Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Before they knew it, it had completely darkened, and everyone had only oil lamps for lighting.
But this oil lamp was very simple in style and relied entirely on the candle inside for lighting. The light was very dim and could only illuminate an area of half a meter around itself. And if the wind was a little stronger, one might even suspect that the candle would go out.
Everyone knew the importance of this oil lamp. After all, in this copy, this oil lamp was an indispensable prop. It was not only to keep the ghosts away from him, but more importantly, only this oil lamp could illuminate where the relics of God existed in this building.
Although they didn’t know how to get the gods’ favor in this copy, as long as they thought about it, they would realize that the gods would definitely reward the most pious person among all people.
This meant that only those who had collected the most tokens could obtain privileges as the most devout believers. This had made many players eager to try, as they came here just to gain power.
When the yin energy in the house reached its strongest, everyone understood that everything had begun.
The decoration in this hall suddenly became quaint, giving people a strange feeling wherever they looked, making them feel as if they had traveled back to the time when this building was built a hundred years ago.
The strange thing was that the roads that originally led to other places had been disrupted, with forks leading to various places, and no one knew where these forks led to.
Everyone naturally did not communicate with anyone else but walked towards the entrance they chose. To avoid conflicts, no one chose the same entrance.
Although Rong Qingman was very worried about Gu Wuji, under the current circumstances, it was impossible for him to stay in the hall and continue waiting for Gu Wuji. There was also an unspoken rule in this house that if you stay in one place for more than five minutes, you would attract more powerful ghosts.
“Oh, if I had known earlier, I should have explained all the important things about this copy to him on the boat. I thought I would have time later, but who knew that Felicia would…” Rong Qingman couldn’t help but sigh, feeling a strong sense of regret in his heart.
All of them had studied this copy for a long time and investigated a lot of information, so they knew the various default rules in the copy. But Gu Wuji came in without knowing anything…
“I hope he can find a safe room to hide in before coming out at dawn. Otherwise, staying in this building without an oil lamp is no different from seeking death.” Rong Qingman could only hope this.
The ghosts in this copy were by no means easy to deal with… Although there were a large number of low-level ghosts that could be easily dealt with, if the low-level ghosts were killed, higher-level ghosts would be attracted.
Those were ghosts that were once devout believers. They could even use some of the power of the gods in this world. If you encountered them, you would definitely be in danger of death unless you were blessed by the gods.
….
Gu Wuji continued walking in the building. It was pitch black all around him. If it weren’t for the fact that his physical fitness had improved after going through so many dungeons, he would not have been able to see the road around him.
The man and the ghost also encountered some low-level monsters on the road, all of which were derived from deep resentment. All of these were solved neatly by Gu Wuji with a kitchen knife.
The ghost regarded this scene as a threat, and was so scared that his body almost trembled, wondering what kind of terrible person he had met!
In fact, Gu Wuji felt that he was quite friendly, because the system required him to be indifferent to people, so it was okay for him to be friendly to ghosts.
But because he had been through so many copies, the decisiveness he unconsciously revealed when killing monsters had already made other ghosts feel afraid.
“What’s going on? Why haven’t we reached the hall yet after walking for so long?” Gu Wuji felt that it had been too long.
The ghost next to him was afraid that Gu Wuji would do something to him in a fit of impulse, so he said quickly: “This is because this building will change after dark. It can be said that it has become a strange space. It is certainly difficult to get out. Don’t get excited.”
In fact, what it said was true, but the ghost had other ideas. When it was outside, it had already realized that there were some extremely terrifying existences in this building. Now that it couldn’t deal with this horrible human, other beings could definitely kill him.
The ghost felt physically and mentally happy when he thought of the scene of Gu Wuji being humiliated. Only such a scene could heal the psychological trauma caused by Gu Wuji.
In short, the man and the ghost walked forward, and Gu Wuji suddenly felt a strong yin energy surging over him, as if he had walked into a busy hall in an instant, and suddenly four or five low-level ghosts in maid uniforms appeared around him.
They all resembled skeletons, and their gender could only be seen from their clothes. They were all wandering around with numb expressions, and when they realized there was a living person here, they all rushed over here with shining eyes.
“What poor ghosts! It seems they have been imprisoned here for many years.” Gu Wuji shook his head and tried to purify them but found that it didn’t work.
There was no doubt that the ghosts in this building, like the ghosts on the ghost cruise ship, had long been a cursed entity rather than an individual existence that could be purified.
“Then there’s nothing we can do.” Gu Wuji immediately used the ghost-controlling technique on the maids.
Because his ghost-controlling skills were advanced enough, the maids who had been acting on instinct immediately stood respectfully behind Gu Wuji, as if waiting for his orders.
“Okay, now I have someone else to lead the way.” Gu Wuji looked at the ghost beside him, “You can go now.”
The ghost looked at Gu Wuji in disbelief. He couldn’t imagine that this man who was like a devil in his heart would let him go so easily.
But it suddenly occurred to it that if a foreign ghost like itself wanted to turn around and leave, it would encounter a lot of trouble. It might as well sacrifice this human being to cling to the thigh of the senior ghost. It immediately said firmly, “No, since I am going to help you lead the way, I must lead you to the end!”
