Shirley was too close to Zhou Zhou, and when she took out the talisman paper and was about to stick it on, it was too late for Elvia to stop her.

The Faceless Buddha is the last ghost, so there are only nine gods and Buddhas in the entire temple, and nine talisman papers. The talisman papers that Shirley obtained from paying homage to the Faceless Buddha are definitely problematic.

Elvia figured it out in an instant, but Zhou Zhou had already been frozen.

Even though he tore off the talisman paper immediately, Zhou Zhou did not recover.

Waves of fog began to spread around, and in the dark temple the fog was faintly blue, which was different from what had been encountered before.

But at this time no one noticed this subtle difference.

The ghost drilled into Zhou Zhou's body, and Zhou Zhou was immobilized! Everyone surrounded Zhou Zhou and was at a loss as to what to do, running around in panic.

And two strange people walked out from the foggy area behind them.

One was dressed in white, the other in black. Both of them appeared from the dark blue mist with expressionless faces, drifting towards them without moving their feet. The players at the outermost layer of the crowd were the first to notice the two strange people.

Could these two people be...the Black and White Impermanence?

The player stared with wide eyes at the two people rushing towards them. He subconsciously tried to dodge but was passed straight through by the other party, just like a virtual projection. He only felt a slight chill in his body. The Black and White Impermanence had already entered the crowd and stood in front of Zhou Zhou.

The others were also frightened. Seeing that the Black and White Impermanence ignored them and wanted to take Zhou Zhou away, everyone immediately became excited.

"Don't touch him, you've got the wrong guy."

"What are you doing? Don't touch Zhou Zhou."

"He's not a ghost!"

But the excited crowd found that they could not touch the two people at all, and their outstretched hands only touched the air.

But the Black and White Impermanence were able to meet Zhou Zhou.

The Black and White Impermanence seemed to be unable to hear the sounds around them. They grabbed Zhou Zhou's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right. The next moment, the fog obscured everyone's vision and no one could see anything.

When the fog cleared, Zhou Zhou and the two Black and White Impermanence had disappeared.

The process is the same as before, where a god or Buddha suddenly appears and cannot be touched and takes the ghost away. The only difference is that this time it is Zhou Zhou who is taken away.

"Zhou Zhou, is this eliminated?"

Qian Le was a little confused. Although Zhou Zhou being captured was indeed unexpected, they could still see the eliminated Zhou Zhou when they left the copy, so in his opinion, this matter was not very serious.

Shirley and Keli looked at each other with unstoppable worry in their eyes. They knew Zhou Zhou's identity, but they didn't know what would happen after Zhou Zhou was eliminated. After all, according to the normal process, eliminated players would be ejected from the game, and if they didn't have enough points to be resurrected, they wouldn't even be able to log in.

Zhou Zhou’s current points are more than enough for hundreds of revival attempts, but he is not a human being. What will happen after he is eliminated?

The two originally wanted to ask Al, after all, he also knew Zhou Zhou's true identity, and he had a close relationship with Zhou Zhou. The two had done many copies together, but when they looked over, they found that Al's face was very ugly at this time.

Elvia didn't expect that Zhou Zhou would disappear right under her nose, and no one knew whether Zhou Zhou would be eliminated after his disappearance, and what would happen after his elimination.

He shouldn't have let Zhou Zhou continue to do the copy. He could obviously turn Zhou Zhou into a human being immediately, and then continue to enter the game.

Originally everyone was still discussing what to do now, but gradually, the voices became quieter and finally there was complete silence.

Everyone looked at Elvia. His expression looked the same as usual, but his whole body exuded an astonishing sense of oppression. Everyone was quiet and didn't dare to speak. Even their breathing was light.

Alvia did not notice the reactions of the people around him. He opened his task panel and kept writing something on it.

We can't see his task panel, but we can tell that he seems to want to do something.

What can I do with the Task Panel?

Elvia is hacking into the system, looking for Zhou Zhou's trace.

"Nightmare City" is Zeus's place. All the rules are made by Zeus. No one can invade the system where Zeus is located. This is the consensus of the interstellar people.

But no one knew that their emperor was the only one who could hack into the system. If it were normal times, if Zeus felt that someone wanted to invade his place, he would have reacted immediately.

But Alvia did not encounter any obstruction. He guessed that Zeus might know what he was doing, so he did not interfere. Alvia relaxed a little. It seemed that Zhou Zhou should be fine, otherwise Zeus would definitely be the first to report it.

