Noelle originally made a living by hunting. As a basic skill of a hunter, Noelle's stealth skills are first-class. Even in the warm and humid forests of the south, he sneaks silently, and ordinary people are not comparable to him at all. This talent could not be hidden, and soon, the brethren of the Blue Wolf Regiment discovered his strengths. (The game's development system is very interesting.) Even the same code can breed civilians with different abilities. Their abilities are not controlled by the system, but are acquired just like the real world.)

"The previously discovered camp is not far from here...... It's about a kilometer away! It was a low-lying area, and there was a small frozen river next to the camp. Noelle replied, "I'm already very close." There were about a dozen people, both men and women. ”

"Why low-lying areas?" Gao Ling asked. "Is it for concealment or ......"

"Just to keep out the wind and snow. And they have a big rock to rely on, so the wind and snow will not hit them head-on...... Although the snow almost covered the entire camp, I could still make out it. There were no campfires, only the embers of the fire were more visible. But as I said before, they didn't move when the wind and snow couldn't kill them, and I looked at them carefully for a long time, and I swore that the living would never lie so quietly. ”

"Did you find blood?"

"Nope." Noelle confessed. "But could it be covered in snow? I'm not sure about that either. ”

"Do you see what weapons they have?"

"A few iron swords, two or three wooden bows, on the ground to the right hand of a few men of greater size."

"Big?"

"Well, it looks like it's supposed to be three meters tall, two of you!"

"Someone more than three meters tall?"

Gao Ling had never seen such a tall aborigine! Except, of course, for players.

"Could it be a nobleman?"

Gao Ling asked tentatively,

"I don't know, but they're wearing torn clothes and look like rednecks?" Noelle replied.

"Alright! It doesn't matter," Gao Ling pondered. Judging by the height, it is definitely possible that it is the giant family chosen by the player. But dead players should go back to the city and resurrect instead of lying here, right? The system will not let the player lie in one place for more than five minutes at most, after all, this is a VRMMORPG game, and the feelings in the game will be transmitted back to the player's brain. It's not impossible to "freeze to death" in the game!

- It's hilarious if someone freezes to death in the game.

Gao Ling thought so. Then he came to the conclusion - in this way, the other party can only be a wild man or a monster outside the plug!

However, Gao Ling couldn't help but be a little surprised when he thought that there was a three-meter-tall savage.

"There was a three-meter-tall wild man......"

Gao Ling was a little nervous, "It's the first time I've seen a three-meter-tall NPC in the game!" ”

"Is it the aristocracy to put it aside first, and we'll find out when we go over and see later."

Gao Ling knew that as long as he went over and looked at the other party's status bar, it would be clear at a glance that monsters and players were completely different situations.

"Then again, what is their current state? If someone attacks, I'm afraid the body will be in tatters, right? And...... Dead people don't seem to lie neatly, do they? ”

Noelle seemed to be reminded by Gao Ling. He said hurriedly. "They're not neat...... There were two or three leaning against the stones, and most of the rest were lying on the ground, perhaps killed by some monster! In short, they are all over the place, and they are definitely not asleep! ”

"If you're too tired......"

"Impossible, even if you are too tired, lying like that, you will already freeze to death! Therefore, if you don't freeze to death, you must be beaten to death, there is no other possibility! "Noelle is rare in her opinion!

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and you can see it with the naked eye. The surrounding forest grew thicker and thicker. A cold wind blew and the woods made a constant rustling sound. Ruiz and Gary subconsciously tugged at their somewhat shabby black cloak to make sure that most of their skin was hidden under the not-so-thick layer of clothing. In comparison, Lord Gao Ling, who has a good outfit, seems to have stretched a lot. However, they all felt something unusual, as if something was approaching them, and they shivered even more.

"Lord Gao Ling, I think you should get off your horse."

Noelle stopped the line in front. As soon as they walked through the low woods, they could see the camp they had mentioned. But the frost-frozen bushes were so hard that even Gao Ling's mount and horse could not pass through here unscathed. Gao Ling looked at his own war horse, which had already suffered a lot of trauma, and its blood volume on the status bar had dropped to less than one-third, and the hunger was as high as eighty percent. There is not a lot of grain and grass to carry in the props, and if you consume the mount like this, I am afraid that you may have to walk back. Even if he was unwilling, Gao Ling could only get off the horse and move forward with his legs.

