Welcome to the Nightmare Live - CH 63.1

Su Cheng waited anxiously in the corridor.

Not far away, the door of apartment 1316 was closed.

The paint on the door panel was mottled and peeled off, and the numbers on the brass door plate looked particularly eye-catching in the dark.

Too quiet.

It was too quiet.

The cold air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the rust-like smell lingered in his nose, bringing a strong sense of uneasiness. His heart pounded in his chest cavity as if it could smash ribs.

What was going on inside?

Su Cheng wasn’t clear about it.

He only knew that the moment Wen Jianyan opened the door, his figure was swept away by some invisible force and disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye. The next second, the door slammed shut, covering every sound and movement behind it.

One second before the door closed, the last thing he heard was the sound of flesh being pierced.

Afterward, he could only fall into a long wait.

Su Cheng stood in the corridor not far away, frowning and upset, turning his head to look at the closed door of 1316 from time to time.

From the beginning until now, nothing happened.

No sound was heard, nor was there any signal; except for the increasingly thick smell of blood in the air, the rest was completely quiet.

The young man who was dragged into the room was like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace.

Was that liar still alive?

He had no idea.

Su Cheng still remembered that before entering 1316, Wen Jianyan told him that if he went in for more than five minutes, there was no need to wait any longer; just leave.

Although he didn’t explain why, Su Cheng knew that this meant the other party should have died by the time.

Su Cheng couldn’t help lowering his head again and glancing at the phone.

Four minutes have passed.

However, there was still a dead silence in 1316, as if a stone was pressing on his chest, making him almost out of breath.

In the live broadcast hall of “Antai Community”, the blood-red 20-minute countdown suspended on the top was still moving, and the number on it was steadily decreasing as time went by.

All of the viewers looked up from time to time, anticipating the possible changes in the instance after the countdown ended.

Finally, the countdown went to zero.

【Ding!】

At that moment, the mechanical sound of the system sounded in the ears of all the anchors:

【The instance “Antai Community” has been alienated successfully! The difficulty has increased! A new team battle mode will be unlocked soon: Non-confrontational faction battle.】

“???”

Su Cheng’s eyes widened slightly.

Wasn’t the hunting mission given by Granny Wen to everyone because of alienation? How come there was more?

And what the hell was a non-confrontational faction battle?!

He kind of broke down.

The other anchors who were still fighting stopped involuntarily.

They were also taken aback.

Wait a minute, did that mean they were just starting a team battle now? …Then what was the scuffle they just had with the camp of evil spirit believers from Dark Fire?

【The anchor can spend points to ask for help from designated targets outside the instance, and the system will draw a 20% commission.】

【The respondents will be in the same faction as those who seek help.】

【When all the members are here, an upgraded version of the map will be released. New identity card content will be issued to all the anchors, and random faction assignments will be made.】

【Faction-based victory rules: the faction, which would complete their main line task first will be the winner.】

【All the winners will survive, and all the losers will be wiped out.】

After listening to all the rules, Su Cheng’s heart skipped a beat.

Wiped out?!

This was completely different from the last hunting battle. Fighting for one’s life had become the only option under such harsh system rules. As long as a faction fails, all the anchors in it would be punished together…

The winner lives, and the loser dies.

Even just listening to it made people’s hearts skip a beat.

Su Cheng lowered his head and opened the Nightmare app on his phone.

A new faction selection screen had appeared in it.

The red side was the Bodhisattva faction, and the black side was the evil spirit faction.

However, this time, the number of people on the red side and the black side was all 0, so the anchor himself could not actively choose a side and could only wait for the system to randomly assign them.

“Rumble—”

There was a faint rumble coming from the depths of the wall, the scarlet lights overhead flickered slightly, and the ground seemed to be shaking invisibly.

Su Cheng felt dizzy and had to hold onto the wall to stabilize his figure.

The brief vibration disappeared, and Su Cheng raised his head and subconsciously looked in the direction of 1316.

In the next second, he couldn’t help but gasp.

The door panel was covered with talismans with red letters and a yellow background. The thick and cold chains hung on both sides of the door panel, and the locks’ heads were tilted to one side, as if they had been pried open by someone.

This was clearly… how it looked in the outside world!

However, the light above his head was still a terrible scarlet color, and the walls were still twisted and weird, clearly looking like when he was in the Bagua mirror.

Was this… the upgraded version of the new map?

The world outside the mirror was basically completely controlled by Granny Wen and her paper figurines. They entered the world inside the mirror to escape from the pursuit. If the inside and outside of the mirror really merge into one world, then…

Su Cheng shivered, lowered his head, and opened the help interface.

There were two options for asking for help: one was to ask for help from a designated person, and the other was to ask for help from idle anchors indiscriminately. Su Cheng gritted his teeth and issued a detailed request for help.

【Would you like to seek help from the designated target?】

“Yes.”

The balance of 10,000 points was quickly deducted from his account.

