Chapter 604: Bound by the Childbearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 605 Infinite Flow Cannon Fodder (52)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

"L-little friend, is this your home?"

Miao Weiwei carefully probed Xu Lingyi's tone; she was not a brave soul who voluntarily entered the Supernatural Instance, but a poor wretch who had dragged on too long in the Infinite World and was directly pulled into the Supernatural Instance to forcibly complete the mandated mission.

Xu Lingyi looked up at Miao Weiwei, not answering but countering, "Aren't you going in?"

What good is standing at the doorway? Although she had never done an instance mission, long exposure had taught Xu Lingyi that some information could only be obtained by delving deep into it.

A group of ten people (excluding herself), Xu Lingyi felt that not a single one could stand firm.

"I-in?" Miao Weiwei's expression was surprised, her eyes full of fear.

Others spoke up one after another saying they could wait a bit longer; in the Supernatural Instance, they might run into ghosts.

Xu Lingyi:...

Xu Lingyi helplessly shook her head, running inside with her short legs going patter-patter-patter.

The Wedding Guests:...

Seeing a child be so reckless and ignorant of death only firmed their resolve to regard Xu Lingyi as an instance NPC.

Miao Weiwei didn't want to die; after finally living in the Infinite World for a few months, she still wanted to work hard to accumulate points.

Gritting her teeth, she followed, intending to curry favor with the NPC in exchange for information so as not to die in the Supernatural Instance.

Once one had, two followed; seeing even a timid girl dare to enter the door, what else did the others have to hesitate about? What if they missed important information?

Scattered and sparse, the group of ten all walked into this gloomy, antique villa residence.

The lush trees inside blocked the light from the sky seven-eighths, so that after only a short while inside, one would feel chilled to the bone.

Hiss

"The yin energy here is so heavy!"

"No wonder it's a Supernatural Instance."

"Sigh, if only a Big Shot could carry us."

"......"

When people panic, they like to talk to distract themselves; these people were all poor wretches forcibly thrown in, already terrified out of their wits, and now they wished they could leave immediately. Even regular instances were so difficult—wouldn't the Supernatural Instance be twice as hard?

"Little friend, little friend"

Xu Lingyi looked up and just happened to see Miao Weiwei running toward her.

Oh, it was that timid Elder Sister.

Mentally labeling Miao Weiwei, Xu Lingyi stood still in place and said, "Here, the Room Number Plates are over there."

Three floors total, ten rooms.

After hearing this, Miao Weiwei's breathing lightened for a moment; she walked with small steps to the place Xu Lingyi indicated, browsed briefly, and hesitated.

Ten rooms correspond to ten people; where does this little friend live?

"My name is Xu Lingyi," she disliked Miao Weiwei treating her like a child, which meant contempt and perfunctoriness.

Hugging her shoulders, Xu Lingyi touched her chin, indicating she could room with Miao Weiwei.

"Is that okay? Won't it be a violation?" Although a little afraid, Xu Lingyi's childlike appearance still made Miao Weiwei lower her guard.

Not associating a child with danger, Miao Weiwei pinched her fingers hard and, embarrassed, pointed to the Number Plaque she had drawn for a second-floor room.

"Change it; we'd best stay on the First Floor," Xu Lingyi admired Miao Weiwei's luck—right off the bat she could pick the floor of a perverted murderer.

First Floor?

Miao Weiwei didn't suspect anything; instead, she swapped for a First Floor Room Number Plate as fast as she could, then grabbed Xu Lingyi's arm and sneaked into the room using the Number Plaque.

Xu Lingyi:...

Not long after the two entered, the other nine arrived at the villa one after another.

The Room Number Plates placed openly were unsurprisingly 'fairly' distributed among the nine.

Regarding Miao Weiwei's early move, the nine couldn't help but complain a couple of times, but since she chose a First Floor room—neither the middle area Second Floor nor the top floor Third Floor—they didn't get angrier.

First Floor Room 102

Xu Lingyi watched Miao Weiwei leaning against the doorway, patting her chest and breaking into a cold sweat, not knowing what to do with this person's personality in the future.

Instance missions cannot be interrupted; without progress, one would be eliminated by the Infinite World.

"You're very nervous."

Not a question but an affirmative statement; Xu Lingyi was very good at reading people's expressions and tone, after all, not everyone had her convenient conditions.

Miao Weiwei nodded, embarrassed, and raised a hand to scratch her head, "I, I was very afraid before; if it weren't for the Infinite World's mandatory mission, I might still be clearing General Difficulty instances in the Infinite World's Regular Instances."

