Traveling through the second dimension, the joy system encourages me to laugh heartily!

But he still dutifully advised, "Afterwards, we submitted an E-level investigation commission to the Adventurer's Guild, but the adventurers who accepted it were all brutally murdered... After that, no E-level adventurer dared to accept this commission. Although we wanted to increase the commission level, we didn't have enough budget..."

In short, due to various reasons, no one has successfully exorcised the devil to this day.

Chen Ming, who is familiar with the original plot, naturally knows the truth about the mansion curse.

So he said calmly: "I see, but I am very confident in my own ability, so I will buy this mansion!"

Upon hearing this, the clerk put on a regretful expression, as if to say, "Good words cannot persuade a damned soul, and mercy without salvation will only lead to self-destruction." He then said, "Okay, then, please sign the purchase agreement and pay the purchase price..."

Chen Ming nonchalantly wrote his name on the paper, then took out a bag of gold coins that had been materialized in advance from his backpack.

Once the staff member takes the gold coins, the transaction is completed!

Chen Ming took the house purchase contract and flew to his new home without stopping.

Although it is an old house, the building itself looks very solid - perhaps because all objects in this world are imbued with magic, so it takes a long time for them to decay and age.

The building was a composite structure made of wood and stone. Although vines and moss clung to the walls, it was otherwise quite clean.

Chen Ming originally thought that the house would become even more dilapidated, and was planning to tear down the entire [Crimson] and rebuild it. Now it seems that all that is needed is to modernize and renovate the interior!

Yes, he planned to materialize [Crimson] and T-101 in World No. 2, but he couldn't get the Sky Eye satellite and the space-based firepower network.

The goddess of World No. 1 is the embodiment of a rule. She is a device used to maintain the world and will not interfere with the lower world at will. Other people on the ground do not have the ability to detect satellites.

So he can do whatever he wants.

But World No. 2 is different. Humans and gods are always thinking about making trouble. Among the seven major powers, the existence of satellites can be found everywhere.

There are even people who openly drive the Sky City to patrol the sky!

If Chen Ming dared to launch a satellite in a high-profile manner, it would attract too much attention, and this new home would inevitably become the target of public criticism.

Right now, he doesn't have the ability to dominate the world, so there's no need to seek death. It's better to keep a low profile.

Of course, there is no problem in just materializing [Crimson] and T-101 to improve the quality of life.

Chen Ming pushed the cracked door and found that it was stuck and could not be opened, so he used magic power to strengthen his body and kicked the wooden door open without hesitation.

Anyway, [Crimson] will need to renovate it later, so there is no need to feel bad about it.

The lobby is right after you enter.

There are stairs leading to the second floor at the front, and doors on the left and right sides.

Next to the stairs, there is a corridor leading to the back garden.

Chen Ming didn't know if the [Housing and Land Management Office] arranged for people to come and clean the house regularly, but he found that there was not much dust accumulated in the house.

Although he already knew from the original book that the research materials on magic puppets were in the basement.

But for safety reasons, Chen Ming still planned to start from the right side of the first floor and inspect all the rooms.

After all, he came here more than ten years earlier than the male protagonist. Who knows if there are any strange creatures living here?

Maybe there are bandits who use this place as their base.

Chen Ming was not worried about his own safety, but was mainly afraid that something might happen to Sylphy, which would be a huge loss.

Stepping into the door on the right side of the hall, there is a spacious room inside, very bright and well-lit!

It is about 20 square meters in size and has a large heater.

It should be called a living room or a dining room.

Since the magical city of Sharia is located in the north of the continent and is very cold in winter, heating equipment is very important.

If it's a magical heater, it can warm up the whole house.

If not, you will need to ask [Deep Red] to install floor heating during the renovation.

But this heater is a little too big, which is really worrying. Maybe there is something hiding inside.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming cast wind magic and blew strong wind into the furnace pipes.

But nothing happened.

Even though he listened carefully with his enhanced ears, he still didn't notice any movement.

Only layers of coal fell from above.

It seems that this is just an ordinary heater, so let's install floor heating.

Chen Ming himself is no longer afraid of the cold, but Sylphy is still too young. No matter how hard our family lives, we cannot let our child suffer!

Next, inspect the room on the far right when viewed from the entrance.

The floor here is made of stone, and there are objects similar to stoves, which is obviously the kitchen.

A piece of cloth fell beside the stove. Chen Ming picked it up and found that it was a tattered apron.

Maybe when Sylphy grows up, she'll cook here wearing a naked apron...

Ah, no, no.

It’s too early to say that now!

Chen Ming shook his head and dropped his apron, and checked the stove, where creatures might be hiding.

In this way, he checked the rooms one by one.

When passing behind the stairs, he found the door leading to the basement. However, Chen Ming already knew that there was a secret room in the basement, so he prepared to make a final exploration.

He went to all the rooms on the first floor in a counterclockwise direction, and after looking at them, he realized that the shape of this mansion was symmetrical on both sides.

Kitchens: Two.

Living rooms: two.

Small rooms: four.

Toilets: Two.

It gives people the feeling of putting two villas side by side.

After walking around and returning to the stairs in front of the gate, Chen Ming went straight to the second floor.

The wooden floor was quite solid and didn't even creak.

The second floor is also symmetrical - there are eight bedrooms in total, all with balconies.

