I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 11 I avoid his edge?
Cao Yu didn't feel much after reading it.

It's a common phenomenon for young girls experiencing their first love to be short-term partners with handsome men who lack moral character.

One was attracted by her looks, the other by her body; he didn't comment on such matters, his attention was entirely focused on the "Buddha of Marriage" mentioned at the end of the diary.

There's actually a god in this dungeon?
Cao Yu thought of his system shop, where the top ten superpowers each came with a warning: "Unique, not granted by the gods, buying it means certain death."

I wonder if the god in this warning is related to the god in this instance?

'Hmm... probably not. The gods here, judging from the descriptions, don't seem very powerful; it's probably just a name.'

He quickly gathered his scattered thoughts.

And then they continued with logical reasoning.

She stuck a sticker of the Buddha Mother's image on her back, recited the Rebirth Mantra backwards, and chose a way to die... In the end, Xia He probably chose to do this.

She also got her wish and "died after trying," dying in a car accident.

It's unclear whether this car accident was her chosen way of dying, or simply an accident.
After all, there are so many painless ways to die, there's no need to choose this more painful one.

Just as Cao Yu was about to put down his diary,
suddenly!

Blood-red words appeared out of nowhere on the blank pages of the diary.

It was as if an unseen person was standing next to him, holding a pen and writing on it with mixed-race ink.

Cao Yu resisted the urge to throw away the diary and looked at the blood-red words...

……

"July 24th, rain."

"I succeeded."

"I think I've turned into a ghost?"

……

"July 1st, cloudy."

"I'm finally back at school. When Song Shi'an saw me, he was so scared that he immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness. Silly boy, how could I bear to hurt you?"

“I took Song Shi’an’s soul with me.”

"We can finally be together forever."

……

"July 3th, sunny."

"I was bored and thought of Chen Shanshan. She was still keeping a cat in her dorm. I found her after she left the dorm. She begged me for forgiveness and apologized. Humph, don't you think it's too late? I just killed her."

"Hehe, I'll let you keep a cat in your dorm!"

……

"July 5th, rain."

"Ominous signs started appearing on me. My whole body was covered in red hair, and my consciousness was gradually becoming hazy. What's wrong with me?"

……

"July 19th, sunny."

"Today is Ghost Festival, and I regained consciousness at night."

"I actually killed someone while I was in a daze? How did six people turn into ghosts? Are they really ghosts? They're so weak compared to me."

"They actually want to be resurrected? Ha, six idiots. If they're resurrected, they'll just become ordinary people. It's much better to be ghosts."

"I wonder if I'll kill someone again during this period of delirium?"

"Never mind! Others only lose their lives, but if I don't do this, I'll lose my love."

"Song Shi'an seems to have gone mad."

"Hehe, my silly husband is also very cute. We will be together forever and ever."

……

"July 19th, sunny."

"The Ghost Festival has arrived this year, and I regained consciousness again at night."

"I discovered that two little mice had peeked into my diary and learned my secret."

"Human curiosity is just like a cockroach, it's disgusting!"

“I found them, punished them, and brutally killed them.”

"whee……"

……

At this point, the blood-red writing no longer appears.

Cao Yu's player panel popped up automatically, the information was updated, and at the same time a notification sounded in his mind.

You have completed side quest one.

Annie, who was standing nearby, also received the notification. However, neither of them showed any joy on their faces.

Because... that feeling of being watched by the unknown is getting stronger and stronger.

The auditory hallucinations were no longer as faint as before, but rather as if someone was shouting loudly right next to their ears.

Annie tried to bite her tongue to suppress her fear with pain and escape the auditory hallucinations, but she failed.

This hallucination is not immune!
"Was that last diary entry a premonition of the future?" Annie frowned. "A prophecy that we would be killed by Xia He?"

"From another perspective, this is an intelligence hint that she will settle accounts with us tonight." Cao Yu said calmly, glancing at the panel: "It's 1:30 pm now. According to the locals, nightfall is around 7:30 pm. We still have 6 hours."

He put down his diary and looked at Chen Ran and the other two.

The three of them had already read through the materials he had given them.

Seeing his actions, Chen Ran quickly asked, "How is it? Is it dangerous to read the diary?"