Simply put, just muddling through; I don't have much ambition either.

Xu Lingyi felt this mindset was unsuitable for surviving in the Infinite World; sooner or later, people like Miao Weiwei would be eliminated by the Infinite World.

"This instance isn't hard; as long as you dodge the perverted murderer every night, you can survive."

The perverted murderer first appears on the Second Floor, then the Third Floor, and finally the First Floor.

If no other accidents occur, you will safely clear this Supernatural Instance."

Miao Weiwei:...?!!!

After hearing Xu Lingyi's words, Miao Weiwei widened her eyes; this this this, was this the instance taking care of her?

Seeing Xu Lingyi climb onto the bed and sit after speaking, Miao Weiwei shivered and hurried over to ask how the other knew the perverted murderer's whereabouts; surely it couldn't really be a unique ability of instance NPCs.

Xu Lingyi:...

「I carefully observed the layout of the entire villa after entering.

There's also the background introduction of this instance, stating that the perverted killer is in the villa. 」

Xu Lingyi was in a good mood and didn't dislike Miao Weiwei, briefly sharing some of her observations, especially about the paintings on the wall they would see after entering.

Among them, the corridors on the second and third floors both had portraits, but only the first floor was safe.

Miao Weiwei:...

Miao Weiwei suddenly realized (actually she still didn't quite understand), "So as long as we don't go out, can we safely clear the instance?"

How wonderful, her luck wasn't bad at all.

Xu Lingyi shook her head, like pouring a basin of cold water to calm Miao Weiwei down, "If we don't go out, they can break down the door and come in.

The instance doesn't stipulate that rooms can't be redistributed after they've been allocated."

At first they might not think about the room issue, but once someone dies, surely someone will react.

The first floor has three rooms, enough for three people; in order to clear the instance, before facing the dangerous perverted killer, snatching a first-floor room is the most direct method.

Miao Weiwei is young and a girl, she might become the primary target for some people to snatch.

Obviously, Miao Weiwei had thought of these too; she wasn't someone who hadn't cleared instances before, after all, human nature inside was dark.

She stopped asking and instead racked her brains to increase their side's chips.

The people on the first floor could unite, lips gone teeth cold; Miao Weiwei didn't believe she was the exception, and the other two wouldn't have any thoughts.

Deng deng deng

Miao Weiwei manually opened the room door, then knocked on the other two doors on the first floor.

The ones living on the first floor were one man and one woman; 'fair' distribution was based on simple order of arrival, they were later in line, so they chose to stay on the first floor.

Miao Weiwei had some ideas; she didn't tell the other person the content she and Xu Lingyi had analyzed, but tentatively asked how the others had discussed things when she wasn't there.

"This is a ghost instance; we all need to survive seven nights safely to clear it. How about cooperation?"

The man among the man and woman had ordinary looks, but wasn't a fool either; he retorted, "Cooperation is out of the question; how about exchanging information instead?"

"We three are newcomers, neither familiar nor understanding of each other, there will be some misgivings about cooperation," the girl explained, also paving the way for the subsequent exchange of information; otherwise, directly falling out would be unsightly.

Miao Weiwei thought it over and indeed it was so; she nodded to indicate that they would gather in the hall at night to exchange the information each had found.

"How do you know they aren't lying, and not intentionally testing us?"

Xu Lingyi tilted her little head, every sentence precisely striking Miao Weiwei's pain points.

Miao Weiwei:...

Miao Weiwei's face was extremely stiff; she completely didn't know what to say.

It seemed probably Xu Lingyi's worry was correct; how to guarantee?

Temporarily suppressing this doubt in her heart, Miao Weiwei, taking advantage of the night not yet having come, actively explored the entire three floors of the villa alone.

Xu Lingyi:...?

Xu Lingyi followed behind the sneaky Miao Weiwei, reminding her not to be so deliberately careful; besides their group, the villa only had that perverted killer left, and the perverted killer wouldn't come out until night.

"Hehe, it's just a habit," when she was in regular instances before, she acted like this; even entering a ghost instance, she couldn't change her bad habit.

"Miao Sister, if a habit is bad it should be corrected; otherwise, what about the subsequent instances?"

Always muddling through, getting by, her life would have a countdown hanging over it.

The Infinite World's attitude was neutral; it had no so-called mercy or soft-heartedness; those who couldn't adapt to this kind of life, their end was right ahead.

Miao Weiwei sighed and felt somewhat frustrated, always feeling that when facing Xu Lingyi, their identities seemed reversed; she was the childish little child, while the other was the mature adult.

