Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After confirming the instance, Gu Wuji also received some information about it, including the background and possible skills required.
High-level instances were notoriously difficult to complete, so the game didn’t mind providing this information to prevent players from dying because they didn’t fit the story and lacked the necessary skills.
“The Death Casino is set in a completely fictional country. The customs and beliefs of its inhabitants are quite different from those of the ordinary world. This casino is particularly bizarre; countless people have entered and disappeared without causing any disturbance to the outside world…” Gu Wuji read the information aloud. “This instance doesn’t require any special skills; good luck is all you need.”
Isn’t that a bit too much?! What if those unlucky players entered this instance? They’d be doomed immediately!
However, considering the casino setting, the system’s suggestion was that players might need to disguise themselves as ordinary gamblers to enter.
“Speaking of which, I happened to have obtained that dice prop before.” Gu Wuji immediately pulled it out. “It might come in handy this time, but two months is too short. I wonder if it’s too late to learn some casino techniques.”
After all, Gu Wuji’s filming hadn’t even finished yet!
If it were anyone else, they would probably have given up, but how could Gu Wuji give up the job he valued most! This was more important than his life.
“And compared to those things…” Gu Wuji looked at the mirror behind him; there was still nothing behind him, “I still have this important matter to resolve.”
As soon as he woke up, Gu Wuji called his hometown. His parents’ replies sounded normal, and they were surprised that he would suddenly call back, which relieved Gu Wuji.
Although everything seemed normal, Gu Wuji was still worried about what happened in his dream. He asked his parents about the kidnapping, and their replies were extremely official, no different from what Gu Wuji already knew.
Gu Wuji then searched for information about this matter, but found nothing, as if this information had been deliberately covered up.
So Gu Wuji assigned the task of investigating the matter to Cheng Jia, saying he would go back after filming. Cheng Jia, eager to prove himself, was immediately energized and ran off to gather information.
Austin looked at Gu Wuji with a complicated expression, “Are you going back to that world again? That being, if it encounters you again, definitely won’t let you go.”
“I have no choice,” Gu Wuji shook his head, “I can only choose this instance. Anyway, I’ll do my best.”
“In that case, I can only…” Austin hesitated, seemingly keeping something to himself, before his figure suddenly dissipated, disappearing to do something else.
Gu Wuji remembered the soul of the high-level player who had been imprisoned and immediately sought him out to inquire about the situation. He also summoned the other ghosts in the village, purifying them while simultaneously summoning the high-level player, as Gu Wuji was currently extremely busy.
The scene was honestly quite thrilling. After all, one ghost after another vanished into specks of light with a wave of Gu Wuji’s hand, as if he had killed so many ghosts with ease. If Gu Wuji hadn’t looked like a good person, acted reliably, and had trustworthy character, the surrounding ghosts would have surely run away long ago.
The high-level player’s eyes still held a hint of fear when he looked at Gu Wuji— or rather, his eyes were filled with terror as he looked behind Gu Wuji. What had happened earlier had been too traumatic for him. Moreover, what Gu Wuji was doing now was almost a threat to him, since he didn’t want to be purified so quickly.
“I want to ask you, when you tried to take over my body before, why did you just leave, as if you saw something terrifying?” Gu Wuji couldn’t imagine what could have scared a high-level player so much that he lost all his composure.
“I didn’t expect you to ask me this question.” The advanced player looked incredulous. To him, it was like a college student saying they didn’t know how to do a primary school problem. However, since everyone was under Gu Wuji’s control, he didn’t dare to cause any more trouble and honestly told him what he knew.
“It’s normal that you don’t know. After all, we advanced players are no longer ordinary people. Even if we lose a part of our body, or even our entire body, we can find a way to survive.” The advanced player said. His original body had already died in a dungeon. Fortunately, he had already exchanged with the system for the ability to possess other souls, otherwise he would be dead by now.
This possession ability also had a weakness: it was generally more effective on people who were physically weak or emotionally fragile. Previously, the advanced player relied on possessing wealthy young masters to obtain a lot of funds and connections for his plans. But he didn’t care about these bodies, so he would change them after a while to prevent his true identity from being discovered.
