Chapter 128: NPC

I’m Really Scared

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【Horror game generated: Haunted House Horror】

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【Due to a case, you followed a friend and several police officers to visit her family's old mansion. However, you discovered a shocking secret in the study. There was no one there, yet you could hear breathing. You tried to escape, only to find a wall outside the door, and behind you...】

【*Note: Only by killing the final BOSS can you end this simulation!】

The familiar mechanical voice echoed in Guan Shan's ears once again.

But this time, it was different from any previous occasion.

Because this time, Guan Shan was sure that the real people were right behind him, holding his hand. Once the simulator started, the world in front of him would undoubtedly change.

This change, which Guan Shan once believed was taking him to a strange space between reality and illusion, was now clear to him that it was merely a fictional layer created by the simulator, underneath which lay the real world! At this moment, this eighth instance was his true chance to verify the simulator's nature and experience it firsthand!

“What will the simulator turn Dr. Lu and the logistics team into?”

Guan Shan took a deep breath. The wall in front of him was completely made of red bricks, not even plastered, and the red bricks were oozing blood profusely, covering the brick patterns and flowing onto the floor.

Moreover, the areas soaked in blood quickly grew white mold, slender and furry, swaying in the air.

It looked utterly disgusting.

Not knowing if the blood had any adverse effects, Guan Shan took two steps back to a safe distance. With complex and nervous emotions, he turned around and saw the terrified faces of...

One... no, four NPCs!

Guan Shan followed the hand he was holding up and saw not Lu Qiuqiu's face but a foreign one with distinct Western features.

It was a beautiful face, with blond hair and blue eyes, bright eyes, fair skin resembling Audrey Hepburn, but with a few freckles.

Guan Shan’s eyelid twitched: “Wow, is this story set abroad now?”

A row of information appeared beside him.

【You encountered an NPC】

【[Friend] Victoria (lv.2)】

【Health: 200】

【Description: Your friend Victoria, a psychiatrist. If you suspect you’re not mentally well, maybe you can ask her for help?】

“Damn it, ask her for help... you're the one who’s not mentally well!”

Guan Shan felt insulted by the simulator but had no evidence.

He then looked at the other logistics members in the room.

They had turned into very standard Western faces, full beards, slightly altered physiques, and were wearing unknown police uniforms with unchanged weapon configurations.

【[Police] A (lv.4)】

【Health: 600】

【Description: This is a fully armed, reliable police officer. So, his survival rate is __?】

The other two were simply labeled as police B and police C.

Guan Shan twitched his mouth: “What a mean description. In horror films and games, the survival rate of police officers other than the protagonist is practically zero... Is the simulator getting cheekier?”

“But from the simulator’s level assessment, none of the Special Security Group’s logistics members are simple.”

“I remember Fang Minmin, an actual D-level Esper, was rated only level 6 in the Carnivorous Restaurant instance, while these logistics members without abilities reached level 4.”

“If they had some heavy weapons, they could directly match a D-level Esper.”

“It does make sense. The destruction a D-level Esper can cause is not much different from what heavy weapons can achieve.”

Guan Shan exhaled deeply, finally confirming that the simulator turned everything he saw into virtual reality rather than creating a virtual reality.

“Everyone, come here! Gather around me!”

Guan Shan took out the Yellow Springs Demon Blade, put on the Mask of Agony, and spoke softly.

However, even if these logistics members could match a D-level Esper, they still couldn't withstand an attack from a C-level Esper...

The gap between Esper levels was like the difference between an ant and a tree, impossible to overcome.

Guan Shan looked warily at the study's chair, seeing the blood on the floor flowing toward it, climbing up the chair legs, and forming a humanoid shape on the chair.

The humanoid shape was made entirely of blood, but when it spoke, its head split open to reveal a mouth full of human teeth.

“Hehehe... I've been waiting for you here for a long time. As expected, setting a trap in a place with enough bait will always catch someone. A hunter’s experience never fails.”

The blood-formed humanoid laughed eerily and said, “You will stay here, with this mansion... rotting, decaying, dying, and then going mad.”

Guan Shan vaguely felt that what he heard wasn't exactly what this thing meant to say.

But understanding didn't matter now. The most important thing was to kill the BOSS and ensure safety! The creature before him was clearly the final BOSS of this simulation.

【BOSS [Haunted Room] Phantom (lv.17)】

【Health: 42,000】

【Description: Can't go out, can't see through, can't hear, can't touch... Where are you?】

“Swish—”

This time, as soon as Guan Shan read the information, he charged forward at full speed. To others, it looked like an explosive burst of speed.

He flashed, stomping on the study desk, the blade's whistling through the air barely stopping before the blade edge fell.

The blood figure's face twisted into a surprised expression, leaning back and reaching out to block the blade.

But Guan Shan wasn't aiming to cut it but to use the [Reaper’s Finger Bone]! However, when he touched the blood figure, his hand passed through it without resistance...

“?!”

Guan Shan's eyes widened as the blood figure burst like a bubble and vanished into the air.

The blood figure's expression changed from surprise to mockery, laughing, “Do you think you’re in this room? Wrong, you’re not here anymore.”

It vanished like a bubble, and the blood on the floor began to rise, the water level increasing rapidly.