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

"Damn it! How did I end up in this world for no reason?"

"Did we trigger something...?"

"Or does the temple enter this other world at this time every day?"

"..."

An Lan's mind raced. The two stood in the [host] room, looking outside for a long time, but still couldn't come up with any ideas.

After a short while, Wen Lan suddenly muttered something.

"Why?"

"Then why is only the host's room still here?"

"Everyone else's rooms have disappeared!"

"this..."

"Because she's the host? Or... is it because we're in this room that the room is still there?"

"..."

Their conversation was carried through the blood mist.

In a corner outside the house, the Brahmin lay crouching behind a tree root, his face deathly pale!

"Depend on!"

"Where am I?"

"What the hell?!"

"Why...why is only the host's room still there? Where's my hallway? Where's my little room?!"

The Brahmin was puzzled and stared at the distant, misty blood fog, not daring to move.

"..."

After an unknown amount of time passed in silence, An Lan finally couldn't hold back any longer and came out of the house. He looked into the distance with a suspicious gaze and a strange expression.

An Lan suddenly remembered something!

Do you still remember Cheng Buhui's memories?

That "coptis chinensis" said she should find the Buddhist prayer beads in her room?

I don't know what Buddhist prayer beads are for or what their purpose is.

but--

If the prayer beads cannot be found in the [Discipline Meditation Room] or the [Abbot's Meditation Room], then could they possibly be in this strange space?

In this space, the room of the [Presiding] remains unchanged, but what about the room of the [Chapter of Business]?

where?

Will anything change?

!!!

With this thought in mind, An Lan immediately stepped out of the house and looked towards the distant, misty, and deep road...

"Hey! Anlan, you don't want to go out, do you?"

"It's only the first day..."

"How about we wait for the captain to come back before we talk about it?"

Wen Lan looked at An Lan nervously, but An Lan shook her head: "That's not right!"

"what?"

"If we get caught up in this space, then logically... Long Ao, Zhao Kuo, and the others, even if they're in other areas of the temple, might also be drawn into this world..."

"Therefore, exploring this place is necessary..."

"That..."

"Go out and check first! It's alright, I have backup plans should anything go wrong!"

"Tap tap tap—"

Leading the way out of the meditation room, An Lan first stood at the entrance and looked around to make sure all the surrounding buildings had disappeared before heading straight towards the dark path where tree roots were intertwined...

The tree roots underfoot were uneven, making it feel like walking up and down.

I don't know how long this rugged journey lasted, but a relatively flat road appeared ahead, lined with twisted, large trees, standing side by side, stretching on and on...

At the edge of the woods, something seemed to suddenly bulge out from the ground, a dark patch.

"Oh?"

"Is that...is that a well?"

An Lan guessed, the moment she stepped into the forest tunnel!

"Rustling sound—"

Suddenly!

Suddenly, ropes dangled from the bare tree trunks! Along with the ropes, the hanging corpses of women fell...

The corpses were all dressed in monks' robes, their graceful figures curvaceous beneath them, and a faint floral fragrance wafted in the air.

"Hehehe..."

"Hehehe..."

"..."

A woman's light, melodious voice rang out, and the corpses hanging from the ropes suddenly twisted their faces and looked at An Lan!

Upon closer inspection!

An Lan couldn't help but gasp!

All the female corpses possessed figures of unparalleled beauty. Yet... their faces, weathered and withered by time, now appeared, when viewed from below, as gaunt, gaunt, and grotesquely aged features!

What's strange isn't their faces, but rather—

Under their gaze, An Lan actually found them quite beautiful and felt an urge to win their favor!

That's terrifying!

For example...

You see a person on the street with a pockmarked face, a bloated belly, or even a bald head and buck teeth. You know he looks terrible, but subconsciously you actually hope that you will be with him.

Is it scary?

"Buzzing—"

Out of the corner of my eye, the panel for "Abnormal Events - Reserve Investigator" was flashing continuously.

An Lan has "mental resistance" and can sense that something is wrong with these corpses.

Can...

Wen Lan is different!

Staring at the mummified corpses, she cried out in a trance, "An Lan... so many An Lans! An Lan in her police uniform, An Lan in her gym clothes... An Lan in her bodybuilding outfit..."

"oh--"

"Anlan! So many Anlans—"

As she spoke, Wen Lan's eyes revealed excitement, and she ran towards a corpse to hug it!

"Holy crap!"

"So, everyone sees a different corpse?!"

Seeing this, An Lan immediately grabbed Wen Lan's hand and pulled her back to where the tree roots were.

"What are you doing?!"

"Let me through!"

"Anlan! Anlan!!!"

Wen Lan kept making a fuss and wanted to run towards the wooded path, constantly pushing and shoving An Lan.

"Tsk..."

"Bang!!!"

Helpless, An Lan slapped Wen Lan on the neck, knocking her unconscious.

This forest path...

People without mental resilience probably wouldn't be able to get through this!

It's hard to imagine what it would be like to be infected, one person surrounded by so many corpses...

Forehead--

At the same time, the barrage of comments was also rapidly surging.

