Chapter 164 The True Ghost, the Constantly Learning and Improving God
Zhou Fangdong decided to observe what these three infinite flow players wanted to do first.
Because of Xiao Xiaoyu and Xiong Lei, he still has a good impression of the Infinite Flow player group.
These players are basically pitiful souls who were abducted by the main god and forced to survive in various supernatural dungeons. Zhou Fangdong will not harm them unless they show any aggression.
Player A stopped three steps away from the tenants, looking fearfully at the Nightmare clones that surrounded them like a fence. His voice trembled as he asked, "Were you also suddenly teleported here?"
Da Song assumed these three players were just ordinary, unlucky people like them, and stepped forward: "We were all suddenly dragged into this mess. Don't be fooled by how normal this place looks; it was actually created by ghosts. Don't wander off carelessly. Luckily, you met us..."
Da Song originally wanted to invite the players to join forces, but Hong Zhong suddenly shouted, interrupting him: "Back off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the player's body suddenly exploded without warning. His flesh and blood rapidly opened and closed, directly engulfing the closest people, Da Song and Xiao Song.
Since encountering paranormal events, both Da Song and Xiao Song have met very kind people, so they have no suspicion of humans at all.
Let alone the Song Dynasty, even Zhou Fangdong didn't have time to react when this player started with zero frames.
Because he was nearby and had the cat demon's enhancement, Hong Zhong's senses were very sharp, and he noticed the anomaly early on. He immediately picked up Duan Wenyu and Yin Xi, who were closest to him, and hugged them around the waist, taking a step back to avoid the sudden explosion of blood mist.
At this point, it was too late for him to save Da Song and Xiao Song; the two brothers had already been drawn into player A's body.
Zhou Fangdong never expected to be caught off guard like this. Just as he was about to use his Nightmare clone to kill the player, he suddenly heard a system notification:
[Two tenants in room 307 have been detected to have entered the main instance. The instance can be corrupted by the ghosts in the room.]
Zhou Fangdong breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
I was terrified. I thought we had lost two tenants, but it turns out we were just caught up in a dungeon.
After the player succeeded, his facial features and clothing began to change constantly, like a flickering television screen.
Seeing that Hong Zhong and his two companions were on guard, the other two players also began to adjust their appearance and clothing, constantly switching between different states with Player A, blending into the villagers in the distance.
Judging from the situation, these three people are probably trying to hide themselves while continuing their sneak attacks, preparing to drag the remaining tenants into the main god instance as well.
However, the tenants couldn't tell the difference between the players who had changed their appearance, but Zhou Fangdong could.
He stared grimly at the three players who had completely transformed into villagers.
No wonder these players are named ABC; they're definitely not normal people.
No wonder the main god isn't afraid that players will run away after the dungeon restrictions are removed... The dungeon is inside these three players, how can they run away?
All three players were transformed by the God and became vessels for the God's instance.
The main god originally created dungeons based on supernatural areas in the real world, but now the medium for generating dungeons has become the infinite stream of players it releases.
Zhou Fangdong suddenly understood the operation of the main god.
The main god is very powerful in manipulating supernatural forces. It can even capture nightmares and use them to create copies. Therefore, invading a ghost's ghost realm should be a very easy thing for it.
Its operation should be to first find the Ghost Realm, and then release players who have been made into dungeons in the Ghost Realm.
Once players find ordinary people who have been caught up in the Ghost Realm, they can activate the instance and send the ordinary people in the Ghost Realm into the Main God instance.
Because the player is in the Ghost Realm, the player is equivalent to an ordinary person trapped in the Ghost Realm. When the main god activates the dungeon at this time, it is equivalent to putting a Ghost Realm shell on his own dungeon.
Using the supernatural fluctuations generated by the ghost realm to cover up the supernatural fluctuations of his own instance, thereby avoiding the detection of the Surveillance Bureau... The main god is really cunning. In order to achieve his goal, he keeps learning and improving, becoming more and more sophisticated each time.
If the evil god had been half as cautious as it, it wouldn't have become a loser.
Although Da Song and Xiao Song were caught up in the main god instance, the curse within them did not explode because the infinite flow players carrying the instance were still within the ghost domain.
