In Jiangcheng, South Lake Villa District, Inside a standalone villa, Li Nian sat gloomily in her room.
She had originally planned to sneak out to attend the ghost handlerâs offline trading event, but her father caught on to her intentions that morning.
As one of Jiangchengâs top businessmen, Li Nianâs father wasnât a player in the horror game, But he was aware of the recent spike in supernatural incidents in Xia Country and worldwide, and understood the reality of the horror game.
Once he found out that his daughter had become a âplayer,â naturally, he refused to let his beloved daughter go alone to the offline trading event.
However, Mr. Li also knew that the horror game instances were much more dangerous than the trading event. So, he sent his trusted aide to purchase materials for his daughter.
While Li Nian understood her fatherâs well-meaning intentions, she wasnât only going to the event to buy spirit vessels or enhance her abilities!
She also hoped to see Brother Lin, who had looked after her in the previous instance.
âSigh, Brother Lin hasnât called meâ¦â Li Nian thought wistfully, and just then, there was a soft knock on her door.
âXiao Nian, the item I had someone purchase to awaken your spirit sense has arrived!â Her fatherâs voice came from outside.
Even though Li Nian was sulking, her usually gentle nature wouldnât let her ignore him.
She opened the door reluctantly, and upon seeing the jade bottle in her fatherâs hands, her eyes brightened.
âIsnât this the same type of wine Brother Lin drank?!â Li Nian nearly exclaimed.
Could it be that her fatherâs aide had coincidentally bought Brother Linâs wine?
But she suppressed her excitement. After all, it was just a similar-looking bottle. She couldnât be sure it was the same wine!
She took the bottle and opened it, and a familiar, chilling aroma confirmed it instantlyâ¦
âThis really is the same as Brother Linâs!
âCould it be that Brother Lin specifically set this aside for me?!â
Yes! This wine was highly desired by those spirits, clearly not something ordinary!
Brother Lin must have sold it because it was for me!
Thinking of this, Li Nian felt a warmth in her heart, And even gave her father a smile.
âThank you, Dad⦠youâre so kind to me!â
Seeing his usually quiet daughter so happy, Mr. Li was taken aback.
âIâm glad itâs helpful to you!
âHurry and drink it⦠this way, with spirit sense, youâll have a better chance of survival in the instances!â
As her father said this, he quietly closed the door.
Li Nian nodded to herself.
Indeed⦠she couldnât always rely on Brother Lin for protection!
She needed to get stronger so that the next time she met Brother Lin⦠she could be a reliable ally!
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Meanwhile, with Lin Yu, after the trading event, he rested in Jiangcheng for a day and then returned to his rental in Hecheng.
Despite having 17 million in funds, he didnât rush to spend it lavishly, knowing that the next instance was just around the corner.
With his system, billions in ghost currency, a collection of spirit materials, and fierce spirits like Zhu Jiang as his contracted ghost, he couldnât let his guard down!
Heâd been following the forum, seeing that even advanced ghost controllers sometimes fell unexpectedly.
In the later stages, although many spirits had ârules of killing,â some rules were almost meaningless!
In some instances, you could be trapped in a maze, and once a spirit caught up to you, youâd be killed!
In others, if the spirit felt hungry, it could simply eat you!
In such instances, fleeing or directly confronting the spirit were the only options!
There was no way to manipulate the rules for survival!
So Lin Yu knew that while he had a higher survival probability for nowâ¦
He couldnât ignore the risk of failure!
Thus, in the past few days, heâd been using some meditation techniques from the forum to train his âspirit sense.â
In just two days, his spirit sense had increased by three points!
It wasnât much, but Lin Yu noticed that his sense had grown more acute during meditation!
Before, he could only roughly gauge a spiritâs strength. Now, he could pinpoint its exact level!
As his spirit sense sharpened, it seemed like his system had leveled up, too!
The grades of spirit materials and vessels became more precise in their identification!
For example, his Thousand Year Shadow Wood was a mid-grade, third-level spirit material.
The Luo Hou Seven Evil Nail was a mid-grade, third-level spirit vessel.
His Grudge Skull Necklace was a mid-grade, first-level vessel!
However, the grade of his Kuilong Soul Locking Mirror remained unknown.
At the same time, the system also gave some âintroductionsâ for vessels with unclear effects.
For instance, the Luo Hou Seven Evil Nail had a hidden mechanism activated by injecting spirit power!
Upon testing it, Lin Yu found that the nail released multiple spikes condensed from ghost energy!
And his âPharaohâs Ominous Bandage,â an upper-grade, second-level vessel, had powerful functionality!
If placed on a wound caused by a spirit, it could absorb the negative energy and quickly heal the wound.
Injecting spirit energy made it entangle spirits and absorb their ghost energy, greatly restricting their movements!
Though it might not sound impressive, Lin Yu found that once spirit energy was injected, the bandage moved with strange speed!
Ordinary spirits couldnât dodge it. It was almost guaranteed to hit!
Now, Lin Yu had a mid-grade attack vessel and a defensive one, plus an upper-grade vessel for control and healing!
His strength had grown considerably, leaving him with almost no weaknesses!
After organizing these vessels and practicing their uses, time once again reached the early hours of Monday!
[Welcome to the Horror Game!]n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
As the blood-red text appeared, and the familiar haze set in.
A new instance began!