Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

The area around Lin Bai was ten meters wide, creating an absolute vacuum zone.

He walked step by step, amidst the scattered limbs and broken bodies, maintaining his elegant and leisurely pace, until he reached the area directly beneath the stage.

Xie Qingtang stood there, his hand holding the knife frozen in mid-air, completely dumbfounded.

She looked at that figure from behind and suddenly felt extremely unfamiliar with him.

Why... does this man exude an even more terrifying aura than that doll-like woman?

at last.

Lin Bai stopped in front of the huge circular stage.

He looked up, examining the giant doll suspended in mid-air, his gaze as if he were scrutinizing an exhibit in a shopping mall window.

"The workmanship is barely passable."

Lin Bai toyed with the pink fruit knife in his hand, his tone dismissive, "What a pity, such poor taste. This Lolita style is long gone, madam."

He never worried about the issue of breaching defenses.

Although in his perception, the Doll Lady was indeed very strong.

But compared to what he encountered in the cycle world... it's nothing special.

That fruit knife could kill indiscriminately in that city, let alone a mere doll lady!

Therefore, in his eyes, this so-called strange realm...

There has never been any danger!

Xie Qingtang was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, which soaked his clothes.

Is this the time to critique an outfit?!

You'll die!

"Ten seconds left until the bell rings!!" Xie Qingtang glanced at her watch, so anxious she wanted to rush over and carry him back. "Stop playing around! Get back..."

Just when she was even considering drinking the potion and going up to her death.

Swish.

Lin Bai made a move.

There was no earth-shattering spectacle, nor any flashy special effects.

He simply tiptoed slightly.

Then, he casually handed the fruit knife forward.

This strike looked weak and powerless.

however.

When the rusty tip of the knife touched the doll lady's draped clothes, touched that "absolute defense" that even Ah Ya's full-force punch couldn't budge an inch—

Shila-

A soft, teeth-grinding sound.

Silky smooth.

Extremely silky smooth.

That seemingly indestructible ceramic skin melted and separated instantly in front of the fruit knife, just like a hot knife cutting through butter.

puff!

The pink-handled fruit knife plunged into the heart of the doll lady.

Until the handle is gone.

The whole world seemed to have been muted at that moment.

Xie Qingtang's eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, completely losing the ability to organize her thoughts.

...Breaked through?

Just like that... it went in?

A fruit knife, readily available at street stalls, pierced through the BOSS of the Ghost Realm?

An anomaly has occurred.

No blood flowed from the wound inflicted by the fruit knife.

Instead, it spread out countless gray, lifeless black lines.

The patterns, like living venomous snakes, frantically climbed and corroded the doll's pure white ceramic skin.

Click... Click...

The sound of porcelain shattering continued incessantly.

"ah--!!!"

A piercing scream suddenly exploded in everyone's minds.

The doll lady, whose eyes had been tightly closed, suddenly opened them!

Those once lifeless ruby ​​eyes now darted around wildly, staring intently at Lin Bai, who was so close... and the hilt of the knife in his hand.

There was no anger in his eyes.

Only fear.

That kind of extreme fear, as if you had seen something at the top of the food chain, originating from the depths of your soul!

"This aura...is it you?"

The Doll Lady's voice was no longer a mechanical nursery rhyme, but had become sharp, distorted, and filled with an incredulous tremor.

"How is this possible... how could you still be alive?"

"You... exactly..."

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Do you know me?

He asked somewhat anxiously.

I have a feeling that this doll lady in front of me knows something that is extremely important to her.

Unfortunately, the Doll Lady no longer has the chance to answer.

boom--!

With a final, crisp crack, the doll lady's enormous body seemed to lose all support.

Countless cracks instantly covered his entire body.

The enormous body disintegrated in an instant, transforming into countless dazzling yet poignant points of light, like a grand firework display in the center of a stage.

Those suffocating red lines and that terrifying pressure vanished in an instant.

Only the man standing in the center of the light remained. The doll lady died, fate dissolved, and a point of destiny emerged from the parchment, hovering in Lin Bai's consciousness.

[Question: Why does the Doll Lady seem so afraid of me?]

[Driving simulation in progress...]

[Estimated simulation time: one year]

[Note: Are you kidding me? Do you think they're afraid of you or your wife? Also, don't ask me anything related to the Calamity Witch. Deduction is exhausting!]

After being mocked, Lin Bai shrugged contentedly.

He casually stuffed the eerie and terrifying weapon back into his pocket.

He turned around.

Looking at Xie Qingtang, who was completely dumbfounded and seemed to have her worldview reshaped, Lin Bai shrugged and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Looks like I won't need a next life."

He pointed to the scattered points of light in the sky and smiled innocently.

"Xie Qingtang".

"From now on, your life belongs to me."

Xie Qingtang: "..."

She opened her mouth, looked at the shards scattered everywhere, then at Lin Bai's hand, and her mind went blank for a moment.

......

With the death of the core of the Ghost Realm, the surrounding space began to violently distort and vibrate.

The ceiling above began to melt like a candle, and the walls rippled like water.

The source of power that sustains the Ghost Realm is gone.

This place is collapsing.

But where the doll lady disappeared, the cluster of lights did not completely vanish.

They slowly coalesced, eventually transforming into a mask that floated silently in mid-air.

It was a pale white ceramic mask with a strange, smiling face.

Lin Bai narrowed his eyes and reached out to remove the mask.

"A forbidden item...that's interesting."

......

Outside the eerie realm, inside an abandoned subway tunnel.

Iron Fist was never still; his massive feet, capable of tearing tigers and leopards apart, ground the gravel into powder.

Like a manic-depressive tyrannosaurus rex trapped in a cage.

"Isn't it ready yet?!"

Iron Fist slammed on his foot, his eyes bloodshot, his voice hoarse with anxiety:

"It's been over an hour! Qingtang is inside..."

In the center of the tunnel, a man in black robes stood there, his body surrounded by a slight tremor of wind, his brows furrowed as he stared into the void.

The silver powder alchemy array beneath their feet flickered on and off, finally going out completely with a "poof".

The man in the black robe slowly opened his eyes, his gray-brown pupils filled with helplessness.

"Young Iron Fist, calm down."

He stood up, dusted off the corner of his robe, and spoke in a calm tone that carried an undeniable authority.

"I've already forcibly analyzed it three times." The man in black shook his head and sighed helplessly.

"The rules of this eerie realm are ridiculously complete; it's a typical 'one-way passage'."

"Even if I were to take action, it would take me three days to prepare if I wanted to forcefully break through the barrier."

At this point, he glanced at the empty void and sighed, "As for the people inside... within three days, those below Sequence 8 have absolutely no chance of survival."

These words completely stunned Iron Fist.

The towering man, over six feet tall, swayed and then fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes instantly losing focus.

"Dead...dead?"

Iron Fist muttered to himself, like a child who had lost his soul:

"Qingtang is so smart, and that Consultant Bai, his mind works faster than anyone else's... how could they just be gone like that?"

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