Are you sure you want to borrow two million? Our interest rates are very high. If you can't repay three million in principal and interest within a month, I'll sell you to pay off the debt!"
Song Mang looked up at the middle-aged man in front of her, who wore a thick gold chain and had a hideous scar across his face, and calmly nodded, saying, "I'm sure."
"Transfer the money to her card."
The middle-aged man gave an order, and then said to Song Mang, "Leave your ID card; that's my rule when I lend money."
Song Mang readily handed him her ID card.
The middle-aged man was surprised to see Song Mang hand over her ID card so readily.
That's usury!
This young girl looks quite young, like a college student. Although she has delicate features and an outstanding temperament, her clothes are simple, and she doesn't look like a rich second-generation. How can she not be afraid at all to borrow two million yuan and have to leave her ID card as collateeral?
Could she really pay back three million within a month?
Song Mang certainly couldn't pay up.
She had just graduated from university. Let alone three million, she couldn't even repay a loan of 30,000 at a high interest rate.
But having lived a whole life and been reborn, she knew the world was about to change, and no matter how much money she borrowed, she wouldn't need to pay it back.
In three days, the gates of the underworld will open, and the eerie will descend, turning the entire world into a living hell.
The living and the supernatural coexist in one world. Countless living people perish at the hands of the supernatural. The sun is obscured by haze, thick fog shrouds the city, and supernatural instances appear in places with huge magnetic field fluctuations.
Human order has completely collapsed, and all current currencies will become worthless; ghost money will be the only universal currency.
That's right, Song Mang borrowed so much money so that he could buy ghost money to burn for himself before the strange event occurred!
Rules for using ghost money:
1. Only ghost money marked with "Heaven and Earth Bank" is valid.
2. Before burning paper money for the dead, you need to light three incense sticks for yourself and silently recite your birth date and time.
3. Burning paper money for oneself before the strange event occurs is effective; it cannot be done after the strange event has occurred.
In her previous life, she had struggled to survive for five years in a world rife with strange occurrences, and she knew all too well how important ghost money was in the new world. The saying "money can make the devil turn the millstone" was no exaggeration.
Having been reborn, she definitely wants to seize the opportunity to burn as much ghost money as possible for herself!
Song Mang not only borrowed two million yuan from loan sharks, but also borrowed from every online loan platform she could find using her ID card, and even sold her house and car.
Some time ago, her mother transferred all her assets to her name, which was just right.
A ding-dong sound.
After seeing the bank's confirmation text message, Song Mang left immediately to buy ghost money.
Song Mang went to the largest funeral home in the city and said directly to the owner, "I want all the ghost money produced by the Heaven and Earth Bank, as well as all the gold ingots, paper offerings, burial clothes, coffins, and other funeral supplies in your shop, I want them all!"
The boss looked at Song Mang in shock, "Young lady, are you sure you want them all?"
"Yes, I want everything in your warehouse too."
The boss said with a complicated expression, "My warehouse is bigger than a basketball court. You're not thinking of taking over my stuff and opening your own shop, are you?"
The little girl didn't have a sad expression on her face, it didn't seem like her family was having a funeral. Besides, what family would use so much paper money and funeral supplies for a funeral? It wasn't an emperor who died!
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"I don't open a shop, I use it myself."
Song Mang slammed the bank card on the table and gave him a slip of paper with an address written on it.
"Get your things ready quickly, find a car to take them to this address, and I'll cover all the transportation costs."
Song Mang had visited this funeral shop before. This shop was not only large in scale and had a wide variety of items, but most importantly, the ghost money was in accordance with the standards of the Heaven and Earth Bank and could be used in the ghost world after being burned.
Seeing that she had already given him her bank card, the boss let her pay a partial deposit, then immediately organized the goods, contacted a vehicle, and delivered them to the designated location.
That address was a large, barren wasteland in the suburbs, where nothing grew and no one ever went.
Song Mang went to the suburbs with the delivery truck. After the goods were delivered, she transferred the remaining money to the boss.
After the driver left, Song Mang glanced at the antique jade ring on her hand, then waved her hand to collect all the funeral supplies on the wasteland into her spatial storage.
This was a ghostly artifact she obtained in a bizarre instance in her past life, but she didn't know why she died and was reborn, and this spatial ring still followed her.
But it's also a good thing.
The funeral supplies she bought are called offerings in the supernatural world, and they can also play a significant role!
But burning the offerings now is useless, as the Heaven and Earth Bank doesn't record the offerings; they can only be burned when needed.
Moreover, after the strange occurrence, due to some special reasons, funeral shops could not operate, so there was nowhere to buy these things. We can only buy them now.
After Song Mang herself put away the paper offerings, burial clothes, coffin, and other funeral supplies, she lit three incense sticks for, and then silently recited her birth date and time while pouring gasoline to burn all the paper money.
After dealing with these matters, Song Mang returned to her newly rented apartment, her mind replaying events from her past life.
Lost in thought, her phone rang. It was her mother, Song Wenqi, calling her.
Seeing the note on her phone screen, Song Mang's hands trembled slightly as she realized she hadn't seen her mother for over three years.
She grew up in a single-parent family, and her mother, Song Wenqi, is her only relative in the world.
Song Wenqi is currently away on a business trip. Song Mang called her and asked her to come back first, but she said that her work was urgent and she couldn't come back.
"Song Mang, the neighbor called and said you sold your house and car. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rebel?!"
The angry roar from Song Wenqi on the phone interrupted Song Mang's thoughts.
In her previous life, Song Wenqi died in a high-risk, multi-level dungeon a little over a year later. Song Mang wasn't worried about her safety in the early stages of the bizarre events.
But she still wanted Song Wenqi to go home first. On the one hand, there was still some time to take her to burn paper money for the dead. On the other hand, after the strange occurrence, it was too difficult to find people. In her previous life, it took her a month to find Song Wenqi.
But Song Wenqi is a workaholic, and this is an important stage in her work. It's unlikely that she would suddenly put down her work and go home just because of a few words from Song Mang.
Song Mang thought for a moment and said, "I've been scammed. The money from selling my house and car was all taken by the scammers. I'm going to be sold abroad and have my kidneys cut off soon. If you want to see me one last time, then go home right now."
Song Wenqi: ?
Song Wenqi immediately asked for leave and went home.
Song Wenqi spent two hours traveling from the neighboring city back, only to find that her old home had long been emptied, as it had been sold to someone else.
Fortunately, Song Mang was waiting for her in the residential area.
Seeing her come out of the elevator of her old apartment building, Song Mang came over to help her with her suitcase. "How much cash do you have on you? How much money do you have in your bank account?"
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Song Wenqi paused, scrutinizing her. "What are you doing? Selling your things isn't enough, you want to trick me into giving the money to scammers?"
"..."