The masked man was his puppet, which made it easier for him to act in certain places. Sometimes, when he really had no other body to use, he could possess someone else.
Of course, upon seeing Gu Wuji’s astonishingly perfect physique, which seemed to be a bug in the game, coupled with the impact of his handsome face, the advanced player was madly tempted. In order to possess Gu Wuji and obtain this body, he could be said to have made a huge sacrifice… But who knew that such a thing would happen? Perhaps this was fate.
“In such circumstances, many players will stop at nothing to gain power, and the fusion of bodies with ghosts is nothing new. You might have accidentally triggered something in a dungeon and become bound to a ghost,” the advanced player said. “But your situation is very special, quite different from what I know.”
“Is there such a ghost that possesses someone and does nothing? It clearly possesses such great power, yet no one can detect it.”
“Perhaps it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet,” the advanced player said. “Many ghosts can’t just attack people casually; they need to remove certain restrictions. Maybe that ghost is going to lie dormant for over a decade to deal with you. Or perhaps…” The advanced player looked at Gu Wuji with a complicated expression, “Maybe there really are such kind and powerful vengeful ghosts in the world who do nothing but knit sweaters for their hosts?”
He felt incredibly envious as he said this. Why didn’t he have such good luck to encounter such a being? If that being wanted to attack Gu Wuji, Gu Wuji would probably die in the blink of an eye.
“I see, thank you very much.” Gu Wuji had a general idea as well.
Time flew by, and filming wrapped up quickly. Everyone hurriedly left the village; they had had enough of this terrifying place. Even though the village was no longer haunted, the impression in their minds was deeply ingrained.
Cheng Liangmiao exchanged contact information with Gu Wuji with a complicated expression, saying that he should let him know if there was anything he could help with. During this time, due to his influence, Gu Wuji’s own efforts, and his strength in dealing with supernatural events, everyone in the crew was completely convinced by Gu Wuji’s abilities. Some even wanted to buy his talismans at high prices. Unbeknownst to many, Gu Wuji’s reputation had changed within the industry. And it was a change that others found very mysterious. How did a handsome but unpopular man transform into a powerful, reclusive master?
Gu Wuji didn’t stay for the victory celebration and hurriedly returned to his hometown. It wasn’t a particularly prosperous city, nor did it have any particularly beautiful scenery. Gu Wuji had never heard of any ghost stories before, and assumed they were unfounded… It was just an ordinary city with no memory of anything special.
Cheng Jia naturally came along. In his eyes, everything was so dangerous now; if he didn’t stay by Gu Wuji’s side, who knew if he might accidentally die?
Austin was still hidden in the pocket watch. He had rarely appeared since that incident, and when he did, he seemed very busy. Gu Wuji had no idea what he was doing.
At this moment, Gu Wuji sat in Cheng Jia’s luxury car, looking at the thick stack of documents Cheng Jia had given him, his brows furrowed. He hadn’t expected so many things to have happened around him.
Cheng Jia looked at Gu Wuji nervously, trying to find the words to say, “Master Gu, I never imagined you had experienced such terrible things. But don’t worry, it’s all in the past.”
After all, he never expected that Master Gu, who was always so kind and gentle, and even possibly a victim of an online dating scam, had such a tragic childhood. He was not only ostracized and bullied by the children around him, but he was also captured by a criminal gang. The other children were all rescued safely, without even knowing why they had been captured.
Only Gu Wuji was found lying on a magic circle in a hall. Although he was sleeping soundly and unharmed, what was horrifying was that his body was surrounded by the gruesome corpses of the criminals, the blood forming a bizarre pattern.
….
At this moment, in the Cheng family mansion, Cheng Jia’s brother— the current head of the Cheng family— took a deep breath while looking at the documents in front of him.
“I don’t know if giving him those documents was the right or wrong thing to do,” the head of the family said softly, his expression still very complicated.
“That Gu Wuji is too dangerous. Is it really okay to have the young master following him around?” Even though the butler had developed a strange fondness for Gu Wuji because of the previous real-life scenario, he couldn’t help but get nervous when it came to the young master’s safety.
“It’s alright, I trust Gu Wuji,” the patriarch said. “Only by staying by his side can we be truly safe.”
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