I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 665, Section 2.5, Chapter 9: The House of Silk and the Dollhouse

Xin Bai stared at the disgusting corpses, his sandy-gold cat eyes reflecting the flesh-colored spiders climbing them. His thin lips were slightly pursed, and his face showed little emotion.

He ran his fingertips over a dragon-head coin, feeling the raised embossed patterns on it, and suddenly threw it in a certain direction behind him. Even without turning around, it seemed as if it had eyes in the back of its head, clearly shooting the coin towards the place it wanted to attack.

However... there was no sound of gold coins falling to the ground or hitting anything.

"You're finally here... You're so slow..." Xin Bai frowned slightly, her tone carrying a hint of complaint and dissatisfaction.

He pursed his thin lips and turned slightly to look at the person who had come.

There was silence.

A misty gray figure slowly emerged from the shadows, her long black dress embroidered with golden lilies swaying gently in the air as she moved, exuding an elegant grace.

The cat-eared boy held his head high with a slightly defiant arrogance, his long tail swaying gently behind him, exuding nobility and haughtiness.

With cool, silver eyes, Mu Yegui quietly watched the cat-eared boy. He slowly raised his hand, revealing the golden [Dragon Head Coin] in his palm.

"Does Xin only touch your cat's head when he's exploiting loopholes in the rules?" Mu Yegui's pink lips moved slightly as she spoke calmly, her expression as expressionless as ever, and she casually tossed the gold coin in her hand back.

Xin Bai pursed his lips, raised his hand in front of his face with his palm facing outward, and caught the gold coin flying towards him.

He lifted his eyelids, raised his unruly, sandy-gold cat eyes, and said without any politeness, "Go easy, hitting your face will disfigure you."

That being said, Xin Bai didn't seem to be struggling at all when he caught the gold coins. His posture was as casual as if he were just drinking water, without any difficulty whatsoever.

Just then, Ling Tong jumped down from the fifth floor and landed right between Xin Bai and Mu Yegui.

He took two steps toward Xin Bai, pointed to the disgusting corpses, and said, "These should be players who died from spider attacks, and have nothing to do with mission failure."

"How so?" Xin Bai raised an eyebrow, looked at Ling Tong with interest through his beautiful sandy-gold cat eyes, and asked with a smile.

"Although failing the mission will trigger a bad ending, it has never been said that you will become spider feed. At most, you will become a puppeteer's collection of puppets. The puppeteer will only turn the player into a beautiful puppet, and will never use such good material as feed to cultivate spiders. So, the only reason for this situation is the spontaneous behavior of his spiders."

A hint of darkness flashed in Ling Tong's golden-orange phoenix eyes, and she sighed softly, her expression carrying a touch of helplessness.

"Was that voice your Crown Prince prop just now?" Mu Yegui asked Ling Tong softly.

“I knew it, I heard it.” Xin Bai shrugged and said, “But how did you know it was a Crown Prince’s item and not an ordinary item? And why did you specify Ling Tong and not Fei? They both have more than one Crown Prince’s item.”

"Ordinary items don't have such a strong effect." Just the fact that she can't attack others upon hearing the sound indicates that this is a group-wide item. No matter where you are, you must obey as long as you hear the sound, and the effect lasts for quite a long time, something ordinary items can't do.

"Because the two sounds are similar, the palace bell was ringing before that sound, and then it stopped ringing after that sound. So if I'm not mistaken, it should be the sound of the palace bell that Ling Tong has been hanging on the palace sash. During the Crown Prince meeting, he mentioned that this palace bell is also a prop for the Crown Prince."

Fei looked at Mu Yegui and suddenly remembered something, asking, "Where did the emerald ring you were wearing go?" "I returned it to its owner," Mu Yegui said slowly.

Fei said in a low voice, "I just saw a gem similar to that ring on the Spider Mother's back."

Mu Yegui was slightly taken aback, then turned and walked towards the railing, looking down at the Spider Mother lying in the center of the first floor. Then he saw a tiny green light in the middle of its back.

"That is..." She was interrupted by a child's voice before she could finish speaking.

"Have you seen my Mr. Bear?" The innocent voice was full of malice, and the angelic face wore a devilish smile, as if it were looking forward to their death.

Mu Yegui did not turn to look at Miss Lily, but continued, "That is the real gem we are looking for, Mr. Adele's Lust Gem."

Miss Lily, annoyed that Mu Yegui was completely ignoring her, shouted, "Hey! I'm the one speaking! Listen to me properly and don't ignore me!"

Mu Yegui glanced back at Miss Lily and said in a low voice, "I'm done talking now, you can continue."

Miss Lily gritted her teeth under Mu Yegui's gaze, which seemed to be directed at an unidentified creature.

“I know you interrupted me on purpose to stop me from continuing, but that doesn’t mean I can’t repeat myself just because you interrupted me. After all, you’ve been standing there watching us the whole time, so your intentions are obvious.”

Miss Lily: "..." Thank you, she's even angrier now.

She puffed out her cheeks, pointed a finger at Xin Bai, and said imperiously, "You, go find my Mr. Bear."

The fluffy cat ears on the white, tousled hair twitched slightly, and the long tail swayed. Xin Bai narrowed his sandy-gold cat eyes, slightly opened his mouth to reveal his sharp canine teeth, and just as he was about to speak, Mu Yegui took a step forward towards Miss Lily.

With his cool, silver eyes fixed on Miss Lily, Mu Yegui said softly, "Miss Lily."

"W-What are you doing?!" Miss Lily subconsciously took a half step back, then realized what she had done. She gritted her teeth and glared at Mu Yegui, pretending to be fierce.

"If you want someone to help you, remember to say 'please'."

Miss Lily's beautiful blue eyes widened in disbelief. "Please? Please!"

Xin Bai walked gracefully and arrogantly to Miss Lily, bending slightly to look down at her. His sharp fingertips lightly traced her delicate neck. Just as Miss Lily felt the coldness of his touch making her tremble, Xin Bai withdrew his nails.

He scoffed dismissively and said, "Then I'll go look for it, but I can't guarantee it will be complete. I haven't sharpened my claws today, they're a little itchy."

Those beautiful, sandy-gold cat eyes were slightly raised, their gaze filled with disdain as if they were looking at some trash. They carried an air of superior arrogance, yet were also exceptionally elegant, making them extremely charming.

(End of this chapter)