Looking at Song Mang's indifferent little face, Song Wenqi sneered and said, "You brat, don't I know you? How could you be so easily fooled!"
Honestly, what are you planning to do by selling the house and car! I transferred all these things to your name to leave you a way out, in case one day I…
At this point, Song Wenqi paused, "Anyway, it's not for you to squander now. You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or you're finished!"
Song Mang knew what she hadn't finished saying.
Song Wenqi's health had deteriorated due to years of high-pressure work, and there was no cure available with current medical technology. She didn't have much time left to live, which is why she transferred the house and car to Song Mang's name.
Song Mang slowly opened his mouth and briefly explained the matter of the strange occurrence, before saying, "I know you have a problem with your body and only have three months to live. Current medical methods cannot cure you, but in the strange world, there are many ways to make you fully recover."
Song Wenqi stared at her blankly, "How did you know..."
"Never mind how I know, I'm taking you to a place now, it's the key to curing you!"
Song Mang took Song Wenqi directly to another reliable funeral home in the city and pre-ordered everything there.
The shop wasn't very big, and it didn't have many items, but the ghost money all met the requirements of the Heaven and Earth Bank.
"Ten thousand, pay up."
Song Mang pointed to the stacks of ghost money on the counter and said, "These are for you to burn. Use them first. If you need more, I'll transfer more to you later."
Song Wenqi stood still, her expression complicated.
Song Mang had no choice but to say, "Have you forgotten what I just told you? These ghost money coins can make you live longer. Only by living longer can you find a cure! If you don't buy them, I'll jump off a building and die with you when I get back."
Song Wenqi looked at her in shock, thought for a moment and said, "I can buy these ghost money, but after I buy them, you have to come with me to the hospital's psychiatric department for a check-up."
Song Mang: "..."
Song Wenqi felt that Song Mang's schizophrenia was now very serious, and he even had suicidal tendencies!
To prevent her from taking her own life, Song Wenqi spent money to buy the ghost money and burned it for her, as Song Mang had requested.
After burning the joss paper, Song Mang went with Song Wenqi to the hospital's psychiatric department for a comprehensive check-up.
The checkup results showed that there were no problems!
Song Wenqi suspected there was something wrong with the doctor's examination. After much deliberation, she decided to take a day off the next day to stay with Song Mang in their rented apartment, and then contact a better mental hospital.
The day I took a break.
At midnight, Song Wenqi and Song Mang were sleeping in the same bed. Song Wenqi was trying to comfort Song Mang, telling her not to think about unnecessary things every day.
"By the way, what happened to the money you got from selling your house and car? I also saw several loan documents from the bank. What do you want all that money for? Are you planning to start a business?"
Song Mang didn't speak. She lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, and suddenly felt that the light in the room was getting dimmer and dimmer, and there seemed to be a black mist above her body.
Black mist has appeared!
A strange thing has happened!
Song Mang quickly turned on the light and abruptly rolled out of bed, just as the black mist in the air drifted towards her.
Song Mang reached into the black mist, and the mist dispersed, revealing a bank card from the Heaven and Earth Bank in her hand.
As she reached for her bank card, a cold, emotionless voice echoed in her mind.
[Song Mang, welcome to this bizarre world. This is your interdimensional bank card. Please check it.]
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After the sound disappeared, Song Mang's mind immediately went to the current balance of his bank card.
The balance is: ...
There were many zeros after this string of numbers. Song Mang tried to count them clearly, but she kept making mistakes because of her blurry vision. She counted several times before she could barely estimate that the number was over ten trillion.
Song Mang turned to look at Song Wenqi beside her, her hand holding the bank card trembling. Finally, she rushed over and hugged Song Wenqi tightly.
"mom..."
Song Mang thought of the instance where Song Wenqi died. Even though she was assimilated into the monster, she was still protecting herself, and in the end, she was wiped out by the rules of the monster world.
They disappeared from this world forever.
Song Mang's eyes gradually reddened, and her voice choked with emotion, "Mom, this time it's my turn to protect you. I will make sure you live a good life. We must live together until the very end."
Hearing her daughter's choked voice, Song Wenqi was stunned for a long time. Thinking of her own illness, she couldn't help but sigh and patted Song Mang's head, "Silly girl."
Sudden.
A voice echoed in Song Wenqi's mind, informing her of the balance in her bank card.
She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "My God, daughter, how did I get a hundred million?!"
She's almost fifty years old and has never seen so much money before!
Could Song Mang's ramblings be true? Is a bizarre apocalypse about to begin?!
After calming down, Song Mang said, "If you trust me, you should have taken out a loan during the day to buy more ghost money. You would have more ghost money now."
During the day, Song Mang was still trying to persuade her to take out a loan, but Song Mang ended up being lectured by Song Wenqi.
"You mean, this 100 million is because I burned those ghost money for myself yesterday? Can this money be used directly in the present world?"
"sure."
Song Wenqi was a little incredulous. "Really? This card says it's for ghost money. If I go out for a late-night snack, can I just pay someone with ghost money? They'll kick me out."
"You can pay with ghost money, but the person receiving the money may not be a real person, so don't go out right now."
Song Wenqi looked at the bank card in her hand, frowned, and asked, "What does this mean? Are there really ghosts in this world?"
Song Wenqi is a senior executive at the company, highly educated, and an atheist. She did not believe Song Mang's claims at all.
But just now, when she saw the inter-world bank card suddenly appear in the air, she felt completely lost about this world.
At this time.
There was a loud knocking on the door of the rented room.
Bang, bang, bang!
"Open the door, open the door!"
A hoarse, aged voice called out, "Open the door! Is there anyone who can keep me company? I'm so lonely! Someone, please help me! Open the door—!"
The aged voice suddenly became sharp and irritable, and the knocking grew louder and more urgent.
Hearing the loud noise, Song Wenqi frowned, cautiously pulled Song Mang behind her, and walked to the door to look outside through the peephole.
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Bang bang bang bang!
The loud knocking continued, the aged voice growing increasingly shrill.
"Open the door! Open the door for me! All of you, open the door for me! Come and stay with me, all of you, come and stay with me—!"
The knocking continued, not only at their door, but also from other directions in the hallway.
It seemed as if an old man was knocking heavily on the door of every room on this floor.
Song Wenqi mustered up her courage and looked outside through the peephole again, but there was still nothing there!
"What...what's going on?"
Song Wenqi's expression changed slightly. She took a few steps back away from the door and turned to look at Song Mang.
Song Mang didn't live in this rented room in her previous life, so she didn't know the specific situation outside, but she was certain that the person knocking on the door wasn't human!
Song Mang explained, "Don't open the door. What's outside is probably strange. If it could come in directly, it would have already done so without knocking."
"Um."
Song Wenqi's heart was racing as she finally realized that the world had completely changed!
