After breakfast, the housekeeper disappeared and a young girl took over the counter.
There was a long line in front of the counter, with players waiting to buy their loot from last night.
"Tonight is the night of the lunar eclipse. The yin energy will be strong and the NPCs in the inn will be more terrifying than usual. It will be difficult to survive the night of the lunar eclipse."
"If we delay until night, our value will be updated again. There is no regularity in the price increase. If it increases too much, I don't know how long we will have to stay in this hellhole."
"After I sell the things I have, I'll have enough money to buy my life. Come on, guys."
Someone sighed, "We caught so many spirit insects last night, but we couldn't find their blood, so we can't make spirit insect wine to sell."
"Let's investigate further. There must be a place in this inn where we can find blood."
Some players sold their items, saved up enough money to buy their lives, and left the dungeon.
Players who haven't collected enough money continue to investigate the inn, racing against time to find a solution.
Fatty and Arou learned the wealth code from Yueya and went to attack the NPC in the inn.
Yue Ya sold the zombie tooth he had pulled out last night, and went to the basement entrance with Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu to check. As expected, it was not open yet. He had nothing else important to do, so he simply took the time to make a puppet body for Feng Feng.
After entering the puppet's body, Fengfeng officially left his NPC identity and became a member of Yueya's "Puppet Control" card.
Yue Ya crushed the wind spirit flower into juice and divided it into three portions, keeping one portion for herself and giving the rest to Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu.
The butler never showed up again, and Huangquan Inn was shrouded in strange silence. However, the silent day did not last long, because night fell unusually early.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky darkened without warning and the inn was instantly plunged into darkness.
Yueya walked to the door of the inn and looked up at the sky. The sun had disappeared and only a bright moon was hanging in the sky.
Looking closely, there was a small gap in the bright moon, as if it had been bitten by something.
In the blink of an eye the gap grew larger again.
The night of the lunar eclipse has arrived.
Yueya dripped the Fengling flower juice prepared in advance into his eyes, took out the Fengling Temple sachet, and planned to see what was inside first.
At this moment, a strong murderous aura suddenly appeared behind him.
"The little one is really cute~ It's a pity that he's still alive. I prefer dead people." The woman's laughter sounded beside his ear. Yue Ya had no doubt that as long as he turned around, he would see a hideous smile with bad intentions - he had too much experience in this regard.
Yue Ya put away the brocade bag and summoned the Blade of the Wood God. When he turned around, he saw the innkeeper squatting behind him. Due to his silly posture, he did not look scary, even a little silly, unexpectedly silly.
But the innkeeper didn't think she was stupid. She looked down at Yueya's hand holding the knife and snorted, "Your little hand can't even hold a knife~"
Yue Ya: “…” Are you scolding again?
“Although it is painful to be made into a doll, mom will try to be gentle with it. Don’t resist~” The innkeeper raised his index finger, and a red line appeared on the fingertip.
The seemingly soft thread actually contains extreme sinister energy and murderous intent. Once it passes through the body, it will become the most terrifying shackle.
The sky got darker, and the Yin energy in the innkeeper's body continued to increase. The smile on his face became more sinister: "Oh, my future son's good friend is here too. It's a good opportunity for us to make puppets together to play with you, hee."
Behind the innkeeper, Yun Yu and Zhuang Yan stood quietly, one holding a silver needle and the other holding a flame.
The innkeeper narrowed his eyes, and red lines appeared on his other four fingers: "Two more are here. You have quite a lot of good friends."
Yue Ya looked past her and found that Fatty and A Rou were also approaching here quietly.
Eyes dripping with the juice of the Wind Spirit Flower can see things that are not normally visible. At this moment, Yue Ya can see that there are twisted ghosts lurking in the corners and on the walls of the inn. There are even more huge shadows in the guest rooms upstairs that are ready to move.
Yes, this place is known as the only inn on the road to the underworld. The special guests who stayed with them have not checked out yet, and when the night of the lunar eclipse comes, these guests can no longer control their nature.
"You dare to be distracted at this time? You are really not afraid of me." The innkeeper hooked his finger and all the strings in his hand were directed towards Yue Ya.
