Chapter 83
Xin-jie, the female player, and her team had come to challenge the amusement park dungeon.
They split into two groups, heading to different attractions.
Xin-jie and two male players had ridden the Ferris wheel, their hearts pounding as the creepy little girl in the red dress inside the cabin asked them questions.
After the little girl jumped out, the players who hadn’t answered correctly continued their ascent, facing new dangers.
As the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, their minds became increasingly hazy.
Xin-jie couldn’t remember what had happened. When she came to, one of her teammates had jumped out the window, his blood splattered on the ground below.
The other male player, like a zombie, was about to climb out the window.
Fortunately, Xin-jie slapped him awake, and they escaped from the Ferris wheel while the monsters were busy chasing two children.
Hiding in this children’s play area, they were attacked by another monster.
Xin-jie, her abdomen slashed, lay bleeding on the ground, barely conscious.
Fortunately, they had managed to kill the monster, and the area was temporarily safe.
Xing Nuo, seeing the injured woman, although still wary, said softly:
“Big sister, you go to hospital. Owie hurts.”
He had cut his finger on a piece of paper during art class before, and it had hurt a lot.
This big sister was bleeding so much, the blood almost reaching his feet. It must hurt even more!
Thinking this, he hugged himself, rubbing his arms.
Lu Qi also hugged him, the two little ones huddling together like frightened puppies.
Xin-jie smiled wryly and shook her head, then asked:
“Why are you two here? Did you offend the monsters? Why were they chasing you?”
Xing Nuo, his eyes filled with confusion, shrugged.
“Maybe…because we no pay.”
Xin-jie, seeing that they couldn’t explain, asked another question.
“You seemed to know that little girl. Yiyi, was it?”
Xing Nuo nodded and sighed softly, his face filled with worry.
“Big sister, do you know why Yiyi like that? She so strange…not like before.”
But he wasn’t sure. After all, Yiyi had said she was just stronger now.
Perhaps she liked being strong?
Xin-jie had seen Yiyi’s introduction inside the Ferris wheel cabin. Yiyi was responsible for that ride.
“Your friend…probably drank some kind of potion.”
The introduction had said:
“Yiyi was once a timid little girl, afraid of heights. After starting work at the amusement park, she drank a potion invented by the Doctor and became strong and confident.”
Xing Nuo blinked and nodded.
“So that’s why.”
But his confusion didn’t disappear. He tilted his head and sighed softly.
“Will Yiyi go back to kindygarten with me? And Little Fatty and Qingqing?”
The potion made weak children strong and dangerous, no longer needing to run and hide.
Perhaps Yiyi, Little Fatty, and Qingqing didn’t think they were strange.
Only Xing Nuo, still weak and small, found it strange.
He lowered his head, his curls drooping, his whole being radiating dejection.
Lu Qi patted his shoulder, as if understanding his thoughts, and said:
“Xing Nuo stwong too!”
Xing Nuo just shook his head, sitting down, his face in his hands, his resolve to rescue his friends wavering.
“Little Curly, don’t worry. The potion’s effect should only last for three days. You can ask your friends after it wears off.”
The players, having experienced countless strange and terrifying things in dungeons, understood the situation better than Xing Nuo.
Who knew what was in that potion that could make a human child so powerful and so loyal to the amusement park?!
It was definitely not a normal potion!
“Your friends might be influenced by the potion. That’s why they want to stay.”
Xing Nuo, thinking this made sense, nodded, his curls bouncing.
“Okay. I wait.”
He believed his friends, despite their daily tears at kindergarten, still wanted to go home.
His resolve renewed, he peeked out from behind the hobby horse and asked softly:
“Big sister, you bleeding…need help?”
Xin-jie, sitting on the ground, her face pale, smiled wryly.
“What can two little children do?”
The male player beside her, having tried to stop the bleeding with a healing potion, but failing, smacked his forehead in frustration.
“It’s my fault! I should be stronger!”
Lu Qi, also peeking out, his eyes flickering with blue light, said:
“Behind you…on the right…a box…has high-level prop.”
High-level props were rare and randomly dropped. Sometimes, players could go through an entire dungeon without finding a single one.
Hearing the little boy’s confident tone, Xin-jie and the male player exchanged glances and decided to try.
The male player walked over and opened a box that looked like a trash can.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have acquired an A+ level prop – Stone of Sincere Wishes!]
His eyes widening, he discreetly put the stone in his spatial pouch, his back to Xin-jie and the children.
“There’s no prop here, kid. Stop lying.”
He walked back to Xin-jie, his guilt flashing in his eyes.
But Xin-jie, a seasoned player and team leader, noticed his unusual behavior.
Her heart sank, but she didn’t say anything, just turned away.
“Leizi, why don’t you go find the others?”
The other three members of their team had gone to the Mirror House, a less dangerous attraction, and might have already cleared it, waiting for them at their prearranged meeting point.
Leizi, exposed, his face flushed with embarrassment, looked at the bloodstains on the ground, then turned and left.
Xin-jie had risked her life to defeat the monster in this play area, buying them a chance to survive, only to be abandoned in the end.
Xing Nuo, watching him go, his face filled with confusion, his chin resting on his hand,
was too young to understand the complexities of adult betrayal.
But seeing the man abandon the injured woman, he sighed softly and checked his empty pockets.
He had nothing to offer her.
Lu Qi, always by his side, also checked his spatial storage.
“Found it.”
He took out the item he had stored earlier, before finding Xing Nuo—
a roll of healing bandages.
“Bandages! Big sister, you’ll be okay!”
Xing Nuo had seen other children with injured legs use bandages, and they had always gotten better quickly.
But Xin-jie shook her head, the bleeding worsening, her vision blurring.
“It’s useless. The monster was too strong. Normal bandages won’t work…wait…”
As Xing Nuo clumsily wrapped the bandage around her wound, Xin-jie felt the pain subside instantly.
She could even sit up.
“This is…an S+ level bandage!”
Xin-jie, whose highest-level prop was only A-rank, gasped inwardly.
She looked at Lu Qi and Xing Nuo with newfound respect.
These kids…are incredible!
Then she noticed the brooch on Xing Nuo’s chest, also S+ level!
It was as if S+ level props were being handed out like candy!
“No wonder those monsters couldn’t catch you.”
She looked at the black-haired boy, his face serious and expressionless, like a little robot. Was he some kind of hidden boss?
The prop bandage worked quickly, stopping the bleeding within seconds.
Xin-jie, the pain gone, stood up, leaning against the railing.
“We have to leave now!”
The strong scent of blood would attract other monsters.
Xing Nuo, his little hands stained with blood, which wouldn’t come off, a smudge on his cheek, said:
“We hide…then find Little Fatty and Qingqing…”
He had to wait for the potion’s effect to wear off and take them back with him!
Xin-jie, seeing the little one’s concern for his friends, smiled wryly.
“Okay, I know a safe place.”
Two minutes later.
Shen Yan and the groveling monster manager, following the scent of blood, arrived at the children’s play area.
Seeing the large pool of blood, Shen Yan’s face turned icy.
“And you said everything was fine?”
The monster manager almost fainted, but the ticket lady, the plump woman, caught him.
“Th-this isn’t your little brother’s blood!”
He sniffed the air, his voice trembling, afraid of incurring Shen Yan’s wrath.
