【Ugh, this is so boring. It’s completely different from the last instance.】
【Is Lu Yun here on vacation? Why did he suddenly come to an intermediate instance like this?】
【For this apocalypse survival-type instance, isn’t Lu Yun basically holding everything in his hands? Horror, gore, and thrill ones are way more interesting.】
【Uh… although, apocalypse survival instances are also pretty bloody.】
【With Lu Yun’s style, it might really be bloody. One slash, one zombie.】
【Even so, you can’t just watch him slash zombies. The pacing of this instance is too long—you’ll get bored watching Lu Yun chop zombies until you feel sick.】
【He’s right. The “Pearl” instance is the top of the niche ones. You need to survive for six months to clear it. The points are pitifully low, and the reward is just some broken Lucky Grass. Even newbies don’t care about it.】
【You missed one thing—the “Pearl” instance strictly requires players to maintain their character role. If you break character, you’ll either be seriously injured or killed.】
【It’s a useless instance. Even the former rank 1 and rank 3 both failed it.】
【Very few people choose this instance. And although its overall rating is intermediate, its map is absurdly large—comparable to high-restriction instances.】
Lu Yun did not look at the bullet comments. He held a randomly picked, already rusted long blade in his hand and, following the role instructions he had received after entering the instance, found this hidden laboratory.
The laboratory was concealed inside an abandoned hospital. After the apocalypse descended, the city rapidly fell into a dead zone, and the hospital became ruins within ruins.
The corridor was scattered with faint bloodstains and shards of glass. The walls were covered in grime and scratch marks, silently telling of the tragedies that had once occurred here.
Lu Yun walked through the messy corridor, one hand in his pocket, expressionless as he moved forward.
When he entered the laboratory, he immediately saw the Hibernation Pod placed in the center. Its advanced craftsmanship and design were clearly visible.
Lu Yun slowed his steps and walked toward the Hibernation Pod. In his livestream room, tens of thousands of viewers were online, and as he approached, they gradually saw what was inside the pod.
Lu Yun’s steps paused slightly. At the same moment, the bullet comments went blank for an instant, then erupted like a system lag suddenly breaking.
【？？？】
【！！！】
【What kind of absolute beauty is this? I’m calling him my wife right now!】
【Oh my god, I’ve fallen in love with an NPC in an instance!】
【Wait, has this NPC ever appeared in this instance before? I’ve never seen him.】
【……I don’t know. “Pearl” is too niche. Maybe no players have entered for a long time, and the map is huge. The roles being played also haven’t repeated yet. It’s normal not to have seen him.】
Lu Yun ignored the now-crazed bullet comments. He was already used to their exaggerated reactions at times. His gaze carefully examined the person inside the Hibernation Pod.
The person had snow-white skin, exquisitely refined features, and pale lips. Most eye-catching was the long silver-white hair. Beneath the left eye was a small red teardrop mole, adding a fragile beauty to his appearance.
But Lu Yun did not linger on the appearance. He noticed that the person was awake, even though he was pretending to still be asleep.
According to the role information he received after entering the instance, this NPC was named Li Yingxue.
And the role he himself was playing was an orphan rescued by the Li Family before the apocalypse, raised from childhood by Father Li to become Li Yingxue’s shadow guard.
Of course, Li Yingxue did not know of his existence. Father Li and the Eldest Son of the Li Family had never allowed him to get too close.
On the day the apocalypse descended, it happened to coincide with Li Yingxue entering the Hibernation Pod. He followed Father Li to this laboratory and personally watched the pod door close. At that time, Li Yingxue had already been in a state of hibernation.
Father Li had said they would leave Rongcheng City soon, but after going out midway, he never returned. He had stayed alone beside the Hibernation Pod until screams erupted outside and the so-called Zombie Virus broke out.
Lu Yun was indeed, as the bullet comments said, too idle and had come here on what could only be described as a “vacation.”
As the top-ranked player, he had cleared all high-difficulty instances, possessed countless rare items, and this kind of intermediate survival instance was practically effortless for him.
Lu Yun was very solitary. He never formed teams with other players and never joined any guild.
But his strength was too terrifying. The major guilds kept eyeing him, so he simply chose the most obscure instance to escape the noise.
【Lu Yun, go on, why are you just standing there?】
Lu Yun tossed aside the blade in his hand.
He lifted his eyes and scanned the surroundings. Compared to the outside, this place was relatively clean.
Because for the past half year, Li Yingxue’s shadow had been guarding him the entire time. That shadow had awakened a supernatural ability and had wiped out all zombies and mutated species within a hundred-mile radius.
A loyal and foolish “servant.”