With a 'pfft' sound.

It was a clear sound, the sound of flesh being pierced, the heart beating in the chest cavity, completely pierced by the world's most advanced dagger, even through the ribs, easily passing through the chest cavity to reveal the blood-stained tip of the dagger.

'Tick-tock, tick-tock'...

The specially made long dagger was enough to pierce the man's chest, and drops of blood rolled down. The little yellow talisman figures laughed sharply and shrilly, tightly gripping Jiang Shihe's body and restraining him. And behind him... was Ji He.

She gripped the dagger with one hand and pressed down on Jiang Shihe's shoulder with the other, holding him firmly. Even though she knew the dagger had pierced his heart, Ji He never let go and pushed it in forcefully.

The ground was covered in pools of blood, and the walls were splattered with large patches of blood. Even Ji He was covered in blood. Yet, despite the horrific scene of the murder, Ji He's eyes remained unmoved as she glared at him fiercely.

"Go to hell, Jiang Shihe!"

Ji He spoke in a low voice, her tone filled with chilling murderous intent.

Jiang Shihe seemed to want to struggle, but the little yellow talisman laughed sharply, bit his arm, and the fine runes instantly wrapped around it, completely enveloping him.

Finally—after Ji He had stabbed him countless times, the man's tall figure fell to the ground in a pool of blood.

Ji He, covered in blood, gasped for breath.

She stared intently at the lifeless Jiang Shihe lying on the ground, then breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, he's finally dead..."

Jiang Shihe's back was already stabbed until it was a bloody mess. Ji He seemed to be afraid that he wasn't completely dead and would come back to life. She kept stabbing him with the knife, smashing his back until only rotten flesh remained.

Ji He took several steps back before finally bursting into laughter.

"Great! Although it might use up one chance to avoid the penalty for failing to clear the dungeon, I've finally achieved the goal for this dungeon. I've finally succeeded!"

"Each achievement will grant you exclusive rewards for the dungeon, and that's the real good stuff!"

Ji He was making plans in her mind, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

She casually picked up the phone on the ground, the one used to play the live stream, a mocking smile playing on her lips, and stepped over Jiang Shihe's corpse: "It's good that he's dead—"

"etc."

But just then, Ji He, who had just stepped over Jiang Shihe's corpse, subconsciously lowered her head and looked back at the corpse on the ground, and couldn't help but frown: "It seems... that killing was a little too easy."

Only after she recovered from that overwhelming joy did Ji He realize that when she killed Jiang Shihe, everything went as smoothly as planned—no, even more smoothly than planned.

In Ji He's original plan, even if Jiang Shihe was attacked from behind, she did not think he would be powerless to resist. Even if a backstab caused him to lose half his health, it would still take some more effort to truly defeat him.

But... it went too smoothly, so smoothly that it was a one-hit kill, and even gave Ji He plenty of time to finish him off.

Not to mention, in this perilous instance, among the monsters hiding in human identities and spying on the players, there are none other than Ruan Qing'an and Jiang Shihe.

"Ruan Qing'an is not the serial killer, which means that in the background story of the dungeon, the real biggest boss is not her. The biggest boss in the entire dungeon should be Jiang Shihe."

"That's not right either. If that's the case, why is Ruan Qing'an so difficult to deal with, while Jiang Shihe, who is even more behind the scenes than her, is..."

Thinking of this, Ji He paused, turned around, picked up her specially made long dagger again, and then plunged it into Jiang Shihe's corpse, piercing through his skull.

Then, Ji He began to chant incantations, the radiance of Taoist and Buddhist arts intertwining and enveloping Jiang Shihe's corpse.

His body was completely mutilated.

They then used various secret methods to suppress ghosts and monsters.

After doing all this, Ji He finally felt a little more at ease. Then she turned around to leave, raised her hand and wiped away the yellow talismans that covered the windows and the Buddhist bead array on the ground. These items could still be used in the future.

She thought to herself, and only felt relieved after seeing these things: "That makes sense, after all, we weren't prepared at all when dealing with Ruan Qing'an."

As she spoke, Ji He could barely suppress the smile on her lips.

She casually opened her phone, intending to take another look at Long Qi and the others whom she had completely fooled, and then finally give up on the goal of clearing the level, letting Global Horror settle the score directly for her.

"Finally, I can leave this awful place."

"If I stay here any longer, I'll lose all sense of reality."

Ji He cursed under her breath. She didn't know what was going on with this dungeon. It had been made so perfectly by Global Thrillers that it was practically identical to reality within the capital city.

Compared to the classic dungeons that were only the size of a small town or school, this is simply outrageous and a huge waste.

As they were talking, Ji He submitted her application while watching the live stream.

"Wait... what, what's going on?!"

Ji He's face suddenly turned pale. In the live broadcast, Long Qi and the others who were going downstairs suddenly stopped, not because the live broadcast was lagging, but because—it was as if they had all stopped.

After this thought took hold of her mind, Ji He's fear began to spread uncontrollably. It was then that she suddenly remembered something: Ruan Qing'an was outside. Why...?

Realizing this, Ji He turned around abruptly.

Behind her, Jiang Shihe's body still stood there, utterly disfigured by her. Yet, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the corpse looked incredibly fake.

Not only did the live stream stop, but after noticing something was wrong, Ji He then noticed something—

Everything around her was like that.

"What...what is that...?"

"It's a ghost, it's a ghost realm, Ms. Ji He."

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out, reaching Ji He's ears. Her pupils involuntarily contracted sharply, and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, because...

The owner of that voice was clearly Jiang Shihe.

Jiang Shihe, the one she stabbed countless times and even mutilated, what exactly happened?!

Ji He froze, then shakily raised her head.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shihe continued speaking, his words tinged with a sigh: "I've finally waited for you, Ms. Ji He, I've finally waited for you."

"The first player who dared to kill me..."