Lu Da looked at this person and that person with a worried expression. Since entering the City of Death, he had never acted alone and couldn't help but feel a little nervous and scared.
Qiu Zhi'an, a teammate who had been cooperating with Lu Da all along, saw Lu Da's unease and walked over to comfort him, saying, "Don't worry, just go with the flow. The game has just begun, as long as you're careful, you'll be fine."
"Okay," Lu Da nodded slightly. "I understand, thank you."
"No need to thank me," Qiu Zhi'an smiled. "I'm comforting myself too. Sometimes, psychological suggestion is quite important."
"Is, is that so?" Lu Da gave a dry laugh, trying his best not to think negatively.
Once on deck, everyone dispersed and walked their own ways. No one would tell others where they decided to go, because anyone could be a ghost player. If they said, they might expose their hiding place. After all, no one dared to easily experience what a ghost player would face.
Lu Da was very conflicted. He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a foolproof hiding spot. They only had half an hour, and with time running out, Lu Da was sweating profusely.
As he walked, he unknowingly arrived at the entrance of the cinema.
Lu Da peeked inside the cinema. There were many seats, and it seemed like people could hide below. There was also a large screen, but he wasn't sure if there was any space behind it.
With time running out, Lu Da finally decided to find a place to hide in the cinema.
After making his decision, Lu Da immediately walked into the cinema. He initially thought about closing the door, but then felt it would be too obvious, so he abandoned the idea.
There were only three or four emergency lights in the cinema, casting a dim light.
Lu Da walked around several rows of seats and finally decided to check the large screen first.
The screen was a bit torn. Lu Da gently pulled it open. Upon seeing what was behind the screen, Lu Da couldn't help but laugh out loud. He lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Great, it's empty behind here!"
Without hesitation, he squeezed in and walked to the very middle before stopping.
The space behind was not small. Lu Da tested it out; he could sit down completely, even lie down. This way, the hour and a half would pass quite comfortably.
He didn't actually lie down, but sat down leaning against the wall on the other side. Sudan Novel Network
"Hiss~ Why is it a bit cold?"
Not long after sitting down, Lu Da felt increasingly cold. But he thought to himself, this was under the sea, so low temperatures should be normal. He tried to reassure himself. As long as he could endure for an hour and a half, he would be safe.
Suddenly, a sinister and eerie laugh reached his ears. From the sound, it seemed to be a child's.
"Hehehe... Do you want to play with me?"
After the eerie laughter, a chilling sentence drifted into Lu Da's ears.
"Who!" Lu Da looked in the direction of the sound. It was too dark behind the screen for him to see anything.
Just as he was about to find the searchlight he bought in the lounge area, two icy small hands gripped his wrists.
Lu Da slowly raised his head. It was pitch black all around, so dark that he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Yet, he could clearly see a pale little face, its eyes wide open, with blood flowing from the corners, down the pale face, an exceptionally shocking sight.
"Ah!!!"
Lu Da screamed. Those two icy hands instantly moved from his wrists to his neck, silencing him.
"Hehehe..."
The little ghost seemed very happy, but Lu Da's eyes were filled with only despair.
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Jing Minghe walked unhurriedly through the four-story guest room area. He was thinking that the game stipulated half an hour for hiding and an hour and a half for searching.
Neither the time for the hiding ordinary players nor the searching ghost players was ample. There had to be a very clear objective, especially for the searching players.
But the game's objective was definitely not to play a boring game of hide-and-seek. Therefore, what the hiding players needed to avoid, and what the searching players were truly looking for, might be the same thing.
"But," Jing Minghe tapped his chin and muttered to himself, "what exactly is it? It seems I need to find a way to understand the story that happened on this yacht first."
With that said, Jing Minghe glanced at the time, casually pushed open the door of a guest room, and walked in.
The guest rooms on this yacht, if not too old, could be considered quite luxurious. Almost every guest room was a small suite.
Jing Minghe walked directly into the inner bathroom and, looking at the unidentified creatures in the bathtub, curled his lips.
"Uh, let's forget it."
The bathtub was ruled out. Jing Minghe returned to the inner room. After careful observation, he finally decided to sit behind the bed. Even if he was found, he could try to see if he would receive any special prompts after becoming a ghost player.
After all, compared to hiding cautiously, he preferred to take the initiative.
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After the restriction on movement was lifted, Huang Rongfei sprinted to all the places he thought could be hiding spots to search for people.
Whether it was due to extreme nervousness or some other reason, Huang Rongfei felt time was flying by. He felt like only about ten minutes had passed, but in reality, half an hour had already gone by.
As time elapsed, his stamina also gradually depleted.
Why? Why was there only an hour and a half? This cruise ship had over three hundred guest rooms alone. If they hid in the guest rooms, it would take him more than an hour and a half to search them one by one, not to mention other places.
There were too many guest rooms. Huang Rongfei finally decided to search the larger areas first. Midway through his search, Huang Rongfei finally remembered an important thing: the game rules did not require him to find everyone.
In other words, as long as he found one person within the time limit and replaced them, he would win. After that, it would be the business of the person who was found, and it would have nothing to do with him.
Huang Rongfei gave up on searching the guest rooms and then, one after another, searched the dining hall, bar, and arcade. Seeing that time was running out, Huang Rongfei thought about it and chose the cinema between the grand theater and the cinema.
The grand theater was more spacious than the cinema, making it unsuitable for hiding.
Entering the cinema, Huang Rongfei glanced inside. It was somewhat dark, with densely packed seats, and a cold draft seemed to be coming from within.
Huang Rongfei couldn't help but swallow, gathered his courage, and walked in to search.
He checked row by row, but it was even darker under the seats. Even if someone was really hiding underneath, he wouldn't be able to see by just glancing from the aisle.
Only ten minutes remained.
After checking three rows, he finally decided to walk in and search. No matter what, he could only try his luck now. There was no time to go elsewhere.
Fourth row, none.
Fifth, sixth, seventh row... none. Huang Rongfei was completely in despair.