Half Immortal

t the clues in the town are.
There’s no mishap…” Yan Wei pointed to the matron.
“What the old fool knows about the town, they’re not the two clues.”

Yan Mingguang said bluntly, “Ning Yi.”

There were 12 of them in the instance, one of whom died the first night.
Song Yu first went to bury the dead and then may have taken action to find clues.
Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao probably went down the mountain to head to the ancient town.
Yan Wei, Yan Mingguang, Lin Zhen and Yu Feizhou spent a day exploring the well.
It was possible that after they entered the well, the remaining players could not get in.

Among those people, Ning Yi, who had always been inconspicuous, was best equipped to gain two points at a time.

Lin Zhen was bored playing with the rope in his hand, which shook the matron several times, but he didn’t notice it.
“Same plan?”

Yan Wei smiled.
“Of course, it’s the same.
You want to back out?”

“That’s not it,” said Lin Zhen, who turned around and dragged the matron towards the temple, “After listening to your plan, I found it particularly amusing.
I’m looking forward to Jiang Xiu’s face after your plan is successful.
I’ll try to appreciate it up close then.
Yu Feizhou, let’s go.”

Although Yu Feizhou agreed to cooperate with Yan Wei and Yan Mingguang at the bottom of the well, he was still in a trance.

He looked at Yan Wei and then at the matron in front of him whom Yan Wei gagged with human skin.
He couldn’t tell if they were the players getting teased by NPCs or if Yan Wei was the one playing with the NPCs.

“What are you doing standing there?” Lin Zhen turned back.

Yu Feizhou opened the projection perspective of the casino as they agreed and walked into the temple with Lin Zhen.

Yan Wei looked briefly at Yan Mingguang.
“I’ll stay here for a while.
Judging by the weather, Jiang Xiu won’t dare to stay in the ancient town for a long time.
I estimate he’ll return soon.”

“Not together?” Yan Mingguang asked him.

“No, once the matron has explained everything she knows, I will also get first answer points if I’m present.
However, I have to share equally with you to ensure that Yan’s reputation is still with you.
I already have 3 points, and it’ll be hard earning points right now.
Anyway, after she confesses everything, the tower will announce the clues, and I’ll still know.”

Yan Wei exchanged for a Stone of Falsehood, transformed it into a wireless earphone, plugged it into one of his ears, and said, “I’ll wear this as if I heard everything through you.
I also heard what the matron said and got a first answer point.”

“Okay.”

Yan Mingguang raised his hand.
He was about to touch the black ring to turn on his projection, only to stop.

“Protect yourself,” The man suddenly said.

“…” Yan Wei spread his hands out.
“Aren’t I just waiting for Jiang Xiu to return? Don’t worry.
I’m only stabilizing my public persona of a waste snack in front of the casino’s audience and taking a look at Jiang Xiu’s face after I’ve pitted him.
He won’t dare go against the tower’s rules and kill me.”

Yan Mingguang no longer spoke.
He turned around and entered the mountain temple.

Yan Wei was bored stiff, wandering around the door of the mountain temple.
The wind before the rainstorm blew on the hem of his windbreaker.
He yawned, carefully brushed out a clear space on the steps of the temple, and sat down leisurely, waiting for Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao to arrive.

After about half an hour, the sky had darkened until it was hazy and gloomy, with rain bucketing down.

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Under the torrential rain, the eaves were unable to cover the sloping raindrops.
Yan Wei exchanged an umbrella from the mall, stood under the eaves with the umbrella, and caught Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao walking briskly.

The pair may have been worried there would be problems holding an umbrella.
Even when the heavy rain soaked their entire bodies, they still did not carry an umbrella.
Zheng Mao forced Hu Ayu up the mountain.
Fatigue and panic covered her face entirely.
The rain had fallen on her fair and beautiful face, making the cook look pitiful.

Yan Wei took one glance and knew that Jiang Xiu wanted to dig out some points from the cook’s mouth.

Ah, unfortunately…

Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao also noticed him and stopped under the rain.

Jiang Xiu sneered.
“Why are you here? What, the Yan you curried favor with thought you were useless and drove you here? You dare to hold an umbrella, not afraid of an accident.”

Yan Wei only looked at him and Zheng Mao, walked out of the eaves, headed towards Hu Ayu, and handed the umbrella to her.
“Hold it.”

Hu Ayu was stunned.

Wet with raindrops, her hands took the umbrella handle and touched Yan Wei’s hand.
Perhaps it was because she was forced to go up the mountain and got caught in the rain.
Her hands were cold.

Yan Wei exchanged a hand-warming object and paper towel.
He handed them to her, pretending to take the items out of his pocket.

“Thank… thank you,” Hu Ayu said.

Jiang Xiu watched this scene with great interest and said with a sarcastic smile, “You’re very carefree, having tenderness toward women.
Move aside.
We’re going in.”

The door of the mountain temple was not wide.
Yan Wei stood there, completely blocking Jiang Xiu’s and Zheng Mao’s routes.

But he just took a step back, hid under the eaves, looked at the two drowned rats in front of him, and smiled.
“I’m not helping anyway.
I might as well have a look at the scenery here.
So, what’s the rush? The view on the mountainside is so beautiful. It’s raining and foggy.
Let’s watch the scenery together, you two…”

He paused, raised his hand, and made a “0” gesture to Jiang Xiu just like in the morning.

Hu Ayu, an ordinary person in the tower, was present.
They could not speak out about the existence of intruders.
He just opened his mouth and said silently to Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao, “0 points player.”

