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Chapter 321 [Haunted House] Opening the [Door]

[Haunted House] Yuan Zhu pushed open the door and entered. The first-floor hall was empty except for fifty or sixty curled-up 'eggplant embryos'.

Sensing their master's arrival, the four eggplant-headed ghosts chattered and crawled out of the ceiling, kneeling down in front of him and excitedly shouting, "Buddha, Buddha, Buddha!"

Yuan Zhu looked at them, lost in memories.

These four little trash were the first batch of little ghouls he had ever created. Since escaping the shadowy breeding ground of the [Tiger Demon], they had settled in the [Haunted House], guarding the garden. In terms of strength, they had already reached their limit. On the contrary, their intelligence had slowly increased over time, becoming more and more intelligent.

For the past few months, they have been coexisting with the haunted house, controlling the growth of the indoor shadow plants.

They are equivalent to the 'spirit and administrator' of the [First Generation Shadow Eggplant Magic Array] set up by the Tiger Demon. Especially after the Tiger Demon developed the [Brain Eggplant CPU], each of the four eggplant-headed ghosts had one. With the wisdom of the goblins, they quickly became intelligent and carried out many tasks, not only maintaining the operation of the [haunted house], but also continuously developing and excavating the [Disease Garden].

Although their individual strength is extremely weak, even unable to defeat a single Shadow Demon Insect, the value of 'Eggplant Ghosts' remains high because they are the origin of the plant 'Shadow Eggplant (Shadow Tomato)'.

Whether it's causing the Shadow Tomato plant to bear fruit; feeding 'Shadow Tomatoes' to goblins to cause brain mutation and create 'Brain Tomato CPUs'; or manipulating tomato seedlings to invade and parasitize goblins, forming 'Tomato Spirit Symbiotes'... all of this is thanks to the Tomato Head Ghosts.

As the saying goes, a skilled warrior achieves victory without seeking glory.

Who would have thought that these four insignificant little pieces of trash would support Yuan Zhu's current "ox-horse system" and continue to create value?

Therefore, the first thing he thought of after the [Shadow Domain] was completed was to go back to the [Haunted House] to bring the eggplant ghosts home!

"Snakes, do you think it's better to move them to the [Law Domain] or send them to the [Frog Farm]?"

Snake thought for a moment and replied, "Let's send them to the [Law Domain]! It's safer, and the territory is big enough. The entire [Law Domain] has an exceptionally favorable shadow environment, far surpassing the [Haunted House]. How many [Shadow Eggplants] can be planted there? The [Frog Factory] is actually not suitable for the Eggplant Ghost's survival and development."

At this moment, Yuan Zhu raised his toes and gently tapped his own shadow, signaling the eggplant-headed ghosts to crawl inside.

The eggplant-headed demons, who had once lived in the shadow of the Tiger Demon, were immediately moved to tears, shouting excitedly, "Buddha! Lord Buddha!"

Like left-behind children, they are abandoned and fostered in an unfamiliar and distant haunted house. They can only find some solace by drawing energy from the shadow layer to water and nurture the 'Shadow Eggplant Seedlings'. They also try their best to modify the haunted house to suit both the 'Tiger Demon King' and themselves.

Unexpectedly, their diligent efforts over so long had finally moved the 'Buddha', allowing them to return to the other's shadow. Fragments of memories lingering in the 'Chang Gui's' consciousness surfaced, and they suddenly realized: Is this cultivation? From now on, they must cultivate the Shadow Eggplant even more diligently!

Just a second before he was about to gather the eggplant-headed ghosts into his shadow, Yuan Zhu suddenly thought of something and chose to take a step back.

The eggplant-headed demon, attempting to plunge into his shadow, slammed its enormous black tomato head against the wooden floor with a loud 'bang!'. Due to the excessive force, its scalp was scraped open, and 'tomato-sausage blood' flowed from its black skin, which resembled both flesh and fruit pulp.

The eggplant-headed ghost looked up pitifully, staring innocently at its owner, and asked in a sobbing voice, "Eggplant, eggplant, Buddha?!"

Yuan Zhu did not answer, but instead switched to the [Tiger Demon Stance]. He then closed his eyes, attempting to sense the signal from the [Mountain Lord's Domain] far away in the [Misty Mountains]. Because the entire [Running City] was protected and bound by the 'Laws', his perception of the [Domain's] signal not only continued to decline due to the increased distance after entering the city, but was also severely weakened by the interference of the [Pale Law].

Despite their best efforts, Tiger Demon couldn't detect any WiFi signal from [Mountain Lord's Domain], not even half a bar.

"Is the shielding field in Running City that strong?"

Undeterred, the tiger demon shifted its focus and began frantically strengthening its connection with the haunted house. It relied on the house's shadow pollution and protection, ceasing its attempts to perceive and capture the haunted house's signals through physical distance.

Instead, they use the "Haunted House" as a "shadow barrier" to search for, capture, and sense the signals of the "Mountain Lord's Domain" in the "shadow layer" through the interdimensional connections of the "shadow layer."

really!

Changing their approach, and leveraging the mysterious connection between the two—both being modified products of the [Tiger Demon. Shadow System]—Tiger Demon didn't waste much effort and successfully bypassed Runing City's 'Pale Law' by using the [Shadow Layer] to locate the [Shadow Domain's] WiFi signal! The connection was established.

It can be confirmed that the coordinates in the real world are basically projected proportionally into the [Shadow Dimension]. At least, the real-world distance from the [Haunted House] to the [Law Domain] is no greater than the distance between them in the [Shadow Dimension].

So the tiger demon seized this fleeting connection, drawing upon the 'shadow power' accumulated in the haunted house, while simultaneously summoning its own 'door', pressing a tiger paw onto the 'lock plate', continuously infusing it with shadow power, and forcibly pushing the door open.

The farther away from the [Law Domain], the greater the difficulty and cost of opening the [Door].

Fortunately, it had an entire haunted house as a backup and a battery, so the Tiger Demon wasted its 'shadow power' without regard to cost, struggling to push the door lock with a scale of '-1'.

They finally succeeded in pushing open a dark passage leading to an unknown space in the first-floor living room.

"Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!"

From the dark, round gate, a warm and welcoming atmosphere wafted over them. The four eggplant-headed ghosts were excited to the point of madness; this was the taste of home!
"What are you standing there for? Move all these [eggplant essences] inside!"

The eggplant-headed demons responded excitedly: "Eggplant! Eggplant! Eggplant!"

Immediately afterwards, a chaotic dance of demons erupted in the living room of the haunted house. Countless shadowy vines, rooted and embedded in the floor and walls, came back to life. Empowered by the power of shadow, they moved nimbly like tentacles, entangling each 'eggplant embryo' and dragging them into the 'cave space' behind the 'door'.

These 'shadow vines' not only sent the [Eggplant Spirit] into the [Door Space], but they didn't even spare themselves. They were uprooted and burrowed into the [Door Space] like snakes, never to emerge again.

Inside the hall of the haunted house, a violent earthquake shook the ground, causing countless pieces of plaster to fall off, floors to crack, and ceilings to collapse... A large number of shadowy creatures, which had become one with the haunted house, went mad and broke away from the building, entering the door space. Under the command of the eggplant-headed ghosts, they began to migrate.

(End of this chapter)