“You talked so much about the novels you read, and combined with the previous dungeon notification, can't you use your brain and think about it?”
The old Daoist began to apply what he had just learned on the spot.
“Our current identities are players who have entered a dungeon.”
“Since we are players, we need to play the game according to the rules of the specter dungeon, which is the main quest.”
“As long as we can complete the main quest, we can leave this place and return to the real world.”
“Whether the specters here can be killed or suppressed is not within our scope of consideration.”
“Our ultimate goal is to leave this place, not to kill ghosts!”
Moreover, although what Lin Xiaolei said was useful, it could only serve as a reference. Besides, he felt that these so-called specters might not be the same thing as the ghosts in his understanding.
Thinking of this, the old Daoist suddenly laughed.
“Besides, did you forget, you little brat? The two of us have absolutely nothing in our hands right now. If we want to eliminate ghosts, the difficulty will multiply by dozens of times!”
Lin Xiaolei's eyes widened instantly.
He subconsciously patted his chest and waist.
There was nothing.
“Huh? I clearly hid them so well. Why aren't they here? Is it because we can't bring things in?”
The old Daoist grumbled, “How should I know?”
He casually took off his coat, tossed it onto a nearby chair, kicked off his shoes in a couple of motions, rolled over onto the bed, and prepared to sleep.
“We'll take turns keeping watch. You go first.”
Lin Xiaolei looked at his grandfather, who was sleeping with his back turned to him, and did not say much else.
“Alright then...”
With a click, he turned off the light and quietly kept watch.
The old residence on the mountaintop quickly fell into darkness, and everything was silent.
Zuo Lin'an was also lying in bed, sleeping.
However, his specter body, which was hidden in the crevice halfway down the cliff, was browsing the forum.
Over the past few days, the number of posts on the forum regarding the 【Paranormal World】 had gradually increased.
Some dungeon bosses also began to share the relevant information and intelligence they had obtained.
Among this information was the classification of ghost strength.
“Wandering Soul, Malevolent Ghost?”
“And Fierce Ghost, Blood-Clad? Ghost King?”
In addition, there were also cultivation systems belonging to humans, including Daoism, Buddhism, and some more obscure methods, such as corpse refining, corpse driving, curses, and gu poisons.
What surprised Zuo Lin'an the most was that there existed a type of ghost-controlling technique in the paranormal world.
As the name suggested, it was the enslavement of ghost souls.
They could craft special talismans. As long as they could shoot a talisman into a ghost's body, they could issue orders to it, thereby achieving the goal of driving the ghost soul.
If they suffered a backlash, they could detonate the talisman to directly disperse the ghost.
“Quite impressive.”
“What a pity, though...”
These talismans would definitely be useless against specters.
He still remembered the old Daoist saying earlier that he would draw some Warding Talismans and Peace Talismans for him.
“I wonder if they'll actually be useful. I'll test them when the time comes.”
Just then, he noticed that Xu Youyou was calling him.
“Encountering difficulties already?”
Though he was a bit puzzled, he still picked up.
“Hello? You—”
Just as he answered the call, before he could even finish his sentence, he heard Xu Youyou's shrill, miserable scream from the other end.
“Help—me—!!!”
The specter body did not feel much about this sound, but the living body lying asleep in the room of the old residence subconsciously raised a hand to rub his brow.
It couldn't be helped; the senses between the living body and the specter body were interconnected.
He could control both at the same time, or shift most of his attention to one while the other maintained basic reactions.
But if there was a major disturbance on one side, such as a scream like the one just now, the other side would react as well.
Zuo Lin'an composed himself and prepared to ask.
“How are you—”
But before he could finish his question, Xu Youyou started shouting again.
“There's a ghost!! A ghost!!”
“It's a female ghost! She's floating! She's chasing me!!”
“Brother An, save me quickly!”
Zuo Lin'an spoke quickly.
“Stop right now, turn around, and talk to her, or do something to her. Anything will do. As long as she responds to you, you can kill her.”
Xu Youyou rejected the idea without a second thought.
“No, no, no!”
“I'm scared! I'm so scared!!”
Zuo Lin'an sighed.
Who was the one confidently claiming before that they weren't afraid of ghosts?
“Don't be afraid.”
“Have you forgotten that you're actually very strong? Although she's a female ghost, she doesn't belong to the same power system as us. She can't cause any effective damage to you.”
“Just kill her directly.”
Xu Youyou still refused.
“I can't, I really can't!!”
Zuo Lin'an was somewhat helpless, but this was also within expectation.
He felt that telling Xu Youyou to kill the female ghost right now was like telling someone who was terrified of bugs: "You're very strong, the bug is absolutely no match for you, you can just pick it up and rip it apart."
Could they do it?
Theoretically, yes, they absolutely could, and as long as they tried, they would succeed one hundred percent of the time.
But in reality, would someone who was terrified of bugs actually do that?
Maybe some, but definitely very few.
In other words, Xu Youyou also knew he could kill the female ghost, but things couldn't be calculated that way.
Zuo Lin'an quickly thought of a solution.
“First, fuse your living body and specter body, then switch to your specter body state. Next, restrain your aura and conceal your figure. That way, the female ghost won't be able to see you.”
“Unless this female ghost has the 【Spirit Vision】 talent or some other talent that can see through a specter's concealment state.”
Xu Youyou grew excited.
“Yes, yes, this is great!”
“Why didn't I think of such a simple solution before?”
Within ten seconds, Zuo Lin'an heard Xu Youyou let out a sigh of relief.
“Okay, she didn't find me.”
Only then did Zuo Lin'an remember something.
“Didn't I tell you to bring Xuan Jiu with you earlier? Where is he?”
Xu Youyou replied directly.
“He's dead. The female ghost killed him.”
Hearing this, Zuo Lin'an felt a massive headache coming on.
“Then why on earth are you running?!”
Xu Youyou was puzzled. “Why shouldn't I... Huh?”
Now that he had calmed down, he realized that he indeed didn't need to run.
Xuan Jiu was killed by the female ghost. Although the female ghost was a ghost, she was also a player. This meant Xuan Jiu was killed by a player, so he would soon transform into an unsolvable specter.
In other words, Xuan Jiu would kill the female ghost.
He didn't need to run at all. It was just... some things were beyond his conscious control.
This was a fear originating from the depths of his heart, deeply engraved in his mind. The fear and the instinct to flee had already become a conditioned reflex.
Asking him to overcome this obstacle was truly harder than ascending to heaven!
Zuo Lin'an asked, “You figured it out?”
Xu Youyou waited a moment before speaking.
“I see it.”
He indeed saw it. He saw an unsolvable specter that looked exactly like Xuan Jiu appear and kill the female ghost who had just been chasing him all over the mountain.
“...”
Zuo Lin'an's tone was calm.
“What did you see? The scene of an unsolvable specter killing a ghost?”
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