Having gotten a free mode of transportation, Su Yuan climbed onto Jiang Yan's back without hesitation. The boy's back was thin and even a little uncomfortable, but it made her feel very safe.

The girl's softness and warmth emanated through the thin fabric of her clothes.

A long-lost warmth.

[Favorability +10! 】

Current favorability rating: 90

The system announced a favorability rating notification and asked, "[Didn't the host intend to give up on the target?]"

Mind your own business when it comes to pretty girls.

[.......] The host is lying and deceiving the naive system, sob sob sob—

Qin Yu, who was walking ahead, wished that it was her ear that had just been bitten.

He was afraid of overhearing something he shouldn't and being silenced by the class monitor...

The group made their way into the library in the dark.

After the unscripted incident, Qin Yu obediently "accidentally" opened the book titled "Sweet Home," allowing the group to smoothly enter the illusionary world that program number three was supposed to enter.

An eerie aura began to rise from all around, and the scene transformed into a living room, the eerie aura around which was thick and black.

A pile of high-proof liquor bottles were placed on the ground.

The living room was simply furnished with a faux leather sofa riddled with holes, its yellow stuffing covered in mold, an old-fashioned square television, and a low table with two corners missing.

Cockroaches and flies were swarming everywhere in the living room.

The white wall was covered with bluish-green mold.

Qin Yu's first reaction was to cover her mouth and nose, afraid that she would breathe in too much air.

"How disgusting." He asked, as if seeing such an environment for the first time, "Can anyone live in this?"

The moment the words left her mouth, Su Yuan truly felt the intense fluctuations of strange energy emanating from Jiang Yan.

She tightened her grip on Jiang Yan's neck, resting her head on his shoulder, and retorted firmly, "Why can't people live here anymore?"

Qin Yu obediently shut up, and while waiting for the scene to reappear, he would intentionally or unintentionally glance at You Ning.

You Ning knew she was unpopular, so she silently followed at the back of the group.

She kept her head down, but just as Qin Yu's gaze secretly swept over her, she suddenly raised her head.

A strange smile appeared on his pale lips, making his face look stiff and unnatural.

Qin Yu felt a chill run down his spine and immediately looked away.

He muttered to himself, "It's alright, it's alright..."

Nothing will happen. Besides, You Ning is just a girl. What is there to be afraid of?

Just then, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy appeared in the scene.

It was DouDou who played the son.

He was wearing a yellowed T-shirt and black shorts, his legs, thinner than bamboo poles, swaying precariously.

His face was sunken, and his body was covered with bruises and welts.

"This, this is DouDou?" Qin Yu pinched Li Bing in disbelief.

DouDou picked up a huge garbage bag and, following the script, began to clean up the bottles of liquor on the ground.

The sound of a door opening came from the entrance.

DouDou's body trembled slightly, then she stood up timidly, head bowed, "Father, Father..."

All the marks of training on Xiangzi's body disappeared, and he completely turned into a chronic alcoholic with a sallow complexion.

His eyes were sunken, and the area around his eyes was bluish-black.

"I asked you to tidy up the house, and this is how you tidy it up?"

"I haven't eaten!"

Xiangzi cursed angrily, reciting his lines, and pushed Doudou, who was blocking his way, to the ground.

He plopped down on the sofa, which sank deep into the wall, causing cockroaches inside to scramble out as if their lives depended on it.

"Clang!"

He placed a bag of strong liquor on the table.

"Have the school exam results come out yet?" Xiangzi asked.

DouDou nodded.

"First?"

"The second time... this time it's my turn..."

"Slap!" A slap landed hard on DouDou.

"Damn it, how could I have given birth to such a useless brat! Is it so hard to get first place?"

"If I'd known you were such a loser, I should have drowned you!"

As Xiangzi continued to curse, his expression began to turn terrified.

He... he didn't really intend to hit me.

His body was out of control!

DouDou was stunned by the sudden slap. "Xiang, Uncle Xiang?"

"Still trying to argue! I'll beat you to death today!" Xiangzi roared, grabbed a wine bottle from the table, and smashed it hard against Dou Dou's head.

His hand was raised high, but he hesitated to bring it down.

Xiangzi gripped his right hand tightly with his left, gritting his teeth to stop himself from moving.

Seeing this, Qin Yu shouted anxiously, "What's going on?"

DouDou heard the sound, but couldn't see anyone anywhere.

He was so frightened that he burst into tears, crying, "Brother Qin Yu, where are you?"

"Damn it, I can't control myself!" Xiangzi's forehead veins bulged, and he couldn't help but swear.

Su Yuan dismounted from Jiang Yan's back and looked around.

The surroundings were filled with eerie energy, so immense that it nearly annihilated the illusion.

[System, detecting eerie energy fluctuations.]

[Ding—A violent fluctuation of eerie energy has been detected and has been identified as host activity!]

A glimmer of light flashed before Su Yuan's eyes, and she quickly discovered three areas in the scene marked with red eerie energy values.

One originates from Jiang Yan, who lives nearby, and the other from You Ning.

[System, detect the level of eerie energy on You Ning.]

[Ding—Strange Qi Value Detection Completed, Current Strange Qi Value: 80!]

Qin Yu once said that humans can be corrupted by evil energy, which will affect their lifespan.

After being corrupted, the level of eerie energy can reach as high as fifty.

There is no mention of those over fifty in the Federal Newcomer Handbook.

There are only two possibilities: either all of them are dead, or they are no longer human.

The last place is within the eerie mist.

The eighth person.

"What should we do?!" Xiangzi had lost control and smashed the bottle on Dou Dou's head.

Fresh blood gushed out instantly, flowing down his head with a "gurgling" sound.

"I made sure you came in second! You're useless, an idiot, just like your dead mother!"

"Go to vocational school tomorrow! What's the point of high school? It's trash!"

Jiang Yan watched indifferently, her whole body radiating a chilling aura.

Suddenly he felt warmth in his palm and looked down.

It was a slender, white hand.

Su Yuan held Jiang Yan's hand firmly, her gaze intense. "Class monitor, can I hold your hand for a bit?"

"It's so eerie here, I always feel like someone is watching me, it's terrifying."

Without saying a word, she moved closer to Jiang Yan, almost burying herself in his arms.

[Pure green tea!]

Those two players seem to be under control. It seems the script really is unchangeable; they'll die whether they stay the same or change it. It's an ending that was predetermined from the start.

[Did you see that? The Federal Bureau just released a statement saying that Huangquan High School is a mutated D-rank instance! They can't even muster a single high-ranking butler among these people, and the two S-ranks are both rookies. They're probably doomed.]

The chill emanating from Jiang Yan subsided.

She truly possesses the most brilliant mind; she was even able to sense its presence.

Just then, Shoko regained control of her body in the illusion.

DouDou's head was bleeding profusely.

"DouDou!" Xiangzi quickly hugged the person in his arms to check on them.

"Ah—! What did I do? I clearly said I would take you home!"

Regret after anger.

"What on earth is going on?" Xiangzi shouted at the people around him.

He can't see.

This place is like a one-way mirror.

Qin Yu tried to get Li Bing to go to the other side of the one-way glass, but failed.

Therefore, no one, including the supernatural, can break the rules of the script.

Script rules.

Doesn't the script rule say that actors can't hurt actors?!

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