Perhaps Li Ang had indeed fulfilled the pale figure's request, or perhaps the other party found Li Ang's singing too dreadful to bear; the woman dressed in a nun's white habit began to tremble slowly all over.

"CRACK, CRACK, CRACK."

From her neck came a series of extremely loud sounds of bones moving.

Her body was sitting properly in the driver's seat, but her head was turning.

With the slight sway of her hair, Li Ang saw something white beneath the black strands at the back of her head—was it a hair clip?

Wait, no, that wasn't a hair clip. It's a nose.

From the moment the woman got into the car, her head had been twisted 180 degrees. Now, it was merely turning back to the correct orientation.

Li Ang's hands were on the steering wheel, his eyes wide as he watched the woman turn her head back.

Perhaps because her spine was originally so badly twisted and broken at a joint, even when her head was turned back properly, it still lolled on her neck. The slender, pale neck, like an overly soft rubber tube, bent at strange angles under the weight of her head.

The woman slowly raised her pale arm, grasping the back of her neck.

CRACK!

The crooked spine was easily straightened by brute force, and her head finally steadied.

"HAA—"

From deep within her throat came an indistinct, slight exhalation, and an even colder breath swept through the car.

Li Ang activated his Ripple Energy to resist the evil chill. Miss Chai tensed her face, ready for combat, prepared to burst out, switch to Qinge Armor mode, and fight the other party to the death.

"..."

The woman's figure, still seated, paused for a long while. She then turned her head ninety degrees towards Li Ang—her body remaining motionless—and said in an almost imperceptible voice, "Thank you... Please be careful ahead."

Before Li Ang could make a move, the woman's figure gradually sank down into the seat as if dissolving. Her feet, legs, torso, arms, shoulders, and head gradually disappeared into the seat, leaving behind only a half-burnt, torn newspaper and a small clump of curved, long black hair in its center, lying quietly on the seat.

Li Ang hesitated for a moment, slowed down the car, and used the Tiger Pliers from the passenger seat's glove compartment to pick up the newspaper.

The newspaper reported a death case. A carload of nuns had been on their way to an event at another church when they met with an accident. Everyone was injured, but only the nun in the very middle of the last row died because her head was twisted off.

At that time, the nuns in the car were happily singing hymns.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Ang folded the newspaper with the hair in it and put it into his pocket.

Miss Chai frowned slightly. "So, another abnormal event has been resolved...?"

"Hmm."

Li Ang nodded. "The System just notified me. I got 200 Experience Points and 400 Game Coins. This reward doesn't include a completion grade bonus."

"Eh?"

Miss Chai's eyes widened. "That counts as completion? Then why didn't the monster under the bed give a reward?"

"The abnormal event with Frank... the victim was probably just an ordinary person, the kidnapper, right? That's why there was no reward."

Li Ang said with some uncertainty, "This time, perhaps the nun's Soul was, to some extent, soothed or even helped to pass on? That's why I received Experience Points and Game Coins. Hmm... I guess, in this world, if you directly go for the kill, the rewards might be bigger."

"But by following the rules, you can avoid combat as much as possible and minimize losses, right?" Miss Chai said with a frown. "If this routine mission means the anomalies get tougher and offer more generous rewards later on, then avoiding combat in the early stages is the right approach. Perhaps we'll have to stay here for a long time."

"Hmm."

Li Ang nodded. Players at this level weren't as afraid of getting hurt as newbies, especially those with more than 10 Vitality Points. Even with severe injuries like broken bones, they could slowly self-heal over time thanks to their body's regenerative abilities, not to mention the various magical equipment and items available.

As for Li Ang... to put it simply, even if all his limbs were to be chopped off, given some time, he could regrow them using the Origin of Life. The new limbs would be in perfect shape, not like the movie version of *Deadpool* with those cute, weakened mini-arms and legs.

Li Ang also compensated for the lack of instant healing ability, common among most players, with bug-level items like Blessed Spring Water.

When it came to endurance, Li Ang had never feared anyone.

"Right," Miss Chai said, seeming to remember something. "Is there still gas in the car?"

Li Ang glanced at the dashboard. "There's plenty. Since we started driving, the fuel gauge hasn't dropped at all. I guess this so-called Shengnan King's Dream doesn't abide by the rules of the real world."

"Tch, that sounds troublesome." Miss Chai scratched her head. "Right, what did that nun mean earlier when she said to be careful of something ahead?"

"I don't know. Let's just keep driving. After all, there's only one road here." Li Ang shook his head. "In this damned place, nothing happening is the best thing."

「 」

"Tell me," a sound like water-logged shoes stepping on a wooden floor resounded outside the door.

"Tell me." My throat is so sore. I really want to cough.

In the dim room, Liu Wu Dai crouched with a tense face, her Longbow drawn fully, an Arrow aimed at the wooden door.

"Tell me."

The squelching sound of wet shoes on the floor gradually faded as if ascending the stairs.

The sound finally died away.

Liu Wu Dai subconsciously let out a sigh of relief. She had been in this house for four hours, contending with that absurdly strange monster for all that time.

She had seen with her own eyes how the house lured two players inside. Then, she watched as the headless monstrosity, with a ghastly face on its chest, easily strangled them to death.

The two deceased players were no commoners. In fact, Liu Wu Dai instantly recognized several pieces of Excellent-quality gear they wore—items that had once appeared in an overseas player auction and were eventually purchased by a mid-sized clandestine organization.

However, it was of no use. The two players didn't even have time to consider escaping or teleporting out of the dream before the monster, which kept repeating "Tell me," severed their heads.

Liu Wu Dai had held out for a long time, playing a game of hide-and-seek with it, but even she wasn't sure how much longer she could last in this eerie house.

COUGH, COUGH. The dust in this room is so choking! Liu Wu Dai coughed silently, an itchy sensation spreading across her arm.

A gentle stroke revealed several tiny black spiders.

COUGH, COUGH. Liu Wu Dai held her breath, coughing violently but silently, her mind working sluggishly. Where did these spiders come from? I didn't feel any crawling up my pant legs or falling from the ceiling.

COUGH, COUGH. After another coughing fit, Liu Wu Dai suddenly felt something small and soft, like a cotton ball, in her mouth.

She spat the object onto her palm.

Raising her hand to the moonlight streaming in from the window, she finally saw what the cotton-like substance was.

Spiders.

Countless tiny spiders were rapidly crawling out of her mouth.

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