Su Jin glanced at him, then looked away.
Now that she was alone in the kitchen, she happily began to explore, searching for clues.
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[Is Sister Su looking for clues, or is she involved in a demolition?]
Holy crap, this pretty girl is incredibly strong! She can actually dismantle the stove with her bare hands! Be careful not to blow up the gas!
"It's alright, our Sister Su can conjure up a living person; even if there's a real explosion, it won't kill her."
Sister Su is really too violent. I kind of miss my gentle and refined brother-in-law.
[Upstairs, please clarify: are you looking for that silver-haired brother-in-law who's suspected of being a high-level evil entity, capable of ripping out the heart of an evil god's incarnation with a single palm strike; or is it the seemingly weak and harmless intellectual brother-in-law who can actually use his light-footed skills to walk along walls and carry Sister Su through the air?]
Both of my brother-in-laws are quite gentle and refined. I suggest that all of them come and visit Sister Su together.
[Our Sister Su might have other brothers-in-law outside, I'm afraid it would be too many people coming together, let's come one by one.]
Su Jin noticed that the bottom of the red trash can in the corner was welded to the ground.
She frowned instantly. Whose trash can looks like this?
She stepped forward, yanked open the lid of the trash can and threw it aside. Sure enough, she saw a hole hidden inside, with a bloodstained ladder hanging beside it.
She gave a cold laugh, finally realizing where the landlady was hiding.
Speaking of which, the landlady is quite good at sorting her trash; she voluntarily lives in the trash can, so she doesn't pollute the environment. That's pretty good.
But Su Jin didn't consider herself trash, so she decided not to go into the trash can.
Su Jin carried the gas canister she found in the kitchen to the trash can, then pulled out a lighter from somewhere and tossed it around in her hand.
"Listen up, you guys. You have ten minutes to come up here, or I'll blow up your kitchen."
Immediately, rustling sounds came from the cave.
But the noise didn't sound like a human could make; it sounded more like some kind of mollusk crawling in the shadows.
Su Jin pursed her lips as she listened.
Fortunately, she didn't choose to go down herself, but instead brought the things inside up.
Otherwise, even if the thing down there doesn't kill her, she'll definitely be disgusted to death.
The strange noises below grew louder and louder, sounding like a hidden monster was getting closer and closer to the cave entrance, but when Su Jin looked down, she could only see pitch black.
She grew impatient, and her voice turned even colder, "If you don't come out soon, I'm really going to explode."
Anyway, she has a survival skill, so even if she blows up the kitchen, it won't matter much.
Moreover, the hole is so deep that if she lit the gas cylinder and threw it down, she could wipe out the landlady's shady hideout without affecting those above.
Su Jin smiled and said, "Then it's a happy decision!"
But as soon as she lifted the gas cylinder, the proprietress's head popped out of the hole.
Su Jin speculated that there must be a source of pollution hidden in the cave, because the landlady, who was originally no different from a normal person except for a head injury, had now become so mutated that she was no longer human.
The landlady's neck was like an elongated noodle, with a head hanging on top that looked as if it had been flattened by a heavy object. Even her facial features were flat, and her eyes were crooked, staring at Su Jin at an angle, which was quite terrifying.
Su Jin blinked her big eyes, showing no fear whatsoever, but instead asked curiously:
"We haven't seen each other for that long, how come you've changed like this?"
The proprietress opened her mouth, which stretched into a wide arc, revealing a soft, limp tongue. Her words were somewhat indistinct. "You, you ruined the restaurant's business, broke a treasure, and angered the gods. You deserve a terrible death!"
Su Jin raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so I've committed so many crimes. So, as the apostle of the god, how do you plan to punish me?"
From the moment she entered the secret room, she had been careful not to violate any taboos, namely the deadly traps mentioned in the broadcast.
The restaurant's dishes, the pots simmering with the customers' favorite foods, the chef who suddenly changes from white to red, and the mirror hidden in the freezer—all are deadly traps.
She destroyed one of the mechanisms and beat up the apostle of the evil god, but these actions did not violate the game rules, so the system would not do anything to her.
But the petty evil god was displeased and sent this inhuman landlady to punish her.
But she just couldn't understand what a good-for-nothing could do to her.
The proprietress gave her a sinister smile. "You think you'll be fine just because you don't eat the restaurant's food? You think you can leave alive? Everyone who enters this restaurant is destined to become a sacrifice for the adults. You'll never find your way out!"
After she finished speaking, her face, which was originally as thin as paper, suddenly swelled up like a balloon about to burst, and her slender neck also turned blood red and swelled up, like a python that had spotted its prey, trying to strangle Su Jin to death.
