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Inside the Viking Hotel, cameras were pointed at several of the participating guests.

"You've all probably heard the legends about this place—people have committed suicide here, and others have disappeared," the host said to the camera, introducing the basic information about the haunted hotel.

Tan Wenjie then turned to look at his surroundings.

"Sir?" A fragrant breeze brushed past.

"Ok?"

Tan Wenjie turned his head and saw a very ordinary girl with glasses. Through the lenses of her glasses, you could see that her features were quite delicate.

"My name is Tina," the girl with glasses introduced herself, rubbing her arms together. "Have you heard the legends about this place?"

"you mean?"

"They will disappear inexplicably."

"No."

"Yes, that's exactly it."

Tan Wenjie: "..."

So regardless of whether you answer yes or no, the conversation will be forced to continue.

“I still believe that those strange things can happen. If there is any danger, you will protect me, right?” Tina said, turning to the left of Tan Wenjie.

Tan Wenjie turned his head to look in the opposite direction and indeed saw the camera panning towards them.

"..."

So he deliberately made conversation to ensure he got screen time.

Besides myself, there were two other guests, whose average appearances clearly did not meet the basic principle of attracting camera attention.

The first rule of horror movies: there must be beautiful women and handsome men.

The group continued to explore the area while being filmed.

"Hey, look at the shadow on the wall, it looks like a person!" Tina exclaimed, pointing to the wall as she stood next to Tan Wenjie.

Her voice successfully drew the camera's attention.

Sure enough, there were black silhouettes on the wall.

Tan Wenjie's eyes saw more through the shadows; it was a very singular soul space, storing many lost souls who could never leave, much like Silent Hill.

To enter, certain conditions must be met.

We cannot force our way in, not because it's impossible, but because excessive force might tear apart that imperfect and fragile space.

Ideally, one should wait for a "key" that actively invites them into it.

The host said, "Some people say this place is haunted by a scary little girl, but we've looked around for so long and haven't seen anything, so it seems there really isn't one."

A cold wind blew by, and the little girl's giggles drifted through the air.

All eyes turned to the host, and people unconsciously moved closer to each other, trying to warm themselves by touching each other's body heat.

Tina stood close to Tan Wenjie and whispered, "Okay, it seems like there really is a problem."

There was not a trace of panic on her face.

It seems she believes that all of this was prepared in advance by the production team.

Compared to her, the photographer and the host looked completely bewildered.

The program wasn't scheduled beforehand.

In the quiet, dimly lit corridor of the haunted hotel, the group cautiously explored forward, seeing more and more black figures on the walls along the way, and the air growing increasingly cold.

"I'm not playing anymore!" Finally, someone couldn't take it anymore and yelled as they ran back the way they came.

After two or three breaths, it completely disappeared.

The herd mentality meant that if one person ran away, it would trigger a chain reaction of fear. The film crew, who were already barely holding on, felt their hands and feet turn cold, as if they were ready to flee at any moment.

"Anyone want to play games together?" came the little girl's voice.

A little girl in a white dress appeared silently as the voice rang out. Her white dress fluttered, her long hair flowed, and her angelic face was tinged with a sinister and eerie aura.

She clapped and laughed happily, but those who saw her were filled with fear and panic.

"Ah!" *N
Tan Wenjie: "..."

As I dodged to the side, I reached up to pick my ear, but I didn't expect Tina next to me to scream so loudly.

"Let's play a ghost-catching game!" the little girl in the white dress suggested. "Can you hear the singing?"

Suddenly, the sound of a music box rang in everyone's ears, but it disappeared in an instant.

"If the ghost doesn't catch the person before the sound stops, it will disappear."

"Disappeared?" Tina asked subconsciously, but her gaze fell on the silhouette of a person on the white wall of the hotel.

The answer is ready to come out.

"The ghost can keep grabbing people," she said. "I'll be the ghost first, and I'm going to grab someone!"

Under the trembling gazes of the crowd, the little girl in the white dress approached Tan Wenjie and gently patted his shoulder.

The music from the music box then began to play in Tan Wenjie's ears.

"You're a ghost now, hehehe."

Tina instinctively stepped back.

The others also retreated and created distance, fearing that Tan Wenjie might suddenly grab them.

Tan Wenjie remained unfazed and made no attempt to arrest anyone.

He stood quietly in place, and the others did not dare to move and waited quietly together.

Time passed quickly, and the music grew fainter and fainter.