"These damn things, I wish I had set them on fire, just enough to keep them warm." Gao Ling said viciously, in exchange for Ruiz's sarcasm - "When we leave, you can do whatever you like." For now, it's better to complete the task as soon as possible. Ruiz didn't seem to want to say anything more. Noelle, please continue to lead the way. ”

It's getting dark. The dark clouds in the sky became denser and denser, obscuring most of the moon. Naturally, a recruit like Noelle is unquenchable. Fortunately, Noelle still used his ability to be a hunter, and he didn't make any movement along the way. Everyone was also able to reach a short distance outside the camp of these savages by the most covert means. The crowd lay flat in the snow and mud, looking out into the open ground below.

Ruiz was placed at the front, he was a seasoned veteran, but he still cautiously reached forward little by little. But when he saw the low-lying area that Guy had mentioned, all of a sudden, his heart stopped beating, and he didn't dare to breathe for a while.

"What about people? Noel, what about the person you're talking about? ”

The moonlight shone down on the clearing, reflecting the embers of campfires, snow-covered rocks, half-frozen streams, but there was no human figure!

"No...... Impossible! How so? ”

Noel rubbed his eyes in disbelief as well. It's all exactly the same as it was a few hours ago...... The only difference is that all the people are gone.

"It's a tough road, Dammit!"

He heard a "crackling" sound behind him - Gao Ling swung his sword and chopped through the branches. Finally got to the top of the slope. He stood beside Noel, his cloak crackling, and the bright starlight clearly outlined his noble figure.

"Get down!" Noel whispered anxiously, "Something is wrong." Gao Ling didn't move, he looked down at the empty flat ground below and asked, "Noel, what about people?" ”

It was as if he had suddenly lost the ability to speak, and he tried in vain to find the right words. How could such a thing happen?

"Get up." Gao Ling said angrily, "There is no one here but there is still hiding, is this the characteristic of you aborigines?" It's hilarious! Cheer me up, what about your courage as a man? ”

Reluctantly, everyone complied and got up from the snow.

"This is the first task that Lord Xuanyuan Zun has given me. I don't want to go home on my first mission. We've got to find these guys. Gao Ling looked around. Climb up the tree to take a look, move fast, and pay attention to whether there is a fire nearby. ”

Ruiz turned around wordlessly, knowing that it was useless to argue. The cold wind became more violent, and the wind blew in front of me like a knife. He walked over to an old dead tree and began to climb up after patting the trunk to make sure it wouldn't be crushed by his own weight. Soon he disappeared into the thick branches of the dry ground, and the fear was like an indigestible meal in his stomach, and he could not forget the disgusting feeling.

Suddenly there was a shout from a young nobleman below. "What's that? Did you see that? Someone is there! ”

In Gao Ling's sight, a blue status bar flashed by! The player's name is also displayed on it. I can't see what it's called, but it's supposed to be a string of English letters. Apparently, not far away, there is a player on the move!

"Lord Gao Ling, could you be mistaken......

"No, absolutely not!"

The status bar can only be seen by players. "How do you guys know about such a thing as a status bar?" Gao Ling sneered, and then ran quickly over the snowdrift under the slope despite everyone's dissuasion. The mud and gravel covered in snow tripped Gao Ling, and he slid sideways down the slope like a skier. There was another slightly larger rock hidden in the snowdrift, and Gao Ling's speed was a little fast, and after hitting the stone platform, he flew up slightly, and then fell into the snowdrift.

"It hurts so much......"

The pain in the game was really transmitted to Gao Ling. Supporting his body, Gao Ling just looked up, and a status bar with the ID named "Mentally Retarded So Many Delicate" happened to appear in the snowdrift in front of him!

"I'll just say it's definitely a player!" Gao Ling muttered, "What do you know? ”

Gao Ling approached the other party little by little. I saw that in the snowdrift, a pale and bloodless hand appeared from the snowdrift, and moved mischievously......

"It's really the IQ of people as their name suggests, why are you scary to bury yourself in a snowdrift?"

Gao Ling started to dig the snowdrifts. Since the player is buried in a snowdrift, only the name is displayed, but no messages such as HP are displayed.

"In a sense, meeting here can be regarded as a friend in distress, and it is ...... to add a friend after a while."

Gao Ling's mind had not finished his thoughts, and when he dug through the snowdrifts, he found that the whole body of this player named "so many delicate people with mental retardation" had been frozen into turquoise by the severe cold! Stiff limbs as if they would shatter at the slightest touch!

"Hey, hey, don't be kidding, it doesn't look like a joke!"

The snow gets softer the more you get inside. I don't know which time I caught it, Gao Ling suddenly found that his palm was a little sticky...... He fixed his eyes and saw a little reddish liquid on his palm...... "This is ...... Blood? ”

It was also at this time that Gao Ling suddenly remembered that the name he had just seen in the status bar should be a string of letters. And this person is clearly a string of Chinese...... Chinese and letters, how can you not distinguish them? The head went blank for a moment, only the body was still working, and a dry hand was exposed!