Moreover, with a layer of protection from the main god's instance, these two brothers seem to be safer than other tenants trapped in the ghost realm.
Zhou Fangdong opened the dungeon erosion interface and used the live video feed to observe the internal conditions of the main god dungeon.
I thought this dungeon, created by an infinite flow player, would be some kind of labyrinth of flesh and blood inside the human body, but I never expected that Da Song and Xiao Song would appear in a company.
This is an ordinary influencer company, seemingly involved in live streaming. Da Song and Xiao Song have become assistants to a live streamer.
They are currently in the lounge.
Besides Da Song and Xiao Song, there were eight other people here. Judging from their expressions, they were probably ordinary people who were involved before Da Song and Xiao Song.
After the appearance of the Great Song and Little Song, some people said that the dungeon had begun.
These people were probably ordinary people, with no experience or guard, and they blurted out a lot of information all at once.
The instance, titled [Ghost Livestream], is for 10 players. Players must identify the ghosts in the livestream and sell them the correct products.
Judging from the fact that there are no veteran players here, this is a player selection instance, and these 10 people are all player trainees.
Players have a much easier time selecting dungeons than regular supernatural dungeons.
Based on past experience, there shouldn't be any fatal dangers in the early stages.
Zhou Fangdong controlled the Twin Ghosts erosion instance in room 307, instructing Hong Zhong and the two tenants to remain vigilant in place. Then, he controlled a Nightmare clone to walk towards the fishpond.
Regardless of whether the ghost in this ghost realm is the streamer or the out-of-towner who rented the fishpond, the event ultimately occurred at this fishpond.
To find out which ghost created this ghost realm, you can deduce it by observing the changes in the scenery within the ghost realm.
However, the situation near the fishpond was somewhat unexpected for Zhou Fangdong.
If the ghost is the outsider who contracted the fishpond, his first target would definitely be the villagers who looted the fish.
If the ghost were the streamer, it would definitely retaliate against these villagers, but it would probably target the villagers who kidnapped and killed it first.
However, the situation near the fishpond turned into a vigilante attack on the streamer.
This streamer, whose life was already filled with tragedy, was wrapped in a fishing net and submerged in water.
What appeared to be villagers working in the fields or washing clothes by the water from a distance were actually beating the anchor trapped in the water with various farm tools and sticks.
The flesh and blood had barely entered the water when they were swallowed up one by one by the large fish in the pond, each as thick as a man's arm.
The water in the fishpond remained clear, and the fish in it grew rapidly. Only the streamer watched, as if being slowly tortured, as his own flesh and blood continued to disappear... This situation was as if the streamer was feeding the fish in the fishpond with his own flesh and blood.
...The ghosts who created the Ghost Domain seem to hate this streamer.
Judging from this ghost realm evolution scenario, the streamer is probably not the ghost that created the ghost realm.
That means we can rule out outsiders too. The streamer was the only one who helped him, so he wouldn't treat the streamer that way.
Could it be that the ghosts of Xiahe Village have nothing to do with these two people?
It's quite possible, after all, no supernatural events have occurred in so many years. If they really wanted revenge, there's no reason for the ghost realm to appear only after Xiahe Village has been abandoned.
If that's the case, it will be very difficult. If the ghost has no connection with Xiahe Village, it's impossible to deduce what form the ghost will take in the ghost realm based on the existing clues.
Zhou Fangdong felt a headache coming on again.
Just then, the conversation between Da Song and Xiao Song in the live stream of the erosion instance caught his attention.
In the instance, the two were assigned to work under a livestreamer who helps farmers, and are currently assisting that livestreamer with their broadcasts.
They were all lucky enough to survive after the live stream ended.
During a brief break after their live stream, the two brothers, tidying up the clutter in the live stream room, began to whisper among themselves:
"I feel like I've seen this anchor before. I think I saw him a few years ago on a news report about paranormal events broadcast by the Supervision Bureau."
"Yes, I remember too. I heard it caused quite a stir. Apparently, this livestreamer used the guise of helping farmers to buy their produce from them at prices far below market value, and then sold it at inflated prices during the livestream..."
