The old ghost worker seemed particularly wary of that steel processing plant.

His beer swayed in his hand, and his gaze was eerie.

"My apprentice, Xiao Ling, was only two hundred years old. Because he went to that cursed factory, he lost his life at such a young age..."

"Sigh..."

A dark cloud drifted across the sky, and a light rain began to fall.

It was slightly chilly.

The system suddenly sent a message.

It was from Liu Ruoqing.

"Come to my room."

Zhao Yi looked at the message, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Taking the train back to the guild's headquarters, Zhao Yi arrived at room 707.

The alluring Liu Ruoqing was already freshened up in the room.

"Sit."

She flashed a charming smile, her eyes slightly tipsy, as if she had drunk some wine.

Her body exuded the scent of rose petals, mixed with a hint of red wine.

Such a fiery woman, yet her fragrance was subtle.

It was as if you ventured deep into a rose garden, only to find a lily blooming at its center.

Zhao Yi sat down across from her.

"Having another episode?"

He picked up a pen, intending to open his notebook.

But Liu Ruoqing, looking down from above, lifted her jade-like leg, her pearl-like toes lightly pressing on the back of Zhao Yi's hand.

"Enough, no need to pretend."

"Zhao Yi, you're a smart person, so smart that sometimes I wish I had met you sooner."

Zhao Yi looked up, the burgundy dress cascading like a waterfall, with two dazzling stars in the galaxy above it.

They were Liu Ruoqing's eyes.

"You should have guessed, the Red Demon incident was just me testing you."

"It's so weak, it poses no threat to me at all."

Zhao Yi smiled:

"What do you need me to do?"

Liu Ruoqing withdrew her foot.

With a flick of her fingers, a strange red light swirled, and a cute silver-haired little girl appeared in the room.

She was covered in bizarre scales.

Like a snake, yet like a fish.

"Tomorrow, all the veterans of the guild will leave."

"Once we go, who knows if we'll be able to return, the Red Demon... I'll leave it in your care."

Zhao Yi, hearing this, asked curiously:

"Where are you going?"

Liu Ruoqing's expression was somewhat peculiar.

"The Immortal Path."

"You can't access these things yet... let's not talk about it."

"The Red Demon can't go with me, that path is too dangerous, filled with countless perils and ominous signs..."

"The Red Demon can attach to your spiritual world and follow you to most places."

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"Also... don't eat her."

Zhao Yi looked at the little Lolita wrapped in red scales and remarked:

"What a pity..."

"But... who am I to refuse when I owe you a favor?"

Seeing Zhao Yi agree, Liu Ruoqing took out a special identity card and handed it to him.

"After we leave, no one will be around to protect you in the guild."

"Xiang Babang or others might come looking for trouble."

"This is the identity card of a warehouse manager. With this identity, they won't be able to touch you."

"As for the dungeons... you're on your own."

Zhao Yi took the identity card, which was imprinted with his soul mark.

Then, the Red Demon followed Zhao Yi back to room 404.

The little Lolita seemed quite afraid of Zhao Yi.

Her clear eyes were timid, and she stood obediently in the corner, not daring to move.

"Don't worry, I won't eat you."

Zhao Yi opened a bottle of soda, the sound of fizzing filling the air.

The little Lolita in front of him was a dangerous entity connected to ancient beings.

Anyone else standing before her would find it hard to remain as relaxed as Zhao Yi.

Even Liu Ruoqing, when parasitized by the Red Demon, would take special precautions against her.

But Zhao Yi was different.

He didn't guard against the Red Demon... the Red Demon guarded against him.

After soothing the Red Demon's emotions for a while, Zhao Yi threw her into his spiritual world.

Hmm... that edge of the world.

As soon as she entered, the Red Demon saw, in the distance, a vast abyss with massive bronze pillars shooting up from the endless darkness into the stormy sky.

On those bronze pillars, various terrifying demons were bound.

They roared, howled, and bared their teeth at her:

"Another one has come..."

"Ah! Come on, darling, endless suffering awaits you..."

"Join us in this eternal torment..."

"..."

Many of them had gone mad from the unbearable pain, their eyes shooting out terrifying red light, tears of blood streaming down, their resentment surging and gathering into the abyss below.

From the unseen darkness below came the chilling sound of chains clanking.

Occasional sighs, barely audible, made all the demons bound to the bronze pillars scream in terror!

It seemed...

In that endless darkness, something indescribably ominous was chained!

The Red Demon was already so frightened by the sight that she collapsed to the ground, and beside her, Zhao Yi patted her shoulder.

"Relax."

The little Lolita trembled even more.

After a long while, she finally calmed down a bit.

"What's down there?"

Her mental state seemed somewhat depleted.

Zhao Yi replied:

"Another me."

The Red Demon hesitated for a long time, reaching out towards the abyss, and a faint chaotic factor was gradually drawn out from the darkness, injected into the Red Demon's body!

These chaotic forces came from Zhao Yi's Dark Persona.

Whenever he released his Dark Persona, a large amount of chaotic factors would pour out.

When these chaotic factors overflowed the abyss, they would spill over, greatly affecting Zhao Yi's spiritual world!