"It's ...... Isn't that right? ”

Gao Ling dug the other party out of the snowdrift in one go. The dark, shriveled body exuded an eerie aura like dry wood. The status bar that has not displayed HP and MP is finally displayed - on the status bar, HP is displayed as 0!

Sure enough, this player is dead...... But how could he have been lying here......"

Gao Ling was worried that he was wrong, maybe there was still room for the blood tank? However, after staring at the status bar for a long time to make sure his eyes weren't spent, he came to the astonishing conclusion that the player was dead in the game!

"But...... Players who die in the wild should be sent back by the system and should be resurrected back to the city, not in this kind of place, right? ”

Gao Ling muttered to himself. Obviously, this player has been here for more than fifteen minutes a long time ago!

…………

"Lord Gao Ling!"

No matter how much Guy and the others called the nobleman in front of them, they couldn't stop his actions.

A few minutes ago, they couldn't help but feel a little happy when they saw him rushing down the slope, falling on the way because of the slippery ground, and then falling heavily into the snow because of the stone platform that briefly flew to his feet. However, when they looked at Gao Ling, who had not moved for a long time, half-kneeling on the ground like a petrified person, the inexplicable fear in the silence invaded everyone's bodies with a biting cold.

"Do you want to go see ......?"

"You'd better stay here!"

Guy's words were rudely interrupted by the old and spicy Ryze, whose eyes were staring viciously at Guy.

"If you don't want to lose your life, you just stay here...... Although I can't say this badly, but think about it, if this chief of ours really finds something, the good things will be enough, and the bad things will send us to death together? If he dies there now, wouldn't we be able to leave? ”

As he spoke, Ryze's face was expressionless, and his scheming eyes shone with a sly light. After arranging his cloak a bit, he prostrate himself deep in the snow, just staring closely. Guy didn't speak, and indeed, Ryze was right. Now that Ruiz has become their leader, everyone follows Ruiz on the ground, quietly watching Gao Ling in the distance. - What happened? The same question was on everyone's minds. At this moment, out of the corner of Guy's eye, he saw two black figures appear in the woods not far away. The hunter's line of sight was beyond the ordinary—the two black figures were moving at great speed. It's like it's running, it's more like it's floating! Their goal is to land high in low-lying areas.

"There is a situation ......"

"Don't move!"

As soon as Guy wanted to get up, he was grabbed by Ruiz beside him and pinned him into the snow.

"I told you, don't mess around!"

Guy's uneasiness was written on his face, his teeth chattering, and he cowered, "I see something strange drifting by!" ”

"Drift over?"

No one would use that word for no reason, and Ryze already sensed that something was wrong, and it was a gut feeling - "Quick! Tell the brothers, get ready to leave, quick! ”

Ruiz whispered a message to the rear. The crowd began to retreat, except for Guy who was still staring into the distance—through the trees. Dark shadows in the dark, faintly, disappear for a while, and then reveal shadows again. Although I can't always see the opposite position, I get closer to Gao Ling's position every time I move! The branches throbbed slightly in the wind, and the outstretched wooden fingers scratched at each other. Guy propped himself up with his hands and tried to open his mouth to warn Gao Ling in the distance, but the words froze in his throat. Maybe it's a mistake, maybe it's just a bird, or the reflection on the snow, or maybe it's the illusion caused by the moonlight. What did he really see? Gao Ling was staring at the dry corpse and the strange state bar in a daze, when a cold wind hit behind him! A shadow suddenly stood behind Gao Ling, and the open bright red wings were as long as two people! It was very tall, with blond hair falling down its cheeks, a wicked smile at the corners of its mouth, and its vampire-like fangs slightly exposed. The pale complexion is like **, and it seems to be shining with a hazy white light under the cold.

"Whoosh"! His wings were instantly retracted and disappeared into the night. The cold hand touched Gao Ling's face, which made Gao Ling tremble. It was as if the power had suddenly gone out in my head. Gao Ling wanted to mobilize his body, but found that this body did not listen to his command, but was just constantly twitching and trembling. Seeing his pale hand running down his cheek like milk, Gao Ling turned around with all his strength and pushed him away, roaring angrily, "Don't touch me!" ”。

Gao Ling wanted to warn the other party, but he didn't expect his voice to be as small as a child. Like Gao Ling, the other party also has long blond hair and Westerners with ground holes.

