The others also saw the huge black shadow hovering outside the inn, and everyone's expression changed.
In the pitch-black night, a violent shaking sound came from outside, followed by the clanging of the main gate, making the entire inn seem to shake.
"Xiaoyuan, is that a pearl necklace you're wearing?"
Suddenly, a girl's voice drew everyone's attention, and everyone looked over at them.
There were two girls standing together. One of them was wearing a shirt, and you could see a necklace on the skin exposed at the collar.
Feeling everyone's gaze, the girl in the shirt panicked and instinctively covered her neck with her hand.
"This...this was left to me by my mother."
Someone nearby immediately advised, "This is a life-or-death crisis! What do you care about what your mother left you? If you don't hand over this pearl necklace, you'll die here!"
The girl's friend also said, "Xiaoyuan, it's just a pearl necklace, just take it out! Do you want everyone to die here with you?!"
The girl burst into tears, "This really won't do. My mother passed away when I was little, and this pearl necklace is the only memento she left me!"
A loud bang suddenly rang out.
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the huge black shadow with a snake's tail outside the door was slammed into the inn's door, cracking it open and creating a large hole.
"Give me back my things!"
A shrill female voice came from outside the door.
"Give it back!"
A sharp, piercing scream shattered everyone's eardrums, and a woman in red with a human head and a snake's body slowly appeared outside the door.
His cold, angry, red vertical pupils stared intently at everyone in the inn.
"Run! The snake woman is coming in!"
Oh no! What do we do?!
The players in the inn were instantly terrified and scattered everywhere, frantically searching for hiding places, fearing that the snake woman would catch them and leave. The scene was in complete chaos.
At this moment, only two people remained in the inn's lobby. One of them was Master Bai, who possessed a permanent Joker card, and his gaze was fixed on the snake woman outside the door.
The other person was Song Mang, who remained calmly seated in her chair, slowly sipping a teacup.
"Give it back! Give it back!"
The snake woman's screams grew sharper and sharper. With a swift movement, half of her body squeezed through the broken doorway, her scarlet tongue flicking out. She bit a man hiding by the door and dragged him out to eat.
Click, click.
A chilling chewing sound came from outside the door.
"Give her the things quickly! Give them to her! If we don't, she'll come in, and the inn will be destroyed!"
The proprietress and her daughter huddled together in fear, letting out shrill screams that sent chills down everyone's spines.
Not long after.
The eerie chewing sounds stopped, and the snake woman's voice came again from outside the door, "A small, pure white string of beads—who can give me this? I want it!"
Seeing the snake woman straighten up and try to crawl back into the hole in the inn's door, Bai Ye's eyes hardened, and he pulled out the girl hiding next to the cabinet.
"Give her your things."
"I...I..." The girl took off the pearl necklace and handed it to Bai Ye, saying in a tearful voice, "Here, take it and give it to her, okay? Take it and give it to her!"
Bai Ye didn't take the pearl necklace, but instead gave a cryptic laugh, saying, "Whoever's it is, they should give it to."
With a bang.
Bai Ye shoved the girl hard, sending her flying out of the inn's main entrance.
"Help...help me...!"
The female protagonist quickly got up and tried to crawl back through the hole in the door, but two men suddenly moved a sideboard over and blocked the hole in the door.
One of the two men was Xu Xuyang, and the other was the one who had just flattered Master Bai.
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The two looked at each other, not expecting that the other had the same idea, and then quickly looked away.
With the main door blocked, Xu Xuyang finally dared to peek through the crack in the door at the outside.
A girl screamed outside, followed by the sound of a snake woman chewing her food.
Xu Xuyang's face turned deathly pale. "She...she was eaten. The snake woman didn't want the pearl necklace!"
After a while.
The chewing sound stopped again.
Another person peeked over and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "The snake woman finished eating and left. Does that mean we're safe tonight?"
No one spoke.
Sobbing could be heard in the inn's lobby.
It was a long time before the others dared to come out of their hiding place, but when they saw Bai Ye, Xu Xuyang, and another man blocking the door, they didn't dare to approach them.
Only Xiaoyuan's friend looked at Bai Ye in horror and said, "Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan agreed to take out the pearl necklace, why did you push her out? Couldn't you just throw her out to the snake woman?"
Bai Ye looked her up and down, then beckoned to her, "Come here."
She trembled and dared not move.
Grandpa Bai walked over, looked down at her, and asked, "What's your name?"
"Lu Sisi".
No sooner had he finished speaking than a tearing sound rang out, and Bai Ye suddenly reached out and ripped Lu Sisi's thin shirt to shreds.
The girl frantically covered her body, looked around in terror, and crouched down with a scream.
Bai Ye kicked her in the shoulder again, knocking her to the ground.
"You wretched bitch, what difference would it make if I pushed you out, let alone pushed her out? This is the apocalypse. If she doesn't die, someone else will! If someone else doesn't die, I will! Since you're so indignant on her behalf, you'll be the one delivering things to the snake woman tomorrow!"
After saying that, Mr. Bai turned and left, asking the landlady as he went up the stairs.
"Madam, which room is mine?"
"Guest, I'll take you there."
The proprietress had regained her composure and acted as if she hadn't seen what happened in the lobby. In the blink of an eye, she appeared near Master Bai from the kitchen doorway.
Song Mang looked up.
One of the three rules is: [3. The proprietress invited everyone to join forces to resist the snake woman; she hopes everyone can unite.]
What does this mean?
The landlady didn't stop Bai Ye's actions just now, so what would be considered a disruption of unity?
Thinking of this, Song Mang heard Bai Ye's cursing coming from upstairs, "Cry, cry, cry your mother's crying, bring that damn bitch to my room!"
The girl whose clothes had just been torn by Master Bai sat on the ground floor, still in shock, crying.
Just then, Bai Ye's lackeys came over and forcibly dragged the girl upstairs.
"No! I don't want to go! Let me go! Waaaaah! I don't want to go to that devil's room! Let me go!"
The female protagonist cried even more miserably.
She clung tightly to the stairs and refused to go up.
Bai Ye appeared at the top of the stairs, stared at the girl for a moment, and said, "Not bad figure. You like to cry so much, I'll let you cry your fill in bed!"
"Alright, alright, stop crying! It's just one night, what are you so upset about? This is the apocalypse, you're lucky to have the opportunity to follow a strong person like Master Bai!"
The lackey advised.
No! Don't!
The girl continued crying and shaking her head, "Just kill me, it's better to kill me!"
A hint of annoyance flashed across Bai Ye's face, and the transparent blade in his hand reappeared. "So eager to die? Then I'll grant your wish! Don't wait until tomorrow!"
