The hunter who had caught up from behind put his arm around Yin Xiu's shoulder and laughed, "So? Have you found the player's location yet? I'll go with you."
Yin Xiu silently turned to look at the hunter. Sure enough, everyone was wearing black cloaks and masks, and no one could see what anyone looked like underneath. Judging from the other person's reaction, there seemed to be no special way to distinguish them. Even face to face, no one noticed that the person under the cloak had changed.
Perhaps... we could disguise ourselves as hunters?
Yin Xiu pondered for a moment, then silently beckoned to the other person before turning around and descending the stone steps it had come up on.
"I just came back from there. What are you doing back there? Do you want to see the stone tablet too?" Another hunter saw Yin Xiu turn back again and followed behind him in confusion, turning on his locator. "That player is nearby! So close... Could they be ambushing us? Sometimes players try to kill us back, but we've encountered one right from the start?"
It looked around but didn't see any players. After descending the stone steps, there was a path paved with sharp stones, offering a clear view of everything.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Is something wrong that made you suddenly turn back?" The hunter muttered anxiously, talking to Yin Xiu while checking the locator. The more he looked, the deeper his brows furrowed. Why was this player's location constantly changing with them?
Was he following them?
It turned its head to look behind it, but indeed saw nothing. If it wasn't on the same level, could it be on the level above the island?
It looked up at the top of the cliff again, but saw no one. It was the first time that an elusive player had been following them, which really puzzled and frightened the hunter. It quickly tugged at Yin Xiu's sleeve, "Did you discover something unusual that made you turn back without saying a word? Is there something terrifying up there?"
Yin Xiu nodded, then pointed to the end of the road and quickly walked towards the stone tablet.
When he returned to the stone tablet, he immediately noticed some changes on it.
Previously, Yin Xiu couldn't understand the text on it, but now, wearing the mask, he can not only understand the strange text, but also clearly see the current death toll on the island below the text.
(9/100)
In other words, nine players died during the day due to infighting, four of whom he killed. Now that it's nighttime and the hunters have come ashore, who knows how many more they will kill? He's still far from having a hundred lives.
Sure enough, wearing the hunter's mask made everything look different; this is the information gap between the attacker and the defender.
Yin Xiu glanced at the number nine on the screen, then turned back to look at the hunter standing behind him, who had been observing with the locator in hand.
As for whether the hunters' disappearances on the island count as deaths, we'll have to test that out.
After examining the locator for a long time, the hunter suddenly noticed a problem: the player marker that had been following them wouldn't disappear for a long time. It followed them when they moved and stopped when they stopped. If the possibility of players tailing them was ruled out, then only one possibility remained...
The hunter slowly raised its face, wearing an expressionless mask, but beneath the mask, fear was clearly revealed.
"You...you're a player?"
Yin Xiu stared at it, still not speaking. His silence emanated from the cold mask, subtly outlining an eerie atmosphere.
His silence, his stillness, his motionless gaze through the mask at the hunter—he seemed more like a predator waiting for its prey than the hunter himself.
The familiar monster before their eyes was silently killed and replaced by the player. For the hunter, there is nothing more terrifying than this!
Upon realizing that Yin Xiu was a player, it suddenly took a large step back in panic, raised its weapon, and pointed it at Yin Xiu, shouting, "Who are you?!"
Yin Xiu didn't intend to respond. He simply dropped the original owner's weapon and silently drew his own knife from under the cloak.
The moment the other party saw Yin Xiu draw his sword, they immediately became wary. "You really are a player! You were actually able to kill a hunter! Just who are you!"
Yin Xiu lightly waved his knife, its cold light reflecting off the shimmering sea in the night, appearing exceptionally dangerous. Beneath the cold black mask, a soft laugh came from him, melodious and slow, almost mocking, "Guess."
In the hunter's moment of surprise, his blade flashed like a silver thread across his neck, swift, fierce, and decisive enough to catch him completely off guard.
In low-level dungeons, monster hunters don't even have a chance to escape from real predators; they fall down the moment a cold glint appears.
Yin Xiu lazily swung his sword, sheathed it, and glanced back at the stone tablet.
(10/100)
Very good, the hunter's fate is indeed included in it, he felt that he had found the most suitable route to pass the level.
He was afraid that one hundred lives wouldn't be enough for the monsters.
Yin Xiu ignored the newly dropped equipment on the ground and quickly left.
Just as he was about to go back, the live chat reported on Zhong Mu's situation.
"A hunter approached Zhong Mu's location. Your roommate ate a monster, which attracted other monsters. Zhong Mu was afraid of causing a large-scale attack before you returned, so he moved his location."
"We'll let you know once they find a more stable location."
Yin Xiu glanced back at the stone tablet, and sure enough, after a short while, it had changed to 11.
He calmly turned and walked back, explaining to the chat, "I'm not going back yet. I've found a new speedrun method that's better than going to the hunters every night. Let Zhong Mu protect himself for now. I'll go wait at the hunters' camp for a while."
With Li Mo there, he wasn't worried about Zhong Mu getting into trouble. Yin Xiu felt that the information about the props was still incomplete, and it was necessary to infiltrate the ghost party again to inquire more carefully. Some information was more reliable than speculation, and it was better to get it from the ghosts.
He adjusted his mask, pulled up his black cloak, and turned on the locator in the night. There should be monsters near players; tonight, he was the true hunter.
The live chat showed Yin Xiu charging straight towards the other hunters in the darkness, killing one of their pursuers with a single strike amidst the screams of the fleeing players, which truly terrified them.
For a moment, they couldn't tell who the real attackers on the island were.
The island is very large, and there may not be hunters nearby for some players. Even though Yin Xiu kills very quickly and fiercely, his performance is still relatively poor.
The viewers in the live chat counted on their fingers, "Finding hunters on the island is more troublesome than killing them. It's been three hours, and he's only found five."
"That's why Brother Xiu wants to infiltrate the hunters' camp to obtain information, so he can better pinpoint their location."
"Got it, you're going to be the mole, huh! Hahaha, Brother Xiu has the most tricks up his sleeve when it comes to killing ghosts."
"Letting Brother Xiu enter low-level dungeons without any restrictions on killing monsters is like letting a big bad wolf into a sheep pen, with a buffet everywhere."
"This time the monster was really too miserable, hahaha."
Just as the laughter in the chat subsided, some of the hunters who were chasing the players suddenly stopped, standing still as if receiving something.
They immediately alerted Yin Xiu, "Brother Xiu! The hunters seem to have suddenly made a new move! How strange!"
Yin Xiu, who was searching for hunters with a knife, suddenly stopped.
He was wearing a mask, and he also heard the sounds the hunters heard.
It was a notification, as if reminding the hunters, that "multiple hunters have been killed by the same player in this instance."
"A high-risk player has entered the instance. All hunters must be on high alert. The player's name is hereby announced. Please remember it and do not provoke him."
"This player is Yin Xiu, a character on the blacklist who has completed all levels."