After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

The backstage area of ​​Tang Li's live stream.

Is there any way to still kidnap the specified weird NPC alive after the instance crashes? [Flowers][Heart]

This was originally a question she asked in order to help Gu Xiaoying take Gu Xiaomei away.

But later, she discovered that Gu Xiaomei was not some strange NPC at all; she was a living, breathing person who was fully accepted by the original world, so of course she didn't need this information.

Surprisingly, it can even be used on those swollen human bodies.

The chat history was from several hours ago.

[Tanuki: Treat them like spirit pets, force them to give you their life contracts, and then you can take them out of the dungeon as your own property.]

[Apricot: I've made them into puppet dolls! High-level puppet dolls can retain their own souls. The puppet's body doesn't feel pain or age, which is actually more convenient for dealing with the supernatural.]

[Chaoyang·Hanji: How about a Soul-Summoning Banner? First, nurture the souls, then when they find a suitable host, they can emerge and parasitize. If the streamer wants to buy one, I can give you a 10% discount!]

These high-level players, who are generous with their money, are certainly full of clever schemes, but they also reveal their ruthless side.

As Tang Li looked at their replies, her brows furrowed even more deeply.

This wasn't the method she had envisioned for taking people away. She hoped they would gain their freedom and return to a life in the sunlight, rather than graduating from NPC and becoming slaves again.

Just as she was about to leave in disappointment, a newly displayed reply caught her eye.

This person ranks ninth on the donation leaderboard. He usually just hangs in the live stream without saying a word, making him seem quite mysterious. When answering Tang Li's questions backstage, his tone was also enigmatic, as if he had already seen through something.

[Qianli: Where do you intend to take this eeriness? If you're planning to enslave it and carry it around at any time, there are many ways.]

[Qianli: If you want her to live a stable life without you, there are ways, but the conditions are very strict.]

Tang Li's eyes lit up; this person seemed to have something special about him.

[Tang Li: Could you elaborate?]

[Qianli: You can think of the strange creature wanting to leave the instance as an employee wanting to switch jobs, jumping from a nearly bankrupt company to a new one, which requires mutual agreement.]

"First, you have to convince the new company to accept your employees."

"Secondly, you need to get the leadership of your original company to release you voluntarily."

Now, let's go back to this moment.

Tang Li added two new tasks to her planner.

First, there's the new company.

This refers to the original world that is currently reluctant to let Liu Anbang and other strange beings in.

In the backstage of the live stream, the seemingly ordinary words carried a unique seductive quality from the players, suggesting that they would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

Ideally, the new company would welcome them with open arms. If that's not possible, stealing someone else's employee ID card doesn't seem like an unacceptable option.

Tang Li wholeheartedly agreed.

She used a communication device to forcibly connect with her two teammates.

"Boss Qiu? Boss Qiu?" Tang Li called out urgently.

"Reply if you hear me. What are you busy with?"

"That scoundrel Qiu Wanting is still fleecing people! (This comment has been blocked from other streamers to protect their privacy.)"

Dean's Office.

"Are you done yet?"

Qiu Wanting strolled along with his arms crossed, occasionally urging the situation on like a foreman, "I'm getting a notification that the instance is about to collapse, you know?"

"Hey, Vice Dean Qi Cuiming, don't let your hands shake. Are you getting old and your hands aren't as steady anymore?"

"Dr. James, you're not progressing as fast as the others. You still need to practice your fundamentals, right?"

Before him, a group of bizarre employees sat down and were... sewing clothes.

The clothes were made of strips of cloth of different sizes and colors. Upon closer inspection, each of the strange employees' clothes had a newly torn piece that matched the strips of cloth perfectly.

The special item, the "Hundred Ghosts Robe," may be inspired by the patchwork robe, but it is the most evil of all. It requires cutting a piece of fabric from each of several strange garments and piecing them together.

This is a non-sale item that cannot be found in the store; there is only one way to obtain it.

—Sewed by hand by a strange person who willingly provided scraps of cloth.

Qiu Wanting's first request was: "I want a single hair from each of you."

This was thus woven into the vicious curse artifact, "Curse of Hundred Entanglement".

Qiu Wanting made a second demand: "I want a drop of blood from each of you."

This is how the precious supernatural material, the "Hundred Ghosts Blood Altar," came together.

Now, this is his third request: "I want a piece of cloth from each of you."

The prop, the "Hundred Ghosts Robe," is also nearing completion.

Qiu Wanting lowered his eyes, listlessly watching the repeatedly refreshed departure prompts. The system was already exasperated.

He'd made enough money this time. After accepting the "Hundred Ghosts Robe" presented by his employees with their eerie, resentful expressions, Qiu Wanting casually considered what kind of surprise he should prepare for the ghosts before leaving the instance.

Just then, he received a telepathic message from Tang Li.

Qiu Wanting's expression remained unchanged. He fiddled with the [Hundred Ghosts Robe] in his hand, and even with dozens of eyes staring intently at him, no one could tell that he was rapidly receiving new information.

"I see."

He suddenly said this seemingly random sentence with a smile.

Qiu Wanting raised his eyes, and the eerie creatures immediately held their breath, their eyes filled with a mixture of fear and anticipation.

Are they going to continue torturing us? Or are they finally letting us go?

"One last request," Qiu Wanting chuckled softly, "I want..."

Amidst the tense expressions of his employees, he spoke calmly.

"—One of your little fingers."

The supernatural beings would certainly agree.

As Qiu Wanting watched them go one by one, she hardened her heart and personally cut off the most useless one of her ten fingers.

Out of sheer compassion, they bought a large tray from the bizarre livestreaming marketplace and allowed them to put their little fingers in it.

Of course they would agree. Many of the supernatural beings are capable of limb regeneration, and the sunk costs of the past are forcing them to make this choice.

Qiu Wanting asked for a hair, a drop of blood, a piece of cloth, and then a finger, which could only be for props.

It's okay, it's just losing a finger, what's the risk, right?

The employees thought this was strange. Bloodstained little fingers lay scattered haphazardly across the trays.

Qiu Wanting accepted everything with a smile.

Just now.

Tang Li asked in the communication: Boss Qiu, how can the original world determine that a person is that person?

Ah, Qiu Wanting thought to herself, you're asking me how to replace someone's identity.

Very good, very good, he thought with satisfaction. A qualified player of weird games must learn to harm "people" in just the right way.

Qiu Wanting's gaze fell on the tray; the experienced player generously shared his knowledge with the seeker.

How can one replace a person's identity?

How did it confuse the original world's perception, making it mistake the infiltrated monster for a member of its own race that it had once raised in its arms?

— Blood, bone, and fingerprints.