Chapter 3272: Team Friendship, Deep as the Sea

Darkness shrouded the surroundings, purple and filthy light particles flew, stirred, and squeezed, finally turning into a pair of open doors, opening toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao's eyes opened. The dim light above made him find himself in a cramped room, with wooden bookshelves on both sides, and the distance in the middle was less than one meter wide.

Su Xiao stood up from the wooden chair. This room was only ten square meters, and four-fifths of it was occupied by bookshelves on both sides, leaving only a passage in the middle.

Opposite Su Xiao was the wooden door to leave this room, which was stained and had many vertical carvings, as if someone was calculating the days with this.

The smell of decaying dust permeated this room, making people feel a sense of oppression and two parts of fear in their hearts.

Looking at the inside of the passage, a dried corpse was hanging on the chandelier. The rope made of medical gauze had broken for the most part under the corrosion of time, but it still completely strangled the neck of the withered corpse.

Judging from the white robe worn by the withered corpse, this white robe was actually close to the pharmacist robe of the Sun Church. The background color of this robe was black, which was the attire of doctors in the past. The pharmacist robe of the Sun Church was evolved from this.

This doctor had been hanging for many years. On his wrist was a fine hemp rope. Judging from the exquisiteness, it was woven by a woman—patient and fine. Perhaps it was sent by this doctor's wife or daughter.

At the other end of this hemp rope was a wooden sign with many small characters carved on it, the content of which was:

"I have tried my best, but in the end, I still couldn't defeat the beast in people's hearts. Before I am swallowed by the beast in my own heart, I will commit suicide like a coward, even if my faith, my wife, and my daughter do not allow me to do so, but... this is what I must do. Forgive me."

Su Xiao scanned these roughly. His time was very precious now. Staying in the Nightmare: Gubao Ward for 1 minute, his Sanity would slide by 40 points. With his current Sanity of 110, after 2 minutes and 30 seconds, he would undergo mental beast-ization, or rather, he couldn't hold on for that long. After Sanity was lower than 10 points, it was difficult to maintain a calm mind.

Where Sin-Ais, God Hidden, and Morey were, it wasn't clear for the time being. Team members couldn't sense each other's positions or track each other.

Su Xiao took out a head bucket from his storage space. This was the 【Church Knight Head Bucket】. After wearing it, the Sanity cap was reduced by 50%, thereby increasing the corresponding resistance.

Putting on the 【Church Knight Head Bucket】, Su Xiao's existing Sanity was not affected. Sanity changed from 110/545 points to 110/215 points. He could feel that he had stronger resistance to the madness rushing from the surroundings. The speed at which these energies that could affect the mind invaded his body slowed down a lot.

Su Xiao checked the prompt. Sure enough, the sliding speed of Sanity per minute decreased from 40 points to 20 points. This was the power of the 【Church Knight Head Bucket】.

Exploring a high-intensity nightmare like the Gubao Ward, 【Sun Head Bucket】 and 【Church Knight Head Bucket】 compared, the former was weaker by a few points. If one counted the 【Sedative】 that could restore Sanity, then the 【Church Knight Head Bucket】 completely exploded the 【Sun Head Bucket】.

Why did the current Sun Church pursue a high Sanity cap? It was because the manufacturing method of 【Sedative】 had been lost.

In the case of having 【Sedative】 to restore Sanity, the time the two head buckets could stay in the ward differed by double.

Changing the head bucket, Su Xiao's time was much more ample. Within 5 minutes, he was safe.

Ignoring the hanging corpse, Su Xiao left a mark with blue steel shadow energy on the wooden chair. This was the only exit for him to leave the Nightmare: Gubao Ward. Sitting on this again, he could leave.

Su Xiao pushed open the door. Outside was a dimly lit corridor. This kind of corridor was the most pitfall; walking and walking, a surprise might appear in front. 【3272

What is even more treacherous is that Su Xiao enters the nightmare with his entire body, which causes his perception range to shrink drastically; beyond a 4-meter range, it is not even as clear as looking with the naked eye.

Regarding this, Su Xiao feels nothing. As a close-combat technique specialist, his perception range was never large to begin with. There is a joke within Reincarnation Paradise: a close-combat technique specialist was walking one day and got lost, then a perception-type on the opposite side laughed loudly; in the end, the close-combat technique specialist rode on the perception-type and found the way home.

Su Xiao walks in the arc-shaped corridor; a sound of a door opening comes from the side. He silently draws the saw-blade knife in his right hand, the Soul Shadow Thread tied to the small ring at the end of the hilt.

