The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 37: Haunted by Weirdness? No Such Thing

After dinner, Su Qi returned to his residential complex.

"I have to start buying groceries and cooking for myself again tomorrow. It really pains me to spend the money."

The main reason was that the game had just entered open beta, and he hadn't adjusted to the schedule yet.

The gaming pod actually had a sleep mode feature, but for some reason, it wasn't made available to players at present.

At that moment,

Su Qi's cell phone vibrated slightly, a message from Liu Yishou.

"Have you felt anything weird happening in the past couple of days?"

Since Liu had come to visit him that day, he had acted as Su Qi's contact person, occasionally asking about strange occurrences.

"Yes."

After pondering for a moment, Su Qi typed, "Today my sense of taste seemed off, I had beef over rice just now and couldn't taste the beef at all."

Liu Yishou was taken aback and mused,

"This is the first time I'm hearing this. Others have been having bizarre nightmares, being chased by monsters in their dreams, then they're too scared to sleep night after night. How come it's totally different with you?"

"Is it? I found out later that it seems the boss didn't put any beef in at all."

"..."

"Short-weighting, false advertising, I suggest your Investigation Bureau take a serious look, here's the address."

Liu Yishou fell silent.

I came here to ask about strange matters, and you're reporting a business to me!

"Anyway..." he said gravely,

"you should be careful. Many who are haunted by supernatural occurrences are plagued by nightmares, and don't underestimate the things in those nightmares. They come from the symbols of the supernatural and will erode you more and more deeply. The ending... will be like that murderer before, death by anomalies... in any case, just five words: Pay more attention to spiritual power."

Su Qi paused for a moment, sensing the seriousness in Liu Yishou's voice, and replied, "Alright, I'll be careful."

The situation Liu Yishou described made Su Qi think of the girl he'd met offline at the club called Milk Tea with 70% Sugar. At the time, he thought her lack of sleep was due to overnight gaming, but now it seemed it was because of the nightmares.

"Maybe it's because I haven't been exposed for too long? That's why I haven't encountered it?"

Su Qi returned home, rested for a while, and then prepared for bed.

However,

Speak of the devil.

After falling asleep, Su Qi felt something was off.

It seemed like he was having a nightmare.

He could distinctly feel the chilly eeriness.

He looked up.

He found himself in a dimly lit residential building, with all doors and windows sealed shut.

As if they didn't want him to escape.

And a terrifying black shadow, emitting an evil darkness, was staring at him in the corridor.

"Hello, do you speak Chinese?" Su Qi greeted.

But the black shadow let out a sinister laugh, its eyes full of ferocity, and lunged straight at him!

"You're a little too enthusiastic."

And the next moment!

"Smack!"

With a slap, Su Qi sent it flying!

The black shadow, slapped into a mess, covered its face somewhat shockedly as it looked at Su Qi; its previous roar turned into a confused utterance:

"Huh?"

"Huh my ass."

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Su Qi strode forward.

The black shadow growled lowly, thinking the recent hit was just a fluke—it had recently caused a murderer to die miserably under its power! How could it not even deal with this ordinary person...

"Bang!"

The black shadow was kicked by Su Qi and sent smashing into the wall five meters away, its expression had become vacant, and its evil aura almost dissipated.

"So weak? And this is called supernatural?"

It wanted to cry but had no tears; things should not have developed like this!

"Maybe I should just crush it to end this."

The black shadow trembled uncontrollably.

Su Qi looked at the sealed house, "But... looking at it this way, you can keep me conscious even while I'm asleep, which could be somewhat useful."

"Here's the deal, I'll give you a chance."

The Black Shadow trembled as it looked at Su Qi, as if asking what chance it was being given.

"How about we play hide and seek," Su Qi revealed a smile even more unsettling than it, "I'll give you a minute to hide, and if I find you, I'll scatter one-fifth of you."

"If you survive tonight, I'll keep you."

The Black Shadow was on the verge of tears.

Wasn't this game usually it's own? Before, it was the ordinary people who were frantically running away, trying to leave the room, trying to escape the dream, while it toyed with them as if playing hide and seek.

Why had the roles swapped now!!!

"The countdown begins now."

Su Qi's voice whispered devilishly, causing the Black Shadow to shiver all over and immediately drift towards some other place!

It had to survive!

Later.

Su Qi chased the frightened Black Shadow all night long in the nightmare.

When he awoke, it was already morning.

Opening his eyes, he felt refreshed and spirited, free from the touch of the bizarre.

"So this is the bizarre, certainly quite interesting."

He wasn't about to eliminate it directly; it was rare to have fun even during sleep at night.

Of course.

Su Qi wasn't really playing in the nightmare; he had a rough guess, "This Black Shadow is clearly a spirit-type bizarre, others get affected in reality, even to the point of acting crazily, but I am different."

Su Qi looked towards the gaming pod... His enormous strength in the nightmare and the spiritual attribute in the game were directly connected.

Su Qi made breakfast and while eating, he looked at today's official forum.

There was new news from the headquarters today, an announcement for all players.

[Abyssal Paradise will undergo an update at twelve noon]

[The update version is 2.0]

[Daily Shop, Clubs, and other content will go live after the update]

Su Qi's eyes brightened.

"So my 6000 Game Coins will finally have a place to shine, huh?"

But the update was at noon, so there was just enough time for an instance run.

Su Qi quickly laid down in the gaming pod.

[Initiating neural connection]

[Connection successful]

[Welcome player number 985211, Su Buxian, to the game]

In the login space, Su Qi checked his friends list, both were diligent, already in-game early in the morning.

Since the game's launch, many people had quit their jobs to fully immerse themselves in it, as a piece of ordinary equipment could be worth half a month's wages.

Of course, this was only in the early stage of the game.

As player levels increased, ordinary equipment and skills surely wouldn't meet needs, and if all items obtained from instances or drawings were sold, it might be hard to keep up with other players in the mid-game.

It was a matter of give and take.

Su Qi opened the matching interface, his main priority now was to level up and see if he could find a new Class D pollutant.

[Notice: Your level has reached 10, there is a slight increase in the chance of entering Nightmare-level dungeons]

[Difficult solo dungeon confirmed]

[Matching in progress]

[Player Su Buxian has successfully matched]

[Entering Nightmare-level solo dungeon shortly]

Su Qi raised an eyebrow, "It really is a nightmare."

But he quickly noticed something peculiar.

[Please note, this is a special restriction-type dungeon]

[Your level is limited to 1, Item Slot and Skill Bar are all sealed, unable to be used]

A burst of mocking laughter echoed in Su Qi's ears as his vision gradually darkened.

"Welcome to the Abyss."