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Ch. 103 - Time's Up

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His consciousness gradually returned. After entering the adventure world, Ye Chuan found himself in a small room.

The room was empty, furnished only with a simple metal bed, a wardrobe, and a toilet.

It wasn't big and didn't even have a window.

The decor was similar to Ye Chuan's old room, dilapidated and giving him a sense of déjà vu.

"So this is the 'personal experience'?" Ye Chuan stroked his chin. So this was Holographic Adventure. 

It felt like he had actually transmigrated.

Quite interesting.

Ye Chuan instinctively tried to summon Lilith, but the jade pendant on his chest was gone.

He quickly understood; he couldn't bring his tenants into the adventure.

But knowing the system, it would probably add a paid feature to bring tenants along in the future.

If that feature was unlocked, he could take Bai Qianshuang to the Tianxuan Continent to seek revenge and resolve her emotional baggage.

Putting aside his other thoughts, Ye Chuan focused on the adventure before him—

This one-time adventure world was called "Monster Dormitory," so he was in a dormitory?

But with his divine sense, he couldn't detect any spirits. However, he did notice something else.

A piece of paper on the wall caught his attention. He reached out, and the paper flew into his hand.

[Monster Dormitory Rules

Return to your dormitory and lock the door before midnight.

Ghosts cannot be killed. Run away if you encounter one before gaining strength.

The dormitory has six floors. There are plenty of resources to upgrade your dormitory. 

Defeat the final boss on the 7th night to complete the game.]

"A game?" Ye Chuan frowned slightly. If that was the case, did this so-called game have other players?

And it said ghosts couldn't be killed?

He didn't believe that.

Then Ye Chuan noticed a dilapidated phone on the nightstand. 

He picked it up and saw that it had only two functions: a status panel and a chat group.

[Player: Ye Chuan

Level: ???

&&%……￥%…￥%……%+]

The status panel was a jumbled mess of characters. Ye Chuan couldn't understand it and looked at the chat group function. There were already hundreds of messages.

Room 533: What the hell, where am I? Monster Dormitory?

Room 101: I was taking a piss, and suddenly I'm here.

Room 145: Don't even ask, I was about to get down to business, and bam, I hit the pillow!

Room 341: What does "player" mean? I'm only Level 1, do I need to level up to leave this place?

Room 224: Everyone, come out and chat. We all seem to have been dragged here suddenly.

…

Ye Chuan, looking at the messages, heard a commotion outside. He put away his phone and opened the door.

Dozens of people, men and women, young and old, were standing outside, their faces filled with worry. 

They clearly didn't know why they were here.

This surprised Ye Chuan because he had entered voluntarily.

So he was the most unique one here?

"Waaah, I'm scared, I'm really afraid of ghosts," a timid girl cried, clutching a plushie.

"Don't worry, little sister, heh heh, come to my room, we can share a dorm."

They quickly figured out the situation. They had all been dragged into this world by an unknown force. 

To leave, they had to survive until the seventh night and defeat the final boss.

"Don't panic, everyone. Follow the rules, and you'll be fine. I've seen a lot of these," a bespectacled man said.

"Don't be afraid, follow Brother Hao." A muscular man grinned, his physique radiating a sense of security.

"It's almost midnight!" someone shouted, and everyone quickly checked their phones. 

Seeing that it was almost twelve, their faces filled with terror, and they hurried back to their rooms and locked their doors.

Soon, only Ye Chuan remained in the corridor, his hands in his pockets. Seeing that no one else was around, he casually returned to his room.

He understood now; he was definitely the most unique one here.

Like a cultivator who had stumbled into a horror-themed battle royale game.

But Ye Chuan didn't care. He was only interested in the ghosts. His goal was to obtain spirit essence.

Hopefully, there would be a lot of ghosts; otherwise, he wouldn't have a chance to earn much spirit essence.

Just as Ye Chuan sat down on the bed, a voice echoed from the loudspeakers—

[10… 9… 8… seconds until midnight…]

[Midnight has arrived. Try to survive.]

As the clock struck twelve, Ye Chuan immediately sensed a change. A thick fog filled the corridor outside, and several ghosts appeared within his divine sense.

Muffled growls echoed from the ghosts.

They started drifting aimlessly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of banging came from the next room.

Ye Chuan took out his phone and saw that the chat group was exploding with messages.

Room 225: Holy shit, there are really ghosts outside?!

Room 224: I hear it, it's banging on your door!

Room 443: Mommy, there's a female ghost banging on my door, can she come in?

…

Seeing the flurry of messages, Ye Chuan looked at his door.

A ghost was standing right in front of it.

Its hair was disheveled, its skin pale and grey, its eyes bloodshot, its feet floating off the ground.

Just as the female ghost was about to knock, the door clicked open—

The ghost, clearly not expecting this, froze, its eyes wide and white, a terrifying grin on its decaying face. "Hee hee hee."

Ye Chuan, standing before it, also grinned. "Kekekeke, little ghosty~"

Female Ghost: ?

Dude, what's wrong with you?

Aren't you supposed to be scared? Why are you making a creepier sound than me?

In the next second, Ye Chuan reached out, grabbed the ghost by the neck, and released his spiritual energy!

With a "boom," the ghost exploded before it could even scream, leaving behind only a single spirit essence.

Ye Chuan collected the spirit essence, drew his peachwood sword, and looked at the other stunned ghosts in the corridor, a smile on his face.

"Time's up."