Chapter 233: Strange Tales of Huaishu Road Construction Site 31

Chapter 233: Strange Tales of Huaishu Road Construction Site 31

The appearance of the female ghost successfully disrupted the morale of the Northwest teams.

After Zhou Yong relayed the message that "the female ghost has most likely already been eliminated," the players who had been patrolling in an orderly manner all began to lose focus.

Had the instance dungeon ended without their knowledge?!

It felt surreal, completely different from everyone's expectations.

Didn't the yin-yang master who had a shop on the third floor say that tonight and tomorrow would be the main battles??

An indescribable strange atmosphere spread throughout the department store;

In the accommodation area on the first floor, Qin Fei and his group were already sitting idly by the window.

Resting their chins on their hands, they watched the rain outside.

...

At five-thirty.

The Northwest teams returned to the accommodation area.

Numerous gazes converged on the NPC named Zhang Da, and many looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

This guy! Just an NPC! Even his name is so casual, how could he have such good luck to accidentally kill the boss of the instance dungeon!?

Despite several hours having passed, Zhou Yong's mood was still complex.

He quickly stepped forward and asked the player responsible for patrolling the first floor of North Team, "How did things go over there this afternoon?" He nodded towards the direction of Dormitory No. 1.

The player replied truthfully, "They occasionally came out; it seems they wanted to go upstairs to find the female ghost but couldn't. They've been staying in the dormitory for the past two hours."

Zhou Yong nodded.

The reaction of the players in Dormitory No. 1 was normal; it seemed they were unaware of what happened in the afternoon.

The female ghost didn't come after these players, which brought a hint of joy to Zhou Yong's heart.

It seemed Zhang Da really had incredible luck.

The red-clothed female ghost must be dead!

Even if she wasn't, she must have suffered severe injuries, leaving her too weak to even seek help from these players.

As the Northwest teams returned to their dormitories one after another, a player from Dormitory No. 1 cautiously peeked out, then quickly slammed the door shut.

Immediately afterward, muffled voices could be heard inside, but it was hard to make out what they were saying from outside.

However, Zhou Yong no longer cared.

With the female ghost dead, there was no way their team could win the mission; any further efforts would be futile.

The only regret was that the rule for clearing the strange tale was simply surviving until Mid-Autumn Festival.

In other words, with the death of the female ghost, everyone in the strange tale was now safe.

Zhou Yong clicked his tongue, feeling that they had let the other side gain a significant advantage.

The players walked leisurely back to their dormitories, completely unaware that their chat messages were decreasing due to system censorship...

...

"It's settled."

In Dormitory No. 1, Lu Cheng gave the other players an OK sign.

Perhaps because they believed they had already secured victory, the defense of Dormitory No. 4 became less stringent, allowing Lu Cheng to successfully eavesdrop on their meeting.

"They went to the third floor three times to find the yin-yang master but couldn't find anyone. The owners of the other shops on the third floor were also gone."

Lu Cheng licked his lips, hopeful. "Could it be that they were all killed by the female ghost or ran away?"

Those on the third floor were living NPCs hired by the department store to guard the premises, unlike the dead ghost owners in the women's clothing section on the first floor. The NPCs on the third floor could move freely.

In any case, Xiao Qin's plan to incite the female ghost against the yin-yang master had worked smoothly.

Now, as long as they obtained the method to save the ghosts from the opposite construction site from the female ghost, they could maximize their benefits when the instance dungeon cleared.

When night fell, it wouldn't be difficult for the female ghost to deceive the other two teams.

Shortly after dinner, the Southeast teams arranged for a few people to take turns going out, creating an appearance of urgency in searching for the female ghost, while the others went to sleep.

From the perspective of the players in Dormitory No. 4, this was the scene they saw:

Throughout the night, players from Dormitories No. 1 and No. 3 kept coming in and out, looking hurried and increasingly anxious.

This state continued until ten o'clock at night.

Due to the rules restricting players from entering and exiting the accommodation area after ten o'clock, the players from Dormitories No. 1 and No. 3 reluctantly returned to their dormitories and stayed inside.

Zhou Yong's smile grew clearer, almost uncontrollable.

At midnight.

The accommodation area was silent.

After two days of intense exploration in the instance dungeon, everyone was highly fatigued.

The dormitories numbered Two and Four could have prepared in advance, setting up props to prevent the female ghost from entering, just like Dormitory One did last night.

But they didn't.

Perhaps they were lax, or perhaps they forgot.

They hastily left two people to guard the corridor while the rest returned to their rooms to rest.

The torrential rain continued unabated, the sound of heavy raindrops like thunder, pounding against the window panes and walls.

Zhou Yong lay on his bed, looking at the live chat interface with bright eyes.

Perhaps because things had settled down, Zhou Yong noticed that the number of real-time viewers in his live stream had significantly decreased, and the chat messages were sparse.

But he didn't pay much attention.

The room was pitch black, and the sound of rain outside the window acted like white noise, gradually blurring his senses.

