Just a magical girl who picks up trash

"Becoming a soulless shell...?"

Is this a conspiracy or a coincidence?

Yu Huan didn't know, and having already come into contact with some truth, he obviously didn't pay much attention to this matter. Because just as Yu Huan was thinking about it, without any sign in his mind, the voice from the system came:

Ding~~ Triggering the hidden mission: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!

'Quest conditions: Clear the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons and save the gamers!'

"Mission Restrictions: You might not be able to pass even without them, so why would you limit them?!"

"Mission deadline: Need I say? Before the sacrifice is over, of course!"

'Quest Reward: ...Wait until you win!'

"Penalty for mission failure: What else can you ask for? If we fail, we're all done for!"

Mission Review: Rescue is urgent, why hesitate? For love and peace, bravely go forward, girl!

"..."

How should I put it, I always feel that the way the system releases tasks this time... is a bit weird!

Of course, Yu Huan quickly ignored the system's strange way of speaking, because just as Yu Huan opened the light screen and looked at the task that suddenly appeared, she saw a small text below:

'Task Tip: Please collect the soul fragments scattered in the space immediately, which will be of great help to your subsequent tasks!'

Collecting soul fragments? Those things in the sky?

Looking at the prompt, Yu Huan immediately raised her head and looked at the blue light spots in the sky. However, she realized that in less than a minute, nearly one-tenth of the originally dense light spots had disappeared, which made Yu Huan anxious instantly.

The system wouldn't issue such useless reminders for no reason. Since it said so, it must have a meaning. Therefore, Yu Huan undoubtedly needed to quickly collect these light points, but...how to collect them?!

He looked at the system in shock, expecting a prompt from it. However, after issuing the task, the system simply went offline again as if nothing had happened. Although Yu Huan was able to open it, he could no longer get any response from the system. This made Yu Huan feel so depressed that he wanted to hit someone... He hated these bastards who stopped talking halfway!

After taking two deep breaths to ease the violent emotions in his heart, Yu Huan gradually calmed down and began to think.

"Since the system gave this hint, it must have been sent only when it was certain I could complete it. In other words, I must have an item that can absorb these soul fragments... Calm down, Yuhuan, think carefully... Yes, think carefully about the information about soul-related items in your mind..."

Although magical girls are related to magic, they obviously have little to do with the soul. After all, the Heart of the Rising Sun is a dimensional high-tech existence that is written as a magic wand and pronounced as a turret. Although the ruby ​​is a magic outfit, it is also a very mysterious existence in terms of magic and the soul... Anyway, apart from the third method, Yuhuan really doesn't know any other knowledge about the soul.

After much thought, if there really is an item that involves the soul, then there is undoubtedly only one, and that is... the Soul Gem?!

"Yes, this thing will definitely work!"

He did it as soon as he thought of it. Without saying a word, Yu Huan opened the system space and took out the blank soul gem... Originally, this thing was full of conspiracy because it was connected to Qibi, so Yu Huan should have planned to seal it up completely. However, after that, at Tian Ling's request, Yu Huan gave one to the other party for research. Naturally, Yu Huan would not use the other ones himself or give them to Cai Xiaolin and others.

After all, signing a contract with Kyubey and using this soul gem can certainly gain enormous power, but it has to be said that this is a huge pit, the kind that will kill people without compensation!

"I didn't expect you to be useful here!"

Thinking of this, Yu Huan immediately raised the blank soul gem in her hand. When she was thinking about how to use this thing, she seemed to be attracted by something in the next second. Without waiting for Yu Huan to take any action, she saw that the light spots that were only three-fifths left in the sky began to fly towards her rapidly, and then in an instant, they were all submerged in the soul gem.

"Om~~"

With the influx of light spots, a little light blue light gradually appeared in the center of the soul gem, which was originally like a glass cover. However, as the light blue light gradually became stronger and was about to occupy half of the size of the entire soul gem, the next second a sudden black aura suddenly appeared at the same time, and attacked the blue light without saying a word.

That was the breath of the black fog that was once dispersed by Yu Huan!

37. Black Line

"Buzz buzz~~"

The soul gem that was originally collecting blue light spots suddenly poured into the black mist without any warning, and then it began to devour the blue light spots madly like an invader. However, what was surprising was that after entering the soul gem, the blue soul fragments seemed to have found a support, and after the initial panic, they blocked the black mist bit by bit.

"What is this...?"

The blue and black colors formed a strange state of scorching in the soul gem. After repeated struggles, Yu Huan immediately reached out and took it back in his hand. However, he never expected that almost at the moment when Yu Huan's palm just touched the soul gem, a sudden change occurred!

"Om~~"

"Oh my god, what the hell?!"

The sudden vibration came from Yu Huan's hand as if it was going to shatter the entire Soul Gem. The huge force almost made the Soul Gem in Yu Huan's hand slip out. In this situation, Yu Huan also hurriedly exerted his powerful strength and forcibly bound it in his hand to prevent it from escaping his control.