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Just as the blade was about to strike the girl, the proprietress suddenly appeared beside her, raised her hand, and deflected the transparent blade.
The proprietress said to Mr. Bai, "Guests, I invited you here to fight the snake woman together. Please work together and don't harm your companions."
Master Bai narrowed his eyes, his expression full of displeasure. "I can't kill her inside the inn?"
The proprietress said, "The more people there are, the more strength there is. I only hope that the customers can help me solve the problem. I don't want to see the customers die in front of me."
Bai Ye sneered and said, "Then turn around and you won't be able to see anything, right?"
With a bang.
The landlady, expressionless, threw Mr. Bai down the stairs. Her face was covered in mottled, rotting skin. She stared straight at Mr. Bai and said, "I hate people who disrupt unity."
Master Bai's face was extremely ugly.
Despite being thrown from the building, he suffered no physical damage and appeared to be in much better physical condition than the average person.
Song Mang stared at him for a while and guessed that he had absorbed a permanent Joker card, which had also enhanced his physical fitness, so he was fine even after falling from the second floor.
At this time.
The little girl walked up to Song Mang, holding a bamboo basket in her arms, which was filled with gold and silver jewelry.
The little girl looked up at Song Mang with a smile and said, "Sister, are my jewelry pieces pretty? If you like them, you can have them."
"Yeah?"
Song Mang rummaged through the basket and saw a string of beautiful white jade bodhi beads. She picked them up thoughtfully and examined them.
The little girl asked again, "Do you want it?"
Song Mang said, "This string of things looks so beautiful, so white, it's just like what the snake woman needs."
As soon as she said that, everyone looked at her, including Master Bai.
The little girl asked again, "Do you want it?"
The others held their breath and stared at Song Mang.
If this is what the snake woman needs, then we absolutely must have it, otherwise there won't be anything left for her tomorrow! The snake woman will storm into the inn and devour everyone!
Song Mang remained silent, and some people were getting impatient and wanted to take the white jade bodhi beads for themselves, but then they suddenly remembered the three rules of this instance.
[Rule 2: The proprietress's daughter likes to show off gold and silver jewelry; she might try to give you some, but please don't take it seriously.]
Song Mang put the Bodhi beads back into the little girl's basket. "I took a closer look, and the quality is a bit poor. It doesn't seem like something the snake woman would need, so I'll give it back to you."
Someone couldn't help but say, "This thing perfectly fits the criteria, how could it not be! Even if it isn't, we can still give it to the snake woman to try!"
Song Mang said casually, "If you think so, you can ask Xiao Ya to take this thing."
The man immediately shut up.
He didn't want to break the rules himself, but he also hoped that someone else would break the rules to get this "pass item".
No one spoke up, but the little girl retorted defiantly, "Where is the quality poor? These are the finest jewels; even snake women love to collect them!"
"Little girl."
The proprietress suddenly called her name.
The little girl's expression changed slightly. She glanced at the other people around her and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
Song Mang said in surprise, "I just heard the snake woman say that she wanted her things back. Could it be that a thief stole her things, and that's why she's here to take revenge?"
The little girl glared menacingly at Song Mang and pulled a small knife from under her bamboo basket. "Guest, you're so noisy. I'm going to cut off your tongue."
The little girl rushed towards Song Mang.
Song Mang coughed lightly and said, "I guess you and your mother aren't thieves. Are there other people living here?"
The little girl stopped moving. "Yes, many people live here. They all loved the snake woman's treasure. They stole the treasure, but the snake woman has killed them all."
"So where did you get all these jewels?"
The little girl snorted, "These were gifts from others, not stolen. I'm not a thief."
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Song Mang smiled. "Yes, I believe you."
The little girl stared at her for a moment, then finally put the knife away and showed her jewelry to the others.
However, no one dared to take it.
Everyone stared at the string of white jade bodhi beads in the little girl's basket, feeling a little tempted, but remembering the rules, they were afraid that taking it would cause trouble.
Because the little girl suddenly started showing off jewelry, and there might be some that the snake woman needed, Bai Ye stopped paying attention to the crying Lu Sisi.
Lu Sisi ran upstairs to her room and hid.
When Bai Ye saw the little girl walking around with a basket, he came up to Song Mang and said, "Aren't you rich? Why don't you spend money to buy that thing?"
Song Mang glanced at him and said, "I already said I've run out, how can I buy more?"
Bai Ye chuckled twice in a gloomy tone.
"You think I'd believe that? It's only been one night. No one can get 500 ghost coins through a dungeon unless they receive a blessing from their ancestors. Your ancestors wouldn't only give you 500 as pocket money, would they?"
Song Mang remained silent.
Bai Ye then stepped forward, put his arm around her waist, and whispered in her ear, "You have money, and I have power. How about we cooperate? You buy that string of beads and we'll see if we can pass the level tomorrow."
"If you can get through this, I'll protect you once we get out. I'll make sure no one can bully you in the apocalypse."
Song Mang chuckled lightly and uttered, "Are you worthy?"
The moment those three words were uttered, the atmosphere froze instantly, and everyone stared in horror at Bai Ye and Song Mang.
Everyone saw what Master Bai did just now; offending him will not end well!
How dare this woman?!
"Are you looking for death? How dare you talk to me like that?"
Bai Ye's cold and ruthless voice rang out, his eyes were sinister, and he raised his hand to slap Song Mang.
Just as everyone was holding their breath for Song Mang, the slap didn't land on Song Mang's face. Bai Ye held his hand up for a long time without moving.
Song Mang turned and left, saying to the landlady as she went up the stairs, "Landlady, where is the best and safest room I want?"
"Guest, I'll take you there right away."
The landlady came to Song Mang's side and led her to a room with ten large locks on the door.
When Bai saw the landlady appear, he finally realized what was happening and looked at his hand in confusion.
His body...
Why can't I move suddenly?
He originally wanted to slap Song Mang to teach this ungrateful woman a lesson, but as soon as he raised his hand, it was as if the pause button had been pressed and he couldn't move it.
His gaze fell on the proprietress.
Could it be that the proprietress intervened to stop him again?
A hint of apprehension crept into Bai Ye's gaze. It seemed he was right not to directly engage this strange creature earlier; this strange organization had quite a few tricks up its sleeve.
In fact, he had a permanent Ghost Blade in his hand and had already determined that he could fight the landlady to a draw, which is why he acted so arrogantly when he entered the dungeon.
But this instance isn't just about the landlady; there's another little weirdo. It's not worth it for him to go up against the landlady, so he didn't choose to continue breaking the rules.
On the other end.
Song Mang waited for a long time before the landlady unlocked all ten locks and led her into the safest room.
