Underworld Player Chapter 99 - Lurking Danger

The Mandatory Quest known as "Life's Hard Disk" was designed to ramp up in difficulty with each reload, and the Players had already triggered two of those. The first was a result of a typical, unsuccessful attempt, while the second had been intentionally brought about by Bai Zhi.

It was during the second reload that unusually terrifying changes had manifested, changes that had not been apparent during the first. Even Bai Zhi had been caught off guard.

It was just as Traveler had said—as the supernatural entities surrounding them increased in number with each reload, they would soon be overwhelmed, and the Players' suffering, if not eternal, would certainly not be far from it.

Thus, by orchestrating a team wipe, Bai Zhi had raised the difficulty exponentially. At this point, if he insisted on rooting out the traitor among the seven, there was a high chance of triggering a third reload.

"The best laid plans of mice and men" indeed... Even Bai Zhi felt somewhat at a loss for how to handle such a tricky situation. This was truly a case of "woes within and foes without*".

Not only did the Players have to contend with the supernatural entities that already existed within the orphanage, they were also beset on all sides by their fallen-comrades-turned-monsters, not to mention having to be on constant alert against the hidden traitor.

As for the identity of said traitor, Bai Zhi was still totally in the dark. However, Bai Zhi had other things on his mind—namely, figuring out what exactly had happened at the orphanage... He had a personal connection to it, after all.

The diary he found on the sixth floor had contained many entries describing when "he" had appeared at the orphanage, each time ending in a fierce confrontation with the orphanage director.

Unfortunately, he had found no such recollection in all the memories he inherited when he took over this body. The Director that he remembered was a kindly old man who had raised him and provided for him, even up to university.

In ousting the original owner of his bo

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