- Maybe he's a gamer too...... Thinking like this in his heart, Gao Ling mustered up the courage to ask the other party. However, in the face of Gao Ling's question, the other party just remained silent and looked at Gao Ling with a special smile.

"You have something to say!" The more silent he was, the more uneasy Gao Ling's heart became.

Cats like to play with rats they catch – catch their tails and let them go. Let the rat struggle, then grab it again. And so on and so forth, until the rats are exhausted before enjoying the meal. This is the absolute crushing of strength, and the other party also feels this way when he looks at Gao Ling silently, this feeling of playing, teasing.

"Speak!"

Gao Ling shouted loudly, as if this would dispel his fears.

"That's right, status bar, status bar!" He suddenly realized that by looking at the status bar, he could tell if the other party was a human or a monster. Gao Ling desperately aimed his gaze at the other party, trying to bring up the status bar, but unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't show any information! It was as if an ice pick was directly pierced into Gao Ling's spine, and he shivered all over his body!

"Is that what it is...... The legend of the monster without the status bar! ”

It's empty, and there's nowhere to find information. Cold, biting, roaring, desperate. The fear of ignorance pressed inexorably against Gao Ling. No matter how hard Gao Ling tried to check the news about him, the system was silent as if it had crashed. So he flipped the long mink coat behind his back to make room for movement, his sword in both hands, his body as stiff as a rock. On the other side, Ruiz and Guy also noticed this strange situation - "Look! What is that! ”

Guy grabbed Rhy's clothes and pulled him over.

"That's not right! Lord Gao Ling is in danger, we have to save him! "The hunter's instinct tells Guy that not only is he not a good guy, but he is still murderous!

"So what are you waiting for?"

Ruiz slapped Guy's hand away and pulled his sword out of its scabbard. With his sword in both hands, he looked at Guy viciously and said to him, "If you want to save him, go yourself, don't drag us into the water together!" Otherwise, don't blame me for not thinking about brotherhood! ”

Guy's feet were shaking, but he stood up bravely and snatched Ryze's sword out of his hand. "Then you go first! At all costs...... I will never abandon my companions no matter what! ”

Bravely ran in the direction of Gao Ling, leaving Ruiz alone. "Stupid fool," Ryze said dismissively at Guy's approach. "What companion? What to abandon, only one's own life is one's own, and no one's is important! ”

He was about to turn and walk down, but there were corpses littered with corpses in front of him, and they were his companions. The blood had not yet frozen, the heat was still slowly rising, the fragments of limbs scattered all over the ground, the sweet smell on his face, Ruiz fell directly to his knees in the bushes, and the irrepressible feeling of nausea rushed to his head, and he wanted to vomit out the little thing in his stomach right now. But he knew he couldn't do that! - Hold back! Endure! Otherwise, you will die! Ruiz told himself over and over again. Even though the nausea had come to his throat, he was still swallowed hard by Ruiz. His stomach was tumbling with nausea, but he still didn't move.

"It's boring...... What game of peek-a-boo to play? ”

The enemy sneered and walked in the direction where Reze was, and walked past Reze's side. The other man's foot stepped past Ruize's eyes, and he could clearly see the mark left by the leather boots on the snow next to his face! The footsteps grew farther and farther away, and gradually faded away.

- Gone?

The snow beneath him had melted slightly, forming a frozen layer on his clothes. The footsteps proved that the other party had walked away, and Ruiz lifted his upper body and turned his head to look at the place where the footsteps had disappeared——! It was a dark purple face, and it appeared in front of Ruiz silently! The purple-red lips showed two fangs, and the whole person exuded an eerie aura.

"You've obviously left...... "Before Ryz finished speaking, the other party picked up Ryze, who was lying on the ground trembling.

"Tell me, where is the third prince!"

"What the Three Princes? I don't know what you're talking about! ”

"Don't play stupid, let me ask you where is Lord Robert, the third prince of our blood clan! He was captured by you fifteen years ago and brought into this world, didn't he? Ruiz tried his best to remember what had happened in the past, and the past appeared in his mind like a slide show, except for Robert in his mouth. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

"Oh, it looks like you really don't know anything......"

Little by little, the fangs pierced into Ryze's arteries, and blood began to trickle out.

"You don't have the right to live anymore, pariah!"

The claws were pulled out, and blood spurted from the arteries that had lost the valve. Ruiz blocked his arteries with both hands, but he couldn't stop the bleeding! Soon he fell to the ground, convulsing weakly.

"Humble blood!"

With a "phew", the other party spat out a large mouthful of blood, which originally belonged to the owner of the body that fell to the ground at the moment-Ruiz. Of course, he was now a corpse.