When she entered the room, she felt a gaze on her back, which kept staring at her.
But she turned her head to look.
But I didn't see anything!
Who's watching her? What else is in the inn?!
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Song Mang turned her gaze back to the landlady in the room, but at that moment, the feeling of being watched from behind returned!
She turned back again.
There was still nothing behind it.
Based on her five years of experience surviving in this bizarre world, Song Mang believed her intuition was right; something unseen was watching her!
When did it start?
Should we focus only on her, or on everyone?
Are there more than two strange creatures in the safe house?
Many questions flashed through Song Mang's mind. Finally, she walked over to the proprietress and asked, "I feel like someone is following me. Can you see who it is?"
The proprietress smiled and said, "Sir, you must be mistaken. There are only the two of us here."
Song Mang took out ten 100-yuan ghost money bills.
The proprietress stared intently at the joss paper in her hand. When Song Mang moved the joss paper to the left, her eyes turned to the left; when Song Mang moved it to the right, her eyes turned to the right.
Sudden.
Song Mang put the ghost money into his pocket. "I was going to give you a tip, but I didn't expect the inn's service to be so bad. They don't even answer guests' questions properly."
The proprietress chuckled awkwardly. "Sir, you've misunderstood. I wasn't just trying to brush you off. What I meant was, there are only the two of us in this room."
Song Mang took out the ghost money again, looked at her and said, "So there's someone else outside the room?"
The landlady stared at the ghost money in her hand and said, "Of course there are other people outside the room. Aren't the other guests who came to the inn with you all outside?"
"Besides them, is there anyone else?"
The proprietress paused, looking at the ghost money with reluctance, and finally bit her lip and said, "I'm really sorry, I can't answer that question."
Song Mang simply placed the ghost money into her hand, saying, "I've taken up a little of your time, here's a tip."
The proprietress thought she wouldn't get the ghost money, but Song Mang suddenly stuffed it into her hand, leaving her flattered and surprised.
"What is this...?"
"Take it," Song Mang said. "I hope this will improve the service at your inn. By the way, I booked the best and safest room. Will you guarantee my safety?"
"Of course," the landlady said. "Guests, every room is safe. I need to make sure you get a good night's sleep so you can face tomorrow's challenges."
After the landlady finished speaking, she prepared to leave the room, but after taking a few steps, she stopped and said, "Guest, no matter what noise you hear at night, do not open the door. As long as you are in the room, you are safe."
Song Mang sat on the bed, stroking his chin as he pondered the last words the landlady had said.
Could this room be... a safe house within a safe house?
When the landlady left, she closed the door for Song Mang. Song Mang could clearly feel that the cold gaze that had been staring at her had disappeared.
The landlady asked from outside, "Guest, would you like your room locked? You can tell me what time you're getting up tomorrow, and I'll come and unlock the locks for you."
"Lock it up. You can come and open the door for me tomorrow after everyone gets up and goes downstairs."
"OK."
Hearing the landlady lock the door, Song Mang thought for a moment and then asked, "What if someone breaks my lock outside tonight?"
"I will stop him."
Song Mang was relieved to hear this.
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She just rejected Mr. Bai's invitation to cooperate downstairs and even provoked him; he'll definitely hold a grudge.
Although she wasn't afraid of this person, she only had one useless ghost card that could only immobilize someone, and no offensive ghost cards. If this person suddenly broke in at night, it would be quite troublesome.
Song Mang got up and walked around the room, then returned to the bed and sat down, showing no signs of sleepiness.
It was night outside the inn, but it was daytime when they entered the instance, not a time for sleeping.
The image of the golden ghost card "All Ghosts Submit" appeared before Song Mang's eyes. Just now, when Master Bai attacked her, she tried to use the intimidating function of "All Ghosts Submit" to freeze him in place.
"I didn't expect it to actually succeed."
Song Mang stared at the ghost card, lost in thought. "Could it be that this Yama-level ghost card is not only effective against the supernatural, but also against humans who possess it?"
Most Joker cards work in this way: they are effective against both the supernatural and humans, so Song Mang gave them a try.
But she had one question.
"The description of the Joker card is 'All evil spirits will be intimidated by your Yama aura and kneel down in submission for three seconds.' If it also works on humans who possess the Joker card, why didn't Master Bai kneel down to me and get immobilized?"
Is my level not high enough?
Song Mang guessed that this was the reason; perhaps when her level was high enough, she could make humans kneel down and submit.
She then looked at the function and explanation of the Joker.
Function 1: Deterrence
Why is it function 1?
There's a second function? Could this be an upgradeable Joker that upgrades its functions as her strength increases?
"An upgrade would be something to look forward to."
Song Mang pursed his lips and put the Joker away.
She took out her phone and looked at it. The time on the phone had stopped ticking, and there was no signal, which made it impossible for her to contact Song Wenqi and find out what was happening on her end.
However, she discovered that after completing the first instance, her mental strength increased, and she was able to open the storage space.
This is also why she dared to confront Master Bai head-on.
Although she doesn't have any offensive Jokers in her hand, she has a lot of equipment in her inventory.
Song Mang glanced at the funeral supplies in the storage space, first burned a kitchen knife for herself to protect herself, which could be used to kill ghosts or people, and then she took out a few paper effigies.
These paper figures include men and women, young and old, some dressed in ancient costumes and others in modern clothes.
Song Mang was immediately drawn to a paper effigy of a man dressed in an ancient white robe. She noticed that the craftsmanship of this paper effigy was more exquisite than that of the others.
What if I burned a picture of a handsome guy for myself?
After a moment's thought, Song Mang took back all the other paper figures, leaving only the handsome man in ancient costume.
She took out a pen and wrote her name and birth date on the paper effigy's forehead, then burned it.
After the paper effigy was burned to ashes, a tall, white, transparent figure appeared beside Song Mang's bed.
He wore a long white robe, his dark hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, his face was like jade, and his eyes were like bright stars. Even though his face was a little pale, it could not hide his handsome demeanor.
His eyes weren't like those of the paper effigies Song Mang had seen before, which were either dull or gloomy. Instead, Song Mang could clearly sense his emotions.
For example, right now, he floats beside her bed, looking down at her with a scrutinizing gaze.
The two, one human and one ghost, stared at each other for a long time before Song Mang spoke first, asking, "What's your name? Or is it that the eerie things created by burning paper effigies don't have names?"
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He looked away, surveying his surroundings, without answering Song Mang's question.
After thinking for a while, Song Mang said, "Then I'll give you a name. You were created by me and you recognize me as your master, so you'll be called Song Ergou."
He suddenly spoke, "Xi Yu."
