In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Xiaoya, what...what did you see in the haunted house? Why do you seem so desperate?"

Yue Zhengyin tugged at Ning Peiya's sleeve, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards the door of the haunted house.

"I, I'm fine." Ning Peiya hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, trying to appear calm, "I just suddenly thought of some old friends. It's nothing serious, so don't worry about me."

The Shrek team: "..."

That's a rather lame excuse; it doesn't seem like a reason to reminisce about someone who has passed away.

What exactly did Ning Peiya see in the haunted house?

Curiosity is human nature, and even the Great God King Huo, who has lived three lives, is no exception. In order to answer the questions in his heart, he took advantage of everyone's attention being on Ning Peiya and hurriedly pushed open the door of the haunted house.

The terrifying scene I had imagined did not appear. Instead, I found an ordinary room with a table, a chair, a potted plant, and nothing else.

Huo Yuhao stood at the doorway of the room, pointing at a table, a chair, and a potted plant inside, and said through gritted teeth, "Manager Yan, is this the haunted house you described that would make even gods weep?"

"It must be a problem with the equipment," Yan Wangshu said calmly. "We're a small business, we don't have the resources of a Spirit Pagoda to maintain things regularly. We also have a lot of customers who come to visit our haunted house, so we only repair the equipment when it malfunctions. It usually takes about five or six days to repair."

Huo Yuhao: ? ? ? ? ?

Why did it break down when it came to him?

He suspected that Yan Wangshu was targeting him, Huo Dashenwang, but he had no evidence!

Play? What's the point of playing anymore? Ning Peiya is in such a state, how can they possibly be in the mood to play anymore?

After leaving the holographic experience center, everyone practically dragged Ning Peiya into the Tianhai Hotel, ostensibly to try some local seaside specialties, but actually... they just wanted to get Ning Peiya drunk so they could find out what she had seen in the haunted house.

Ning Peiya wasn't stupid; she naturally knew what the others were planning. However, she couldn't easily find an excuse to return to the hotel. She knew very well that if she didn't let slip a hint and satisfy these people's curiosity, she wouldn't be able to have a peaceful trip to the Star Luo Continent.

As for returning to Shrek City? Heh, who knows if the eternal east wind in this world will collude with the Holy Spirit Cult and cause another massive explosion in Shrek City?

If she could, she would rather stay on the Star Luo Continent, under the pretext of establishing a branch of Shrek Academy... and never return!

Shrek and his group entered the No. 1 private room at the Tianhai Hotel. As soon as they were seated, Ning Peiya excused herself to go to the restroom.

"Hmm... Sister Ya doesn't seem to have brought any toilet paper. I'll go get her some."

As she spoke, Chen Ning picked up a tissue box from the table and hurriedly slipped out of the private room.

"Hmm... that little bit of paper might not be enough, I'll go and send her some more."

Despite saying that, Cola Zhengyin didn't even bother to grab a tissue; she simply got up and ran out of the private room.

Are you too lazy to even pretend anymore?

Huo Yuhao smiled on the surface, but inside he was cursing. At this moment, he wished he could cut off his manhood in exchange for a ticket to enter the women's restroom and listen to Ning Peiya's experiences in the haunted house.

Gu Yuena, Zheng Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan showed no intention of moving. They had a good relationship with Yue Zhengyin, and with Yue Zhengyin as their ears, there was no need to send out so many people.

Ye Xinglan... never mind! Because of her relationship with Xu Baozi, she's not well-liked by Ning Peiya and Le Zhengyin. She shouldn't go and make a fool of herself.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao could only suppress his restless heart. This kind of thing couldn't be rushed. If Ning Peiya didn't want to talk, even if you escorted her to the execution ground, she might not be able to say it.

Moreover, given Ning Peiya's status, who the hell would dare to coerce her?

Unless... he went to the holographic experience center and paid a price to get information from Yan Wangshu... This idea was forcibly dismissed by Huo Yuhao as soon as it arose. He always felt that... that holographic experience center was full of strangeness inside and out, as if it should not have appeared in this world.

Even if there were no problems with that holographic experience center, Huo Yuhao didn't plan to do that. He didn't want to be pushed into the limelight again like in his previous life, unable to rise or fall, and not even having the right to withdraw from the conflict.

"Fine, at worst I'll just have to humble myself before Xu Xiaoyan. Considering our past friendship, she should... be able to reveal some unspeakable information to me, right?"

Just as Huo Yuhao was lost in his fantasies, on the other side, Ning Peiya and the other two did not go to the restroom as they had said, but instead went to a private room on the second floor of the hotel to discuss some unspeakable topics.

"Sister Xiaoya, stop being so mysterious. We're all family here, so just say what's on your mind. Don't worry, only heaven, earth, you, and we know. No matter what you say, we won't go around telling anyone."

Chen Ning hurriedly grabbed Ning Peiya's small hand and shook it repeatedly, just like a little girl acting coquettishly with her elders.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Ning Peiya said with a solemn expression, "Actually... it's not something that's hard to talk about, it's just... well, how should I put it, I saw another possibility in the haunted house."

"Another possibility?" Yue Zhengyin frowned. "You mean... you saw another dimension of Douluo Continent from an outsider's perspective in the haunted house?"

Ning Peiya unexpectedly did not confirm Yue Zhengyin's guess, but she also did not refute it. She just silently lowered her head, her thoughts drifting away.

Seeing this, Yue Zhengyin pouted and said irritably, "Xiaoya, I'm not trying to be mean, but reality is reality and illusion is illusion. The two cannot be confused. Whatever you saw in the haunted house is just a possibility, a possibility that is unlikely to appear in reality. You really don't need to act like this."

"Let me guess, you probably witnessed the destruction of Shrek Academy or the Sea God Pavilion there... Hmph, it's nothing. Not long ago, someone even wrote a story about the rise of the Soul Beast race, but none of the higher-ups of the major powers intervened to ban it. Everyone just laughed it off."

Upon hearing this, Ning Peiya remained silent, her expression twisted to the extreme.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Peiya let out a long sigh and slowly said, "Actually... what I saw in the haunted house wasn't a scene of Shrek Academy's decline, but rather... the scene of Qian Gu Dong Feng resigning and the Spirit Pagoda becoming a subordinate force of the Sea God Pavilion." (End of Chapter)