Jiang Xiu’s face sank.
He glanced at Hu Ayu, who was violently dragged back by Zheng Mao, and said, “I’m sure you’re…”

He also gave a “0” and then said, “Like this, no? Tonight, under the rules, Yan can’t keep you.
I can’t wait… to see you die.”

Yan Wei stopped talking.

He stood at the entrance of the mountain temple with his hands in his pockets, obviously not intending to move away.

Jiang Xiu laughed angrily.
“Okay, it’s not that I can’t do anything to you.
It’s just that I can’t kill you.”

Yan Wei blinked.

 —Lin Zhen and the others have been inside for a long time.
His plan should have been almost completed.

As anticipated, when Lin Zhen raised his hand, intending to push Yan Wei away, the tower’s prompt sounded in the minds of the three present.

【The progress of the instance has been updated.
Some players have successfully answered the clue related to the skin and bone umbrella: The traditions and truth of Ankang Ancient Town…】

【The corresponding players who successfully answered first will obtain 1 point.
The race to answer first continues.
May all players do their best to answer first and survive.】

【The progress of the instance has been updated.
Some players have successfully answered the clue related to the skin and bone umbrella: The secrets of the well hidden deep in the mountain…】

【The corresponding players who successfully answered first will obtain 1 point.
The race to answer first continues.
May all players do their best to answer first and survive.】

【The progress of the instance has been updated.
Some players have successfully answered the clue related to the skin and bone umbrella: The origin and secret of the umbrella and the skinless girl…】

【The corresponding players who successfully answered first will obtain 1 point.
The race to answer first continues.
May all players do their best to answer first and survive.】

There were three notices in a row.
Except for Yan Wei, who was still blocking the door with a look of, “I’m trash, I’m so bored, I’m idle,” Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao both stayed on their spots.

The traditions and truth of Ankang Ancient Town… the points they thought Hu Ayu could give were taken away!

And the three consecutive reminders.
Someone1 had taken away the three points simultaneously.

Jiang Xiu’s face was gloomy, and he looked at Yan Wei with gritted teeth.
“Get out of the way!” He had to go in there and see who had scored the three points, even robbing him of the point he had in his grasp!

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The sky roared, and finally, the hazy daylight disappeared.
Thick rainfall arrived with the night.

It was dark.

Yan Wei did not block the door again.
He good-naturedly turned to the side and stepped out of the way.

But Jiang Xiu didn’t move.

–Because all of the players who were still alive heard the same message.

【 Calculating time from the moment players entered the instance.
The first day of the instance has ended, and first answer mode has closed.】

【The first answer points are sorted according to the ranking.

First place: Yan Mingguang, 4 points;

Second place: Lin Zhen, 3 points;

Second place: Yu Feizhou, 3 points;

Second place: Yan Wei, 3 points;

Second place: Song Yu, 3 points;

Second place: Lu Ya, 3 points;

Second place: You Rui, 3 points;

Second place: Kong Yuwei, 3 points;

Third place: Ning Yi, 2 points;

Fourth place: Jiang Xiu, 0 points;

Fourth place: Zheng Mao, 0 points;】

【If no players violate the rules or set off a death trigger tonight, the last ranking players will become the targets of the ghosts’ attacks.
Requesting all players continue to do their best to answer first the next day and strive to survive.】

Heavy rain continued to pour down.
Thunder rumbled, and the sound of water and wind interweaved.

Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao stared blankly, stunned in their spots.

–Yan Mingguang was ranked first, and all other players except Yuemang were tied.
Jiang Xiu and Zheng Mao… were in last place!

Zheng Mao panicked instantly.
“Jiang, Jiang-ge, this, this, this, this… we, what should we do!?”

He even forgot to drag Hu Ayu into the temple.
As soon as he released her, the beautiful cook immediately rushed into the temple with the umbrella in panic.

Jiang Xiu’s face was full of disbelief.
“How is this possible? Even if Yan Mingguang was the first, how could the other players all have three points? Three points… three points… the three first answer prompts just now…?”

Boom—

Rain soaked the edge of Yan Wei’s windbreaker.
He exchanged an umbrella again and held it up.

He didn’t actually hear the three clues, but he knew that the earphone in his ear would lead those watching the casino to speculate that he heard it too.

The time limit for the Stone of Falsehood was approaching.
Yan Wei took off the earphone in front of Jiang Xiu, tossed it in his hand, and smiled, saying, “It’s the three first answer prompts.”

He who used the tiger’s might2 said, “Yan Mingguang told me that you took Zheng Mao down the mountain to get a first answer point before us.
Then, you’d spend the remaining days bothering him to prevent him from getting first answer points and making him the lowest in points.
We have to thank you for your inspiration — as a result, he thought of a way to give you the lowest score.”

“I’m sorry.
Yan Mingguang tied the matron back and didn’t intend to compete with everyone, so he found several other players who weren’t members of your Yuemang and asked the matron to tell everyone at once — I heard it through this earphone.
It’s the reason why many people have three points.”

“It’s only you now…” He pointed to Jiang Xiu and then at Zheng Mao, “And you… at 0 points? That’s very unfortunate.
Luckily, I have someone like Yan Mingguang covering me and got three points without doing anything.”

“You two were busy all day without getting a single point.
I gained three easy points after a leisurely day.
From this point of view, it’s such a joy to be a waste snack.”

Jiang Xiu clenched his fists tightly in the rainstorm.
His face flushed red with anger, and his slightly parted lips trembled.
Too enraged, he could not utter a word.