Yu Huan inexplicably had a premonition that if this black fog was allowed to escape, it would definitely cause very serious consequences, so this thing must be sealed inside.

"Crack!"

However, almost at the moment when Yu Huan was thinking this, a clear crack suddenly appeared on the soul gem.

"No, this thing can't withstand the erosion of this black fog!"

His expression instantly turned grim. Yu Huan immediately began searching through the space for an item that could also affect the soul. Since the Soul Gem didn't work, he could only find another... If the Magical Girl didn't work, then he could only...

"Oh right, this thing!"

An eyeball-like prop appeared in Yu Huan's hand in an instant. Without any hesitation, Yu Huan immediately placed it directly on the soul gem in front of him.

"No matter if it works or not, let's try it first!"

What he held in his hand was none other than the Blank Eye Soul that he had obtained in a lottery before. Yu Huan vaguely remembered that this thing itself was a sealing item for the soul body, so he didn't know what it was, but it must be related to the soul. The black fog should be able to seal it... probably!

Facts proved that Yu Huan's guess was correct. Almost at the moment before she placed the eye soul into the soul gem, the black mist, as if it had found an outlet, immediately began to flow into it without hesitation. Seeing this, Yu Huan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but the next second her expression suddenly changed.

"Oh~~"

With a cry of pain, her hand loosened, and the Eye Soul in her hand suddenly fell to the ground. However, Yu Huan obviously had no time to pick it up, because she was looking at her right hand with a slightly distorted face: a small piece of the part that should have been covered with armor had been corroded by the black mist at some point, revealing her fair skin.

However, this is not the point. The point is that just when the eye soul passed through the black fog, Yu Huan clearly felt something cold flowing into his hand, and then it spread throughout his body almost instantly. This is also the reason why Yu Huan almost came out.

Although this is just an online game world, one obviously cannot be careless in this death game. Therefore, the next second after feeling the invasion of the cold black fog, Yu Huan planned to use the magic power in her body without thinking. However, before she could react, the next second, it was as if nothing happened, and the coldness in her body just... disappeared?

"what happened?"

The series of changes obviously made Yu Huan a little confused. It seemed that all of a sudden there was no energy in his body. Yu Huan did not dare to be careless at all. He picked up the Eye Soul on the ground and threw it into the system space without saying a word. Then he turned around and decisively logged off and returned to reality.

"Owner!"

As soon as he opened his eyes, Yu Huan saw Yu Yuan standing by his bed. Before he could say anything, Yu Huan suddenly spoke:

"Yuanyuan, check my body to see if there is anything strange!"

"Hey? Good master!"

Yu Yuan was stunned by Yu Huan's sudden words for a moment, then came to his senses and his face instantly turned serious. Without saying a word, he opened the system and gave Yu Huan a full and complete inspection. After a full three minutes, he gave Yu Huan the answer:

"Master, your body...there is no abnormality at all!"

Yes, very healthy without any abnormalities. This was the result of Yu Yuan's or the system's examination. Yu Huan naturally believed this result, but...

"This is not normal!"

Clearly, the black mist had indeed entered his body. Logically, this kind of thing was definitely harmful. Yu Huan absolutely did not believe that it would dissipate on its own after entering his body. After all, the cold feeling from before still lingered in his body. However, the system's detection had...

“…Let me take another look!”

Seeing Yu Huan's expression, Yu Yuan instantly guessed that something must have happened. Without saying a word, he turned on the system again and tested Yu Huan again. At the same time, Yu Huan was not idle either. In the blink of an eye, a light flashed in her eyes and she lowered her head and looked at her hands suddenly.

The pure white lines are interwoven with different colors, but they are all very light, except for a few pink lines that flash with clear and bright brilliance. This is exactly the color that Yu Huan herself possesses: a pure heart and pure feelings!

This had always been Yu Huan's most fundamental color. Even though he had killed strange beasts and even humans, his soul had never been corrupted in the slightest. From beginning to end, it had always been so pure and unadulterated...

"Ok?"

However, just a few seconds after Yu Huan carefully looked at the color on her body, she suddenly found something wrong!

"This is……"

The line was very, very faint, so faint that you wouldn't even notice it if you didn't look carefully. It had somehow wrapped around the tip of Yu Huan's little finger, flashing with a faint light that flickered. Unlike the colorful lines around it, the color of this line... was pitch black!

38. Rational Analysis…

The black line, which Yu Huan had never seen on his body, no, it should be said that it was a line that he had never seen on anyone else's body. Now it was wrapped around his little finger. Although it looked weak as if it would disappear at any time, it still attracted almost all of Yu Huan's attention.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, Yu Huan was unable to analyze what this black line represented. After all, this ability of hers was a continuation of her previous life. Even after two lives as a human, she still didn't know what this ability was, let alone asking someone for reference!

"If you can't tell good from bad at times like this, just follow your instincts!"

Suddenly, the girl's energetic words seemed to flash through his mind, which made Yu Huan stunned for a moment, and then he smiled with relief.

"Yeah, just go with your intuition!"

"elder sister?"