"Here, looking from here at the paintings posted on the wall, did you discover anything?"

Xu Lingyi pointed at the framed paintings on the second-floor corridor; without exception, they were all side-profile portraits with their backs to them.

Miao Weiwei observed carefully, her heart trembling, "It's alive!"

The side-profile portraits only showed half a body; originally the eyes couldn't be seen, but Miao Weiwei discovered that in one painting, the portrait blinked an eye.

Afraid of seeing wrong and causing information errors, losing the opportunity for self-rescue at night, Miao Weiwei observed especially carefully; indeed, it moved.

"The instance background emphasized that the perverted killer's profession is painter," Xu Lingyi belonged to those who accidentally entered; she knew the instance situation but didn't need to do missions.

"Miao Sister, thinking along the lines of these paintings on the wall and the layout of the villa," just like Shen Yao reminding Xu Lingyi, Xu Lingyi became Miao Weiwei's little teacher, methodically guiding her to think about the underlying logic of the instance's operation.

Understanding one thing leads to understanding all; as long as one isn't an idiot, they could understand the value in Xu Lingyi's words.

Miao Weiwei was guided to walk forward, like a string puppet.

However, Miao Weiwei had more initiative than a string puppet; Xu Lingyi didn't want to control the other person; it was entirely on a whim and trying it out; after all, Xu Lingyi had rich theoretical knowledge but no practical opportunity at all.

"Who said there's no practical opportunity? Previously clamoring to enter the instance; here, this time her wish finally came true; let's just wait and see her final performance."

Infinite World, Territory Token Area

Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen discussed Xu Lingyi accidentally touching the light circle and entering the instance.

The husband and wife's views were consistent; finally having such an opportunity, they must let Xu Lingyi see what human hearts are treacherous.

Xu Ningchen amusingly touched Shen Yao's back of hand, "Doesn't it hurt your heart?"

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, "What can be done if it hurts? This child is bold and meticulous; how old is she? By the time she reaches the age stipulated by the instance, it'll be even more so."

"This time it's a ghost instance; hope she isn't scared by the blood and terror inside."

Xu Ningchen wore a daddy filter, thinking his own child was weak and pitiful.

Shen Yao could only shake her head helplessly; encountering such a little witch who didn't know heaven and earth but happened to have strong abilities, who scares whom is still uncertain.

Indeed, Miao Weiwei was directly stunned!

Who is she? Where is she? What happened to her?

Is the child before her eyes really a child, and not some big shot pretending to be young, or a big boss-level NPC in the instance?

Miao Weiwei's heart was in a mess; at this moment she finally reacted, realizing she was being controlled and guided by Xu Lingyi, a child; if the other party was willing, her little life might not be saved.

Am I really this useless? Miao Weiwei felt even more emo.

Xu Lingyi:...

Xu Lingyi didn't understand why this Elder Sister before her had such huge emotional fluctuations; she had clearly been happy the previous second, and was depressed beyond endurance the next.

She wore all her emotions on her face, as if afraid others wouldn't notice, and kindly reminded Miao Weiwei not to do so, lest she be exploited and framed by others.

Miao Weiwei:... Although but, isn't this scene before my eyes too terrifying?

Stiffening her smile and agreeing to it, Miao Weiwei decisively chose to give up struggling; Xu Lingyi this little one was too capable, whether it was a hidden Big Shot or an instance boss, she was powerless to rival them.

Facing an opponent stronger than herself, Miao Weiwei was neither the protagonist of a hot-blooded manga nor a passerby of a counterattack story; she was just an ordinary commoner, and that was that.

Xu Lingyi:...

"Miao Sister, it's time for us to exchange information with others."

The implication was that coasting was fine, but going downstairs to go through the process couldn't be forgotten.

Miao Weiwei:...

"I, what information can be revealed?" It wasn't her discovery after all.

Miao Weiwei wanted to cry but had no tears; she also wanted to exchange information, but she didn't dare.

Being able to survive until now in this Supernatural Instance, Miao Weiwei relied on her timid and cowardly personality.

Not going to dangerous places, enduring wrongs when wronged, muddling through to Clearance, she lived day by day on that bit of Low-tier Survival points.

"Everything can be said, but I suggest those portraits best not be mentioned," otherwise if the people on the Second Floor proposed changing rooms, Miao Weiwei would be the object of focused attention.

Miao Weiwei nodded with an "en," took a deep breath with her, and with a calm complexion led Xu Lingyi downstairs to the Hall to exchange information.