No health bar? You call this stunningly beautiful NPC sickly?

Yuexi stood at the front of the crowd, gazing at the dissipating pillar of light, her eyes filled with layers of contemplation.

In a regular competition, getting a bye is a matter of luck.

But when it comes to Miss Eileen, luck doesn't even come close.

Rules are inanimate, but behind the rules are players.

The player who controls the game dares not arrange a duel for her, so he simply doesn't let her draw a match. This is the entire dungeon system bowing down to her.

"This isn't the first time she'll get a bye," Yuexi muttered to herself. "Even principles are making way for her."

Ling Xi, who was standing next to her, swallowed hard and whispered, "Sister, then wouldn't our Bright Moon Clan be...?"

"Good girl." Yuexi gently patted her little head.

In the second scene, the pillar of light rose and then dissipated.

[Player 'Eileen Moon Song' received a bye and advanced.]

In the third round, the beam of light didn't even fully form; it swayed in mid-air before extinguishing itself.

[Player 'Eileen Moon Song' received a bye and advanced.]

[Congratulations to player 'Eileen Moon Song' for advancing to the top 32.]

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

[Three consecutive byes?! I've counted, since the start of the qualifying rounds, there have only been three byes in total, and she's accounted for all three!]

[This isn't just lucky, this is the system's favorite daughter.]

[Watch your mouth, upstairs! The generation isn't that low! The one lying to you is probably your great-great-great-grandmother!]

Cangya had just finished a tough battle and was covered in blood as he walked off the stage. He looked up and saw the announcement.

She wiped her face and silently retreated to the outermost edge of the crowd.

We can't win by fighting.

You can't get a bye if you don't get one.

This kind of life has absolutely nothing to do with her wolf clan.

That's it? Ignoring the surprised looks from everyone, Mu Zhixi stared at the panel for two seconds.

She had prepared three plans for her appearance: a sword immortal as a guest, a siren to oversee the scene, and if all else failed, the goddess herself to personally step in and quell the situation. However, she didn't even get a chance to show her face.

All the preparations were in vain.

She sighed.

"Listen, Miss Eileen sighed." This sigh took on a different meaning when it reached the players' ears.

"She's not satisfied with just three byes; does she want to play against all 32 players?"

"No, I guess she thinks the qualifying rounds are too slow and wants to go straight to the finals."

"Perspective, that's what perspective is."

Yuexi turned around and looked at the silver-haired figure by the well, and a certain guess in her heart became clearer.

She summoned the Sword Immortal during the preliminary rounds, but didn't play a single match in the qualifying rounds.

A true master only intervenes at the most crucial moments.

All the byes before were just a prelude. The moment to show her true colors will come in the finals, when she faces an opponent who is truly worthy of her presence.

The more Yuexi thought about it, the more it made sense to her, and her gaze towards Mu Zhixi softened even more.

Everyone around the Lord is playing a grand game.

Mu Zhixi was unaware that she had been assigned a script again; she was busy taking stock of her inventory.

With 32 teams, there are at most five more matches to play.

We need to make a token effort for the remaining shows, otherwise the audience will cancel their bookings.

She opened the panel, mentally rehearsed the Siren's summoning, and then calculated how many faith points the High Priest of the Deep Sea's "Lord of All Worlds" grand ceremony would require. Halfway through the calculation, her brows furrowed.

She's so poor, no amount of faith points could cover the cost of all that she's doing.

"Miss Eileen." Yuexi approached, her posture extremely humble. "The qualifying rounds are already halfway through, and the sky... I'm afraid it won't last until all the matches are finished."

Mu Zhixi looked up.

The sky above the village had darkened at some point, and a blood-red light gathered on the horizon, like a twilight that lingered on.

The arena in the distance was still operating, but the beam of light was rising much slower, with a slight sluggishness.

Mu Zhixi's heart skipped a beat.

The instance is about to cause trouble. She's used to this routine. The prelude to bizarre rule tales is always this kind of inexplicable anomaly.

"It's alright," Eileen said calmly, her tone both noble and distant. "What's meant to come will come."

Yuexi felt a chill run down her spine.

What's meant to come will come.

Miss Eileen knows something.

Just as she was about to ask another question, the crimson light in the sky suddenly gathered and condensed into a line of crimson characters that stretched across the sky.

The beams of light on the arena all went out simultaneously.

The system notification sound echoed throughout the village and resonated in the minds of every player.

The special mission "Wolf and Sheep" has been generated.

[Rule 1: There are currently 32 surviving players. Several additional 'Sheep Eaters/False Humans' have infiltrated the player ranks; their numbers and identities are unknown.]

[Rule Two: Within twelve hours, players must either find all the "fake humans and sheep eaters" or find a safe house in the village and survive by following the rules inside.]

[Rule 3: After nightfall, any undetected "sheep predator" may hunt any player without penalty.]

[Rule 4: During this mission, the arena matches will be suspended, and the winners will be relegated to the next eligible group.]

Sweet dreams, everyone.

The blood-red characters hung in the sky, lingering for a long time.

You could hear a pin drop in the village.

After a long while, the comments slowly started scrolling.

Wow, they're going all out.

[Werewolf? This is a real-life version of Werewolf!]

[Thirty-six hours, unconditional hunting after dark. What's the point of searching? Just wait to die.]

Wait a minute, Rule Two says there are safe houses, but none of the people who went into those houses in the village have come out.

Mu Zhixi sat on the edge of the well and read through the four rules from beginning to end.

Then she came to a conclusion.

She is the biggest wolf.

Her identity was clearly marked on the panel: a special, non-player character, an ancient god, and unranked.

According to the classification of bizarre games, she and those "sheep eaters" who infiltrated the system are probably in the same category.

If she wanted, the "unconditional hunting" privilege would most likely be granted to her as well.

Mu Zhixi touched her chin.

Interesting, this instance has finally done something decent.

She was worried that she wouldn't have any performances before the finals, but now everything is fine. The whole village is catching ghosts, and the ghost is sitting by the well.

The players are in an uproar.

"Thirty-two players, the number of sheep predators is unknown, what does this mean?"

"That means there's a ghost standing among us right now!"

"Don't talk nonsense, what if it's the one standing next to you?"

"You're the one! The one next to you is!"

The crowd dispersed at a visible speed, with everyone distancing themselves from those around them. The thirty-two players managed to form a formation with a hundred concentric circles.

Cangya stood on the outermost edge, looked around, and suddenly grinned, whether intentionally or not was unclear.

"What's all the noise about?"

She clenched her blood-stained fists until they cracked. "Whether they're ghosts, humans, or demons, we'll find out by hitting them one by one. Anyone who can withstand three of my punches is a player."

[The Earth Wolf Clan's traditional skill is back again.]

[Physical methods for ghost detection: simple and direct.]

But what if the ghost can withstand three punches?

Yuexi did not participate in the argument. She stood still, her gaze slowly sweeping across the entire scene before finally settling back on the well.

Thirty-six hours later, the hunt begins after nightfall.

For ordinary players, finding a safe house is the only way to survive.

But nobody knows where the safe house is or what the rules are inside.

There is only one answer if you want to survive.

She straightened her skirt, walked up to Mu Zhixi, and curtsied in a standard Jiaoyue Clan salute.

"Miss Eileen."

Yuexi raised her head, a smile playing on her red lips, and said firmly, "Yuexi dares to ask that you and your party stay with us."

All the players in the village turned their heads in unison.

Living together?

Living with Miss Eileen?

Why bother looking for a safe house? The place she lives is a safe house!