Weird Game: My Talent is a Bit Strong

The female employee identified herself as working on the thirteenth floor.

The Fengdu Daily warns against believing anything claimed by someone who claims to be an employee of the 13th floor.

Meanwhile, the Fengdu Daily also mentioned that players cannot enter the real thirteenth floor through either the elevator or the stairs.

The female employee asked Fan Chen to help it up to the thirteenth floor.

Based on Fan Chen's previous analysis, it would probably lead him to the fake thirteenth floor.

Whether the intelligence was purchased from the forum or obtained from Jian Xinyun.

There is no information about the staff on the 13th floor or the fake 13th floor...

[Note: This is a soul-reaping ghost controlled by resentment (level 19, undead)]

It will take you to a place of terror.

Fan Chen investigated the employee ghost and discovered his identity.

A soul-reaping ghost that leads people to a terrifying place?

These ghostly creatures typically possess nightmare-like powers.

Those who consume spirits are completely immune to the Soul-Hooking Nightmare.

After a quick thought, Fan Chen smiled and said to the employee in front of him, "I'll take you to the thirteenth floor."

He decided to risk going up to the fake thirteenth floor to take a look.

This task can be refused.

It might be dangerous inside, but it might also hold some important clues.

Although he obtained a lot of information from Jian Xinyun, Fan Chen did not completely trust her, and he still wanted to verify some clues himself.

Just as he told his companions, the biggest side effect of being a Soul Eater was that his talent was too invincible, which made him always have the urge to court death.

But reckless actions always bring more benefits.

He reached out and took the arm of the employee ghost, his hand feeling icy cold.

"Shall we take the elevator?" Fan Chen asked.

"The elevator is broken. Someone broke the button for the thirteenth floor. Let's take the stairs," the clerk said in a cold voice.

So Fan Chen helped it up the stairs.

Fan Chen remained vigilant, but nothing happened along the way, and the female employee didn't say another word.

They quickly arrived at the twelfth floor.

Fan Chen stared at the sign on the wall; he had tried this place many times before.

After leaving the twelfth floor, you will immediately enter the fourteenth floor.

This time, however, after leaving the twelfth floor with the female employee, they walked up the stairs and turned the corner.

Under the light of the lamp of enlightenment, he saw the sign for the thirteenth floor.

As I left the building, the lights suddenly brightened, and I was in front of a company's reception area.

The logo of Shengxian Group is displayed next to it.

The receptionist, with a fake smile on her face, was giving me a fake smile.

Fan Chen watched the scene unfold before him with a calm expression.

Neither the stairs nor the elevator lead to the thirteenth floor of the building. If you do reach the thirteenth floor via the stairs or elevator, please leave immediately.

This isn't the real thirteenth floor; it must be some kind of illusion.

Unbeknownst to Fan Chen, he had been pulled into the illusion.

Entering the illusion itself will not trigger the Soul Eater talent.

"Help me and Manager Fan register," the female employee said to the receptionist.

"Okay, Secretary Li, Manager Fan, welcome back to the company," the receptionist said in a cold voice.

Manager Fan?

This form of address is clearly directed at Fan Chen.

"Manager Fan, thank you for your help." The female employee, who was also Secretary Li, turned to Fan Chen and said.

A stiff smile appeared on his pale face: "Manager Fan, let's go in quickly, or the boss will be angry if we're late."

It changed its way of addressing Fan Chen to Manager Fan.

next moment.

[Warning: You have been attacked by the Soul-Snatching Nightmare.]

Spirit +32

Life +21

Fan Chen felt slightly dizzy, but quickly recovered.

"A haunting nightmare...this is affecting my self-perception."

"Secretary Li used the way she addressed me to launch a seductive attack."

"If I fail to resist the attacks, I will lose myself and truly become Manager Fan of Shengxian Company!"

Fan Chen immediately understood that what the Fengdu Daily's intelligence report meant by not trusting it actually referred to being wary of the other party's soul-snatching attack.

The information in the Fengdu Daily is often not very detailed in some places, and players need to explore it on their own.

Fan Chen remained calm and followed Secretary Li through the company gate and into the company.

A hint of amazement flashed across his face.

Because behind the door was not a normal corporate workplace, but a Taoist temple full of ancient charm.

The ground is made of bluestone, the walls are made of stone and the roof is made of tile. A plaque that reads "Shengxian Temple" hangs on the wall.

Several ghostly figures dressed in black Taoist robes and wearing ferocious masks were moving around the Taoist temple.

Fan Chen was actually mentally prepared for this scene.

Jian Xinyun's intelligence report mentioned that a player had uncovered a clue:

Because of his belief in an evil god, the owner of Shengxian Group moved the Taoist temple "Shengxian Temple" brick by brick to the thirteenth floor of Tiantong Building.

Therefore, the interior of the thirteenth floor should be the Taoist temple of Shengxian Temple.

Even after actually seeing the Taoist temple hidden inside the building, Fan Chen was still somewhat shocked.

At the same time, he also deduced that the scene in front of him was the scene before the mass suicide incident at Shengxian Group.