She glanced at the door with a complicated expression, intending to go back to her bedroom, but then she saw gray smoke constantly seeing in through the crack in the door.
Song Wenqi smelled the scent of burning incense and candles, and heard chanting outside the door, like the chanting used in a funeral hall to pray for the souls of the deceased.
"Xiao Mang, what's going on this time?"
Song Mang reached out and grasped Song Wenqi's hand before replying, "The magnetic field is fluctuating violently; a strange instance has appeared. Be careful later."
As soon as the words were spoken, gray smoke quickly enveloped the entire room, and they could no longer see each other.
A familiar, chilling voice rang in their ears.
Welcome to the eerie dungeon! Players must explore on their own to complete the quest. Completing the dungeon will yield generous rewards.
[Instance Name: Grandma's Funeral]
Number of participants: 8
Difficulty: 1 star
After the sound disappeared, the thick gray smoke around them also vanished, but the surrounding scenery underwent a dramatic change.
Song Mang looked around and found that they were in a rather dilapidated wooden house.
A dim yellow lamp hung outside the cabin, revealing a large, dark forest nearby. The trees were twisted and dense, with no passable paths, and a thin mist shrouded the forest.
There are two rooms in the wooden house. They are in the outermost room, with other people around them, who should all be residents near Song Mang's rented house.
The trial involved a total of 8 people. Besides Song Mang and Song Wenqi, the other six were a young couple, a family of three, and a silent young man.
Where am I?
"I was at home, but I heard someone knocking on the door, so I didn't dare to open it."
"I keep hearing people around me saying 'Something strange has happened, something strange has happened,' what does that mean?"
The young couple and the family of three were discussing the situation when suddenly, the door to the inner room of the cabin opened.
A kind old lady came out of the room, smiling at them, carrying a tray full of things, and then walked to the table.
"Kids, come and eat."
When the old lady appeared, everyone's expression changed; they remembered the knocking sound before entering the dungeon.
Besides the knocking, everyone also heard a shrill scream, and the voice was exactly the same as the old woman's!
Everyone felt a chill run down their spine.
The young woman in the couple clung tightly to her boyfriend's arm, her voice trembling as she said, "Chen Ping, was that her knocking on the door just now? But you looked through the peephole, there was nothing there! What... what is she?!"
Before Chen Ping could answer, the mother in the family of three let out a scream, followed by the child crying.
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"Ah! There's a human finger in the plate!"
"And the eyeballs!"
Everyone looked at the food on the table, and their faces turned even paler. The plates on the table were full of bloody severed limbs!
Hearing their screams, the old woman's expression instantly turned cold, and she looked at them icyly, "I served you the best food, what, you don't like it?"
The old lady smiled expressionlessly and said, "Eat quickly, and you can come and keep me company after you finish eating."
"Help! A ghost!"
"Run! Run!"
Those people were terrified and ran towards the door like headless flies.
With a bang.
Song Mang closed the door.
She looked at them and said, "You can't leave. This is a safe house. Safe houses have a restraining effect on the supernatural. You can leave after completing your mission here. Leaving the safe house now is a dead end!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? This house is haunted! How could it be safe? Are you trying to kill us?!"
The father, one of the three family members, roared at Song Mang and shoved her away.
He frantically opened the door and ran outside, while his mother, clutching the child, followed closely behind.
When the others saw the door open, they also wanted to run out, but the father who was running in the lead suddenly stopped.
"Honey, why aren't you moving? Run! Get out of this weird place!"
No sooner had the child's mother finished speaking than the man's head fell off his body and rolled bloodily on the ground.
In front of the man, a kind old woman appeared out of nowhere, holding a bloodstained kitchen knife, and smiling at them.
"I can have another meal! That's great..."
The old woman's smile grew wider and wider, her mouth stretching all the way to her ears, revealing a dense array of sharp teeth.
Before anyone else could react, she suddenly appeared from a distance next to the mother holding the child, opened her mouth and bit off both the mother's and child's necks.
"ah!!!!"
The others had originally intended to run away with the family of three, but upon witnessing such a cruel and bloody scene, they quickly turned back and rushed back to the safe house.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of an old woman chopping at a corpse with a kitchen knife came from outside, and the few survivors in the wooden house trembled with fear.
Song Mang showed no emotion on his face and remained calmly seated at the table, looking at the "dishes" on it.
Song Wenqi stood beside Song Mang and hugged Song Mang's head tightly, saying, "Daughter, don't look, don't be afraid. We're not afraid, Mom will protect you."
"Mom, are you scared?"
"..."
Song Wenqi's expression froze for a moment. Just as he was about to say something, he noticed that the old woman who had been chopping up corpses outside had suddenly reappeared inside the wooden house, sitting at the table with a smile and watching them.
Song Wenqi almost let out a scream, but she managed to cover her mouth and hold it back.
The old lady said kindly, "My dear children, why aren't you eating? This is food I prepared especially for you."
Click, click.
The sound of chewing food could be heard.
The old lady fished a finger out of the soup, chewed it, and asked them, "Don't you like it? Hehehe, it's normal for young people not to like this. You all think I'm too old, that I'm dirty, and that no one wants to keep me company anymore. Hehe, kids these days are really not well-behaved at all."
Song Wenqi felt the old lady staring intently at her, and she answered in a trembling voice, "No, it's not..."
"Then why haven't you eaten yet?"
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Song Wenqi looked at the things on the table, pressed down hard on Song Mang's shoulder, and froze on the spot.
These are all eyeballs, severed fingers, severed limbs, and the like! How are you supposed to eat this?!
Most importantly, this place is so strange, who knows if eating these things will cause any problems!
Why aren't you eating yet?
The old woman asked again, her eyes suddenly turning cold as she picked up the kitchen knife from the ground.
"Heh, so you all really do look down on me."
The old woman raised a kitchen knife and suddenly appeared behind Song Wenqi. "Children these days are not filial at all. They never come home to see their grandmothers. They won't eat the food their grandmothers prepare. Grandma hates unfilial children the most. You are all unfilial and bad children. Bad children can only become food!"
Hearing the sound, Song Wenqi turned around and saw the old lady holding a kitchen knife, about to chop it down in her and Song Mang's direction.
She instinctively hugged Song Mang tightly, shielding him with her body, "Old woman, I'll give you food, you eat me, don't hurt my daughter!"
"Hehe, I can have another meal..."
Song Wenqi kept her eyes tightly closed, thinking she was about to be cut in half, but the expected pain did not come.
Song Mang's voice came through.
"Grandma, it's not that we don't want to eat, it's that we can't bear to eat it. You've worked so hard to save this food. What will you do if we eat it all?"
"You can eat by yourself, we're not hungry. Eating only rice can be choking. Use this money to buy yourself a milk tea."
When Song Wenqi opened her eyes, she saw Song Mang holding a piece of paper money for the dead and handing it to the old lady.