[Not even thirty: Holy crap! The situation in Anlan is even more interesting! I see rows of young women in black stockings hanging from the trees!]

[Profound and impressive: Wow! Why do I see rows of muscular girls in camouflage uniforms?]

[Turkey-flavored rice crackers: Huh? Aren't they rows of Fu Rui Niang (a popular local deity)?]

【Huh? What I see are rows of Teru Teru teru bozu (Japanese teru bozu dolls)!】

[The person upstairs is amazing!]

Holy crap! The corpses on this road seem to change into different people based on their inner thoughts...

【...】

During the period when the barrage of comments was constantly boiling—

[Oh ho... what a lustful beauty...]

You know what, this little path does remind you a bit of the Buddhist practice of grinding bones in the White Bone Temple...

"Buzzing—"

Just then, the necklace around An Lan's neck began to bounce, and Mo Lengxin's long-lost voice rang out.

"Oh?"

"You even know about this?"

[Nonsense! What haven't evil cultivators seen? This kind of manipulation—transforming you into whatever form you like, then tearing out your heart and lungs, and refining you into a human puppet—is what demonic cultivators love to do!]

"Is there... any way to get through?"

[A solution? Sure! Kid, why don't you completely abandon a certain function? Think about it—if you don't have that thing anymore, why would you be thinking about those things?]

"Damn it! Be serious!"

No... it's impossible for a person to overcome their own desires...

Is it impossible for a person to overcome their own desires?

"Desire?"

Standing at the entrance of the tree-lined path on both sides, An Lan only needed to look up to see the monks and nuns gracefully remove their hats, unbutton their shirts, and wave to her.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Handsome young man... let's brave the dark clouds together..."

"..."

An Lan's eyelids trembled. In his eyes, the gaunt faces of these monks and nuns were becoming more and more full and plump!

This illustrates that the allure and corruption emanating from these corpses have deepened.

【Hey! This won't work! Let's go!】

Mo Lengxin's urging voice rang out again. An Lan didn't know why, but she felt that she had seen this scene somewhere before.

【desire】?

and many more!

Etc., etc!

In Cheng Buhui's memory CG, there seems to be a scene where she tells the host that she had a dream about puberty, and the host angrily scolds her for not knowing how to control her desires and her true feelings...

Then, Cheng Buhui began reciting the Heart Sutra.

"Could it be..."

"When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound Prajnaparamita, he perceived that the five aggregates are all empty, and thus transcended all suffering and distress..."

"Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form..."

An Lan can't recite the Heart Sutra, but he can watch the CGs endlessly and recite it after Cheng Buhui!

[Feed? You?]

As Mo Lengxin spoke with surprise, An Lan recited the Heart Sutra, and suddenly felt her urge to "have a moment with you" subside considerably...

"Um?"

When I looked up at the sky again—

"Giggle giggle—"

"Giggle giggle—"

"Giggle..."

TMD!

Where can I find a beautiful female corpse?

That's clearly a bunch of white bones hanging from both sides of a big tree, swaying in the wind!

"Depend on!"

"Swinging is not allowed here!"

An Lan cursed under her breath, but continued chanting the Heart Sutra, carrying Wen Lan deeper into the forest path...

At the end of the road, there was indeed a well, but looking into the well, it was completely bottomless!

Jump down?

Who knows if I'll just fall and die?

Helpless, An Lan could only continue walking along the well...

After his figure had completely disappeared from sight, the Brahmin in the distance slowly stood up and followed him to the entrance of the forest path...

"What were they just... talking about?"

"What kind of desire are you talking about here?"

"Could it be...?"

Before even reaching the entrance to the path, the Brahmin, still feeling uneasy, began to perform divination again. This time, the image of the confluence of the stars "Mermaid" and "Sagittarius" appeared in his mind...

In an instant!

The Brahmin's old face flushed red for once, and he spat out, "Pah! Pah! Pah! It's about matters between men and women!"

"So, the little girl who ran in with that dreamy look on her face must have seen something intimate between a man and a woman?"

"Can..."

"Why is An Lan alright?"

"What he just recited... was it the Heart Sutra? He knows that too?!"

"..."

Seeing that An Lan was walking further and further away, the Brahman hesitated for a long time before finally stepping into the forest path.

moment!

"Ring ring—"

"Ring ring—"

A clear, ringing bell came from above, and the Brahmin hesitated before looking over.

That is--

Countless strange figures with star-shaped faces, dressed in cheerleader outfits, were swaying towards him, chanting, "Brahmin! Best! Brahmin! Best!"

"Why?!"

That's hard to imagine!

This old man actually likes this kind of thing!

After a slight surprise, the Brahmin unconsciously smiled, his drool almost dripping from his mouth!

"etc..."

"Isn't this...isn't this wrong?"

"This...this is an illusion?!"

"[Invalidate]! [Invalidate]!!!"

He hastily activated his ability on the countless "star people" swaying towards him. After a series of buzzing tremors in the forest, only large skeletal remains could be seen swaying...

After letting out a regretful "Alas," the Brahmin immediately chased after the deep well in the distance...