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Exploration progress 15%.

This data left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

"This, this is impossible!" Yamamoto Ichiro was somewhat unable to accept this result.

In their view, the entire Zhang Family Ancient Building consisted of what they could see before them, after all, the words "Zhang Family Head" were extremely distinctive.

Even if the dragon-patterned stone box hasn't been found yet, judging from the progress, it must have been at least over fifty.

But who could have imagined that what they thought was about to be solved was just the beginning, and they hadn't even reached half of the secret room yet.

Park Guk-chang's eyes widened as well. "How is this possible? Could it be that this nightmare level wasn't achieved because ghosts and monsters were introduced into the historical setting? Or is the Zhang Family Old House in front of us not the place we're looking for at all? Zhang Family Old House, Zhang Family Old Building... wait..."

Park Guk-chang's pupils contracted sharply, and he suddenly understood something.

However, the old man was also very shrewd. He pretended not to have discovered anything and naturally wouldn't tell Yamamoto Ichiro.

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underwater.

Koejiro was overjoyed to see Koeichiro come out. Having obtained such an important clue, he thought that all he had to do was wait for the tide to come and find the direction of the tide's flow to locate the dragon-patterned stone box.

"Haha, Nightmare level, such an easy Nightmare level, we're really lucky!" Koejiro thought to himself.

However, before he could be happy for long, he suddenly heard Koeichiro scream.

"There's a ghost!"

The two words were shouted so loudly that they gave off a feeling of extreme panic, which startled Koejiro.

"Big brother, big brother, what's going on?" Koejiro asked hurriedly.

However, only static remained in the communicator.

"Baka! Are we in trouble? Have we run into a trap?"

Koejiro was about to go over, but he stopped as soon as he got close to the room.

"No, no, if it were a trap, Brother wouldn't have shouted 'There's a ghost!' 'A ghost! A ghost! Could it be... there really is a ghost? How is that possible? This is a historical escape room!"

Despite his status as a top explorer, Koejiro was still quite cautious.

He didn't rush off; after hesitating for a moment, he decided to go up first and report to Koeko.

Because the communicator had a limited range, they were unable to communicate with Koheko above.

As for Koeichiro's safety, Koejiro did not pay attention to it for the time being.

For these explorers, completing the mission was the most important thing, not risking their lives to rescue their companions.

Thinking of this, Koejiro immediately prepared to swim upwards, but after swimming not far, he felt as if his ankles were entangled by something, and a strong force pulled him downwards.

Koejiro's expression immediately changed. He hurriedly looked down and saw a clump of black hair that had appeared underwater at some point. At the same time, a strand of black hair, like a black snake, was wrapped around his ankle.

"Baka! What, what is this?" Koejiro's expression changed drastically.

But before he could think, Koejiro took his pistol and fired several shots at the clump of black hair.

The bullets carved several vacuum zones in the water before striking the area covered by black hair.

Before long, bright red blood began to flow from the black hair, instantly staining the surrounding area red.

"Dead?" Koejiro was overjoyed upon seeing this.

Immediately afterwards, the clump of black hair spread out, and when Koejiro saw the situation in the center of the hair, his expression became extremely ugly.

He spotted Koeichiro immediately.

At this moment, Koeichiro had several bloody holes in his body, and blood was still oozing out.

"Big brother..."

Koejiro thought he had killed Koeichiro and felt extremely guilty, but he soon realized something was wrong. Although the wounds were bleeding, they were not bleeding quickly, which meant that Koeichiro was already dead.

Moreover, Koeichiro's nose, eyes, ears, and mouth were all covered in black hair, making him look extremely disgusting and bizarre.

"Baka! This...this secret room...could it really be haunted?!"

As an explorer from the land of cherry blossoms, he had solved many historical mystery rooms. This was the first time he had encountered a ghost in a historical mystery room, and his shock was beyond words.

Although he was very knowledgeable about ghost culture, he knew that everyone has their own expertise, and he wasn't an explorer who specialized in the supernatural. So, his first thought was to run away as fast as he could.

Thinking of this, he took out a dagger, hurriedly bent down, and wanted to use the dagger to cut off the clump of hair.

A tremendous pulling force came from the clump of hair, pulling him toward it.

Koejiro was extremely anxious, but the clump of hair binding him was so tough and slippery that it was impossible to cut it in a short time.

In just a short while, he had been dragged down.

When she looked up again, her face was almost touching that of Koei Ichiro.

Looking at Koeichiro's hideous and distorted face and his bald head, Koeichiro's heart sank.

Just then, a woman's head suddenly popped out from behind Koei Ichiro.

what……

This startled Koejiro so much that he choked on his own saliva.

The next moment, I saw the Forbidden Woman's eyes suddenly turn green, and then my brain felt dizzy.

However, Koejiro, having been mentally prepared, did not faint like Koeichiro, but instead bit his tongue.

The intense pain instantly brought him to his senses.

Immediately afterwards, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue.

The mouthful of hot blood seemed to carry a scorching power. When it was splashed on the pale and swollen face of the forbidden woman, it was like strong acid corroding her skin, emitting strange wisps of blue smoke, burning half of her cheek until the skin was torn open, charred and ulcerated!

what……

The Forbidden Woman let out a painful scream, her corroded features instantly contorted, seemingly turning into extreme rage.

Seeing this, Yamamoto Ichiro was overjoyed. "Hahaha! Did you see that? So what if they're ghosts? My great Sakura Empire is well-versed in the ways of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and knows how to break it! These mere water ghosts and forbidden women are no match for the 'exorcising' techniques of my elite ninjas! Zhang Qilin, your reliance is nothing more than this!"

However, before he could be happy for long, he saw the Forbidden Woman's hair begin to grow wildly, like countless black water snakes, frantically coiling around Koejiro's body and then tightening.

Even if Koejiro had a way to deal with the demons, he had no use for it at this moment.

There was so much black hair, there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to avoid!

He tried to spit out a few mouthfuls of blood from the tip of his tongue, but the Forbidden Woman was prepared and blocked him with her black hair.

Crunch, crunch...

The immense force nearly broke Koejiro's bones.

Koejiro let out a piercing scream, but when he opened his mouth, only gurgling bubbles came out, and after a short while, he became completely silent.

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