Chapter 35 Lunatic

The sky darkened rapidly, turning black at a speed visible to the naked eye. The moment Julian and the others stepped into the vegetable garden, the corpses from the night before lunged at them.

Da Yao immediately used her umbrella to swat the corpses away, while Julian relentlessly kicked, preventing the troublesome bodies from getting close. Leng Youyou was equally fierce.

They were faced with corpses in front and a raincoat-clad ghoul behind. Given the choice, they would rather fight the corpses. But stopping to fight immediately tripped them up.

The sound of raindrops hitting the rubbery raincoats and rubber boots splashing in the water grew louder, and Da Yao, Julian, and the others started to feel anxious.

No one expected the sky to darken so quickly.

"Careful!"

Leng Youyou pushed Da Yao, who was bending over to deal with the endless stream of corpses and body parts crawling out of the soil, to the ground. Before Da Yao could react, the sound of a sharp weapon cutting into flesh and bone, followed by a muffled groan, made her realize what had just happened.

Leng Youyou had used her back to block the axe.

Da Yao, knocked to the ground, quickly threw aside her umbrella, braced her hands on the ground, and then, reacting swiftly, hooked an arm around Leng Youyou's body and rolled them both aside, dodging another axe strike.

This time, the axe grazed her scalp!

It had been a close call!

Da Yao looked up. From her low angle, using what little remaining daylight there was, she still couldn't see the raincoat-clad "ghoul's" full face.

But the clean, elegant jawline made it impossible for her to tell if the person was male or female.

However, the corners of their mouth were turned up in a wide grin, a triumphant smile that made it clear how pleased they were!

The morbid delight radiating from them, a joy derived from chasing them and causing them fear and panic, was so blatant that even Da Yao couldn't stand it!

"What a pervert!"

How could she just sit and wait to die?

With a "clang," Da Yao drew the dagger from her waist and attacked the hand holding the axe!

Mingmei was momentarily stunned, but quickly recovered and used the axe to block the blow.

The clumsy axe was wielded with the ease of a plastic toy!

As Mingmei recovered, Da Yao's other hand released Leng Youyou and went for her face, but missed by an inch!

"Damn it!"

Frustrated by Mingmei's dodge, Da Yao watched as Mingmei ignored her and charged toward Julian!

"Julian, watch out!"

Da Yao yelled, then tried to get up and help, but she had fallen on the ground, and now another wave of severed limbs crawled out of the soil, trying to grab her limbs and restrain her!

"Youyou!"

Sensing the danger, Da Yao turned to Leng Youyou and saw her practically on her last breath, her body completely trapped by the severed limbs!

The rain-soaked soil beneath her was like a bottomless swamp, and countless limbs grabbed her, trying to drag her into the abyss.

Da Yao reached out to grab her, but she was already struggling to survive. The situation reminded her of a time she had tried to forget.

As a child, she often exhausted her mental strength searching for food, competing with native beasts for sustenance.

When her mental strength was depleted, she relied on muscle memory to kill any creature that approached;

In the dark nights, to avoid being caught by predators on the desolate planet, she smeared the feces of the territorial beasts she had killed on her body, wore their rancid, rotting fur, and existed like a ghost in the world.

What disgusting years!

So, why did these things exist to disgust people!?

Da Yao now had only one impression of the game designers: perverts!

To be more specific: disgusting perverts!

Frantically cutting down the attacking limbs, Da Yao's eyes remained fixed on Leng Youyou, who was being dragged deeper and deeper into the ground. Finally, when Leng Youyou's body disappeared completely, Da Yao's eyes turned bloodshot. She viciously stabbed any remaining limbs that dared to touch her with her dagger.

If they wanted to be scum, she would grant their wish!

While Julian was locked in combat with the raincoat-clad figure, Da Yao had freed herself.

To his shock, she didn't choose to help him. Instead, she charged off to fight the remaining corpses, and then…

Julian glanced over and was horrified to see Da Yao dismembering the corpses.

It was even more terrifying than the ghoul's attack on Madison last night!

Madison had been hacked to pieces by an axe, but Da Yao was precisely inserting her dagger into the corpses' joints before tearing them apart with her bare hands. Mingmei, who happened to see this, began to rethink her actions.

How could a player be more villainous than a villain?

Mingmei had already noticed through the backend that Lu Xiaoyao's live stream had been shut down again after Da Yao appeared.

Was that why she was acting so recklessly?

Otherwise, if netizens saw Da Yao's current frenzied state, Lu Xiaoyao would have to visit a psychiatrist tomorrow.

"Julian!"

Just then, Charlie and Wang Wenfei arrived to help!

They had noticed that when they left, there were four people, but when they returned, there were only three, followed by the rumored ghoul. They couldn't sit still any longer.

After eating their boxed lunches, they quickly rushed down to help.

Mingmei saw the two figures approaching and glanced at Da Yao, who was rampaging through the vegetable garden, dismembering corpses. She immediately kicked out, using Julian's resistance to propel herself backward. With the axe, she leaped over the fence and ran away.

Yes, she ran.

The system backend had already recorded that she had earned six credits. If she fought them one-on-four, she might be able to get more kills, but there was a high chance of her cover being blown.

Like Mu Chen had said, becoming a shadow in her friend's life… perhaps she thought that kind of dark humor was interesting because she was influenced by the character.

That kind of role reversal was pretty good.

But after she left the game, Mingmei would undoubtedly think of her actions in the game as utter scum!

Becoming her friend's gaming shadow was not ideal.

While running away, planning to use the forest to circle back and climb through the window into her room, Mingmei told Guigui her thoughts.

Guigui replied, [So, you're saying Mu Chen is actually a scumbag?]

Mingmei was climbing through the window when Guigui's words nearly caused her to lose her grip.

As she climbed, her foot slipped, and she was about to fall headfirst into the room when Mu Chen happened to be there and caught her, saving her from crashing to the ground.

However, Mu Chen was still holding her upside down.

For a moment, Mingmei felt like a radish being pulled from the ground on a rainy day…