Yue Ya swung the knife and cut it, but the red thread not only did not break, but also entangled with the blade.
"Pointing a toy knife at me is not a good choice." The innkeeper curled his lips into a smile and easily took away Yue Ya's knife.
Yue Ya raised her head with an innocent look in her eyes: "Do you think I am not a threat to you at all?"
"Yes," the innkeeper said seriously, "I think you can kill me with cuteness."
“…”
[Listen to what you are saying?]
[She actually dared to call herself Yuezai’s mother! She even stole Yuezai’s toys… and the knife]
[Based on past experience, those who underestimate the enemy will die quickly]
"Other than that, you really are not a threat at all." The innkeeper restrained his expression and pinched Yue Ya's neck with all ten fingers at the same time.
"Ah!!" With a scream, the innkeeper's head suddenly fell to the ground, his hands hung down weakly, and the ten red lines on his fingertips disappeared.
Feng Feng stood behind the innkeeper. He took off his gloves, and there were still stains on his fingers from the corrosion of the puppet strings. Ordinary physical attacks were useless against the puppet strings on the boss, but Feng Feng's hands could corrode the soul, so naturally they could also break the puppet strings that controlled the soul.
After dripping the Wind Spirit Flower Liquid, Yue Ya could see the puppet strings on the boss, and had already arranged for Feng Feng to lie in wait, waiting for an opportunity to take action.
"Didn't you say I'm not a threat? Then why can't you catch me?" After Yue Ya taunted, he ran towards the basement entrance.
The boss's anger level was raised by him, and he chased after him with a roar.
Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu knew what his purpose was at first glance and came over to help.
"Let us stop her, Yueya, just keep running!"
Yue Ya was a little worried: "She is in danger now, you must be careful, don't force it, if you can't stop her, leave immediately, don't worry about me."
Yun Yu responded, "Okay!"
The inn was lit up with dim green candles, and all kinds of evil spirits emerged from every corner, trying to stop Yue Ya. Arou and Fatty immediately joined the battle.
Yue Ya summoned the puppet corpse of the ghost car to fight against the evil spirits, and the whole inn was filled with the breath of death.
Fengfeng and the puppet were leading the way for Yueya in front. His current physical condition was too inconvenient and he ran very slowly.
"It's too late, Fengfeng, take me there!"
"Okay, master!" Feng Feng put on gloves, picked him up, and teleported to the entrance of the basement.
The speed was too fast. When Yue fell to the ground, her collar was tilted to her shoulders and the tender leaves on the back of her hand were almost wilted.
Without being ordered, Feng Feng took the initiative to open the door to the basement: "Master, the door is open."
Yue Ya looked towards the dark entrance and smelled a familiar aura. The leaves on the back of his hand slowly stood up. He felt hungry and his eyes were frighteningly bright.
It seems that the core of this copy is hidden in the basement.
Yueya couldn't wait to get into the entrance, but found that the stairs going down were too steep and there was no handrail! This was too difficult for him.
Yueya looked back at Fengfeng.
"Master, I understand!" Feng Feng grabbed Yue Ya by the collar and with a "whoosh" teleported him to the ground in the basement.
Yue Ya felt like her hair had been blown into a broom by the wind. Her stomach was churning and she was about to vomit a rainbow.
"Fengfeng, let's make a deal. Don't fly by my collar anymore, okay?"
Feng Feng nodded vigorously: "Yeah, okay."
The basement was cold and eerie, so Yueya asked Fengfeng to light up the wall lamp. With the candlelight, Yueya could see the entire basement more clearly.
This place is like a messy storage room. Except for an open space in the middle, the rest is occupied by abandoned items.
These sundries looked extremely sinister just by looking at them, densely packed plastic dolls, large boxes filled with skeletons, various blood-stained knives, thick chains... and an ordinary, somewhat worn black coffin.
There was a smell of zombies on the coffin. Yue Ya didn't know whether the housekeeper was inside. He ran to the coffin and found that it was nailed shut.
Yueya knocked on the coffin lid: "Butler, are you in there?"