"I remember now! Later, the streamer didn't even settle the payment for the goods. Then a fruit farmer committed suicide by drinking pesticide in front of the streamer's company, and that's when the incident blew up."
"It seems the fruit farmer turned into a ghost afterward, right? This ghost killed everyone in the entire company. And it went on a killing spree, not stopping after killing everyone in the company, it wanted to kill all the streamers in the world. If the supervisory bureau hadn't intervened in time, there probably wouldn't be many people left in the live streaming industry now..."
At this point, the two brothers paused for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"Isn't the streamer already dead? Does this mean not only is there a ghost in the live stream, but everyone around us is a ghost? Are we now working as ghost assistants?"
Upon realizing this, both of them panicked.
Just then, Da Song suddenly noticed the cell phone on the table:
"Wait a minute, isn't this streamer's phone the same one we found at the gym? We touched it and it was then moved to the village. Should we touch it too? Maybe we can get back?"
"Let's not do anything rash for now. Let's wait for the landlord to come. If we get moved to an unfamiliar area again, we're doomed."
Hearing them say this, Zhou Fangdong paused for a moment.
cell phone……
Is the streamer's phone in the main god instance the same as the medium phone that transfers people to the ghost realm of Xiahe Village?
After quickly sorting through all the known clues, Zhou Fangdong finally understood what this ghost realm was all about and where the ghosts in it were!
The Supreme God's control over the supernatural forces in this world is even stronger than Zhou Fangdong had imagined.
—The main god directly captured the ghost that created the ghost realm and stuffed it into his own instance.
The ghost that released the ghost realm in Xiahe Village was the fruit farmer who was cheated by the livestreamer who helped farmers and committed suicide by drinking pesticide.
After its death, it harbored hatred and attempted to kill all the streamers.
Because this ghost was cheated by a livestreamer who helped farmers sell fish and then committed suicide, it probably empathized with the villagers of Xiahe Village and felt that the reason why everyone in Xiahe Village hated him was because of the livestreamer who helped sell fish, so it treated him like this in the ghost realm.
This ghost was originally sealed by the Bureau of Supervision, but was later unsealed for some reason. It was then captured by the main god and released into the ghost realm in Xiaohe Village, far from the city center.
Afterwards, they distributed mobile phone media in the city that could pull people into a ghost realm.
After creating the Ghost Realm, this ghost was stuffed into the player's God Dungeon by the God.
—Because killing this ghost will cause the ghost realm to disappear, and in the eyes of the main god, there is no place safer than its copy.
As long as the ghost is not killed, the ghost realm can never be lifted. Without lifting the ghost realm, one will never know that there is a main god instance here. Without finding the main god instance, one cannot kill the ghost.
They provide mutual protection, and since the Ghost Domain is located on the outskirts of the city, the Bureau of Supervision estimates it will take a long time to come and deal with it.
This plan should be a perfect way for the main god to evade the Bureau of Inspection's cleanup.
During the Ghost Realm's existence, it can capture many ordinary people to clear dungeons, thereby filtering out endless stream players.
They really go to great lengths to traffic people.
Unfortunately, among the people the main god captured through the ghost realm were his tenants.
Now its instance is going to be gone, and so is the Ghost Realm.
However, the fleeting instance of the abandoned ghost school yesterday should have alerted the main god that someone could directly devour its supernatural instance.
If this instance is devoured again today, it might allow the main god to completely confirm that this matter is related to the apartment... because Zhou Fangdong once appeared in the Ghost Realm using [True Form Descent].
The main god was once a partner of the evil god, and it must have sensed that the evil god was abandoning this world.
Previously, it was 'evil gods' that corrupted its instance. Now that the evil gods are gone, its instance is still being corrupted. Combining these things, the main god can definitely guess that there is another force interfering, and it is very likely related to Liwan Apartments.
However, Zhou Fangdong is no longer afraid that the main god will guess that the disappearance of the instance is related to Liwan Apartment. Thanks to his efforts in renovation, the apartment's defenses are now very strong.
If the main god were to actively invade the apartment like an evil god, he would be more than happy to do so, as he could conveniently take care of it as well.
However, I doubt the main god would be so reckless; this guy might even hide.
