None of the three answered, and the knocking on the door grew more and more urgent, even the child's voice became anxious: "Brother, sister, why aren't you answering me? Why won't you open the door!"
"...The door is open, come in yourself."
Ji He glanced at the two people behind her and noticed that the ghost outside the door seemed to be getting out of control. She knew she couldn't delay any longer, so to avoid getting into trouble, she could only give this answer.
Whether they did the right thing or not, the knocking at the door finally stopped, but a moment later the child's voice came again. This time they finally saw clearly the ghost that had been guarding the door all along.
It was a girl who was no more than a meter tall, wearing a red dress, and her whole body reeked of a foul, bloody smell. Steel pipes were stuck all over her limbs and torso, making her look like a hedgehog, but her face still had a sweet smile that was almost eerie.
His mouth was stretched wide, then the curve widened, revealing his gums, and the grin stretched all the way to the back of his ears.
It said timidly, "But Mom said I have to knock before entering the house, otherwise... otherwise I can't just come in."
"You're right, aren't you, Mom?"
As she spoke, the little girl ghost's voice was sinister. She looked behind the three of them and spoke in a low voice with a strange smile.
Ji He and the others froze. When they turned around again, they found a slender figure that had appeared behind them silently. It was tall and thin, like a clay figure stretched out, barely recognizable as human.
The mother ghost lowered her head, which could barely be identified as a sphere, and held an iron pot in her hand: "Hello, guest."
Ji He and the other two: ...Oh no, this is really bad!
But no one dared to speak out, because at that moment the little girl ghost had already arrived in front of them. The two ghosts sandwiched them between them, and not only that, the steel pipe on the little girl ghost's body almost poked Ji He's face...
Ji He's lips twitched, her expression turning quite unpleasant.
The ghost mother bent down and placed the iron pot in front of the three players, her elongated face almost obscuring their features as she brought it close to their eyes: "Guests, please have a meal."
Upon hearing this, all three of them silently lowered their heads.
In the iron pot that the mother ghost was holding, there was a thick, green soup that was even bubbling away. Just looking at it made you feel that if you drank it, you would see the King of Hell.
But the mother ghost didn't give them a chance to refuse, urging the little girl ghost to eat properly with the guests.
Soon, the three players were forced to sit at the dining table. Looking at the soup in front of them, as well as the mother ghost and the little girl ghost who were eyeing them menacingly, their faces turned ashen and their hearts trembled with fear.
At this moment, the little girl ghost innocently asked from the side, "Brothers and sisters, why don't you want to eat?"
“The car was in an accident on the road. Niu Niu was impaled all over by the steel pipes of the truck. No matter how hard we searched, we couldn’t find her. Only Niu Niu and her mother were left in the wilderness with nothing to eat.”
"Although Mom kindly offered herself to save Niu Niu, it didn't help Niu Niu even after she ate it; she still died in the end..."
As the little girl ghost spoke, another severed finger emerged from the eerie green soup, while the mother ghost urged, "Eat! Why aren't you eating?"
"...Yes, I'll definitely eat!"
Ji He's face turned pale, and she said in a deep voice.
Based on the previous incident where the little girl ghost knocked on the door, the underlying rule of this ghost realm is likely that you should not provoke them, otherwise it is easy to trigger a fierce counterattack from the vengeful ghosts.
So whether you drink it or not, you have to give an answer first!
When Ji He said those words, Cheng Yuwei and Li Hua both looked at her in shock.
It was as if they were questioning how she dared to do that!
Cheng Yuwei couldn't help but tug at Ji He's sleeve: "Sister Ji, you're not really going to eat this, are you...?"
"Didn't you notice something was off about those two ghosts?"
Ji He paused, her gaze subtly sweeping over the faces of the girl ghost and the mother ghost. They were indeed urging her on, but their faces showed no anger, only greed.
If I don't drink it, I'm afraid I'll be eaten by those two vengeful ghosts.
If you drink it, then there must be other dead ends waiting for you.
After a brief silence, Ji He suddenly flipped herself up and, before anyone, human or non-human, could react, she slammed Li Hua onto the table with a grappling move. She even used the equipment that enhanced her physical abilities.
She dislocated Li Hua's jaw joint, and before he could even let out a painful scream, Ji He had already picked up the bubbling soup from the table—
Then, she poured it directly into Li Hua's mouth!
After finishing the whole bowl, Li Hua's face turned pale. Without Ji He needing to control him any longer, he collapsed onto the table, and everyone else, human and non-human, fell silent.
"He was quite hungry, so he was able to drink."
After Ji He finished speaking, before the mother ghost and the little girl ghost could react, she grabbed Cheng Yuwei, who was standing there in a daze, and rushed straight out. The moment she stepped out of the living room, she was suddenly freed from the suppression of the rules.
When they turned around again, Li Hua had completely disappeared.
Cheng Yuwei couldn't help but tremble, looking at Ji He with a hint of fear: "Sister Ji, you, you..."
"I had no choice but to do it."
Ji He paused, then raised her hand, the black-and-white distinction becoming increasingly obvious: "Clearly, Li Hua has ill intentions."
Cheng Yuwei seemed to want to ask something more, but at this moment, her face suddenly turned deathly pale, and she tremblingly raised her hand, pointing to the top of Ji He's head: "Sister Ji..."
"What?"
Ji He was slightly startled, and slowly raised her head. Suddenly, she felt as if something was rubbing back and forth on the top of her head. When Ji He finally raised her head completely, her pupils suddenly contracted!
It kept rubbing back and forth on the top of her head...
It was actually a pair of feet!
Even the seasoned player Ji He couldn't take it for a moment and quickly backed away. Only then did she finally see clearly that a woman was hanging from a thick hemp rope tied to the chandelier in the bedroom, her body swaying back and forth due to gravity.
And... it was clearly hanged.
Its tongue lolled out, its lifeless eyes staring at Ji He and the other person, and then—a rope began to wrap around them little by little.
Meanwhile, in the living room outside the Ghost Realm.
The sun was shining brightly, and the aroma of tea filled the air. A gentle-looking young woman sat on the sofa, slowly sipping the green tea from her cup. Her leaden eyes were half-closed, and she smiled radiantly: "We must treat our guests well."
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