Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"hiss--"

"Should I take him down with one shot?"

"Okay...that works!"

Holding the shotgun, Jiang Lai felt much more confident.

After exchanging a glance, the two returned to the entrance of the Hunter's Cave and planted another Blue Pea.

This time, instead of using canned meat to feed the peas, Anlan brought over the rotting corpse of the [Hunter], which the [Blue Pea] digested without hesitation, its long black hair growing all the way up to the top layer that could not be seen!

"Walk!"

"Walk!!!"

After exchanging a glance, the two grabbed onto the black hair and began to climb upwards.

Amidst the billowing clouds and howling cold winds, the once distant cliff is now within reach!

"Heave-ho!"

The moment An Lan gripped the cliff with both hands, he looked up. Confirming that no one was currently drawn to the cliff, he gestured to Jiang Lai behind him, signaling him not to come up yet.

"Hello!"

"An Lan... are you really confident?"

"Don't let a fight break out! [The Hunter] is down! That [Rapunzel Prince] got rocked over by [Sleeping Beauty]!"

Jiang Lai remained cautious, holding a shotgun in one hand and his phone in the other: "If you can't win, or if anything unexpected happens, I'll contact you immediately..."

"rest assured..."

Sleeping Beauty can't come tonight!

"Watch closely—"

Where exactly is Little Red Riding Hood's skin workshop?!

With a wave of her hand, An Lan quickly walked around the cliff, starting to search for the area where the hair had first started hanging down.

quickly!

A small clump of black grass caught An Lan's attention.

At night, the black hair hanging down the cliff would actually curl up into a ball?

After taking a closer look and confirming that it wasn't grass but a small section of black hair, An Lan dug at the ground beneath the hair. The soil was unexpectedly moist and blood-red, indicating... this place was frequently watered with blood!

"Puff puff puff—"

After digging for about two and a half minutes, more and more areas of black hair were stuck to the soil!

as predicted!

A red pea lies nestled in the soil, amidst the black hair!

【drop--】

[You have come across "Fairy Tale Item: Jack's Beanstalk" (red)!]

[Jack's Pea (Red): The most intact magic bean, it seems someone deliberately left it here... (Gathering the scattered magic beans will restore the power of the magic bean!)]

"Ho—"

"Just as I thought..."

"This is where Jack planted the magic beans..."

"Unfortunately, before he could even go up... someone else snatched it away!"

Gazing at the crimson bean, the Death Curse Collar around An Lan's neck pulsed: [So that's how it is... the last bean is here...]

【That makes sense! The beans were divided into three portions, which means the person who divided the beans must have been here too! Since she came here, she would have kept the path she took when she left...】

Is it a combination of three beans?

[Pretty boy...you're quite interesting...]

【drop--】

[Goddess of Demonic Coldness's favorability increased by 2!]

[Current favorability rating: 27 points!]

Ignoring what the person on the collar thought, An Lan decisively took out a yellow pea from her pocket and asked Jiang Lai for a blue pea.

"Pop—"

"Pop—"

The moment the two beans were thrown in, the black hair containing the red bean instantly dispersed, and the three beans merged together as if they were water and milk. An ancient green bean trembled continuously within the black hair!

You've gathered Jack's magic beans!

The Path to Heaven has reopened!

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

The moment the notification sound of "[Duplicate]" rang!

In an instant, a dense mass of black hair exploded in the pit, and this clump of black hair seemed endless, cascading down the cliff!

"Puff puff puff—"

A waterfall plunges three thousand feet, as if a black dragon were entering a deep abyss!

Surging, surging, and endless!

An Lan didn't know how to describe the speed at which her hair was growing. The entire cliff was trembling at a high frequency. She could no longer see the scene below the cliff, but only a large expanse of black hair, like a pillar of heaven, plunging straight into the abyss!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! This thing is a magic bean?!"

"No? No!!!"

"Why is the magic bean growing downwards? And why is it still black?!"

Jiang Lai stared in astonishment as the black hair disappeared into the cliff, even submerging the very bottom layer of skin...

"Wodefa?! What is this?!"

"Good heavens! So much hair!"

"My God...this hair is so long, it's not like it could grow all the way down to the bottom of the abyss, is it?"

"Huh? If that's the case, if we grab onto their hair, can't we just escape off the cliff?!"

"Holy crap! Who did this?! Who did this?! What a good person! What a wonderful person!"

"..."

It's not just ginger!

now!

The entire cave on the cliff lit up simultaneously, and countless "strange people" were awakened by the commotion caused by the black hair reaching for the sky! They stared in astonishment at the thick black hair, each one eager to try and climb up the black hair to reach the bottom of the abyss!

Looking back, the magic bean helped Jack turn his life around.

Look at today, black hair falls to the ground, millions of slaves are freed and freedom is regained!

An Lan stared at the black hair, her emotions rising higher and higher.

A smile spread across his face uncontrollably. "That's it! That's it! Everything's right! Just as I thought! Just as I expected!"

【What do you mean?!】

"Hahaha--"

"Hahaha--"

Why did the Big Bad Wolf tell me to run downhill? Why did Jiang say that Little Red Riding Hood's forest was near a cliff? And why was Jack's cabin there during the last investigation?

And...why did the Frog Prince appear in the abyss when he was in the well?!

"Answer!"

"The answer is very simple!!!"

"Because...this world is a tower model, a model where heaven and earth are upside down!"

We're all in Little Red Riding Hood's well! And deep down at the bottom! Why do the magic beans grow downwards? Why can't anyone find a way out...?

"That's because the top of the cliff is the bottom of the well! The abyss is the path to the top! The Frog Prince appears every night because he's always above the well water... At night, he dives down, which means he's climbing up the cliff!"

"The more we want to leave this place, the higher we climb the cliff, the further we actually go from here to the bottom of the well, and the farther we get from the exit!"

"exit..."

"It was right in front of us from the very beginning!"

"Here... the world has turned upside down!!!"

"Hahaha—hahaha—"

"Wonderful! Wonderful!!!"

An Lan's analytical voice came through, and Jiang Lai, who was clinging to the cliff, had his pupils contract as if in an earthquake!

What does that mean?

Is this Little Red Riding Hood's well, and the abyss the exit?

Is up the bottom, and the bottom the top?

Why is the Frog Prince in the abyss?

Do not!

That's not in the abyss, but on the surface of a well?!

"Holy shit! Holy shit!"

"How...how did you even think of that?! You're a genius! You're a monster!"

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, Jiang Lai finally understood what it meant... tonight, Sleeping Beauty would die!

The answer is very simple!

If everyone runs away with the black hair tonight, and people's hearts are all yearning for freedom, where will she get any hatred?

If the prince lets go of his hatred now, all the monsters will run away, and Sleeping Beauty will fall back into a deep sleep!

Cow!

An Lan actually... thought of this step in advance?!

It's a person?!

【I see...】

Is the universe turned upside down, and heaven and earth reversed?

[Interesting...how interesting...]

【drop--】

[Goddess of Demonic Coldness's favorability increased by 5!]

[Current favorability rating: 32 points!]

[Lu State Paper: Holy crap! I feel like I'm losing my train of thought!]

[Cao Cao's pen: Brilliant! How come I never imagined that everything was upside down? The higher you go, the further you're actually heading towards the bottom of the well... What a brilliant design!]

[No exaggeration in academic credentials: Wow... it's all big shots vying for power, and I'm the only one completely baffled!]

【...】

Right now!

The barrage of comments was an unprecedented explosion!!!