Trembling At A High Altitude

Thank you, Alliance Hierarch, for the reward of one hundred thousand Qi Dian Coins during your chance encounter at the end of the sea!

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After the young Octopus Monster had its fill, it didn't continue to suck on other parts of their bodies but returned to the den of the mother Octopus Monster.

The mother Octopus Monster wriggled its body and left the entrance of the den again.

What remained in the den were eight humans, crying to heaven and earth, their screams resounding.

With the special nutrition provided by the mucus from the tentacles on the walls, muscle tissue began gradually covering the bare bones of the arms and legs of the eight people, as if everything was regenerating.

However, regeneration was accompanied by an intensely irritating itch and severe pain, which doubled their suffering.

What was more terrifying was that after seeing their limbs regenerating, they could easily imagine they had become food for these young Octopus Monsters—and not just any food but a cyclically harvested one. Once their limbs healed, those young Octopus Monsters would surely come to feed again!

Isn't this too damn horrifying?

"Everyone hold on, stop shouting, it's no use. All this is temporary, when midnight strikes, we'll be back in the big house," Li Teng shouted to the others.

"How can one endure this damn thing? Let me die! Let me die!" Luo Bijiao's loli voice had become terrifying and mournful.

"I really can't endure it! Can I die? Let me die too," Elsa wept loudly.

"Let me die too," Gao Fei also cried.

Liu Yin was incessantly screaming, paying no attention to what the others were saying.

Mrs. Guo was also screaming and sobbing loudly.

"Hold on! We are soldiers! Think about Lele! We must persevere! Endure it!" Guo Haopeng's brow was tightly furrowed, constantly encouraging his wife.

Under such intense pain and unbearable itching, it was impossible for them to hold on.

The cave was filled with all sorts of screams and curses.

Li Teng, on the other hand, quieted down.

The others looked towards Li Teng, only to find that he had actually fallen asleep!

Or if not asleep, he was preparing to forcibly fall asleep.

With such pain and itching, could one still fall asleep?

Could it be that he had no pain receptors?

Li Teng's experience of pain and itching was no different from the others present.

But this was not the first time he had slept under such painful conditions.

Moreover, since midnight, other than running, he had been killing monsters, and later, he was running around with Liu Yin, not resting for a single minute, his mind and body were already exhausted to their limits, and he was extremely sleepy.

So, choosing to sleep at this time was a necessity.

Half an hour later, muscles had fully regrown on everyone's arms and legs.

The pain and itching had also temporarily subsided.

But the psychological fear had not decreased at all and had become even more intense than before.

That fear peaked when the mother Octopus Monster appeared once more.

And so, the cycle began anew.

It wasn't even one o'clock in the afternoon yet.

Midnight seemed very far away.

...

Midnight.

As Li Teng had said, everything came true.

They awoke from the beds in the bedrooms of the big house they were in.

Li Teng hurriedly looked up at the wall.

The thirty-day countdown on the wall had not rolled back even though he had slept in the Octopus Monster's den.

It seemed that sleeping from midnight to noon would incur a penalty, resulting in the countdown rolling back.

However, sleeping from noon to the next midnight would not incur a penalty.

Of course, one would first have to be able to fall asleep under those circumstances.

Li Teng now felt refreshed in both spirit and body, and he could consider going out to hunt again.

With the Exploration APP, the pitch darkness outside did not matter anymore.

His hunting equipment...

Li Teng was delighted to find that all his weapons and gear had appeared on the bedside table!

When everything reset at midnight, even the weapons and gear that had been lost were returned.

This setup was fairly merciful, otherwise everything would have to start from scratch again.

As Li Teng was preparing to go out, he suddenly thought of something.

There was something not quite right about Liu Yin's situation.

The previous few times, it had always been her who took the initiative to come out and find him, so why was there no movement this time?

...

"Is it possible to find relief in death?" Elsa asked Gao Fei through tears.

"You can try it out."

When Elsa asked Gao Fei this question yesterday, he had persuaded her.

But today, he didn't plan on persuading her anymore.

He wanted to die as well.

They were even envious of Daisy now, envious that she had the foresight to do what she did.

If they had jumped off the pillar like Daisy did back then, they wouldn't have to endure this torment now.

Anna too had foresight; she had run away early.

But they, the ordinary extras, couldn't escape.

"I'll give it a try, don't save me," Elsa said emotionlessly as she walked out of Gao Fei's bedroom.

"I won't," Gao Fei murmured.

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"I don't want to live anymore! I don't want to live anymore! May I be struck by lightning! What kind of crappy place is this? Who have I offended to end up here? Someone save me! I can't take it anymore! Let me go! Ah!" Luo Bijiao cried out loud.

"It must be because Li Teng has offended someone again, brought down divine punishment on us, and made us all suffer!" Huang Xun analyzed with his self-proclaimed clever brain.

"I'm not with Li Teng! You don't need to drag me down when you're dealing with him! I'm innocent!" Huang Xun thought for a moment before he shouted again into the air.

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"I can't go on, let me die!" Mrs. Guo also cried in the bedroom.

This time, Guo Haopeng didn't comfort his wife.

He didn't know how to.

In such a situation, perhaps death was indeed the true relief.

But, he had a vague feeling.

They might not be able to die here.

After silently standing by the bed for a while, Guo Haopeng returned to the living room and went to the treadmill.

Then he began to run with all his might.

When dawn came, he would have to continue hunting Giant Rats.

For the chance of being reunited with his family, he couldn't give up as long as there was the slightest hope.

...

Li Teng went to Liu Yin's door and knocked.

There was no response from inside.

Li Teng sensed that something was wrong, and with one kick, he forced the door open and rushed in.

As expected, Liu Yin had slashed her wrists with scissors, lying on the bed with her arm dangling over the edge, blood flowing down her fingers.

Hearing the sound of Li Teng barging in, Liu Yin didn't even attempt to get up from the bed.

She didn't even lift her head.

Li Teng stood silently by the door for a long time, then finally retreated without doing anything.

It wasn't that he didn't want to save people.

It was that he couldn't save them, nor was there any need to.

Because, according to this plot setting, they couldn't die no matter what.

Back when Li Teng listened to the fat male director discussing how Liu Shiyuan was 'perverted', he thought of many possibilities, even wondering if Liu Shiyuan had some issues with his sexual orientation.

But that sort of 'perverted' was the mildest kind of 'perverted'.

Now this kind of 'perverted' was the true 'perverted'!

Subjecting you to an existence where you can neither live in peace nor die in peace.

Li Teng had no time for sorrow or anger; he put on his leg guards and breastplate, picked up the Alloy Spiked Hammer, unlocked the living room window, pushed open the security door, stepped out, closed the security door firmly behind him, and resolutely walked into the darkness.