Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

This endless corridor has countless rooms, most of which have their doors ajar. Unless you step into the darkness behind the door, you can't see what's inside.

But the wooden doors of this strangely eerie room were completely open, and a swaying green light shone through them.

In eerie instances, such anomalies that differ from the surroundings are often not a good thing.

"Brother Di'ao..."

Xuejiao trembled and hid behind Di'ao.

Di'ao's expression was cold, and his voice was deep and calm:

"No...it's okay, I'm here, don't be afraid..."

"Really? Brother Di'ao, your legs are shaking!"

"It's okay, I'm just killing time anyway, I'll practice some street dance."

Di'ao wiped the liquid from his face and said in a slightly trembling voice:

"Sister Xuejiao, don't get so close to me, your sweat is soaking my forehead..."

Xuejiao: ......

So, are you going to get your pants wet later, or am I going to pee in your pants?

Suddenly!

Boom!

A deep, resonant chime suddenly rang out, sounding like an old-fashioned pendulum clock!

The sudden sound startled Di'ao and Xuejiao, who were highly focused!

The chimes echoed through the corridor, seemingly coming from all directions.

Thump! Thump! Thump...

The bell tolled twelve times before slowly fading away, leaving only Di'ao and Xuejiao standing frozen in place.

Xuejiao said tremblingly:

"What...what was that just now?"

"I don't know... but anyway, let's stay away from that room..."

Di'ao swallowed hard and wiped the liquid off his face.

"Sister Xuejiao, I told you to stay away from me. Your sweat is splashing on my face, it's making me a little nervous..."

At this critical moment of life and death, hearing such inappropriate remarks made even Xuejiao a little impatient, and she said:

"I wasn't sweating..."

However, she stopped midway through her sentence.

As a senior intermediate-level traveler, Dio must have encountered restricted-level strange phenomena before. How could he be so nervous just from encountering an anomaly?

Upon hearing Xuejiao's words, Di'ao finally realized that something was wrong.

He really thought the water on his face was from Xuejiao!

Suddenly realizing something, the two stiffened their necks and, like robots, slowly raised their heads.

On the dimly lit ceiling, something that looked like a human was lying on it.

The thing appeared to be a man, but its limbs were severely disproportionate and ridiculously long, resembling a stick insect.

The man was wearing a bright red long robe and mandarin jacket with double happiness patterns. The mandarin jacket had five buttons on the front and six buttons on the right, much like the wedding attire worn by the groom in conservative families during the Republic of China era.

Although the outer garment was red, the inner lining was plain white.

On the outer garment, the character for "happiness" was crooked, and the edges were yellowed and grayed.

This is indeed a wedding dress.

It's just a wedding dress for the dead, worn in a ghost marriage.

Click-click—!

The sound of stiff bones colliding rang out.

The thing was clearly facing down, clinging to the ceiling with its long, bizarre limbs, yet its neck was twisted 180 degrees, staring directly at the two people below!

He wore a melon-shaped hat, had a grayish-white face, and eyes that were completely black holes. His mouth stretched all the way to the back of his head, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs. His tongue was sticking out long, and there was foul-smelling saliva dripping from it.

It just dripped onto Dio's face!

It's this thing's saliva!

"Aaaaaaahh ...

"I'm so rough, so rough, so rough!!!!"

The two of them made a sharp, explosive sound and turned to run away.

However, the next moment, an outrageously long arm hung down from the ceiling, and its equally outrageously long five fingers slapped both of them away, sending them flying into the open room.

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pop - pop - pop -

The crisp sound echoed through the corridor.

Qi Xie and his two companions were following the ball through what seemed to be an endless corridor.

Bai Yiyi and Wang Shan looked tense, their eyes darting around.

With the Blood Axe resting on his shoulder, Qi Xie's gaze fell on the wall, his expression relaxed, as if he were strolling through the streets. Every now and then, he would reach out and take down a painting on the wall that possessed a strange power and throw it into the shadows.

He is a model of diligence and thrift.

I don't know how long it took.

"Um?"

Qi Xie tilted his ear slightly.

The next moment, a deep, resonant bell rang out.

Thump...thump...thump...

The bell tolled twelve times, then slowly stopped and disappeared.

"What was that just now...?"

Wang Shan pushed up his glasses in confusion.

"It seems to be... twelve o'clock? But why would they specifically announce the time?"

Bai Yiyi also shook her head in surprise, indicating that she didn't understand.

The system within the instance is not shared with the outside world.

If we were to describe it using electronic devices, it would be equivalent to becoming a local area network.

Interactions are limited to participants within the instance; forums and other sections cannot be accessed, nor can external information be received.

This is a restriction mechanism set up by the eerie dungeon to isolate external support.

The two were unaware of the ghost bride mechanism that the old woman with the white eyes had mysteriously concealed.

After all, the number of bizarre instances that have appeared in the world is already in the tens of thousands, and new instances are constantly being created.

The old dungeons are constantly being updated, so it's already the limit to only be able to skim through each one; it's impossible to remember every single detail.

It's like you're a high school student or a college student.

The teacher throws a hundred books at you.

I'm telling you, you might be asked about one of these books on the final exam.

Moreover, it's possible that the exam might be taken, but the knowledge will be outdated, and the content will only be for reference.

They might even test you on topics from books you didn't even know you were given, so you'll have to rely on your own ingenuity.

Would you really try to memorize a hundred books word by word when you're already exhausted just from listening to them?

Therefore, although the two had read the walkthrough for this instance, they were unaware of the connection between the ghost bride's bridal chamber and midnight.

"Mr. Qi, look..."

Bai Yiyi looked ahead, wanting to ask Qi Xie's opinion, but saw Qi Xie suddenly stop in his tracks. At the same time, he raised the blood axe on his shoulder and gently tapped the bouncing ball in front of him with the back of the axe, changing the ball's trajectory.

The ball fell to his feet and was stopped by Qi Xie with a single kick.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Have we arrived yet?"

Bai Yiyi, standing behind, felt a pang of anxiety upon seeing this.

Wang Shan's expression gradually became serious. He keenly observed that there was nothing unusual about his surroundings. It didn't seem like they had arrived at their destination, but rather like a powerful enemy was approaching and they were preparing for battle.

"That's really strange... That old geezer told me that when the ghost bride launches her attack, the bridal chamber should also appear, but it hasn't appeared yet."

Qi Xie's relaxed expression remained unchanged, a smile playing on his lips as he stared directly into the darkness ahead, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Looks like it's still hiding something... Hehehe... Next time I'll give it another water torture with boiled excrement from the outhouse..."

"..."

"......"

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For an instant.

The viewers in the live stream, along with Bai Yiyi and Wang Shan, were stunned, staring at Qi Xie with eyes of astonishment and even panic, as if they were looking at a demon.

How can these Chinese characters form a sentence?