The entire structure framework of the copy was quickly called out to find Zhou Zhou's location, which was quickly found.

Zhou Zhou was not eliminated, he was still in the copy, he just went to the next scene.

Elvia closed the task panel, strode towards the faceless stone statue, and gave it a light push. The huge and heavy stone statue fell to the ground and was smashed into pieces.

No one knows what he is doing, is he venting his anger?

The next moment, I received a prompt from the task panel.

[Task progress 10/10, the ghost hunting mission has been completed.] 】

【Task of customs clearance: Find the exit of customs clearance. 】

【Task Tips: Find a companion.】 】

As messages came in one after another, everyone realized that the last ghost could be eliminated by simply breaking the stone statue, and there was no need for talisman paper at all. So the purpose of the talisman paper was to use Zhou Zhou as a substitute for the ghost, and then make everyone think that the ghost was always attached to Zhou Zhou, and thus ignore the stone statue.

They thought they could pass the level by catching ten ghosts, but now it seems they can't. The hint to pass the level is to find a companion, and their companion is Zhou Zhou. Does this mean that Zhou Zhou has not been eliminated, but is just waiting for them to find him somewhere?

Before anyone could rejoice, they noticed that Al seemed to be looking down at the broken stone statue, and then he disappeared.

"Where are the people?" Everyone ran over and found that there was a straight hole under the toppled stone statue. The hole was extremely dark and they could not see anything. Even when they used lighting tools to shine inside, it was still pitch black.

"Why did Al jump down? Did he fall in accidentally?"

"Impossible. He couldn't have fallen in even with his eyes closed. Could it be that Zhou Zhou was right there, so Al jumped in?"

"Ah? But it's so dark in there, how does he know Zhou Zhou is down there?"

"It could be the induction between lovers. Besides, the temple is so small. If Zhou Zhou is somewhere in the temple, we can find him easily. Then this clearance task is too easy. I guess the exit is right below."

"So what should we do now? Jump down too?"

Shirley was very determined: "Jump."

If it weren't for her, Zhou Zhou wouldn't have been caught. Even if Zhou Zhou was not there, she would accept being eliminated. If Ai'er dared to jump, there was nothing she wouldn't dare to do.

Shirley looked at the people with different expressions and said, "I'll go down first. You guys wait a while and then come down one by one. Otherwise, what if you step on me?"

After saying that, she jumped down without hesitation.

Keli waited for a few minutes and followed him down.

The same goes for Qian Le and Eddie.

As for the remaining two players, although they hesitated for a long time, they still jumped into the cave together.

The temple was peaceful and quiet. The broken stone statues were restored to their original state, and the originally messy temple was restored to the way it was when they first arrived, as if they had never been there.

The next round of players are already at the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Zhou felt his mind was in a mess. Many images flashed through his mind, including scenes of him and Alvia, and Shirley Coli doing missions, as well as scenes of him being an NPC in the game a thousand years ago, and scenes of him and Alvia chatting and drinking tea in the Love Academy. Various images intertwined and appeared, and in the end, it was like a replay, playing all his experiences again.

There are even some long-forgotten memories.

When Zhou Zhou sorted out all his memories and opened his eyes, he found himself in a pot.

Zhou Zhou:? ? ?

The water in the pot has a metallic luster and sparkles like stars. It doesn't look dirty at all and even looks pretty.

He was sitting in the pot, the water in the pot just covered his chest. The water was not very hot, and it felt like taking a hot spring bath.

Zhou Zhou didn't know where he was, and he didn't act rashly. Instead, he sat in the pot and looked around.

The environment here is dark, but Zhou Zhou has very good night vision and can see clearly even in the distance.

This is a huge and rugged cave. The surrounding ground is very flat. There are several identical large pots placed inside with firewood underneath. The blazing firewood makes the fire burn particularly vigorously, and metallic bubbles are coming out of the pots.

So, there is also burning wood under the pot he is sitting in?

Zhou Zhou realized later that he seemed to be boiled.

Suddenly there was a scream from the side. Zhou Zhou looked over and found that there was someone in the pot next to him, but that person did not look as relaxed as Zhou Zhou.

He kept struggling in the pot, as if he wanted to climb out of it, but there seemed to be a barrier at the edge of the pot blocking him, forcing him to stay in the pot.