Zhou Yong began to feel drowsy, his eyelids drooping.

Just like last night.

Soon, without realizing it, Zhou Yong fell asleep.

Everyone in Dormitories Two and Three, including those patrolling the corridor, one by one, slumped over and fell asleep.

At the same time, the door of Dormitory Three opened slightly.

Someone cautiously peeked out and waved to someone behind them.

A group of people tiptoed, stepping over the two sleeping players lying in the corridor, and entered Dormitory One.

Then, a blood-red figure floated into the entrance of the dormitory area.

...

"The Yin-Yang Master has hidden himself."

This was the first thing the female ghost said after entering Dormitory One.

She kept her word; when midnight came, she indeed returned to the dormitory area.

Compared to when Cui Wenxuan forcibly summoned her with a mirror in the afternoon, the female ghost's attitude was much better now.

The small room was packed with players, but the female ghost's gaze remained fixed only on Xiao Qin's face.

Xiao Qin had no interest in idle chatter and directly addressed the core issue: "Does the Yin-Yang Master still have the strength to counterattack? Have you remembered how to save your husband?"

The female ghost pouted.

The formation upstairs had been destroyed, and the paper figurine shop owners on the third floor, seeing the situation turn bad, all fled. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, the female ghost's ghostly powers were gradually reaching their peak.

Now, she completely disregarded the Yin-Yang Master.

With her pale, bony hand, she reached into her pocket and pulled out an old book with frayed edges, handing it to the players. "Tomorrow, do as written in this book."

Xiao Qin remained seated, while Qi Xiu and Cui Wenxuan exchanged a glance before stepping forward to take the book.

After flipping through it briefly, Qi Xiu's expression turned strange.

He looked up, hesitating to ask, "Which page should we follow...?"

The book the female ghost handed to the players was an entire volume titled "Compendium of Soul Nurturing, Ghost Controlling, and Spirit Suppressing."

The book wasn't thick, but it had 64 pages, each detailing a different method.

The faded, broken traditional Chinese characters printed inside made Qi Xiu's eyes blur.

Cui Wenxuan's lips twitched slightly. "This book looks familiar."

If he remembered correctly, he saw this book yesterday in the shop on the third floor, right next to the Yin-Yang Master's shelf.

Was the female ghost saying she remembered how to save the ghost by stealing it?

The female ghost rolled her eyes, showing no intention of explaining.

Qi Xiu frowned deeply. Although it was embarrassing to admit, he couldn't even read all the characters in the book...

It wasn't Qi Xiu's fault; many of the characters in ancient books were obscure and difficult to recognize.

But what were the players supposed to do now?

The female ghost chose to watch indifferently as the players faced their dilemma.

Qi Xiu highly suspected that the female ghost herself didn't know which specific page to look at, otherwise why would she suddenly avoid eye contact, looking guilty?

Qi Xiu and Cui Wenxuan spent a long time flipping through the book, sweat starting to form on their temples.

Suddenly, a slender, fair hand slipped between them, using two fingers to pull the book away.

Cui Wenxuan turned his head and saw that the book was now in Xiao Qin's hands, feeling inexplicably relieved.

The chat screen filled with "Hahaha."

"I bet five gold coins that Captain Cui was thinking: When will Xiao Qin come and take the book away?"

"Is this really meant for humans to read? It looks more like ghost scribbles than anything else."

"Whether it's for humans or ghosts, Xiao Qin can definitely understand it."

"Xiao Qin, the omnipotent god~"

...

The omnipotent god was indeed very omnipotent.

The problem that had troubled Qi Xiu and Cui Wenxuan for quite some time was solved by Qin Fei in mere moments.

The young man tilted his chin slightly, his gaze swiftly scanning through pages of old paper at a speed so fast that Qi Xiu thought he was just flipping through them casually.

But soon, Qi Xiu heard something that made him doubt his own ears.

"This page."

Qin Fei spread open the book, his gaze calmly rising.

On this page was recorded a method to subdue ghosts.

According to the content, using this method to suppress a fierce ghost first required choosing a place with high human traffic but also shaded, with easy access on all sides and greenery around.

On such terrain, a 5-meter × 5-meter dark room should be built, into which the ashes of the person who had turned into a fierce ghost would be placed. Then, sealed with nine different techniques, the ghost could be completely eradicated.

Qin Fei quickly read through all 64 methods of subduing ghosts in the book, and only this one matched perfectly with the feng shui of the construction site opposite the Sinar Mas Department Store.

As Qi Xiu listened to Qin Fei explain slowly, his eyes widened in disbelief.

He even doubted whether the two eyes on Xiao Qin's face were truly human.

How could someone read so fast???

—Especially when he himself couldn't even understand the words.

Qi Xiu had always believed that the gap between high-level players and ordinary players was like an insurmountable chasm, but he never expected that even within the same level, the gap between a top student and a poor student was equally unreachable.

Captain Qi was deeply disheartened.