“Yes. If you read the diary, you will be marked and Xia He will come after you at night.” Cao Yu nodded and said, “You don’t have to read it; I will tell you the contents directly.”

"This... exploiting a bug?" Zhou Fan asked, "Will it work?"

"Give it a try, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work." Cao Yu said, "Now that the puzzle pieces are complete, I know the real way to pass the level, so it's safe and secure."

Seeing that he had said so, the three of them immediately made up their minds.

……

five minutes later.

The three of them were hallucinating.

Cao Yu opened his diary and found that in the last entry, "Premonition Diary," "two little mice" had become "five little mice."

It even has automatic updates... Clearly, they failed to exploit the bug.

Once people know about this, they will be marked, which fits the warning that "gazing into the abyss will also be gazed into by the abyss."

"Xia He is the 'Ti Ou Yuan'!"

Zhou Fan concluded:

“After her death, she was in a state of confusion and would act according to supernatural laws. At this time, she was ‘Tiou Yuan’ and would not attack us who were protected by the safe house.”

When the Ghost Festival arrives, her consciousness will awaken at night, and at that time, she will be Xia He.

Xia He doesn't need to follow supernatural rules; judging from her diary entries, she can kill whomever she wants.

Everyone agrees with this conclusion.

Zhou Zheng said with a serious expression:
"Du Ruo alone can control dozens of people with illusions, and the upper limit is unknown. As the source, the strength of 'Ti Ou Yuan' cannot be overestimated."

Moreover, when her hallucinations take effect, she doesn't even need a medium of fear, nor does she discriminate between targets. In this state, even if we sought help from the army of the Song Altar City to jointly defeat her, we would likely be slaughtered by her.

He paused, then suggested:

"We've already completed side quest one. I think there's no need to force side quest two. How about we avoid the limelight for a while?"

"Should I avoid her sharp edge?" Chen Ran puffed out his chest and raised his head, speaking with domineering confidence.

"Oh?" Cao Yu asked in surprise, "You're that brave?"

"Isn't that what you're here for?" Chen Ran chuckled. "Didn't you just say you had a way to clear the game? What is it?"

Cao Yu did not answer immediately, but looked at Zhou Zheng and said:
"Since you're suggesting avoiding direct confrontation, you must have a way to mitigate the risk, right?"

"I did come up with a method,"

Zhou Zheng nodded and said:
In her diary, Xia He mentioned that she was allergic to cat fur. She disliked her roommate Chen Shanshan, who kept a cat in the dormitory.

After she became a ghost, she killed Chen Shanshan while she was away from the dormitory.

It's obvious she inherited her fear of cats...or rather, her aversion to cats from her past life. Otherwise, given her reckless and unruly personality after becoming a ghost, she would have killed Chen Shanshan right there in the dorm instead of patiently waiting. So..."

He concluded:
"We might find a cat cafe and hide away until 11 p.m. Of course, this is just my guess, and I dare not say whether it is correct or not."

Zhou Zheng felt that Cao Yu must have already thought of everything he could think of.

He proposed this method to get Cao Yu's advice.

"This method is feasible."

The first person to offer words of affirmation was not Cao Yu, but Annie.

She was on the phone by the window, but she has now hung up and returned to the group, saying:
“I called Chen Shanshan’s family and learned that the cat she kept in the dormitory was taken back by her family and they continue to take care of it. It is still alive.”

As the smartest person in the team, she naturally wouldn't overlook the detail that "Xia He dislikes cats".

After reading the diary, she immediately called the police station. The station was in complete chaos, and it took her considerable effort to persuade a "colleague" to help her find Chen Shanshan's family's phone number and call them to inquire about the cat.

"Is that so...? Given Xia He's personality, she killed Chen Shanshan, how could she possibly let that cat go?" Chen Ran speculated. "So, she really doesn't want to get close to cats! Even after becoming a ghost, she still avoids them. Hmm, a hide-and-seek cat cafe might work!"

“Hide-and-seek cafes are indeed a good option,” Cao Yu affirmed, but also shook his head: “However, this is a risk avoidance plan, not the method I’m talking about for clearing the level.”

He suddenly became serious, and his tone turned somewhat solemn:

"Everyone, it's time to make a choice again. To fight or to retreat, it's up to you. We won't force you. After all, the real way to clear this level requires us to... die once."

(End of this chapter)