Tina suddenly mustered up her courage and said, "Why don't you pat me? Then I'll pat you. That should buy us some time."

"I have a girlfriend."

“…” Tina remained silent.

"Ha ha ha ha."

The music stopped, and a force pulled Tan Wenjie slowly into the air. The others could no longer control themselves and began to scream. Then, Tan Wenjie's figure was completely shattered, turning into a black shadow that merged into the ceiling, forming a black shadow.

Looking at the chaotic world before him, Tan Wenjie muttered to himself, "Finally, I'm in."

[Discover the Secret Realm: Alice's Humble Shadow Space (lv1)]

[Stamina Consumption: 0/0]

You are already dead.

Tan Wenjie's eyes lit up.

"As expected of a weapon made by He Youqiu."

He remembered that the little girl was a special weapon created by the genius He Youqiu, and the person who proposed the idea was Yamamoto Kazuo, whose main purpose was to import it from Japan into China.

No matter how many years have passed, the Japanese invaders have never given up their desire to destroy us.

He Youqiu possesses a book called the Huangji Jingshi Book, which is also the Heavenly Book among the three most powerful books of Heaven, Earth, and Man in this world.

Having some interaction with the holder of the Heavenly Book, the Earthly Book, the Human Book, Destiny, and so on will all come to you on their own. Being remotely controlled by others is not a pleasant experience these days.

Tan Wenjie did not act rashly. His magic power was too strong, and if he was not careful, he might directly burst the entire space.

He carefully examined the space.

The passerby who ran away earlier is dead and has become one of the sacrifices here.

Then Tan Wenjie made his final decision: "I'll take this one."

This is a space comparable to Silent Hill, but with even greater potential, especially since it's rated as a "secret realm," even though it's only level 1.

The Viking Hotel, in the corridor.

The crew members were driven to a mental breakdown because Tan Wenjie suddenly appeared as a shadow imprinted on the wall in their eyes.

The little girl in the white dress was clapping her hands and giggling.

"Well, there are no more ghosts now, time to choose the next one~"

whoosh-

A figure descended from the sky, reached out and patted the little girl in the white dress on the shoulder, grabbing her like a chick.

"You, how could you..." she looked at Tan Wenjie in confusion.

“I’m the ghost,” Tan Wenjie said. “Now that I’ve caught you, shouldn’t you turn into a shadow?”

"How can it be!"

"It's no good for a child to be dishonest; it'll get him killed."

The little girl in the white dress struggled frantically, but Tan Wenjie's hand was like an iron clamp, preventing her from breaking free.

If the people present hadn't already witnessed the horrific events firsthand, they might have mistakenly thought that Tan Wenjie was bullying the little girl.

The little girl's lips trembled, as if she were about to burst into tears. "She'll die," Tan Wenjie said.

His crying face froze.

"Good boy, hand over your abilities now," Tan Wenjie gently reminded him.

Seeing that the other party was not cooperating, Tan Wenjie said, "Since you like playing games so much, why don't we play a game together? I'll ask you questions and you'll answer them. If you answer correctly within the time limit, I'll let you go."

She immediately clapped her hands excitedly: "Great! Alice can definitely do it!"

"So your name is Alice." Tan Wenjie put Alice down, took out a booklet from his pocket, and flipped through a few pages.

The Book of Life and Death in this world and the Book of Life and Death in the Republic of China world were the first to be merged.

However, Alice is no longer in the Book of Life and Death. Either she has transcended the Three Realms and is no longer within the Five Elements, or... there is an even more powerful force interfering.

"Listen carefully, what has forty legs but can't walk?"

Alice pondered deeply.

Tina and the others were speechless. Since they had already caught the evil spirit, why not just perform a ritual to help it pass on to the afterlife? Why did it turn into a guessing game?

"elephant?"

"An elephant has four legs."

"Centipede!"

"That's not right either."

"What is that?" Alice asked with a cute smile and a coquettish tone.

"Stupid," Tan Wenjie sighed, "It's ten tables!"

Tina and the others: "..."

Is this the correct answer, or are you just nitpicking?
Alice's smile froze, her eyes flashing red. The most direct feeling for ordinary people was that the air was cold and the chill was biting, and it felt like there was sticky stuff in their lungs.

Tan Wenjie patted Alice's head affectionately: "Then let me ask you an easier question: What green thing can fall from a tree and kill someone?"

Alice suppressed her anger, regained her cuteness, and tilted her head to answer, "Ape?"

Do gorillas have green ones?