But now, Zhao Yi seemed to have found... a solution.

"How much can you absorb?"

Zhao Yi squatted beside the Red Demon, curiously asking.

The Red Demon shook her head slightly, replying crisply:

"Not much, I can only absorb a little each day..."

"It takes time to digest... there are too many chaotic factors inside."

Zhao Yi patted the Red Demon's head, feeling it seriously.

Goodness.

This 'food' actually increased the speed at which the chaotic factors in his spiritual world disappeared by three times!

Perhaps this data isn't intuitive enough.

Previously, when Zhao Yi released his Dark Persona for six minutes, it would take him six months to recover.

Now it only takes two months.

And if Zhao Yi merely borrowed part of the Dark Persona's power, like an arm, or a leg, or a heart...

Then he might only need a few days of rest after using it for a few minutes!

Thinking this way, Zhao Yi suddenly didn't feel hungry anymore.

With a loving smile, he patted the Red Demon's head.

"Do a good job, and I'll let you eat to your heart's content in the future!"

The Red Demon glanced at the distance, where the demons bound to the bronze pillars made her swallow a mouthful of saliva.

She didn't know if it was out of fear or hunger...

...

After resting for a day.

When Zhao Yi went to knock on the door of room 707 again, there was no response.

The other party had left the guild's headquarters, and he couldn't get in touch with them.

He looked at the door, sighed, and lowered his head.

His expression was melancholic.

Yesterday, in his haste, he forgot to ask Liu Ruoqing for some valuable items.

Damn, he missed out on a rich lady!

He must not make such a mistake again next time!

Zhao Yi reflected on himself for a moment, suddenly remembering the stash the Clown had given him before, which he hadn't yet taken out, so he immediately retrieved the items from his mailbox.

...

[Item: Swift Legs]

[Quality: Blue]

[Description: ...Many years ago, when the Clown's father attended a grand entertainment gala hosted by the Chaotic Realm Limited Entertainment Company, his outstanding performance even earned him praise from Mr. Chaplin. The entertainment company's manager gifted him a silicone leg that could automatically grow and shoot leg hair.]

[Effect: Instantly fires two thousand poisonous leg hairs at a designated enemy within ten meters]

[Cooldown: 5 minutes]

[Clown's Note: I don't know why my father kept such a strange thing. The leg hair on it is so hard that when I first cleaned up the clutter, it scratched my hand, and the poison on it made me hurt for several days.]

...

"Goodness, a small-scale clearing tool!"

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up.

This thing looked pretty impressive.

Two thousand leg hairs meant it could simultaneously attack two thousand enemies within ten meters.

For some small monsters or potential threats, it's simply a killer move!

It's like pressing F1 to clear the screen.

He took out the green Fate Chest and weighed it... hmm, today he didn't have that constipated feeling, not the right time to open the chest.

Zhao Yi put it back, preparing to head to the steel processing plant to open a new world dungeon.

Arriving at Hanging Valley Town, he used his phone to book a few 'Didi Ghost Rides,' but as soon as the drivers heard Zhao Yi wanted to go to the processing plant on the west side, they immediately wanted to kick him out of the car!

"Young man, better find someone else..."

"That place, we really can't go..."

"Haunted!"

A friendly ghost driver lit a cigarette, visibly shaken.

His eyes were filled with dread.

When a ghost says a place is haunted, Zhao Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Unbelievable!

In the end, he had no choice but to contact the Warehouse Ghost.

The other party clearly knew about the steel processing plant too, and while driving, he said to Zhao Yi in the passenger seat:

"That place is not a good place to go... very dangerous."

"Many powerful ghosts have disappeared there."

Zhao Yi laughed:

"Wasn't the station just as dangerous back then, and I went in too?"

"It was out of necessity."

The Warehouse Ghost showed a strange expression.

The road ahead was without streetlights, particularly eerie and dark.

Moreover, a thick fog had risen.

The Warehouse Ghost turned on the car's spotlight.

The tree trunks along the road, with their gnarled branches, had their bark peeling off severely.

In the air, there was a very strong smell of rust.

Further ahead.

On the guardrails along the road, large patches of deep brown rust, like moss, could be seen growing...

Like... dried blood.

Driving along this stretch of road, the Warehouse Ghost's expression was somewhat grave, and he didn't continue chatting with Zhao Yi.

Clearly, the horror here had made it feel apprehensive...

The cawing of crows echoed, seemingly foretelling something bad was about to happen.

Zhao Yi glanced back.

The fog had blocked the way back.

"I can only take you this far."

The Warehouse Ghost spoke.

The shadow of the factory was not far ahead.

Separated by two or three hundred meters, the fog was thick, and only some shadows of the factory could be vaguely seen.

Being able to bring Zhao Yi here, it had done its utmost.

If it were someone else, even if offered millions of ghost coins, it would never come.

"No worries, I'll go on my own."

"Thank you."

Zhao Yi opened the car door and jumped out.

The Warehouse Ghost lit a cigar, speaking to Zhao Yi's back:

"I'll wait here for you for seven days."

"If you haven't come out in seven days, I'll head back."

Zhao Yi waved his hand.

He walked into the fog.

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