There was no response from inside. Yue Ya was just about to take a tough approach when a roar suddenly came from the entrance to the basement.
“I found you!”
"I will definitely catch you...you can't run away..."
Yue Ya looked back and suddenly felt her scalp tingling! A decapitated corpse the size of three adults was crawling down the stairs using her hands and feet. She was covered in blood, leaving a winding trail of blood wherever she passed.
The innkeeper turned out to be like this! Yue Ya's mind raced, guessing that something might have happened upstairs, causing her to go berserk early.
“By the way, I also brought your friend to you~” The boss smiled sinisterly and waved his hand violently.
Yue Ya saw more than a dozen puppet strings appear between her huge palms, each connected to the back. As the boss moved, the strings straightened, pulling out a person who looked like a blood gourd and throwing him in front of Yue Ya.
After seeing clearly who the "Blood Gourd" was, all the blood in Yue Ya's body rushed to his head.
"Clouds and rain!"
Yun Yu's body was pierced by more than a dozen puppet strings, and each string left a fist-sized blood hole on her body. Her face was pale, her eyes were dull, and she was probably about to lose consciousness.
"There's another one." The boss waved his hand again, and the seriously injured Zhuang Yan was thrown next to Yun Yu.
Yue Ya clenched his teeth, and spiritual energy rushed through his body, trying to break free from the shackles of the curse.
The boss's head appeared in front of Yue Ya, staring at him with bloodshot eyes: "The expression on your face is really wonderful, angry, sad... and seems to be a little regretful. When I think that your future happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy will only be controlled by me, I am very excited!"
The boss laughed crazily, and her body tumbled forward and backward. Her movements were so large that the two people she restrained howled in pain.
The screams of his companions were like a thorn piercing Yue Ya's heart. He suppressed his anger and looked at the boss calmly: "Let them go. You just want me to be your puppet. I won't run away again."
The boss restrained his smile and said with satisfaction: "That's how you behave. Be good and don't move. When I catch you myself, I will give you these two toys."
Yueya nodded: "Okay, I won't move."
The huge corpse on the stairs climbed down, and Yue Ya realized that the puppet string on her left leg was broken, causing her to lose control of her entire leg and she could only drag it along. Perhaps it was because the second puppet string was broken that the boss went berserk.
Even so, the boss's oppressive force was still very strong. When the huge headless corpse crawled closer, Yue Ya even had difficulty breathing.
The boss's severed head returned to her body, but the broken puppet strings could never be connected again. Her head could only remain in a stiff position, otherwise it would fall to the ground.
The boss raised his hand, and a heavy shadow covered Yueya's small body: "Good boy, I'm very quick..."
Yue Ya stood there and said coldly, "Butler, if you don't take action now, you will have no chance!"
Yue Ya knew that the butler must be in the basement. The butler really wanted to imprison the innkeeper, so he would not miss this opportunity. He did not come out for a long time, just waiting for Yue Ya to lead the innkeeper to the deeper part, or waiting for the innkeeper to lower his guard a little more. As for Yue Ya's life or death, the butler did not care.
Now Yue Ya has called out his name, and the innkeeper has noticed it. It will be too late if he doesn't take action now.
"Zizi..." A blood-red magic circle appeared on the ground. Iron chains formed by condensed Yin energy rose from the ground and tightly locked the boss's body.
"Feng Feng!" Yue Ya called out, and Feng Feng immediately appeared. He took off his gloves and melted the puppet strings that ran through Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu's bodies.
Yue Ya quickly asked the puppets to move the two injured people away to avoid being affected further.
The boss was tied up by Yin Qi iron chains and couldn't stop him. He could only watch them evacuate.
With a loud bang, the coffin in the basement cracked open, and the butler who planned all this finally appeared. He came in front of the boss and said respectfully as always: "Master."
"Don't call me master!" The boss' eyes were full of hatred: "One betrayed me, and two betrayed me too. Very good...very good!"
While the master and servant were feuding over there, Yue Ya took the opportunity to treat Zhuang Yan and Yun Yu.
After the treatment, the two woke up quickly, but their faces were still very pale.