Her wide-open mouth revealed two rows of sharp fangs, and upon closer inspection, it could be seen that those fangs were covered with mouths, emitting a rotten smell as if ten thousand barrels of food had gone bad, making her extremely ugly.
These mouths are all manifestations of the resentment of humans who were killed by evil gods.
At this moment, they were assimilated into part of the evil god's power, yet they were still driven by their insane appetites from their previous lives, clamoring to devour Su Jin completely.
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[The boss lady before the transformation still had her charm, but the boss lady after the transformation is not flattering.]
[Oh my god, this is so exciting! If Sister Su gets wrapped around the monster's neck, she'll be swallowed whole. Sister Su, run!]
Our Sister Su won't run away; she'll definitely find a way to deal with the boss's wife.
Why did the proprietress suddenly become so drastically different? Is there a source of pollution hidden in the cave?
The long-absent red bullet comments reappeared in the live stream:
[I just got back from Xiao Qinian's live stream and witnessed this amazing scene. This proprietress was clearly possessed by the power of an evil god, but this time the power was stronger than the one in the Crimson Wedding instance. Her human body couldn't withstand it, and she mutated into a monster that was neither human nor ghost.]
After their heroic performance in defeating the Night Elf in the Scarlet Wedding instance, the long-time viewers in the live stream had great trust in the red chat messages, and many immediately rushed to reply:
[Hey bro, tell us who the evil god is this time!]
Could it be that old bastard Cornunos again?
[What exactly is this "God War Plan" that the system mentioned? Does it mean that the chosen streamers will encounter evil gods every time they enter a dungeon?]
Red bullet comments:
The symbol of Cornunos is the stag's head, and he never hides his presence, often flaunting it to influence more people. Wherever he is, the stag's head symbol will inevitably appear. But this restaurant has nothing related to the stag's head.
Furthermore, Kornunos is quite adept at manipulating natural forces, as are his followers. The human-shaped flowers appearing in the Scarlet Wedding instance are a classic style of the Dark Order, and the design of this secret room doesn't seem to be their work.
Some viewers immediately expressed their agreement:
[Yes, in the Divine Remains dungeon that White God cleared, the Dark Night Society's lair was hidden deep in a mountain forest. In the end, to kill White God, the Dark Night Society brought the entire forest and land back to life. There were also two other dungeons featuring Dark Night Society cultists, both in open-world settings. It seems like those lunatics who always cause a huge commotion when they appear wouldn't just be hiding in a small restaurant scaring people.]
[Now that you've analyzed it, I feel like none of the three evil gods whose names have already been revealed fit the description, and I've never heard of any of them being related to food. Could it be that a new evil god has appeared this time?]
Red bullet comments:
The restaurant's theme revolves around appetite, but the evil god ruling this place isn't necessarily only related to appetite. Humanity knows far too little about the other two evil gods whose names have already been revealed; we don't even know the nature of their power, so naturally, we can't determine if they are related to this secret room.
Viewers in the live stream were speculating about the identity of the evil god, while some netizens had more unusual interests:
[Cornunus controls the powers of nature and the underworld, so what is the evil god in this secret chamber good at? Making delicious food that's so good you can't stop eating it?]
[As the VIP experts have said, it might not only control appetite; perhaps it can control all human desires, and even control the other six escape rooms?]
[I think the person upstairs is right, that must be it, otherwise this evil god would be too weak.]
[More than the evil god, I'm interested in the fact that Teacher Xiao has started his own live stream!]
"I'm sorry, Sister Su, I'll be leaving here for a little while to check on Teacher Xiao."
[Let's go, let's go, Sister Su doesn't tolerate fans who switch allies.]
[Hmph, who said I'm cheating? I'm just checking for Sister Su to see if her husband did anything to betray her in that 'lustful' secret room.]
[I almost forgot, Teacher Xiao is studying 'Lust,' I want to see it too! I want to see it too!]
[The number of online viewers suddenly dropped by two thousand! You fickle traitors! Sister Su is in danger, don't you care about her safety at all? I condemn you on behalf of Sister Su!]
[Why did the ID upstairs also leave the live stream? Tsk tsk, you guys will break Sister Su's heart sooner or later, unlike me, who will always be Sister Su's only true fan.]
A system notification sounded in the live stream room, indicating that a loyal fan had given Su Jin another 10,000 yuan as a reward.
In the dungeon, at the last moment before the landlady was about to entangle her, Su Jin used the lighter in her hand to set the landlady's wide-open mouth on fire.
The proprietress gave her a disdainful look.
She's protected by the power of an evil god, yet this brat thinks she can hurt her with just this little fire?
But the proprietress's smile vanished the next moment.
Her swollen and twisted body suddenly burst into flames.