"elephant."

"no!"

"what is that."

"Pool table, you idiot."

Tina and the others: "..."

They have confirmed that Tam Man-kit is definitely looking for trouble.

"Aaaaah!" Alice quickly turned on him, roaring as her body rapidly expanded and grew larger, crashing through the ceiling and transforming into a giant.

"You're the one who says you can play games, but you're also the one who can't afford to play. You're really not cute."

Instead of looking up at Alice, who had transformed into a giant doll, Tan Wenjie raised his foot and stomped on her enormous toes.

"Oh!"

With a loud crash, the giant doll's toes were crushed.

Stepping on toes is not a children's game; it can be very dangerous.

Alice, who had become an invincible giant in the eyes of Tina and the others, deflated rapidly and shrank as a result of being stepped on. In the end, she squatted in front of Tan Wenjie, hugging his foot and crying.

"Hand it over now, the game's over, kid." Tan Wenjie glared menacingly at Alice.

It seems he's the villain.

“I was created,” Alice said. “I am cursed unless someone willingly takes on the curse.”

"By me?"

Do you want to become a shadow?

"Then let's find someone else, let him do it."

Tan Wenjie's shadow flickered, and Tina and the others couldn't see it, but Alice had already sensed the presence of Demon Lord Tan Wenjie.

The other party is Tan Wenjie's alternate dimension counterpart, a "body" created by the system, but without its own consciousness injected into it, which he has now poached and is using.

Alice was greatly shocked.

She mistakenly believed that Tan Wenjie had turned her twin brother into that kind of thing. Alice, who had killed many people, was terrified for the first time.

"it is good."

Alice was very cooperative.

You are cursed; your body is changing.

That wasn't my own body at all; it was something I found in another world.

[Failure in horror games is punished, and you are the new victim. Become a shadow, forever stuck to the floor and walls—that's what losers are like.]

It doesn't deduct health, has no negative status effects, and just says a few meaningless words, so it should actually be considered a reward.

You've discovered a new hidden realm.

[Secret Realm: Unnamed (lv1)]

[Stamina Consumption: 0/0]

A world that is empty and devoid of anything.

Tan Wenjie looked down at his own shadow, using "his own body" to transform into his own shadow, and hidden within the shadow was a chaotic and narrow secret world.

Perhaps one day it will develop into a complete world, a world that can be entered at any time.

"Can you let me go now?"

Do you have somewhere to go?

"No."

"Come with me, I might be able to help you find a good place."

“Okay!” Alice nodded.

Putting aside Tan Wenjie's shortcomings, such as being too strong, bullying children, and having a quirky sense of humor in quiz games, following him is still quite good.

"Let's go, filming ends here." Tan Wenjie looked at the film crew.

"Ah? Yes, yes!" Everyone nodded repeatedly.

As they left the Viking Hotel, Tan Wenjie casually handed a stack of flyers to everyone, saying, "If you feel unwell or encounter ghosts at night, you can contact the Taoist priests listed above."

"Lingling Hall?" *N
“I’ve heard of it.”

"It's very effective."

The lively discussion heated up the air, seemingly drying out the fear, and people were no longer timid and were able to walk with their backs straight.

"What music box?" Tan Wenjie suddenly turned to look at Alice.

The others also fell silent.

They could no longer see Alice, but they heard Tan Wenjie's voice, and their brains automatically filled in the image of Alice.

"It's just a box, don't take it. I'll give you a shrine tablet later and burn some paper dolls for you."

What good thing could a music box, which imprisons souls and turns them into weapons, possibly be? It certainly couldn't be a beautiful memory.

Everyone: "..."

What should have been a heartwarming scene was described as terrifying.

Mars, who had been waiting outside the hotel, saw the crowd leave and immediately sneaked into the Viking Hotel.

Mars looked at the shattered ceiling and the collapsed part of the hotel, and asked in confusion, "What exactly happened inside?"

He also prayed that his mission objective wouldn't be crushed under the rubble.

Fortunately, he successfully found what Inspector Chan wanted.

Mars brought the music box back to the police station and placed it on Inspector Chan's desk.

"This is it."

"You just took it like that?"

Inspector Chen nearly jumped up.

"Isn't it just a music box?" Mars asked, puzzled.

"Who said it's just an ordinary music box? It's...it's..."

Inspector Chen looked at the music box.

The ballet dancers inside swayed slowly to the music.

It seems to be just an ordinary music box. (End of Chapter)