The man had a painful expression on his face and struggled a few times in the boiling pot before being drowned in the water.

Before Zhou Zhou could ask, a pile of white bones emerged from the pot.

The man was boiled to a skeleton.

Zhou Zhou: “…”

He felt the temperature of the pot he was in. It wasn't particularly hot. Was it like boiling a frog in warm water?

He wanted to get out of the pot, but Zhou Zhou found that there was indeed a barrier beside the pot, so he could only stay in the pot.

Zhou Zhou, who couldn't escape, could only stay in the pot and be boiled.

People were constantly being driven out of the pots around. Those driving them were not humans, but ghosts less than one meter tall with horns on their heads.

After driving these people into the pot, the little devils immediately added firewood to make a fire. They would not take them out of the pot until they turned into skeletons, and then replace them with another person.

The pot where Zhou Zhou was located had been refilled with firewood several times. The little ghosts with horns gathered around the pot with puzzled looks on their faces, as if they didn't understand why this person couldn't be cooked.

Is the skin too thick?

Zhou Zhou himself didn't know why, but he watched the little kid, who was less than one meter tall, working hard to add firewood and water, but the temperature in the pot remained comfortable and pleasant.

It’s a pity that these little ghosts couldn’t understand what he was saying, and he couldn’t understand what they were saying either, so he could only sit in the pot bored.

Looking at the water sparkling with starlight, Zhou Zhou originally wanted to wash his hair, but when he remembered that this water had boiled other people into bones, he gave up in the end.

It’s so boring, and I don’t know what’s going on with the others. Zhou Zhou lay beside the pot, staring at the pot next to him, hoping that Elvia would appear.

After Shirley jumped down, she felt like she was falling down. She originally thought that the hole could only be a few dozen meters deep, but she had been falling for a long time and had not reached the bottom yet.

From the panic at the beginning to the calmness now, Shirley even changed a few postures in the middle.

She's doomed now, once she reaches the bottom, she'll be smashed into a puddle of mud, Shirley thought calmly.

The result was not what she expected. After an unknown amount of time, Shirley's descent became slower and slower. In the end, she landed lightly on the ground without suffering any injury.

After Shirley stood up, she found herself in a cave, and Al, who had come down long ago, was no longer visible.

She didn't know where to go to find Zhou Zhou and Al who had already left, so she stayed where she was and waited for the other companions to come down.

After landing, Elvia immediately walked towards the direction where Zhou Zhou was.

He could be said to have cheated in this copy, and found Zhou Zhou's location by hacking into the game system. This method of passing the level was naturally not allowed, but he couldn't wait to find it slowly, and would deal with subsequent problems after he got out.

Passing through one cave entrance after another, the caves here are connected to each other, rugged and strange, and there are countless little ghosts inside, but these little ghosts have very low combat power. Even if they find invaders and want to capture Elvia, none of them can fight.

Soon, Elvia found the cave where Zhou Zhou was.

When he went over, Zhou Zhou was so bored that he was preparing to teach himself how to swim in the pot.

When he saw Alvia, he immediately waved his arms: "Al, I'm here."

Looking at Zhou Zhou who was intact, Alvia closed his eyes and finally loosened his tightly clenched fists.

I'm glad you're okay.

Zhou Zhou couldn't get out of the pot, but Elvia didn't feel any barrier at all. He carried Zhou Zhou out of the pot without feeling any obstruction.

The little devils, less than one meter tall, tried to subdue the invaders with knives and forks, but they only killed batches of people.

Shirley waited until everyone else came down before going to look for Zhou Zhou and Elvia.

They followed the traces of fighting left by Elvia and quickly found where the two were.

There were too many players, and the little ghosts couldn't defeat them all and ran away, leaving only big pots.

When Qian Le learned that Zhou Zhou was put into the pot and boiled, he laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back: "Are they welcoming you?"

"No, I saw that everyone else who entered the pot turned into skeletons." Zhou Zhou pointed to a pile of bones in the corner and said innocently.

Eddie couldn't laugh anymore. The thought of these people being boiled alive seemed a bit insane even for a game.

However, they later saw words carved on the wall somewhere in the cave and realized that this was the underworld. Those who were put into the pot had done many bad things in their lives and were punished after death.

"Zhou Zhou has been staying well in the pot, is it because he was possessed by a substitute ghost and caught by the wrong person, so he will not be harmed?" Keli speculated.

