Even blind box hunters don't choose their partners? I got Su Daji from my blind box!

The cold was bone-chilling on the bluestone slab.

The paper money falling from the sky suddenly froze in mid-air, like a grand and eerie stop-motion animation.

Li Muyue knelt there, her phoenix crown askew, a few strands of her black hair hanging down beside her pale face.

She didn't dare to look up; her body was trembling violently. It wasn't just simple fear, but the shudder of a drowning person finally seeing the light.

Lin Xiao looked down at the red-clad female ghost who had just tried to take his life.

To be honest, this scene does look quite out of place.

One second it's a top-tier horror movie with howling winds and deadly attacks, the next second the style suddenly changes and it becomes a large-scale family reunion scene.

"Stand up and speak."

Lin Xiao frowned, and the golden light at his fingertips slowly disappeared into his skin.

Although the Human Emperor's Aura is a divine skill that can defeat opponents in a lower dimension, it might be because I only have one finger bone.

It really drains your mental energy.

In just a short while, he felt as if he had stayed up for three consecutive nights, and his head was throbbing.

Upon hearing this, Li Muyue trembled slightly but did not dare to get up.

She slowly raised her head, and her eyes, which had been as lifeless as an abyss, were now filled with tears.

It wasn't blood and tears, but a genuine, heartfelt plea from a "human being".

"grown ups……"

As soon as she opened her mouth, her eyes suddenly darted around, looking past Lin Xiao's shoulder and towards the back.

Over there, Xia Chaoyue was staring wide-eyed, her mouth agape.

This once-proud daughter of Peking University has had her worldview shattered once again, beyond repair.

What did she see?

The ghost bride, described in textbooks as a "hellish disaster," "to be looked at directly," and "to be touched and die," is actually kneeling before Lin Xiao?!

And judging from that expression, it feels like he's about to pounce on you and call you "Master" any second now?

"Well……"

Xia Chaoyue let out a dry syllable, her mind completely blank.

Li Muyue glanced at Xia Chaoyue, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Lin Xiao glanced back and then burst out laughing in exasperation.

I understand. There are some secrets this silly girl can't hear.

"Too noisy," Lin Xiao said casually.

Li Muyue instantly understood.

Her once delicate beauty vanished, replaced by the coldness of a domineering ruler.

call--!

With a flick of her red sleeve.

A whirlwind, both delicate and domineering, swept up from the ground, precisely bypassing Lin Xiao and transforming into an invisible giant hand that grabbed Xia Chaoyue before she could recover.

"Huh? Huh?! Lin Xiao, you son of a bitch—!"

Xia Chaoyue only had time to utter a string of beautiful traditional Chinese phrases before she was sent flying away as if riding on clouds.

The wind was controlled perfectly, neither harming her in the slightest nor preventing her from resisting.

"Snapped!"

A muffled thud.

Xia Chaoyue landed precisely on the soft couch inside the sedan chair behind her, her head lolled to the side, and she promptly fainted.

The world is finally quiet.

"Well done."

Lin Xiao nodded; this female ghost had the potential to be a secretary.

Upon receiving the praise, an unusual blush appeared on Li Muyue's pale face.

At this moment, Li Jiahui, the vengeful ghost in red who had been hiding in the corner pretending to be a mushroom, finally dared to move.

He scrambled over, his knees scraping against the bluestone slabs, and then knelt down next to his sister without any hesitation.

"Thump!"

That headbutt was so hard, it was painful just to hear about it.

"Please, sir... save us!"

Li Jiahui's voice was choked with sobs.

At this moment, she was like a prisoner trapped in dark ruins for millions of years, clinging desperately to Lin Xiao as her only lifeline.

Lin Xiao took a half step back, put his hands in his pockets, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

"save?"

Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow, his gaze sharp as a knife, sweeping over the two sisters.

"You are the masters of this Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts. You are immortal and indestructible here, and you control the rules. Even a Grandmaster would have to defer to you."

"Someone like this wants me, a fourth-tier martial artist, to save his life?"

"Do you think I'm handsome and easy to fool?"

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

Li Muyue suddenly straightened up, her originally gentle temperament abruptly changing, revealing a sense of desolation that seemed to transcend time.

She stared intently at Lin Xiao, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Because you have the aura of an emperor bestowed upon you."

"Forgive my impertinence... but sir, you do not belong to this world, do you?"

boom!

These words struck Lin Xiao like a thunderbolt, exploding directly in his mind.

His identity as a time traveler was his greatest trump card, but also his Achilles' heel that could never be touched!

Lin Xiao's eyes instantly turned icy cold, his muscles tensed, and his right hand clenched into a fist, his palm radiating golden light.

If those two female ghosts dare to say another word, he will dismantle this instance on the spot, even if it means exhausting his mental energy!

However, faced with Lin Xiao's palpable killing intent, Li Muyue did not dodge, but instead gave a bitter smile.

She pointed to the paper money floating in the sky, and then to the eerie and sinister dead city.

"My lord, there is no need to be nervous, because... we do not belong here either."

