Chapter 42: No Escape
“I’m just a poor little newbie,” Bai Cha sighed, but her eyes were glancing at the gun in Wang Xuming’s hand.
Wang Xuming finally stopped twirling the gun.
“This won’t do.”
But he wasn’t embarrassed at all and took out a delicate short sword.
“This is more suitable for you.”
When handing the short sword to Bai Cha, there was a hint of reluctance on Wang Xuming’s face.
Bai Cha could clearly see that he was pretending.
However, this short sword was indeed sharp; her finger broke the skin with just a slight touch.
“This can deal with ghosts, generally speaking. It can damage most ordinary ghosts. As for the extraordinary ones… well, with your combat power…”
Wang Xuming didn’t finish his sentence.
Bai Cha didn’t care about his veiled mockery and carefully examined the short sword.
It was very light and wouldn’t require too much of her strength.
However, the other party hadn’t actually given her the sword yet. She hadn’t received the item acquisition notification, just like when Wang Xuming gave her the dagger or the bead before; it was just a loan.
She was also grateful to the item card Xiao Xiao had given her, which let her know that if the other party really intended to give her an item, she would receive a notification.
“If you think it’s okay, then let’s make a deal. Cash on delivery?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Cha pondered silently, her eyes still on his gun.
Compared to cold weapons like short swords, firearms were naturally more coveted.
Most importantly, firearms meant ranged attacks.
“This gun really isn’t more suitable for you than this sword,” Wang Xuming said somewhat helplessly, although there was also the element of him not wanting to give her the gun.
“This sword, I got it from a previous dungeon. It’s an A-grade weapon, already considered a high-level weapon in the game. It’s just that it’s more suitable for women. I originally planned to sell it, but I haven’t found a suitable trading partner.”
“A-grade?”
“That’s right. This weapon can absorb the power of ghosts and cause great damage to them. But of course, there are also side effects. While absorbing the power of ghosts, this power will also enter the user’s body. Being influenced by ghosts for a long time will make it difficult to return to your original state even after leaving the game.”
Since Wang Xuming had already taken out the sword, there was no need for him to trick her on such a thing.
“Another side effect is that there’s a vengeful spirit residing inside it, currently dormant. But there’s no guarantee that it won’t awaken and retaliate after absorbing more ghost power in the future.”
Bai Cha narrowed her eyes.
This sword was entirely silver-white, with an extremely beautiful wisteria pattern on the hilt. Two red gemstones were inlaid on each side, making the whole thing look more like a gorgeous ornament.
The touch was extremely cold.
“Sounds like the side effects are quite significant,” Bai Cha said, but she also felt that Wang Xuming’s sincerity was quite high.
Wang Xuming smiled and said, “But it’s useful. It’s more suitable for you. Your physical strength isn’t good to begin with. Using a gun wouldn’t be as good as using a sword. Most of the time, dealing with ghosts is mostly close combat.”
“How is it? Are you satisfied? If you are, give me the key.”
“Okay,” Bai Cha readily took out the key.
As she handed the key to Wang Xuming, she received a notification.
[Do you want to gift this item to Player Wang Xuming?]
No wonder Wang Xuming hadn’t thought about just snatching it.
The two looked at each other again.
Wang Xuming smiled helplessly and released his hand first.
[Congratulations on obtaining the permanent item: Frosty Mountain.]
[This is a sword with a dormant vengeful spirit. Perhaps at some point in the future, it will turn against you.]
Bai Cha put away the sword and handed the key to Wang Xuming.
She was too lazy to ask what the key was for.
She clearly didn’t have the combat ability to participate.
Bai Cha was very self-aware, so her goal was also very clear.
With Wang Xuming inevitably stirring up all the forces together, she had to find a chance to return to her own body and figure out how to survive the final attacks from the front desk and the female ghost.
Oh, and the evil god.
In a way, she was now considered half a believer.
Tsk.
Just as Bai Cha was lamenting her own situation, she suddenly heard the news of Ponytail girl’s elimination.
She froze for a moment.
The task Ponytail girl had drawn was to go to room 303 and light incense.
Ten of Clubs.
The task level wasn’t low, but the Ponytail girl should have had some self-preservation abilities.
Of course, perhaps the other person, like her, hadn’t died but was just temporarily trapped somewhere and couldn’t get out.
Next, it should be Glasses Guy’s turn.
The dice moved and then stopped.
Glasses Guy landed on a safe zone, 14 points.
[Detecting that the White Flag player has returned and will rejoin the game starting from this round]
Bai Cha’s expression was somewhat subtle.
“I don’t want to join the game. Can’t you just let me be eliminated quietly?”
On the other side, Glasses Guy and Xiao Xiao were also a bit surprised.
Xiao Xiao was mainly relieved.
Although she didn’t know how Bai Cha had returned.
As for Bai Cha, she received a ruthless rejection.
[Before the game determines a winner, all players must play the game——]
[White pawn, please roll the dice]
Bai Cha was speechless.
She thought she could finally relax, but she was obviously overthinking it.
She had no choice but to resignedly pick up the dice.
Speaking of which, although there was a gap of three rounds in between, her total points were still the highest.
Bai Cha threw the dice.
Five points. 31.
The area with 31 points didn’t require a task, but she had to move down to 11.
11 required drawing a task.
Bai Cha: “…”
She silently looked at her hand.
Wang Xuming laughed out loud.
“I thought my luck was bad enough.”
Bai Cha glanced at him coldly.
“One point at a time is pretty bad.”
Wang Xuming shrugged. Entering an instance one shouldn’t enter definitely came with a price.
Bad luck was one of them.
But for Bai Cha, as a newbie, to be able to come to such a high-level dungeon right from the start, her luck was obviously even worse.
Bai Cha drew a card.
With a complicated feeling, she flipped the card over.
[King of Hearts]
[Light the incense in room 206 and kowtow three times]
After drawing the card, a lighter also appeared beside her.
Bai Cha: “…”
In other words, if they wanted her to die directly, they could have just given her a suicide task.
The pain in Bai Cha’s body hadn’t subsided much, but she had to drag her tired body up again.
“Good luck. If you unfortunately drop an A-grade item, I’ll go pick it up,” Wang Xuming said sympathetically.
Bai Cha paused.
“So, people drop items when they die?”
“Yeah, but not necessarily. The probability is random. If you’re unlucky, you might even lose an item if you use a substitute item to die once for you. With your bad luck…”
Bai Cha: “…”
Thank you for the reminder.
If she ever had a substitute item in the future, she would remember not to leave the scene immediately and remember to pick up the item.
Bai Cha went upstairs.
