is 4 survival points. The task requirement is to find the death tomb and browse all game rules!