"Song Ergou, you..."
"I said my name is Xi Yu."
Song Mang chuckled, "Doesn't this have a name? Why don't you answer me? I've heard that burning paper effigies for yourself is like burning servants. Why is your servant so disobedient?"
Xi Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry, I haven't gotten used to the environment yet."
"All right."
Song Mang said, "Then you stay by the door tonight. If anyone tries to break in, remember to stop them."
Xi Yu floated to the door and remained motionless, like a transparent statue. His handsome face was expressionless, making Song Mang think he looked a bit like a robot.
It wasn't until Song Mang burned two more paper effigies of pretty little girls and sat cross-legged on the bed with her to play cards that Xi Yu's expression changed.
His eye twitched.
But the change was very subtle, and Song Mang was busy playing cards and didn't notice his expression.
After playing for a while, Song Mang said to Xi Yu, "Do you want to play a game? It's for money, a hundred ghost coins per game. They're having a lot of fun."
Xi Yu said coldly, "Gambling is bad."
Song Mang: "..."
Wait, how come this paper effigy has a set of values?
Just as Song Mang was wondering what was going on, he heard Xu Xuyang crying and shouting from downstairs outside the door, saying things like "Master Bai, spare my life" and "He doesn't want to die."
Song Mang got up and listened at the door for a while. He discovered that Master Bai wanted to throw Xu Xuyang out of the inn in order to force Xu Xuyang to take Xiao Ya's white jade bodhi beads.
Finally, Xu Xuyang tearfully gave in, saying he was willing to break the rules and take the white jade bodhi string.
After listening to the whole story, Song Mang raised an eyebrow, but her emotions did not fluctuate much.
She had seen many people like Bai Ye in the apocalypse; many would stop at nothing to clear the game or survive.
Certainly.
She is that kind of person too.
"Bang--!"
Suddenly, the wooden door in front of Song Mang trembled, and the ten locks on the door clanged.
"Waaaah... Open the door... Open the door, he's come looking for me again, please help me!"
She heard a different kind of crying from before, coming from the other side of the door, outside her room!
Song Mang listened carefully.
It sounds like... Lu Sisi's voice?
"Help me, help me! Master Bai wants me to sleep with him, I don't want to, I don't want to!"
The crying continued.
Song Mang remained standing by the door, her eyes unwavering. She heard the knocking on the door grow more urgent, accompanied by the scratching sound of something sharp scraping against it.
"Open the door! Open the door now! How can you be so heartless? Please save me!"
Song Mang remained motionless.
The voices outside sounded somewhat exasperated, sometimes sharp and sometimes rough, as if two voices were speaking at the same time, with Lu Sisi's voice overlapping with a male voice.
This is not Lu Sisi at all!
Song Mang stepped back a few paces and asked Xi Yu in a low voice, "What's scratching at the door outside?"
Xi Yu said softly, "Strange."
Song Mang: "The sound outside sounds like a male ghost. It's neither the landlady nor the little girl. Could it be another eerie creature in the inn?"
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Xi Yu didn't speak.
Song Mang then asked, "Can you sense how many strange things are in this inn?"
He said, "A lot."
Song Mang's lips twitched, and she said speechlessly, "Would it kill you to say a few more words? Why do you have to spit them out two words at a time?"
Xi Yu: "Three or more is a lot."
Song Mang: "..."
Are all paper-mache handsome men this aloof?
Song Mang stared at Xi Yu for a moment, then glanced at the two little girls not far away.
Unexpectedly, the eerie paper offerings created by burning each have their own unique personalities.
Song Mang thought for a moment, took out two stacks of ghost money, threw them on the bed, and said to the two girls, "One hundred thousand each, go out and tear that thing outside to pieces, can you do that?"
Bang, bang!
Because each stack of these ghost money coins contained 100,000 coins and was quite heavy, they made a dull thud when thrown onto the bed.
Song Mang turned his head and saw a fierce green light flash in the eyes of the two little girls. They excitedly picked up the ghost money on the bed, stuffed it into their clothes, and then turned into a beam of light and rushed towards the door.
"No problem, Master!"
"I'll fight him to the death!"
Xi Yu looked down at Song Mang.
Although he didn't say anything, Song Mang could sense that Xi Yu's scrutiny had intensified, and there was even a hint of doubt in his eyes.
They were probably wondering why she had so much money.
That's two hundred thousand.
It's neither two hundred nor two thousand.
A ghost with 200,000 ghost coins is considered wealthy in the underworld, let alone casually giving 200,000 to a servant.
But Song Mang isn't a ghost, she's a human. She doesn't have any blessings from her ancestors, so where did she get so much money?
Xi Yu stared at Song Mang for a long time, her cold eyes now showing a hint of inquiry and interest.
This is clearly not the kind of emotion a paper effigy could have.
Song Mang looked over and thought to himself, "Little brat, this is going to leave you speechless."
As it turned out, Xi Yu had already looked away, still maintaining that cold, robotic demeanor.
Just then, the sound of fighting came from outside the door.
"What are you banging on? You're disturbing my master's sleep! You're asking for it! I'll tear you apart!"
"Stop! Don't run!"
Not long after, the two girls returned, each carrying half of a middle-aged man's body.
Although the two girls were only at the level of evil spirits, the middle-aged man was stronger than them and was at the level of a demon. However, motivated by the high salary, they worked together as a two-against-one team and still managed to tear him in half perfectly!
Little girl 1: "Master, is tearing it like this enough?"
Little girl 2: "Master, do you want to eat it? Should we tear it into a little more pieces? That way it won't get stuck in your teeth."
Seeing the fierce appearance of these two paper figures, Song Mang was at a loss for words.
She thought that money could make the devil work, but she didn't expect that too much money could also enhance the devil's fighting power!
After a long silence, Song Mang said, "Can we put him back together? I still have some questions for him."
One of the little girls answered, "Master, you can't put it back together. He's an evil spirit, and we're evil spirits. We finally managed to tear it apart, and if we put it back together, we won't be able to beat him."
Another little girl said, "Master, he can talk like this too. You can ask questions, but I suggest you eat as soon as you've asked them."
Song Mang looked at the male ghost that had been torn in two and asked it directly.
"What is your identity at the inn? Why are you pretending to be Lu Sisi and knocking on my room door?"
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The male ghost, torn in two, stared intently at Song Mang, his eyes filled with resentment.
"Those are treasures I finally found, I gave everything for them, no one can touch them! No one can take them from me! If you try to steal my treasures, you deserve to die!"
"What treasure?" Song Mang asked doubtfully. "I came to this inn, but I didn't take anything."
The male ghost kept shouting, "No one can touch my treasure! Anyone who tries to steal it will die!"
