At this moment, the room was unusually quiet.
Because everyone knew very well in their hearts that tonight's operation was akin to staking everything on a single throw. Shelbina was their last hope to complete the main quest. If they couldn't find anything after investigating him, they could still choose to leave Pripyat and wait for the official investigation results.
Considering everyone's current physical condition, perhaps only Zhang Heng, who was in the best condition, could wait until then. So, for the other three players, tonight's mission was equivalent to the final judgment.
Probably because no one had spoken for a long time, Rat could not stand the silence. So, he took the initiative to start a conversation. "I wonder how Coconut is doing now."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the atmosphere became even more solemn.
After a few moments, the young man raised his arm that could barely be lifted. "Good question. I'll help you take a look after I go in too."
"…"
"Sorry, I'm just a little nervous," Rat apologized.
"Who isn't? I feel like I'm back to the day when the college entrance examination results were released."
"This quest is too strange," Rat said. "I have never encountered a quest with such a vague main quest before. It's like …"
"It's like the designer of this quest deliberately prevented the players from finding the answer," Kratos said.
"If that's the case, is it really okay? I feel that the difficulty has far exceeded the ordinary quest," Zhanba frowned.
"You don't have to feel it. I just participated in the proxy war quest," Kratos's eyes flashed. "I can responsibly say that this quest's difficulty has exceeded the proxy war quest."
"Is it a game bug?" Rat asked. "But it seems that no player has encountered a bug in the game so far."
"Whether it's a bug or not, we have no choice now. The only way left is to complete the quest," Kratos said. After that, he looked at the clock on the wall again. The time now was 11: 37 p.m.
By the time they arrived at the Pripyat Hotel, it should be almost midnight. By then, Shelbina should have returned to his room, which meant they could start their mission.
"Bring your things. If everything goes well, we might not have to come back again," Kratos said.
"If it doesn't go well, we probably don't have to come back again," Zhanba said.
"I'll put the remaining food and water in the duffel bag by the wall," Rat reminded him.
"Let me get it." Out of the four of them, he was the only one who was in better shape. He had chopped off the young boy's arm and the rat's leg. Kratos had also vomited a few times not too long ago, so the task of moving things fell onto Zhang Heng's shoulders.
"You guys go downstairs first. I'll be there soon," Zhang Heng said.
Five minutes later, the four of them gathered in front of the Volga. Zhang Heng threw the bag and his Pestilence Bone Bow into the trunk, sat in the driver's seat, and started the car. The seal pendant hanging on the rearview mirror shook along with the engine.
Zhang Heng then drove the car onto the road.
During the day, Pripyat already looked empty and desolate, and at night, this sense of loneliness became even stronger. All the buildings were dark, and there was almost no light on the streets except for the headlights. There was no moon that night, so everyone's vision was limited to the area illuminated by the headlights.
This feeling was very much like in a horror movie, sweeping around with a flashlight, not knowing what would appear in front of you in the next moment.
Perhaps it was to confirm the players' ominous premonition, but shortly after, they saw something appear in front of the headlights.
It was a white mare, and its fur was flawless. It was as beautiful as a statue, standing quietly in the middle of the road with its neck raised.
No one knew when it appeared there. By the time they discovered it, the car was less than ten meters away from the white mare, and it was too late to brake at such a short distance. Just as the Volga was about to collide with the white mare, what awaited them was the destruction of the vehicle and their lives.
In the passenger seat, Rat's eyes had changed from surprise to confusion to horror. He stretched out his hand, ready to hit the white mare, but the expression on Zhang Heng's face hardly changed.
He did not slow down immediately, as if he did not see the white mare in front of him at all. He quickly turned the steering wheel, waiting for the opportunity to pull the handbrake, locking the rear wheels, and reducing the car's lateral grip.
The Volga drew an arc in the air, brushing past the white mare's body and finally stopped on the road in front of them.
When Zhang Heng got out of the car, turned on the flashlight, and shone it at the spot where the white mare stood, he found that, just like the last time, it had disappeared.
"Is … is that a horse?" Rat was still in shock.
"Yes, but I have never seen a horse like that before. It looked at us as if we were the same person," Kratos said.
"Do you think that horse is the god behind this dungeon?" Zhantou asked. "Is it a horse god? But why did it appear in the Chernobyl dungeon? Is it protesting against the destruction of the environment by humans? It's quite environmentally friendly. "
While everyone was discussing what happened just now, Zhang Heng had already returned to the car. He did not say anything, just turned off the flashlight, and started the car again.
When he drove the Volga on the road again, the other three had a strange look on their faces.
"Uhh … don't you want to say something?"
"Say what?" Zhang Heng asked rhetorically.
"That horse. It's a supernatural phenomenon, right?"
"Well, it should be. A normal horse wouldn't appear and leave so suddenly. And when we almost hit it, it didn't react at all. This is not in line with the instincts of a creature."
Rat wanted to say, "You don't have the instincts of a creature either." When they were about to hit the Volga, he looked at Zhang Heng and found that Zhang Heng's expression was almost as calm as the horse. In the end, he resisted the urge and said, "Don't you think the appearance of that horse might mean something?"
Zhang Heng shook his head, "I know what you are thinking, but since it can appear in front of us when we are completely unaware of it, we can't find it when it doesn't want to appear in front of us."
"Well, I just think it might be related to the main quest that we haven't made any progress on."
"I can't rule out this possibility." Zhang Heng nodded.
"So …"
"I can guarantee you that even if we turn around and start a carpet search, you won't find any traces left by that white horse."
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