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Chapter 51: Thank you to Red Love White for the 30,000 reward.

"You probably know what happened next. I ran desperately through the fire, reaching the very edge of the warehouse, but finally collapsed and passed out from exhaustion."

"When I woke up again, I was already in the hospital, and my face looked like this."

Gu Mian looked at the woman's face.

From the half of her face that wasn't burned, you could tell she was originally a pretty girl, but the other half of her face, grotesque and hideous, was impossible to ignore.

"For the first few days after I woke up, I had nightmares every day. I dreamt that Zhong Min was coming to take my life, and my older sister came to see me a few times... she's my biological parents' sister."

"My sister said she held me when I was born, but I've long forgotten. She's always been good to me. When she noticed something was wrong with me, she secretly went to the village to find a shaman."

"When the sorceress came and took one look, she said I was being haunted, specifically by Zhong Min. The sorceress said she couldn't do anything about it and immediately ran away."

"Later, I dreamed about Zhong Min every day. I dreamed that I went back to that burning warehouse, and that she crawled out of the fire and tried to kill me."

"She got closer and closer to me, every single day, until finally she was almost at the point where she could reach out and strangle me."

"I thought I was going to die, but then my sister came back, and she brought me that..."

The woman looked at the shrine in the corner of the living room: "My biological parents gave me away when I was born because they wanted a son. I was their fourth daughter, and they couldn't afford to raise me."

"I heard that my biological mother gave birth to four daughters in a row but never had a son, so she prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere, but nothing worked."

"Later, she gave birth to two more daughters, both of whom she gave away. Finally, having no other choice, they somehow obtained that thing."

"That's the statue. Legend says it's an evil god, very evil, but it can grant people small wishes, though the person making the wish must pay a certain price."

It's somewhat like a little devil, who devours the vital energy and yang energy of the living and then helps them fulfill their wishes.

The woman continued, "After this, my mother became pregnant again, and this time she finally got her wish and had a son. I don't know what price she paid... They seemed to be particularly afraid of this statue, and after my son was born, they took it away and put it in the local temple."

"When my sister saw that I was half dead, she secretly took it out of the temple and gave it to me... Then I made a wish to it."

It turns out that she survived all these years thanks to this statue.

Gu Mian also looked at the statue.

The statue was quite far away from him, so he couldn't see it clearly. The statue's features were somewhat blurry, and it exuded an eeriness.

Yuwen Hao whispered, "So the key to surviving for ten days is this statue?"

The woman continued, "But this statue won't last much longer either..."

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Hao's eyes widened slightly.

“Over the years, Zhong Min has killed many people. The resentment she has accumulated has reached a terrifying level. I’ve started having dreams about her again these past few days. I know this statue is about to become useless.” Gu Mian looked at the statue again after hearing this. The statue was carved from an unknown material. It was completely black, and several fine cracks had appeared on its surface.

"At first, it was just a series of intermittent dreams; I would wake up immediately whenever I dreamed of that burning warehouse."

“But the dream kept getting longer and longer, and I couldn’t wake up at all. In the dream, I saw Zhong Min again. I saw her being pressed under the shelf, reaching out her hand to me…”

"I'm afraid to sleep. These days I've only dared to doze off intermittently, but I still can't escape the nightmare. I see her getting closer and closer to me, and I know I'm going to die..."

Yuwen Hao's expression became anxious, and Qing Huan and Huang Yu were also somewhat frightened.

Since this statue is almost useless, where is the way out for this dungeon?
The woman continued, "I knew I was going to die sooner or later. She cursed us when she was in the fire. She cursed me, she cursed those who wouldn't lend money, and she cursed those who forced her to repay it."

"Over the years, everyone she cursed except me has died, but her resentment remains, and she continues to kill people who have nothing to do with her."

Yuwen Hao asked impatiently, "Then do you know how to make Zhong Min's resentment disappear?"

If the resentment at the source of the curse disappears, then the rest of the curses may also disappear, and they will be saved.

He had only asked casually, not expecting an answer at all, but unexpectedly, the woman in front of him said, "Perhaps when all the people she resents are dead, her resentment will dissipate."

Yuwen was stunned. Everyone except the person in front of him had been cursed by Zhong Min.

Is the key to this dungeon simply killing the woman in front of you?

Will killing her remove all the curses...?

Yuwen Hao subconsciously glanced at the chainsaw that Gu Mian had placed to the side.

Gu Mian's voice came from the side: "You can't lift it."

Yuwen Hao leaned closer to Gu Mian anxiously and whispered, "This is absolutely crucial to the dungeon. Only by dispelling Zhong Min's resentment can we survive for ten days... She must die."

His voice lowered further as he said this: "Don't forget this is just a game. We're in a dungeon, and all our actions are justified in order to complete the quest."

If they kill the woman in front of them and resolve Zhong Min's resentment, they can survive for ten days.

This is a game; survival is the most important thing.

“None of this is real, there’s no need to feel guilty about killing someone,” Yuwen Hao said in a low voice. “We must kill her.”

Gu Mian glanced at him sideways: "It's possible, but there's no need."

He's disliked Zhong Min for a long time.

Regarding updates, I've been too busy during the New Year, so I'm posting as soon as I finish writing. Once I have a stockpile of chapters, I'll definitely set a regular update schedule. (╥╯^╰╥)
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