Cannot be touched?
Song Mang recalled what happened in the dungeon, her eyes suddenly turning cold, "You stole the snake woman's things! You stole all the gold and silver jewelry in the little girl's basket!"
"No...no..."
The male ghost's mouth was ripped open, and he tried to scream again, but suddenly a blue-green flame burst into flames on his body, instantly burning him to ashes.
He vanished before he could even let out a scream, and the will-o'-the-wisp startled the two little girls.
"How scary, what is that?"
"I touched a little fire, and it hurt so much! I almost burned to death!"
The two little girls quickly hid behind Song Mang.
Xi Yu said casually, "What he was about to say involved spoilers, which violated the rules, so the power of the instance eliminated him."
Song Mang glanced at Xi Yu thoughtfully. "You mean, his rebuttal to me that he wasn't the one who stole things contains a spoiler?"
Xi Yu: "No."
Song Mang waited for a long time, but he didn't say anything more.
She couldn't help but say, "What exactly do you mean he's not? He's not the one who stole things, or he's not refuting me? Why do you always only say two words at crucial moments?"
Xi Yu said, "Sorry, I can't give away any spoilers."
Song Mang narrowed his eyes. "So, you know the secrets of this instance, you know what that strange creature was trying to express? But you've never been here before, so how do you know so much about this instance?"
Xi Yu: "If you think I understand, then I understand."
Song Mang: "..."
Can she send this paper effigy to be destroyed?
It's so hard to communicate with him!
Song Mang grabbed Xi Yu by the collar and threw him into her small, dark room in her storage space. "Go inside, you're completely useless!"
Xi Yu: "..."
Song Mang then looked at the other two little girls, who were standing quietly by the door.
Song Mang said, "Go downstairs and see if Xu Xuyang has gotten Xiaoya's white jade bodhi beads."
"Yes, Master."
The two girls answered at the same time, and then their figures passed through the wooden door and went downstairs.
There were still some players downstairs who hadn't returned to their rooms, but they couldn't see the two paper figures.
The proprietress and the little girl were both in the kitchen. Xu Xuyang came out of the kitchen with a pale face, holding a string of translucent white jade bodhi beads in his hand.
"I...I got it..."
He looked at the other people in the hall and said thankfully, "Xiao Ya didn't do anything to me and even wished me goodnight. Doesn't that mean breaking these rules isn't a big deal?"
Seeing what was in his hand, Master Bai said with satisfaction, "It means you're lucky that nothing happened. Tomorrow night, give this to that bitch Lu Sisi and have her give it to the snake woman."
"Okay, okay!"
Xu Xuyang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had escaped a disaster and was destined for good fortune.
As long as he doesn't come into contact with that terrifying snake woman, he'll definitely be able to leave this instance alive!
As for the others
He's not in the mood to sympathize with anyone right now!
He just wanted to get out of there alive!
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Two paper doll girls watched this scene from a distance, and then they went back upstairs to find Song Mang.
They told Song Mang everything that had happened downstairs, and one of the girls even complained, "Master, this inn is so popular! The stairs are so crowded, it's packed with people! It took me ages to squeeze my way up!"
"Yes!" another little girl said, feeling wronged. "When I came up, I felt a groping hand touching me, but there were too many people, and I couldn't see who it was!"
Song Mang paused slightly.
There were only ten players participating in this instance, and two of them have already died, leaving only eight.
She and Lu Sisi were inside, while Bai Ye and Xu Xuyang could still hear the noise downstairs. There were at most four people on the stairs, so how could they feel crowded?
Wait, something's not right...
The two little girls are paper effigies, but the "people" in their mouths may not actually be real people!
Song Mang quickly asked them, "Approximately how many people are on the stairs? Men and women, old and young?"
Little girl 1: "There were more than ten people, men and women, old and young. The men all looked fierce, and I felt like I couldn't handle them alone."
Little Girl 2: "They must all be evil spirits. It's a pity that the evil spirits from before were wiped out. If I could have eaten half of them, I could have leveled up a bit."
The level of the Joker is linked to the level of the eerie thing. The three paper figures that Song Mang just burned are the lowest level, and they only have the strength of evil spirits. They can't even be given away as Jokers.
Evil spirits are one level higher than evil spirits. Only evil spirits and higher levels of strangeness can give birth to ghost cards. The subsequent levels are vengeful ghosts, evil spirits, Rakshasa, ghost generals, and ghost kings.
Above the Ghost King are the Ghost Immortals, such as the Black and White Impermanence, judges, and Yama, who are all from the underworld.
Just as Song Mang was thinking this, he heard the landlady's voice coming from downstairs.
"Guests, would you like to go to your rooms to rest? It's getting late, and I'm worried you might get lost in the inn. It would be best if you all went back to your rooms to rest as soon as possible."
Someone asked, "The inn is such a small place, how could you get lost?"
The landlady said, "After midnight, people always get lost and just disappear. As for why, I'm not really sure. So if you want to go to the rooms upstairs, you have to let me show you the way."
Hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines and dared not stay downstairs any longer.
The rest of the people followed the proprietress upstairs.
Inside Song Mang's room, a little girl poked her head through the wooden door and peeked out.
She let out a soft exclamation, "Master, the landlady has a lamp in her hand. When she brought the lamp up, everyone on the stairs and in the corridor screamed and ran away. They seem to be very afraid of this lamp."
Song Mang thought back for a moment and remembered that the landlady would indeed carry a lamp every time she escorted someone upstairs.
When the landlady brought her to her room earlier, she was also carrying an oil lamp.
She then heard the landlady remind her, "Guests, please do not go out at night. Wait until the rooster crows at dawn before venturing out. Otherwise, if you get lost in the inn, I will not be responsible."
Song Mang narrowed her eyes.
It seems that the safe houses in this instance have a time limit. After midnight, the inn is no longer a safe house; only the rooms in the inn are safe houses!
Song Mang called the two girls back, played Dou Dizhu with them for a while, then put them back into his space and prepared to take a nap.
Since no one can go out at night and the snake woman hasn't appeared, we can't continue the mission. We might as well rest for a while.
Song Mang had just fallen asleep when she suddenly heard a series of noisy sounds.
First came the familiar sound of Lu Sisi crying, followed by someone's terrified screams. She also heard heavy footsteps pounding on the wooden floorboards.
The footsteps stopped at her door, and then there was the sound of something fiddling with the padlock.
There wasn't a moment of peace all night!
Song Mang opened her eyes with annoyance, then found a pair of earplugs in her space and put them on.
The world became quiet instantly.
When the light shone through the window, Song Mang woke up and took off her earplugs.
