It's time to become an evil god.

Bai Ge then discovered a bruise on his neck caused by a finger mark. The lady in the bronze mirror removed her hands from his shoulders and was actually choking him tightly, trying to suffocate him.

Screen, lady.

In that instant, Bai Ge seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly rushed towards the screen with the painting of ladies, grabbed the entire screen, and threw it into the courtyard in one go.

With a loud crash, the screen shattered. The pressure on my neck finally disappeared.

Bai Ge rubbed the bruise on his neck, and before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, that gloomy and evil ghostly voice rang out again.

The sound was like weeping and lamenting, plaintive and sorrowful, sounding like a ghost wailing at a grave.

"Sing! Do you want a megaphone?"

Bai Ge, who saw through the other party's tricks, remained unmoved and said coldly, "If you can sing so well, why haven't I seen you become a mentor on The Masked Singer?"

Click.

Something seemed to be wriggling under the screen, and then a pale arm emerged from it, gripping the yellow mud in the courtyard and scratching out five marks.

The screen that had fallen to the ground slowly bulged up, and a lady who looked exactly like the monster that was clinging to its back emerged from it, her lifeless eyes coldly scrutinizing the man before her.

"What? Are you going to make a move?"

Bai Ge pointed to the back of his head, arrogantly provoking the other party, "Come on, hit me here, don't hold back, I just bought accident insurance, I'm just waiting for you to hit me and I'll be able to get a villa by the sea."

Just as she was about to make her move, she suddenly noticed that a group of ghostly creatures had appeared behind the man in front of her, all staring at her with ill intent.

There was a little girl holding a Molotov cocktail bottle, a dignified and fair-skinned young lady in embroidered shoes carrying two blood-stained kitchen knives with a menacing air, and even a blood-soaked corpse emerging from a bronze mirror with a ferocious expression, holding a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument).

The ghostly lady turned around, only to find a paper effigy carrying a brick standing behind her, struggling to bolt the wooden door, and giving her the middle finger.

"Everyone, have heard of me."

Bai Ge raised his arm and shouted, "We don't need to talk about morality with this kind of ghost, everyone attack together! Kill it!"

……

Under the cover of night, the two ran wildly into the darkness, the round, square-holed joss paper money left on the ground acting as road signs, guiding their way forward.

A series of footprints were left on the muddy ground.

How much further?

Anxious and worried, Nishizawa Ryo asked the slender figure wearing a white mask beside him, "Why is the ceremony starting a day early?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but one thing is certain: something has changed."

Beneath the white smiling mask came a woman's deep voice, pointing to the ever-extending shoe prints on the ground, and said, "And someone else made their move even before us."

Xize Liang was extremely anxious. The original plan was for everyone to gather in the ancient town first and then proceed according to the plan, but the early commencement of the ceremony disrupted all arrangements, leaving them no choice but to act first. Moreover, other forces were also eyeing this team dungeon quest.

"arrive."

The shadowy outline of an abandoned, dilapidated old house was vaguely revealed before them, the old wooden door tightly shut, like a cage imprisoning an ominous ghost. Nishizawa Ryo and the woman with the white smiling face exchanged a glance, then each stepped aside.

Xi Zeliang, holding a shattered giant axe, was about to smash the door when the woman in the white smiling mask tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Be careful. I heard that a monster that has lived for over a thousand years is imprisoned in the old house and is connected to the Immaculate White Lady. Although I don't know why we are entering the old house after the ceremony, the monster inside might be quite troublesome."

Xize nodded, then pulled his outstretched hand back.

He wasn't good at dealing with evil spirits using illusions and tricks, so he left it to the professional beside him.

Bang bang bang.

The woman in the white mask was about to open the door when she suddenly heard a knocking sound from inside. She abruptly pulled her hand back, reached behind her back, pulled out a long knife, and assumed a defensive posture.

The two quickly retreated, but the sound disappeared immediately.

