You made all the streamers on the internet kneel before you when you were asked to make a game.

That poignant opera singing seemed to possess an invisible magic.

Even Lu Zhixing, who was a soul, felt a chill originating from the depths of his soul.

Without hesitation, he immediately floated towards the suddenly appearing stage.

The speed is several times faster than before.

As a spirit, it seems that fluctuations in his emotions affect his movement speed.

Soon, he passed through layers of courtyard walls and arrived at the largest courtyard.

In the center of the courtyard, a wooden stage more than three meters high rises from the ground.

The backdrop of the stage was a huge "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" embroidered in gold thread.

Between the beams and pillars on the platform hung white lanterns, each bearing a different character for "death" written in blood-red cinnabar.

Seal script, regular script, clerical script... all kinds of different forms, shocking to the eye.

The entire stage was filled with a thick aura of death and resentment.

And right in the center of the stage.

The figure dressed in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, with makeup resembling that of a female role in Peking Opera, was singing in a low, melodious voice to the empty courtyard.

Her figure was alluring, and the way her flowing sleeves moved carried an indescribable eeriness and poignant beauty.

Lu Zhixing floated in mid-air, quietly watching her.

He did not approach.

His intuition told him that this "ghost actor" was extremely dangerous.

Her singing style is somewhat similar to the opera she sang when the paper bride went berserk in "The Red Veil," but it is more professional and more...resentful.

[Key figure discovered: The Ghost Opera Troupe - Qingyi]

[Hidden information triggered: You can consume "Soul Power" to revisit fragments of her memories left on the stage.]

[Warning: Recalling memories may attract the attention of the other party, or even lead to an attack.]

A system prompt appeared.

Lu Zhixing glanced at his semi-transparent body. Is this soul power?

He could feel his body becoming more and more transparent over time.

This is the countdown.

Consuming soul power to recall memories will undoubtedly accelerate this process.

But he had no choice.

This is the only shortcut to finding out the truth within an hour.

"Backtracking".

Lu Zhixing silently recited this in his heart.

He focused his gaze on the person in blue.

hum-

He felt his soul tremble, as if some of its energy had been drained away.

The scene before my eyes began to blur and distort.

The next second, the stage was still the same stage.

But the one performing on stage is no longer that eerie Qingyi (female role in Peking Opera).

Instead, they are a group of living "people" dressed in various theatrical costumes.

They are putting on a lively performance of "The Dragon and the Phoenix".

Sitting in the audience was a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes.

He was the head of the Chen family, the "father" that Lu Zhixing had met in "Double Happiness".

However, at this moment, he had a rosy complexion and was full of energy, eating sunflower seeds while watching the show with great interest.

Beside him sat a graceful and elegant woman, the one who was called "Mother".

The scene ends abruptly here.

The scene before Lu Zhixing's eyes returned to normal.

On the stage, it was still that lonely woman in blue, singing a sad song.

"So, this 'Hundred Opera Troupe' really did perform for the Chen family."

Lu Zhixing understood.

What he just saw was a scene that took place here before the Chen family was wiped out.

He decided to continue the retrospective process.

"Backtracking".

He consumed another portion of his soul power, and the scene before him changed once more.

This time, the stage was empty.

It seemed to be late at night.

The Chen family's "father" and "mother" stepped onto the stage.

Behind them were two other people carrying a body covered with a white sheet on a stretcher.

It was the "unclaimed female corpse" that was bought from the mass grave, as recorded in the ledger.

They placed the woman's body in the center of the stage.

Then, "Mother" took something out of her bosom.

It was a small paper doll.

It was none other than the paper bride from "The Red Veil"!

The "mother" placed the paper figure on the female corpse's chest.

Then, she and her "father" knelt down together, chanting incantations to the female corpse and the paper figures, as if performing some kind of eerie ritual.

Upon seeing this, Lu Zhixing's heart stirred.

He finally understood where the paper bride in "The Red Veil" came from.

She wasn't some vengeful spirit that appeared out of nowhere.

Instead, the Chen couple used some kind of evil magic to attach a paper figure to a female corpse, creating a "ghost marriage" partner!

That paper figure was very likely made using the birth date and time of that female impersonator.

That's why she started performing opera.

That's why she harbored such deep resentment.

Lu Zhixing felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth.

He is preparing to perform the third regression.

But at that moment...

The woman in blue who had been facing away from him suddenly stopped singing.

She slowly turned around.

Lu Zhixing finally saw her face clearly.

It was a face completely covered with thick layers of paint.

Her skin was as white as paper, but her lips were as red as blood.

At the corners of the eyes, two long, upward-sloping lines were drawn with ink.

But what's most terrifying is her eyes.

Two black buttons were sewn onto the area around its eyes.

She has no eyes!

She just "watched" Lu Xingzhi's position floating in the air.

A strange smile curved his lips.

"Just watching the show..."

"Why aren't you paying?"

She asked in a soft, ethereal tone, neither male nor female, as if countless voices were overlapping.

The moment the words fell.

Lu Zhixing felt a tremendous suction force coming from the person in blue.

His translucent soul was uncontrollably pulled toward the stage.

[WARNING! You have been targeted by "Ghost Opera Troupe - Qingyi"!]

She wants to steal your soul and make it her new audience!

The system emitted a piercing alarm.

Lu Zhixing felt a chill run down his spine; he had been discovered!

As expected, peeking into her memories enraged her!

He tried to break free from the suction, but to no avail.

His soul was like iron filings attracted by a magnet, completely unable to resist.

They were about to be sucked onto the stage.

If she catches you, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this critical moment.

"when--!"

A clear and melodious bell suddenly rang out from the front yard of the Chen family mansion.

The sound of the bell seemed to carry a power to purify people's hearts.

The moment it arrived, the immense suction force acting on Lu Zhixing weakened considerably.

The woman in blue also froze for a moment.

For the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on her face, which was covered in paint.

She turned her head sharply, looking in the direction from which the bell was coming.

"Who... ruined my plans!"

She let out an angry shriek.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Zhixing exerted all his strength and finally broke free from the suction force.

He dared not linger for a moment and immediately drifted toward the direction from which the bell tolled.

He wanted to know who, or rather what, was helping him.

He walked through many courtyards and returned to the courtyard where the black coffin was placed.

There it was, at the entrance to the courtyard.

The paper bride he thought had disappeared was standing there quietly.

In her hands, she held a simple, ancient bronze bell, about the size of her palm.

The sound of the bell just now came from this bronze bell.

She actually saved him?