The proprietress was horrified to discover that the flame from the lighter could actually burn the evil god's power within her!
Her body had long been fused with the power of the evil god and was inseparable from him. Soon, half of her body was burned black and she became so stiff that she could not move.
Su Jin asked mockingly, "The feeling of being set ablaze by the sacred flame must be unpleasant, right?"
The sacred flame? It's actually the sacred flame left behind by the creator god!
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The proprietress could hardly believe her ears, and said tremblingly, "Impossible! There are only three clusters of the Sacred Flame left, and two of them are hidden in an S-level dungeon that no player has entered yet. How could you possibly have them?"
"Yes, two clusters are in an S-rank dungeon, and the other one is in my possession."
Su Jin obtaining this sacred flame was actually a coincidence.
When she participated in her first multiplayer instance, she encountered an NPC corrupted by evil. She was the only player among all the players to accept its request and help it find its lost daughter, thus unlocking a hidden questline.
After she finally brought back the NPC's daughter's lost remains, the NPC temporarily regained his senses and gave her the lighter as a token of his gratitude.
"This place contains the purest power of faith in the world; it is a precious treasure that can burn away filth. You must cherish it."
After she accepted the lighter, the NPC disappeared into ashes while holding his daughter's remains.
Later, in an A-level dungeon, she burned a follower of the Dark Night Cult to death with a lighter, and that's when she discovered that it was particularly effective on people possessed by the power of evil gods.
Therefore, even when she saw the avatar of Kornunos in the Blood Wedding instance, she remained completely calm.
She threw Qin Yu's ring into Cornunos's mouth not out of desperation, but simply to test Qin Yu's true strength.
Even if the ring didn't work, she could still escape easily with the lighter in hand.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yu really gave her a wonderful "surprise".
Su Jin sighed.
She was actually trying to use the same trick again, to throw the ring into the landlady's mouth.
She couldn't bear to use her own tools to burn such disgusting things.
But the ring seemed to have a mind of its own and could guess her intentions; the moment her hand touched it, it inexplicably disappeared.
Left with no other choice, she took out her own props.
Now that the landlady's fever has subsided, the ring is back in her pocket, lying there peacefully.
"No, don't kill me, save me!"
Hearing the landlady's pitiful cries, Su Jin snapped her fingers, and the fire on her body miraculously solidified.
Su Jin said expressionlessly:
"Tell me the name of the evil god you worship, and I will spare your life."
The proprietress shook her head desperately, "I can't say. I made a vow with the master that if I utter its name, my soul will immediately vanish."
It turns out he really was a useless evil god who couldn't stand the light of day and didn't even dare to let others know his name.
"You don't have to tell me."
Su Jin fiddled with the lighter in her hand and smiled, "I'll say a name, and if it's this one, you nod."
The proprietress nodded first, then pricked up her ears, waiting to hear Su Jin say that name.
Su Jin paused for a moment and then said, "Kakaya—"
According to the information she had gathered, among all the evil gods, Kakaya was not the strongest, but he was the most disliked.
It is called the god of evil by the followers of other evil gods. It enjoys manipulating people's hearts and minds, and it does so not only toy with humans, but also with other evil gods.
So before it was sealed by the creator god, it offended its powerful kind because of some unspeakable wicked tastes, and was severely injured and disappeared by its kind.
Upon hearing the words "Kakaya," the proprietress's expression changed, but before she could make a move, a flash of red light appeared, and she and her body instantly turned into dust.
Su Jin walked to where she had been and saw a shattered piece of glass lying on the ground.
The lens glowed with an eerie red light, swaying as it tried to reflect Su Jin's face, but she crushed it to pieces with a stomp of her shoe.
"Kakaya, even if you killed your followers, I still know it was you."
"I also know that you don't want the outside world to know that you're hiding in this instance because one of the other evil gods is your enemy."
"You're afraid that the god will find you and do the same thing it did to you a long time ago."
"Unfortunately, I also have some wicked tastes."
"I just like to expose the hiding places of cowards."
"Guess how long it will take for the one you fear most, with its incredible power, to come knocking on your door?"
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The mirror beneath Su Jin's feet split into countless facets, each facet bearing a blood-red eye.
That is the self-awareness stripped away by the mirror, which has revealed the deepest desires of all those who have been reflected in it.
The way mirrors capture human souls is by luring them close and then using the reflection to launch a mental attack.
But Su Jin was never touched by it. Its powerful mental attack could not be launched, and it could only struggle helplessly and furiously at her feet.
If this were an ordinary person's shoe, it would have been torn by its sharp edges long ago, but no matter how much it struggled, it could not harm Su Jin in the slightest.
After countless attempts, the shattered lens finally gave up on physical attacks.
