A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

However, these drops in rank are entirely acceptable compared to having an extra life.

The second option is to prevent the spirit contractor from dying in place of the spirit, in which case the contracted spirit will die directly.

The Spirit Contract Holder will inherit everything from the Contract Spirit and will enter the dungeon to survive seven days later.

Of course, in addition to these, there is also a limitation.

That means Zhou An cannot leave Li Shengsheng's 50-meter range now. Within the first level, each level increases the range by ten meters.

Within the second tier, each level increases the range by twenty meters, and so on.

Once it exceeds the range, it will automatically return to Li Shengsheng's body.

In other words, Zhou An could possess Li Shengsheng, but he couldn't affect her in the slightest; at most, he could only talk back and forth.

At the same time, it also possesses two states: contract spirit and soul.

The soul state, which is the same state Zhou An was in before, where he couldn't touch anything.

In the contract spirit state, one can touch and even destroy physical objects, but still cannot be seen by others.

To activate the Contract Spirit state, one's level must correspond to their own level.

At Zhou An's current level, he can probably last for five hours, which means a level one can maintain it for one hour.

Li Shengsheng also felt the changes in her body at this moment.

First, the very thin body became fuller, which seems to be due to an increase in its three-dimensional attributes.

Ghostly power was born within her, and from that moment on, she was no longer among ordinary people.

"Wow, that's amazing, Uncle!" Li Shengsheng exclaimed excitedly as she looked at Zhou An.

As for the possibility that she would become Zhou An's scapegoat, she completely ignored it.

In any case, if it weren't for Zhou An, she would have died long ago.

"Sheng Sheng, familiarize yourself with the place first. I have something to take care of." After saying that, Zhou An slammed his head against the door.

A loud "Bang!"

Zhou An's head slammed hard against the door.

"What's going on?" Zhou An stared blankly at the door.

He quickly remembered something, and with a thought, Zhou An switched modes and easily passed through the door.

Before long, Zhou An arrived at his room.

He immediately turned on his computer.

"Sigh, what a pity..." Zhou An looked regretful and began frantically deleting his cherished study materials.

After the deletion was complete, Zhou An finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the clean 2TB hard drive.

Zhou An then shut down his computer and returned to Li Shengsheng's room.

"You're back so soon?" Li Shengsheng was tidying up the things on the floor.

Because Li Shengsheng has come into contact with a world that ordinary people cannot access, she is filled with hope for life again.

She decided to continue living, and to live well with her grandmother's blessings.

Later, when Zhou An reaches the pinnacle of the supernatural world, she will rescue her grandmother.

"I'm done. Is there anything to eat? I'm starving." Zhou An sat down on the sofa.

He will not activate his contract spirit state unless absolutely necessary, except when eating.

"There seems to be some fruit in the fridge. Go check it out yourself, and tidy up the house after you're done eating," Li Shengsheng said.

“You’ll have to collect it yourself; I can’t maintain the contracted spirit state for too long,” Zhou An shook his head and refused.

Li Shengsheng pursed her lips and didn't say anything, but a sly look quickly flashed in her eyes.

"Uncle, did you go back to your room and delete your study materials?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou An was utterly shocked: "You... how did you know?"

"Of course I'm guessing. You boys all have the same thoughts. I often hear them say that at school."

"I didn't expect you, Uncle, to be so unserious despite your seemingly serious appearance." Li Shengsheng felt a little happy that she had guessed correctly.

Zhou An calmed down from his panicked expression and immediately changed the subject: "Your parents are really inhuman, they've made such a mess of the house."

"Don't rush to pack up, I suddenly thought of something good."

Zhou An immediately took out the iron bucket and began rummaging through it.

Chapter 17 Rules and Skills

Li Shengsheng looked at the iron bucket that Zhou An suddenly took out in surprise. She walked over, squatted down and quietly looked at Zhou An.

Soon, Zhou An took out a palm-sized doll.

This doll is quite peculiar; it holds a broom in its left hand, a dustpan in its right, and a rag hanging from its waist.

[Cleaning the Doll]: Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, leave it all to me!

Effect: It can clean a house up to 100 square meters after use. It can only be used once a day.

