“Faster, even faster!!”
Liu Da ran forward with all his might.
He had to make it back up the mountain before five o'clock and find the NPC as quickly as possible!
With a dungeon NPC nearby, there was a high probability the specter wouldn't just appear out of nowhere.
That way, he would have time to search for specter items.
Liu Da retraced his steps, pushing himself to his absolute limit.
During this time, he didn't notice that the metallic luster on his skin was growing heavier and heavier.
In addition, he was forcing his Golden Light Body to circulate, causing the golden light on his body to gradually brighten. However, perhaps because it had reached its limit, the golden light suddenly dimmed.
Yet in the next instant, the golden light flared up violently again.
It was twice as bright as before!
He could even see threads of golden light flowing beneath his skin.
Liu Da felt his originally heavy body suddenly grow light.
Just now, he felt as if he had broken through an invisible barrier.
He knew he had broken through.
He had achieved a breakthrough in his Golden Light Body!
“I didn't expect to break through at a time like this.”
Liu Da felt a wave of emotion, but he wasn't particularly joyful.
After all, now was not the time to celebrate.
Having been killed once by the specter in such a cruel manner, the time until his Delayed Injury took effect had been shortened by a full six days!
He only had a little over twenty-two days left now.
Calculated this way, he could only support being killed three more times.
He had originally estimated that dying once would deduct five days from his delayed time, but he hadn't expected this specter to be so brutal that it directly docked six days!
Looking at it this way, he didn't have much time left.
Fortunately, the breakthrough in his Golden Light Body had significantly boosted his speed.
In the end, he finally managed to return to the old residence at the mountain peak before five o'clock arrived.
At this moment, there were still... eight minutes until five o'clock.
He quickly scaled the wall into the old residence and found the guest room from earlier.
Sure enough, the moment he stepped into the courtyard, he caught a whiff of a thick, nauseating stench of blood.
Liu Da's heart began to thud wildly against his chest.
Even so, he covered his nose and mouth, slowly approaching the doorway.
Immediately after, he beheld a room filled with blood and gore.
On the floor, the bed, the walls, and all the surrounding furniture—everything was covered in blood!
A complete human skin hung from the roof beam.
Flesh and blood were spread all over the bed, and white bones were scattered across the floor.
The skinned head rested on the table, facing the door.
“Ugh!”
Liu Da couldn't help but dry-heave, leaving the courtyard as fast as his legs could carry him.
“It's... An Miao.”
He recognized her.
The skin of that human pelt was very fair and delicate, and the shredded clothing on the ground belonged to a woman.
Looking at it this way, the person the specter had attacked at three in the morning was An Miao.
He hadn't expected An Miao to fail to hold out.
Then... what about Chang Sheng?
“Based on the timeline, the specter shouldn't have had any extra attacks. Chang Sheng shouldn't be dead.”
Thinking of Chang Sheng's puppets, he decided to try his luck and called out softly a couple of times near the courtyard entrance.
“Chang Sheng?”
“Chang Sheng, are you there?”
He waited for a moment after calling out, but there was no response.
“That shouldn't be the case.”
Liu Da didn't give up and whispered again.
“Chang Sheng, you placed a puppet here, didn't you?”
“Come out and meet. I know what the novice benefit 【Time】 means now.”
His words worked this time. Soon, a faint rustling came from a corner.
Following that, a mini puppet walked out from that corner, slowly approaching Liu Da and stopping about three meters away.
“Liu Da?”
It was indeed Chang Sheng's voice.
Liu Da breathed a long sigh of relief.
“You really aren't dead.”
Chang Sheng got straight to the point. “So, what does time mean?”
Liu Da frowned slightly and didn't answer directly.
“It's about to get light. Meet up with me first, and we'll go find the NPC—the one who opened the door for us earlier.”
“By the way, I ran outside earlier and saw Tang Yuanhuai's corpse.”
“He's dead.”
Then, he pointed toward that guest room.
“And An Miao is dead too.”
“In other words, we're the only two left in the entire dungeon now.”
“I hope we can cooperate. Otherwise...”
Chang Sheng was also stunned when he heard the news of Tang Yuanhuai's death.
He only knew that An Miao was dead.
He hadn't expected Tang Yuanhuai to be dead as well...
At this moment, the puppet he had placed elsewhere in the old residence happened to spot that NPC.
He was currently heading to the kitchen.
Based on his experience from clearing dungeons in the past.
Sometimes, staying with a dungeon NPC indeed prevented the specter from attacking, or perhaps it wouldn't attack during the day.
Gritting his teeth, he ultimately agreed to Liu Da's suggestion.
Before long, the puppet in front of Liu Da spoke.
“Follow me. I'll take you to the NPC, and we'll meet up there.”
Liu Da breathed a sigh of relief.
“Alright.”
He took out his phone and glanced at it. There were still four minutes until five o'clock.
This should be enough time.
After the puppet led him to the kitchen, it slipped directly into a corner to hide.
Liu Da paid no attention to the puppet.
Right now, his gaze was firmly locked ahead on the NPC who was busy working in the kitchen.
Then, he heard footsteps coming from the side.
“You're here?”
The newcomer was indeed Chang Sheng.
He had arrived as agreed to meet up with Liu Da.
“Are we going in?”
Liu Da took a deep breath and nodded.
“Let's go. We're going in.”
The two walked to the kitchen door. Feng Xingyun, who was busy inside, stopped what he was doing and turned to look at them.
“What brings you two guests here?”
He knew that a total of five players had entered this dungeon.
Three had come to ask for lodging last night.
Now, only two remained.
He didn't even need to guess to know that the other three had definitely been killed by Zuo Lin'an.
Liu Da forced a somewhat strained smile.
“Well, we just felt a bit hungry, so we came to find something to eat.”
“Of course, I know a bit of cooking myself, so I can help out here.”
Feng Xingyun thought for a moment.
“If you two guests are truly hungry, you can only cook for yourselves. As for me... I need to prepare meals for the Young Master.”
“It wouldn't be convenient to let you guests handle this.”
Liu Da understood what he meant.
The meals for that NPC young master could not be interfered with by outsiders.
“No problem, no problem.”
Liu Da quickly waved his hands.
“We'll just cook our own food.”
Feng Xingyun pointed to the abundance of ingredients prepared around them. “You may use these things as you wish. However, this place is very remote, and our household is the only one here.”
“As such, transporting ingredients is highly inconvenient, so please do your best not to waste them.”
Liu Da and Chang Sheng exchanged a look.
Only one household!
In other words, they would absolutely not find a second house in this dungeon.
Nor would they find a third NPC!
Liu Da was extremely glad that he had figured it out in time and returned to the mountain peak old residence at his fastest speed.
He took out his phone and glanced at it.
5:01 AM.
This time, the specter did not attack him, nor did it attack Chang Sheng.
This allowed him to let out a massive sigh of relief.
As expected, as long as they stayed with an NPC, the probability of a specter attack would be greatly reduced.
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