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    • Chapter 125: Shuangxi Town (19) – Journey to the Yellow Springs

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      by AshPurgatory2025 It was exactly one o'clock in the afternoon. Qi Si stepped out of the residence with his phone in hand, and in a second, he was soaked through by the damp chill. Endless mist once again curled up from the shadows, gracefully and coyly shrouding the entire street, casting a white veil-like filter over the distant white walls and black tiles, as if in a dream. Qi Si lowered his head to adjust the size and orientation of the map on his phone with two fingers, mapped out a route, then put…
    • Chapter 124: Shuangxi Town (18) Descending the Dry Well

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      by AshPurgatory2025 In the past spacetime of Shuangxi Town, Li Yao lay in the Coffin, listening to the human voices gradually fading away. The sound of the suona was mournful, the sharp and piercing melody gradually going out of tune, sounding exactly like Ghosts wailing and wolves howling. Li Yao felt her consciousness like a loose compass needle, swaying on the edge of clarity and blurriness. A mess of information washed over her memory; she couldn't extract her own existence from…
    • Chapter 123: Shuangxi Town (17) Who is the Guest

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Unknown time, unknown location. Liu Bingding opened his eyes and found himself dressed in a bright red wedding robe, sitting in a closed side room. The side room was decorated like an ancient wedding chamber; a large "Double Happiness" character was pasted on the window, and red curtains fluttered down from the ceiling and bed frame like blood dripping into clear water. A line of white text refreshed on the system interface in the upper-left corner of his vision: 【side…
    • Chapter 122: Shuangxi Town (16) False Clues

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      by AshPurgatory2025 "Ring-a-ling-a-ling... Ring-a-ling... Ring..." The ringing bell swayed, getting closer and closer to the temple door. Soon, it was only separated by a thin door panel, as if it could break through at any moment. With the faint, ethereal sound, the thumping inside the Coffin grew weaker, as if appeased, gradually subsiding into a silent void. Qi Si stood up from the Coffin and looked towards the side chamber on the right. The maggots and rotten flesh that had been…
    • Chapter 121: Shuangxi Town (15) Dreams and Reality

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Inside the God of Joy Temple, the right side chamber had been sealed off by the rotting old man and a ground full of maggots. To the left were Coffins, and at the very back was the Idol; the players only had about twenty square meters of space to move in. Two statues, one male and one female, giggled "hee-hee," swaying their heads as they blocked both ends of the corridor, closing in on the players from two directions. Qi Si leaned against a Coffin as if he were…
    • Chapter 120 Shuangxi Town (14): The Ghost of the Xu House

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Behind the gauze curtain crouched a hunchbacked old man, dressed entirely in black—black clothes, black cloth shoes, a black hat—his white hair the only splash of color. He paid the players no mind. With swollen fingers he lifted sheets of yellow paper and fed them into the brazier before him. Qi Si asked, “Old sir, who are you burning paper for?” Without turning, the old man rasped, “Sending word to the Joyous Goddess.” “Sending word?” “I burn scripture paper and…
    • Chapter 12: Surging Waves and Flowing Clouds, Autumn Water Swift Hong

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      by MachineSamurai9124 Chen Yuan first flipped open the "Surging Waves and Flowing Clouds Technique". As a High Grade Mystic-Grade Internal Skill Mind-Cultivation Technique, the core of the "Surging Waves and Flowing Clouds Technique" was to stimulate the Acupoints throughout the body, allowing a portion of Internal Energy to be born in each Acupoint. When the Internal Energy circulated, the bits of Internal Energy in the Acupoints flowed into…
    • Chapter 12: Rose Manor (Part 11) First Exploration of the Third Floor

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      by AshPurgatory2025 On the second floor of the ancient castle, Lin Chen placed his notebook back on the table and stood by the French window in the guest room, nervously looking down at the activity in the garden. He watched Qi Si walk to the iron gate, knock on the ground, say something to the suddenly appearing butler, then Miss Anna walked out of the ancient castle, and Qi Si smiled and went forward to chat with her. Lin Chen knew the time had come. Qi Si's part was…
    • Chapter 119: Shuangxi Town (Part 13) The Statue of the Joyous God

      Chapter 119: Shuangxi Town (Part 13) The Statue of the Joyous God Cover
      by AshPurgatory2025 The town's paths twisted and turned endlessly. Houses with white walls and black tiles, of varying heights, lined both sides in a seemingly endless procession. The monotonous architecture gave the illusion of walking in circles. Qi Si didn't have much to say to Shang Qingbei and Du Xiaoyu. Apart from some casual chatter at the start, the three of them fell into silence. While deliberately memorizing the route, Qi Si maintained a brisk pace. Milky white mist gradually…
    • Chapter 118 Shuangxi Town (XII) Man and Beast

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      by AshPurgatory2025 Words can kill. The first person Qi Si killed with words was a girl named "Qi Xinyue," who was his cousin. Sixteen-year-old Qi Si curled up in a box in the attic, listening to the hysterical argument outside, piecing together the full picture of the event: the girl had been bullied, hoped her parents would stand up for her, but was scolded instead. So, when the girl burned him with a cigarette butt, he stared earnestly and intently at her arm and said, "You're hurt." Perhaps…
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