This ghost money note has a face value of one hundred.
The old lady's eyes lit up when she saw it. She threw the kitchen knife on the ground and took the ghost money.
The old lady smiled kindly again, "Good child, you are a filial child."
The old lady put away the joss paper, returned to the table, and sat down to gnaw on her nails, refusing to let Song Wenqi and Song Mang eat anything else.
Upon seeing this, Song Mang thought that the condition that would trigger the old lady's attack on the players in this safe house should be "disobedience." As long as this condition is not triggered, the safe house will restrain the strange old lady, and they will be safe in the safe house.
But this one-star dungeon doesn't provide any clues to clear it. So how do you know if you've cleared it?
Song Mang thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, I've graduated from university now and can go out to work. I want to earn more money to support you. How can I leave here and find a job?"
With a bang.
The old lady slammed her hand on the table angrily and said, "How can you still be in the mood to go to work! Grandma's important matter is not yet completed, and you are not worried at all? You even want to leave here. Do you want to abandon Grandma? You are such a bad child..."
Song Mang took out another hundred-yuan note and handed it to the old lady. "Grandma is right. I was a bit too careless. I actually forgot that Grandma's important matter is not yet completed. Grandma, please don't be angry. I will complete your important matter first."
The old lady's anger stopped abruptly, and she said with a bright smile, "You are a good child, you are such a filial child."
Song Wenqi: "..."
Others: "..."
The old lady continued eating quietly, and Song Mang saw the girl from the young couple walk around the door of the inner room and then come back.
The girl and her boyfriend stood a short distance away, whispering, "Chen Ping, I peeked through the crack in the door, and there's a coffin in the other room! This place is so strange, how can we get out of here? I... I'm scared... I'm scared we'll die here..."
Towards the end, the girl couldn't hold back her emotions any longer and hugged her boyfriend, sobbing softly.
Song Mang tapped the table with his fingertips.
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He looked thoughtful.
The dungeon is called "Grandma's Funeral".
Grandma also said that her important matter was not yet finished.
The big event refers to the fact that her funeral was not completed?
After thinking for a moment, Song Mang said to the old lady, "Grandma, once you've finished your important business, can I leave? I still need to go out and find a job to earn money."
The old lady sighed, "Good child, Grandma also wants you to go out and work, but Grandma's important matter cannot be accomplished here, there is nothing here."
Song Mang stood up and went to look inside the room, only to find that there was nothing there except the coffin.
When Song Mang returned, she said to the old lady, "Grandma, I have everything you wanted. I've prepared a beautiful burial garment for you, and I'll also burn a paper doll so it can stay with you forever, okay?"
"Really?"
The old lady stood up excitedly, "If you have these things, then Grandma's big task can be accomplished! Bring them all over, and Grandma will send you out to work in the outside world."
"good."
Song Mang thought that it was just some funeral supplies, and she had plenty of them. This one-star dungeon was practically tailor-made for her.
She was about to take out the funeral clothes and paper dolls from her storage space when she discovered that she couldn't use the space in the dungeon!
Song Mang's expression froze for a moment.
She then remembered that since her rebirth, she hadn't gone through any dungeons, and her mental strength was insufficient, so she couldn't retrieve anything from the dungeon yet.
After waiting for a long time, the old lady still hadn't seen Song Mang take out anything. She said impatiently, "Good child, where's the thing? Why haven't you given it to Grandma yet?"
Song Mang coughed lightly and said, "Grandma, these things all need to be bought from the stores outside. Please take me out first, and I'll burn them for you as soon as I buy them."
The old woman's eyes gradually darkened.
She picked up the kitchen knife from the ground and looked at Song Mang with a sinister gaze. "Child, you know that Grandma is going to do something important, so why didn't you bring anything back? Are you deliberately playing a trick on Grandma? It seems that you are not really filial, and you have been lying to Grandma all along."
Having watched from the sidelines for so long, Song Wenqi began to understand what the old woman was trying to do.
With a thought, five hundred-yuan ghost money notes suddenly appeared in her hand!
Sensing the old lady's malice towards Song Mang, Song Wenqi quickly handed over all five hundred pieces of ghost money to her.
"The child didn't lie to you! You suddenly asked us all to come back, how could we have time to buy you anything? This money is a gift from my daughter and me to you, please take it and use it first. After you see us out, we will buy some things to burn for you right away."
With a snap.
The old lady threw the kitchen knife away again, and then she took the ghost money with a bright smile. "Good child, you are a filial child too. I will find a way to send you out."
The old lady took out a piece of paper and handed it to Song Mang. "This is my name and birth date. When you go out, you must remember to burn something for me. You must not forget Grandma's important matter, otherwise Grandma will be angry."
When the others heard the old woman make a promise and realized they could leave, they exchanged glances.
The girl in that couple was terrified.
She excitedly said, "Grandma, even if I go out, I'll still burn things for you. I'll burn gold ingots and a big villa for you. Please let me go out too!"
I'll burn you ghost money, even more than they give me—I'll burn a hundred million for you! Please get me out of here!
The girl's boyfriend, Chen Ping, also spoke up, "Grandma, we can only buy things when we go out! Whatever you want, I'll burn it for you!"
Song Mang suddenly turned to look at the two of them, "Are you sure you can get these things? Don't make promises about the strange things in the dungeon so easily. If you make a promise, you must keep it, or you will pay the price!"
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"These things are easy to get, how could we not get them? Buying 100 million ghost money doesn't require much cash. Nowadays, ghost money even comes in denominations of 10 million, you can buy one for just a few dollars!"
Song Mang: "..."
Those don't meet the requirements of the Heaven and Earth Bank, burning them won't count.
Most importantly,
You can no longer burn paper money for the dead!
The girl didn't take Song Mang's words to heart and continued to say to the old lady, "Grandma, what I promised is even better. Please see me out first!"
The old lady's expression grew increasingly satisfied. "You are all filial and obedient children."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Song Wenqi, who had not made any commitment, and the single young man who had remained silent.
Song Wenqi said, "I'll burn another five hundred pieces of ghost money for you."
The young man thought for a moment before speaking, "Grandma, I'll give you some ghost money. I'll give you as much as I have."
Not long after the young man finished speaking, Song Mang and the others smelled a familiar scent of burning incense and candles.
They felt a sudden dizziness, and soon the surrounding area was enveloped in thick smoke.
When they regained their sight, they found that their surroundings had changed, and they were all back in their rented room.
A voice echoed in everyone's minds.
[Congratulations to the player for completing the one-star dungeon, "Grandma's Funeral." The player who completes the dungeon will receive a Azure Feather Immortal Statue and 50 Hell Coins.]
Song Wenqi then realized that the ghost money she took out in the dungeon was actually from her bank card.
As long as she thinks about it, the ghost money in her bank card can be turned into real paper money.
