Fang Tang waved her hand, highly confident.
“No need, no need. I can handle it myself.”
Her specter body was very fast.
Even if it wasn't faster than Zuo Lin'an's, it still didn't take much time.
Fang Tang used Concealment to observe the two in secret.
She didn't show herself immediately. Instead, she followed them quietly, waiting for a good opportunity.
About ten minutes later, Zhao Lin and Su Menglan encountered another spot blocked by rubble.
Familiar with the process, they climbed to the top, intending to dig out a gap.
A smirk played on Fang Tang's lips.
“Mhm... now is the perfect time.”
Her figure materialized in the darkness behind them. After slightly adjusting her voice, she called out to those ahead.
“Is anyone up there?”
“Oh my god, I finally found someone! Wait up, let me go with you!”
Fang Tang's voice sounded completely normal.
She sounded exactly like a female player who had just found others to team up with.
Zhao Lin stiffened when he heard the voice, silently quickening his movements.
However, Su Menglan was clearly surprised. Upon hearing the voice, he instinctively looked back.
But there was only pitch darkness behind him; nothing was there.
He couldn't even hear footsteps or breathing.
His heart instantly skipped a beat.
He was about to turn around and ask Zhao Lin, but Zhao Lin had already dug out a gap.
When Su Menglan looked over, Zhao Lin slipped through the gap like a slippery loach and bolted forward frantically.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Lin's figure vanished into the darkness, completely out of sight.
Others might not know, but Zhao Lin knew all too well.
That woman's voice just now belonged to the female among the two ordinary people from the very beginning.
Since the man was a specter, this woman was definitely a specter too!
The male specter's Death Rule was killing on the hour, so the look-back kill Death Rule belonged to the female specter.
The moment he heard that voice, he knew he couldn't look back!
And indeed, it was so.
After the voice spoke, not a single sound came from behind.
All Zhao Lin could do now was run for his life.
Seeing Zhao Lin flee without even looking back, Su Menglan panicked.
Then, suddenly realizing something, he scrambled forward on all fours, squeezing through the gap Zhao Lin had just dug, and chased after him as fast as he could.
“Wait for me!”
As he ran, he gripped the specter item Awl—which had only one use left—preparing for any emergency.
Just then, a woman's figure materialized ahead, blocking his path.
Su Menglan came to a screeching halt.
A woman?
No!
No, she wasn't some woman; she was clearly the female specter!
Since she was blocking the way ahead, did he have to turn back and run?
No!
Running backward would only delay the inevitable, but running forward offered a sliver of hope because Zhao Lin was just ahead.
Zhao Lin might have a way!
Su Menglan made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and charged straight ahead.
The moment he was about to make contact with the specter, he raised his hand and stabbed down viciously with the Awl.
Fang Tang instantly froze in place.
Su Menglan swerved around her and fled with all his might.
Zhao Lin was just ahead!
Absolutely!
He absolutely couldn't lose him!
However, because Fang Tang had suddenly blocked his way, he had been delayed by a few seconds. Coupled with Zhao Lin running for his life, Su Menglan couldn't catch even a glimpse of Zhao Lin's back no matter how much he accelerated.
As time passed, Su Menglan still failed to catch up, even encountering several forks along the way.
Without Zhao Lin leading the way this time, he could only rely on the footprints Zhao Lin left on the ground to determine the direction.
Fortunately, Zhao Lin was too focused on escaping to pay attention to his footprints.
After a brief analysis, Su Menglan was still able to find the correct path.
But because of this, he lost even more time.
In the end, he didn't catch up to Zhao Lin.
But the specter caught up to him.
Panting heavily in the darkness, Su Menglan stared grimly at the specter blocking his path once again.
Should he keep running?
Where to?
Could he even outrun it?
He took a deep breath.
“So... I'm going to die?”
Fang Tang's expression didn't change at all, as if she hadn't heard him.
Her hands slowly rose, holding a seemingly decayed and filthy rope.
Seeing the rope, Su Menglan slowly recalled his previous experience of being hanged.
His eyes filled with terror.
“No...”
“I have to run!”
Even though he knew he had already reached a dead end.
Yet, the moment he turned around...
The decayed, freezing rope had already wrapped around his neck...
Just a minute later, a hanged corpse was added to the spot.
His head slumped limply against his chest.
Hanging straight down, he was quietly swallowed by the darkness of the mine shaft.
“Whew... Whew...”
Zhao Lin didn't dare slow down, continuing his frantic escape.
But in the next second, he suddenly felt the curse seed he had planted in Su Menglan return to him.
“He's dead...”
Sensing the nine curse seeds within his body, a strong sense of crisis welled up from the depths of his heart.
It wasn't that he sensed immediate danger, but rather a complete lack of security!
“What should I do?”
His mind raced frantically while his legs kept moving without a single pause.
Whenever he encountered a path blocked by rubble, he would dig a gap at the top as quickly as possible and squeeze through. He didn't waste a single second.
Just like that, he ran for over two hours!
Only because he didn't encounter any more specters did he finally relax slightly.
It was 4:13 PM.
Zuo Lin'an and Fang Tang's living bodies and specter bodies had all gathered. They had reached the very top, standing right before the actual exit.
A smile played on Fang Tang's lips, clearly satisfied with the current situation.
“This dungeon is basically over.”
Zuo Lin'an blinked.
“We still don't know Wu Su's talent, nor do we know if he has any specter items.”
“Should I go test him out?”
“I remember some talents and specter items allow players to clear the dungeon directly.”
Who knew if Wu Su had something similar.
Fang Tang waved her hand dismissively.
“There's no need for that.”
“Even if he has such a talent or specter item, he would still need to complete the main quest.”
“Besides, that kind of talent isn't something you can just tease out through testing.”
After all, talents were useless against specters, and players couldn't trigger them against them.
Zuo Lin'an realized she was right and abandoned the idea of causing trouble for Wu Su.
Then, he casually sat down on the ground.
“Shall we take a rest then?”
“When my specter body came over, I piled up a lot of rubble on the correct path leading to the exit.”
If nothing went wrong, it should be enough.
Of course, this trick was specifically to guard against Zhao Lin.
After all, Wu Su was too slow to warrant intentional targeting.
Capturing stray spiritual energy to determine directions was indeed a viable method.
But it had to be said that in terms of speed, he was indeed much slower than Zhao Lin.
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