Su Cheng waited anxiously, and soon, the system’s cold voice sounded from beside his ears: 【Ding! The person who you asked for help has accepted your invitation!】

On the side of the open space, a familiar figure appeared out of thin air.

Ji Guan fell on the cold and hard ground with a slightly distorted expression, cursing with a grim expression: “Damn, it hurts!”

Su Cheng was both surprised and delighted: “You agreed to my invitation!”

Ji Guan patted the dust off his buttocks and stood up: “Of course! You have asked for help, isn’t it because you surely need my help!”

He didn’t join Wen Jianyan and the others this time, mainly because the number of people in a team was limited for different anchor levels. A free D-level anchor without a guild could only form a team of two at most, and if they were in the same guild, they could form a three-person team. For Su Cheng, as an anchor who was likely to be targeted by the Oracle, it was too dangerous to enter the instance alone, so this time Ji Guan entered the instance alone, while Wen Jianyan and Su Cheng teamed up to enter it.

“I entered a level C instance this time. Compared with the previous Fukang Hospital, the difficulty was not the slightest bit worse… Anyway, I survived and earned a lot of points. I should be able to upgrade soon.”

Ji Guan sighed and said naggingly: “I didn’t expect to receive your help as soon as I came out. I knew that Wen Jianyan shouldn’t be well-behaved. He must have changed the difficulty of the instance again, right?”

“Speaking of…”

He turned his head and looked around, but he didn’t see the familiar figure, so he couldn’t help showing a puzzled expression:

“Where’s him?”

Su Cheng pointed to 1316 with the closed door beside him: “Inside.”

Ji Guan looked in the direction Su Cheng was pointing, and after seeing the room covered with charms, he couldn’t help but gasp: “Damn it, is it so bad?”

He rolled up his sleeves: “That’s why you called me here! Is Wen Jianyan in danger? Let’s go—”

Su Cheng stopped Ji Guan: “Wait, wait…”

Next, Su Cheng briefly explained what had happened before. Although his description was very concise, Ji Guan was still terrified: “Wait, why does your instance sound so difficult? What is the level? “

Su Cheng was also taken aback: “Didn’t you get the notification when you came in?”

Ji Guan looked blank: “…No.”

Su Cheng blinked, and slowly spit out two words: “B-“

Ji Guan: “……”

After a few seconds of silence, he said in a trance, “…Huh?”

What…

Which level?!

At this moment, the mechanical system voice sounded again:

【Ding, all the people have entered the instance, and the content of the identity card is being issued…】

【A faction has been assigned to all the anchors.】

Hearing this, Su Cheng lowered his head and opened the Nightmare app. The moment he saw the faction he was randomly assigned to, his pupils couldn’t help but shrink.

【Congratulations on entering the red faction.】

【The main line task has been updated: refine the tenth soul-locking altar and completely suppress the evil spirits.】

Red side?!

That is, Granny Wen’s camp? What, how could this be?!

Su Cheng opened the system store in a panic, but he couldn’t find any items that would allow him to switch sides.

As a supporter, Ji Guan was also assigned to the red side, just like him.

Although he hadn’t recovered from the explosive news just now, he still noticed the overly serious expression on Su Cheng’s face and subconsciously asked, “What’s wrong?”

Su Cheng raised his head slowly: “We…we were assigned to the red side, not the black side.”

Ji Guan didn’t know much about the forces in the current instance, so he had a dazed expression on his face:

“So what’s wrong with that?”

Su Cheng took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe his face, gritted his teeth, and said, “Wen Jianyan’s identity card is that of an evil spirit believer.”

A true, iron-willed member of the black faction!!!

***

On the other side, the other anchors in the instance cautiously dispersed to prevent getting too close to people who were not from their own faction.

The reminder that the faction battle had started sounded in everyone’s ears.

They opened the Nightmare app one after another, quickly glanced at their new identity cards, and then finally turned their attention to the faction member chart.

All the anchors were startled.

【Number of people on the red side: 23】

【Number of people on the black side: 1】

If there was only one person in the evil spirit faction, then their previous guess was completely wrong… it meant there was only one evil spirit believer from beginning to end!

After a brief moment of stupefaction, Wang Hanyu’s expression darkened instantly:

“Fuck, I see what’s going on.”

He looked at the other red anchors beside him and gritted his teeth fiercely: “That Dark Fire anchor has played tricks on all of us!”

In the “Antai Community” live broadcast hall.

[Good guy, this is the first time I’ve seen a faction with only one member!]

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, now the other anchors have finally come to their senses, all the members are going to go after him, that’s great!]

[But isn’t that anchor on the black side already finished?! Under the current rules, it is impossible for him to win unless he completes black’s main line mission ahead of schedule, and even if he does complete it ahead of schedule, his two teammates will all die here with the red team… This is simply unsolvable.]

[Woo-hoo, no way, my dog ​​liar! I’m still waiting to see him form a fraud gang!]