Song Wenqi said with a pained expression, "You only get fifty ghost coins for clearing the dungeon! I gave the old woman five hundred in the dungeon, and I have to burn another five hundred for her. That's a thousand already! I'm losing so much!"
She hesitated for a moment, then said to Song Mang, "Daughter, we've already cleared the level, can we not burn the remaining five hundred?"
"cannot."
Song Mang said, "You made a promise to the Weird in the instance. You will establish some kind of connection with it. You must fulfill your promise, or you will pay the price."
In dungeons, it's best to make promises you can keep, otherwise don't make them at all.
Song Mang glanced at her hand; there was a note given to her by the old lady and a jade statue.
This statue...
Upon seeing the statue, Song Mang's eyes darkened, and he first stored the statue in his spatial storage.
Song Mang took out a set of funeral clothes and a paper doll from her spatial storage, then silently recited the old lady's name and birth date before burning them.
Upon seeing this, Song Wenqi had a sudden thought, and five hundred-yuan ghost money notes automatically appeared in her hand.
Following Song Mang's advice, she also burned the joss paper in her hand for the old lady.
Sudden.
A black card appeared in front of Song Mang, with a picture of an embroidery needle on it.
[Congratulations to the player for obtaining a Ghost Card gifted by an evil spirit. The Ghost Card is named "Grandma's Embroidery Needle" and is classified as a "Demon-level One-time Use Ghost Card". The Ghost Card is effective against both humans and ghosts.]
Joker Function: A needle can pierce an enemy's body and then detonate; detonation takes ten seconds.
Song Mang reached out and touched the Joker card, and the card disappeared from the air. But with a thought, the evil-level Joker card would reappear in her hand.
Seeing her actions, Song Wenqi couldn't help but ask, "What's the use of this?"
"This is one of the rewards for completing the dungeon. Humans can obtain various Joker cards to gain powerful abilities to fight against those elusive and mysterious creatures."
The levels of the Ghost Cards, from lowest to highest, are: Evil Ghost, Vengeful Ghost, Malevolent Ghost, Rakshasa, Ghost General, and Ghost King. The old lady in the previous instance was probably an Evil Ghost, so the Ghost Card she gave was an Evil Ghost level.
"Then why didn't I? I gave her a thousand ghost coins, why didn't she give me one?"
Song Mang thought for a moment and said, "This should be related to the way she cleared the level. Maybe she prefers what I burn?"
"That makes sense."
Song Wenqi stopped dwelling on the matter, after all, it was better for her daughter to get it than for her to get it.
Song Mang glanced at the Joker in his hand. "It's a pity it's a one-time use card. However, you can buy permanent Jokers with ghost money using the Weird App. I just don't know if the App has them now."
Song Mang took out his phone and glanced at it. He saw a new black app on the homepage with a bright red, terrifying character for "ghost" printed on it.
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Song Mang said to Song Wenqi, "Mom, log in to the weird app on your phone with your name and birth date and time and see if there are any ghost cards you can buy."
"Okay, okay."
Song Wenqi quickly took out her phone and glanced at it.
"My app doesn't have any Jokers. It only has two pages: Human Food and Weird Food, and they're all filled with food."
Song Mang nodded and said, "Perhaps our mental strength is too low, so we only displayed these two categories."
However, in addition to the human food and bizarre food pages, Song Mang's app also has a lottery page.
Song Mang scratched his head, a little puzzled. "How come I remember there wasn't this lottery page before?"
She clicked on it and took a look.
One draw costs 100 ghost coins, but Song Mang was not informed what he could get.
Anyway, it was only one hundred, and Song Mang had plenty of money, so she just pressed the button and drew a ticket.
[Congratulations! You have obtained a Yama-level Joker card. Please check your account!]
Suddenly, Song Mang's phone flashed with a blinding golden light, and then a golden Joker card floated in front of her.
Song Mang: ?!
A Joker of Yama's caliber?!
Why had she never heard of it in her past life?
Song Mang quickly reached out and touched the Joker card, absorbing it. The Joker card's function then appeared in her mind.
[Joker Name: All Ghosts Submit]
Level: King of Hell
Function 1: Deterrence
Function Explanation: All evil spirits will be intimidated by your aura of Yama, kneeling in submission for three seconds.
Song Mang: ? ? ? ? ? ?
What?!
It can only immobilize the eerie creature for three seconds, and it dares to call itself a Yama-level ghost card? Even "Grandma's Embroidery Needle" is more useful than this thing!
Song Mang was speechless. "You get what you pay for. What good stuff can you get for a hundred yuan? I've never heard of a Yama-level Joker. Is this some kind of pirated version created by the app?"
That was a waste of 100 yuan of hers!
Song Mang looked at her phone and saw that the lottery page in the strange app had disappeared!
Song Mang's eyes widened. "No way, you swindled me out of a hundred ghost coins and then disappeared?"
Song Mang was depressed for a while.
She glanced at the time and realized it was already past four in the morning, so she stopped thinking about it and went to sleep.
Nothing else happened to Song Mang, but the constant wails and screams of humans outside the window kept her awake all night, waking her up from time to time.
As dawn broke, the eerie presence outside gradually disappeared, but strange gray fog appeared everywhere. The areas shrouded in fog remained dark, and the fog's reach continued to expand.
As Song Mang drifted off to sleep, she vaguely heard a familiar voice, which sounded like the couple living next door.
"Chen Ping, the ghosts outside have all disappeared. Will things return to normal by dawn?"
"I don't know. I went to several funeral homes this morning, but they were all closed. I can't buy any funeral supplies at all. How am I supposed to burn offerings for that old woman?"
"Yeah, that's so strange. I even broke into a funeral home to get some paper money to burn for the old lady, but there was nothing there!"
"What do we do now? We have nothing to burn for that old woman."
"Forget it, let's not burn it anymore. We've all successfully left the instance, what can she do? Based on my years of experience reading novels, these kinds of ghosts and monsters are trapped inside instances and can't get out. Don't worry."
"That's true. The system says we've cleared the level, so we should have survived."
Song Mang opened her eyes in annoyance. "Why is the soundproofing in this house so bad? I can hear everything the neighbors are saying! It's so annoying, can they please stop making noise? I finally managed to fall asleep!"
After she finished muttering to herself, everything went quiet, so Song Mang turned over and went back to sleep.
As soon as she closed her eyes, a piercing scream rang in her mind, accompanied by a girl's cries.
"Ah!!! Chen Ping, waaaaah, Chen Ping, don't die, don't die, someone save me!!!"
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Song Mang suddenly opened her eyes.
The crying and screaming in her ears disappeared.
The world is quiet.
But she found it was too quiet; there wasn't a single extra sound around her.
She looked towards the bedside, but Song Wenqi, who had slept next to her last night, was gone, and she was all alone in the bedroom!
"Mom!"
