The entire scene could only be described as brutal. Little You's body was left on the ground in an extremely twisted posture, looking as if she had suffered immense terror or pain before her death. The skin at the site of her severed neck was in a 'stretched' state, hanging loosely.
The most chilling part was the massive amount of blood that had sprayed from the wound. This blood had first splattered onto the ceiling, then, as the corpse collapsed, it trailed from the ceiling all the way to the floor, finally exploding in a scattered shape. It felt as if Little You's body were a cola bottle that had been shaken for a long time, and her head was the cap; the moment her head was twisted off, the liquid inside had sprayed out frantically.
In the Ark, the corpses of players do not disappear after death. This is to facilitate the Plot or to allow other players to speculate on the cause of death.
The moment Mu Wei San saw this scene, he had already entered combat mode, immediately raising his shield and carefully scanning every corner of the Room.
"This is not a trick; Little You has indeed been killed," Ye Qilang said, then displayed the teammate list to everyone. In an Instance, after a player makes their Information public, their name appears on the teammate list. At this moment, behind the name 【ξEternal Phantomξ‥★】, it was already marked as 【Dead】.
By now, Mu Wei San had also inspected the entire Room. Only after he was Determined that there were no enemies inside did he finally lower his 【Door panel】: "The situation is getting difficult. Up until now, we haven't even seen a real enemy, yet we've already had a case of Mutual slaughter, and we've lost a teammate. Sigh, it seems choosing to queue for Multiplayer Mode this early wasn't a good choice. I might as well have—damn it! What are you doing!"
Just as he was speaking, Older Brother Mu Wei San let out a shout.
Because he saw that Lu Yuan had approached Little You at some point, and his hand had already reached into the corpse—don't misunderstand, it was reaching in from the neck wound—and he seemed to be trying to push further inside, attempting to probe his fingers into a deeper Location.
In the Ark, there is a certain amount of censorship for such scenes, meaning they are pixelated. However, these corrections are only set for players under 18. Adult players do not have any scenes blocked, striving for absolute realism. Therefore, Mu Wei San was currently watching Lu Yuan's insane behavior without any obstruction.
However, Lu Yuan's expression was calm. He probed inside for a while longer before pulling his hand out. "Hmm, the actual situation we are facing might be more dangerous than we imagined," he said, flicking the blood off his hand quite casually.
"Wh—why do you say that?" Mu Wei San asked. During this time, he saw Lu Yuan glance at him, and he subconsciously almost raised his shield.
Lu Yuan took out a bottle of cola, popped the tab with his Bloody hand, and took a sip. "I just inspected the corpse a little."
"You damn lunatic, you call that 'inspecting a little'? Your hand went inside! And now the blood on your hand is dripping into your cola, how can you still drink it like nothing happened!" Mu Wei San seemed to finally be unable to hold it in and shouted loudly.
Lu Yuan's expression remained normal. "I don't have any Tools on hand right now, so naturally, it can only count as 'inspecting a little.' And this blood is just a piece of Game taste Data; fundamentally, it is the same Thing as the cola I'm drinking, so what does it matter if I drink them mixed together?"
"This..." Mu Wei San was momentarily speechless.
"Alright, don't interrupt me," Lu Yuan continued very seriously. "I just inspected the corpse; the muscle is still in a state of Spasm. She hasn't been dead long, and she was resisting with all her might before she died, but she wasn't able to make any excessive movements. The most critical point is that her spine was completely torn apart."
"What does that mean?" Brother Ye asked, having regained his composure.
"It means that, just as the Weird Tale said, her Head was pulled off by force." As he spoke, Lu Yuan vividly performed a 'pulling' motion.
"The w-weird tale is real? Ahhh, it's real?!!" Zou Qi had an expression like he was about to wet himself. His character setting was clearly that of an ordinary person; hearing such things and seeing such a scene, if it weren't for the system protecting him, he probably would have fainted from fear already.
"Of course it's real. And you probably can't imagine how much Strength it takes to pull off the head of a Living Person. Now, conservatively estimated, the enemy we have to face can unleash Strength comparable to a car traveling at full speed. An ordinary person would be basically finished if they were hit just once."
"Hiss—" Upon hearing this, Mu Wei San couldn't help but take a deep breath, though he was still a bit skeptical. "Not necessarily, right? How much Strength does it take to pull off a head? How do you know so clearly? And do you really know how to examine a corpse? Are you a police officer or a Doctor in the Real World?"
"I'm just an otaku, but having died many times, some things are naturally understood," Lu Yuan replied.
"Huh?" Mu Wei San didn't quite understand that for a moment, but Lu Yuan didn't give him time to think.
"Alright, that's about all the Information for this floor. Let's keep going up. This Meizi... oh my, she seems quite formidable."
As Lu Yuan walked toward the Room door, the group subconsciously made way for him.
"H-how does he seem so happy?" Mu Wei San stared at Lu Yuan's back and couldn't help but shout.
"Er—" Brother Ye also hesitated. Actually, for a few seconds just now, he felt that Lu Yuan was more chilling than the monster in this Instance. "Fine, maybe this guy works in some special profession in the Real World... but regardless, everything he's said so far has been quite reasonable, right?"
Mu Wei San swallowed his saliva. "Damn it, after this Instance, I'm planning to block him."
After saying that, he carried his shield and followed Lu Yuan. Brother Ye and Zou Qi also hurried to follow.
Just like that, the group headed to the third floor, only now Lu Yuan was walking at the very front of the team. It was unclear when Mu Wei San started to feel that exposing his back to Lu Yuan was a very uncomfortable thing.
Lu Yuan, however, was completely indifferent to this; in fact, he seemed even happier.
Because just now, the death of Little You had told him one thing: this 'Meizi' should be a very powerful boss.
Therefore, Lu Yuan's mind was now filled with only one thought:
"Fellow villager, don't be in a hurry~ I'm coming to find you."
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