Welcome to the Nightmare Live - CH 29

After the experience last time, Wen Jianyan had already guessed that the instance would definitely target him next.

After all, he took advantage of the loopholes in the rules to become the mother of ghost babies this time, so that the remaining survival time on the ID card could not be calculated.

Although this meant that he no longer needed to spend points to redeem the survival time, nor did he need to complete the mainline task to survive, and all the points he obtained through the live broadcast could be used to purchase props, but…

Such a powerful advantage also meant that this behavior must have greatly exceeded the scope allowed by the instance.

However, Wen Jianyan really didn’t expect that at the end the “New Team Battle Mode” would be activated in the instance…

After seeing the ratio of people in the red team and black team, he immediately understood the terrible situation he was facing now.

With such a disparity in strength between the teams, only the fool would join the obviously weaker black team to be strongly targeted by the instance the next moment; and under such development, the situation would definitely evolve into a one-to-many encirclement, pursuit, and attack.

In addition to the increase in the difficulty of the current instance, if he continued to be targeted, it would definitely be more difficult for him in the future.

It’s too bad.

Really too bad.

Wen Jianyan sighed and opened the Nightmare app.

He didn’t know when it started, but the mainline task on the app had been refreshed.

[Mainline live mission 1: Escape from the red team before the end of the instance (7:00 a.m.)]

[Mainline Live Mission 2: Prevent the plan from completing.]

Based on his own mainline task, the red team’s task should almost be completely opposite of the black team and should be nothing more than destroying the black team and completing the plan.

Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.

But… There was one very important variable that had to be considered.

That was the instance itself.

“Complete the plan”, “Prevent the plan from completing”, what was the plan here?

According to Wen Jianyan’s speculation, this should be related to why Fukang Private General Hospital had cultivated so many ghost babies and why Lin Qing died.

But the key point was… the red team has no clear understanding of all this.

They had just been put into the instance, and their understanding of the instance was definitely not as good as that of the black team who had been struggling here for nearly four hours. Then, in order to ensure that the cognition between the two teams was balanced to a certain extent, the instance would definitely reveal some information to the red team that the black team didn’t know.

Wen Jianyan didn’t think the instance would directly reveal all the secrets to them.

After all, although the red team held the responsibility of eliminating the black team and maintaining the balance of the instance, they were still the anchors in the end. They were living people who would be attacked by ghosts in the instance. For the sake of a better viewing experience for the audience, the instance wouldn’t give them that much of the green light.

Wen Jianyan stood at the door of the delivery room, pondering with his eyes down.

If he was a member of the opposite side, the most sensible method for the red team was to split into two groups; one team would look for clues according to the instance task prompt to make up for the information gap between the black team and the red team, while the other team would be responsible for searching for the traces of other anchors in the entire hospital. If they found the black team that would naturally be best, but if the other anchors were found, they would be drawn into the red team and the black team would become isolated.

The cockscomb head stared at the young man who had been silent for a long time not far away, not knowing what he was thinking about, and cautiously said:

“That… boss, what shall we do next?”

Hearing his voice, the young man raised his eyes and looked over.

“How about we go back to the first floor first?”

The cockscomb head suggested.

He knows very well that the first floor was very dangerous now, and it was very likely that it had already been taken over by the red team, but his remaining points were not enough. At most, he could only buy life-saving props once, and if he didn’t have enough points to buy the survival time he would still be killed by the instance. It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the red team might not have fully controlled the first floor and go to the duty room to complete the mainline task, and then leave quickly after earning points.

The cockscomb head explained his own thoughts.

His idea was clear with strong evidence, and no one would be able to reject such a proposal.

“No need.”

Wen Jianyan interrupted him lightly.

“……” The cockscomb head choked and looked up at the other party blankly.

Ah? No need? Why is it not needed?

It’s obviously necessary, isn’t it?

Wen Jianyan asked, “How many points do you have left?”

The cockscomb head was stunned for a while, and subconsciously replied: “Eighteen thousand…”

The young man lowered his head and performed a few simple operations on the mobile phone. The next second, the cockscomb head heard a “ding” sound from his mobile phone——

[Your Black teammate has transferred points to you: 20000]

The cockscomb head: “?”

?

???

He blinked sluggishly, and it took him five seconds to realize that such a huge number of points was actually real!

…Oh my God.

The cockscomb head’s eyes widened in disbelief, barely believing his own eyes.

How advanced an anchor must be to be so generous. In the blink of an eye, he transferred 20,000 points! How high were the initial points he could bring into the instance?!