As soon as Zhuang Yan opened his eyes, he saw the housekeeper tearfully recounting his inner journey to the boss. He was speechless and asked, "What's going on over there?"
Yueya: "It's not over yet, but it will be soon."
As soon as the voice fell, a heart-wrenching wail sounded in the basement, and the butler cut off all the puppet strings on the boss! The huge body melted into a pool of foul-smelling mucus, and the boss's soul was still tightly entangled by the iron chains of Yin Qi.
The butler took out the well-protected Wind Spirit Flower and looked at the boss obsessively: "Master, you don't know how much I hate those puppets who can accompany you. I have waited for so many years to wait for this day. From now on... I will always be loyal to you, and your soul will only belong to me."
The boss bit his lower lip and cursed: "Pervert!"
The housekeeper smiled and said, "Perverts should love perverts, so I am your final destination."
Yueya clapped his hands and said, "Well said."
Zhuang Yan also applauded: "What a beautiful love."
Yunyu: "Blessings."
[bless]
[Butler, you have very rigorous logic]
[Hahahaha, I really laughed when I heard the boss calling the housekeeper a pervert. Aren’t you a pervert too?]
[I didn’t know what to say for a moment]
[Both of them are perverts, lock them up and stop harming innocent lives]
[“Hold on, Yuezai, victory is in sight” rewarded 100 gem rains]
[“Moon Cub’s Grass Grows Taller” gave 1,000 bags of plant fertilizer]
[The reward above is really annoying]
The housekeeper used the Wind Spirit Flower to imprison the soul of the innkeeper. Yue Ya watched the whole process carefully and then showed an expression of "I've learned it".
The wind spirit flower that imprisoned the soul turned bright red and was carefully put away by the housekeeper.
The housekeeper came to Yue Ya and said, "Thank you. Without you, my plan might not have gone so smoothly."
The innkeeper was imprisoned, but the curse on Yue Ya did not disappear, and his body was still very small. The night of the lunar eclipse greatly increased the housekeeper's magic power, and his body became stronger. When the two stood together, there was a huge difference in size.
Yueya: "Our cooperation has been completed, and you should fulfill your promise."
"Promise? What promise?" The butler laughed, and two sharp blood-sucking teeth grew out: "I remember now. I said that after the matter is accomplished, I will use you to break the fast."
Yun Yu said in a deep voice: "He wants to break the contract."
"I know that a corpse like you is unreliable." Yue Ya smiled slightly: "Then I won't be polite."
"What can you do in your current state?" the butler sneered and reached out to grab Yue Ya.
Yueya: "Offline card, activated."
The smile on the butler's face froze before it could fully bloom, and he disappeared on the spot.
Zhuang Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "I almost forgot that you still have a trump card in your hand."
Yue Ya took out a stack of talisman paper and a wind spirit flower: "I have more than one trump card."
There was a noise coming from the entrance of the basement. Yueya looked up and saw that it was Arou and Fatty running in.
"Boss Yue, how are you guys doing?" The fat man panted, "Those evil spirits up there are going crazy. We can't hold on any longer."
Ah Rou blocked the entrance and added, "It seems they don't dare to come in here, so we come in to hide and take a breath."
"Thanks for your hard work," Yue said, "It will be over soon."
The basement was filled with a terrifying negative energy. Yue Ya and the others formed a circle, but there was nothing in the circle. Ah Rou and Fatty felt that they were waiting for something, but they didn't know what they were waiting for, so they had to hold their breath and wait together.
Time passed by, and suddenly! A zombie appeared in the encirclement of the players! Before the zombie could do anything, the players covered it with talismans that were specially used to restrain zombies.
Yue Ya was worried that these talismans could not restrain the Zombie King, so he took the opportunity to imprison his soul with the Wind Spirit Flower.
The wind spirit flower in his hand turned from purple to red. Yue Ya smiled and said, "I learned how to use the wind spirit flower from the housekeeper. I have to thank him."
"Two perverts have entered the Wind Spirit Flower, wow..." Zhuang Yan gave a thumbs up: "A ghost in an inn should be neat and tidy."
Yunyu: "Beautiful love."