We need to make lamp oil hand cream as soon as possible. Before the main god escapes, Zhou Fangdong plans to use tenants to infiltrate the main god's space and take back everything it stole.
Now that the location of the ghosts in the Ghost Realm has been determined, Zhou Fangdong is no longer in a hurry. He just needs to wait for the loading bar to finish and the dungeon erosion to be successful.
The loading bar completed quickly. Unlike the ghosts in other rooms, the Twin Wraiths Erosion instance in room 307 was silent and had no special appearance effects.
The next live stream is underway in the main god instance.
Just as Da Song and Xiao Song were nervously helping with the live stream, they noticed that the surroundings had suddenly become very quiet.
The keyboard typing sound disappeared.
The humming sound of the air conditioner disappeared.
The upbeat background music in the live stream disappeared.
Even the staff's voices and breathing could not be heard.
Knowing all along that the staff here were ghosts, Da Song and Xiao Song assumed that one of their actions had triggered the ghosts' conditions for killing, causing the surrounding environment to change.
Da Song's Adam's apple bobbed, and he mustered his courage to slowly turn his head to look at his side.
The staff behind the main camera were holding the camera in the exact same posture as they had a few minutes earlier.
However, his skin was a terrifying bluish-purple, covered with dark brown necrotic patches. Even more horrifying, a viscous black liquid was oozing from all seven of his orifices.
Da Song twisted his stiff neck and saw that all the staff in the live broadcast room were frozen in place, their dead bodies just like the photographer's, with purplish-blue skin, livid mortis, and blood flowing from their seven orifices.
They are all dead, and have been dead for a while.
As he noticed this, all the corpses changed again.
The corpses collapsed at a visible speed, their skin dissolving to reveal the blackened bones underneath, which then began to soften, like wax melted by high temperatures.
A few seconds later, the corpses turned into puddles of foul-smelling pus.
Da Song and Xiao Song didn't know what was going on. After exchanging a glance, they realized that their appearance had changed and they looked exactly like the corpses.
But they are still alive... as if they were the ones who caused this horrific massacre.
Just as the two brothers were in a panic and didn't know what to do, they suddenly found that their skin color had returned to normal, and two bluish-purple ghostly figures holding hands separated from their bodies.
At the same time, the surrounding scenery began to collapse.
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully invaded the dungeon and have received 2000 Ghost Coins.]
After receiving the system notification, Zhou Fangdong immediately appeared in the ghost realm of Xiahe Village in his true form.
After the main god's instance successfully eroded the instance, the ghost broke out of the instance and happened to bump into Zhou Fangdong, who was guarding outside.
Without hesitation, Zhou Fangdong used the [Judgment·Decision] skill to devour it.
There's no need to hold back against this ghost; it's completely controlled by hatred and has lost all reason.
I got 7,000 ghost coins... That's pretty strong, almost as good as the alien projection in the apartment.
After the instance was completely corrupted, the three players who had been carrying it also disappeared. Their bodies collapsed instantly, suggesting they were disposable devices created by the main god.
It's so tragic. He toiled away his whole life clearing dungeons for the God of War, only to end up like this.
After the player disappeared, the system's electronic voice suddenly sounded again:
[The system has acquired 13 points systems and several items. These items have been detected as compatible with [Abandoned Elementary School in the Eastern Suburbs] and have been automatically deployed to the ghost school. Please check them promptly.]
There was an unexpected surprise! I'll try to visit the elementary school later when I have some free time.
Zhou Fangdong remembered that when Xiao Di came home from school yesterday, a request pop-up appeared on the apartment's surrounding facilities page. He was busy looking for the key ghost at the time and didn't have time to check it. He could take a look at what Xiao Di's request was when he went to the elementary school later.
As the ghostly realm dissipated, the curses on the tenants also vanished. The villagers of Xiahe Village disappeared one by one, and the desolate village gradually came into view.
At the same time, Da Song, Xiao Song, and eight other players who had been caught up in the main god instance also appeared in this deserted village.
The reliable Captain Hong immediately identified himself as an investigator from the Supervisory Bureau, quickly calming the panicked ordinary people.