Just when Su Jin thought the broken mirror had finally stopped, a very gentle and pleasant female voice came from inside the mirror:
"I never imagined that after such a long time, there would still be humans who could call me by name. Dear player, I am the goddess of vice, Kakaya."
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[So Sister Su wasn't just guessing earlier, this evil god really is called Kakaya?]
If true, then the fourth great evil god has appeared in the world.
Oh my god, I never imagined that my chance to slack off at work and watch a live stream would lead to witnessing history!
But how would Sister Su know such a secret? What is her background?
[Judging from Kakaya's voice, she seems to be a gentle and beautiful goddess.]
[The person upstairs is really audacious, daring to even covet the 'beauty' of an evil god. You probably don't know that the true form of an evil god is a terrifying existence that humans cannot even look directly at. Just one glance would cause an ordinary human with average mental strength to bleed from all seven orifices and die, and even a powerful individual with strong mental strength would suffer a mental breakdown!]
[Calling VIP experts to explain the story of Kakaya to us]
Red bullet comments:
The name 'Kaqaya' appears only once in existing records, mentioned by a follower of Cornunus. However, it remains uncertain whether 'Kaqaya' truly exists, or whether it exists as an evil god.
Ordinary viewers in the live stream made various guesses:
[Where did you get this information, sir? You're not actually a member of the Dawn Organization, are you?]
Information about evil gods is only accessible to the highest-ranking members. VIPs are likely high-ranking leaders within the Dawn Organization.
[Aren't those leaders at Dawn supposed to be the hope of humanity? So, is it really the hope of humanity speaking to us?]
[Hmph, Dawn is just a fraudulent organization that seeks fame and fortune; what's so great about it? Their so-called information on evil gods is probably just something they made up themselves.]
[I can't believe someone actually dares to say that everyone in the Dawn Organization is a fraud.]
Yes, those top scientists from various countries in the Dawn Organization are all fake big shots; the real big shots are all giving orders from their keyboards in live streams.
I still have the same question: how did Su Jin know about Kakaya? Is she also a member of the Dawn Organization?
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The die-hard fan chimes in again:
If you want to know Su Jie's true identity, follow her live stream and don't miss any of her upcoming broadcasts. I believe the day she can be completely honest with us fans isn't far off!
Kakaya, the goddess of vice.
It really was "her".
Su Jin scoffed slowly, "I heard that back then, you were beaten so badly by that person that your true form dissipated. You've been hiding for so long without making a sound. Could it be that you've even lost your divine status and are now just an ordinary evil creature hiding in the back kitchen of a restaurant, pretending to be a god?"
Kakaya's originally beautiful voice suddenly turned several degrees colder:
"Human, I know who you are. Do you think that just because you have an SSS+ skill given to you by the system, you can disregard the existence of gods?"
Whether it's players or NPCs, anything involving system secrets will be automatically muted. So, the viewers in the live stream only heard Kakaya beating and threatening Su Jin, unaware that Su Jin was the hidden big shot of the human faction they had been watching for a long time, but no one had ever seen her true face.
Su Jin curled her lips into a smile. "Oh? Did I touch a nerve with the goddess and make her vulnerable?"
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Kakaya said coldly:
"Even if you know about my past, don't try to use it to blackmail me. If you want to see anyone, you'll have to get out of this room first."
As it spoke, its voice softened again:
"And I will do everything I can to keep you here."
You'll never get the token to pass the level, because I've hidden it in a place you're destined never to find.
Unless you make a deal with me and are willing to steal the souls of your teammates and offer them to me, I will let you leave this secret room and tell you how to clear the dungeon after you have succeeded.
"Darling, don't resist my suggestion, because I said the same thing to your teammates in the other five rooms. Even if you can resist the temptation to complete the game, do you believe these five people you've just met can withstand the test?"
Su Jin sneered, fully aware of Kakaya's tricks.
She truly lives up to her title of "Goddess of Evil," possessing an exceptional talent for manipulating people's hearts.
"So, if I agree to your request, you'll let me leave the secret room?"
Hearing Su Jin's question, Kakaya's voice tinged with amusement:
"That's right, I will send you back to the corridor. Once you have kept your promise, I will give you the pass token."
Su Jin tilted her head, seemingly deep in thought.
Kakaya thought she had truly wavered and continued to fan the flames:
"Darling, I like smart people. Since we get along so well, I'll tell you something else."
Of your five teammates who are still alive, three have already signed contracts with me.
Because everyone wants to sacrifice themselves to save their own lives, and I am always fair, I relaxed the requirements in order to give everyone a chance to live. The final victor does not have to kill all five people. As long as she is the one who harvests the most souls among all the people, I will let her go.