The golden light in Lin Xiao's hand paused slightly.

Li Muyue took a deep breath, her eyes revealing a sense of profound understanding of the vicissitudes of time:

"Or rather, in this so-called survival game, those gods and demons with consciousness, imprisoned deep within the dungeon... are all strangers who have wandered here."

Fellow villager?!

Lin Xiao forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, his eyes flickering.

"Where did you come from? Why did you become dungeon bosses? What the hell is this survival game?"

A barrage of questions was thrown at Li Muyue, who opened her mouth, a resolute glint in her eyes.

She seemed to want to utter a taboo name that would shake the heavens and earth.

"It's because..."

However, the sound abruptly stopped.

An extremely terrifying scene unfolded.

Just as Li Muyue was about to reveal the truth, the surrounding space began to distort without warning.

It's not a physical distortion; it's like an old TV losing signal, with a screen full of chaotic black gibberish flashing by in the air.

A chilling will from a higher dimension descended instantly!

"He...hehe..."

Li Muyue seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, her eyes rolled back and bloodshot.

Her stunningly beautiful face quickly withered and cracked, as if her soul had been torn apart!

"sister!!"

Li Jiahui screamed in terror, trying to add, "It's because of that..."

puff!

Before she could finish speaking, Li Jiahui suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, and her body began to melt like a candle.

This is the obliteration of the rules!

"Shut up! Stop talking!!"

Lin Xiao roared, seeing that the two "informants" were about to be deleted on the spot. He didn't care about anything else, took a step forward, and pressed his right hand hard on Li Muyue's head.

hold head high--!!

The human emperor's finger bone inside his body seemed to sense the provocation and let out a furious dragon roar.

A dazzling golden light cascaded down like a waterfall, forcefully pouring into Li Muyue's body, colliding violently with the cold, annihilating rule.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

A teeth-grinding scraping sound erupted in the air.

Lin Xiao groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but he managed to force the power of the rules back half an inch by relying on his Human Emperor status!

"If you want to die, don't die in front of me! I haven't finished my question yet!"

Lin Xiao's face was ashen as he withdrew his hand.

The two sisters lay limp on the ground, bleeding from their seven orifices, their bodies ethereal as if they might fall apart at any moment.

That was the ultimate fear of surviving a catastrophe.

Li Muyue gasped for breath, her eyes filled with awe as she looked at Lin Xiao, but also with a deep fear of the "sky" above her.

"I understand."

Lin Xiao wiped away the bloodstains, his voice as cold as ice.

"Some things cannot be said. To say them is to die."

Li Muyue nodded weakly.

That's the price of touching the underlying code.

Lin Xiao remained silent for a moment, then changed the subject to something safe.

"Since you can't tell me the reason, then tell me how I can help you?"

Li Muyue struggled to kneel upright, her expression solemn as if entrusting her life and fortune to someone else.

"Go find... those special survival dungeons."

"Regular dungeons are useless. You must go to those dungeons that are marked as extremely dangerous, have a special background, or are entered by a group of people, with only one person able to survive."

"I'll beat them all perfectly!"

Li Muyue gripped Lin Xiao's trouser leg tightly, her knuckles cracking.

"Blind boxes! Those colorful, supreme rewards... and more than just rewards."

"They are keys, and they are also fragments."

"Put us... back together."

Lin Xiao frowned.

Fragments? A key?

He thought of Daji, he thought of Chang'e, and he thought of the finger bone inside his body.

This so-called "survival game" is by no means a creation of gods, but rather resembles a giant waste recycling center.

Lin Xiao gave a self-deprecating smile and looked at Li Muyue.

"You've got one thing wrong. My 'Emperor's Aura' also came from blind boxes. It's a game of luck. Could someone else have saved you with better luck?"

Li Muyue slowly shook her head, a sense of destiny in her eyes.

"No, my lord."

"That blind box has been there for millions of years. Countless people have passed by, but only you can reach that score, only you can open it."

Li Muyue bowed deeply, her forehead touching the cold stone slab.

"This is not luck, it is the cause and effect of destiny."

"You are the only variable."

Lin Xiao fell silent.

He looked at the lingering golden light in his palm, then at the kneeling, vengeful ghost.

Then I thought of my own all-knowing eye.

The only variable?

"Alright."

Lin Xiao exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes sharpening once more.

Regardless of the cause or effect, I'm definitely opening this blind box!

"Since we're from the same hometown, I'll help you with this."

Lin Xiao spoke calmly, "However, in exchange, the rewards for this dungeon..."

Li Muyue suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with ecstatic joy.

"I am the one who sets the rating for this instance, and I can directly award you the highest SSS rank!"

"in addition……"

She bit her lip lightly, a blush creeping onto her pale face, and murmured softly.

"If you do not mind, my lord... I am willing to serve you as your personal attendant. If you are ever 'fiery', I, with my fair skin and delicate bones, am willing to... extinguish your flames."

Looking at that stunningly beautiful face, Lin Xiao's eye twitched.

This firefighting...

Is it serious?