Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

"Ha, one, two, three, freeze!"

Lin Bai opened his eyes and laughed, "It's a pretty retro game, too bad, I'm a cheater."

when--!!!

The bell rang.

Lin Bai's hand, which was fixing his hair, stopped naturally in mid-air.

He remained motionless, as if he had been paused, maintaining an elegant pose, as if he were shooting a fashion magazine cover.

Opposite them, three elite puppets dressed in ballet skirts, their joints made of blades, were shrieking as they pounced.

They are unrestricted!

however.

They rushed to within half a meter of Lin Bai, then suddenly braked.

Its glass eyes rolled around in confusion, and oily saliva dripped from its gaping mouth.

In their perception...

The man before me had almost no life force, and his whole body exuded an aura of decay and death.

This isn't a living person, this is... one of our own kind?

[Sequence 9: The Deceiver] - Core Ability: Aura Disguise!

Since the rules apply to "living beings," the monsters eat "living people."

Why don't I just stop being a human being?

Three ballet dolls circled around Lin Bai twice.

One of them even brought its razor-blade face close to Lin Bai's nose and sniffed it, finally letting out a disappointed "click-click" sound before turning around to find the next unlucky one.

Lin Bai felt nothing; he even felt a little amused.

"Artificial intelligence disability".

He silently commented in his mind.

But just then, a persistent ballet doll suddenly set its sights on the mute girl in the corner.

That big guy is still moving!

As the bells tolled, the big guy was still frantically tearing a doll to pieces!

"Buzz—Violator detected—Die!"

The three ballet idols, seizing the opportunity to boost their performance, instantly became excited and transformed into a whirlwind of blades, rushing towards Aya.

They eagerly await the moment when that giant, clumsy creature will be sliced ​​into sashimi by the fine, regular threads.

however.

A second passed.

Two seconds passed.

Aya was still moving, and even slapped the fastest-rushing puppet away, sending its head embedded in the wall, impossible to remove.

silk?

There wasn't even a trace of them!

The remaining two puppets stood frozen in place, their underdeveloped CPUs nearly burning out on the spot.

Why?

Why didn't the rules punish him when he moved too?!

Lin Bai remained in a "wooden" pose, watching this scene with an even deeper smile in his eyes.

The rule states that all "living beings" must cease their actions.

Is Aya a human being?

No, that's a "blood servant" resurrected from "The Witch's Dowry"! It's a controlled corpse!

Why should the dead follow the rules set for the living?

This is called—exploiting a bug.

Actually, there was some bad news too.

The bad news is that, at the same time the parchment revealed the rules of the Ghost Realm, Lin Bai and the Ghost Realm were bound together by fate.

Until he solves this strange realm, he will no longer be able to obtain new information through the parchment.

But... it doesn't matter!

Fate Points are a really good thing!

when--

The bell tolls.

Lin Bai put down the comb and stretched his neck.

This so-called eerie realm was like a buffet to him.

All that's required is a brief performance when the bells ring, and nothing else...

Push across the entire map!

......

Just as Lin Bai was enjoying this pleasant "game time".

A piercing scream suddenly came from the corridor not far from the door.

That was the sound a person made in extreme despair and collapse. It sounded... somewhat familiar.

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow. That voice... Buck?

He smiled as he stood up and reached out to turn the doorknob of the dressing room.

"Ah-Ya, time to get to work."

......

The door to the dressing room was pushed open, and a strong smell of blood hit the door.

At the end of the corridor, Buck leaned against the wall, constantly waving the chipped machete in his hand.

He looks worse than a beggar now.

The once-decent leather jacket was now a tattered rag, with several bloody gashes across his chest and arms, the flesh torn and twisted so badly it looked painful.

Before him, three puppets dressed in tattered tailcoats were attacking him, their rusty scalpels weaving a web of death.

"Get lost! Don't touch me!!"

Buck roared and swung his knife to parry.

when!

The scalpel jammed the cleaver, sparks flying. Taking advantage of the situation, another puppet moved aside, its blade aimed straight for Buck's eye.

It's over, let's cool down.

Buck felt a chill in his heart and closed his eyes in despair, waiting to die.

Bang--!!

A muffled thud—the sound of metal and ceramic being violently crushed.

The expected chilling sensation did not come.

Buck suddenly opened his eyes and saw a mountain of flesh covered by a cloak blocking his way.

Ah Ya grabbed the head of the attacking doll with one hand, her five fingers suddenly tightening.

Click.

The hard ceramic head became as brittle as an expired walnut in his hand, shattering instantly.

Black liquid splashed all over Ah-Ya.

But he didn't even blink, casually tossing the headless idol like a trash bag, and smashing the two behind it into rolling gourds as well.

"Consultant Bai...?!"

Upon seeing the tall, slender figure that followed, Buck's knees buckled with excitement.

Tears mixed with blood streamed down his face, and his eyes looked as if he had seen a living Buddha.

"He's got a tough life."

Lin Bai put one hand in his pocket and stepped over the wreckage on the ground.

"Stand up if you're not completely dead yet, and keep up."

"Yes! Yes!"

Buck struggled to his feet despite the excruciating pain, his face beaming with the ecstasy of surviving a near-death experience.

At this moment, Lin Bai's indifferent face seemed to be bathed in a holy light filter in his eyes.

"Advisor Bai! Watch out!"

Buck suddenly remembered something, his face turned pale, and he spoke rapidly:

"Something's wrong here! Don't move! Every now and then, a bell will chime! When the bell rings, you have to stand like a statue! Even blinking will feel like invisible threads are cutting you through the air!"

He pointed to his injuries, his face filled with terror:

"My body was almost skinned alive because I couldn't help but shudder just now!"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Bai with anticipation.

Hopefully, we can see some seriousness on this "strategist's" face.

After all, this was the core strategy he had risked half his life to obtain.

however.

Lin Bai simply nodded slightly, and even yawned out of boredom.

"Okay, I understand."

That "that's it?" look on his face made Buck choke on all the words he had prepared.

"This..." Buck was stunned, then suddenly realized what he had done and wished he could slap himself twice.

This is Advisor Bai!

This kind of strategist is eight hundred times smarter than me.

The experts must have seen through this basic principle long ago! Am I just showing off my limited skills before an expert?

The layout is small!

"Don't space out."

Lin Bai's voice interrupted Buck's self-indulgent reverie.

"Which direction did those newly appeared puppets come from?"

Buck paused, then subconsciously pointed to the far right of the corridor: "Over there... it seems like they're all pouring out from over there."

Lin Bai looked in the direction he was pointing.

According to the parchment, each time the bell tolls, a stronger puppet will appear at the feet of the Doll Lady, spreading throughout the theater.

This also means that as long as you move in the direction where the doll appears, you can find the strange entity—the Doll Lady!

"Let's go."

Lin Bai straightened his cuffs, stepped forward, and walked with elegant steps.

"Go and meet the owner of this place."

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