The woman in the white mask kicked open the old gate with great force and rushed into the courtyard without saying a word. The scene inside made her gasp and freeze on the spot.

Seeing that the other person was not moving, Nishizawa Ryo, who was standing behind and on guard, immediately asked nervously, "How is it? What exactly happened inside?"

The woman in the white mask turned around, looking somewhat conflicted, and said hesitantly, "The moment I walked in, it was as if I saw Chang Wei beating Lai Fu."

"What the heck is Chang Wei hitting Lai Fu?"

Xi Zeliang hurriedly stepped over the threshold and saw a familiar figure as soon as he entered. The figure was punching and kicking a strange and eerie evil spirit with two kitchen knives stuck in its buttocks.

Upon recognizing his old friend, Nishizawa Ryo was taken aback and quickly asked, "Bai Ze? What's this?"

Bai Ge raised his head, looked at his old friend carrying a big iron hammer, pointed to the female corpse ghost under his feet, and said, "I was just harassed by this succulent, spirit-like female hooligan."

"Fortunately, I have practiced martial arts since childhood and possess abundant martial virtue."

He was nicknamed "East Asian Strongman" because he specializes in beating up female hooligans.

What the hell?! Succulents have become sentient!

Ryo Nishizawa rubbed his forehead; his teammate's perspective on problems always brought him surprises.

"The curse on the ladies in the courtyard has been broken."

The woman in the white mask was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the most troublesome task had already been completed. She looked at the eerie female corpse on the ground and said coldly, "It's time to dig out the secrets of the Immaculate White Lady from its mouth."

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Ouija Board × Entrapment √

"Wait a moment."

Bai Ge interrupted the woman in the white mask, stopping her and saying cautiously, "Shouldn't we announce our IDs first to confirm that no one else is impersonating our teammates? After all, in this desolate, chaotic burial ground, the more normal someone seems, the less likely they are to be human. That's why when I went to the cemetery in the middle of the night during the Qingming Festival to play a test of courage, I pretended to be a ghoul and went from grave to grave, offering incense and eating the offerings."

Good grief, are you going to eat at a cemetery buffet?!

Nishizawa Ryo's lips twitched slightly. The girl with the white mask beside him turned her head, nodded to him, and voluntarily granted him access, revealing her hunter player information.

[Bomb Assassin - Gentle and Kind LV4]

【Mechanical Heart - Ryo Nishizawa LV4】

Bai Ge then revealed his personal information. He was somewhat interested in Wen Liang's abilities and asked, "A bomb assassin?"

"Ah."

Wen Liang nodded, extended the five fingers of his right hand, all of which were covered with circular pull rings, and calmly said, "I can turn anything I touch into a bomb, even myself."

"A bomb in one hand?"

This ability, comparable to an advanced version of the Killer Queen, caused Bai Ge's expression to change instantly. His eyes revealed a wary look, and he took a few steps back, saying, "Then you must be really good at playing Dou Dizhu, right?"

He's incredibly good at playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

Wen Liang's lips twitched slightly as she began to re-evaluate the hunter player she was cooperating with. She frowned, completely unable to fathom his thoughts. Since he could subdue a ghost single-handedly, this person's abilities were at least far above her level.

"And what about you? What are your special skills?"

Bai Ge scratched his head, thought carefully, and said, "Does winning the Best Air Force Award for Fishing for three consecutive years count?"

"...No."

Bai Ge rested her chin on her hand and asked seriously, "So, you received five little red flowers when you were in kindergarten?"

Wen Liang suddenly felt his fist harden. "Am I proud that I was a model student in elementary school?"

"Alright, we'll talk about the rest later."

Nishizawa Ryo squatted down and carefully examined the red-lipped, pale-faced ghost maid on the ground. She transformed back into the portrait of a lady in the screen, the whole painting losing its charm, except that her face was now covered with dirty footprints.