"Manager Fan, the Immortal Master's sermon is about to begin, let's hurry over," Secretary Li said again in Fan Chen's ear. "Please come with me to change first."

It led Fan Chen to a room next door.

[Warning: You are under attack by a soul-snatching nightmare...]

Fan Chen was attacked again.

He followed Secretary Li into what appeared to be a changing room.

"A Celestial Master?"

This title reminded Fan Chen of the black-clad Taoist priest he encountered in the Midnight Killer instance.

He also triggered the Tiantong Building instance through the black-clad Taoist.

However, there was very little description of this Taoist in black in the intelligence that Fan Chen had gathered.

All that is known is that when the boss of Shengxian Group was seriously ill, it was this creature that appeared beside him and bewitched him into believing in the evil god Wuxiyou.

The Taoist in black is probably a seasoned believer in masks.

These thoughts flashed through Fan Chen's mind, and his expression suddenly froze.

He saw the female employee take off all her clothes right in front of him and put on a Taoist robe.

Although she was deathly pale and had an eerie aura, her figure was still quite good...

[Warning: You have been attacked by a soul-snatching nightmare...]

Hey!

Fan Chen was instantly jolted awake; this was also a form of attack.

He shook his head to dispel the ripples of thought that had surfaced in his mind, and took a Taoist robe and draped it over his shoulders.

Then, imitating Secretary Li, he took out a mask from the cabinet.

The mask has a ferocious shape, with brows furrowed and glaring, resembling a painted-face character in Peking Opera.

Fan Chen was certainly familiar with this type of mask; the killer mask he obtained in the Midnight Killer instance was of this design.

He put the mask on his face and was not affected by its eerie effects.

It appears to be just an ordinary mask.

"The Immortal Master's sermon is about to begin. Please follow me to the main hall," Secretary Li, wearing a mask and a black Taoist robe, continued.

It led Fan Chen to the main hall of the Shengxian Temple.

The space was very open, filled with futons.

Instead of a deity statue, a strange mask was placed on the altar in front of them.

The ghost employees of Shengxian Group, all dressed in black Taoist robes and wearing eerie masks, were already sitting upright on futons, numbering in the hundreds.

Fan Chen sat down on one of the futons and looked around curiously.

[Warning: This is an illusion.]

[Warning: This is a Soul Reaper (Level 18, Undead)!]

It is trapped in its own obsession, unable to break free.

Fan Chen used his investigative skills repeatedly and found that these ghostly employees were either phantoms or soul-snatching ghosts.

Most of them were identified as ghosts that steal souls, while a few were identified as phantoms.

Then, he looked at the figure sitting at the very front.

It was a thin, sickly-looking middle-aged male ghost who kept coughing.

[Warning: This is a Soul Reaper (Level 20, Undead)!]

It was trapped in its own obsession...

"This is the seriously ill boss of Shengxian Group," Fan Chen concluded.

At this moment, a Taoist priest in black emerged from behind the main hall.

His skin was grayish-white, his face was thin and bony, and he had a strange goatee.

It was the black-clad Taoist priest who suddenly emerged from the next room after the Midnight Killer instance ended, in Fan Chen's case.

In Fan Chen's investigation, it was an illusion.

Its appearance instantly made the atmosphere in the hall solemn.

"Greetings, Immortal Master," said Boss Shengxian respectfully.

The Taoist priest in black waved for the boss to sit down.

It walked to the altar, took down the mask offered there, and put it on its own head.

The eerie mask enshrined here belongs to it.

Then it sat cross-legged on the front futon, facing the ghosts.

"The minds of all beings are bound to two feelings: sorrow and joy. When sorrow arises, they sink; when joy arises, they soar. These rises and falls, like wind and waves, disturbing their original mind and preventing it from settling down..."

It began to chant slowly.

Along with this sound, Fan Chen was attacked by the Soul-Hooking Nightmare once again.

It felt as if I was about to be submerged in the chanting, my mind and will were completely controlled.

Other players would probably find it difficult to resist this nightmare attack.

"No wonder no information about the fake 13th floor has been leaked. Even if other players trigger this quest, they will probably have a hard time resisting this nightmare attack."

"The scriptures it recites seem to be about the absence of joy and sorrow, and that only by losing joy and sorrow can one attain inner peace..."

Fan Chen was thinking rapidly.

The black-robed Taoist priest's chanting soon came to a close.

The ghosts all looked completely entranced, swaying their bodies as they sat on the prayer mats.

The boss of Shengxian Group suddenly stood up.

"Ahem... Immortal Master, when exactly will the day you promised for my ascension to immortality arrive?"

"The students, cough, the students can't hold on any longer."

It asked with longing.

The other ghosts also began to stir.

"You have followed me in your spiritual practice for one hundred and three days, your karmic debts have been cleared, and all joy and sorrow have vanished."

Although the black-clad Taoist priest was filled with ghostly energy and wore a ferocious mask, his demeanor and tone exuded an air of otherworldly elegance.

"Ascension to immortality is today, right now."

The hall erupted in commotion as all the ghosts excitedly stood up and shouted in unison:

"Ascension to immortality!"

"Ascension to immortality today!"