"Playing second-strike isn't your style. As the one who's going to survive to the end, you'd better act quickly."
In the end, Kakaya acted like her best friend, patiently guiding and persuading her in various ways.
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[Goddess Kakaya is so eloquent; even I, watching on screen, am smitten!]
[If it were me, I would have agreed to her too. Everyone looks out for themselves; if you don't kill others first, are you just waiting to be killed?]
[Don't forget, the announcement said that the red-clad NPC's words are unreliable. And the evil god is a creature that lies even more than a ghost. How do you know that she will let the player go just because they did what she asked?]
[Yes, the evil god isn't that kind. I think this wicked goddess wants everyone's souls. And our Sister Su's soul is clearly the most powerful among them. How could she let such a fat duck fly away?]
[The streamer must hold on and not be seduced by evil spirits.]
But the streamer is clearly tempted; do you believe she'll definitely agree to the evil god's proposal?
[Hmph, I told you long ago that Su Jin is a scheming bitch who seems kind on the surface but is actually incredibly treacherous. She might not be able to handle Brother Dao, but those two female players and that pretty boy surnamed Xiao should be careful.]
"Honey, have you thought it through?"
To convince Su Jin, Kakaa used its divine power to make a red door appear out of thin air in the kitchen.
It spoke to Su Jin in a light and joyful voice:
"Go quickly, go past there, back into the corridor, and kill all those who are in my way. Then I will reward you."
I, Kakaya, have never let down those who believe in me!
Su Jin looked at the red door and slowly asked, "Is this really the door to leave the secret room?"
Kakaa said impatiently, "Yes, hurry up and go in! If you don't leave now, it will disappear."
Su Jin remained standing, saying unhurriedly, "But to me, this door looks like an enlarged mirror."
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Kakaya's voice suddenly turned cold. "What are you saying?"
"I'm saying, I think this isn't actually a door, but a mirror." Su Jin stood in a place where the front of the door couldn't be seen, and said with a smile, "Your so-called sending me away wouldn't be turning me into a red-clad NPC with your mirror, would it?"
Su Jin remembered every word spoken on the radio.
One of the rules is that there are terrible traps hidden in the secret room. Once a player falls into the trap, he will be stripped of his player identity and turned into a red-clothed NPC.
Players cannot leave the secret room at will, but NPCs can.
Kakaa, whose thoughts had been exposed by Su Jin, wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, she laughed, "You're so smart. I like you more and more. Since you guessed that I would turn you into a red-clothed NPC, you should also know that a red-clothed NPC can regain their identity player by killing other players. See? I wasn't lying to you, was I?"
Su Jin shrugged. "The broadcast said that the red-clad NPC can reclaim their player identity after killing a player, but it didn't say that a red-clad NPC can turn back into a player by killing another red-clad NPC. The evil god is a master of word games. Do you think I would completely believe you?"
Kakaya paused for a moment before speaking again:
"So you must try your best to kill those two humans who disobey me. I can tell you their names, and I can also modify a clause in the contract we're going to sign to make it more favorable to you—"
"If you kill those two for me, I'll send you out of the instance, how about it?"
Kakaa thought it had already given enough benefits. If its true form were still there and its power hadn't weakened to the point where it needed to attach itself to a mirror to absorb the souls of ordinary humans to survive, it wouldn't have bothered to bargain with a human.
Su Jin did not agree as it expected, but instead said in a mocking tone:
"Kakaya, you're lying again."
Kakaia was getting impatient. It shrieked like an exasperated little girl, "What lie did I tell you? Don't slander me! I've always been the most honest person, just as honest as your human desires!"
Su Jin almost burst out laughing. How dare an evil god who had done so many bad things say that humans were slandering it?
"Then tell me, if white-robed NPCs automatically become red-robed NPCs and their souls become offerings for you to enjoy, then wouldn't humans becoming red-robed NPCs be considered by the instance as offering their souls to you?"
Kakaya responded with a cold laugh:
"Have you forgotten what the broadcast said? The red-clad NPC can turn back into a player after killing one. I will return the soul you offered to me. It's bound by a contract. Would I lie to you?"
In the end, its tone became aggrieved, like a child who is not trusted by their parents.
Su Jin also sneered:
"An evil god returning the souls he's devoured to humans? I'd rather believe a sow can fly than believe you. Was the announcement that played when we first entered the museum corrupted by your divine power?"
So what was supposed to be a broadcast reminding them of the taboos in the instance turned into something strange, ending with various people crying and saying they wanted to keep them and become a happy family.
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What happy and joyful family? These voices are the resentment left behind by the human souls deceived and devoured by Kakaya.
