"Little Fox?" Yan Qing quickly stopped Lingxi, then mentally instructed the Netherworld Brocade Fox, "You can begin."
"Yes, Master."
As soon as Youming Jinli finished speaking, a faint purple mist suddenly flew out from Yan Qing's body and slowly drifted to the nose of the woman in red.
The next moment, the woman in red opened her eyes and started to sit up.
"Alright, Master, please ask quickly. My spell can only last for about five minutes."
"Okay!" Yan Qing nodded and immediately asked the woman a question.
"Who are you?"
The woman's expression remained blank, but she obediently answered her question.
"My name is Zhang Nana, and I am the second daughter of the previous head of the Zhang family. I have an older sister named Zhang Xinxin, who is currently the 132nd generation of the Luohua Cave Daughter in the family."
"The Fallen Flower Cave Maiden? What is that?" Yan Qing instinctively recalled the strange wedding she had witnessed today. Could the bride be Zhang Xinxin?
Zhang Nana's expression remained blank. "The Fallen Flower Cave Maiden is the wife of the Cave God of Wuyun Mountain, and also the most beautiful woman in our Xiangxi region. We women are all honored to be chosen as the Fallen Flower Cave Maiden."
Is this even possible? The wife of the cave god? Could the cave god they're talking about be inside that ridiculously long cave they came out of?
"Could you tell us about the Cave God?"
“The Cave God is—” Zhang Nana was about to speak when she suddenly began to convulse, then collapsed onto the bed, completely losing consciousness.
Yan Qing was dumbfounded. She hadn't even finished asking her question! Zhang Nana had just fainted like that?
Could this "Cave God" really be a forbidden existence? One that can't even be mentioned? Then why was she fine after asking about it?
She couldn't figure it out.
"Little Fox, can you do it again? I have other questions to ask you." Yan Qing began to discuss with the Netherworld Brocade Fox.
Unfortunately, even the Netherworld Brocade Fox was powerless this time. "Master, this spell can only be used once per person. It won't work the second time."
"Sigh—" If she had known, she would have asked something else. Now, apart from this person's name, it's basically useless.
"That's it!" Yan Qing slapped her forehead. "There are several on the ground outside! We can ask them!"
This time she was much more careful, but after questioning the white-clad woman on the ground outside, she learned almost everything.
It turns out this place is called the Zhang Family Old Residence, located in a place called Wuyun Village. These women in white are indeed maids in the residence. The Zhang Family Old Residence has no more than ten owners in total, and besides the three elders, there are only these three girls.
The old man she met today was the Third Elder, Zhang Nana's uncle. As for their parents, they were said to have passed away many years ago.
Zhang Nana herself is currently studying at S University.
Upon hearing this, Yan Qing felt a chill run down her spine. At the same time, an envelope automatically popped out of her backpack—the invitation from Zhang Nana, the victim in the girls' dormitory simulation.
Yan Qing covered her mouth. Could it be? Could this Zhang Nana really be the victim who died in the girls' dormitory?
The familiar mechanical voice rang out again—that damned dungeon notification tone:
Dear Adventurer, welcome to the five-star dungeon "Azure Dragon Coffin"! You have earned the opportunity to enter the subsequent quest scenario. The new dungeon "Falling Flower Cave Maiden" is about to open. Congratulations on unlocking the hidden quest! The quest selection rules for "Falling Flower Cave Maiden" are now announced:
1. Become Zhang Nana. As a dungeon NPC, complete the ultimate mission to eliminate all adventurers participating in subsequent dungeons. Kill all the candidates, and you will be the only one left.
2. Kill Zhang Nana. You will directly replace Zhang Nana's role, kill the real Luohua Cave Girl, and you will be redeemed.
Please note that the above tasks are mandatory, requiring you to choose one of the two options. Adventurers have five minutes to choose; failure to do so will result in immediate elimination. The countdown is now beginning—
300, 299, 298, 297...
Yan Qing's eyes widened in disbelief. This was blatant robbery! How could they force someone to buy something like this?
She couldn't worry about anything else; time was of the essence, and she needed to quickly study the two rules for the instance. But once she looked at them, her head spun even more.
Both of these dungeon quests required her to kill someone!
As a flower of the motherland in the 21st century, I've never even killed a chicken in my life, let alone murdered someone. Now, these two tasks are even more bizarre than the last.
The first task required her to play an NPC, which she agreed to. However, the subsequent requirement to kill all the candidates was rather terrifying. Did she have to go on a killing spree if there were a hundred candidates?
At first glance, Mission Two only requires killing two people: Zhang Nana and the woman from Luohua Cave. It seems gentler than Mission One, but that can't hide the fact that killing is still necessary!
The crucial point is that this "Zhang Nana" is right in front of her. Once she chooses Mission Two, she'll have no choice but to kill this person.
Yan Qing was completely exasperated. Couldn't she just eliminate them all? Forced eradication like that was just too domineering!
"Hey, since it's a hidden mission, can we ask for something else?" Yan Qing asked tentatively.
Her response was still the same mechanical system voice—
167, 166, 165, 164...
Holy crap! Even someone as calm and composed as Yan Qing couldn't resist the urge to unleash her national treasure.
final--
Fine, you're ruthless! She silently memorized the feeling of this moment.
"Little Fox, and Spirit Rhinoceros, can you help me check if these rules have been corrupted?"
Even though she knew that such direct copy prompts from the system were unlikely to be false, Yan Qing still asked one more question.
After receiving affirmative answers from both of them, she finally steeled herself and said through gritted teeth,
"I choose the second one!"
Regardless, in her world, Zhang Nana was already dead. Compared to not knowing how many people she would have to kill, at least Mission Two had a clear objective of killing two people.
"Adventurer's quest has been selected. Please check your dungeon rules."
The moment the system's mechanical voice disappeared, a long-lost piece of parchment fell into her palm.
Yan Qing immediately used the magic item, the Heaven and Earth Dice, to investigate and found that the rules were completely uncontaminated this time.
The parchment in her hand was a completely different color from the usual yellowish-brown. The whole piece of paper looked as if it had been rolled around in a pile of charcoal, its dark, murky appearance standing out starkly.
What surprised her most was not the altered parchment, but its contents—because there wasn't a single word on the entire parchment.
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