Chapter 20: Resentful Supernatural Entity, Sensitive Interaction

Chapter 20: Resentful Supernatural Entity, Sensitive Interaction

Putting aside his thoughts, Long Yuan stepped forward, feeling the Kitchen Knife at his waist, and strode toward the target.

The other Players’ faces lit up with obvious delight.

No one cared about the trivial bet—they just wanted to survive.

Yet, in that fleeting moment, Ji Yan caught a glimpse of killing intent in Long Yuan’s eyes.

Narrowing his gaze slightly, Ji Yan remained silent.

Over there, the Kanjing Gui continued gnawing at the corner of the apartment, its body gradually swelling into a grotesque mountain of flesh. The gap it tore in the reinforced concrete had already grown as large as a basket.

Strangely, blood seeped from the broken chunks of cement and bricks it ripped away.

It was as if the entire Crimson Apartment had been built from ground-up corpses…

Stepping through the filth and garbage littering the ground, Long Yuan approached the Kanjing Gui.

He shouted at it, and as the creature turned its head, the Kitchen Knife slashed down.

The bloated head tumbled to the ground, only to be crushed under Long Yuan’s foot.

Then, flicking the foul fluids off the blade, he turned and walked back.

The entire process took less than half a minute.

The Players were stunned.

This… was too brutal and straightforward. It was like chopping a watermelon.

Long Yuan twisted his neck and stared at Ji Yan. “Well? Anything to say now?”

These Supernatural Entities unrelated to the Instance had no backstory and no lingering resentment.

Without those buffs, they were just slightly more terrifying animals—chop off the head, and they’re done.

Everything he’d said earlier was just to scare these rookies.

Only by creating an even more desperate situation could he amplify their will to survive.

But Ji Yan suddenly pointed behind him. “I’d say… maybe take a look behind you?”

Long Yuan turned his head, and his expression froze.

From the Kanjing Gui’s severed neck, a torrent of pitch-black blood gushed out. In an instant, a new head sprouted forth.

And it was even more enraged, rampaging through the apartment with heightened frenzy.

“Hurts… so much!!”

As the hole widened, swarms of Rats scurried into the building.

“Not dead?!”

Long Yuan was stunned. The next second, he noticed the blood corroding his Kitchen Knife bit by bit.

A warning panel immediately popped up.

Ding! Your Supernatural Artifact [Butcher’s Kitchen Knife] has been damaged. Toughness reduced by 30%. Enchanted damage reduced by 55%.

Warning! Your actions have caused property damage to the apartment. The residents are cursing you—12 Supernatural Entity tenants’ favorability toward you has decreased by 7%.

After the two warnings appeared, Long Yuan’s face darkened.

Then, realization struck him as he glared at the Kanjing Gui. “Damn it… this thing isn’t just some random Supernatural Entity, is it? It’s part of the Instance?”

If this thing couldn’t be killed, it meant it carried resentment.

And resentment meant it was tied to the Crimson Apartment’s backstory.

The most troublesome thing about Resentful Supernatural Entities was their undying nature—as long as the resentment remained, they couldn’t truly perish!

Grimacing at the damaged Kitchen Knife, Long Yuan felt a pang of frustration.

He turned to the Bandaged Supernatural Entity and asked coldly, “What’s this thing’s connection to the apartment?”

The Bandaged Supernatural Entity remained silent for a few seconds before answering slowly, “A former resident. Later, it was driven out.”

“And?”

“You’ll have to ask the Landlord.”

The only piece of information obtained from interacting with the Bandaged Supernatural Entity was this:

"Bad luck."

Long Yuan sheathed his Kitchen Knife and addressed the administrator, "Tell the landlord I can’t clear out this rat plague."

"I quit."

The Bandaged Supernatural Entity spoke, "Because of your actions just now, the apartment has suffered losses. The landlord is very unhappy."

"He says you can quit."

"Pay three months' rent as compensation."

Long Yuan: "Three months?!"

He glanced at the Kanjing Gui, his expression turning exceptionally grim, but in the end, he agreed.