She thought dawn would be the quietest time, but as soon as she took off her earplugs, she heard a scream coming from the doorway.
"Ah—! Lu Sisi has hanged herself in her room!"
From the other end of the corridor came another terrified scream, "Xu...Xu Xuyang is dead too! He died in his own room!"
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Song Mang quickly got out of bed.
She guessed that someone would die last night, but she didn't expect two people to die, and both of them died in their own room!
After midnight, the inn becomes unsafe; each guest's room is the only truly safe place.
[Rule Reminder 2: The proprietress's daughter likes to show off gold and silver jewelry; she might try to give you some, but please don't take it seriously.]
After yesterday's incident with the evil spirit knocking on the door, Song Mang judged that the consequence of violating this rule was:
The evil spirits roaming upstairs will hold a grudge and haunt you; they might even break down the door and kill you.
Xu Xuyang died in the room, most likely because he took the white jade bodhi beads, which violated the rules of the safe house, causing the evil spirits outside the door to rush into the room and kill him.
But how did Lu Sisi die too?
Who killed him?
Lu Sisi was the first to return to her room and never came out again. Xu Xuyang hadn't given her the white jade bodhi beads yet, so logically the evil spirit outside the door wouldn't be targeting her.
Or was her guess wrong?
The room isn't a true safe house?
Song Mang looked somewhat serious. She heard the landlady's voice outside and said, "Landlady, could you please unlock my door? I want to come out."
"Yes, my esteemed guest."
The proprietress heard the commotion and came up to check. She immediately came over to open the door for Song Mang.
When Song Mang came out of the room, she saw a lot of people standing at the door of the next room, and the door of the room was open.
Her room was next to Lu Sisi's.
Song Mang went over and took a look, and saw that Lu Sisi's body was still hanging from the roof beam.
Strangely, the body was not wearing any clothes, and its bluish-purple, grayish skin had many wounds.
There were no ropes in the room; Lu Sisi used her own jeans to tie herself to the beam and hang herself.
"Alright, alright, stop looking."
The proprietress chased away the other players by the door and called downstairs, "Little girl, help me receive the goods."
"Here you are."
Xiao Ya ran up and went into the room with the landlady. They took Lu Sisi's body down, and then the mother and daughter moved the body to the kitchen.
Although no one was standing at the doorway, they hadn't gone far either, and they saw the mother and daughter moving the body.
Everyone looked at each other with a strange expression.
"Why do they look so happy, like it's New Year's? Could they have killed Lu Sisi?"
"But Lu Sisi didn't break any rules, so these two monsters can't kill her, right?"
"What does the landlady mean by 'receiving goods'? Isn't it more like 'collecting corpses'?"
After the landlady and Xiao Ya moved the body away, the others heard loud chopping sounds coming from the kitchen. The landlady and Xiao Ya were chopping up the body.
The sound sent chills down everyone's spines, and they dared not linger outside Lu Sisi's room any longer, quickly leaving.
Song Mang went inside and took a look, then found messy bloodstains on the crumpled sheets.
She recalled the wounds on the corpse.
Lu Sisi not only had bruises and welts on her body from being beaten, but there was also blood on her genitals, clearly indicating that she had been violated before her death.
Did someone enter her room last night?
However, the landlady reminded them that they couldn't leave the room at night, and most players who value their lives probably wouldn't leave.
Unless the perpetrator was unafraid of the evil spirits lurking outside, or he used other methods to enter Lu Sisi's room.
Song Mang checked the room.
The room was sparsely furnished and clearly hadn't been lived in for a long time; the floor and furniture were covered in dust, and only the bed was clean.
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Sudden.
Song Mang noticed a spot on the floor that was very clean and dust-free, contrasting sharply with the dirty floor.
This area is right next to the wardrobe.
"The area without dust matches the area at the bottom of the wardrobe, which means the wardrobe has been moved."
Song Mang looked around the area again and saw some messy footprints. The footprints were larger than her shoes and were clearly not Lu Sisi's footprints.
Song Mang then moved the wardrobe aside.
The wardrobe was empty, just for decoration, so it was very light and she moved it easily.
After moving it, Song Mang saw a large hole, about half a person's height, in the wooden wall behind the wardrobe.
The hole is rough and uneven, clearly carved out with a knife, rather than having been there originally.
On the other side of the large hole was a room right next to Lu Sisi's room.
Song Mang did not know who the owner of the room was.
The curtains in that room were not drawn, making the room very dark, and at first glance it looked like no one was inside.
Song Mang turned to leave, intending to ask the landlady whose room it was, but as soon as she turned around...
Suddenly, a head popped out from beside the large hole in the wall, its cold gaze fixed on her.
Song Mang paused for a moment, but she didn't turn around; instead, she left the room directly.
She went downstairs.
"The oil lamps were almost burned out, and I was worried that they would run out of oil, but I didn't expect to get new oil today."
The proprietress said.
The proprietress fished a leg out of the oil and handed it to Xiaoya. Xiaoya ate it with her mouth full of oil and her eyes shining. "It smells so good! I want to eat it all!"
"That won't do, that's for the snake woman..."
At this point, the proprietress noticed Song Mang standing at the door and gave him a sharp look.
What do you want?
Song Mang smiled and said, "I just want to ask, who lives to the left of Lu Sisi's room?"
"That troublemaker!"
The proprietress said impatiently.
Seeing that Song Mang hadn't left, she said, "Guest, the secret recipes for the inn's dishes cannot be revealed. Please leave, otherwise we won't be able to work properly."
Song Mang: "..."
What kind of skill is involved in chopping up a corpse, throwing it into a frying pan, and eating it?
Song Mang mentally grumbled and left, returning to her room upstairs. There, she released the two paper-mache girls from her storage space.
Song Mang said to them, "At the very end of the corridor on the second floor, there is a room with a big lock that no one lives in. Go in and help me see what's inside."
When she went downstairs to find the landlady, she walked around the second floor and found this room.
After the two paper-mache girls left, Song Mang planned to go to Xu Xuyang's room to see how he died.
The remaining players were mostly in Xu Xuyang's room, since he had obtained an item last night that seemed to be able to complete the game.
But as soon as Song Mang arrived at Xu Xuyang's room, she heard someone inside say, "We couldn't find it! We've searched the whole room but can't find the white jade bodhi string!"
"Xu Xuyang is dead, the things are missing, what if the snake woman comes tonight!"
"Is it possible that something killed Xu Xuyang and then took the Bodhi beads instead of being in his room?"
"But we don't know what killed Xu Xuyang! How can we get it back?!"
Song Mang walked in and said, "I know where it is."
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Where is it?
Everyone turned to look at Song Mang.