Zhou An casually tossed the doll onto the ground.

In an instant, the doll grew to the size of a normal person.

The doll, which was originally quite cute, now looked rather eerie and terrifying.

In particular, Zhou An felt a bit of the uncanny valley effect when looking at the doll's face.

Soon, the doll began to clean the house quickly.

"How did this doll suddenly get so big?" Li Shengsheng wasn't scared at all; instead, she was very curious.

"These are props with special powers. Here, take a few from this bucket and wear them."

"Also, when I am not around, you should not use your ghostly power unless absolutely necessary."

"Once you're discovered by other players, you'll be killed." Zhou An relayed some of the information the old man had given him to Li Shengsheng.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengsheng nodded: "Don't worry, I'll hide it well."

Then Li Shengsheng squatted in front of the iron bucket and began to pick and choose.

As a Spirit Pact user, Li Shengsheng can also see the attributes of items.

In just over ten minutes, the entire room was cleaned spotless by the dolls, which then transformed back into dolls.

Li Shengsheng also selected her props, a total of three items.

One defensive item, one offensive item, and two support items, all of which are jewelry-style.

One is a necklace that can withstand a fatal wound.

One is an earring, which can increase nerve reaction speed by 10% and memory by 30%.

One is a ring. When ghost energy is injected into the ring, it is activated and a ghost blade is generated. The stronger the ghost energy injected, the stronger the ghost blade becomes.

Li Shengsheng values ​​the earrings the most because they increase her memory by 30%, making it easier for her to learn.

“I still have so many here, why don’t you pick out a few more?” Zhou An said with a smile to Li Shengsheng.

Li Shengsheng shook her head: "Three items are enough. Any more and I'm afraid the enemy will notice."

Clearly, they know that players will fight each other when they meet in the real world, so they need to be extremely careful.

“That makes sense, let’s give it to her.” Zhou An took out a fruit with all attributes and tossed it to Li Shengsheng.

"What is this? Hmm? All attributes +10, this... this can double my strength." Li Shengsheng looked at Zhou An in surprise.

"You can eat it yourself. I'm safe in the real world."

“You are in the most danger in the strange world, and you need to improve your strength.” Li Shengsheng handed the all-attribute fruit to Zhou An.

“Just eat it. Don’t worry about me. You should be able to sense my abilities, right? I can’t die in the supernatural world,” Zhou An said in a deep voice.

Li Shengsheng hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, then I'll eat it."

After Li Shengsheng ate it, her body went from being thin to a normal level, and she even appeared somewhat plump.

She has become even more beautiful.

“That’s more like it. Look at you before, you were as skinny as a bamboo pole.” Zhou An nodded in satisfaction.

"You're the one with the bamboo pole." Li Shengsheng rolled her eyes.

Zhou An chuckled, then went to the refrigerator and took out an apple.

It was sweet and delicious, but it wasn't enough; Zhou An was still very hungry.

"By the way, your ability is amazing. I feel like you can even regenerate your head after it's been cut off. How did you get that?" Li Shengsheng asked curiously.

"Oh, I awakened this ability as soon as I went in. I don't know if it's because I'm exceptionally talented," Zhou An lied casually.

Anyway, it's up to him how he got his abilities. Li Shengsheng can't enter the dungeon and has no way to get information about it.

"Okay, okay, you're amazing." Li Shengsheng pouted.

"Sheng Sheng, order me some fried chicken, we don't have enough fruit," Zhou An said again.

Li Shengsheng spread her hands: "I have no money."

"No money?" Zhou An's voice rose several octaves.

"You don't expect me, a high school student, to support you, do you?" Li Shengsheng looked at Zhou An with a face full of surprise.

"If you don't support me, who will?" Zhou An said irritably.

"Why don't you go steal some?" Li Shengsheng suggested to Zhou An.

"Is this something a young girl like you should say?" Zhou An frowned.

"I can't even support myself, how can I support you?"

“I still haven’t figured out how to pay for my grandma’s funeral, and the rent is due next week…” As she spoke, Li Shengsheng’s mood became somewhat depressed.

Tears, like pearls, began to fall from the corners of Li Shengsheng's eyes.