Yin Xiu bit the tip of the tentacle, and after confirming that it was a real part of the limb, he stopped biting.
He stared at the eye next to the teeth marks. It had been circling around him before, but now its pupils were trembling, and the emotions it reflected seemed particularly unstable.
Yin Xiu took a step back in confusion, bumping into Li Mo behind him. Just as he was about to turn around to look, a black tentacle quickly blocked his eyes.
"You can't see me yet."
The chill surrounding him climbed up his waist, and the tentacle deliberately blocked his vision, turning his head back to the correct direction.
Hearing the slightly low and rapid breathing behind him and feeling the rampant chill emanating from him, Yin Xiu couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Did I bite you and hurt you?"
Li Mo did not respond. Instead, the chill wrapped around Yin Xiu's waist contracted little by little, clinging tightly to his skin. His breathing sounded like he was enduring and suppressing something, and it was particularly clear in the quiet room.
Yin Xiu stood still, and he did feel that his bite had had a significant impact on Li Mo. So he quietly waited for Zhang Chi's chill to slowly subside and gradually return to his original calm and tranquil state.
During this time, the live chat exploded with comments.
"Why is the screen black again?! It won't let people see anything at crucial parts!"
"A black screen is a good thing, bro. I remember one night during the last dungeon, the guys who stayed up all night writing down the strategy went crazy because of something they were looking at."
"According to the players who managed to avoid it, it seems that after they saw Xiu and his roommate enter the woods, they saw something they shouldn't have seen, which affected their mental state, and the live stream was immediately stopped at that time."
"What did you see in the grove that you shouldn't have seen...?"
"Damn, how did something so terrifying come out of your mouth and become ambiguous? Is it really something you can't look at?!"
"Stop talking nonsense, he's his roommate. This weirdo seems to be quite something, everyone be careful."
"Is it alright for my brother Xiu to be so close?"
"My brother Xiu will definitely be fine. Everyone suffers, but he is uniquely pampered."
The live stream resumed abruptly, and everyone stared directly at the room filled with jewels. Li Mo silently hugged Yin Xiu from behind, appearing normal, but buried her head in Yin Xiu's shoulder without making a sound.
Yin Xiu sensed his calmness, lowered his eyes to look around, the tentacles had been hidden, and Li Mo seemed to have returned to normal. He asked in a low voice, "All done?"
"Mm." Li Mo responded, and Yin Xiu raised his hand and pushed him away, then turned around and stared at the person in front of him properly.
As always, he wore a sinister smile and a neat black suit, handsome and elegant, seemingly human yet not quite.
"I didn't bite you, did I? I'm just confirming that it really is a part of you." Yin Xiu stared at him, trying to see some special reaction on Li Mo's face.
But he smiled calmly and said, "I wasn't hurt. It was just the first time someone bit me, and I got a little agitated."
A look of confusion crossed Yin Xiu's face, then he nodded calmly, "It's good that you're alright."
His understanding of Li Mo was limited to that one glance, and he didn't quite understand whether Li Mo's so-called emotional excitement was a normal reaction, so he quickly moved on from the topic and prepared to get down to business.
Yin Xiu turned around and walked to the man huddled in the corner.
Li Mo's emotions had stabilized, but the man seemed to have become extremely panicked.
He huddled there, trembling, staring at Li Mo with a look of terror on his face. He didn't utter a single word, but his fear was clearly visible.
"Is there anything you want to say before you die?" Yin Xiu asked him casually, staring at him. Before he could even draw his sword, the man suddenly pounced on him and hugged Yin Xiu's legs.
"Don't kill me! I don't want to die! I can give you all the gems in the room! These gems can be exchanged for dungeon assets, or you can take them to other monsters to exchange for items or information! They're very useful!!" The man begged for mercy in a series of sentences, even coming up with conditions to save his life.
Yin Xiu silently turned his head and stared at the room full of jewelry, which did look quite valuable. Then he coldly lowered his eyes and said, "I don't need many items to clear dungeons. After the dungeons are over, my assets will be plentiful. I don't need your little bit."
The man was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears, "I...I can tell you some information about the dungeon! No one knows this dungeon better than us monsters. If you want, I can provide a lot of help!"
Faced with the man's pleas for mercy, Yin Xiu raised an eyebrow. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the man's fear level was much higher than usual.
Even the townspeople who were killed in the last instance weren't this scared when they knew they were going to be killed.
He wasn't this scared when I threw him into the house before. Could it be Li Mo's influence?
Yin Xiu was unsure, but he was still interested in the information about the copy that the man had mentioned.
He raised the handcuffs on his hands. "Do you know what these are?"
The man nodded hurriedly, "I know, I know! The white handcuffs are the warden's special tools, specifically for the dangerous players he deems to be extremely vicious. Once they're on, they can't be removed no matter what, and only the warden can unlock them."
"Moreover, the pollution level of a person wearing white handcuffs walking in Elysium is much higher than that of other players. Every time they kill a person or monster, the pollution level will spread rapidly, and it won't be long before the person is trapped in Elysium."
"Pollution level?"
"In fact, each level of Elysium is permeated with sin. Players will be corrupted as soon as they step in. However, the degree of corruption is very small. The longer you stay, the more serious the corruption will be. Depending on the sin of the corruption, the impact on people will be different. The white handcuffs are the tools that accelerate the corruption."
Yin Xiu stared silently at the only white handcuffs left on his hands. He had just gotten the black ones from the package and the key, but the white ones could only be obtained from the warden. Wouldn't that mean that if he didn't find the warden quickly, he would slowly degenerate in Bliss City?
Under Li Mo's cold gaze, the man continued tremblingly, "You...you must have encountered the area of greed when you came here, right? If your original mental fortitude was 100, the handcuffs would reduce it by 50. When you are tempted, it will be reduced by another 10. If it is something that is very attractive to you, you can easily lose your rationality."
"The white handcuffs are the biggest restriction in Elysium. Players who wear them cannot leave Elysium and will eventually go mad in different sins."
"To date, there has been no precedent of someone leaving Elysium wearing white handcuffs."