It's pitiful that these people died thinking of dragging others down with them, forever sinking into the evil of human nature, just as Kakaya hoped.
"As for the claim that killing other players will turn you back into a player, there are also loopholes."
Su Jin said in a deep voice, "This sentence only says that the red-clothed NPC can turn back into a 'player,' but it doesn't say that the player who turns back into a 'human player.' From the moment humans offered their souls to you, they can never turn back into humans again. Am I right, dear goddess of vice?"
Kaka was furious. It never expected that after all its efforts, Su Jin would see through all its lies so easily!
Who said humans are easy to fool?
In its opinion, this human named Su Jin is far more cunning than those ancient evil gods!
"What's wrong with becoming a follower of this goddess? How could I possibly mistreat you?"
Seeing that it couldn't fool Su Jin, Kakaa simply dropped the pretense, and its originally gentle and elegant goddess voice increasingly resembled that of a boisterous little girl:
"You humans are so weak that even the lowest level of evil can threaten your lives, and even if you die of old age, you won't have much lifespan. But if you become my followers, like that landlady, I can resurrect her even if she dies. This is clearly a blessing from this goddess to you!"
"You dare mention that landlady? Look what she became after you mutated her! I don't want to turn into a monster whose neck can hold balloons," Su Jin said disdainfully.
Kakaa said angrily, "That's because the landlady was too stupid. I used my power to repair her, but she couldn't withstand it."
Then she tried to put on a gentle voice, "But you're different, sister. You're so smart and capable, and you even have the talent of an SSS+ skill. As long as you're willing to become my follower, I guarantee that you'll stay young and beautiful forever, and I can even share my power with you, making you someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the evil god. How about it?"
"Not very good."
Su Jin showed no mercy, "With your current power, you're nothing but a piece of trash who only has the name of an evil god. Rather than cooperating with trash, I'd rather find your hidden, broken divine core and hand it over to that lord who has a grudge against you. It might give me a much richer reward."
Upon hearing this, Kakaya erupted in anger, first launching into a tirade of abuse at her, then bursting into mocking laughter:
"You think you can find my divine essence and escape the dungeon? Don't even dream about it!"
Su Jin's head was throbbing from the noise.
What kind of wicked goddess is she? She's just an exceptionally wicked brat!
She hated noisy, unruly children the most, and coldly interrupted Kakaya's laughter:
"I guess you divided your divinity into seven parts, hiding them in seven secret rooms, which are also the source of evil in each room. And the way players can leave the secret room without turning into a red-clad NPC is related to your divinity."
So we have to find it first, am I right?
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Kakaya remained silent for a long time before saying, "So what if you guessed it? You'll never know where I hid it!"
Su Jin chuckled, confident of victory. "I don't know about other things, but I do know where the thing you hid in this secret room is."
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[The conversation between Sister Su and Kakaya just now was packed with information!]
[Kakaya had a grudge against other evil gods and was even beaten half to death? If this is true, it shows that the evil gods are not of one mind!]
Their infighting doesn't mean they're not on the same side when facing humans.
Yes, evil gods only see humans as food and slaves; any attempt to make deals with them will only harm humanity.
[But who is that being that Sister Su mentioned, the one who could terrify Kakya so much? Could it be Kornunos?]
It doesn't look like it.
[I'm so stupid, can the smart guys upstairs quickly analyze where Sister Su is hiding what she's looking for?]
"Is there even a question? It must be from the hole the landlady crawled out of!"
[But I don't think so. Kakaya isn't stupid. It's so confident that Sister Su won't find it, it wouldn't hide the thing in such an obvious place, would it?]
I've racked my brains, but I still can't figure out where it's hidden.
[Sister Su probably didn't expect that either. What she said just now seemed like she was just trying to trick Kakaya, but Kakaya didn't fall for it.]
Please don't underestimate Sister Su's intelligence.
Kakaa's consciousness was attached to the mirror, eagerly anticipating Su Jin's entry into the hole.
Not only was its hidden divine essence absent from that place, but it also contained "surprises" that it had painstakingly prepared for some troublesome human players.
That was the residual power of the evil god who severely injured it millions of years ago, a source of pollution far exceeding the limits of human endurance.
Even if Su Jin has SSS+ level talent skills, as soon as she climbs inside, it will activate the mechanism and she will be transformed into the monster she hates the most!
By then, she'll look much uglier than the boss's wife.
And it is so merciful that it will not kill her after she has been mutated. Instead, it will make her its most adorable pet and use her mouth to bite and tear apart human players who refuse to obey it after entering the instance.
Just as Kakaya was feeling smug, Su Jin walked to the edge of the cave and stopped.
Kakaya feigned extreme fear, pleading, "Sister, I was wrong! Please don't go down! I'll let you leave right now!"
