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Chapter 42 The Midnight Bell (Please continue reading)

During the time spent in the Mountain Village Corpse instance, the instances in the Main God Space refreshed again, and among these instances was the five-star difficulty Midnight Bell.

When the topic of "The Ring" came up, Lu Ming remembered that the horror film was adapted from a science fiction novel.

Originally, Lu Ming wasn't very interested in this kind of thing when he was a child. It wasn't until he saw in the news that someone had been scared to death after watching the original film of The Ring, and that The Ring was listed as one of the top ten banned films, that he became curious and watched the movie.

The result was obvious: during that period, Xiao Luming was awakened by nightmares more frequently at night, and then he would take his blanket to wake up his parents in the next room, only to be scolded.

"The complete Sadako curse can even become a meme, spreading infinitely in a very short time, reaching a point where it is unsolvable."

"That's not the scariest part. This vengeful ghost has excellent growth potential and an absurdly high ceiling. It's like Luo Wensong knocking on countless doors at the same time during the mysterious resurrection. Sadako's curse can also be triggered countless times at the same time, and then it will be superimposed in the form of an infinite clone. The level of terror is frighteningly high."

These are the reasons why Lu Ming decided to choose the Midnight Bell instance.

However, these are all just Lu Ming's ideas. Even if he could control Sadako, it would be impossible for him to make the vengeful ghost reach such a terrifying level immediately.

An incomplete vengeful ghost can only become a complete vengeful ghost and reach its maximum level of terror by being pieced together from the pieces of a ghost puzzle.

“Sadako, Kayako, and Tomie all possess the ability to create infinite clones, so their potential is undoubtedly quite high.”

"I wonder if there will be any extra tasks or rewards for participating in the Midnight Bell dungeon this time."

Lu Ming, who had silently made his decision, was about to enter the instance directly, but at that moment, he suddenly noticed the instance name displayed next to a certain light orb.

This is a four-star difficulty dungeon.

Her name is "Slit-Mouthed Woman".

Like Sadako, the Slit-Mouthed Woman is also one of the urban legends of Japan.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman was a woman with a great figure who dressed herself up beautifully. Her features were exquisite, but her mouth looked as if it had been cut open by something, splitting all the way to her ears. Her appearance was similar to the female corpse in the Black Dahlia incident.

If you are lucky enough to meet her, she will ask you a question.

"Do you think I'm beautiful?"

If your answer is not pretty, the extremely angry Slit-Mouthed Woman will use the scissors in her hand to cut your mouth open, making you look like her.

If you give a beautiful answer, the kind-hearted Slit-Mouthed Woman will use her scissors to cut open your mouth, making you look like her.

For Lu Ming now, the urban legends of this island nation were not considered terrifying, but he inexplicably thought of the ghost scissors in Fang Shiming's hand.

"These two are quite a good match."

Shaking his head to clear his mind of these random thoughts, Lu Ming looked up at the transparent panel that had appeared next to the sphere of light.

The Ring (or the Nightmare Ring)

Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆

[Mission: Survive for one month while under Sadako's curse (you must be under the curse when leaving the instance)]

[Reward: 20 attribute points]

[Enter the current horror movie instance?]

No/Yes

Lu Ming believed he was prepared, so he chose "yes".

He didn't let Chen Xin and Wu Lei participate in this dungeon, partly because he was afraid they would hold him back, and partly because sending two Tier 3 challengers to a five-star horror movie dungeon was tantamount to sending them to their deaths. Meanwhile, Chen Xin and Wu Lei looked at the dungeon description for "The Ring" with grave expressions.

Five stars...
Needless to say, the terror of this dungeon far exceeded their expectations.

It's normal for Lu Ming not to let them participate.

But... can Doflamingo clear this dungeon on his own?
Lu Ming waved his hand, indicating that he was leaving. The next moment, the scene was exactly the same as when he entered the Mountain Village Corpse instance. The boundless darkness around him shattered like a piece of glass that had been smashed by a heavy hammer.

Lu Ming felt a sense of weightlessness beneath his feet.

In the darkness, points of light converged, revealing new words.

[Block the spread of Sadako's curse at its source within the dungeon (completing an extra mission, depending on whether the dungeon is cleared directly)]

[Reward: Gain the ability to spread Sadako's curse]

The difficulty of the "Ringu" horror movie instance is only rated as five stars, not because Sadako is not scary enough.

It's simply because its original mission requirement was to survive for one month.

Generally speaking, survival missions are much simpler than missions to eliminate vengeful spirits.

When challengers enter the Ring in the Night, they may pay the price of several lives in order to find out information about the vengeful ghost, but compared to directly confronting the ghost, surviving is still much easier.

Lu Ming had already obtained information about Sadako in advance, so if he simply wanted to clear the dungeon, it wouldn't be too difficult.

The medium through which the Sadako curse spreads is a bizarre videotape; it is said that anyone who watches the videotape will be killed on the seventh day.

Knowing this rule beforehand, surviving for a month is not difficult.

Simply make a copy of the videotape and show it to someone else to transfer the curse.

During the last seven days, simply rewatch the videotapes and leave the instance while still in the cursed state.

Of course, Lu Ming's conclusion was based on a God's-eye view. Real horror movies have too many unknown factors, and the other challengers would not know so much information beforehand.

All the clues need to be discovered step by step, risking one's life.

Moreover, Lu Ming did not intend to actually stay in the Midnight Bell instance for a whole month.

Completing the extra mission and gaining the ability to spread the curse of the videotape is equivalent to controlling a part of Sadako to some extent. Lu Ming would never let go of such a good opportunity.

"Back in my hometown, there are some ruthless people who have even threatened to give Sadako maternity leave. I'm just thinking of trying to control Sadako's abilities. That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"

Finally, Lu Ming felt a solid touch beneath his feet, and the empty, boundless darkness around him gradually became still and then turned into a real scene.

This is a cramped little house, like the small studio apartments that office workers in island nations often rent.

But in fact, Lu Ming's identity this time is not that of a miserable office worker, but a high school student living alone in an island country.

Over the white mourning clothes Lu Ming was wearing, a black stand-up collar school uniform had appeared out of nowhere.

It was nighttime, and everything outside the window was pitch black; nothing could be seen.

Just as Lu Ming was looking around, the old-fashioned landline on the table not far away suddenly rang.

(End of this chapter)