Chapters

    • Chapter 113 – Shuangxi Town (7): The Man in the Well

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Outside the manor, pale moonlight spilled like white silk, and twisted shadows coiled across the ground. Shang Qingbei watched the corners of the young man's mouth stretch to his ears; the grotesque smile fixed on that face looked, to him, unmistakably mocking and derisive. Cornered by a ghost with nowhere to retreat, he sucked in a breath, raised the dictionary high, and smashed it at the youth's face. The heavy dictionary came down with full force, but met no resistance—only the sensation…
    • Chapter 112 Shuangxi Town (VI) Ghost Blinding

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      by AshPurgatory2025 With a dull "thud," the black Coffin slammed onto the ground. The sudden impact scattered the clustered mist, and the stirred-up white sand and dust mixed with the white fog, inseparable. Before Shang Qingbei's eyes, a crowd churned. Men and women of all ages, dressed in black mourning clothes, stood in a hazy circle. Their phantasmal shadows vaguely made motions of wiping away tears, while wailing sounds like those of Ghosts rose in waves. "Wuwuwu... such an unfortunate…
    • Chapter 111: Shuangxi Town (5) Night Parade

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Ghosts in the game cannot know about the existence of the Eerie Game; being able to state this phrase calmly was enough to serve as proof of identity. Shang Qingbei breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Xier, who was lying beside him. Earlier, to avoid the clearly more dangerous Qi Si, he had retreated back onto the bed. Now, he was only half a meter away from the ghost Xier had turned into. His nose could even faintly catch a damp, foul odor,…
    • Chapter 110 Shuangxi Town (IV) Soul-Summoning Bell

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Sister Xu's words were heavy with urgency, laced with a palpable sense of malice. Qi Si seemed not to notice, lowering his eyelids. "Sister Xu, just go ahead and clear the dishes. Don't worry about me; a steamed bun is enough." "Food cannot be left in the room." Sister Xu said vaguely, carrying the bucket over to Qi Si. "Leftovers and such must be cleared away, or they'll attract rats." "I'll finish it." Qi Si's speech was slightly slurred because of the bun in his mouth,…
    • Chapter 109: Shuangxi Town (III) Soul-Suppressing Coffin

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      by AshPurgatory2025 The players gathered around Qi Si, their gaze fixated on the phone screen. It was their first time encountering a smartphone-like item in an instance. If they hadn't considered the potential danger, they would have already reached out to touch it. The phone had no lock screen password. Qi Si swiped his finger, and it opened. The apps inside were even cleaner than a factory reset, leaving only Phone, Messages, Browser, and Camera. Shang Qingbei, who was closest, saw Qi…
    • Chapter 108: Shuangxi Town (II) God of Joy Temple

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      by AshPurgatory2025 “Oh my, are you distinguished guests from the county?” A shrill voice, echoing the narrator's call, rang out from a low house to the players' right. With a creak, the wooden door decorated with red paper-cuts was pushed open from the inside, revealing a pitch-black main room. A short old woman, about 1.5 meters tall, came out on tiptoe, pointing a finger up and down at Qi Si, who was in the lead. “You've come at just the right time. Xier is getting married, and the town is…
    • Chapter 107: Shuangxi Town (Part 1) – Walking the Yin Path

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      by AshPurgatory2025 “Let me tell you, this Shuangxi Town of ours is the biggest town for miles around. If you look elsewhere, it’s all backwater corners; you won’t find a town as big as ours anywhere else!” The hoarse voice sounded like a brush rubbing against tree bark, ringing out cheerfully beside him, accompanied by the “swish-swish” sound of wooden oars hitting the water. Qi Si opened his eyes and found himself sitting on a wooden raft. Standing in front was a thin, withered old man…
    • Chapter 106 – Black Dog

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      by AshPurgatory2025 “Feed you once and you come begging every single time…” It was almost noon, yet the sky remained as dim as dawn; any sense of the hour blurred, and anyone caught in the murk felt listless, drowsy, half-alive. Qi Si had just woken. For once he actually went downstairs and, in a snack-bar about to close for the morning, bought breakfast. He hadn't planned to eat—waiting until evening and solving all three meals with one packet of instant noodles was clearly more economical. But the…
    • Chapter 105 – Aftermath

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      by AshPurgatory2025 On the night of March 21, the moderately famous strategy blogger 【Yuhan】 posted a new thread on the game Forum. #Hopeless Sea instance Summary & The Puppeteer Incident from Start to Finish# 【1st floor (OP): I'm Liu Yuhan; by chance I experienced the latter half of the Hopeless Sea instance together with Chang Xu and Si Qi. Seeing a lot of people asking what happened after Chang Xu turned off his stream, I'll start from…
    • Chapter 104: Wolf and Sheep

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      by AshPurgatory2025 In a hidden, militarized base in the eastern district of Xiang City, White Crow, dressed in a pristine white robe, walked slowly past the phalanx of followers training. She was over thirty, with crow's feet at the corners of her eyes born from years of weary travel, and her skin had lost its elasticity and luster. Yet, from her bright eyes, high nose bridge, and full lips, one could still infer her former beauty. She was often smiling, always gentle and kind, and her figure was always…
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