Fan Chen remained unaffected, his eyes beneath the mask scanning the frenzy of the surrounding ghosts.

Fan Chen: Is this what a cult frenzy looks like?

The black-robed Taoist's voice rang out again, instantly silencing the hall.

"Sorrow and joy are but illusions, rising and falling disturbing one's true nature. When emotions are exhausted, there is neither sorrow nor joy; a clear mind naturally becomes pure."

It cried out, "Please, all of you, shed your mortal bodies!"

Accompanied by the shout, its ferocious mask revealed a terrifying aura, and its whole body was filled with a blood-red, malevolent energy.

Then the masks of the other ghost employees in the hall began to change, and their blood energy began to boil.

The mask on Fan Chen's face seemed to come alive, wriggling and clinging tightly to his face.

He was attacked by nightmares and malevolent forces one after another.

Spirit +41

Health +31

Endurance +42

……

Under the influence of the Soul Eater, the strange effects he experienced all turned into reverse benefits.

But the other ghost employees were not in good condition.

"It's hot, so hot..."

"It's so cold, I'm freezing to death..."

"My body hurts so much, ahh..."

The masked ghost employees around him were all shouting.

They are bearing different kinds of pain.

Suddenly, one of the ghost employees next to Fan Chen's body became ethereal, as if it had transformed into a streak of blood-red light, rising up and disappearing without a trace.

"I did it! I did it!"

Its voice, tinged with excitement, echoed.

Then came the second one, the third one...

Fan Chen looked at this scene with some surprise: "This... can really lead to ascension to immortality?"

Of course, not all ghost employees can turn into blood and disappear.

Secretary Li, who was sitting next to Fan Chen, suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"No, boss, immortal master, save me!"

Amidst its roar, cracks suddenly appeared on the mask covering its face.

His body was covered in wounds, blood gushing out like a fountain, and he collapsed to the ground.

The Taoist priest in black stood inside the main hall, his body shrouded in blood mist, without moving an inch.

The eyes beneath the mask coldly observed everything that was happening inside the hall.

The owner of Shengxian Group knelt before it in anguish.

"Master, please help me... I feel so hot, so hot..."

It cried out in supplication, and flames burst forth from its body.

"Everyone has their own destiny, it seems you are not destined to ascend to immortality."

The Taoist in black spoke with a hint of sarcasm.

"No, I've given up everything. I can't fail. I don't want to fail!"

"I'm not happy about this," the boss of Shengxian shouted.

Its body turned to charcoal in the flames and fell to the ground.

Inside the main hall, one after another, ghostly employees turned into blood and disappeared, successfully "ascending to heaven".

However, more ghost employees or wounds appeared on their bodies, with blood gushing out.

Or it could burst into flames and turn into charcoal.

Or they might be covered in frost and freeze to death.

They fell to the ground amidst screams and wails.

Fan Chen watched this scene quietly.

He knew that this was the process of the mass suicide incident at the Shengxian Group in Tiantong Building.

Rumors circulated that over a hundred employees of Shengxian Group committed suicide during this incident.

In fact, they died during this bizarre ritual.

Some of the employees actually died and turned into ghosts that haunted this illusion.

But some employees really did "ascend to heaven".

So all that remained in the illusion was the phantom.

The ghostly staff members inside the main hall either died or "ascended to heaven."

In the end, only the Taoist priest in black remained.

"This harvest is quite good; perhaps I really can ascend to immortality..."

It sneered, and its body vanished in a flash of blood.

The corpses scattered throughout the hall gradually weathered and dissipated.

A white line of corpses was left behind.

The lights in the main hall quickly dimmed, and the once-smooth walls became more mottled and dilapidated.

It felt as if a long time had suddenly passed.

"Is this the thirteenth floor after the police investigation following the tragedy?"

Fan Chen looked around the hall, which had become much more gloomy.

His senses suddenly alerted him to the malice emanating from all around him.

Turning my head and looking around, I saw blurry figures crawling up from among the corpses.

They revealed their shattered, charred, and frozen bodies, and all wore broken masks on their faces.

Some were former employees here, while others were players who died here.

"Why did I fail? I'm not reconciled..."

"I want to ascend to immortality... I want to ascend to immortality..."

"Everyone who comes here must die..."

They emitted terrifying murmurs, their malice quickly locking onto Fan Chen.

By this time, Fan Chen had figured out what was going on here.

The Shengxian Group on the thirteenth floor worships the Taoist priest in black, seeking ascension to immortality and holding a ceremony.

Some staff members did indeed succeed in the ritual, their bodies transforming into "blood light" and transcending the cycle of death.

However, many more employees, seemingly ineligible for certain conditions, died tragically on the spot.

Their obsession with ascending to immortality turned them into soul-reaping ghosts.

This fake 13th floor illusion was created.

Once players enter this place, they will be affected by the soul-summoning process and experience the ritual that was performed.

If one cannot resist the influence, one will be swallowed by the illusion and become one of the soul-snatching ghosts.

Once the player has weathered the effects, these ghostly apparitions will reveal their malice.

"Now that you've revealed your health bar, the rest is simple..."

"To leave this place, it seems we'll have to fight our way through this illusion!"