Song Mang got up and searched around, but couldn't find Song Wenqi in the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, or living room. She called Song Wenqi several times, but received no response.
"Why isn't he home? Did he go out?"
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
The delivery driver asked from outside, "Does Ms. Song live here? Your delivery is here."
After thinking for a moment, Song Mang sent a message to Song Wenqi on her phone, asking where she was and if she had ordered takeout.
Song Wenqi replied, "I ordered a bowl of beef noodles."
Song Mang then opened the door.
"It's my takeout."
Just as she was about to reach for the takeout, the deliveryman outside suddenly pushed open the door and walked in.
But the deliveryman stopped after taking a few steps inside. He was holding a yellow insulated box. "Ms. Song, your food is in the insulated box. I can't touch it. Please take it yourself."
Song Mang reached out to touch the insulated box, and just as she was about to open it, the insulated box suddenly fell to the ground.
Beef noodles were spilled all over the floor.
"you..."
She looked up at the deliveryman and saw that his face was covered in cuts and blood, and his face was soon a bloody mess.
Thump, thump!
The deliveryman's head fell off his body, his limbs fell off as well, and his torso crashed to the ground.
The bloodied head on the ground glared at her viciously, uttering a familiar voice, "You bitch, you damned bitch, you've killed us!"
Song Mang quickly recognized the voice.
Chen Ping!
It's Chen Ping's voice!
He was one of the young couple living next door.
Song Mang recalled the sounds she vaguely heard while she was sleeping, and her expression changed slightly.
They're dead?!
The couple must have been killed by the old woman because they didn't burn anything for her.
The strange creatures inside the instance are not unable to leave the instance. As long as someone establishes contact with the strange creature, the strange creature can come out to find that person!
But...
What does this have to do with her? They were killed because they made a promise to the old lady and failed to keep it!
Why would she come looking for Chen Ping after he's dead?!
Before Song Mang could figure it out, a cold aura came from behind her, and then she felt a tightness around her neck!
Something grabbed her neck tightly from behind and lifted her body off the ground!
"You bitch, you stood by and watched me die! You killed me and my girlfriend! Come and die with me!"
Song Mang spoke with difficulty, "I...I reminded you, you...made the promise yourselves..."
"Heh heh, you bitch, die!"
Chen Ping completely ignored Song Mang's explanation.
Song Mang raised her hand, revealing a handful of ghost money. "Let...let me go, and you can have all of this."
Song Mang felt increasingly unable to breathe, and the feeling of suffocation grew stronger.
She couldn't help but slap the force on her neck hard, and said anxiously, "Here's ten thousand ghost money, let me go! If it's not enough, I'll give you another ten thousand!"
finally.
The pressure on my neck loosened.
Chen Ping snatched the ghost money from Song Mang's hand, threw her on the ground, and looked at her coldly, "Why do you have so much ghost money in your bank card when we have nothing?!"
"Cough, cough, cough..."
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Song Mang fell to the ground, rubbing his neck, and said, "I often burn paper money for my ancestors; it's what they gave me."
A glint of greed flashed in Chen Ping's eyes. "How much did your ancestors give you? How much ghost money do you have in your bank account?"
"besides..."
Song Mang paused for a moment before saying, "One hundred thousand."
"Give it all to me! Give it all to me!"
Song Mang looked up at him and saw a red, transparent figure floating in mid-air.
Chen Ping's face and body were covered in bloodstains, showing that he had died a terrible death. His eyes were filled with excitement and greed.
"So much money! You're rich! Give it to me, give it all to me! Or I'll eat you alive!"
At this point, Chen Ping chuckled softly, "Humans taste delicious. If you weren't rich, I would have eaten you long ago!"
Upon hearing this, Song Mang knew that his soul had been severely corrupted after death and that he had already eaten people!
He became part of the supernatural, but not in the instance; he existed in reality!
But Song Mang looked at Chen Ping and did not take out any more ghost money.
She slowly opened her lips, "Three."
A hint of annoyance flashed in Chen Ping's eyes. "What are you talking about? Why haven't you given me the money yet!"
Song Mang ignored him.
"two."
"one."
A loud bang was heard.
Before Chen Ping could even let out a scream, an extremely powerful energy erupted from his soul, blasting him to pieces!
The room returned to calm, but the floor was a mess, with blood from severed limbs staining the ground and ghost money scattered everywhere.
Song Mang picked up the ghost money from the ground, raised his hand and waved it, and only a golden ghost card appeared in the air.
"Grandma's embroidery needle" has already been used.
Just now, when Chen Ping grabbed her neck, she took the opportunity to use "Grandma's embroidery needle" to pierce Chen Ping's soul.
Talking so much to Chen Ping is just a way to buy time.
Bang bang bang!
A loud noise came from inside the bedroom, and Song Wenqi forcefully kicked the door open from the inside.
"Mang Mang!"
Song Wenqi rushed out and, seeing the mess on the ground and Song Mang's disheveled appearance, quickly hugged her.
She had just heard something happening outside from inside her bedroom, but for some reason, the bedroom door was blocked by a strange force, and she couldn't get out.
"Mom, I'm fine."
Song Mang patted her shoulder reassuringly.
Song Mang recalled that when she woke up, she didn't see Song Wenqi, guessing that she was disturbed by Chen Ping's magnetic field at that time.
Song Wenqi, still shaken, hugged Song Mang tightly and said in a trembling voice, "Mangmang, are those ghosts not just in the instance? Will they attack us at any time?"
"Yes."
Song Mang said, "Some strange things exist in dungeons. Humans can get rich rewards by clearing dungeons, but there are many strange things in the real world. If you want to survive in this world, you can only keep clearing dungeons, strengthen yourself, and get high-level Joker cards."
Although she had burned a lot of ghost money for herself in advance, giving her an extra trump card in the supernatural world, Song Mang knew that she still needed to improve her strength as soon as possible, otherwise the ghost money on her would only bring her disaster.
Seeing Song Wenqi's pale face, Song Mang comforted her, "Mom, don't be too scared, I'm here. Actually, many people have already sensed the apocalypse and made some preparations."
After the strange occurrences, each city has a safe zone. Within these safe zones, no strange entities will attack humans. We can head to Jiang City's safe zone first.
Song Wenqi pursed her lips and said, "I'm not scared, I'm just worried, worried... that I won't be able to protect you anymore."
Song Mang smiled at her, "Have you forgotten that I've grown up and can protect myself now?"
Song Wenqi looked at the purplish-blue marks on Song Mang's neck, opened her lips, but ultimately said nothing.
She clenched her fists involuntarily.
She also needs to protect herself.
I can't let my daughter worry!
Song Wenqi suddenly remembered that after clearing the first dungeon, he had also obtained a Qingyu Immortal God Statue.