Su Jin listened to its words with a smile on her lips.
Then, after its desperate pleas, she nodded, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Kakaya was completely bewildered. "No, why are you listening to me?"
"Because you begged me. I'm a soft-hearted person and I don't like to make children sad."
As Su Jin spoke, she walked to the stove in the kitchen.
Something was still cooking in the pot, still emitting the aroma of her favorite tomato and beef brisket.
She looked inside and could see a piece of stewed beef brisket that was very tender and smelled delicious.
Kakaya's shrill voice rang out, "If you eat this, you'll become a soulless puppet who only knows how to eat! Get out of there now!"
Su Jin ignored its cries and put her hand directly into the seemingly boiling pot.
The pot was as cold as she had imagined.
Then, she used her metallic fingertips to pick up something from the pot.
The moment she touched it, the illusion that had been deceiving her vanished.
It wasn't beef brisket at all, nor was it any kind of food; it was just a cold, transparent stone.
But upon hearing Kakaya's shrill cry, Su Jin's lips curled into a slight smile.
She found the right one; this was one of the seven shattered divine fragments of Kakaya.
"Put it back immediately! My noble divine status is not something a mere human like you can possess!"
Kakaya screamed wildly, but Su Jin remained cold and slightly raised her divine spark. "If it screams again, I'll smash it."
Instantly, all the piercing screams disappeared, and Kakaya only dared to let out whimpering cries, trying to gain Su Jin's sympathy.
Su Jin threatened it again, "Your crying is too awful. If you dare to whimper again, I'll..."
Before she could finish speaking, Kakaya obediently said:
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"I'm not going to make a sound, so please don't destroy my divine status!"
Because Su Jin took Kakaya's divine essence from the pot, the source of evil in the secret chamber stopped releasing the power of the evil god.
The burrow, exuding a chilling aura, disappeared along with the trash can;
The stove in the kitchen, which could burn without being lit, went out;
The red lights in the restaurant lobby dimmed, and the bewitched customers finally stopped eating. The previously closed doors were now wide open.
The guests fled in panic, but one man came to the kitchen with his son to thank Su Jin. Their previously abnormally swollen bellies had flattened out.
The boy bowed shyly to Su Jin:
"Big sister, thank you for saving me and my dad!"
As he spoke, he pulled a heart-shaped bubble machine from his pocket and handed it to Su Jin with both hands. "This bubble machine is amazing! If you think someone is lying to you, just blow on that person. If the bubble is red, then that person is lying. If it's white, then they're not lying to you."
Su Jin confirmed that there was no evil aura on the bubble machine, then took it, saying, "Thank you."
The little boy scratched his head, then said somewhat shyly:
"However, this bubble machine can only be used once, and only by older sisters who like older brothers."
Su Jin: "..."
So this thing can only be used to test men?
It has to be a man she can find acceptable?
If she doesn't like anyone, then it's useless.
It's a really useless prop.
However, she appreciated the child's gesture. After patting the little boy's head, she put the bubble machine in her pocket and followed the father and son out of the restaurant.
The father and son disappeared in a flash of white light, and Su Jin returned to the original corridor.
This time, the floor was normal, and the crazy red shadow was gone.
The corridor still seemed to stretch on forever, with densely packed rooms on both sides.
But she heard Kakaya's eerie voice in her ear:
"You refused to cooperate with me, so let's see how you find your way out of this instance. Don't expect me to remind you!"
Su Jin took out the fragments of its divine essence and tossed them around to play with them.
Kakaya immediately softened, her voice sweet, "Sister, let's talk, put the things down quickly, it won't be fun if they break."
"I think it's quite fun. This divine essence was already broken, so I don't mind making it even more broken."
"Are you a devil?!"
Kakaya was so angry it wanted to jump up and down, but it didn't even have a body, so it couldn't jump at all. It could only worry helplessly. "You better put my divine essence away properly. Don't blame me for not reminding you, you'll need it to get out of the dungeon, and it won't work if it's broken!"
Su Jin asked abruptly:
"Is it enough to use just this one piece to exit the dungeon, or do I need to collect all seven pieces?"
Kakaya was about to proudly say that of course he had to collect all seven pieces, when he suddenly realized what he was doing and let out a strange giggle:
"Sister, are you trying to trick me? I won't fall for it."
Hearing its tone, which sounded like it had been transported to a palace intrigue drama, Su Jin rolled her eyes and put the fragments of the divine essence away again.
Then, she began searching for the remaining six special secret rooms.
Kakaya is a chatterbox; after a moment of silence, I couldn't help but strike up a conversation with her.
"Why don't you go check on your teacher, Mr. Xiao, first? His desires are related to you!"
