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Anchor Hall
Chapter 40: Kiss the ghost
The shadows dispersed, and the figure of the other party collapsed quickly.
The countdown beside his ears was still continuing:
【…5, 4, 3…】
In a few seconds, the entire instance would be closed, and the other party would no longer be able to catch up.
However, under the gaze of those golden eyes, Wen Jianyan felt a chill running up from his back, like an icy snake climbing up his skin, making his hair stand on end all over.
We… we should not meet again in the future, right?
【…2, 1】
The countdown went to zero.
Wen Jianyan’s adam’s apple rolled, and he took a step back quietly.
……right?
【End of the live broadcast.】
A cold mechanical sound rang in his and all the hosts’ ears throughout the instance.
Wen Jianyan’s eyes darkened and he lost consciousness.
【The anchor has gone offline.】
【The “Integrity first” live broadcast room will close in one minute, countdown: 60, 59…】
All the viewers had not recovered yet. They subconsciously looked up at the red and black winning percentage bar at the top of the live broadcast hall.
The Red team had an absolute advantage, with a winning rate of 99%, while the Black team only had a pitiful 1% and was squeezed at the end of the corner, but…
On the win rate bar, there were four blood-red bold characters flashing:
【The Black team wins.】
The Black… The Black team won?
After being madly targeted by the entire instance, surrounded by eight senior anchors of the Red team, who even used an exceptional prop to pull the boss of another instance as an aid…
The Black team actually won?!
Unbelievable!
It was so exciting, this team battle was so exciting that they were speechless!
Compared to the previous hunts which had been one-sided every time, the live broadcast this time was unbelievably strong!
[Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh team black is awesome!]
[Captain Black is too good aaaaaahhhhhh!]
[Aaaaahhhhhhh my God, I’m speechless because of excitement!]
[I really thought several times that he was going to die, but he actually survived every time. Not only did he survive, but it was a complete counter-attack and a comeback!]
[Dog liar is awesome!]
[Integrity First is amazing!!!]
[How can I meet such a powerful and tough wife?! Excited tears flowed from the corners of my mouth, so strong aaaaahhhhhh!]
[Speaking, am I the only one who thought the boss was miserable? Not only was he deceived by the anchor in the previous instance, but in this instance, he was also stabbed by the same person, hahahahahahaha!]
[Hahahahahahahaha indeed!]
[But! He kissed my wife twice, and each time it was my wife who took the initiative! It wasn’t a loss!]
[Miserable or not, the thing I’m most worried about is… I’ve never seen such a powerful boss before. You all saw the live broadcast just now, right? It seems that many system props are ineffective against him. Such a guy is awakened, I feel like he will become a big problem in the future.]
[Hahahahahaha probably not!]
[If it’s true, then that dog liar is finished. He lied twice and stabbed him twice. Wait for the debt collector to come to the door!]
***
Wen Jianyan’s eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.
He found himself back in that huge white space again. A blood-red “LIVE” was displayed on the huge screen not far away, and everything seemed too familiar.
However, what was different from last time was that this time, besides him, there were only Su Cheng and the Cockscomb head in the entire square.
The two of them were slowly regaining their consciousness, sitting up while holding their heads.
Wen Jianyan gasped slightly.
The blood on his fingertips was cold and sticky, scorching the skin like gangrene attached to the bone, and the pair of golden eyes that he saw before his consciousness dissipated was engraved in his mind. Even thinking about it now made him shudder.
It was just… too dangerous.
The slightest mistake, and he would definitely have become that devil’s meal.
【Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the second live broadcast! Now I will give you rewards…】
【The maximum number of people online in your live broadcast room has reached 95,789, and the reward points will be credited to the anchor’s account.】
【Achievement Unlocked: Rising Star! 】
【254,000 points have been rewarded in the live broadcast room, and the remaining points will be credited to the anchor’s account.】
【Achievement Unlocked: A gold-sucking expert!】
【Congratulations, you have become the most popular anchor in this live broadcast. Reward points: 10000, which has been settled into the anchor’s account.】
【Achievement Unlocked: The most beautiful cub in the live broadcast room.】
“You’re all right!”
The moment he saw Wen Jianyan, Su Cheng’s eyes lit up and he exclaimed, “That’s great, I was scared to death when I was on the fourth floor just now…”
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a familiar mechanical sound above his head.
