Ch 326: Joyful Guests And Dancing
The Many Gods Cult’s surprise attack wasn’t just seven ordinary Elders; nine Elders were actually present. Two were mid-level Ghost Generals, and one had combat power almost reaching mid-level Ghost General.
Yun Shu was very familiar with this Elder; this ghost was Han Wenxin.
Elder Han was still fighting.
“What kind of workaholic is this woman? Why is she everywhere?”
Yun Shu was extremely speechless after seeing this news, which also piqued Xuan Yuan Yu’s curiosity.
“What’s wrong?”
Yun Shu thought for a moment and said, “The first Many Gods Cult attack I encountered was led by her. At that time, she even suppressed me, but luckily I didn’t die, and I even captured a living Many Gods Cult member.”
“A living member?”
Xuan Yuan Yu was shocked. He had never heard of a Many Gods Cult member being captured alive: “Didn’t they commit suicide? What did you feed him?”
“Get lost.”
After pondering for a long time, Yun Shu explained, “Maybe they didn’t know enough about me at the time, and I got lucky. The cultist who was captured was extremely weak, and he was wielding a modern weapon, so I hit an unghostified part of his body.”
“I see…” Xuan Yuan Yu understood. If they weren’t fully ghostified, there was still a chance.
“That was her first failed mission.”
Yun Shu said, his tone becoming somewhat dejected, “After that, she launched a feint, luring a large number of Ghost Gate Investigation Bureau personnel to Hengnan Real Estate, and then launched a ghost attack from another direction—the Yi Zhou Hospital incident. That was over half a month ago; I estimate Yi Zhou is still in turmoil.”
Yi Zhou: Who understands my pain?
Xuan Yuan Yu also knew about the Yi Zhou incident. Although Yun Shu provided timely support, the first wave of attacks already resulted in over a thousand casualties. Even now, the death toll is close to five thousand. Many people were removed from Yi Zhou’s government in just half a month, including Yun Shu’s familiar Deputy Mayor and others.
“She also attacked me then.”
Yun Shu’s words pulled Xuan Yuan Yu’s thoughts back. “I also lost my oldest Ghost Object back then, a needle. I thought that with my strength, one needle would cripple Han Wenxin, but she only suffered minor injuries. It’s a pity I didn’t kill her or capture her; in the end, I let a menace remain.”
In this Many Gods Cult attack, Han Wenxin caused the most harm among the nine Elders, killing more official personnel than even the two higher-level Ghost Generals.
“Let’s kill her this time,” Xuan Yuan Yu patted Yun Shu’s shoulder comfortingly. “I’ll make a big skewer. You use Black Flame to start the fire underneath. Han Wenxin—I see her as just a goose heart, roasted goose heart.”
“You little rascal.”
Yun Shu smiled without saying much. In the blink of an eye, Xuan Yuan Yu was holding a large file, completely bewildering Yun Shu, who thought it was a magic performance.
Magic techniques!
“This document contains intelligence regarding the formerly named 【The Noise of Incoming Guests】, now named 【The Visitor Dances Joyfully】. This is all the Perfect Kill Methods obtained by our comrades at the cost of their lives. I’m entrusting it to you.”
Yun Shu frowned as he took the file, still unable to resist asking, “Why the name change?”
“Shame.”
Now, only Yun Shu and Xuan Yuan Yu were present. Wang Guoqing went to do his job, leaving this large space so Xuan Yuan Yu could introduce the Ghost Gate to Yun Shu.
Xuan Yuan Yu gestured for Yun Shu to turn to the first page. As soon as Yun Shu opened it, he immediately said, “The A-class Ghost Gate 【The Noise of Incoming Guests】 remains classified as A-class. After sacrificing four comrades to obtain the Perfect Kill Method for the sixth ghost, 【The Noise of Incoming Guests】 independently released an announcement… on the first page, at the bottom.”
Yun Shu continued, picking up where he left off: “【To thank the players for the joy their incompetence brought to this trial, this trial will be renamed for the players who died in vain. Notice: ‘The Noise of Incoming Guests’ is now changed to ‘The Visitor Dances Joyfully’ to thank those who came to die. Let us dance again in this celebratory moment!】”
His expression was grim, but unknown to Xuan Yuan Yu, Yun Shu’s grim expression wasn’t due to the Ghost Gate’s provocation, but rather the increasing humanization of the Ghost Gate, which filled him with panic.
Ghosts, nothing to fear. In a sense, ghosts are insignificant in front of humans.
An increasingly humanized Ghost Gate means it will have more and more methods, and the difficulty of clearance will only increase exponentially.
After a long silence, Xuan Yuan Yu broke the deadlock: “This is a provocation from the Ghost Gate, and it’s our shame. I hadn’t arrived yet at that time. I heard from the former secretary that General Wang didn’t sleep for several days, his eyes red and swollen. At that time, he directly went to the medical department for medication, forcing General Wang to rest. Whether he was retaliated against afterward is unknown.”
“Mm.”
Yun Shu silently browsed the materials. The information here was extremely detailed. After perfectly killing a ghost, it would be verified, so each ghost’s Perfect Kill Method involved several players. There were detailed descriptions, and direct explanations as well.
The document clearly stated what step was completed on which day, but Yun Shu didn’t see any mention of anyone’s death in this document.
Perhaps they were worried that the word “sacrifice” would be too stressful.
“This Ghost Gate doesn’t have any particularly strange ghosts.”
Xuan Yuan Yu added what the document omitted: “But these ghosts all have very high combat power. One could say they are all designed for direct confrontation.”
“Burned-to-Death Ghost, Ghost General Level Burned-to-Death Ghost. This guy is a bit troublesome!”
Perhaps because he had been entangled with a Burned-to-Death Ghost before, or perhaps because he himself was a master of fire, Yun Shu had some PTSD regarding this fiery ghost.
“Many of these ghosts are ones I’ve encountered before. This trial is also a trial for humans. At least, 29 of the ghosts are human, not animals.”
Yun Shu sighed. He was worried that, like 【No. 1 Middle School】, another real ghost would be inserted, which would be troublesome.
Finally, he reached the last page, where he saw the Ghost Gate’s final boss. This boss was unbelievably normal.
“Director Li, the final boss, is essentially a Stabbed-to-Death Ghost. The story says that he was stabbed to death because of embezzlement and bribery, but the person who stabbed him doesn’t appear in the plot.”
Xuan Yuan Yu understood that Yun Shu, like a student, liked to delve into stories, so he proactively introduced some of the boss’s background and then recounted the Perfect Kill Method from the file:
“The Perfect Kill Method for Director Li is to take the fruit knife from his hand while he is cutting fruit, then stab him eight times in the heart. After stabbing eight times, insert the knife into Director Li’s mouth. This will achieve a Perfect Kill. It’s important to note that you must grab the knife while he’s cutting fruit. The moment the fruit or knife leaves his hand is considered not cutting fruit time, so you must carefully seize this timing. Once you’ve grabbed the knife, it doesn’t matter when you stab.”
“Understood.”
After carefully reading the Perfect Kill Methods for all the ghosts, Yun Shu placed the file on the table. He would take the file with him; of course, this file was meant for him.
He needed to read it several more times.
