Underworld Player Chapter 98 - The True Terror of the "Life's Hard Disk" Quest!

In many ways, the corpse that lay before Bai Zhi was the most wretched thing imaginable.

The eyes, mouth and ears had all been sewn tightly shut, while the bottom half of the body had been completely severed. The steel wires that bound the corpses limbs cut deep into the bone, which made gave the whole thing an unspeakably macabre look...

From any angle, this was a terrifying vision, guaranteed to give anyone nightmares upon seeing it. Even Traveler and Viridescent were loath to look in its direction.

"So, did you find any clues on the body?"

Holding his nose with one hand, Traveler limped his way over to Bai Zhi, his injuries clearly hampering his movement.

"Dead men don't wag their tongues, but a qualified coroner might tease out a corpse's final thoughts... All I can say is, what I'm seeing doesn't add up to anything good."

Bai Zhi mumbled, narrowing his eyes.

"When Temperance and I were trapped by the 'Sketchy Stairwell' entity, you guys were already facing off against the 'Ghostwall' entity, am I right?"

Traveler nodded. "Indeed. We know that Douchey,SoWhat was alive at the time. From my analysis of the clues, I believe this body was left behind from the last reload."

If even Temperance Gentleheart could determine the true nature of the quest based on the name and some prompting from Bai Zhi, so too could Traveler, and more easily besides, what with the body as proof before him.

"The type of quest we got this time is..."

"Save and Reload, right?" said Bai Zhi

Peeling off the latex gloves, he tossed them next to the body and stood up.

"Once a certain number of us Players end up dead, all of us will automatically be reloaded so we can start over."

"Exactly, took the words right out of my mouth."

Traveler nodded firmly.

"In fact, we've already been reloaded once, without realizing it. This doesn't bode well."

Traveler grimaced as he looked down at the body.

"I had thought that Players gradually turned into supernatural entities over time, judging by Douchey,SoWhat's case, but now I see that I wa

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