I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 6 Then I ask you
Chen Ran didn't blame Cao Yu; he was trying to help her, so she had no reason to be angry.

'Once I get back to reality, I'll have this guy treat me to a meal.'

After treating his injuries, Chen Ran walked over to the other players.

The hemostatic spray also had a healing effect on burns, so she generously sprayed it on the burns on Zhou Fan and the others... well, not exactly generous. After all, these burns were caused by her hitting them with the "Flaming Staff."

"Miss, thank you so much!" Zhou Fan said through gritted teeth.

The excruciating pain he had just endured almost killed him.

He knew Chen Ran had smashed the things he was trying to help him, so he had no reason to be angry; he was so bitter inside…

To divert attention, Zhou Fan looked at Cao Yu and asked:

"By the way, what was your purpose in having us intercept the people who were trying to escape?"

Hearing this,

Before Cao Yu could answer, Chen Ran spoke first:

“You were a little late in breaking free from the illusion, so you didn’t notice that the group of people who escaped were not under Du Ruo’s illusion from the beginning.”

Those who were not hallucinating were isolated and placed on the right side of the hall.

Chen Ran glanced at them, then looked away and continued:

"If we can figure out why they weren't attacked by Du Ruo and follow their example, our safety in this instance will undoubtedly be greatly improved."

"Is that so...then they are indeed very important." Zhou Fan's eyes turned serious.

“Um…” the frail woman suddenly raised her hand and reminded, “The man with the hood from before has run away.”

"Let them run away. They didn't even say thank you after being saved. We're not on the same wavelength." The model stepped forward and said to Chen Ran in a conciliatory manner, "Thank you for your help earlier."

"You're welcome," Chen Ran waved his hand. "Even without me, if you keep fighting, you'll eventually come to your senses."

"It's also possible that he bled to death."

The model guy looked at the pretty girl again and smiled:
"I must also thank you for showing mercy, young lady. In the illusion, it was you who fought me. If you had used your full strength then, I'm afraid... I wouldn't know how to address you?"

The beautiful woman ignored him, feeling that she had mostly recovered her senses, and walked straight towards the crowd attending the funeral—mainly towards those who hadn't experienced the hallucinations.

The model guy's smile froze on his face, looking a little embarrassed.

Upon seeing this, Cao said:
"Let's chat later, let's go ask for information first."

He walked into the crowd...

……

It turns out that Du Ruo was a policeman who died yesterday, while his girlfriend died eight days ago. The player is attending the funeral as "Du Ruo's colleague".

It turns out that there were no ghosts in this world before.

The people in the farewell hall all admitted that today was the first time they had ever encountered a ghost, and their worldviews had collapsed.

Cao Yu was not surprised by this.

If everyone could become a ghost after death and cause trouble at funerals, this alternate world would not be so peaceful, and the government would not allow the ritual of "funeral" to exist.

The birth and mischief of ghosts are certainly subject to certain conditions, but ordinary people are simply unaware of them.

This significantly increased the difficulty for Cao Yu and his team in obtaining intelligence.

Those who weren't affected by the hallucinations in the first place were also completely baffled as to why they weren't attacked.

The seven people did not give up. Like police interrogating criminals, they spent nearly forty minutes asking about everyone's family background, age, occupation, hobbies and special skills. Chen Ran "borrowed" a tablet computer from the organizer of the funeral and recorded all the information, listing it in a table.

The group gathered around the tablet, looking at it from left to right, brainstorming and analyzing the differences between those experiencing hallucinations and those not.

Cao Yu was searching for answers with a guess in mind, so he immediately confirmed the first commonality among the "people who do not experience hallucinations".

He said:
"They're all single."

"...This counts?" Model Bro said, "I'm single too, but I got attacked."

“No, you are not,” Cao Yu said.

“Uh,” the model guy hurriedly explained, “I really am single…”

the other side,
The pretty woman had already realized what was happening. She took out her police ID and pulled out the photo tucked inside—a picture of an unfamiliar man and woman in an intimate pose.

Seeing this, the others also took out their ID cards and photos.

Chen Ran looked at the photo and suddenly realized:
"So that's where this photo came from!"

