Unique Special!
Zuo Lin'an was deeply shocked upon seeing the dungeon notification.
He had already felt that the player Zhao Lin was not simple, but he never expected the other man's talent to actually be Unique Special!
Zuo Lin'an pondered silently.
Zhao Lin's talent allowed him to plant curse seeds in up to nine people at the same time.
And then treat them well without asking for anything in return...
No, that wasn't right.
He had to give to them first, and only after they owed him could he plant the curse seed. This sequence could not be reversed.
After that, Zhao Lin only needed to keep helping them and giving selflessly.
The more these people enjoyed his help, the larger the curse seeds inside them would grow, even taking root and sprouting!
And when Zhao Lin encountered danger, those who had been planted with seeds would automatically take the disaster in his stead, starting with the person who owed him the most.
As for when it would end?
Either they settled their debt, causing the curse seed inside them to vanish.
Or they died.
Once they died, the seed would also vanish.
And that wasn't even the end of it.
If Zuo Lin'an wanted to attack Zhao Lin again afterward, it would be the turn of the next person who owed Zhao Lin the most.
This would continue until every single person planted with a curse seed had died.
Yet, the absolute most critical point wasn't even this.
It was that there was no cooldown!
Having no cooldown was incredibly terrifying.
This meant that as soon as one person died, Zhao Lin could reclaim a curse seed and plant it in a new person.
A continuous, repeating cycle.
Until everyone he could come into contact with was dead.
Zuo Lin'an's crimson gaze swept over the players before him.
If he wasn't mistaken, Zhao Lin would definitely find the other group of players they had split from before all of these people were used up.
He was highly skilled in the art of Qi-gazing. If he could find the exit, he could naturally find people as well.
He would likely locate them with absolute precision.
Once he found them, he would treat those players as spares.
Thinking of this, Zuo Lin'an couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
No wonder the old Daoist had said what he did when sending him messages earlier. This Zhao Lin was truly someone not to be trifled with!
If he weren't a specter himself, he would probably keep his distance from such a person.
Or find a way to kill him in a single strike.
His mind was filled with countless thoughts, but he showed no outward sign of anything unusual.
After all, there were still so many players here.
If he showed any abnormalities, it would be easy for them to notice that something was wrong.
Especially Zhao Lin.
After all, to players, specters did not possess high intelligence and were even incapable of communication.
Just like that, he stood in place for two seconds before silently shifting his gaze away.
Then, completely ignoring Zhao Lin—who was pressing his back tightly against the edge of the mine shaft, pretending to be a stone—he walked toward the other players behind him.
The players who lacked any means to repel specters dared not delay for a single second. They spun around and fled at extreme speed.
As for the other players who did possess the means to repel specters?
They ran even faster!
After all, the specter in front of them had taken a 【Heavenly Thunder Talisman】 earlier and remained completely unharmed. They couldn't guarantee that their own talents would still work now.
Yet, no matter how fast they were, they couldn't outrun Zuo Lin'an.
Zuo Lin'an locked his eyes onto one player.
This was the player who had just been designated as his target by Zhao Lin's talent.
He had to attack this person now, and this could not be changed.
Taking a few strides forward, he reached his hand toward the target's nape.
The player only felt his neck being tightly clamped by a specter hand that was as freezing as ice and as hard as iron.
A bone-chilling cold erupted from his neck, leaving his entire body stiff and unable to even struggle.
Without waiting for the other surrounding players to react, Zuo Lin'an instantly departed with his captive. The two figures vanished from the spot, and the freezing aura permeating the area dissipated along with them.
A few minutes later.
Fang Tang averted her gaze from the two corpses hanging before her and silently looked at Zuo Lin'an.
“Is it really Unique Special?”
Zuo Lin'an nodded.
“Yes, it is indeed Unique Special, without a doubt.”
Fang Tang frowned.
“I still find it hard to believe.”
When she opened the dungeon earlier, she thought that having all twenty players possess special talents this time was already the absolute limit of difficulty.
But she never expected that a Unique Special talent would actually be mixed in among them.
She was incredibly glad that she had contacted Bai Yuan earlier to help her find a temporary partner.
She was also glad that Bai Yuan had found Zuo Lin'an for her.
If it had been anyone else, the two specters would have probably been repelled one after the other by now!
She pondered carefully.
“If that's the case...”
Aside from himself, Zhao Lin originally had nine players with him.
Now that two had been killed by them, only seven remained.
“Which means, before we kill those seven players, we can't even dream of touching a single hair on Zhao Lin's head?”
Zuo Lin'an nodded.
“The talent specifically dictates 'owing.'
“Earlier, he used his art of Qi-gazing to lead the other players in search of the exit without asking for anything in return. Since there was no compensation, these players naturally owed him.”
Fang Tang sighed with emotion.
“As expected, what is free is always the most expensive.”
Zuo Lin'an added another point.
“And it might not be just seven. Zhao Lin is meticulous and won't just let himself remain in danger. I believe he will find the other players and group up with them before these seven die.”
Fang Tang frowned.
“The mine shaft is like a maze. How is he going to...”
Halfway through her sentence, she remembered that this Zhao Lin was highly skilled in the art of Qi-gazing.
She raised her hand and massaged her temples.
“If that's really how it is, then to kill Zhao Lin, we'll have to kill all the other players first?”
Sighing, she looked at Zuo Lin'an.
“This time, I really have to rely on you.
“Once the dungeon ends, if there are any players left behind, you can pick one as a puppet to take with you. Of course, the 3 Contribution points I promised you earlier won't be lacking either.”
Zuo Lin'an raised an eyebrow.
“Are you serious?”
To a normal person, someone like Zhao Lin was indeed an absolute, thorough villain.
A thousand deaths would not redeem his sins.
But Zuo Lin'an was a specter boss, and villains like this were actually far more suited for dungeons.
Ever since he learned of Zhao Lin's character and methods from the old Daoist, he had already been wondering if it was possible to take Zhao Lin for himself.
However, this wasn't his own dungeon; it belonged to Fang Tang.
When he had discussed it with Fang Tang beforehand, she hadn't allowed him to pick a puppet at will. Since he couldn't choose freely, he had simply given up on the idea.
But now was different.
This time, Fang Tang was the one offering.
“What if... only one person survives?”
No matter what, he still had to clarify this.
Fang Tang frowned.
“Even if only one person survives, it will most likely be Zhao Lin. His abilities are decent, but I don't like his personality or the way he does things at all. If you want him, you can just take him away.
“Of course, if it's any other player, you can take them too. Since I've said it, I definitely won't go back on my word.”
In truth, the one she favored was Wu Su.
He wasn't a purely good person, but he didn't seem like an evil villain who had completely fallen to the demonic path either. Moreover, although he had refined himself into a corpse, his looks were actually quite decent.
He perfectly met her requirements, as well as... her aesthetic.
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