His lips twitched slightly, but he pretended not to notice and turned to ask, "My raid quest instruction is to disrupt the ritual. What about yours?"

Bai Ge said, "Mine is a ghost marriage."

Both teammates stated their respective tasks for each stage, and Wen Liang also frankly admitted, "My task is to slay the evil god."

Disrupting rituals, ghost marriages, and slaying evil spirits.

Ding dong.

Notification of the completion of the first phase of the mission.

After thinking for a moment, Nishizawa Ryo said, "The curse has been broken, and the task of disrupting the ritual has been completed. The clues should be hidden in this old house. Let's split up and search for them."

"Wait, I remember there was one place that seemed suspicious."

Bai Ge was still bothered by the paper effigy of a child girl covered with a white shroud in the living room, and stepped back through the door. He took a deep breath and suddenly threw off the white cloth covering his face.

Everyone gasped.

The paper-mache girl's head is that of a living person, with a face showing the putrid veins and grayish-blue lividity of someone who has been dead for a long time. Her eyes are wide open, and the fear and unease before death are vividly etched on her expression.

Wen Liang asked, "Could this be the head of the headless female corpse that was sacrificed before?"

No one answered her question, but the sharp-eyed Bai Ge noticed that there seemed to be something in the female corpse's mouth. He pinched her stiff cheek with one hand, inserted two fingers, and slowly took out a bundle of old, yellowed scrolls.

Bai Ge twirled the scroll between two fingers, turned to look at Xize Liang, and said solemnly, "Come here for a moment."

Thinking that Bai Ge had made some major discovery, Xi Zeliang quickly walked over and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Bai Ge grabbed his sleeve and wiped the sticky corpse fluid off the scroll, then clapped his hands and said, "All done."

"..."

Xi Zeliang took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He finally understood why this game had a setting to block damage from teammates.

Bai Ge opened the scroll, and the yellowed, old scroll recorded the story of the Immaculate White Lady.

During the Yonghui era of the early Tang Dynasty, a giant turtle demon inhabited the Han River region, summoning wind and rain, causing frequent and devastating floods. Countless people and livestock perished in the floods each year. Just when the residents were at their wits' end, a Taoist nun in white robes appeared, wielding a sharp sword, crossing the river on a single reed, and summoning heavenly lightning. She fought the giant turtle demon hidden in the water for three days and three nights, ultimately slaying it and banishing it to the Seventy-Two Goddesses Mountain.

At the same time, the Taoist nun was seriously injured and near death. She then sacrificed herself to suppress the demon, pleading with the villagers to cut off her head and forever suppress the evil spirit in the Hanging Palace of Longmen Pass. To thank the Taoist nun, the mountain people in this area erected a statue and built a temple to the Immaculate White Lady. Every ten years, generations of the mountain people would row boats to the Seventy-Two Goddesses Mountain to offer sacrifices to the maidens.

After reading the whole story, Bai Ge shook his head and said, "It seems that one of the clues is the Longmen Pass hidden deep in the Seventy-Two Goddesses Mountain. We have to rush to Laohuai Village immediately. Maybe we can find clues about the mountain's guardian."

Both Xi Zeliang and Wen Liang agreed with Bai Ge's approach, but it was still nearly 40 kilometers away from Lao Huai Village, and there was no means of transportation to be found in the desolate wilderness.

"Before entering, I saw a ship stranded on the riverbank."

Bai Ge made a suggestion, saying, "Going downstream by water might be faster."

"I saw it too."

Wen Liang shook his head, rejecting the idea, "But there are no oars on the boat, are you expecting to rely entirely on your own strength?"

"Don't worry, I have a way."

Bai Ge took out a pen and paper from his pocket, went out and walked towards the Han River, saying as he walked, "Since there are no oars, let's play the Ouija board game to summon spirits."

"A Ouija board summoning spirits? Wait, what are you going to do?"

The two followed Bai Ge, and the closer they got to the riverbank, the stronger their sense of foreboding became.