Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Wuji fell silent. How did this suspenseful and terrifying story suddenly turn into a family reunion?
But upon closer reflection, it made perfect sense. After all, he first met Austin in this world, and Austin was also involved with the evil god. It seemed that this wasn’t a coincidence, but rather that this family and the evil god had long been connected, and the source of this connection was in this casino.
“It feels like a TV series is about to end. If only things were this simple.” Gu Wuji thought to himself, then asked, “Do you know why Nelson came to this place?”
Austin immediately frowned. “My memories became confused after I came to this world. But I roughly know that they came here to get the chance to become the family heir.”
“Hmm? Them?” Something flashed through Gu Wuji’s mind.
“Yes, presumably all the other candidates for the family heir have arrived at this casino,” Austin said. “Only the last one to leave will become the official heir; the others will be trapped here forever. It seems this is related to the curse on this family.”
“I see,” Gu Wuji took a sip of tea. “Then the other players will probably also be connected to the other candidates, and they will also have the task of protecting the candidates.”
It seemed that the chance to leave this instance was closely related to the candidate he was responsible for protecting. It was even possible that only one candidate and one player could leave this cursed place, which had led to players killing each other.
However, that was for the others. As for Gu Wuji, his immediate priority was to find a way to seal the evil god boss of this instance into his body to avoid future trouble.
If others knew his idea, they would probably think he had gone mad.
Austin looked at Gu Wuji and said worriedly, “I think that guy’s life can be put aside. This place is definitely not as simple as we think… I have a feeling that something terrible will happen in the next few days.”
What Austin didn’t say was that he thought Gu Wuji was in more danger than the other players. After all, Gu Wuji had always been a focus of the evil god boss’s attention, even surprising the boss himself.
Now, he’d arrived at this instance. Although, according to the established route, everything should revolve around those candidates, considering the current situation, Austin felt things were bound to change.
He could only hope things didn’t develop the way he expected. If it did, he could only—
“Wait, something’s wrong.” Gu Wuji’s expression suddenly turned cold as he looked around.
The next moment, the living room lights abruptly went out, plunging the entire room into darkness.
….
Meanwhile, several people were sitting in the guest room next door.
Three of them were the same three who had been humiliated by Gu Wuji’s disguised appearance.
The bald man was ashen-faced; the ghost he had painstakingly nurtured for so long had been purified by Gu Wuji, like a max-level character returning to square one overnight! A feeling of being back to square one lingered in his heart, even more painful than being killed outright.
While his strength wasn’t exactly inferior to intermediate players, it was far inferior to advanced players.
Not to mention, his two companions already harbored ill intentions and would surely throw him out in the event of a crisis.
“Are you… alright?” a timid-looking brown-haired man asked from the side. “You promised to help me get the heir position, you won’t go back on your word, will you?”
Indeed, these three players had entered the dungeon as a team, and upon entering, they were assigned by the system to protect their employer.
Although this employer was a candidate for heir, he was quite cowardly and immediately confessed everything after being intimidated by these men.
“We said we’d help you, so we’ll help you. Enough talk,” one of them snapped.
If it weren’t for the fact that this person might still be useful, these three wouldn’t have kept such a burden.
“Don’t worry, we’ll make our move tonight,” the bespectacled man adjusted his glasses, sneered, and his gaze already fixed on the next room.
These three were already quite wary of Gu Wuji (in disguise), considering him a troublesome figure. However, they didn’t have much of an impression of Gu Wuji (himself), assuming he was just a newcomer and wanting to cause trouble again tonight.
After all, they had suffered huge losses during the day and needed to make up for it tonight.
“You’re still going out?” the employer asked timidly. “Before I came here, I heard some things from my family. This casino is not simple at night… It’s best to stay in your room and sleep for now.”
The other two seemed indifferent, but the bald man, having lost his strength, became tense about everything.
The employer panicked when he saw they were still leaving and quickly said, “If you really encounter danger, don’t look back, and don’t walk the same path twice. Just close your eyes and keep walking forward. If you are the right person, you will naturally be able to push open that door! You will then see that god.”
“God?” The others frowned at him.
“I’m not really sure, that’s what others said.” The employer immediately backed down, “They said that only the person who pushes open the door can get the truth.”