After inspecting the last bedroom, Chen Ming turned and went downstairs.

The door to the basement is located on the inside of the stairs.

At first glance, it looks like the storage room where Harry Potter sleeps.

When you open the door, you can see the stairs leading down, and it's pitch black down there.

In order to prevent sneak attacks, Chen Ming first cast a spell to add several defensive magics to himself, and then equipped himself with the [Wings of Light].

However, since the stairs were narrow, Chen Ming could only fold the light wings behind him and not unfold them again until he entered the basement.

The underground space was quite empty, with only some wooden shelves placed side by side. It felt like a warehouse with nothing in it.

It is easy to overlook many details if you only have one or two oil lamps for lighting.

But under the illumination of the light wings, the entire basement was as bright as day, and every detail was visible. Chen Ming soon found a wall made of wooden boards in the corner of the basement.

Chen Ming knew that was the secret door in the original book.

He leaned over to take a look and found that there was no door handle and no groove commonly seen on sliding doors.

Apparently, you need to press a switch to turn it on.

But Chen Ming pulled out an alloy sword from the system space, strengthened it with magic, and stabbed it directly through the secret door. It was made of wood, so there was no need to spend time deciphering it. It was going to be renovated anyway, so if it was broken, it was broken.

He used his alloy sword to cut out a 2-meter-high rectangle, and then kicked the secret door to the ground.

"Chilijili"

Following a shrill sound, a puppet lowered its body with a crawling motion. It poked its upper body out from behind the broken secret door and stared at Chen Ming with its head tilted.

It only has eyes, a nose, and a mouth, but no hair or ears...

After the two sides looked at each other for a few seconds, the puppet suddenly moved.

It seemed to be bouncing and flying towards Chen Ming.

However, the next moment, it was slammed to the ground by two huge wings of light.

It struggled desperately, shaking its eight limbs, and at the same time punched Guangyi fiercely, resisting quite fiercely.

But the light wings pressing on his body were intact and as stable as a rock!

As its magic power was consumed drastically, its movements gradually became sluggish... and eventually it ran out of magic power and stopped functioning.

Chapter 110: God-level Magic

After successfully capturing the magic puppet, Chen Ming raised his light wings and looked down.

The wooden puppet had four arms and four legs, and its feet were wrapped in a dark cloth. Due to the violent struggle just now, two of the four arms were broken.

There were things on the face that could barely be called a nose and a mouth, and the eyes were filled with objects that looked like glass balls.

This doll is quite old.

It looks bluish-white because the original white paint peeled off and turned blue due to mold.

Chen Ming knew that this doll was the culprit of the mansion curse mentioned by the employee of the [Housing and Land Management Office].

The first resident of this mansion made this doll. Because the magical knowledge used would touch upon certain taboos, he chose to study it secretly in the basement.

After the puppet was successfully made, the owner set it up to clean the house every night and be responsible for the security of the mansion.

However, not long after, the earliest resident disappeared inexplicably and even forgot to take the doll with him.

Whether he escaped or was arrested after his crime was exposed, the original anime does not explain this.

But Chen Ming estimated that since the other party left behind research results, there was a high possibility that he died in an accident.

Although its owner is gone, the magic puppet still diligently performs its daily tasks - it cleans the mansion while moving around searching for and repelling invaders. After working for a while, it returns to the basement to replenish its magic power.

Those residents and adventurers who were slaughtered were unlucky enough to encounter the puppets and were identified as invaders and eliminated.

Thinking back, Chen Ming immediately put the doll into the system space to prevent Sylphy and her family from being attacked while he was away...

Even though this thing was easily suppressed by him, it was not because it was too weak, but because Chen Ming was too strong!

Any ordinary group of adventurers coming here will only be brutally slaughtered by it - the battle record can be checked!

After putting away the puppet, Chen Ming looked up at the secret room.

There was only a table and a wooden pedestal inside.

On the table lay several books and an inkwell, the cap of which had cracked, the ink having evaporated.

As for the pedestal, its shape is more like a coffin.

There are grooves on its surface that look like a doll.

If you look closely, you will see a transparent stone embedded in the place where the doll's head should be placed.

Chen Ming knew that this was where the doll slept. Lying here could replenish electricity... no, it was to replenish magic power.

Then he reached out to the book on the table.

Judging from the worn cover, it had been left there for quite some time, but fortunately, there were no signs of insects—because the puppet would also exterminate insects...

Chen Ming opened the book and found that it was indeed research information on magic puppets.

There were some drawings of the human body and magic circles, and a lot of notes were densely written in the blank areas.

Because the rope that binds the papers together is very old and it feels like it will fall apart at any time.

So Chen Ming flipped through a few pages casually, closed the book and put it into the system space, planning to study it in detail when he had time later.

After collecting the research data on the magic puppet, Chen Ming materialized servers carrying [Crimson], generators, and a large number of T-101s in the empty basement.

Then two tasks were assigned: to modernize the villa and to dig underground space to build a fusion reactor to provide electricity.

Because he already had mature infrastructure experience in World No. 1, this time Chen Ming simply let [Crimson] do its thing. He was only responsible for materializing the building materials...

……

After solving the housing problem, Chen Ming directly used [Teleportation] to return to Buena Village.

Seeing that Lorz and Maya did not run away with their daughter Sylphy, but were waiting at home with their bags on their backs, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, you have passed my test."