Song Mang replied, "It's in Xiaoya's bamboo basket. I saw it when I went downstairs just now."
Everyone's expression changed slightly.
Someone asked, "You mean, Xiao Ya killed Xu Xuyang and took the white jade bodhi beads back?"
Then who killed Lu Sisi? Lu Sisi didn't break any rules, so why kill her?
"Xu Xuyang wasn't killed by Xiaoya. As for why the items ended up back in Xiaoya's hands, I have no idea."
Song Mang said, "As for Lu Sisi, she didn't die because she broke the rules; she was..."
Just then, a tall figure walked in through the door, causing everyone to hold their breath in tension.
Song Mang didn't say anything more.
What happened to her?
A sinister and malevolent voice came from behind Song Mang.
Song Mang turned her head and saw that Bai Ye's tall and strong body was like a wall blocking the doorway, and his gaze toward her was somewhat mocking.
She committed suicide.
Song Mang said calmly.
A middle-aged suicide woman in the crowd said with a heavy heart, "What a fine child! How could he commit? If he had held on a little longer, he might have been able to leave this place."
Someone frowned and said, "But she has blood on her body. It doesn't look like self-harm; it looks like she was attacked..."
At this point, the man paused for a moment before saying, "It could also be a ghost... Could it be that she committed suicide because she couldn't bear the tragedy? But the two strange creatures in the inn are both women, they couldn't possibly have done that to her, could they?"
The middle-aged woman looked at Song Mang and said, "You said that Xu Xuyang wasn't killed by Xiao Ya, and Lu Sisi committed suicide after being assaulted by a man. Could there be other strange things happening in the inn?"
That weirdo was definitely a man; Xu Xuyang and Lu Sisi were both harmed by him!
Everyone's eyes widened instantly, and their expressions turned fearful as they looked around warily.
Song Mang's expression remained calm. "You're half right. There are indeed other strange things in the inn, which is why the landlady reminded us last night not to leave our rooms."
Xu Xuyang died in a bizarre manner.
But what violated Lu Sisi was not the bizarre.
It is people.
Song Mang's words made the others even more terrified, because they couldn't see the evil spirits wandering outside on the second floor and didn't know when they would harm people again.
Moreover, the fact that both of them died in their own rooms shows that even rooms are not absolutely safe!
The middle-aged woman was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but say through trembling teeth, "The string in Xiaoya's bamboo basket must be related to passing the level, otherwise the ghost couldn't have killed Xu Xuyang!"
Someone will come tonight to ask Xiaoya for the skewers again. Give them to the snake woman immediately afterward, and we can all get out! Even if we break the rules, it's okay!
No sooner had the middle-aged woman finished speaking than someone refuted her.
"Auntie, what do you mean, 'Someone come and get the skewers'? Why don't you go get the skewers from Xiaoya? If this isn't what the snake woman wants, we'll still have to stay here tonight, and whoever took the skewers will die!"
The remaining people started arguing.
Xu Xuyang's gruesome body was still nearby, and no one wanted to take the risk, but everyone felt that this string of stones might be the key to passing the level.
"Go get it."
Bai Ye's voice suddenly rang out, silencing everyone present, who followed his gaze to Song Mang.
Bai Ye also looked at Song Mang with a hint of malice in his eyes, "Give it to the snake woman. If you can pass the level, you'll live. If you can't pass the level, hehe... good luck to you!"
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Song Mang, however, was not afraid at all, and had a playful smile on her face. "I won't take it. If we're going to die, we'll all die together."
Bai Ye's face twitched, and his gaze toward her grew increasingly sinister, a transparent blade appearing in his hand.
He walked towards Song Mang and said, "You're just as despicable as Lu Sisi. If you don't go get the skewers, believe me, I'll make you wish you were dead."
Song Mang suddenly shouted, "Boss lady, someone's been attacked! Someone's trying to sabotage our unity! Help!"
Although she was shouting for help, her expression remained calm, giving Bai Ye the feeling that she had everything under control.
Song Mang's indifferent demeanor displeased him.
A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he slashed at Song Mang with the transparent blade in his hand.
But halfway through the cut, the proprietress appeared, blocking Song Mang's path, and used the handle of the oil lamp to deflect Master Bai's transparent ghost blade.
The landlady looked at Bai Ye with displeasure. "Guest, I've said it before, I hope everyone can work together. Please don't break the inn's rules!"
Master Bai scoffed, "You're just a demon. Do you know what level my Ghost Blade is? It's a strange weapon given to me that's almost at the level of a vengeful ghost. If we really fight, you're no match for me."
The proprietress had no expression, only a smile as she said, "Guest, you don't want to anger me. No one can afford the consequences of angering me."
Bai Ye remained silent for a long time, and finally, after thinking of something, he put away the transparent ghost blade.
Although he sheathed the Ghost Blade, he walked past the landlady to Song Mang's side, his eyes filled with malice as he whispered, "You just wait tonight, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"
Song Mang said, "Your Ghost Blade is quite nice. How about giving it to me? I can leave you with a whole corpse."
Master Bai's face was gloomy.
No one had ever dared to speak such arrogant words in front of him, whether before or after the apocalypse!
Does this frail woman know that he could crush her without even needing the Ghost Blade?
"Just pray you can get through tonight and leave, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"
After saying that, Bai Ye grinned maliciously again, "Oh right, the fact that we're entering the same instance means we're not far apart in reality. Even if you're lucky enough to survive in the instance, I can still make sure you die in reality."
Song Mang: "Are you a garbage bag? You can hold so much."
Bai Ye: ?
Seeing that Master Bai was so angry that he clenched his fists, Song Mang left Xu Xuyang's room as if nothing had happened.
When she returned to her room, the two paper doll girls had already come back, their faces full of excitement.
Little Girl #1: "Master, we've leveled up!"
Little Girl #2: "Let me show you!"
Song Mang saw the figures of the two girls who looked similar overlap, and then their aura suddenly increased, with red light flashing in their eyes.
Song Mang asked in surprise, "After you level up, you can combine your powers, and your combined strength will increase?"
"right!"
One of the girls explained, "In the two rooms you went to, there were two very weak people. We ate them, and then we could merge!"
Although we are only evil spirits individually, when we combine, we become the most powerful evil spirits, and no other evil spirit can defeat us!
Song Mang guessed that the two very weak "people" she mentioned were the souls of Xu Xuyang and Lu Sisi, who had just died.
While everyone was still in Xu Xuyang's room, they went in to eat "people," and it seems that no one else, including the landlady, noticed them!
Song Mang did sense it, but he ignored it.
As Song Mang pondered, another little girl's voice came from behind him.
