The magic circle was activated, and everyone was engulfed by the blood-red light. In the blink of an eye, they found themselves in a bizarre world!

Jiang Ran looked up at the sky and saw that it was exactly the same as what he had seen in his dream. This was the eerie world, another eerie paradise after the world of ghost stories!

A faint smell of blood filled the air, making everyone feel uncomfortable, except for Laast, who seemed somewhat excited.

"Hmm—the air with the smell of blood is definitely fresher!"

No, this has absolutely nothing to do with freshness...

The group suddenly appeared in the center of the eerie square, attracting the attention of the local eerie beings.

"Humans..."

The closure of the Ghost Stories world has meant that some bizarre individuals who have been wandering in lower-level worlds for years have not eaten human flesh for several days!

The intelligence of some strange creatures is not as high as we might imagine.

"I'll use you as my appetizer!"

A lump of rotten flesh rushed out from the side of the street, and Shi Li had already reached the terrifying [Elite] level!

Even in a lower-level world, he would be someone of some importance.

Snap!

Planck casually slapped him across the face, turning him into a bloody pulp.

"I prefer the smell of ocean waves to the smell of blood in the air!"

He flicked his hand, and the aura he exuded sent shivers down the spines of all the strange creatures on the street!

Near Godhood! It's actually near Godhood?!

All the strange creatures kept their distance, making way for the group.

"Jiang Ran, there's something I need to do."

As Arceus approached, he greeted them and then walked away alone into the distance.

"By the way, be careful of things that seem obviously abnormal, even if you think they are reasonable."

After saying that, he put his hands in his pockets and left the group.

"Brother! Brother! Where are you going?"

Hey! Wait for me!

Aransta quickly followed.

Arceus did not come here simply to follow the crowd; he had this idea a long time ago, so naturally he had his own things to do.

Aransta followed along, taking Laast with him, thus reducing the number of people in the group by three.

Be wary of things that seem obviously abnormal, even if you think they're reasonable—Jiang Ran seemed to understand the meaning of his warning.

"It's not a big problem. They should go about their business, and we should go about our own business."

It all started with the King of Human Observers. Jiang Ran decided that his first stop in the strange world would be the Strange Academy!

Based on his memories from the dream, Jiang Ran quickly found the way to the eerie academy, but as he walked, he felt increasingly uneasy.

Jiang Ran silently activated the Wheel of Fate.

"Brother! Why are we leaving the main force?"

Aransta caught up and asked with a puzzled look.

Now that they've come all this way to this strange world, why do they have to leave so soon after arriving?

"It's me who's leaving the main group, not you. Of course, it doesn't matter whether you follow or not."

Arceus shrugged.

“You left, how could I not follow?” Aransta sighed. “Stop being mysterious, bro! Tell me why!”

He held his head in his hands: "I'm afraid I won't even be able to make a living later on!"

Since he couldn't even beat Jiang in his own dreams, Alansta's confidence has been severely damaged!

These days, even having a proper dream isn't enough...

Do you think we are safe now?

Arceus posed a question to Aransta.

“What’s unsafe…” Alansta thought of the strange creature that had been courting death in the square earlier. “Even without the main force, with our strength, we shouldn’t be afraid of most strange creatures.”

Despite his lack of presence in the team, Laast's strength as the "King of Ghosts" makes him quite a figure in the supernatural world.

Not to mention that both of them possess [miracles].

"If it weren't safe, you wouldn't dare to run out alone, would you? We're not people who don't value their lives."

"No, it is precisely because of the danger that we must act alone. Sometimes, risking your life is the best way to save yourself."

"[Director], he's here."

The director is here?!

Aransta was startled. If it really was the [True God] descending, then what was the point of them playing?

Speaking of the one behind him, he hasn't shown himself since he first bestowed divinity upon him...

I don't know what they're planning.

Ahem, I hope they won't overhear me gossiping about my boss behind his back?

But soon, Aransta realized something unusual about Arceus's words.

The two of them communicated, of course, without speaking Chinese.

The word Arceus used was "he" not "the One"!

The implications of this are quite intriguing.

"No matter what happens, we should always try to make the situation work in our favor, shouldn't we?"

"[Director] I'm too scared to gamble~"

"And I will gain the most from this struggle!"

Thanks to Planck's earlier intimidation, no other strange creatures dared to provoke them along the way.

Others who had never been to this eerie world looked around. It did indeed resemble a world of ghost stories, the only difference being that there were no rules and no way to pass through it.

Before long, they arrived at the eerie school.

"It's much more desolate here than in Gwen's dream..."

Jiang Ran looked into the school. Unlike in his dream, there weren't many strange creatures gathered in the square. It was already quite rare to see one or two passing by.

"Does the eerie academy also have weekends off?"

Jiang Ran looked at Gwen.

“Something’s not right…” Gwen looked at the school. “Apart from the human observers who have to attend classes every day, the other strange creatures can come and go as they please.”

"So we don't have regular holidays, so why are there so few people today?"

Logically speaking, with the Ghost Stories World closed and the supernatural beings unable to access these worlds, the number of students in the academy should have increased, right?

At that moment, a human observer extended a tentacle from a classroom on the 5th floor, and then its entire body was squeezed out and landed directly on the square.

For those who are near-gods, jumping off a building is an incredibly easy thing, and it won't have any impact on them.

But he was smashed into eight pieces in such a bizarre way, his severed limbs and tentacles flailing wildly on the ground!

"Oh no! Watch out!"

The tentacles exploded into a bloody mist, as if bright red ink had been splashed on the center of the square, leaving an incredibly bizarre pattern!