She doesn't have a partner, but her identity in this instance is tied to one—she had this suspicion when she first saw the photo.

This is not hard to guess.

After all, the photo was tucked inside her ID, which was a clear indication of her identity. She just didn't understand the purpose of the photo.

Now she understands—this was for her to use when breaking up.

With a photo in hand and being a police officer, it would be easy to find out her boyfriend's basic information by going to the police station and using the police station's internal system for facial recognition.

Once you find someone, you can naturally break up and become single again.

"You thought of that already?" Chen Ran looked at Cao Yu.

"I guess so. Judging from the dungeon description, the girlfriend is a trap; she'll return on the seventh day after her death and kill her partner. What happened to Du Ruo might happen to us."

Cao Yu replied:
"So, either find a girlfriend and protect her, or break up. Now it seems that breaking up is the right answer."

“I have a question,” Chen Ran asked, “Even if our girlfriends come to kill us after they die, that’s seven days from now, so it doesn’t seem like there’s any real danger?”

They only need to survive here for 12 hours to pass the level.

Seven days later, the daylilies were all cold.

Cao Yu was about to answer,

The beautiful woman suddenly spoke:
Today is Ghost Festival.

"...You were asking about the festival just now?" Chen Ran was a little surprised, but then he immediately realized, "That's right. Du Ruo died yesterday, but he can still cause trouble today and not follow the rules for the seventh day after death... It's true that we should find out if there's anything special about today."

Previously, she had focused all her energy on interrogating... no, investigating the basic information of the two groups of people, and hadn't thought of asking about this matter.

"Forget about Ghost Festival, let's go to the police station first!" the frail woman said. "At the police station, we can quickly find out about my girlfriend and then break up with her!"

"Look, you're in such a hurry again." Cao Yu looked at her and asked, "Then let me ask you, are you a man or a woman?"

"Huh?" The frail woman paused for a moment, glanced at her ID, and replied, "My ID name is... Lü Shi... uh, it seems to be a gender-neutral name."

She was truly stumped by the question... No, wait! It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman; they'll find out once they get to the police station.

"Don't rush," Cao Yu pointed to the tablet in Chen Ran's hand, "Let's look for other similarities. Besides, we don't need to go to the police station."

"No need to go...?" the frail woman asked, puzzled.

This time, the beautiful woman was the first to take action, heading straight into the crowd.

She randomly picked someone, threatened them on the spot, borrowed their phone, and threw out a question:
"I'm asking you, am I a man or a woman?"

"?"

The other person was stumped by her question, as if they had entered a state of paralysis where their left and right hemispheres were fighting each other, and it took them a while to manage to utter an answer:
"Of course you're a man."

What is the emergency number?

"1..."

The pretty woman took a picture of the man and woman in her hand with her phone, and then started dialing the police. She was now a police officer, and as long as she stated her identity, gave her badge number, and used her connections to get her "colleagues" to help find her "girlfriend's" basic information, it wouldn't be difficult.

Strangely, she tried calling back and forth several times, but the line was always busy.

It seems like there are a lot of people calling the police now.

The pretty girl went straight to Du Ruo's parents and asked:
Do you have Du Ruo's colleague's phone number?

Du Ruo was a police officer before his death, and his parents may have the phone numbers of his colleagues.

"Aren't you his colleague?" Although Mr. and Mrs. Du found it strange, they still searched their phones and gave him the number.

The young woman immediately dialed the number... After a series of steps, she successfully obtained the information.

She immediately called her "girlfriend," made up an excuse, and unilaterally announced their breakup.

You have been granted safe house shelter.

You have started a side quest.

Side Quest 1: Uncover the Truth Behind the "Touching the Regret"

Side Quest 2: Save the World

Side quests are not mandatory; you are free to choose whether or not to complete them.

[Warning: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.]

Saving the world... Many guesses immediately popped into the beautiful woman's mind, but she suppressed them for the time being.

Players only need to complete the main quest to clear the dungeon; side quests are considered bonus points—she knew this.

She rejoined the group, handed her phone to Cao Yu, and said:
"Let's break up. Just break up."

(End of this chapter)