I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

He discovered that this kind of "spider silk" was extremely fine and tough; when a leaf fell upon it, it split into two seamlessly without any hindrance.

The instant it touched, the spider silk seemed to tremble slightly, like a high-frequency oscillating cutting line, which was quite terrifying.

The five people dared not make a sound, even controlling the speed of their breathing.

"—Although we are safe this way, our Sanity Values are decreasing too rapidly. I'm already feeling a bit of a headache, and soon I'll go mad... We won't be able to go much further."

Horseman sent a message in the public chat.

"—I have an idea... we can let one person scout ahead as quickly as possible. If they die, we'll know where the 'spider silk' is.

When the person scouting ahead dies, someone else from behind can replace them. This way, we'll be much more efficient,"

Polaris shared his thought.

After a few seconds of silence, Su Keying cautiously sent a message:

"—So, who goes first?"

"..."

Everyone only had three Resurrection chances, and they had already wasted one. The next person to scout was most likely to die first, which would considerably shorten the time they had for this part of the game.

"—I'll go first. You guys decide later who will replace me... Now is not the time to be selfish, we can only benefit by working together."

Horseman took a deep breath, sent the message, and then stepped out of the group to run forward.

The others looked at each other, fell silent for a moment, and hurriedly followed, but they deliberately kept a distance from Horseman to avoid encountering the spider silk without time to react.

After running several hundred meters, Horseman suddenly collapsed.

Those behind saw clearly as his body was horizontally sliced in half from the waist, turning into two sections, and then dissolving into white light.

"—I'm dead, be careful... I'll catch up soon."

Horseman sent a message.

"—Next, I'll go. Brother Polaris has a lot of experience, let him stay till the end."

Perhaps inspired by Horseman, Forget No Taboo volunteered to take over next.

After avoiding the spider silk where Horseman died, Forget No Taboo started to sprint. In this manner, they cycled through a few times, and everyone died once.

But the players had now mapped out a long stretch of the path and were filled with confidence. Once again, they used this method to continue exploring.

After another round, only Polaris was left.

"—I've walked a long stretch already, it seems I'm out of the 'spider silk' area, there's no danger here."

He sent a message in the public chat.

"—That's great! Finally, we're out of the 'spider silk' area... The few of us have regrouped behind and are heading your way."

Su Keying replied.

Polaris took a deep breath and moved forward.

He had previously participated in a gang fight at the Outer City District sewer and levelled up to 10, but because of these two deaths, he dropped back to level 8. Continue your adventure at empire

So far, there had been no significant gains, which was rather frustrating for him.

"Hopefully, there will be some gains coming up..."

Soon, he felt his vision broaden up; ahead in the forest, there appeared a small pond. In the middle of the pond, there was a small patch of land with an old wooden box on it.

This scene immediately brought two words to Polaris's mind—"Trap."

With his extensive gaming experience, he had seen many such scenarios before.

He stopped his steps and stood at a distance from the pond, then shared his observations in the public chat.

"—A Treasure Box? A pond? This is definitely a trap..."

Horseman replied.

"—Polaris, wait for us, we'll be there soon."

Just then, Polaris began to experience a splitting headache. He opened the panel to check and saw that his Sanity had fallen below fifty percent.

He endured the pain and sent a message with difficulty.

"—Hurry up, we don't have much time left!"