No wonder he was completely uninterested in the 18,000-point transaction that he proposed!

Wen Jianyan, an E-level anchor with only 1,000 initial points, said without changing his expression, “Is it enough now?”

“Enough, enough.”

The cockscomb head held his phone and said in a trance.

Wen Jianyan was not a kind person. Since he was willing to give out more than one-fourth of his points to the other party at once, he obviously had other plans.

The first step was to further strengthen his identity as a “big shot”.

Although the other party was now forced to tie to the same boat as him, if the disadvantage on his side was too obvious, and the anchors of the opposite party could come up with any way to resolve the contract, then their friendship boat would be in jeopardy.

And in Wen Jianyan’s next plan, the other party was absolutely indispensable.

How to make the other party completely obey your orders?

First of all, blind the other party so that they did not feel that they were at a disadvantage.

The identity of a “Senior anchor” was the best cover. Sufficient experience in the instance, countless props in the backpack, and numerous points were all temptations that couldn’t be rejected.

There were two ways to get a perfect alliance, the first was profit, and the second was fear.

According to Wen Jianyan’s information on the Anchor square some time ago, most of the senior anchors were the core backbone of the guild. They not only represent themselves but also represent the huge force behind them.

In other words, the identity of “Senior anchor” also had another meaning:

If you betray me, my guild and I will take revenge on you.

Wen Jianyan now had ghost babies on his side, so he didn’t need to buy the survival time, that was why he could take out such a large amount of points—but the cockscomb head didn’t know this, and he would only think:

This person is really a big shot.

Sure enough, after receiving such a huge transfer of points, the cockscomb head looked at Wen Jianyan exactly the same way:

“Boss, tell me, what am I going to do next?”

Wen Jianyan returned to Lin Qing’s office with the cockscomb head, took out the pen and paper from the drawer, and wrote a few words on the paper. Then he folded the paper, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and handed them to the cockscomb head together.

“…?”

The cockscomb head held the piece of paper and the mobile phone, with an extremely dazed expression on his face: “This… what are you doing?”

Wen Jianyan slowly put the cap of the pen back, raised his eyelids, and said in the attitude of a big boss who would not change his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him:

“Next, you go to the second floor and give these things to an anchor named Su Cheng.”

He thought for a while, then added: “He’s probably in the archive room right now, you can go look there first.”

After all, before the two separated, Wen Jianyan had entrusted Su Cheng to take Qi Shen to the archive room to find information. If nothing unexpected happened, he should probably still be in the archive room now.

It seems that this anchor named Su Cheng should be the teammate of this big shot.

The cockscomb head couldn’t help but be in awe.

To be able to hold such thick thighs, this Su Cheng might not be that easy.

But…

He looked down at the other party’s mobile phone in his hand with a hesitant look on his face: “This mobile phone…”

This mobile phone was allocated by the system, and no one could open it except the anchor himself. Even if it was given to a teammate, the teammate couldn’t use the mobile phone to go to the system store to buy props or use the props in the backpack.

Simply put, this prop was just a brick in the hands of other anchors.

Moreover, if you didn’t use a mobile phone, you could only open the live broadcast interface for shopping. Although other NPCs couldn’t see the live broadcast panel, tapping in the space was too weird, and it was easy to be suspected. The anchors could also see each other’s live broadcast panels; and if someone opened the interface during team battles, they would be located almost at once.

The cockscomb head couldn’t figure out why the other party would make him take the phone away.

After all, the mobile phone had no signal in the instance. Unless you use the props purchased with points, there was no communication possible between the two anchors. And as the team battle would progress, the situation in the instance would definitely become more and more complicated, and who knows what would be the situation the next time they would run into each other.

In other words, if the other party wanted to get the phone back, it would be even more difficult.

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

Wen Jianyan’s face was calm, and his tone was gentle and indifferent: “You just do as I say.”

The lights in the doctor’s office were very bright, illuminating the young man’s face clearly. His skin was morbidly pale, and his eyes became more and more dark, like a bottomless vortex that could suck people in.

The cockscomb head was shaken.

There was a sense of authority and oppression in the other party’s attitude, which made people subconsciously want to obey, with almost no doubt in mind.

Since the boss has already said so, he must have his own considerations.

I’m just a D-level anchor who has only been through four instances. Isn’t it too stupid and superficial to question in front of a senior anchor?!

At this moment, Wen Jianyan added lightly: “Don’t worry, although there are not many people on our side, as long as you do as I say, it’s entirely possible to change the current situation.”

The young man’s expression was calm, and his clear voice carried convincing and strong confidence.

