Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Gu Wuji woke up a day later.
First, he was informed of the routine increase in his points. The points he had accumulated were now so high that even intermediate players would be astonished. He could even upgrade several skills.
While the number was astonishing, it seemed reasonable considering the danger of the dungeon and the number of ghosts Gu Wuji had purified.
[Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the Nightmare-level dungeon and obtaining a spot in the final dungeon.]
Gu Wuji was somewhat confused. “The final dungeon?” He seemed to have heard those words in the previous dungeon, but the situation was too urgent to ask.
[The final dungeon is the last dungeon in this game. Participants will be able to completely complete the game and gain the opportunity to fulfill their wishes. Detailed information can be viewed in the system.]
“Is this the spot that most people are scrambling for? The one Zhai Guangyu mentioned before, where success could even allow control of the world?” Gu Wuji hadn’t expected to get it so quickly, but considering the perilous nature of this dungeon, obtaining this spot was quite normal.
[The player will also receive an opportunity.]
“An opportunity?”
[An opportunity to change one’s fate at a critical moment. Player will understand when it happens.]
The system said this cryptic thing and then disappeared.
Gu Wuji found it very mysterious, but he couldn’t force the system to answer, so he opened his space to check the details of the final instance that the system had mentioned.
Information about the final instance was basically unreleased, but there was a huge display screen next to it indicating that there were ten slots, and one slot was already occupied, without specifying who it was. But anyone who had experienced the previous instances with Gu Wuji could probably guess.
More information was said to be released gradually later.
“This really feels like a real-life game, just making empty promises first.” Gu Wuji vaguely sensed that something amazing would happen in this final instance, but he had no other choice but to improve his strength.
Only now did Gu Wuji have time to think about his physical condition from the system notifications.
In the instance, he had tried his best to seal the evil god boss inside his body; but the situation at the time looked very strange. He eventually lost consciousness, which was expected since the evil god boss should have been out of control.
Gu Wuji closed his eyes and felt his physical condition… it couldn’t be described as good anymore; it was even more astonishing than before he entered this dungeon.
If anything, Gu Wuji could probably kill a ghost with his bare hands now; his strength was beyond the imagination of any other player.
At the same time, Gu Wuji could feel two incredibly powerful forces residing within him, barely maintaining a balance, seemingly on the verge of spiraling out of control. Fortunately, the owners of these two forces seemed to be unconscious.
Otherwise, Gu Wuji couldn’t imagine the scene of two vengeful ghosts fighting inside his body; he would probably have died on the spot.
With a large number of points, Gu Wuji upgraded his equipment where necessary, replacing the really bad pieces, and upgraded most of his skills. Only his Ghost Control Technique was already too high; further upgrades wouldn’t just require points, but also a specific opportunity.
The debuff from using Ghost Control Technique in the previous dungeon had also reappeared.
The debuff would cause Gu Wuji to encounter various opponents and enemies in the real world. In short, anyone hostile to him would run into him for various reasons, and this debuff would last for ten days.
“That’s nothing,” Gu Wuji said confidently. With his current strength, he was practically invincible in the real world; anyone else coming would just be a sitting duck.
In reality, he underestimated himself. With two Ghost King-level vengeful spirits sealed within him, let alone the real world, even in a high-level dungeon, no one would dare mess with him. Ordinary ghosts would be terrified of his aura before they even got close.
Gu Wuji easily took a shower, changed his clothes, and comfortably walked out of the bathroom.
“Speaking of which, I wonder what happened after I fainted. I wonder if Austin and the others noticed.”
As for Austin, who had been unconscious in the dungeon, he was still unconscious. The events in the dungeon seemed to have had a profound impact on him.
Gu Wuji had no choice but to summon Zhai Guangyu’s soul.
When Zhai Guangyu’s soul emerged, his attitude towards Gu Wuji was incredibly respectful, even tinged with fear. He was completely devoid of the arrogance he displayed during their first meeting. “What do you want with me?”
Gu Wuji noticed the other’s unusual behavior but didn’t show it. “Do you know what happened after I fainted in the dungeon?”
Zhai Guangyu’s body stiffened instantly. How could he not know! He had witnessed it, which was why he was so terrified— two Ghost King-level bosses were fighting!
He was about to speak when he felt an incredibly powerful and terrifying pressure emanating from Gu Wuji.
This was definitely the two vengeful ghosts threatening him. If he revealed the truth, he would surely die. So Zhai Guangyu shuddered and immediately said, “I don’t know anything! It was too terrifying, so I stayed hiding.”
“Alright then.” Gu Wuji could tell that Zhai Guangyu seemed to be hiding something, but he was also accepting of it. “Although I don’t know what happened, it seems like everything is alright now.” As long as he didn’t provoke the two ghosts inside him, he should be fine.
Zhai Guangyu nodded hastily, “Okay, okay.” Gu Wuji’s emotional shift was incredibly quick! If it were him, he’d be living in fear for decades. Perhaps this was why Gu Wuji possessed such strength and experience at such a young age.
He didn’t know the vengeful spirit within Gu Wuji had existed for over a decade; if he worried about that, he wouldn’t know how Gu Wuji had survived this long.
If there was anything Gu Wuji cared about most, it was probably the strange memories surfacing in his mind.
Originally, Gu Wuji thought they were forgotten memories. But this time, the memories he saw included a large number of recollections from childhood to adulthood, which was difficult to explain with previous reasons.
