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[If you want to maintain the memories and emotions of the Flesh Puppet, you need the blood of a close relative...]
[If you want to (crossed out), you need the beloved's (crossed out).]
"Damn it, the crucial part is crossed out!"
Luo Qili clenched her small fists.
Zhao Yi quickly took out Chief Che's memo, his eyes flickering.
"No wonder the madam always celebrates her fortieth birthday..."
"And the Paper Granny always says she's still alive and can argue with the master..."
"Strictly speaking, she isn't dead."
"The madam was most likely turned into a Flesh Puppet!"
Pausing, Zhao Yi turned his head and glanced into the distance under the moonlight.
In the direction of the Moon Tower.
The lights inside were bright, more so than any other part of the haunted mansion.
"Previously, a paper figure from the main residence told me something..."
"What did it say?" Luo Qili asked curiously.
"If we don't leave this haunted mansion soon, we won't have the chance to leave at all."
"I think... the timing of our entry into the haunted mansion dungeon might be special, and something terrifying is about to happen here!"
Hearing the word 'terrifying' from Zhao Yi's mouth, Luo Qili couldn't help but feel nervous...
Even Zhao Yi used the word 'terrifying'...
It definitely wasn't a simple change!
"Are we heading to the Moon Tower now?"
Luo Qili was a bit anxious.
"No..."
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Zhao Yi remained calm.
"We can't go directly."
"Since entering the second madam's secondary residence required a token, going to the madam's Moon Tower likely requires one too."
"Without the token... going in would most likely mean instant death!"
Luo Qili:
"Do we have to return to the main residence?"
Zhao Yi:
"I still need to find that Paper Granny."
"She clearly knows a lot, but due to some special reasons, she hasn't spoken."
The two quickly set off, and on the way, Zhao Yi told Luo Qili that the road on the east side of the main residence was no longer safe.
At the end, there was a Specter they couldn't confront directly, lurking around.
Under the faint moonlight, Luo Qili suddenly discovered her hands were covered in blood!
Her gaze fell to the ground, where a sinister dark red blood trail led all the way into the hall...
"Something's definitely happened..."
Zhao Yi seemed to have anticipated this and wasn't surprised.
From the information from the Paper Granny, it was easy to deduce that the haunted mansion would become increasingly terrifying over time!
"Is it... because the master of the haunted mansion has come out?"
Luo Qili shivered slightly.
The two cautiously explored inside.
Human remains were scattered in every corner of the hall.
Blood covered the floor.
A brazier had been kicked over.
Ashes scattered in the blood.
Beside the brazier was a mutilated human head.
Its skin had been torn off, making it almost unrecognizable.
The Paper Chief at the staircase was also gone.
Glutinous rice was scattered everywhere.
Inexplicably.
A strong sense of despair and fear surged.
"Are they... already..."
Luo Qili was not one to scare easily, but at this moment, her voice trembled.
She stared intently at the stairs, looking into the darkness at the corner of the second floor.
In her mind was the terrifying, rotting ghost face that had stared at them from the second-floor window when they first entered the mansion.
Had it... come down?
Zhao Yi squatted on the ground, picked up the mutilated head, and examined it.
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: Damn, Zhao Yi is still not running, he's playing with a corpse...
: Really scary... will that ghost from the second floor come down?
: Zhao Yi isn't playing, he's identifying the owner of the head. Although the skin was peeled off and it's severely damaged, he's good at dissection and should be able to deduce from the remaining skull.
: Damn, with the Paper Chief gone from the stairs, I'm even more nervous. Hold on, I'm going to grab another blanket!
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"Wang Hua's head."
Zhao Yi was very certain.
"Wang Hua? Then Pan Sensen must be..."
At this moment, Luo Qili actually hoped Pan Sensen was still alive.
The wind was bone-chilling.
The darkness, suffocating.
"Not sure if she's dead... but I think she should still be alive."
Zhao Yi carefully examined the bloodstains in the hall and the glutinous rice at the staircase.
"That thing upstairs probably hasn't come down yet."
"Killing Wang Hua... was something else."
"It left bloody footprints, probably fled outside."
"There was a fight in the hall, some furniture was broken with very clean cuts, indicating that this ghost thing fought with the Paper Chief, but clearly... it didn't win against the Paper Chief."
"It was chased around by Chief Che."
Hearing this, Luo Qili suddenly relaxed a lot.
The paper figures not attacking them meant they were at least neutral.
Other ghosts fearing the paper figures indirectly meant the Paper Chief was a protective shield for the players.
If the Paper Chief were gone, it would mean the players were completely in danger, without even a single safe spot!
Fortunately... the Paper Chief was still fine, just off to kill ghosts.
Luo Qili looked at Zhao Yi, but saw his brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?"
Her heart, which had just settled, suddenly hung in the air again...
Zhao Yi's gaze was deep.
"Don't you find it strange?"
"The purpose of the Paper Chief's existence is to separate the first and second floors."
"Without extremely special circumstances, it wouldn't leave the staircase."
"Judging from the scene, the ghost that fought with the Paper Chief was clearly much weaker than the Paper Chief..."
"But it still chose to confront the Paper Chief and used some means to lure it away..."
Luo Qili's eyes slowly widened.
"You mean..."
Zhao Yi looked up.
His gaze fell behind Luo Qili.
The next moment,
Zhao Yi grabbed Luo Qili by the front of her shirt and ran towards the right corridor...
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