Erotic Survival Game - Chapter 353
Chapter 353: Theme KTV (10)
This instance came with its own cameras, and the time spent acting far outweighed the actual survival test.
Ji Ning was pretending to pick songs with Li Xiu when a wall panel beside them suddenly slid open. A mass draped in tattered white cloth burst out, flailing its limbs as it lunged at them.
When an unknown creature suddenly smothers your face without warning, even if you aren't afraid, you can't help a jolt of primal alarm.
Half-leaning in Li Xiu's arms, Ji Ning shuddered from the shock. Her foot stepped back, and it looked like she was about to retreat half a step. Fortunately, Li Xiu's body was behind her like a solid wall.
Because he didn't budge an inch, her backward momentum was absorbed, and she simply ended up pressed even closer against him.
Being startled by a sudden scare like this should logically be considered normal. However, without knowing exactly how OOC was defined, the calmer a player's reaction, the better.
Ignoring the ghost swaying in front of her, Ji Ning turned her head to look at Li Xiu.
He hadn't reacted at all to the scare that had pressed them so close, and he had even steadied her arm. Sudden incidents were the best way to reveal a person's mental fortitude. His psychological strength surprised her a little.
If she hadn't never seen him on the leaderboards, and if it weren't for the unintentionally clueless newbie vibe he gave off, Ji Ning felt he really didn't seem like a newcomer.
Li Xiu possessed a calmness and mystery forged through countless trials. It didn't seem like a level of experience someone his age could reach.
But people were diverse, and there were always exceptions in the world. Ji Ning didn't dwell on it further.
When she had turned her head just now, her peripheral vision also caught the other three people on the other side being startled by the white-cloaked ghost that had suddenly burst out. But nothing had changed, so it seemed this level of reaction was permitted.
After that, more and more white ghosts flooded into the private room, surrounding the group. The dim lighting, grating sound effects, and chilly air conditioning cranked the atmosphere to the max, giving the not-so-scary-looking ghosts an indescribable sinister aura.
The employees playing the ghosts moved with light, swift steps, their legs crouching and straightening to create the buoyant, bobbing sensation of a spirit.
Because the white cloth was long enough, their feet were hidden. Aside from the white cloth, the only thing visible were the two dark holes cut out for their eyes.
The theme performance in the last private room had been full of fake barbarians played by employees. Would real ones be mixed in among the ghosts this time?
The ghosts circled the guests, always brushing against or bumping into Ji Ning and the others' arms and legs to scare them as they flitted past.
Ji Ning had originally wanted to identify them one by one to see which were real and which were fake, but they moved too frequently, constantly switching positions. And because they were all draped in identical white cloths, once they got mixed up, it was impossible to tell who was who.
However, after scanning the room, she quickly spotted a clue.
No matter how agile a person was, their movements would always have moments where their rigid bodies trembled uncontrollably. Yet one ghost among them danced with constant fluidity.
Even though it didn't rise particularly high, there was a crucial difference in how it lowered its height compared to the other ghosts.
When the fake ghosts played by employees crouched down, their bodies would involuntarily lean forward slightly to maintain balance.
But there was one special entity among them. Whenever it slid up and down, it rose and fell perfectly straight, so smooth it was almost unnatural.
Ji Ning's gaze shifted to their feet.
Although everyone's feet were covered by the white cloth, there was always a small bump near the shoe area, blocked by the toe cap.
The ghost that moved straight up and down didn't have that.
Its very bottom was always in a casually pooled state.
Ji Ning trusted her judgment. This sole anomaly had to be the real ghost mixed into the performance.
She raised her head to look at its two black holes. As if sensing that Ji Ning had discovered it, the black holes, from which no gaze could be discerned, twisted toward her.
Just then, it circled around to face Ji Ning directly. The moment their lines of sight met, it flailed its limbs and lunged at her.
The system prompt said "don't move if it's fake." Since Ji Ning had already confirmed this thing wasn't fake, she could naturally move.
Almost the instant it pounced, Ji Ning immediately moved. She dragged Li Xiu and ran to the side, dodging the ghost's frontal attack. As she fled, she shouted, "A ghost! Help!"—She had to let the NPCs know why her reaction was abnormal.
Fortunately, Li Xiu wasn't the type to just stand there dumbly, unable to be pulled. He shielded her with half his body as they burst out of the crowd's encirclement to avoid being touched by the ghost. He even shoved several employees out to act as shields for them.
The sudden turn of events threw the private room into chaos in an instant.
As Ji Ning dodged, she looked back. She wanted to figure out what the follow-up was after discovering the real one.
The frenzied ghost, intent on malice, became especially conspicuous among the fake ghosts. Everyone's eyes were on it.
The ghost stared in the direction Ji Ning was fleeing, letting out a furious, piercing shriek. But there were too many people, the yang energy was too strong, and everyone was now on alert.
Without the atmosphere of fear, the ghost's magnetic field weakened, and it could no longer harm anyone.
Ji Ning's eyes were clearly fixed on the ghost, yet she still couldn't parse what had happened. She just saw the entity, which had been holding a shape just a moment ago, vanish in the blink of an eye, leaving only a white cloth fluttering to the ground.
Then, the employee NPCs playing the ghosts instantly returned to normal, as if their status had been refreshed, and went about their business. They drifted around for a while longer, and once the performance ended, they packed up and left.
The second private room was safely cleared, and the difficulty was even lower than Ji Ning had imagined.
She let out a soft breath, remembering how Li Xiu had synchronized his response with hers just now. She pressed him, "Did you figure it out too just now?"
"Mm." Li Xiu nodded. "Felt like that one looked different from the others."
His method of distinguishing was based on "looked" and "felt." That was quite normal.
Ji Ning thought to herself, could it be that because this instance had a newcomer, the difficulty had been appropriately lowered, even though it was a three-star instance?
If that was the case, she had Li Xiu to thank for an easy 300 points.
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