Chapter 304: There Should Be Two Female Players in the Dungeon

Chapter 304 The Dungeon Should Have Two Female Players

Jiang Huaizhi, "Yue Yue, what just happened?"

Wu Yue, "A little girl whose face I couldn't make out appeared in the mist, getting closer and closer to me. She was staring at me."

Jiang Qian was surprised, "A little girl? Could it be..."

Jiang Huaizhi's expression darkened, "Don’t jump to conclusions. It might just be an ordinary illusion."

Wu Yue looked around at everyone, "Did any of you see it?"

Everyone shook their heads.

As they climbed higher, they reached the thickest part of the white mist, where visibility had dropped to just one meter. The surrounding white mist was eerie, and the exposed skin felt a clammy, sinister chill under its invasion.

After passing through the densest area of the white mist, it gradually dissipated. The members of Blaze suddenly spotted a crumbling stone gate in the distance, high above. On the gate was written: Cliffside Mountain Village.

Two farmers carrying hoes were approaching from a distance.

"Such a shame, Xiao Ni was so young. How could she die like this?"

"Yeah, I heard she accidentally fell while picking mushrooms in the mountains and died. It was horrible—her head was smashed open."

"Ah, poor Xiao Ni’s mother. She worked so hard to raise her child, only for this to happen."

The farmers looked up and noticed Wu Yue and the others, visibly surprised.

"Who are..."

Just as Jiang Huaizhi was about to speak, Wu Yue suddenly stopped him.

Wu Yue covered her face in sorrow, "Uncles, don’t you remember me? I’m Xiao Cui! I came back to attend Xiao Ni’s funeral!"

Everyone present, including the farmers, looked at each other in confusion.

Huh?

One farmer said, "But we don't have any Xiao Cui in our village."

Wu Yue, "Well what names do the girls here have?"

The other replied, "There’s one named Xiao Hua."

Wu Yue nodded and immediately corrected herself, "Right, I’m Xiao Hua. I was just so upset I misspoke."

The farmers, "But Xiao Hua doesn’t look like you."

Wu Yue awkwardly replied, "Lately, I’ve been doing construction work outside and saved up some money. Wanted to marry rich, so I got a nose job and a facelift to fix up my appearance. Uncle, and don't call me Xiao Hua either. People outside don’t call me that—it’s so old-fashioned. My name now is Furawa."

The farmers, "...Fu-Furawa?"

Wu Yue, "Yeah, that’s me. See, it all matches up now."

"Uh... matched?"

"This counts as a match? What kind of match is this?"

"My brain's overheating."

The members of Blaze exchanged silent glances, their grins harder to hold back than an AK’s recoil.

Wu Yue turned to look at Jiang Huaizhi, who froze for a moment before widening his eyes in sudden realization.

It clicked—the eight mourners matched the eight players entering the instance. That meant the players had to take the roles of those eight mourners!

They had to replace the NPCs in the instance to uncover the truth behind the funeral, or else they’d trigger a death loop where someone dies daily!

Wu Yue’s stare said it all—

Jiang Huaizhi lowered his voice, "The funeral NPCs will spawn in five."

Wu Yue beamed with enthusiasm, "Uncles! Long time no see—I’ve missed you!"

Translation: she’d keep these two guide NPCs busy for five minutes to extract information while Blaze and the Jiang duo would wipe out the spawning NPCs.

Having teamed up with Wu Yue in multiple instances, Blaze’s members were gradually adapting to her unhinged logic.

Wu Yue grabbed Shen Que’s hand and quickly wrote on his palm:

*ID intel.*

Meaning they should loot all ID clues from the NPCs after killing them to aid in later exploration.

Exchanging glances, the group silently dispersed into the mist, hunting down role-matched NPCs.

The flawless execution had Jiang Yuhua and Jiang Mubai, watching from outside the screen, utterly shook.

Jiang Mubai gasped, "My god, under Wu Yue’s lead, they’re farming NPCs on spawn-in?!"

Jiang Yuhua murmured, "Our teams used to dodge NPCs, scared of insta-death, but that just cost us the initiative."

Jian Suiyu, unfazed, shrugged. "Old news. Classic Wu Yue. Besides, guide NPCs in 8p runs are walking lore dumps."

*These Jiangs are such noobs.*

Jiang Yuhua clasped her hands dreamily. "Baby Sis slays—I stan."

Jiang Mubai snapped photos frantically. "That’s my Baby Sis for you. She’s such a carry."

Jian Suiyu took a few steps away. "...Not catching their crazy."

In the fog, Shen Que booked it. His priority: take out the female NPC ASAP to prevent Wu Yue—who was solo-holding two guides—from risking exposure.

Spotting a female NPC with a backpack, Shen Que narrowed his eyes and blitzed her—head gone before she blinked.

As the NPC died, her belongings dropped before vanishing into white mist.

Shen Que looted and pivoted to the next mark.

The backpack guy had just appeared when he heard, "Hey there~"

He turned his head only to have his brain instantly shattered by Richard's mental blast.

The NPC turned into white mist upon death, leaving nothing behind in Richard's mental scan.

Picking up the backpack, Richard found the man's wallet and quickly assimilated his identity information.

The bespectacled man had barely appeared when he heard, "Ugh, I hate glasses-wearers."

As he turned, Wu Chong completed his casting, summoning a black snake that snapped him in two at the waist.

A wisp of white mist dispersed, leaving the snake snapping at empty air. Wu Chong picked up the glasses and put them on.

"...Whoa, these lenses are thick. So dizzy. Gonna puke."

The burly bodybuilder had just appeared when—

...No, he didn't hear anything. Jie Chen decked him with one lethal punch.

Grabbing the bodybuilder's duffel bag, Jie Chen swiftly moved toward Wu Yue's location.

Fu Yanqi and Shen Que simultaneously spotted a couple that had just materialized. The two exchanged a glance.

Fu Yanqi playfully offered, "Want me to leave this one for you?"

Shen Que, "...I already killed a girl NPC."

Well well. Fu Yanqi instantly raised an eyebrow.

"Wait, so this Dungeon should have two female players."