As soon as the two stepped into the building, they heard bursts of demonic laughter, a jumble of voices from men, women, the elderly, and babies!

Isn't this interesting?

The old man smiled and tapped the dark red floor with his cane.

Lin Zhi frowned slightly and asked, "So what exactly is this place? What's here?"

"This is the Demon Laughter Building. Since you two have nothing to do anyway, why don't you come and play a game here?" The old man led the two to a room and then handed each of them a card.

Jiang Ran opened the cards; one of them read "Successful Person," while the second read "Failure Person."

"My game is mainly for important people to enjoy, so there are some other important people in the building right now~"

The old man's words always had a strange tremor, as if he was laughing all the time, which fit the theme of his "Magic Laughter Building".

"If you manage to find them inside, you might even get some strange little gadgets from them." The old man rubbed his hands together. "Of course, if you manage to win, I'll also give you something."

"Don't worry, it will be something you're interested in."

"You've said so much..." Lin Zhi picked up two cards and looked them over. "You should also tell us the rules of the game! Otherwise, what are we doing with these two cards? Are we just going to play a card-swiping game?"

"Haha, don't panic, you two."

"The rules of the game are simple: you can exchange identity cards at the appropriate time."

Seeing that the old man remained silent, Lin Zhi pressed, "And then?"

"And then? What then?" The old man shrugged. "These are all the rules I can tell you."

Exchanging identity tokens?! And at the right time?

What's the purpose of the identity cards? And what's this "right time" nonsense?

Lin Zhi felt like she'd been listening to a completely pointless discussion about these rules!

Jiang Ran took two cards from Lin Zhi. The cards had nothing on them except three characters, not even any patterns that could hide some information. The front was completely clean, and the back was also blank.

In other words, apart from the information provided by the name on the identity card itself, all other rules need to be learned through the game.

"If either of you doesn't want to continue playing, you can leave at any time. After all, games are just a pastime..."

"Don't push your luck~ It might, hehe, kill someone."

The old man reached out and pointed to the stairs leading upstairs.

"Going downstairs is considered leaving the premises. Please remember this."

Jiang Ran and Lin Zhi did not go upstairs immediately, but decided to first distribute two identity cards.

One picture of a "successful person," and one picture of a "failure."

Although the specific function of the identity cards is unknown, judging from the literal meaning, a "successful person" is definitely better than a "loser."

Lin Zhi took away the "Loser" card and left the "Successer" card for Jiang Ran.

Before the game starts, it's not appropriate to make such a hasty judgment that the "loser" is necessarily a bad person. But since we don't know anything anyway, it doesn't matter which card each person gets.

After the two had assigned their identity tokens, they began to climb the stairs.

As soon as Jiang Ran arrived on the second floor, he could feel that the laughter around him had grown louder. If the atmosphere was relatively cheerful before, it was now undoubtedly somewhat jarring.

The lighting was dim; if one wasn't careful, one might accidentally pick up something from the ground.

Wait... what's on the ground?

Jiang Ran looked down and saw a man in a suit with an octopus head lying on the ground, holding a bottle of water of life in his hand.

"Mmm...drink..."

How come there's a drunkard here?

Don't tell me there's a drinking party ahead!

Jiang Ran bent down to examine the drunkard's body; he had a feeling it wasn't that simple!

Sure enough, within seconds, Jiang Ran found an identity card on him—

[Drunkard]

The "Drunkard" identity card is so out of place with the "Successful Person" and "Loser" identity cards; it's hard to imagine that these two identity cards would appear simultaneously in the same game.

Moreover... since the octopus head has the "Drunkard" identity card, he has truly become a drunkard!

Will the "Successful Person" in Jiang Ran's hands and the "Failure Person" in Lin Zhi's hands also change their status?

Wait a minute, if we look at it this way, wouldn't they be guaranteed to win if they got the "Successful Person" title?

"Damn it!"

Under their gazes, the octopus head on the ground propped itself up and sat up, throwing away the wine bottle in its hand. The bottle shattered in the corridor, the wine spilling out and emitting a fragrant aroma.

"This thing is really harmful! How could I have gotten the [Drunkard] card?"

Octopus Head stood up, dusted himself off, and quickly shook Jiang Ran's hand!

"Thank you, thank you! If you hadn't taken the [Drunkard], I would have had to sleep until the next round!"

“However—” the octopus-headed man coughed lightly, then changed the subject, “According to the rules of the game, now that you’ve taken my identity card, you have to give me your own! We still have to follow the rules!”

As he spoke, he smiled and spread out his hands.

Jiang Ran chuckled. Trading a "drunkard" for a "successful person"? Is there really such a good deal in the world?

So he simply shoved the "Drunkard" card back into his hand!

"The cards you've already taken can't be returned..."

Before the octopus-headed man could finish speaking, the drunkard, once in his grasp, collapsed into a deep sleep, muttering incoherently.

"Trying to get something for nothing?"

Judging from the octopus head's behavior before and after, Jiang Ran could also deduce several important pieces of information.

The identity card does have a certain impact on the holder, and this impact disappears after the identity card is lost.

Everyone must have at least one identification card!

Otherwise, there would be no need for the octopus head to ask Jiang Ran for his identity card. He doesn't know what cards Jiang Ran has, so there's no need for him to gamble!

After Jiang Ran took the octopus head [Drunkard], he was not affected by it. Was it because he was holding two identity cards at the time?

If you have multiple identity cards, which one should you prioritize? Or which one has the strongest effect?

Also, how did the octopus head obtain the "Drunkard" card?

Weren't the other players' initial identity cards "Successful Person" and "Lost Person"?

Just as Jiang Ran was thinking, the laughter throughout the entire building suddenly stopped!

"It's stopped?"

Then came the sound of crying from all directions!

The entire building was shrouded in a somber atmosphere!