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

"What's wrong?" White Rabbit Creamy Candy asked, completely bewildered.

"Take this." Shen Chilie handed over the riding whip in his hand: "To drive the cattle."

"Herding...cattle?" Big White Rabbit Milk Candy glanced at the ticket checker and realized, "I'll go get them over to the stage so the others can have their tickets checked."

Shen Chilie nodded, satisfied with the reaction of White Rabbit candy. He patted the candy's shoulder and walked towards the Ghost's courtyard.

"What did the big boss go about?"

"As long as the living ghost isn't dead, the domain in that courtyard won't disappear. So much time has passed, someone will probably go in. He took the human skin lantern to rescue them."

Huo Yunzhi explained to Shen Chilie, "Let's go to the stage first."

"But the female lead ghost is still here..."

"It's alright, Grandma will definitely have a way." After saying that, the female player went to help Chen Baicha move the coffin.

After thinking about it, White Rabbit Milk Candy realized that it made sense and started waving its whip to "drive the cattle".

On the stage, the two players who had been stranded earlier were still there.

Their facial features had melted into oil paint, forming a mess on their faces.

Below the stage, three lumps of flesh and blood were beginning to take on human shapes, moving back and forth between the mahogany tables and benches, seemingly searching for their true place.

"Have they... also turned into vengeful ghosts?"

"Hmm." Huo Yunzhi nodded, becoming wary. "I found it strange before; there are all four types of fierce ghosts—Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou—but no minor, supporting ghosts. It turns out that we, the dead players, are the final, most vulnerable ones."

"Then what about the notification we received earlier about splitting the rewards for the deceased players?"

Xu Jianwen unconsciously exclaimed, his eyes turning wary and fearful as he looked at the stage: "So insidious."

"No wonder it's such a low-ranking service area." Huo Yunzhi tugged at the red silk in her hand: "I'll take them up first."

As she walked across the stone bridge in front of the audience seats, the movement of the three lumps of flesh paused when her feet touched the stone bricks.

"Bang!"

Huo Yunzhi felt the air in front of her being compressed, forming the shape of a fist, and slamming heavily towards her.

Just as she was about to dodge, the floor tiles beneath Huo Yunzhi's feet broke open, and several vines stretched out and tightly wrapped around her calves.

At the same time, the once calm pool suddenly surged, and two translucent hands reached out, one on the left and one on the right, closing in on Huo Yunzhi.

Huo Yunzhi summoned karmic fire to separate the vines, and dodged and retreated, avoiding the bombardment of two sailors' palms, and returned to the head of the wooden pier.

The moment the three clumps of flesh lost their target, they acted as if nothing had happened and continued searching for their seats.

"Indiscriminate attacks on players who enter the audience seats, and they will also use their innate talents and skills."

After trying it out, Huo Yunzhi quickly figured out the mechanism of the "End" ghosts.

"Compressed air, summoning vines, controlling water flow... how do you handle all of these?"

Huo Yunzhi stood at the bridgehead, unwilling to give up, observing the three clumps of flesh and blood "end" ghosts.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck her.

Since they died because they sat in the wrong place, they should have become vengeful ghosts. As long as the mechanism is not triggered, they should not do anything strange anymore.

However, they still act in accordance with the behavioral norms they followed in life.

So... does that prove that these "end" ghosts, in a sense, still belong to the audience?

Thinking of this, Huo Yunzhi gestured to White Rabbit Milk Candy, asking him to untie the ticket inspector and throw him into the audience.

With the appearance of the ticket inspector, the movements of the three lumps of flesh also changed.

Their speed began to increase, their originally fixed routes became chaotic, and some even seemed to be in a state of panic.

The ticket-checking ghosts kept pace with them from the start, and the four ghosts began to diligently chase each other through the audience.

The two sides have reached a strange balance.

"Walk!"

Shen Chilie had returned at some point.

He threw down the human skin lantern he was holding, picked up the coffin, and ran towards the stage with Huo Yunzhi.

After bypassing the three writhing clumps of fleeing flesh, Shen Chilie threw the coffin directly onto the stage.

Huo Yunzhi followed closely behind, using a red ribbon to throw the "living" ghost and the "ugly" ghost onto the stage together.

The vengeful spirits thrown onto the stage also seemed to be subject to some kind of restriction; even as they struggled and ran frantically, they were unable to leave the stage on their own.

"All that's missing is the female ghost."

Huo Yunzhi looked at the motionless "End" ghost and immediately deployed the turret.

These "end" ghosts aren't motionless; they're just waiting for the late-arriving female ghost.

The things I'm about to do will definitely anger the Flower Girl Ghost. If there are too many "End" Ghosts, they might not be able to withstand the damage, and they might even be surrounded and attacked.

Thinking of this, Huo Yunzhi did not hesitate to start firing at the stage.

Strangely, after Huo Yunzhi's cannonballs flew into the stage, they disappeared without a trace.

Ok?

Huo Yunzhi refused to believe in superstition and threw out the golden ring and red ribbon that the safe zone had transformed into.

No matter how much effort was put in, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, leaving not a ripple.

Even the Crimson Lotus Firearm couldn't cause any damage.

"It's the stage protecting them."

Huo Yunzhi thought for a moment and then came to a conclusion.

After all, they are already standing on the stage, and are important characters in the drama.

If they want to harm the NPCs who are already on stage, they'll have to use in-game items and methods.

For example... the red-tasseled spear stuck at the highest point of the stage.

Huo Yunzhi took out a blue opera robe from her backpack and carefully put it on.

The female lead in traditional Chinese opera is called Qingyi. In terms of craftsmanship, this costume is quite exquisite.

After putting it on, Huo Yunzhi even had the urge to sing a few lines.

Just as Huo Yunzhi felt faint opera singing in her ears and her body was becoming somewhat out of control, a sinister chill enveloped her entire body in a very short time, even piercing her skin and penetrating her bone marrow.

Even in extreme cold mode, Huo Yunzhi had never felt such a bone-chilling cold.

Unfortunately, it wasn't related to temperature, so Hongling couldn't adjust it in time.

Huo Yunzhi made a hand seal, covering her entire body with the karmic fire domain, and then released the aura of the ghost messenger to resist it, which made her feel much better.

She stepped onto the stage, grabbed a red-tasseled spear, and prepared to eliminate the "end" ghost.

"There are only ten minutes left. If Hua Dan Gui hasn't returned by nine and a half minutes, I'll go up and drag you back."

Shen Chilie made a solemn promise from below the stage.

"it is good."

After Huo Yunzhi finished speaking, she rushed into the pile of vengeful ghosts.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

One minute — Two minutes — Three minutes —

The number of "end" ghosts is decreasing.

Finally, at the eighth minute, a gong and drum sound drifted from the horizon, accompanied by the melodious singing of opera, sometimes near and sometimes far, towards the stage.

Huo Yunzhi looked up and saw a fierce ghost hanging in mid-air.

It wore a gorgeous theatrical robe, with silk flowers tucked into its temples, and its entire face consisted of only a mouth with a strange smile on its lips.

Shen Chilie immediately reached for the weapon at his waist, looking ready to charge at any moment.

Huo Yunzhi also smiled at the Hua Dan Gui.

"You've finally arrived."