【Ding! Congratulations to the Black team for winning the team battle!】
The jingling of points crediting sounded in their ear along with the system’s enthusiastic and high-pitched voice:
【Congratulations to the Black team for winning at odds of 20:1! All spectator bets will be multiplied twenty times!】
On the huge screen, a string of astronomical figures began to jump.
【As the anchor of the Black team, you will also receive a huge share!】
Wen Jianyan’s eyes couldn’t help but light up.
Oh boy! is this what it feels like to get rich overnight?!
He moved his wrist and sighed regretfully: “Unfortunately, this time we only got 100% unlocking and clearance of the main task. We couldn’t collect all the hidden items, otherwise, we could have gotten the platinum achievement again this time.”
“Nope.”
Su Cheng winked at him and smiled mysteriously: “We have collected everything.”
Wen Jianyan was startled: “What?”
Su Cheng: “After you disappeared from the fourth floor, do you think we can only wait in place?”
He pointed to the Cockscomb head: “This guy redeemed the intermediate-level Hand of Guidance from the system store. I redeemed the primary one. The Red team seems to feel that the victory was in hand, and they didn’t notice our actions at all.”
The Cockscomb head grinned, showing a painful expression: “The intermediate Hand of Guidance was too expensive, almost using up more than half of the points in my account.”
He turned his head and looked at the numbers on the big screen, and laughed twice: “However, it’s definitely worth it now.”
“Oh, by the way, we have already confirmed with the system that in the team battle instance, the items found by the anchors of the same team can be counted as achievements together!”
Sure enough, the next second, bright and festive fireworks exploded on the screen for the second time.
【Congratulations to the Black team for their platinum achievement in the “Fukang Private General Hospital” instance!】
On the screen, the name of the instance turned gray, with a sign next to it — “Permanently Closed”.
【Please name your team!】
“……”
Wen Jianyan was startled and turned to look at Su Cheng and the Cockscomb head, only to see that both of them were looking at him with encouraging eyes: “Captain, name it!”
“……Um.”
Wen Jianyan nodded, took a deep breath, turned to look at the screen, and said solemnly:
“Let’s call it… Law-abiding good citizen team.”
Su Cheng: “……”
Cockscomb head: “……”
Regret.
The name of the team should have been thought of by the two of them.
As soon as the voice fell, a huge trophy engraved with “Law-abiding Good Citizen” appeared on the screen and slowly rose to the Hall of Fame.
Wen Jianyan retracted his gaze and looked around the scene in front of him without a trace.
It seemed that the team battle still had advantages. At least after the instance was over, for the personal safety of the anchor, the Red team and the Black team would wake up on separate occasions.
Otherwise……
Recalling the wicked things he did to the Red team in the last instance, even Wen Jianyan had to admit that he was afraid that his life would be in danger.
At this moment, Su Cheng seemed to notice something:
“Eh?”
He leaned over in surprise: “What’s wrong with your lips?”
Except for the bite wound on his lips, Wen Jianyan was not injured in this instance, so the system did not spend points to automatically repair his body.
“How did this happen?”
Wen Jianyan said lightly, “Don’t worry. I just got bitten while kissing the ghost.”
Su Cheng: “……”
Your f*cking lies are getting more and more outrageous! Are you taking me for a fool?!
Wen Jianyan raised his hand and stroked the corner of his mouth.
“……Hiss.”
It still hurts a little.
It was the first time he had kissed a man, a non-human man.
…Oh yes, if the last instance was also counted, it was the second time.
Although every time it was for the purpose of saving his life, Wen Jianyan couldn’t get used to this feeling at all.
After all, the experience of kissing a non-human was really terrifying, and he always felt like the next second he was going to be eaten literally.
The chilling smile on the other party’s face when the instance was about to end, flashed again in his mind, making him shudder.
Wen Jianyan felt a familiar throbbing pain in his stomach, his facial features wrinkled together uncontrollably, and an ominous premonition slowly surged in his heart.
…I won’t encounter him again in the future!
Absolutely not!
After all, if they meet again, based on what he did in just two short encounters, he probably would really be killed next time.
Please, my luck can’t be that bad, right?
——Wen Jianyan prayed sincerely.
At this time, the Cockscomb head also got up from the ground. Although his wound has been healed, he was still limping when he walked, saying:
“That, boss, may I ask, is your guild still recruiting?”
“……”
Su Cheng slowly turned his face to the side, showing an expression as if he couldn’t bear to look at it directly.
What guild.