She took out the statue and asked Song Mang, "Mangmang, this is a statue given as a reward for clearing the level. Can we worship the statue to get protection? Surely there's something that can subdue these ghosts!"
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cannot."
Song Mang said very seriously to Song Wenqi, "Mom, if you want to live to the end, you can't put your hopes on idols. No matter what happens, you can't worship idols!"
Seeing Song Mang's serious expression, Song Wenqi was taken aback. "Then why are we being given this statue? What's the use of it?"
Thinking of her five years of struggle to survive in the apocalypse, and the scene she witnessed in the temple at the end, Song Mang's tone became gritted, and a hint of violence appeared between her brows, "This is temptation, this is a trap, this is destruction!"
Almost there.
So close!
Humanity is about to win.
But in the end...
But they were plunged into a purgatory even more terrifying than the apocalypse!
She died because of this.
And all of this is because of the idol!
Song Mang took a deep breath, suddenly snatched the jade statue from Song Wenqi's hand, and smashed it on the ground.
Then she smashed her own idol as well.
Bang, bang!
The two crisp sounds of jade shattering started led Song Wenqi, who sensed that Song Mang's emotions were off.
Song Wenqi patted Song Mang's head and said, "Alright, alright, we don't need to rely on others, we can rely on ourselves. As long as my daughter and I are together, there's nothing we can't overcome."
Just like when you helped Mom get a divorce, we will definitely succeed, we will definitely get rid of these bad things.
"mom..."
Song Mang couldn't help but reach out and hug Song Wenqi.
Her emotions gradually calmed down.
Yes.
It's started again.
This time, she wants to be the one playing the game; she absolutely refuses to become a pawn, much less a stepping stone for the invaders!
The mother and daughter used a strange app to order another human food delivery, spending a total of 30 ghost coins.
The delivery was still strange this time, but the deliveryman didn't attack them and left after delivering the food.
After finishing their meal, they packed their things and left the rented room, heading towards the safe zone.
The safe zone isn't far from here; Song Mang had considered its location when she rented the apartment.
But not long after they left the rented room, as they walked down the street, Song Mang smelled the incense and candles burning again.
The people hurrying around her disappeared, and Song Wenqi also disappeared. A voice echoed in her mind.
Welcome to the eerie dungeon! Players must explore on their own to complete the quest. Completing the dungeon will yield generous rewards.
Dungeon Name: The Serpent Woman's Revenge
Number of participants: 10
Difficulty: 1 star
Song Mang's vision was obscured by gray smoke, and she could no longer see her surroundings. When she regained her sight, the environment around her had changed completely.
She was in an old-fashioned inn with two floors. The doors to the rooms upstairs were tightly closed, while the downstairs was crowded with people.
Including Song Mang, there are ten people in total.
Sudden.
A large number of joss paper pieces fell from the sky, some of which had bright red writing on them.
After a night, those who are now here are all humans who have cleared the most basic dungeon and earned ghost money. They are all calm when they find themselves in an unfamiliar environment.
At this moment, some joss paper fell, and everyone noticed the unusual nature of it. Someone reached out and picked up the joss paper with writing on it.
Song Mang also picked up a piece of joss paper, but she didn't look at the contents immediately. Instead, she looked around at the people.
She did not find Song Wenqi.
It seems that there are at least two bizarre instances on the street they are on, and Song Wenqi may have been pulled into one of them.
Song Mang glanced at the others, her eyes darkening, and she unconsciously clenched the joss paper in her hand.
Although the instance she entered was also a one-star instance, there were ten people participating in the trial, which means that this one-star instance was more difficult than the previous instance.
In addition, she sensed an unusual aura among the people around her, like the aura of a joker.
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She had a gut feeling that someone possessed a permanent Joker.
Why do I have this intuition?
A hint of doubt flashed in Song Mang's eyes.
In her past life, she was completely unable to detect what kind of ghost cards other humans had absorbed, let alone determine that the other party was a permanent ghost card.
"Why do we have to follow rules in this instance? What happens if we don't follow these rules?"
Suddenly someone spoke up.
Song Mang then put aside her doubts and looked at the contents of the joss paper in her hand.
There are three rules written on it.
[Rules Reminder:]
1. The guesthouse will provide you with free accommodation, but you must purchase food at the guesthouse.
2. The proprietress's daughter likes to show off gold and silver jewelry, and she might want to give you some. Please don't take it seriously.
3. The proprietress invited everyone to join forces against the snake woman; she hoped everyone could work together.
"I will die."
Just as Song Mang finished reading the rules, he heard a sinister male voice say, "This dungeon has captured ten people, which is about the upper limit for a one-star dungeon, indicating that the difficulty is close to two stars. Therefore, the safe house is issuing a rule reminder. If the rules are violated, the safe house will not restrain the monster."
Song Mang turned and glanced at him.
He was a very tall and strong middle-aged man, wearing a black shirt, holding a pack of cigarettes in his hand. He took a cigarette from the pack and lit it, seemingly not taking the dungeon seriously at all.
The permanent Joker aura that Song Mang sensed was emanating from this person.
What permanent Joker card does he have?
How did you obtain it?
She doesn't even have that yet.
Oh, no, she has a permanent Joker.
The golden legendary card I won in a lottery.
That one's pretty useless.
Just as I thought of this, two figures, one tall and one short, came out of the inn's kitchen. They were the inn's proprietress and her daughter.
The landlady looked to be in her thirties, but she still had a charming appearance and wore a polite smile. "Welcome to the inn, I have prepared delicious food for you."
The little girl next to her had two braids, two rosy cheeks on her pale face, her eyes darting around at the guests, and a suspicious liquid dripping from the corner of her mouth.
The proprietress wiped the drool from the little girl's mouth and said to her, "Little girl, show the menu to the customers."
The little girl ran towards them with a paper menu in hand. "Please order, guests. There are ten dishes in total, and each dish can only be ordered once."
The person at the front looked at the menu, which listed the names of ten dishes, with the amount of ghost money to be paid next to each dish. The dishes became more expensive as they were listed below.
He was startled when he saw the price of the last dish in ghost money, and quickly said, "I want a stir-fried eyeball! This dish is ten ghost money, right? Here you go!"
Okay.
The little girl readily accepted the ghost money.
After this person ordered, the girl next to him noticed that "stir-fried eyeballs" had disappeared from the menu!
There are only nine dishes left on the menu, and each dish is more expensive than "Stir-fried Eyeballs". The dish at the bottom of the menu is the most expensive!
The girl quickly added, "I'd like a plate of deep-fried human skin. Here's twenty ghost coins, for you!"
"Okay!"
The little girl accepted the ghost money.
The dish "deep-fried human skin" is also no longer available.
The others also noticed something was wrong and gathered around to order food, all wanting to order the cheapest option.
Putting aside whether or not to eat these meals, under the rules of the safe house, you have to buy food, so you should definitely buy the cheapest ones!