“Could those really be memories from my past life?” Gu Wuji couldn’t help but think. “How long did this game last, or has a new round started? And what happened to me in my past life?”
One question remained unresolved, and more questions arose, leaving Gu Wuji feeling utterly overwhelmed.
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Cheng Jia rushed in with a grim expression. “Master Gu, things have gone wrong!”
He was only then surprised to see Zhai Guangyu beside Gu Wuji, but he didn’t say anything. After all, it seemed quite normal for a man to suddenly appear beside Gu Wuji. Cheng Jia didn’t want to think about whether this person was human or ghost.
“What happened?” Gu Wuji looked over. Generally, Cheng Jia wouldn’t just push open the door like this. Had something serious happened?
“I’m not entirely sure either, but according to the news from my elder brother, the Ning family is tracking Master Gu’s whereabouts, and quite a few other forces are also looking for you. They seem to want something from you,” Cheng Jia said nervously. “Although I believe in Master Gu’s strength, they outnumber us! We’ll probably be found soon, so we’d better run away quickly!”
Cheng Jia couldn’t help but feel a little fortunate. He had heard that many things had happened there after they left. Luckily, they had avoided a lot of trouble by staying here.
Gu Wuji had experienced so many instances during this period, absorbing so much information that the Ning family’s affairs felt like they had happened in a past life. He even had to think for a while to recall them.
Before, when he was still honestly playing the role, this so-called Ning family seemed to have a high-level player behind them, stirring up trouble everywhere, causing chaos in their city, and even trying to persecute Cheng Jia. Gu Wuji almost failed when dealing with the Ning family, and only managed to solve the problem by summoning the ghost infant who had a good relationship with him.
Gu Wuji now knew quite a bit and guessed that the high-level players behind the Ning family were acting so recklessly because they were preparing for the final instance, since no one knew what the world would be like then.
Gu Wuji felt he had quite a few grudges with the Ning family, so it was quite normal for them to cause trouble. As for other forces, Gu Wuji didn’t have any specific targets, because he had encountered quite a few forces afterward, ruining the plans of countless people.
After thinking it over, he figured it was probably because his high-level player identity had been exposed, and others wanted to get something out of him… After all, Gu Wuji hadn’t really concealed his identity, and high-level players had many methods; it was only a matter of time before they figured him out.
“Master Gu, let’s leave now, I’ve already prepared the car,” Cheng Jia said anxiously.
“Since you’ve prepared a car, that’s perfect, let’s go straight back,” Gu Wuji said.
“What?!” Cheng Jia’s face changed drastically. “Master Gu, this is no small matter! Those people are all after you! And they seem to have some tricks up their sleeves. My brother told you to run away quickly—”
Before he could finish speaking, the lights in the room suddenly went out, and a wave of eerie energy swept over them.
Everyone looked at the deepest part of the eerie energy, which was a mirror on the wall, and a dark shadow was flickering in it, as if something were about to emerge from it.
“Damn!” Cheng Jia shuddered and shrank behind Gu Wuji. He had experienced such a ghostly event before, and the trauma was immense.
But Gu Wuji, sitting next to him, had a completely calm expression, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.
Zhai Guangyu, sitting over there, had a look of disdain in his eyes. Forget about being afraid; he was already being kind by not directly mocking them.
To the two who had just returned from such a nightmare-level dungeon, this ghost was like an ant on the roadside, something they wouldn’t even bother to step on.
….
At that moment, in the garage of a building not far away, a middle-aged man was casting a spell in front of a mirror, a cold smile on his face. Several subordinates watched respectfully beside him.
“Master, is everything alright?” a man in a suit asked nervously, wiping his sweat.
“Of course,” the middle-aged man sneered. “That Gu Wuji, what strength could he possibly have at such a young age?”
“That’s good! But you must leave him alive; we still have questions to ask him.” the man in the suit said.
“Okay.” The middle-aged man looked smug, but the next moment his face suddenly turned ugly, and his tone became panicked, “Wh-how could this be?!”
The mirror in front of him suddenly shattered, but before it broke, a dark shadow flew out from it.
Everyone took several steps back in fright, thinking it was a ghost attacking them. But when they looked closely, the terrifying evil spirit was actually clinging to the middle-aged man, trembling, as if it had been greatly frightened.
Everyone fell silent; they couldn’t imagine what had happened with Gu Wuji.
The man in the suit received the call, his expression shifting. “What? You mean Gu Wuji and that young master Cheng just left in a car?”
It was now clear that this middle-aged man was no match for Gu Wuji… even his ghost had been scared back by Gu Wuji. The scene became extremely awkward. Although the middle-aged man was inwardly terrified, he forced a smile and said, “Gu Wuji must have been scared, that’s why he ran so fast. It’s alright, I’ll definitely—”
“Then what? Tell me honestly.”
Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, sweating profusely. Was there someone there just now? Was this person a human or a ghost?
“Master, look at this…?”
Zhai Guangyu, who was more like a lackey than Gu Wuji’s underling, was rarely seen in front of others. His feelings were indescribable, a sense of finally escaping death. Of course, he knew this was just a temporary illusion.
Zhai Guangyu, with his aloof and arrogant demeanor, sneered at the crowd. He couldn’t handle Gu Wuji, but surely he could handle these passersby? In the past, he wouldn’t even bother dealing with them personally.
“Who sent you? What is your purpose? If you tell me, I might let you go; otherwise, I can’t guarantee what will happen to you.”
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