Abyss Game: I am covered with cheats

"What do you want me to do? Capture someone?" Xu Tong looked around the desolate village, immediately recalling his first instance when entering the Abyss World.

That instance was also a relatively desolate frontier town, where the townspeople captured outsiders for sacrifices. It just so happened that Xu Tong, this extraordinary individual, encountered them, leading to the god they worshiped being directly absorbed by Xu Tong.

And now, another similar instance?

"You guys aren't doing some kind of sacrificial ritual here, are you?"

The scythe-wielding man chuckled, scratching his head, and said, "Not at all. Our village is quite welcoming, but these guests are uninvited and trespassed into our village without permission, so I want to catch them."

Xu Tong paused for a moment. After all, the side quest already stated that this was a phantom instance created by a Liar Ghost. Since the instigator was a Liar Ghost, he naturally couldn't completely trust the words of the NPCs within the instance.

"What I want you to help me with isn't difficult. I just want you to help me find a door to leave this village," Xu Tong said. "Such a small matter, and you want me to capture several people for you? That's obviously unequal, right?"

The scythe-wielding man tilted his head and said, "How about this, I don't need you to capture anyone. Just help me find something in the village."

Xu Tong: "..."

Seriously, I came to your village precisely to find something. Now you want me to find another thing in order to find something else? Do you think I'm an idiot?

Seeing Xu Tong's expression, the scythe-wielding man immediately realized that Xu Tong had misunderstood his meaning and explained, "It's not really asking you to find something. I can tell you where it is, you just need to help me pick it up, it's that simple."

Xu Tong narrowed his eyes, because with a Liar Ghost involved, he certainly wouldn't completely believe the scythe-wielding man's words.

"Tell me where it is first, I'll go get it for you alone."

Hearing Xu Tong's words, the scythe-wielding man's face immediately showed a hint of a smile, "Thank you so much, I am the village guardian, and our village will welcome you in the future!"

After learning from the village guardian exactly where the item he needed was, Xu Tong immediately set off.

He didn't let the village guardian follow him. Before he could determine what the Liar Ghost had lied about, Xu Tong wouldn't allow anything threatening to stay by his side.

He hadn't walked far when a string of text suddenly appeared in Xu Tong's vision.

[The corner of your eye catches some moving figures. They seem to be players, at least from your perspective]

Hearing this, Xu Tong raised an eyebrow and looked in the direction indicated by the text.

Sure enough, someone was deliberately avoiding his gaze, hiding their bodies in the darkness.

Xu Tong narrowed his eyes, observed for about a few seconds, then turned back and continued towards the place the village guardian had mentioned.

In the distance, Gu Mian, who had just wanted to go out and call Xu Tong back, but was held down by the others, finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Are you crazy? Do you want us all to die?" Wei Zhongchi scolded in a low voice, "What if that was a ghost just now? All of our positions would be exposed. What if we triggered the ghost's ability? Wouldn't we be dead?!"

Gu Mian hesitated for a moment, "But wasn't that Xu Tong just now? I recognize his face."

Upon hearing the name Xu Tong, the rest of Wei Zhongchi's words instantly caught in his throat.

He frowned deeply, looking at the group of players behind him, his expression suggesting he was seriously considering Gu Mian's words.

After about ten seconds, Wei Zhongchi finally asked the question he wanted to ask.

"Who is Xu Tong?"

Gu Mian: "..."

The remaining players: "..."

"I know this Xu Tong," one player said, "He seems to be a pretty awesome player among the rookies. It is said that after entering the Bureau of Countermeasures, he joined the Red Heart Team in no time. Wang Qi of the Northern District of the Bureau of Countermeasures regards him as a treasure."

"Oh... I seem to have heard of him, supposedly he even won against Shen Yu in a confrontation instance, right? I have some impression," Wei Zhongchi nodded, "He does have some strength, but what's the use against a ghost that can't be killed?

"Even someone as strong as Shen Yu has no ability to resist against a ghost that can't be killed, unless you tell me that this person can kill ghosts, or can lead us to clear the instance with 100% certainty, otherwise, get out of my way."

Speaking of this, Wei Zhongchi changed the subject, "And don't forget, all of us players were gathered together just now, and we didn't see this Xu Tong you mentioned, which means... you were actually deceived, that was also a ghost!

"You were almost deceived by a ghost just now!"

This...

That seems to make sense!

Gu Mian wiped the sweat from his forehead. Indeed, they had seen all the players' faces at the beginning. If Xu Tong was really in the crowd at that time, he would definitely have recognized him.

Moreover, even Xu Tong should find it difficult to deal with such an unkillable ghost, who would definitely kill once its ability is triggered.

In any case, Wei Zhongchi's level 50 was there, and he was scared to death of this ghost. Although he hadn't seen Xu Tong for a long time, his level should be around thirty to thirty-two.

His strength can't be higher than a level 50 player, right?

It seems that he was indeed deceived by a ghost just now.

"Then, what do we do now? Are we going to continue with the previous plan?"

Wei Zhongchi shook his head, "If there is only one ghost, then this plan might work, but now that there are two ghosts, we are not at an advantage in terms of numbers.

"I suggest we just fight it out. Anyway, because there are two ghosts now, the chances of clearing the instance have become smaller, so it's better to go all out."

Gu Mian: "How long has it been? How did we get to the point of going all out?"

Xu Tong: "I think it's better to directly enter the 'believe in Xu Tong' phase three minutes into the instance."

Gu Mian: "Indeed."

Wei Zhongchi: "Who's talking?"

Gu Mian: "..."

Wei Zhongchi: "..."

Xu Tong: "..."

Everyone: "Holy crap!!! Help! The ghost is here!!!"