They have a damn guild!
At this time, Wen Jianyan remembered that there was still such a person on his team. He turned his head to look at the Cockscomb head, and suddenly recalled something that had been forgotten before: “Ah, by the way, do you still remember the promise you made on the third floor of Fukang Hospital?”
The Cockscomb head didn’t react: “…Huh? What?”
Wen Jianyan patiently repeated what the other party had promised him: “You said, if you can get out alive, you’ll tell me why your reaction at the hospital entrance was so big when you are not even a newcomer.”
Under Wen Jianyan’s reminder, the Cockscomb head finally remembered this matter.
He hesitated for a few seconds, then took a deep breath, raised his hand, and wiped his face. He seemed to have finally made up his mind, and said slowly, “Because… Fukang Private General Hospital is near my house.”
Wen Jianyan was startled, obviously not expecting to hear such a reply: “…what?”
The content of each instance was too bizarre, definitely not like a place that would appear in the real world, but the Cockscomb head just said…
Fukang Private General Hospital actually exists?!
“It’s a bit far-fetched to say that it is nearby. After all, the surrounding area of Fukang Private General Hospital has been abandoned and has become a forbidden place for people. Even in the daytime, few people dare to wander around.”
The Cockscomb head’s face was a little ugly: “I was naive and ignorant when I was a child. I used to secretly go to the Fukang Private Hospital with my friends to explore, and then… After I got home, I had a fever for three days, which scared my parents. No, I almost thought I was going to die.”
“Later, although my condition gradually improved, the memory of the previous three days completely disappeared. No matter how much I think about it, I can’t remember it.” The Cockscomb head gritted his teeth, his voice was a bit difficult: “When I was on the bus earlier, I thought it was just the same name, maybe some kind of coincidence, but…”
He raised his eyes and looked at Wen Jianyan with a pair of visibly frightened eyes:
“However, after getting off the bus, I saw the outer wall of Fukang General Hospital.”
“At that time, I recalled some fragments…”
“This is exactly the same hospital that I secretly went to explore when I was a child.”
The air was dead silent.
Wen Jianyan fell silent.
He didn’t expect the reason the other party would show such an exaggerated performance after getting off the bus, almost inferior to the newcomer, would be this.
However, the information revealed by the other party also made Wen Jianyan faintly startled.
If the Cockscomb head didn’t lie, and Fukang Private General Hospital did exist in the real world, then, everything they experienced in the instance…
Did it actually happen?
Monsters stitched together from corpses, pregnant women who were crazy like mosquitoes, densely packed blue-purple babies, Dr. Lin Qing who sacrificed herself for justice and truth, and the dean of the hospital who was mad and whose purpose was still unknown…
Were these all real?
…How could this be possible?
Wen Jianyan’s mind was a mess.
At this moment, the Cockscomb head also seemed to think of something: “Oh, by the way, when you were on the third floor before, didn’t you also say that after everything was over, you will tell me how many instances you have gone through?”
Wen Jianyan was pulled out of his thoughts by the other party’s words.
“Oh, this one.”
He raised his eyes and seemed to take two seconds to realize what the other party said: “Yes, I seem to have promised you.”
The Cockscomb head was a little uneasy: “Well, if it’s inconvenient, it doesn’t matter if you don’t say it…”
“Why is it inconvenient?”
Wen Jianyan said lightly: “That was the second instance I entered.”
“……”
The cockscomb stopped in his place.
His expression was sluggish and in a trance as if he couldn’t believe his ears, and he slowly squeezed out a thin syllable from his throat: “…Ah?”
Su Cheng looked away somewhat unnaturally.
Wen Jianyan raised his eyes, reached out to the stunned Cockscomb head, and introduced himself without changing his expression:
“I forgot to mention, I’m an E-level novice anchor.”
He added calmly, “I just got upgraded to D-level recently.”
“Please advise.”
Cockscomb head: “……………………”
Ha? ? ? ? ?
The author has something to say: Cockscomb head (With horrified face): you’re lying to me, I don’t believe it!
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Yes, he is lying all the time, but not about this, sorry Cockcomb head. Hubby is on the hunt now, he he he. Thanks for the chapter I wonder how our lair will con people and ghost this time! ❤
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Wjy… Sorry (not) to say, but I think, you’re the UNLUCKIEST streamer here. 😔✌️
Be prepared for the next meeting! They say third time’s the charm. 🗿🗿🗿