Not long after the strange occurrences, they hadn't even completed many dungeons, and they didn't have much ghost money left to pay for it!
Song Mang stood at the edge of the table, remaining still while everyone else rushed to order food.
It's just a matter of a few coins; there's no need to fight over it.
So when it was Song Mang's turn, there was only one dish left, called "Braised Human Leg in Broth," which was also the most expensive dish and required a payment of 500 ghost coins!
Song Mang had seen the little girl's menu before.
There's something wrong with this price.
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Song Mang asked, "The previous dishes were all ten yuan more expensive than the previous ones. The previous dish of braised human leg in broth only cost ninety yuan, so why does this dish cost five hundred yuan?"
The little girl looked at Song Mang, her round eyes filled with excitement and agitation, and a suspicious liquid dripped from the corner of her mouth.
"Guest, you only have one dish left to choose from. Would you like to purchase it? If you do, you must pay five hundred underworld coins. The inn does not allow credit. If you do not have five hundred underworld coins..."
At this point, the little girl swallowed hard and stared expectantly at Song Mang's leg, saying, "If you don't have five hundred ghost coins, then you can only use your body to pay off the debt."
One arm costs 100 ghost coins, one leg costs 200 ghost coins... Hehe, finally I can eat roasted human leg.
The others gasped in shock upon hearing this.
There's something wrong with this menu!
These two weirdos probably deliberately set up an expensive dish that players can't afford, so that players can't follow the rules of the safe house and can only be eaten by the weirdos!
On the very first day of this strange occurrence, most people only had a few dozen ghost coins in their hands, and even a hundred ghost coins were rare. Who could possibly come up with five hundred ghost coins?
This woman is dead!
Just when everyone thought they were about to witness a bloody and cruel dismemberment, Song Mang took out five hundred-yuan ghost money bills and threw them at the little girl's face.
"Serve the food."
"...?"
The little girl stared wide-eyed at the sight of the ghost money falling on her face, then looked down in disbelief.
When others saw it, their expressions froze for a moment, and then they stared in shock at the "huge sum of money".
This is the bizarre early stage!
According to the information published online, there are currently only low-star dungeons available worldwide, and the reward for clearing each dungeon does not exceed one hundred ghost coins.
After one night, anyone with 100 ghost coins on their card was considered rich!
Where did she get so much ghost money?!
Could it be that she cleared more than ten dungeons in one night and earned five hundred ghost coins?
A master of time management!
While everyone was stunned, Song Mang took out a hundred-yuan note (used in the underworld) and said to the little girl, "Tonight I want to stay in the best and safest room, can you arrange that?"
"Yes, yes!"
The little girl quickly picked up all the ghost money on the ground, and then took this ghost money as a treasure.
The little girl said politely, "Guest, we guarantee you the best and safest room!"
Song Mang nodded in satisfaction.
Before long, everyone was seated around the long table on the first floor, and the proprietress brought out the dishes with the little girl.
The dishes were crudely processed human limbs, so disgusting to look at that no one would have any appetite for them.
However, in this instance, no one ate the food they ordered, and the two strange creatures didn't cause them any trouble.
Suddenly someone spoke up, "How about we all introduce ourselves? This dungeon looks pretty difficult. If we all get to know each other, we can help each other and clear it as quickly as possible."
No sooner had he finished speaking than someone scoffed.
The person who spoke first was also shameless and didn't seem to mind the matter.
He continued, "Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Xu Xuyang, I'm a university student, and also the president of the student union. I think we should divide the work and look for clues inside the inn..."
Before he could finish speaking, the man with the sinister expression glared at him and said, "Shut up, stop fucking babbling."
Xu Xuyang was startled and couldn't help but say, "I... I wasn't being long-winded. I arranged it this way for everyone's benefit, hoping to help everyone leave the instance as soon as possible!"
The man sneered, "Who the hell do you think you are, daring to try and control me?"
The man suddenly stood up, and a transparent blade about the length of an arm flashed in his hand, instantly splitting the table in two.
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With a loud bang!
The dining table collapsed instantly, spilling all the food onto the floor, and everyone turned pale with fright.
What is that in his hand?
"It looks like a transparent knife!"
"He has a joker! He definitely has a permanent joker!"
By the time everyone realized what was happening, the transparent blade in the man's hand had vanished.
He stood there, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on Song Mang.
The man asked her, "How much ghost money do you have left?"
Song Mang glanced at him, shrugged, and said, "I'm done."
The man chuckled, his expression ambiguous.
At this moment, another person stood up and said to the man in a fawning manner, "Master Bai, don't be angry! That college student has never been out in society and is ignorant. He's just playing house here. Please don't take him to heart."
In this instance, you are the only player with a permanent Joker card, so everyone should naturally follow your advice. What do you think we should do now?
Bai Ye's expression softened a bit, and he pointed at Xu Xuyang, saying, "Go and call those two weirdos over here, and ask them directly how to deal with the snake woman."
"I...I'll go ask?"
Xu Xuyang's face was deathly pale, and he pointed at himself with a trembling finger, clearly frightened by Master Bai's sudden attack.
"Don't you like to make arrangements? Of course you should be the one to ask about something so important."
Xu Xuyang almost slid off his chair. "No, I can't! I don't dare! What if they eat me if I ask something I shouldn't ask?"
Bai Ye kicked him and his chair away, yelling, "Go ahead and ask, or die! If you keep dawdling, I'll throw you out of the safe house!"
Xu Xuyang winced in pain and, terrified, scrambled toward the kitchen.
As soon as he ran over, the proprietress and the little girl came out, smiling at him.
"Guest, what can I do for you?"
Xu Xuyang asked the question that Master Bai had asked him, trembling slightly. Fortunately, the two strange expressions on their faces did not change.
The landlady said in a gentle voice, "Every night at 12 o'clock, the snake woman comes to the inn looking for something. Just give her what she wants, and she will leave."
Everyone heard the proprietress's reply.
Bai Ye spoke up again, "Ask her what the snake woman wants."
Xu Xuyang had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask again.
"Small, white beads." The proprietress answered gently, appearing to have a very good temper.
The inn was quiet for a while.
Xu Xuyang breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Master Bai had stopped asking him questions and quickly ran back.
"What is this small, white string of beads? Could it be a necklace of smaller pearls?"
Just as someone finished speaking, a loud knocking sound suddenly came from the direction of the inn's main entrance.
Bang, bang, bang!
The loud knocking was ear-piercing, as if the entire inn was shaking and the building was about to collapse.
Song Mang turned to look at the gate and saw huge, dark, strip-shaped shadows flashing past outside from time to time.
The proprietress's terrified voice came from behind.
"It's 12 o'clock! The snake woman is here! You must give her what she needs right away, or she will destroy the inn and break in to eat everyone!"
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