[The housekeeper probably didn’t expect that Yue Ya still had the Wind Spirit Flower in his hand, so he dared to operate in front of him, and ended up getting himself into trouble]
[Hurry up and say thank you, butler]
[I understand. Yuezai's move is called the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.]
Yue Ya took out the Fengling Temple's treasure bag and said, "On the night of the lunar eclipse, both Fengling flowers have grown together. Open the treasure bag."
When the brocade bag was opened, there was only a rolled-up piece of paper inside.
Yue Ya unfolded the note and saw the words written on it: I cannot see the true appearance of Mount Lu because I am already in it.
Zhuang Yan was a little confused: "I spent so much effort to open the treasure bag, and there is only this one line of words?"
Yun Yu: "Perhaps Black Crow wants to use this poem to tell us that this instance is far from being as simple as it seems."
[Congratulations to everyone for successfully clearing the level. The exit channel has been opened and you can leave the dungeon at any time. ]
The fat man scratched his head and said, "You have already passed the level. You don't have to be obsessed with understanding this note, right?"
"This has a different meaning for us, we must decipher it." Yue Ya sat cross-legged on the ground and said to Fatty and A Rou, "You should leave the dungeon first."
The fat man nodded: "Then I'll go first, Brother Yue, see you again if we're lucky."
Ah Rou smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Yue. This experience of hugging someone's thigh was amazing!"
After Fatty and Arou left, the basement became quiet again.
Yue Ya found that there was abundant spiritual energy here, so he simply "ate" the spiritual energy while thinking about the meaning of the note.
When Feifei saw Yueya eating happily, his stomach growled. He silently shifted his gaze to Fengfeng and licked his lips.
Feng Feng was startled and hugged himself.
It smells so good, but it's a pity that I can't eat it. Fei Fei sighed, jumped off Yue Ya's head, and prepared to look for snacks in the basement.
"I have a clue," Yue Ya began to sort out his thoughts: "If Black Crow stays here, what is Black Crow best at?"
Zhuang Yan: “Drawing.”
Yueya glanced at him, and he immediately changed his words: "Use painting to create space."
Yue Ya: "Yes, I told you that the first time I met Black Crow was in the Undead Mall dungeon. She had an art exhibition in the mall. My teammates at the time and I went into the hall and took a look around. Later we found that from the moment we stepped into the door of the hall, we had already entered her painting. Our current situation is very similar to that time."
Yue Ya slowly concluded: "Perhaps we are also in the painting now, or rather, we have been in the painting from the beginning. We are in the painting, but our vision is too one-sided, so we cannot see the true appearance of the entire copy."
"'I cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because I am inside it', so this is what Black Crow meant by that, so..." Yun Yu got goosebumps all over her body: "The entire Huangquan Inn dungeon is a painting?!"
Then this copy is really not simple.
Zhuang Yan was speechless: "The entire copy is just a painting created by Black Crow? Then her ability is too terrifying. Who is she? Could she be the Lord God?"
"The thing she left for me should be outside this painting. I can only get it if I leave this painting," Yue Ya paused. "Once I get there, I might know more about Black Crow's identity."
[You have discovered the truth, and this tour has come to an end. ]
Yueya heard exactly the same notification as in the Undead Mall copy.
"Fei Fei, come back." Yue Ya waved his hand, and Fei Fei jumped into his arms.
Then the scene changed, and they left the Huangquan Inn and came to an unfamiliar room.
Yue Ya looked around. The room was neither big nor small. The walls were covered with paintings. There were several shelves against the wall, on which were piled plaster statues and various painting materials.
In front of him, there were two wooden easels. The one on the left was of the Yellow Spring Inn, and the one on the right was of the Mall of the Dead.
"The mall in the painting is the Undead Mall," Yue Ya pursed her lips, "This is Black Crow's studio. The Undead Mall dungeon is the same as the Yellow Spring Inn dungeon. They are all her paintings."
"There's actually a place like this in the game?" Zhuang Yan looked to the side and said, "This room has a door and a window. I wonder where the outside is."
Yunyu walked to the door, grabbed the handle and twisted it: "It's locked, I can't get out."
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