I started on a rocking horse and relied on watching ads to dominate the highway survival charts.

"It can't be a dungeon rule; at least, this dungeon won't have any rules before the game is restarted."

When Wen Zhaoye said this, he gave Huo Yunzhi a meaningful look.

Was he waiting for her to respond?

Huo Yunzhi had already understood his meaning from his eyes.

"Indeed, look at the phrase 'the feng shui of the old house was maliciously damaged.' I think the feng shui here refers to the original rules of the old house. The reason it was damaged is most likely because there are parts inside that restrict evil spirits."

Our act of collecting the ink line, paper boat, and axe is essentially restoring the rules; once we have these items, our situation will greatly improve.

Huo Yunzhi followed Wen Zhaoye's lead and explained, "Am I right?"

Wen Zhaoye looked at Huo Yunzhi with admiration in his eyes: "Absolutely correct."

"You guys are amazing, I never expected that." Qin Yuanshan scratched his head.

"Me too." Shen Chilie shrugged. "I was only thinking about how to deal with the vengeful ghost."

Miaomiao didn't understand a word, but seeing Xu Xiu's statement, she naturally assumed that Huo Yunzhi was right.

"Our first round will focus on familiarizing ourselves with the layout of the old house and the mechanics of the vengeful spirits, while also confirming the location of those six items."

Wen Zhaoye briefly explained the first round of tasks, and then began to determine the formation for the march: "Shen Chilie and I will lead the way and record the mechanics of the ghosts, An Ning will be in the middle, Xu Xiu and Miao Miao will guard the left and right, and Qin Yuanshan and Miss Huo will bring up the rear."

He also spent Survival Coins to upgrade the group chat's real-time voice function, so that even if they were separated and didn't know where they were, they could still communicate by voice at any time.

Miao Miao also gave everyone temporary tattoos that stored bonuses in advance. Except for the three people from the Lijing Hotel, everyone else who saw this kind of prop for the first time praised it highly.

After all seven of them were ready, they cautiously stepped through the dark door.

A chilling aura enveloped them.

The air was filled with the damp, rotten smell of the old house that had been sealed for a long time, which was quite unpleasant to smell.

The interior lighting is also extremely poor, with visibility so low that you can't see anything beyond five meters.

Huo Yunzhi summoned the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, shrinking it to a size imperceptible to the naked eye, and then letting it rest on her fingertip without consuming any karma points, allowing it to release ordinary firelight for illumination.

The area within a few meters suddenly became bright.

After walking for a few more minutes, Shen Chilie and Wen Zhaoye, who were leading the way, stopped.

"What's wrong?" Su Anning's voice sounded a little nervous.

There's a wall in front of us.

"A wall?" Huo Yunzhi raised her hand, and the flames of the Karmic Fire Red Lotus grew larger.

What comes into everyone's view is a wall made of alternating red bricks and granite.

The wall completely filled the seven people's field of vision. It seemed to extend infinitely, and even after walking more than ten steps to either side, they still couldn't see the end of the wall.

"Look up," Xu Xiu said, pointing to the ceiling. "This wall doesn't seem to have a ceiling?"

"Little Pot, you can walk through walls, right? Try to see if you can get through."

Qin Yuanshan nodded, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

However, the next second, he appeared several meters behind him.

Qin Yuanshan's face was grim: "No, it bounced back as soon as I touched it."

"Then this thing isn't a wall anymore." Wen Zhaoye touched it. "It's a vengeful ghost. Let's call it the Red Wall Ghost."

"That makes things easier," Shen Chilie suddenly said.

With a flick of his wrist, he hoisted the AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher onto his shoulder and simultaneously loaded another grenade launcher.

"Everyone, step back and be careful to avoid being accidentally injured."

"Give me one too."

Huo Yunzhi was worried that one person's power wouldn't be enough, so she stood next to Shen Chilie and reached out her hand to him.

Shen Chilie responded with a "okay" and casually tossed an AT4 over.

Huo Yunzhi steadily took the AT4 and carried it on her shoulder. Then she knelt down on one knee and, in sync with Shen Chilie, aimed at the Red Wall Ghost, waiting for Shen Chilie's next instruction.

"Get ready," Shen Chilie said in a steady voice.

Huo Yunzhi took a deep breath and nodded.

"Fire!"

Huo Yunzhi pulled the trigger, and the armor-piercing bullet shot out with a trail of flame, instantly covering a distance of tens of meters.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The explosions occurred within two seconds of each other.

Two armor-piercing rounds hit their targets, and the shockwave, accompanied by a heat wave, rushed towards them.

This scene stirred the emotions of Qin Yuanshan, who was standing nearby.

"He's so handsome! Oh my god! How can someone be this handsome!"

When the smoke and dust cleared, a large hole appeared in the wall, and a ghost resembling a young boy was embedded in it, as if it had been built in beforehand.

The wall was breached, and it "stared" at everyone with its empty eyes. The walls around its body were also rapidly repairing themselves, and it looked like it was about to be buried again.

Huo Yunzhi used the cut-out safe zone she had brought to demarcate an area, preventing the Red Wall Ghost from retreating. Shen Chilie strode forward and punched the Red Wall Ghost.

The entire wall trembled the moment his fist slammed down.

However, Shen Chilie had no intention of stopping and continued to throw punches at the Red Wall Ghost.

The left punch deals high damage, and the right punch deals high damage.

After he had been fighting for about five minutes, the pale body of the Red Wall Ghost began to emit countless explosions, and at the same time, a large number of cracks appeared in the stone wall in front of him, spreading outwards in a spider web shape.

Seeing this, Shen Chilie exerted force again.

This time, he forcefully pressed the Red Wall Ghost into the granite slabs on the ground.

"Boom!"

The entire wall collapsed in response.

The onlookers swallowed hard in unison.

Qin Yuanshan turned to look at Huo Yunzhi in disbelief: "Sister Huo? He... just knocked down the entire wall?"

"It's pressed down," Huo Yunzhi corrected him.

"Isn't that even more outrageous?" Su Anning muttered under her breath.

"Never mind that, let's hurry up and move forward while the Red Wall Ghost is suppressed."

Wen Zhaoye was the first to lead the way, disappearing into the wall and running onto the main road that appeared ahead.

While running, he didn't forget to remind the others: "Don't go too fast after you pass the wall. We need to prioritize searching for quest items. If you find anything strange, speak up immediately."

The panoramic camera he brought was suspended in mid-air, scanning the terrain in circles to help Wen Zhaoye draw a map of the entire old house in his mind.

"This place is ridiculously huge." Wen Zhaoye gritted his teeth and swallowed two more bottles of mental recovery potion.

Because they were searching for quest items, the group moved very slowly.

It took a full half hour to search only a quarter of the old house.

"It's called an old house, but this place could actually be an entire ancient architectural complex."

Su Anning touched the ancient wall, her architectural DNA stirring: "Look at this, this is called 'Four Waters Returning to the Hall,' mainly used to gather wealth from all directions."

But now that this place has been invaded by vengeful spirits, it's probably not gathering wealth anymore, but something else entirely.

"Then there's a good chance a vengeful ghost might appear here, everyone be careful."

Miao Miao was still focused on making temporary tattoos when she heard Huo Yunzhi's words and nodded vigorously.

After entering the courtyard area where the four waters converge, Miao Miao began to carefully search the part she was responsible for.

When her gaze fell on a certain object, she was first stunned, then overjoyed.

She turned around excitedly: "Sister! I found the incense..."

"laugh!"

Before she could finish speaking, flames flickered before Miao Miao's eyes.

The paper doll that was meant to represent her was instantly burned the moment she turned her head.