Zui Yasi walks out from the room. He stands at the doorway, not exploring immediately, but waiting. If Shen Yin is nearby and can help him restore his Sanity, only then will he continue to explore. If the other party is not there, Zui Yasi will immediately return to the room and leave the nightmare ward through the "entrance."

"Where is Shen Yin?"

"Not sure, the perception range..."

"I..."

Clang!

A saw-blade knife sinks deeply into the wall beside Shen Yin's ear; several strands of long black hair appear and drift downward.

"You want to... pierce my head?"

"Hahaha, are you stupid? Speaking behind a close-combat technique specialist—if he were using a long blade, he would definitely use a blade technique to slash you."

Morei, who walked out from the room, mocks him mercilessly. Shen Yin recalls it; indeed, he was facing Su Xiao's back when he spoke just now.

"Shen Yin, next time you speak, 'cough' first. If you suddenly make a sound, it is very easy to accidentally injure you."

Zui Yasi raises his hand, and black insects split from tentacles surge from the ground around Shen Yin, finally sinking into his arm.

"Okay, I'll remember that."

Shen Yin's attitude is serious; he has already discovered that among the teammates this time, there are two immortals—immortals who could instantly kill him in a single encounter.

A translucent ball of light appears; this ball of light is about the size of a fist, flying toward Zui Yasi at a slow speed and sinking into his body. This is Shen Yin's ability to restore Sanity.

Zui Yasi says nothing, pointing behind himself, meaning for Shen Yin to stand behind him.

"Everyone move aside."

Morei lifts her chin slightly. Counting the Sanity shield, her Sanity is as high as 867 points, with 437 points remaining at the moment. As the tank walking at the very front of the squad, she is well-deserving of the role.

After Morei is Zui Yasi, and after that is Shen Yin, who can restore Sanity. Su Xiao is at the very back. Do not think his position is safe; guarding the rear is not an easy task.

The four members of the squad move forward along the arc-shaped corridor, passing a dozen doors along the way. After opening them, they all have a similar layout: bookshelves on both sides, and a doctor hanging from the chandelier on the inner side of the aisle.

It can only be said that the doctors who were in the castle before were all afraid of death, yet each dared to die. Before hanging themselves, they experienced great inner struggle; even in death, they would not let their souls beast-ify. This was their choice.

The end of the arc-shaped corridor is a pair of wooden doors. Morei pushes the wooden doors open, and a straight but wider corridor appears. This corridor is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide, with a row of chandeliers holding candles hanging from the ceiling.

There are passages on both sides of the corridor; these passages are about 2 meters wide, making this place look like it leads in all directions.

Moving forward along the main corridor, after the four members of the squad walk more than ten meters, a "drip" sound suddenly comes from the passages on the walls on both sides—it is the sound of water droplets hitting the ground.

Splat, splat.

Wet, sticky soles step on the marble floor. Under the illumination of the candlelight, Su Xiao sees a humanoid creature walk out from a passage on the right.

This humanoid creature wears loose, gray-white hospital pajamas. Its head is a large tumor; the diameter of this tumor is nearly one meter, swallowing the humanoid creature's shoulders inside it, and bloody water seeps from the tumor.

Strangely, this bloody water does not gather downward, but gathers upward. After forming droplets, it floats up and sinks into the darkness above the passage.

The big-headed patient has no facial features; the head is just a large tumor, yet it makes a crying sound. It says in a sobbing tone: "Save... save me. The error of the royal descendants should not be borne by us."

"Okay, how should we help you?"

Morei speaks up quickly; she is very skilled at negotiation.

"Are you royal descendants? Answer yes or no. Don't say anything else, don't try to lie to me."

The big-headed patient's voice becomes a bit calmer. Hearing this, Morei immediately replies: "No."

"You are not royal descendants, nor are you doctors. Who let you come to the ward area!"

The big-headed patient's voice carries anger and questioning.

"We are doctors."

"You are not, you definitely are not. Are you royal descendants? Answer yes or no."

The big-headed patient is exceptionally persistent. Morei sighs and replies sadly:

"Yes, we are royal descendants. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Royal descendants! Royal descendants!! The mistakes you made brought the wrath of the ocean; why must we bear it? Ah!!"

On the big-headed monster's tumor head, one after another, underdeveloped eyes open. In these eyes, a murky orange light reflects—it is the 'Murky Light' of the Swollen Eye. Although it is not that strong, it is also very threatening. Once illuminated by the 'Murky Light,' one will immediately become dizzy, accompanied by tinnitus, and double images will appear before one's eyes, and the body will become weak.

The big-headed monster's change almost angered Morei to death. The other party just asked them if they were royal descendants; it was simply a death-trap question—answering yes or no would not work.

Now, it is a matter of who runs faster; the team spirit is displayed vividly.