Chapter 6 - Midnight Mansion (4) (2/2)

The moment he saw the bottle, Cheng Zhi Chu couldn’t help but be surprised. His line of sight followed Bai Yi’s hand as he walked over —— No matter how he looked at it, that bottle storing the holy water seems to look like ——- a mineral water bottle?

Cheng Zhi Chu rubbed his eyes and took another closer look. Seeing that he didn’t see wrong, he was stunned.

A mineral water bottle?? Bai Yi is using something like this to store the holy water??

Under everyone’s terrified and anxious gaze, Bai Yi walked over to Wang Jianming who was still being choked by the ghost. He twisted open the mineral water bottle and, from far above, he poured the liquid out. At the same time, he spoke in an icy cold tone.

“You should know how you should be leaving.”

“Shaaaaa———”

The liquid made contact with something in mid-air and scattered before it had the chance to hit Wang Jianming forming a faint outline of a human. What was shocking was that it had half its head missing. Mixed with the liquid, more blood and brain fluid flowed out and they all fell onto Wang Jianming’s face.

“Ahhh!”

The moment it came into contact with the liquid, the human figure let out a gruesome cry. It released its grip around Wang Jianming’s neck and started to roll around the ground in pain. Because it was in excruciating pain, it twisted around on the ground more violently than Wang Jianming earlier.

Its cries were so terrible that the floorboards and furniture faintly shook along with it. Cheng Zhi Chu and the others closed their eyes and covered their ears in agony feeling like their eardrums were about to burst.

The cry continued for a few seconds before it finally stopped. With the shaking of the floor and furniture stopping as well, the mansion once again fell into silence.

Cheng Zhi Chu cautiously opened his eyes and saw Wang Jianming lying on the floor gasping for air. The human figure was also gone. Bai Yi on the other hand was looking down thoughtfully at the mineral water bottle that only had a little bit of liquid left inside.

“Is the ghost gone………….?” Cheng Zhi Chu swallowed to wet his dry throat and asked in a trembling voice.

“Looks like it.” Bai Yi looked up and smiled. “For the time being, we should be safe.”

“Phew……….”

Hearing him say this, Cheng Zhi Chu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The system didn’t issue anything, so it looks like the ghost wasn’t the boss. Fortunately this was the case or he wouldn’t be able to complete the photo task…….

“Wu, wuwu……….”

At the same time, Ren Xue who saw Wang Jianming managing to stay alive collapsed to the ground and started to quietly sob. Lu Wenjing’s eyes were also red as she bent down and hunched up into a small ball.

“It’s okay Xiao Xue. Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.”

Wang Jianming rubbed his face to wipe off the blood stains and brain fluid and tried his best to act strong in front of Ren Xue. But because his throat was still sore, he violently coughed a few times.

He unsteadily stood up and drank a bottle of blood tonic. Just as he wanted to go over to comfort Ren Xue, he saw Bai Yi still staring at the bottle in his hand with a frown on his face. His expression immediately darkened, and he said through clenched teeth: “Are you distressed because you used the holy water? Don’t worry, I won’t take advantage of you. I’ll return the holy water to you later……..”

“No.” Bai Yi shook his head. “I just wanted to throw the bottle away but there are no bins around.”

Wang Jianming: “……….”

“Don’t throw it.” Cheng Zhi Chu who heard this immediately dissuaded him. “There’s still some of the holy water left so it would be a waste to throw it out. Why don’t we all put some of it on ourselves? It looks like it words pretty well against ghosts.”

“……….Sounds good.”

Bai Yi smiled and nodded his head. He then handed the bottle around and everyone carefully applied a small amount of it on their skin.

When it was Cheng Zhi Chu’s turn, he deliberately brought it over to his nose and gave it a sniff. What was strange was that the holy water smelt like regular mineral water…….

But after being saved multiple times by Bai Yi, the current Cheng Zhichi is very trusting of him and he didn’t suspect anything. He passed the bottle back to Bai Yi and very sincerely gave his thanks.

“Earlier I didn’t have the chance to say it but thank you very much Bai Yi. It’s all thanks to you that we were able to deal with that ghost and I was even saved by you multiple times. I will definitely repay you so if you need anything, as long as it is something that I am capable of, I will definitely help you.”

“That’s just your own opinion. Even if he isn’t here, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we wouldn’t be able to deal with the ghost…..”

Wang Jianming who was unwilling to admit this mumbled in a low voice but there was a hint of embarrassment on his face. After all, he was the one that was made most miserable by the ghost.

No one paid him any attention and Bai Yi just responded to Cheng Zhi Chu gently with a few words. It made Cheng Zhi Chu feel even more close to him. After all, who wouldn’t want to be friends with someone so nice and so handsome!

“I really think that you’re amazing. You’re also so much calmer than us.” Cheng Zhi Chu said with admiration, “Your level must be higher than ours. What level are you?”

Infinite Escape isn’t very strict about a players’ level and the instances they can enter; they just needed to make sure that the difference is no more than five levels. But if a player enters an instance that is of a lower level than they are, the difficulty would increase. For example, a level 10 player can enter a level 12 instance of normal difficulty but if they enter a level 8 instance it would at least be of hard difficulty.

Players in the same instances can have different difficulties so Cheng Zhi Chu guessed that this instance may be of hard difficulty for Bai Yi. Seeing Bai Yi still maintaining a calm expression and acting indifferent despite this, he must be very powerful.

“………” For a moment, Bai Yi revealed a subtle look. He then asked back with a smile, “What level do you think I am?”

“Um…….level 8?” Cheng Zhi Chu said with some uncertainty.

“That’s right. You’re very good. I’m level 8.”

Bai Yi didn’t hesitate to agree. He then moved to change the topic and said: “With the ghost gone, we can now go to the main bedroom on the second floor. There should be some clues.”

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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 6)

Its performance was too exaggerated. Low rating. Made me almost be suspected.

What made me happy was that Zhi Chu said that he would definitely help me out if I need anything ——- I wonder if he would be willing to give himself to me?

I only want him.