“Okay, okay.”

The cockscomb head’s eyes became firm. He put the things Wen Jianyan gave him in his pocket, and after asking in detail about Su Cheng’s appearance, he turned around and left.

With the opening of the team battle mode in the instance, the number of people online in the “Integrity First” live broadcast room had risen, and the new influx of viewers online soon outnumbered the old viewers in the live broadcast room.

[??? Did I enter the wrong live room? He is the Captain of the team black?]

[Ah, E-level, isn’t it already over? The opponent is at least D-level, and there is even a C+-level Oracle anchor. There is no suspense here at all. Alas, I’m hoping for the hunt not to end so early, I haven’t seen it for a long time!]

[Speaking of which, do any of you find it strange? If I remember clearly,  the other anchor of the Black team is a D-level, right? Why is he so obedient to an E-level anchor, and his expression looks like that of a blind worshiper, so strange …]

[Right! You also think it’s weird!]

[And the name of this live broadcast room…  “Integrity First”, what kind of weird name is this?]

Watching the other person’s back disappear from sight, Wen Jianyan breathed a small sigh of relief.

The previously unfathomable appearance of a big boss disappeared, and the young man seemed to have his bones removed in an instant. He relaxed and collapsed lazily on the chair in Lin Qing’s office.

The success of his next plan largely depends on whether the cockscomb head could find Su Cheng safely.

The reason why Wen Jianyan gave his 20,000 points so generously was precisely for this.

The difficulty of the second floor was not very high. The anchors who patrolled the second floor in the last round all survived, and the cockscomb head was a D-level anchor who had experienced four instances, plus with the 20,000 points he had transferred, it should not be difficult for him to find Su Cheng.

All he had to do next was to wait.

In the space, the little blue-purple baby hand slowly emerged, approaching silently—

The audience in the barrage who had seen this instance before was shocked:

[Fuck, ghost baby!]

[Why is the ghost baby here!]

[Fuck fuck fuck, I’m scared!]

[It can’t be, right? The team battle hasn’t even started yet, and the Captain of the Black team is about to be finished here!]

The next second, the little blue-purple hand secretly grabbed the young man’s slender little finger hanging by his side.

Wen Jianyan lifted his eyelids lazily as if he was not surprised at all. There was no sign of struggling or running away, he just said one word lightly:

“Good.”

In the live broadcast room: […..]

[?]

[??]

[?????]

As if realizing that the young man did not reject this, more and more small blue-purple hands emerged from the void and wrapped around the young man’s body one after another. Some grabbed the corners of his clothes, some hugged his calves, some hugged his waist, and some even leaned directly on the young man’s chest, with an intimate and reliant attitude.

The young man with clear facial features and a pale complexion allowed them to move on his body. Soon, his slender and straight body was covered with small blue-purple arms and huge heads.

He pulled the ghost baby on his chest to make it lie down more comfortably.

His long and dark eyelashes drooped down, the corners of his bloodless lips were slightly raised, and his expression was gentle and indulgent, almost doting.

The overly handsome pale features of the human being and the terrifying babies wrapped around him were combined, creating an extremely distinct visual impact, an almost heretical terrifying beauty.

In the live broadcast room: “…………………”

[…Is it really not my screen that is malfunctioning?]

[Sorry to interrupt.]

[Folks, I have really begun to doubt life. Can some big shot tell me what’s going on?]

[What the hell with this Black team captain?!]

A small number of barrages that were incompatible with other audiences jumped out:

[Aaaaaaaahhhhhh It’s my beautiful wife I was destined to be with and our 110 love crystallization.]

[Pants on fire!]

[The Virgin Mary holding the Baby! Is this the Virgin Mary holding the Baby!]

***

Fukang Private General Hospital, Second floor, Archive room.

“What’s wrong?” Qi Shen looked at Su Cheng and asked with some doubts, “Our patrol mission on this floor should be over, right? Isn’t it time to report back to the first floor?”

“……”

Su Cheng was silent and did not answer.

He pulled his phone out of his pocket, and the dim light from the phone’s screen illuminated his face.

The instance had changed just now, and the difficulty also increased. Su Cheng had also received the system notification about the start of the team battle, and the moment he heard the content, Su Cheng had an inexplicable premonition…

This probably had something to do with his unreliable liar friend.

The live broadcast backstage was quietly waiting for him to make a choice.

Red or Black?

The red team has now become nine, and the Black team still has only two.

Su Cheng gritted his teeth and turned off the screen.

