This time, clearing the dungeon was no longer in doubt. Jiang Ran picked up the seal and led the large group towards the referee's location.

Their team is terrifying; even if everyone else in this dungeon were combined, they probably wouldn't be a match for them.

Alice walked with Gwen, who pouted, looking a little angry!

"You're already at the [Near God] level? Leveling up so fast? Why are you playing with blue threads now?" Alice covered her mouth and chuckled. "Did you get the inspiration from me?"

"Shut up! Want to fight?"

"Although I'm not afraid of you—but wouldn't doing this cause trouble for Brother Jiang Ran? Hmph, I'm very understanding, you know! Unlike some—people~"

"Jiang Ran! Quickly send her back!"

Jiang Ran could only smile helplessly, indicating that she was powerless to help.

“Youth is all about energy.” Planck shifted his focus to Chen, “Young lady, can you conjure up wine?”

"It should be... alright, right?"

"Haha! Give me a bottle of yours, I don't care about the taste, just make sure it's strong. From now on, you're my little sister!"

Jiang Ran quickly approached the referee.

"...The last six important characters in the plot are, in order, Hong Qigong, Lü Baxian, Zhang Jiuzhong, Long Shili, Gao Shiyi, and Ou Shier."

I have a feeling that something strange has gotten mixed in with it.

After the referee finished speaking, he handed over all of his seals to Jiang Ran.

What's going on here?

Jiang Ran was trying to get these seals back, but the referee gave them to her directly?

"Give these things to the Demon Apostle and let Aisha be resurrected."

The referee said the name Aisha, not the Demon Lord!

As Jiang Ran accepted the seal, he kept a wary eye on the referee.

“Although the Demonic Mirror is unaware of my existence, my purpose in collecting the seals is also to revive her.” The referee bowed. “My mission is almost complete. Once you have identified the final liar, I shall leave the stage.”

"Aisha is Lord [Chains]'s representative, and to me, she's a colleague, although we've never met and probably never will."

The referee stood up straight, returning to his previous posture.

"Go, do what you want to do."

"Thanks."

Jiang Ran returned to the group: "I have obtained key information about the remaining six important characters in the story. Although there should be nothing in the dungeon that can pose a threat to us now, we still need to be cautious."

"We'll split up to find the questions corresponding to these important characters in the plot, but I'll conduct all the final questioning. Is there any objection to that?"

"No, speaking of which, are we really about to clear the SSS-rank ghost story world? I'm getting a little excited just thinking about it!" Rusgrler could hardly hide his smile. "This is an achievement that no one has ever accomplished before!"

"But then again, isn't this a bit too simple than I initially thought?"

Simple... in a sense, yes.

"Therefore, we cannot afford to falter at the very end; we must be vigilant against any possible unforeseen circumstances!"

"Aha—is it finally over?"

Bates was still looking at the newspaper, but no one noticed that he was actually holding it upside down.

The group first identified the question related to Hong Qigong, the seventh important character in the story, and after a series of investigations, confirmed that he was telling the truth.

During this time, the question for Lü Baxian, the eighth important character in the story, was also raised: "Do you think I revere gods?"

Faced with this obviously problematic issue, Jiang Ran began a conversation with Lü Baxian.

Do you think I revere God?

No, I don't think so.

Lu Baxian pushed up his glasses: "Jiang Ran, in your eyes, what kind of existence is God?"

"Gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent. They also have human emotions, their own purposes, and their own predicaments."

"Then what's the difference between them and humans? Aren't they just like people with more power?" Jiang Ran looked at Lü Baxian in front of him. "I don't know how to address him?"

"You can call me [Emperor]."

Hmm, much better than those two guys at the beginning who wouldn't even reveal their god names!

[Emperor]... It is said that the clash between divine power and royal power is the most intense, but unexpectedly there is a god called [Emperor].

"I have a question." Jiang Ran knew that the person in front of him might slip away at any moment, so he wanted to seize the opportunity. "I want to know, were gods once human beings?"

"Asking such profound questions right off the bat?" The Emperor, contrary to his divine name, smiled like a friend.

"The main problem is that a guy called 'The Pope' told me that I could find a chance to become a god by coming to this SSS-level dungeon, but I still haven't found this so-called opportunity."

Jiang Ran smiled as well.

Finally, the Emperor nodded.

"I was a human being before, and I still consider myself a human being now."

Lu Baxian lowered his head, and Jiang Ran knew that the Emperor had left.

The question posed to Zhang Jiuzhong, the ninth important character in the story, was strange: "Are you still alive?"

Soon, the group found his grave, where the epitaph read: "I am dead, please do not disturb me."

"I think he has already given a silent answer..."

"No, just writing it on the tombstone doesn't count as his answer at all! And I didn't feel that mysterious feeling at all. This guy is definitely up to something!"

The group resumed their investigation into Zhang Jiuzhong. Meanwhile, Jiang Ran arrived at the location of the tenth important character in the plot. Coincidentally, Long Shili was the cemetery's caretaker.

Jiang Ran asked the corresponding question: "Whose grave are you guarding?"

I am guarding the grave of fate.

At this moment, he is both the gravedigger and the [gravedigger]!

What is the tombkeeper of fate?

Instead of answering the question directly, the gravedigger threw out another one: "Do you know why we are called the Twelve Gods when there are only eleven of us?"

"Because one of the gods perished?"

The Gravekeeper shook his head: "If it's just a matter of falling, then shouldn't we just rename ourselves the Eleven Gods?"

Jiang Ran stopped responding and waited for Him to explain.

"It's like a glass of water. When it evaporates, you lose a glass of water, but the water still exists in the world as steam. Although you've lost a glass of water, the water still exists."

"It sounds like some kind of philosophical concept."

“This is the conservation of divinity. I think it’s inappropriate to describe that being as fallen; it should be called ‘decomposition’.”