"Master, we found something wonderful in the room at the very end of the corridor! You'll definitely love it!"
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What is that?
The little girl chuckled and then took out a string of white bone beads from her pocket. "This thing has very strong magic power!"
The little girl handed the bone bracelet to Song Mang.
When Song Mang took a look, she found that the beads of this bone bracelet were only the size of her little fingernail, but the bone beads were very finely made.
The bone beads are not perfectly round, but oval, and are even carved into the shape of a snake's skull.
Song Mang held the bone bracelet, touched the patterns on the bone beads, and then her pupils contracted slightly.
"This doesn't look like a sculpted shape."
She held the bone bracelet up to her eyes, examined it closely, and discovered that it was the skull of a snake!
"Could this be what the snake woman wanted?"
Song Mang then asked the little girl, "Besides this snake bone string, what else is in that room?"
The little girl replied, "There was another coffin, and inside were two skeletons, one big and one small. This bracelet was on the wrist of the big skeleton, and I took it off."
"Could the two skeletons, one large and one small, be the remains of the landlady and the maid?"
Song Mang looked thoughtful, sensing something was amiss. "If these are the remains of the landlady and the maid, then this snake bone string should be on the landlady's remains. How could she not know where it is?"
This dungeon is actually more complicated than she imagined; she feels it's not even as difficult as a one-star dungeon.
Song Mang took out her phone and looked at it.
She wanted to see if there were any special organizations that had set up discussion websites for this instance, so she could learn about this instance and other instances in Jiang City from them.
Although she lived for five years in the apocalypse in her previous life, countless dungeons appeared in every city after the strange events began, and she did not experience them all.
"I almost forgot that regular cell phones have no signal in dungeons."
Song Mang clicked his tongue, put his phone away, took out a paper replica of an iPhone 16 Pro Max from his storage space, and burned it for himself.
In no time, she had a semi-transparent iPhone 16 Pro Max in her hand, and it worked just like a real phone!
Most importantly,
In the real-life scenario, an iPhone 16 Pro Max has no signal in the eerie instance, but burning a paper effigy of yourself will give you a signal!
Song Mang first used a paper phone to send a text message to Song Wenqi's phone number to inquire about her situation.
But Song Wenqi hasn't replied yet, probably because she's in the game and we haven't seen her message yet.
"I should have burned her phone first."
I was so busy getting to the safe zone that I forgot about it.
Although he forgot to burn the phone, Song Mang burned a lot of weapons for Song Wenqi before leaving, which should ensure her safe passage through the dungeon.
Song Mang used a paper phone to search online and actually found a newly developed eerie discussion website.
She logged in and took a look, only to discover that the website had been open the moment the strange event occurred.
There are already quite a few introductions to the dungeons inside, and a small number of players have also commented on the post.
Most of the people who can post and participate in discussions on this website now are extraordinary individuals who had some contact with the Xuanmen (mystical sect) before the apocalypse. These people also perceived the changes in the world earlier than ordinary people.
For example, the establishment of safe zones in each city is based on certain clues and predictions from some people.
As far as Song Mang knew, the safe zone had been built by these Xuanmen people three years ago, so the safe zone could be put into use as soon as the strange phenomenon started.
Using precise location search, Song Mang found the discussion thread "Snake Woman's Revenge" on the website.
As soon as she clicked on the post, she saw a line of text at the top of the post in bright red warning font.
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[Danger! Danger! Danger! A low-level, guaranteed-death dungeon has appeared in Jiang City. No one has survived. Detour!]
The poster, "Qifeng," clearly holds a high position in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), as the replies below all address him as "Big Boss."
[Hey bro, I live nearby, what's wrong with this dungeon? Why am I guaranteed to die even with only one star?]
I need to take my family to the safe zone, and this is the shortest route. Is it really impossible to go any further?
Qifeng also posted a message in the comments section:
[A strange event occurred at dawn. Five groups of people entered the instance, totaling fifty people. None of them came out alive, including an old celestial master from Baiyun Temple.]
The Ghost Suppression Division estimates that over a hundred people will die in this instance, and it will be upgraded to a three-star difficulty instance tomorrow.
[My God! This dungeon is only one-star difficulty, and fifty people have died in less than half a day! That's a higher death rate than many two-star dungeons!]
[This is the first time I've seen a dungeon that allows you to level up beyond the Star level. What's inside? Is it that scary?]
[The old Celestial Master of Baiyun Temple is dead, so it's even more impossible for ordinary people to clear this dungeon. Everyone, spread the word quickly so people can avoid this certain-death situation!]
Song Mang: [Ah, I'm in the dungeon right now.]
Qifeng: ? ? ?
Others: ? ? ?
No, you're inside the instance, so how can you post online? Isn't there no signal inside the instance?!
Song Mang had just posted a comment when she was attacked with insults.
[What the hell are you talking about? There's no signal in the dungeon, you can't even go online, how could you possibly be in there!]
[Kid, this is a serious discussion website, not a place for you to brag. Go play somewhere else.]
[A newbie level 1 account? Just a regular player, huh? Hasn't even been into a dungeon yet? Can't even pull off a proper show-off.]
When Song Mang saw those accounts of "talented individuals" from before the apocalypse, she was bombarded with insults. So she got up and left the room, went downstairs and took a picture of the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen, the proprietress and the little girl were boiling corpse oil. In the photos taken, their figures were semi-transparent, clearly not human, but something eerie.
Song Mang posted the photos in the comments section, saying, "[Posting pictures as proof, are you guys not allowed to use your phones in dungeons?]"
[Huh?! My master already mentioned the strange occurrences. We've entered several dungeons last night, but there's still no signal!]
[Heh, you didn't even enter the instance! There are weird things everywhere outside right now. You just took a picture somewhere and said it's from the Serpent Woman's Revenge? Who would believe that!]
[That's possible. After all, no one survived this instance, and the survivors don't know what it's like inside.]
As soon as these people finished refurbishing Song Mang, the poster "Qifeng" replied.
Qifeng: [She is indeed involved in the snake woman's revenge; these two strange individuals are the staff of the dungeon's safe house.]
The onlookers were all shocked.
[Damn! Why is her phone different from mine? Why can't I contact anyone outside?!]
If the dungeon she entered had a walkthrough tutorial on the website, wouldn't she be invincible?
[There's no walkthrough for the Snake Woman's Revenge yet. What good is it if she can contact the outside world? She'll still die in this doomed dungeon.]
Song Mang: [Then I'll create a tutorial for you.]
Onlookers: ? ? ?
Although Song Mang faced a new wave of ridicule after posting those words, Qi Feng did not mock her.
Qifeng replied instead—
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