As a veteran player, he disliked dealing with Resentful Supernatural Entities the most. Eliminating such entities often wasted tremendous effort and consumed a lot of equipment.

High risk, low reward.

Just one slash had already tanked his favorability with so many supernatural tenants. If he actually killed it, the benefits wouldn’t even cover the losses.

He hated nothing more than a losing deal.

Had he known this mission would be like this, he wouldn’t have come in the first place.

He’d missed a step.

He forgot to interact with the landlord and accepted the mission without gathering enough information.

Sheathing his Kitchen Knife, Long Yuan turned to leave.

The other players panicked when they saw him about to go. "You promised! You can’t leave!"

"What are we supposed to do if you leave? If necessary, we can extend a few more days and nourish your blade with our blood!"

Long Yuan snorted coldly and replied impatiently, "The Kitchen Knife is damaged, its quality dropped. What the hell do I need your blood for now?"

"Bad luck. Stepped in dogshit the moment I stepped out today."

He turned to leave but was stopped by Ji Yan’s voice: "What about our deal?"

"You lost, didn’t you?"

Long Yuan looked at Ji Yan and smirked. "Fine. If you can make it back to the apartment alive, you can have this broken knife."

"You should worry about surviving this Instance first."

With those words, Long Yuan vanished into the fog.

Ji Yan didn’t press the matter. He could settle the score later.

Right now…

He needed to focus on the mission. After all this trouble, only a little over two hours remained.

Ignoring the ashen-faced players, Ji Yan stepped forward and picked up the chunk of the Kanjing Gui’s head that Long Yuan had severed.

This was his little scheme.

The Kanjing Gui carried too many unknown dangers. Reaching out to touch it directly was too risky.

That’s why he’d agreed to Long Yuan’s terms—to let the other man take the risk first, giving him the chance to trigger his Talent and uncover more Hidden Information.

From the very beginning, he’d known from the Hidden Information that this entity carried immense resentment.

If killing it in one slash would’ve completed the mission, Long Yuan wouldn’t have even had the chance to draw his blade.

Now, upon touching the Kanjing Gui, Ji Yan obtained even more Hidden Information.

Ding!

Talent [Omniscient Understanding] successfully triggered. Player has acquired new Hidden Information—

[Kanjing Gui: Former resident of Crimson Apartment, Room 102. Original name: Huang Sheng.]

[Later, due to severe violations of apartment rules, he was expelled. In the thick fog, he was devoured by wandering supernatural entities, resulting in deep-seated resentment that drove him back to the apartment.]

[Hint: The resentment lingers, the spirit remains, neither dead nor destroyed. To break the cycle, you must uncover the source of this resentment.]

Ji Yan absorbed the information, his brow furrowing.

There was a lot here.

But it still wasn’t enough!

He glanced at the swaying apartment building, then turned his head to look at the Bandaged Supernatural Entity, attempting to continue the interaction.

However, the Bandaged Supernatural Entity was like an NPC with no AI—aside from the single line, "It was once a resident of the apartment before being driven out," there was no further interaction.

"Truly just an NPC."

Ji Yan shook his head.

Since the other Supernatural Entities provided no information, he had no choice but to seek answers from the source itself.

Ji Yan walked over, but after the Kanjing Gui was slashed once, the Mutated Rats became abnormally aggressive, refusing to let anyone get close.

"Huang Sheng!"

Ji Yan could only shout the name from a distance, directing it at the Kanjing Gui.

As a result, the moment the name was called, the Kanjing Gui grew even more agitated, smashing the corners of the walls with increased ferocity.

"WARNING!! Your actions have caused further damage to the apartment. The residents' favorability toward you has dropped. A total of 14 Supernatural Entities now hold hostility toward you!"

Ji Yan: "..."

His lips twitched. Just calling out a name could provoke it this much?

This Kanjing Gui was like someone with Sensitive Skin—untouchable, unprovokable, the slightest stimulus accelerating its destruction of the apartment building.

Was this Mission even meant to be playable by humans?

But then, Ji Yan noticed something unusual.

The Kanjing Gui's dialogue had changed...