Before meeting Wen Jianyan, he couldn’t make a rash decision. The situation of being separated into two different teams and having to fight each other to survive was something he didn’t want to see.

At this moment, a series of hurried footsteps came from the corridor, which seemed to be coming down from the direction of the third floor.

Su Cheng’s spirit was lifted. He walked to the door of the archive room, pushed the door slightly to open a slit, and looked out the door——

Only to see a sneaky-looking cockscomb head coming down from the third floor, and then walking in this direction.

Su Cheng held his breath subconsciously, and his body tensed slightly.

He was not sure whether the person who came was an enemy or a friend, so the best thing to do now was to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible and wait and see.

What he didn’t expect was that the cockscomb head stopped at the door of the archive room, knocked on the door three times with his knuckles, and said in a low voice:

“Su Cheng?”

“?!”

Su Cheng was surprised.

After entering this instance, he never told anyone his name, and only Wen Jianyan should know his real name.

But Su Cheng still did not let his guard down.

After all, there were many props sold in Nightmare’s system store with strange effects. He couldn’t be completely sure that the other party was sent by Wen Jianyan to find him.

He also lowered his voice and responded cautiously:

“Who sent you here?”

“Your teammate.”

The cockscomb head answered confidently.

Seeing that there was no movement inside the door, the cockscomb head was a little anxious: “It’s that senior anchor, he should be the only big shot in the entire instance!”

“……”

The door of the archive room opened from the inside, revealing Su Cheng’s expressionless face: “Oh, come in.”

If the other party reported Wen Jianyan’s name directly, he would not believe it. After all, that damn liar would never reveal his real name so easily, and in the last instance, he was also forced to disclose himself.

But the cockscomb head said so…

It was definitely Wen Jianyan.

After all, he had a fart senior anchor teammate. His only teammate was an E-level liar.

——who spoke lies without changing his expression, deliberately mystify the simple things so as to be mysterious, and deceive people all around.

***

There was a “ding” in Wen Jianyan’s ear.

【Ding! Congratulations to the Black team for reaching three! 】

Feeling refreshed, he jumped up from his seat.

The ghost baby hanging on his body disappeared quickly along with his movements and soon the surroundings became empty, just like before.

——It seems that the cockscomb head found Su Cheng.

Wen Jianyan opened his own live broadcast interface, and sure enough, the familiar live broadcast room appeared under his team list. He tapped his finger in the void, leaving only 5,000 points for himself for an emergency, and then transferred the remaining points to Su Cheng.

5,000 points couldn’t buy any props in the store, but just in case the ghost babies disappeared and he had to continue to redeem the survival time.

And the pressure on Su Cheng would be very great next, there must be enough points to guarantee that they could all survive.

But Wen Jianyan was different here.

He closed the live broadcast interface and took a deep breath slowly. His eyes were shining mischievously, with a trace of uncontrollable excitement and pleasure.

He didn’t leave himself any points for purchasing props, because Wen Jianyan was not planning to and had no way to purchase props in any form.

***

Fukang Private General Hospital, Fourth floor, The Operating Room.

“Ding—”

The elevator arrived.

The old and decaying iron door slowly opened, and the figures of the four red team anchors appeared in the elevator. They lowered their voices and discussed the next plans and tactics.

Suddenly, Liu Yuze, who was in the Dark Fire, suddenly raised his head, and his falcon-like eyes shot sharply at the dark corner not far away:

“Who’s there?”

In an instant, all the anchors immediately became nervous and looked in that direction vigilantly and solemnly.

“Tap tap tap.”

Even steps came from the darkness, and a slender figure appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.

A young man in a white coat walked out slowly.

His facial features were handsome, with thin gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and under the dim light, his skin showed a sickly pale color. A pair of pitch-black eyes as if they couldn’t be penetrated by the light were squinted slightly like an unfathomable dark abyss, with a ghostly aura coming toward them in an instant.

His eyes were indifferent as if he was staring at some lifeless dead thing, almost as cold and sharp as a scalpel, causing everyone who was locked by his gaze to shudder with fear.

The four anchors of the red team stood at the elevator entrance, looking at the doctor not far away in disbelief.

“You are too slow.” The young man said coldly, “Don’t you know that time is pressing?”

There was a badge on his chest—Obstetrician and Gynecologist: Lin Qing.

What should you do when you were targeted by the instance, surrounded and suppressed by the red team who had several times more people than the black team, and were even about to lose the advantage of understanding the instance?

Simple.

—— Wouldn’t it be good to join the red team?

At the bottom of the young man’s dark eyes, a hint of a smile swept by, like a fleeting ripple.