The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 371 - 260 Dark Fairy Tale Book

Chapter 371: Chapter 260 Dark Fairy Tale Book

Several minutes later, Zhou Yuan had figured out what had happened.

The deceased was named Belinda Yang, a violinist for a famous symphony orchestra, hailing from a musical family, an official Old Londoner under the red flag of standard, and an upper-class individual with financial freedom.

Two days earlier, she had visited the London branch of the Holy Crow Church, stating that she had been having strange dreams lately. In her dreams, she was the Little Mermaid from the classic fairy tale "The Little Mermaid."

The dreams were extremely realistic, and they were serialized; each night’s events continued from where the previous night left off, which made Belinda believe she was definitely under the influence of supernatural power. Having heard that the Holy Crow Church was exceptionally skilled with dreams, she went to them for help.

The Holy Crow Church conducted a "physical examination" on her but found no traces of supernatural power affecting her. They also entered her dream that night and came up empty-handed as well—there were no so-called fairy tale dreams.

However, the next day, Belinda woke up claiming that she still had a nightmare the night before and that the story in her dream was about to come to an end. She was terrified that her fate would be like that of the Little Mermaid in the story, turning into foam under the sunlight, so she requested the protection of the Holy Crow Church.

Since there were no findings, the Holy Crow Church thought Belinda was suffering from "Transcendental Panic Disorder," a condition that became very common after the reveal of the transcendent. Symptoms are manifested in everyday life: whenever encountering anything unusual, such as getting sick or having a nightmare, one would subconsciously believe it’s the influence of supernatural forces, further imagining that someone is out to get them. This leads to a series of chain reactions: panic, paranoia, nervous breakdown...

Interestingly, the incidence rate of this condition in the elite class is higher than among the lower-class people.

Hatred, power struggles, political conflicts, business wars... these things became particularly simple and brutal after the emergence of supernatural powers. Just by hiring a curse master, one could easily assassinate an adversary from afar without leaving any trace.

Similar cases had occurred many times, and elites and tycoons were all extremely anxious, afraid of becoming the next headline death, so they were willing to spend a lot of money to hire extraordinary people as bodyguards to prevent being assassinated in various forms, which also caused a significant boost to the economy of the transcendental world.

Besides, there was another path: joining major forces to seek protection, and the Holy Crow Church had recruited quite a few people during this time.

Of course, despite many false alarm cases in the past, the Holy Crow Church did not let down its guard. After all, they were paid and definitely had to deliver proper service. They immediately arranged several layers of protection for Belinda and brought in some transcendental props for self-defense.

But still, an incident occurred.

Early this morning, Belinda woke up from her sleep, screaming in terror, and then, to the astonishment of her two bodyguards, she turned into a pile of foam in the sunlight, broken and scattered, just like the ending described in the story.

The two bodyguards immediately reported the matter to the bishop. However, by the time the bishop arrived, they hadn’t found any useful clues. Everything was too eerie; there were not even any remnants of energy at the scene.

Afterwards, they inspected Belinda’s personal belongings and found two cursed instruments in an isolation case inside a super large suitcase—the higher-ups of the Holy Crow Church had previously received orders to search for cursed instruments, so the London bishop directly contacted Ye Wan.

The two cursed instruments were: the Evil Bone Violin and the Blood Sound Sax.

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[Key item acquired, the task "Murdering Musician" has been updated]

[Current collection of evil instruments: 4/7]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*1000]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*2000]

[Task Reward 3: Ordinary Quality Item Pack*2]

[Task Reward 4: Ordinary Quality Skill Scroll*2]

[LV70→LV71!]

[Experience Points: 950/3550]

[p][Discretionary Attribute Points: 1][/p]

[p]"The cursed instruments collected so far include the Human Skin Score, the Evil Sound Bone Flute, the Evil Bone Violin, and the Blood Sound Sax. Three more pieces and the collection will be complete... Hmm... These cursed instruments could form an orchestra..."[/p]

Zhou Yuan muttered to himself, then said to the bishop, "Take me to that room to have a look."[/p]

He smelled the scent of a mission.[/p]

Twenty minutes later, in a luxurious suite of a high-end hotel.[/p]

Zhou Yuan surveyed the room, his gaze finally resting on the bed. A force field visible to the naked eye enveloped the area, freezing the scene at the moment of the incident.[/p]

The bedding was thrown aside, displaying a large wet stain and many unburst white bubbles, faintly outlining a human shape.[/p]

[Belinda Yang’s remains. She touched something she shouldn’t have and brought about her own death. It was a Dark Fairy Tale Book that recorded countless worlds of evil and madness. Those who touched it invariably met with a grim fate.[/p]

Her strange dreams were not dreams at all, but her will and soul traveling into the world of Dark Fairy Tales. When a character in a fairy tale died, the person in the real world would die in the exact same way.[/p]

The place where she encountered the Dark Fairy Tale Book was a library that didn’t exist in the real world.][/p]

[One day, Belinda received a package. When she opened it, it contained an Evil Bone Violin, accompanied by a sticky note that read, "You are a talented individual. Take this violin as it will be your ticket to the Supreme Music Hall."[/p]

Even though the Evil Bone Violin was quite spine-chilling, it held a bewitching charm. Belinda ended up keeping it, playing it alone every night. The mournful and melodious sound enthralled her.[/p]

Many days later, she attended a gathering of musicians and became involved with a saxophonist. In his home, she accidentally found the Blood Sound Sax. After some conversation, she learned that he too had received the instrument in an anonymous package.[/p]

They talked for a long time and speculated that a Transcendent might be behind it all. Filled with fear and anxiety, they also developed a strong interest in the "Supreme Music Hall" mentioned in the note.[/p]

With this shared secret, their relationship quickly heated up. However, half a month later, the saxophonist was murdered by an enemy. Belinda was heartbroken and subsequently took the Blood Sound Sax with her.][/p]

The Eyes of Identification revealed detailed information, followed by the system’s notification sound in Zhou Yuan’s ear.[/p]

[Event detected, generating mission...][/p]

[Mission Name: Multi-Universe Dark Fairy Tale Book][/p]

[Mission Objective: Destroy the Dark Fairy Tale Book][/p]

[Reward 1: Experience Points *30000][/p]

[Reward 2: Star Coins *500000][/p]

[Reward 3: Legendary Quality Skill Scroll *1][/p]

This...[/p]

Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but shiver at the generous rewards![/p]

"Multi-Universe Dark Fairy Tale Book, a library that doesn’t exist in the real world, even the name sounds incredibly dangerous...[/p]

Accept the mission."[/p]

He decided to take a chance, for a bicycle might turn into a motorcycle![/p]

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