It seems that everyone has become much braver after becoming superhumans. In the past, when they encountered unknown places, their first reaction was not to go in.

Aside from those who enjoy adventure, almost no one is willing to venture into the unknown.

After disembarking from the helicopter, the 122 people did not separate but walked inside together.

"It's already beautiful from up there, but it's really great from down there."

This building is at least several hundred years old, if not a thousand years old, yet it's so well preserved and hasn't decayed at all.

"Isn't this Sister Yue's island? Could it be that Sister Yue often sends people here for maintenance and repairs?"

People have been making all sorts of guesses.

"Let's choose a bigger courtyard to live in, instead of living separately."

To be honest, Fang Xiyue felt that the deserted ancient city was eerie and perfect for filming TV shows and movies.

Not only Fang Xiyue thought so, but Su Zheyu and Jun Nanxuan also thought so.

They had always wanted to start a film and television company, and this place was indeed very suitable for filming.

We can pay them a monthly rent later so they can film here.

"This one will do." He pointed to the courtyard with the plaque above the gate that read "Cao Family Residence."

The gate was locked, but they had a metal-type ability user, so picking the lock wouldn't be too difficult.

The lock was opened in a few quick movements, and the interior of the Cao mansion was very magnificent, but it looked somewhat desolate because it was winter.

The entire compound has three courtyards and lacks nothing.

Everyone checked into the rear-facing rooms directly, but they didn't go into the houses where the hosts lived, feeling it would be impolite.

Even though they've all passed away, I don't want to live there.

The rear-facing rooms are great; they have many rooms connected together, and they're right next to the main entrance, so you can escape faster if needed.

They stayed in the back room for most of the day, only going out to do so after confirming that Feixian was not among them.

Everyone was like tourists, taking pictures along the way.

The psychic ability user habitually took out a small notebook and drew a detailed layout of the entire island.

This is a habit they've developed: draw a map as soon as they arrive at a place, so that they can find a good route whether they're planning a surprise attack or escaping, and avoid getting stuck in a dead end.

"The people in this ancient city all seem quite wealthy. Perhaps these courtyards were the residences of rich people or officials, originally inhabited by high-ranking officials and nobles."

"Who knows? They must have been rich in their time. I just don't know how this land was separated from the original land."

"It might be an earthquake; an earthquake creating a break seems plausible."

Fang Xiyue also tends to agree with this view, believing that only a very large earthquake could cause such consequences.

However, these courtyards remained undamaged during the earthquake, indicating that these buildings were very sturdy.

[Fang Xiyue: Has the overlord of System Island No. 8 appeared?]

Fang Xiyue's biggest wish right now is to find the overlord and subdue him so that their training can proceed more effectively.

[Host, the overlord of Island 8 hasn't appeared yet. We may have to wait a little longer.]

The little dumpling flew around twice, and the more difficult it was to spot the overlord at first glance, the more exciting it became.

Fang Xiyue: Okay, then let's wait a little longer.

As long as a dominant force hasn't been found, team competitions shouldn't be held; otherwise, people will be scattered, and there will be no way to rescue them if something goes wrong.

After strolling around the entire ancient city, everyone returned and started battling it out in the courtyard.

This time it's just legwork without using any superpowers. Frequent battles like this will make people more agile.

After dinner, everyone sat in the courtyard for a while before going back to their rooms.

Fang Xiyue stayed up all night and didn't sleep. She and Ye Ziming sat on the rooftop admiring the moon.

Suddenly, cheerful music and drumming filled the air, and in an instant, the entire ancient city was brightly lit.

The Cao family mansion where they stayed was suddenly filled with many servants and maids, all of whom were busy at work.

The Cao residence looked like it was celebrating a wedding; everything was red, and there were even "double happiness" characters pasted on the windows.

Fang Xiyue and Ye Ziming exchanged a glance, then quietly went back to their room and woke everyone up.

However, they didn't go outside; instead, they carefully watched through the window.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, the wedding procession is back! Quickly call the young master out to perform the wedding ceremony!"

Fang Xiyue shuddered. Ancient times, marriage, wedding dress, red shoes... Waaah, isn't this the standard setup for ghost stories?

"Sister Yue, I'm scared!"

Dandan and Yufei snuggled into Fang Xiyue's arms. Yu Rui, Leng Yu, and Zuo Yu didn't snuggle in, but they still clung to Fang Xiyue. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they were just a step too late.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, we'll be fine as long as we don't go out."

Fang Xiyue was also afraid, but she was the pillar of support now and couldn't back down.

[Host, the overlord has appeared! She is Miss Zhou, the daughter-in-law whom the Cao family wants to marry!]

Miss Zhou was forced to marry into the Cao family; her beloved was killed by the Cao family.

Miss Zhou pretended to marry into the Cao family and then poisoned the entire Cao family to death.

Because of her grave sins, she will never be able to be reincarnated and will always be reborn to repeat the scene of her wedding day.

Miss Zhou desperately wanted to get out of this situation, but she had no idea what she had done wrong.

The Cao family is clearly evil; they killed her beloved. Why is her revenge considered heinous, while the Cao family's actions are not?!

The system then started to build suspense, trying to pique Fang Xiyue's curiosity.

[Fang Xiyue: Why is that? Please, my lovely system, enlighten me.]

Fang Xiyue was also willing to indulge the system, coaxing it like a child.

Hehe, actually, the man that Miss Zhou was in love with wasn't killed by the Cao family at all; he faked his death.

He had become involved with the daughter of a high-ranking official in the prefectural city, so he no longer wanted to marry Miss Zhou. Therefore, he devised a plan to have the young master of the Cao family rescue Miss Zhou.

He then provoked Cao's son several more times, which Cao couldn't stand, so he beat him up. Then he had his family tell the Zhou family that he had been beaten to death by Cao's son.

However, due to the Cao family's influence, reporting it to the authorities was useless, so he could only swallow this bitter pill. He also implied that it was all because of Miss Zhou.

The young master of the Cao family did indeed like the young lady of the Zhou family, and after that incident, he sent someone to propose marriage.

Miss Zhou believed that it was because she had killed her beloved, so she decided to kill the entire Cao family on the day of her wedding to avenge him.

Therefore, she killed innocent people and became a lonely ghost trapped in this world, unable to be reincarnated for eternity.

The people we see now are not ghosts, but merely phantoms trapping Miss Zhou.

After listening to the story, Fang Xiyue felt that it was a bit... she felt like she had heard it somewhere before, as if it was written in many storybooks.

The man she loved was a bad person, but the young lady was devoted to him; none of them had a good ending.

They either committed suicide, stayed with their husbands for life, eloped, or were sold—there were all sorts of tragic fates.