Players Please Get In the Car

The night passed peacefully, and no one called them in the middle of the night as the old man said.

The next morning, Xu Huo and his friends were about to leave after breakfast, but they did not expect that the road leading out was suddenly covered by thick fog, and they could not see anything two or three meters away. In this case, they would be like blind people if they walked in.

"Why don't you stay for a few days?" The old man suggested, "Wait until the fog dissipates before leaving."

Xu Huo looked worried, "How long will the fog last?"

"Two or three days if it's good, and more than half a month if it's bad." The old man was also worried, "It's hard to hunt when the fog is thick, and it's hard to find wild vegetables. Fortunately, there are still some stocks at home."

She said and looked at Xu Huo, "I'll go ask the neighbors to borrow some food."

After all, he couldn't eat and live for free, so Xu Huo not only paid the money, but also took the initiative to move things with him.

What surprised him was that some residents here grow vegetables. Many plants in the forest can be eaten, and they grow fast, so they have no shortage of vegetables. It's just that eating meat is a bit troublesome. There are only some small animals in the forest that are difficult to catch, but every household has dried some meat.

It's not easy to buy, but the old man can borrow a few.

After visiting a few households, he borrowed the food for the next few days. On the way back, two people suddenly rushed out of the thick fog. When they met, their props flew out of their hands and rushed straight towards Xu Huo and the old man!

The old man didn't react that quickly and didn't realize that the danger was approaching. Xu Huo leaned in front of her and used a C-level defensive prop to resist the attack.

The protective barrier was easily cracked, and Xu Huo was also forced open by the force. When he took a few steps back and hit the tree behind him, the protective barrier was completely broken, but he was not injured.

"Wait! It's a person!" Two daggers that can track the enemy stopped in front of him, hovered for a moment, and then withdrew.

The two players who rushed out came over quickly, saw the old man's outfit, and looked at Xu Huo again, then they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly explained the whole story.

They had been walking in the woods for two days. It seemed that there was a shadow following them all the way, but every time they attacked, they found that it was just trees or vines. Their vision was limited, their senses were also limited, and they were always on guard. They were startled from time to time. After two days, they were exhausted.

Unexpectedly, the fog suddenly became thicker in the middle of the night yesterday. They couldn't see people clearly after walking a few more steps. The two of them slept and went to the toilet back to back, worried that if they got separated, they would never get together again. Even if they shouted, they didn't dare to agree easily.

"Just now, a third person appeared in the woods." The man who introduced himself as "Yin Yin Yin Yin Master" said: "At first, I tried it with props, but there was no response. I thought it was dazzled again. I never thought that someone would call us this time."

"Call you?" Xu Huo hesitated for a moment and looked at the old man, "Could it be the 'hidden friend'?"

The old man didn't want to say more on this topic and urged him to go back quickly.

The two players followed naturally, and asked as they walked: "Friend, you are also here to do the dungeon, right? Haven't you encountered it before?"

"I have encountered human shadows, but they are similar to your situation, they are all shadows of plants and trees." Xu Huo paused and said: "I am not a dungeon player, I am just traveling... The hidden friend actually has a dungeon, what level is it?"

"Master Yin and Yang" and his companion "Bubble Bean" looked at each other, both a little unbelieving, but they did not say it directly, but proposed to stay at the old man's house and said they could provide enough food.

"My house is full." The old man asked them to ask other people, and finally the two chose the one closest to the old man, gave them money and food, and others did not say that they were excited to welcome them in, but they would not refuse.

However, when they separated, Xu Huo still rationally analyzed the shouts they heard, "Maybe it was a player in the same dungeon as you. It is normal for players to go together in such a thick fog."

If it were an ordinary dungeon, it would be reasonable, but this dungeon has already made it clear to every player that there is only one person who can pass the level. Go together? Isn't it just the right target for the "hidden friend"? A group of people stay together, who knows who will become the "hidden friend"?

"What you said makes sense. Although the figure chased us, he didn't attack us." Paopaodou nodded.

"This shouldn't be your real name," the old man had already entered the house, but Xu Huo asked one more question, "What does Paopaodou look like?"

The player nicknamed "Paopaodou" answered him inexplicably, "A bean plant that is only three inches tall, with round fruits. When you step on it, it will make a crackling sound and then spit out bubbles."

Xu Huo nodded and took the things in.

The Yin-Yang Master exchanged glances with Paopaodou, and also entered the wooden house and closed the door.

There are 39 players in this copy, and now there are only four people including Xu Huo. Considering that the people living in this forest are relatively scattered as the old man said, some players should have found other settlements.

The first half of the two people's description should be true. They also kept seeing human figures like Xu Huo and Hua Nu yesterday, but the second half was false. Someone was indeed chasing them, but it was not a ghostly figure, but a player, and the other party stopped when they fought and did not approach.

The number of people who can pass the level of the copy is 1, but the time is limited, which means that even if the level fails, the player can leave this partition. When life and death are not so urgent, it is reasonable for players to form a team.

Is this done to prepare for "finding friends"?

I don’t know if any of them are playing the role of “hidden friend”.

The wisdom of survival makes people who live here keep silent habitually. In such foggy weather, the voices of every household are very low. In the silence, any special noise is particularly obvious.

Xu Huo heard someone calling him when he was moving firewood behind the wooden house.

“Old Xu…” The voice came faintly from the depths of the thick fog. He looked up and ignored it. He carried the firewood and walked back. When he walked around the side of the house, the two players next door opened the window. Their faces were blurred, but their voices were clear, “Did you hear it?”

Xu Huo stood still and raised his eyebrows and said, “What did you hear?”

The talking Bubble Beans laughed, “Nothing.”

Xu Huo returned to the house as usual.

It was obvious that the two who came over were together with the one hiding in the woods. He had just told the two that his surname was Xu, and the third person came to call his name immediately.

Xu Huo was considering whether to go out to take a look, but suddenly found that the people in the woods turned around and walked away. He frowned slightly, but finally did not follow them out.

If the player was playing the role of "hiding friend", it would be a good idea for him to follow him out. No matter whether the process was voluntary or passive, it would still complete the requirements of the dungeon.

Originally, I thought that this person would come back soon after failing to hit him, but I didn't expect that after two hours, there was still no movement around the wooden house. Then, the current number of people on the dungeon introduction panel jumped to 38.