The two seemed thoughtful, knowing that the words of such an NPC were very important, and still chose to leave. They, as advanced players, wouldn’t be scared off by such a thing.
The two had barely left the room when they were immediately enveloped in a black mist.
“…” This problem arose far too quickly!
As the mist dissipated, their expressions changed slightly.
The corridor had turned completely black and white, appearing much like a normal corridor, yet filled with an eerie atmosphere.
Especially in that darkness, it felt as if countless eyes were scrutinizing them.
Almost instantly, they summoned the ghosts within them, feeling for the first time in this instance a sense of impending doom if they weren’t careful.
At the same time, they remembered their employer’s earlier words, and their expressions immediately turned serious.
….
Gu Wuji looked around; the place had turned black and white, like a scene from an old, low-quality television.
The two bodyguards who had been playing cards were now also black and white, their bodies motionless.
“It seems I’ve fallen into some strange place, probably caused by some high-level vengeful ghost.” Gu Wuji tried to summon Austin, who had just been there, and the high-level player ghost he was carrying, but there was no response.
“Even they can’t get in?” Gu Wuji’s expression turned serious. “Then how can I leave? And how was this situation triggered…”
He suddenly remembered something and looked at his backpack. All the chips he had obtained after purifying a large number of ghosts earlier had disappeared.
“So that’s how it is. It’s because I had enough chips that I was brought here?” Gu Wuji understood.
The next moment, it sounded like a woman’s voice coming from the next room.
“Is it the female secretary?” Gu Wuji leaned closer, but even with his superhuman hearing, he couldn’t make out the content. He could only hear sobbing mixed with resentful whispers.
Obviously, this couldn’t be the female secretary, but some female ghost affecting this space, probably someone who had died in the casino.
Gu Wuji’s heart suddenly raced with excitement, and he prepared to go next door to purify the other. But he couldn’t open the door no matter what he did.
Then, a creaking sound came from the side.
“What are you doing?”
Gu Wuji turned his head and saw that it was Young Master Nelson, with an icy expression, who had pushed open the door next door, seemingly awakened by the noise.
Gu Wuji: “…I didn’t do anything.”
Thinking about it, he had given Young Master Nelson a lot of chips before, so the other party met the conditions and was brought in? The danger of this instance also applied to NPCs.
Nelson glanced around, suddenly realizing something was wrong, his face turning grim. “W-what’s going on?”
Before Gu Wuji could offer an explanation, eerie sounds came from behind him. He turned and was horrified to see a large number of ghosts suddenly appearing in the space.
Both of them froze. Nelson was stunned. Even though he knew something was wrong with this place, the sheer number of ghosts appearing was terrifying.
“These…are all ghosts?”
“It seems so.”
Just then, several ghosts lunged at Nelson, who was too shocked to move.
In this critical moment, Gu Wuji shoved Nelson inside, his face filled with deep anxiety— after all, if something happened to this young master, it would be a real problem!
Nelson was almost dumbfounded. In his memory, his young lover was more of a gigolo than a playboy, but in times of danger, he had once again stepped forward?
After pushing Nelson away, Gu Wuji closed the door without a second thought, lest the young master cause any trouble.
To anyone watching, this scene would appear as Gu Wuji sacrificing himself for Nelson.
Even Nelson himself thought so; he felt Gu Wuji’s action of closing the door was filled with resolute determination and self-sacrifice, and even the face that was usually so disliked suddenly seemed kind.
Could it be that Gu Wuji wasn’t the kind of person he thought he was? And that he had been misunderstanding him all along?
“You actually…”
….
Gu Wuji had no idea what Nelson was thinking. After all, he had already decided to disguise himself to gain Nelson’s favor, not to use his current identity. His previous actions were merely to facilitate his own plans.
The woman’s sobs intensified at this moment, now accompanied by a more pronounced cold laugh, as if she were about to watch Gu Wuji be killed by a ghost here.
Gu Wuji looked at her with gratitude and said softly, “Miss Ghost, thank you so much!”
Knowing that the ghosts here are difficult to purify, she specially sent so many ghosts over. She was so kind!
The female ghost’s sobbing suddenly stopped, as if she had been choked by Gu Wuji’s words.
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