Gu Wuji was surprised that this ghost was so dedicated. This made Gu Wuji feel a sense of mutual sympathy among his own kind. He immediately dismissed the ghosts of the maids, “Then let’s continue going.”
They continued to move forward and turned a corner. Gu Wuji heard a crying sound beside his ear and a faint light.
He turned his head and saw a little girl sitting in the corner, huddled in the corner and crying. There was an oil lamp at her feet, dimly illuminating a painting hanging on the wall.
“It’s actually a human?” Unexpectedly, Gu Wuji did not feel any negative energy from the little girl. Instead, he felt the vitality that only humans had. But why were there no ghosts around her?
No matter what, Gu Wuji led the ghost forward, but when they were at a certain distance, the ghost behind him didn’t dare to get close at all.
“So that’s why. It’s because of the oil lamp.” Gu Wuji had already paid attention to it when he heard the ghost say it before, but he didn’t expect that the oil lamp would be so powerful.
“Why are you staying here?” Gu Wuji could see clearly from such a close distance that the little girl had silver-gray hair and pale skin. She looked like Felicia’s relative. Could she be his sister?
Although he was treating a little girl and Gu Wuji really wanted to help her, his tone was still cold in order to fit in with his character.
“Wow…” The little girl raised her head in fear. When she saw Gu Wuji, she stopped crying and said, “Big brother, I’m lost. Can you take me back to the bedroom?”
“That’s fine, but what benefit can you give me?” Gu Wuji was still trying hard to create his own cold personality, “After all, I won’t help useless people.”
“I, I…” The little girl was a little confused. She didn’t expect that someone would ask her this question. She was so scared that she started crying again.
“Don’t cry, or I’ll throw you to the ghosts.” Gu Wuji said coldly, and the little girl immediately shut up.
The ghost behind was shocked when he heard this. This human was so vicious and outrageous! He was so cruel to a little girl. Could it be that his previous statement of letting me go was just a test? If I really leave, I might be killed by this guy!
Thinking of this, the ghost felt a little scared and began to praise his own cleverness.
“Hmph.” Gu Wuji picked her up and picked up the oil lamp beside her. “If it weren’t for the fact that you might be related to the young master, I wouldn’t have taken action.”
He found that the oil lamp was almost burned out. He held the lamp to reflect the painting on the wall. It was a portrait of a young nobleman who was very similar to Felicia, and it could be seen that they were related by blood.
But this noble young man looked mentally unstable, like a fanatical follower of an evil god.
“Where do you live?” Gu Wuji asked the little girl.
“I don’t know either.” The little girl was frightened by Gu Wuji and said, “I just wanted to find my mother, so I ran out, but my mother’s shadow disappeared… Then I came here…”
[Trigger side quest: Go home.]
The names of the side quests were very concise. Gu Wuji was unable to find any clues, and the little girl was probably too young, so what she said was not very clear.
Gu Wuji looked at the ghost hiding outside the light source, “Do you have any ideas?”
If he had known earlier, he would not have dismissed the ghosts of the maids. If they were there, he would not be so helpless now.
“I, I…” The ghost hid behind and suddenly raised his voice, “In front of you!!”
Gu Wuji didn’t quite understand what he said, but when he turned around, he saw that in the light of the oil lamp shining on the portrait, a distorted black shadow suddenly appeared. The figure vaguely looked like a female ghost, and she was not afraid of the light of the oil lamp in front of her at all.
The ghost hiding in the back was so excited that he didn’t expect a high-level ghost to appear so soon. Now this human must be dead soon.
The female ghost looked at Gu Wuji with cold eyes. A dark shadow suddenly extended from the portrait. The oil lamp flickered under the light, and it seemed that it would be completely extinguished in the next moment. At that time, the female ghost would start to attack.
At this time, the little girl fainted because she was too frightened.
Gu Wuji looked at the female ghost in front of him, wondering if he could negotiate something with her. But the female ghost’s determination to fight to the death made it seem difficult to deal with her. He had secretly taken out his pocket watch and was ready to run away if the situation turned bad.
When the light finally dimmed completely and the female ghost was about to attack Gu Wuji, the mark of the evil god on Gu Wuji’s hand suddenly heated up and emitted a faint light. When the female ghost noticed the light, she was stunned.
But all this happened in such a short time that Gu Wuji opened his pocket watch the moment the mark started to heat up, and he didn’t notice anything strange about the female ghost at all.
As for the heating of the Evil God’s Mark, this thing always heated up from time to time, and Gu Wuji was used to it.
The golden light instantly illuminated everything around, and the figure of the female ghost seemed to be frozen. Gu Wuji threw the oil lamp in his hand away, and when he ran away, he did not forget to take the dazed ghost with him.
Ghost: “…”
What the hell is wrong with this human? Even the high-level ghosts didn’t do anything to him! God knows that the ghost was already scared at that moment and didn’t dare to have any contact with Gu Wuji anymore.
The question is how did he get taken away by this human?
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