Everyone else thought so too, and they looked for an exit nearby. But before they found it, the little devils came again.

This time they not only brought a lot of little ghosts, but also some ghosts that looked very powerful, including the Black and White Impermanence who kidnapped Zhou Zhou. They should all be regarded as ghost messengers of the underworld.

So the smaller one was beaten and then the bigger one came?

Everyone could only flee for their lives as they were chased by the ghost, and Zhou Zhou also found clues to the exit during the escape.

Zhou Zhou discovered the Mirror of Sin in the underworld.

Legend has it that this mirror can reflect a person's past and present lives. As long as you stand in front of the mirror, you can see the scene you want to see.

They want to find the exit, so this mirror might be useful.

As expected, Zhou Zhou saw the exit in the mirror, but no one else could see what he saw.

Everyone tried it in front of the mirror and found that the passage everyone saw was different.

So there is more than one exit this time, and each person’s exit is different.

So after negotiation, they split up and went to look for the passage they saw.

Elvia was the only one here who was unwilling to separate from Zhou Zhou. She did not go to find the passage she saw, but followed Zhou Zhou and left through the passage he discovered.

When everyone found their own passage and left through it, they finally passed the level successfully.

Although they left from different places, the meeting point was still the same.

The two players expressed their gratitude to them. Without Zhou Zhou, Elvia and others, they would not have been able to pass the level.

Elvia was the only one who failed to pass the level, but she didn't care about it.

Even if he successfully clears the level, all the points he earned based on his actions in the previous copy will be deducted.

As long as Zhou Zhou is safe, that's enough.

Zhou Zhou still got the most points this time, but now he has over 10 million points. The several copies he designed are running well, so the points this time don’t matter to him.

The others also reaped a lot of rewards. Shirley and Keli happily used their points to purchase props. It was time for Eddie and Qian Le to log off and go back.

Elvia is still frightened by this. There is too much uncertainty about Zhou Zhou in the game. Once he is seriously injured or eliminated in the copy, no one can guarantee that he can continue to exist.

It is precisely for this reason that Elvia is becoming more and more eager to turn Zhou Zhou into a human.

For a period of time afterwards, Zhou Zhou was strictly prohibited from participating in dungeon missions, so he could only stay at home and design new dungeons.

Until Elvia came to him and told him that his real body had matured and the time for him to become a human had finally come.

Zeus, who had not been seen for a long time, finally appeared again after learning the news. This time he did not stop Zhou Zhou, but said hesitantly that he would have something to say to Zhou Zhou after he became a human.

Alvia glanced at Zeus and did not interrupt their conversation.

Zhou Zhou touched Zeus's head and said, "Actually, I know what you want to say. I was possessed by an NPC in a dungeon before and found that my memory was missing, but now I have recovered it."

Zeus looked at Zhou Zhou with shining eyes: "Then you..."

Zhou Zhou smiled and nodded.

Zeus immediately rushed to Zhou Zhou and hugged his waist: "That's great."

Elvia, who was standing by, was confused: "What are you talking about?"

Zhou Zhou and Zeus smiled at each other: "It's a secret, I can't tell you."

The location of the research institute is very hidden. Ever since Zhou Zhou told Elvia that he wanted to become a human, they have begun to cultivate his body based on Zhou Zhou's data. During this period, drugs have been used to make his body grow rapidly. Currently, this soulless body is exactly eighteen years old, the same age as Zhou Zhou in the game.

This technology has been developed for hundreds of years. Scientists previously developed it for Zeus, but Zeus didn't want to become a human being at all, so this technology has been shelved. However, over the years, various technologies have become very mature, so Zhou Zhou can perform the operation without any risk.

Zhou Zhou was very excited, but also a little nervous.

At the moment he fell into sleep, he saw Alvia and Zeus beside him.

Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, he will always be grateful for all the people and things he meets.

Zhou Zhou's data has been imported into this body, but it still needs an adaptation process, so it is unclear when he will wake up.

Elvia has been guarding Zhou Zhou at the research institute, and Zeus is also monitoring Zhou Zhou's physical data at any time.

A week later, Zhou Zhou's physical data finally changed. The fluctuations in his brain suddenly increased, and he was about to wake up.

As for Zhou Zhou, he just slept as usual. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Elvia and Zeus looking at him happily.

"Zhou Zhou, welcome back."

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