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Chapter 48 The End (Please continue reading)

"What is he doing? Has he gone mad?"

The sounds of crying and laughter were so eerie that just hearing them sent chills down one's spine and instilled a deep sense of unease.

The researchers closest to them were about to continue speaking when they found themselves feeling a pang of sadness. Their faces contorted as if they were laughing, but tears streamed down their faces.

Soon, one by one, these researchers fell down, turning into lifeless, cold corpses.

The entire Ringworld Research Institute has thousands of researchers. If this paranormal phenomenon, which is beyond scientific explanation, is not stopped, it could kill everyone here and even continue to spread outwards.

"It's a phone call! There's something wrong with the person in the ring. Cut the connection immediately!"

Some quick-thinking researchers realized the problem.

He quickly ended the connection with Lu Ming, but then his face stiffened and twisted strangely, he cried and laughed at the same time, and finally fell to the ground with a thud, becoming a lifeless corpse.

The remaining researchers thought they would be safe after the connection was cut, but inexplicably, even though the connection had been terminated, the crying mixed with laughter continued to echo in the empty conference room.

There is even a trend of it gradually intensifying.

Unbeknownst to them, their only chance of survival was to shatter their eardrums so they could hear nothing and avoid the attacks of the wailing and laughing ghosts.

"It's no use. The person we're connected to isn't even human! We can't go against his orders, or we'll all die!"

At this moment, the researchers finally remembered what Lu Ming had just said.

"Destroy all servers and shut down the Ring, or I can turn your real world into the next Ring."

This is not alarmist.

This was, however, the final warning.

After the negotiations failed, Lu Ming did not hesitate at all and took action directly, just as he had said.

In an instant, the scene that had occurred in the ring world flashed through the minds of every researcher.

As the end times approach, people cry out in despair and helplessness, utterly powerless against the inescapable, unyielding curse. The curse spreads even faster than the plague, a truly despairing prospect…
At first, the researchers were not very excited, thinking it was just a bug in the program.

Only when the despair of death truly descended upon them did these people gradually begin to have real feelings.

Between life and death, everything else seems less important.

Some people rushed into the server room and smashed various expensive servers. When others saw this, they quickly followed suit and imitated the former's behavior.

Amidst the laughter and cries, each researcher's face was stiff and contorted. They seemed to be performing some ancient ritual, laughing and crying while venting their frustration by destroying everything in sight.

I do not know how long it has been.

The ground was already littered with corpses.

Moreover, their deaths were incredibly tragic, with tear stains still clinging to their cold, pale faces.

The servers running the ring were completely destroyed, but eerie crying and laughter still echoed, as if the background music was meant to match the scene of no living people and corpses everywhere.

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In the Ring World.

Lu Ming put down the landline phone after it was disconnected and waited quietly.

If all goes well, the Midnight Bell instance will come to an end, and both the main quest and the extra quests will be completed.

If those researchers actually did as he said and destroyed all the servers, then the Ring would completely collapse and perish.

If they don't do that, then after the crying and laughter kill everyone, the unmaintained server will naturally one day stop running.

After all, there are no ghosts or gods in the real world outside the ring, and everything can be explained by science.

As Lu Ming expected, after a short while, everything in sight gradually became illusory, turning into something unreal.

In some places, it's like a screen that's been punched and developed a dead pixel, turning into a completely black block with nothing in it.

Only a moment later, Lu Ming found himself in a deep darkness. "It seems the researchers have destroyed the Ring's servers. This means Sadako won't exist independently in the Ring anymore. Although the cost was high, at least I've solved the spread of the Sadako curse at its source..."

Lu Ming held the hand of the mummified bride and stood in the darkness where there was nothing, as if he were the only person left in the whole world.

In a daze, a long, drawn-out bell rang out from somewhere, signifying that this instance had entered its final stage and was officially completed.

The next moment, a semi-transparent panel appeared in front of Lu Ming, covered with densely packed small characters.

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)]

[Current task completed]

[Reward: 20 attribute points (already issued)]

In addition to the dungeon introduction and the attribute points already distributed, the panel also displays a screen showing the points settlement.

[Lu Ming: 7200 points]

Generally speaking, completing a horror movie dungeon on five-star difficulty will earn you 5000 points.

However, Lu Ming completed the extra task this time and performed exceptionally well, thus earning a high score that ordinary challengers could hardly imagine under the judgment of the main god.

Once you accumulate 5000 points, you can become a Tier 3 Challenger, unlock the God Shop, and exchange points for various items.

Once you accumulate 10000 points, you can become a Tier 4 Challenger.

If one can reach 20000 points, one can become the top fifth-tier challenger in this low-dimensional god space.

The 7200 points I gained from clearing the Midnight Bell dungeon, combined with the 1900 points I gained from clearing the Mountain Village Corpse dungeon, total 9100 points, fulfilling the requirements for a Tier 3 Challenger and bringing me very close to Tier 4.

"It seems that I can open the God Shop when I return to the God Space. I should take a good look and see if there is anything I need to exchange."

"Fortunately, we knew about the setting of the ring beforehand. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for the fish in the fish tank to realize that they are the ones being imprisoned. Including the extra tasks, the difficulty of this instance is definitely more than five stars... It was the right decision not to let Chen Xin and Wu Lei come along."

"After exchanging the necessary items in the God Space, I can go back to the Mysterious Revival World. After all, there are still many things to deal with there, and I need to slowly collect the puzzle pieces of the Ghost Bride and Sadako."

As Lu Ming was planning his next move, another notification popped up on the panel.

[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: Possess the ability to spread Sadako's curse (already awarded)]

As these small words appeared on the panel, Lu Ming felt a chill run down his spine, as if something was eroding his body, leaving him feeling cold, stiff, and numb.

Just like when I cleared the Mountain Village Corpse dungeon last time, the abilities I gained were transformed into supernatural powers.

In other words, Lu Ming has now mastered the vengeful ghost Sadako. As long as he completes the ghost puzzle, he can maximize Sadako's power.

"Since it's Sadako from the Ring World setting, the theoretical upper limit is absolutely terrifying. As for what kind of ghost puzzle pieces need to be completed, it depends on the degree of compatibility and balance, and also on my own wishes."

As Lu Ming's thoughts stirred, layers of thin mist suddenly appeared in the boundless darkness where nothing existed. Paper ash fell continuously from the mist, and the figures of Lu Ming and the mummified bride could be vaguely seen. Cries and laughter echoed within it.

This is far from the end.

Then, a tall figure in white appeared in the mist. It was a female ghost. The ghost's long hair fell down, covering her entire face and almost touching the ground. She placed her hands on Lu Ming's back, and the cold aura she exuded was so despairing that it was suffocating.

Having successfully completed the Mountain Village Corpse and Midnight Bell dungeons, Lu Ming was a completely different person from when he left the mysteriously resurrected, deathly gray world.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ming opened his personal attribute panel, preparing to start allocating attribute points.

　This is a long chapter, and I'm adding an extra chapter today so I can finish writing the story of the dungeon all at once, making it a little easier for everyone to follow along.

　　So, please keep reading!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)