[The two tenants in room 307 have reached a favorability level of 80. Please claim your favorability reward in time.]
Upon hearing the system notification, Zhou Fangdong paused for a moment, glancing at Da Song and Xiao Song, who were still trembling hand in hand.
They must have been terrified... After all, they only encountered paranormal events yesterday, and today they were swept into the ghost realm, and then into the main god instance.
This place is too remote, and there are so many ghosts in the suburbs. Zhou Fangdong was afraid that these people would encounter some danger on their way back, so he directly summoned the ghost bus and let them take the ghost bus back.
After confirming that all his tenants had boarded the ghost bus, Zhou Fangdong finally breathed a sigh of relief, deactivated his [True Form Descends], and returned to his apartment.
As soon as Zhou Fangdong returned to his apartment, he received a meeting request from Hou San.
After the yellow paper that had appeared out of nowhere turned to ashes, Zhou Fangdong was teleported to room 203.
Hou San handed over the spoils from yesterday's looting of the Bone Society's stronghold to Zhou Fangdong... He had forgotten to give them to him yesterday because the paper shop was too busy.
Zhou Fangdong remembered that after killing those cultists, he did ask Hou San to search the place, and unexpectedly, Hou San actually found quite a few good things.
Hou San brought back a lot of information, as well as some supernatural props from the Sigu Society.
Because the Heirs of the Bone Society had many strongholds, he only picked out the more valuable items, and handed over the remaining trinkets to the Bureau of Supervision to help them clean up the mess.
Among those documents, one work record caught Zhou Fangdong's attention.
Hou San placed this document on top, clearly wanting Zhou Fangdong to see it as soon as possible.
This notebook actually records the locations of the evil spirits sealed by the Bureau of Supervision. Although it is not as comprehensive as Zhou Fangdong's, the Society of Heirs has mastered most of the locations of evil spirits sealed in the suburbs.
The vengeful ghost that cursed Li Ou was once sealed under the stone bridge, and it was the cultists of the Bone Inheritance Society who helped it break the seal.
Moreover, the setting to remove the seal on the vengeful spirit is actually a batch setting that is triggered at set intervals.
—These cultists, the Bone Descendants Society, have installed timed de-sealing devices on all the known locations where evil spirits were sealed.
This must be an order from an evil god, intended to disrupt his actions.
But the evil god probably didn't expect to die so quickly; before the vengeful spirits could break free of their seal, it was gone.
Zhou Fangdong noticed that one of the unsealing locations was near Xiahe Village, and he reasonably suspected that it was the ghost that created the Ghost Domain.
Besides sealing the vengeful ghost that escaped from the crack in the top floor of the apartment building, the Bureau of Supervision has also sealed many ordinary vengeful ghosts that posed a great threat, and this ghost is one of them.
Because it wasn't a ghost that escaped from the apartment through a crack, the ghost in Xiahe Village wasn't recorded on the system's [Ghost Track Map].
The evil god allowed the cultists to release the demon, which was then captured by the main god, leading to today's events.
They unexpectedly created an absurd combination attack... After you died, I inherited your will or something. Is the bond between an evil god and a supreme god really that deep?
They really know how to cause trouble for him. Those damned cultists of the Bone Inheritance Society, they won't stop even after they're dead.
We need to check each release in this order one by one, otherwise, Linjiang City, which has finally become a little safer, will turn into a dangerous place overrun by evil spirits again.
If all these vengeful spirits are unsealed at the same time, not only will it be troublesome to clean them up, but it will also delay his renovation time.
After going out this morning, Zhou Fangdong's Ghost Coin balance has returned to 460,000, and he's itching to use it.
Although the apartment doesn't offer him much room to work out, he can still decorate the surrounding facilities—the abandoned primary school in the eastern suburbs, Liwan Hospital, Guijia Furniture Store, Delicious Slaughterhouse, Izumo Temple, Yin-Yang Town, and the Slime Street in the Mirror. So many areas are enough for him to work out.
By the way, it seems he can also change the exterior of the supervisory bureau building at will.
After we finish investigating the vengeful ghosts, let's renovate the Inspection Bureau for them to make it look nicer, as a way of thanking the investigators for their hard work.
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