Chapter 58: "Strike the Darkness with Thunder!!!
And in that moment when the Dried Corpses were illuminated by the light shining from Tuberculosis Rabbit's title above their heads.
Before Chen Yi and the others had time to take a closer look at the Dried Corpses, they heard a prompt in their ears.
"Ding, you have discovered the existence of the Dried Corpses. The Dried Corpses will start to move in one minute; please escape to the first Activation Point within ten minutes."
"The following are some basic rules within this map; please read them quickly and remember them by heart as soon as possible."
"1: This map is in dark mode. Without external intervention, all players' visibility is limited to about '1 meter.' Beyond one meter of vision, darkness prevails."
"2: The Dried Corpses' walking or running is silent, and they are not hindered by darkness; they can see the players' figures clearly and move at a speed roughly equivalent to that of an adult male."
"3: The Dried Corpses have a breathing sound. When a Dried Corpse is within five meters of a player, the player will hear a clear breathing sound."
"4: After coming into contact with a player three times, the player will become a Dried Corpse and be permanently imprisoned within the map; they will remain conscious and become one of the Dried Corpses until they successfully infect three other players, after which they can resume their player status and leave the map."
"5: After a player becomes a Dried Corpse, titles, Props, Skills, etc., cannot be used anymore."
"6: Once a player who has become a Dried Corpse successfully infects three other players, they can choose to resume their player identity or continue playing as a Dried Corpse to infect players entering the map, thereby obtaining substantial rewards and the privilege to resume player identity at any time."
"7: Dried Corpses within the map, as well as players who have become Dried Corpses, will possess the ability to resurrect indefinitely."
"8: Within the map, any illumination Props, non-Prop lighting devices, and lighting Skills, etc., cannot be used."
"9: Players who fail to reach the Activation Point within the designated time, or do not successfully clear the map, will become Dried Corpses."
A full list of 9 rules clearly explained the copy's rules.
"Damn!"
Tuberculosis Rabbit roared, feeling less fear in his heart after reading all the rules. He took a deep breath and then clicked his tongue, "You scared me, I thought I'd encountered a mummy."
"But speaking of which, didn't you two think of that thing?"
He turned his head to look at Tie Chui and Jiaye beside him and asked with some curiosity.
His inability to think of it was due to his naturally thick nerves.
Those who could be friends with corpses were already immune to such things.
"Nope."
The little loli sitting on Tie Chui's shoulder shook her head, patted Tie Chui's head, and muttered, "I hypnotized myself to think of those drunk people vomiting on the streets whenever I think of ghosts."
"That's disgusting."
"I hate it when I'm happily wearing my favorite dress, strolling in the evening, only to see such a disappointing scene in the tree pits on the street."
"As for Tie Chui—"
"He can't use his brain. If he does, it hurts, so he can't think of these things at all."
"Heh heh."
Tie Chui chuckled with a simple smile, nodding his head without knowing if he understood or not, but he seemed genuinely fearless.
"Oh, I see."
"Damn!"
Tuberculosis Rabbit roared again and then slightly discomforted, rubbed his throat, pulled out a fruit tea from his chest, and took a big gulp before he finally relaxed.
"Damn!"
"By the way, didn't you tell us your names at that bun shop last time? I kind of forgot."
"Jiaye."
"Good name, not bad."
Tuberculosis Rabbit licked the corner of his mouth, then looked around as darkness closed in again, and roared without temper.
"Damn."
As his words ended, the surroundings were lit up once more.
And now, as the one-minute countdown ended, the Dried Corpses also began to move.
Almost a hundred Dried Corpses ran straight towards them.
There was not a sound.
The entire scene looked extremely eerie.
Under the effect of the title "Tuberculosis Rabbit," the character for "sun," though it could illuminate the surroundings within a hundred-meter radius almost instantly, like a flare with excellent effect, could only last for about less than a second.
This meant that.
Even if Tuberculosis Rabbit shouted "sun" repeatedly, with the stamina of a normal person, it was very hard to achieve an uninterrupted effect, akin to a video with a dark background interspersed with several frames of pure white, playing on.
The entire scene probably looked like this.
Every time the light dispelled the darkness, those Dried Corpses would be a little closer to them.
This process easily led to certain associations.
"..."
Tuberculosis Rabbit rubbed his throat, drank down his fruit tea expressionlessly, pocketed the milk tea cup into his chest, and then sneered before starting to warm up by moving his body.
"This scene reminds me of some of the pointless videos that people used to share in the group chat."
"But that's not important."
"Yi, you guys focus on getting through this map."
"As for the illumination, just leave it to me, Tuberculosis Rabbit."
"Don't ever think that this is all there is to my strength."
"The warm-up has just begun!"
With those words!
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Tuberculosis Rabbit took a deep breath, then his facial expression turned icy as he began to roar in a rapid-fire manner like a machine gun.
"Sun, sun, sun, sun, sun, sun, sun!"
One second, seven "sun" shouts!
Without any interval of darkness, the entire space was lit up brightly!
If this scene were captured by a high-definition camera and broken down frame by frame, one would find that there was not a single frame of darkness!
This was his high-end game!
He had never considered himself strong in any area, but in this respect, he didn't think anyone could surpass him!
Where Tuberculosis Rabbit was, darkness would be devoured, and light would surely cover the land!
Darkness shrouds all things, and he would be that last glimmer of dawn in the darkness.
With thunder—
Shatter the darkness!
Gaia!!
"Sun!!!!"
At this time, those Dried Corpses surrounding them were only about less than 50 meters away. The Dried Corpses did not completely encircle them; there were quite a few gaps.
In the night, players naturally couldn't discern where the gaps were, but under Tuberculosis Rabbit's continuous illumination, the gaps within the Dried Corpses were crystal clear!
Chen Yi took out the Christmas Cane from his chest and leaned on it; at the same time, a two-meter diameter red patterned light ring appeared under his feet, looking particularly conspicuous.
"Walk forward."
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yi chose a spot where there were fewer Dried Corpses and boldly took the lead!
On the map not far from their position, there was a flickering Greenpoint.
This Greenpoint should be the Activation Point mentioned in the rules that needed to be reached within ten minutes.
However, the map was pitch dark, only the vicinity of their few blue points was cleared.
As they moved forward, this cleared distance on the map proceeded with them.
Which meant that no matter how bright they illuminated the interior of the pyramid, the visibility on the map was still within one meter as per the rules.