Yu Huan's sudden words made Yu Yuan look at her with some confusion. Yu Huan just shook her head slightly and didn't say anything. Instead, she glanced at the black line on her finger again and then closed her eyes silently.

"Yuanyuan, I need to re-enter the game. Sorry to bother you outside!"

"Okay, sister!"

When Yu Yuan's voice fell, Yu Huan had already reassuredly opened the terminal again and returned to the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. However, he was obviously no longer paying attention to the black line on his finger. The reason was actually very simple:

"It doesn't seem like a bad thing...?"

The answer was completely based on intuition, but Yu Huan chose to believe it.

In a flash of light, Yu Huan instantly returned to the game again, but this time she was not as confused as before, because Yu Huan had obviously found some clues about this death game, and the clue was none other than the soul gem in her hand, which had completely changed its appearance.

The original glass cover-like shape still maintains its original appearance, but inside those transparent glass covers, it is as if a cluster of azure flames are ignited, constantly dancing with a faint flame luster, and a blue halo that is not dazzling is constantly emanating from it. What is really surprising is that as the flames continue to burn, a blurry face appears in it from time to time.

Even though the face was very blurry, when Yu Huan looked closely, he undoubtedly saw an extremely familiar figure in it: it was none other than the anchor who died as the first sacrifice: Tiantian!

Of course, this does not mean that Tiantian's soul is stored in this soul gem. In fact, according to system analysis, the soul gem in Yuhuan's hand now contains the soul fragments of almost all the contestants who are currently participating in the game and have died more than once. It's just that there is a problem of how many there are. There is no doubt that the soul of the anchor Tiantian who actually died in it is definitely the one with the most souls.

If this amount is calculated according to the theory of three souls and seven spirits, then the others do not even have one thousandth of one spirit. However, Tiantian occupies a full soul and one spirit, thus becoming the largest soul in the soul gem, which is why her appearance is reflected in it.

Of course, this is not the focus of Yu Huan at this moment. The focus is that through these souls, Yu Huan has obviously discovered the purpose of this game... at least one of the purposes.

"This game is collecting souls...and they're the souls of young girls!"

This is also a strange point. There are both male and female participants in the game, but among the soul fragments collected by Yu Huan, there is no male soul at all. Instead, they are all female souls. Although they are only residual souls, Yu Huan can clearly see their appearance under the simulation of the system. Most of them are young women, and there are also some young souls among them, but it is rare to see old ones.

"Using horror games to attract participants, then using the in-game ghosts to scare them to death and collect their souls, and using seven people as sacrifices over seven days, is this due to some kind of regulation or... restriction?"

"Um... hello..."

"Perhaps the other party doesn't completely control this space, but is simply using certain props or loopholes in this game space to carry out their own plans. If that's the case..."

As he analyzed the situation to himself, Yu Huan's brows slowly furrowed.

"that……"

"No, there's still too little useful information to conduct a detailed analysis!"

"I said……"

"Besides, I'm not a detective. Reasoning is not my specialty. After all, I'm not some elementary school student who's a god of death!"

"you……"

"Also, I feel like I've forgotten something. I don't think I came here to participate in the game in the first place. I think it was for um?"

While talking to herself, Yu Huan suddenly felt the hem of her skirt tighten and someone gently pulled it. She turned her head with some confusion, and saw a hand that had stretched out from below and was now tremblingly pulling at her skirt. It looked like a ghost hand suddenly stretched out from under her skirt... But what kind of hand would suddenly stretch out from under her skirt? Could it be a pervert?

Yu Huan's train of thought was instantly distorted as she stared blankly at the 'ghost hand' in front of her. Before she could even realize she was being molested, a faint, girlish voice rang out from under her skirt:

"If you've finished your analysis, could you please be so kind as to move your feet a little? Young lady... don't you realize you're stepping on me?"

Judging from the voice, it should be a female ghost. In that case, there's no need to beat her to pieces. After all, if a girl sees under her skirt, it doesn't seem like a big deal...

"Well, although the scenery under your skirt is indeed nice, and the blue and white stripes are very suitable for your temperament, I still want to explain: I am not a pervert... No, I am not a ghost at all!"

Huh? You actually don't admit it's a ghost? But if it wasn't a ghost, how could it be right under my feet?

"That's because I just got knocked down while sparring, and you immediately logged in and stepped on me, girl!"

So that's it, is this such a coincidence? Then... wait!

'How come she knows what I'm thinking?'

Yu Huan suddenly had this question in his mind, and then the question was answered immediately:

"Because my superpower is telepathy, I can read minds to some extent. Also... can you let me get up before continuing your analysis?!"

"Uh……"

Yu Huan, who seemed to have finally come back to his senses from his lost thoughts, was slightly stunned when he heard this. He then took a step back and lowered his head. The next thing he saw was a touch of devastation... golden color?

39. Horror game anchor!

(The new character in this chapter is a guest appearance by Douyu anchor Qi Xiao... I finally wrote him (her) out, Xiaoyu is so frustrated!)