Su Jin paused in her steps.
If she remembered correctly, Xiao Qinian entered the "Lust" secret room, right?
So, his... partner really was this woman he'd only met once?
Really? Is she that charming? Or is Teacher Xiao just a bit too lecherous?
But before Su Jin could find the "Lust" secret room, she saw the "Jealousy" secret room, and Zhou Ya just pushed open the door and walked out.
Zhou Ya was overjoyed to see her:
"Great, you've successfully left the secret room!"
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Su Jin tilted her head slightly when she heard Zhou Ya's warm greeting.
In her memory, Zhou Ya was a very quiet girl, so introverted that she was somewhat socially anxious, and not very bold.
Before entering the secret room, Zhou Ya hadn't spoken much to her.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Ya became much more enthusiastic and cheerful after entering the secret room.
She looked at Zhou Ya's perfectly intact white floral dress and smiled, saying, "It seems you cleared the secret room smoothly and weren't frightened at all?"
Zhou Ya placed her hand on her heart, making a relieved expression. "There were so many scary things inside. I almost lost my life if I wasn't careful. When I was really scared, I thought of Sister Qiu's encouraging words to cheer myself up, and that's how I got through it."
Su Jin continued to smile, "Yes, relying on yourself is better than relying on others. It's so good that you can cheer up."
Kakaya let out a snicker that only she could hear, and muttered:
"Heh, you cunning woman, now you're pretending to be such a kind and good person, only this goddess knows your true colors!"
Su Jin squeezed the divine core with her left hand in her pocket, and Kakaya immediately let out an exaggerated plea for mercy before shutting up.
Zhou Ya couldn't hear Kakaya's voice. She looked around and said, "Sister Su, let's hurry and find Sister Qiu and Teacher Xiao. I wonder how they are doing in the secret room."
Su Jin nodded and followed Zhou Ya's steps.
Having experienced the challenge of navigating the escape room alone, Zhou Ya was no longer as timid as before. She had become very assertive and led the way in search of the special escape room. "I entered the escape room before Sister Qiu and Teacher Xiao. I didn't see which one they went into. Sister Su, do you know?"
Su Jin nodded. "Dai Qiujin's problem is 'greed,' while Xiao Qinian's problem is 'lust.'"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ya looked slightly surprised. "I didn't expect that Teacher Xiao, who looks so refined and abstinent, would actually be this kind of person."
Su Jin laughed and said, "We all have sexual desires, which is only human nature. It would be strange if someone didn't."
Zhou Ya nodded, her pace slowing down. "Sister Su is right. Emotions should be expressed but restrained by propriety. I trust Teacher Xiao's character; he certainly wouldn't do anything inappropriate because of this."
Su Jin sighed and said, "Sigh, looking at him, he seems like someone who would be the object of someone's inappropriate actions."
Hearing her tone, which seemed to be filled with pity but also intense interest, Zhou Ya got goosebumps.
Kakaya also said quietly:
"With you targeting him, that man is going to suffer a lot. Even I, the goddess, feel sorry for him."
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What does Sister Su want to do to Teacher Xiao?
[These are definitely private scenes that can't be broadcast in the live stream.]
[Hehe, Sister Su is much more exciting than the boss in the escape room, Teacher Xiao is so lucky!]
Is it a blessing or a curse?
As the old saying goes, the more beautiful a woman is, the more dangerous she is. If you want to enjoy beauty, you can't avoid taking risks.
[By the way, doesn't Teacher Xiao also have a personal live stream? Has anyone watched it? What happened to him in the "Lustful Chamber"? Is he still alive?]
Why doesn't the person upstairs look at it themselves?
"Is that even a question? Of course it's because I can't bear to leave our Sister Su!"
[I just switched to check, but Xiao Qinian's live stream was somehow locked. The system's explanation is that there are too many private scenes in the live stream that cannot be broadcast.]
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Holy crap, is Teacher Xiao playing this fancy game?
This isn't Teacher Xiao's fault; it's all because that erotic escape room was too lewd.
[The system is really something. They made the dungeon so exciting, but then they won't let you stream it. Why didn't they do this sooner?]
[System, waaaaah, I want to see some erotic scenes~]
Su Jin rummaged in her pocket for another bit of divine power, and Kakaya shut up with a soft whimper.
However, this annoying guy who was always popping up and causing trouble reminded her of something.
She looked at Zhou Ya, "You got the clearance token, right?"
Zhou Ya paused for a moment, then touched her pocket with her right hand.
Su Jin noticed that her pockets were heavy, as if they were filled with something.
"Yes, I got it. I never expected that the token for passing through would be the source of contamination in the secret room."
Zhou Ya said with lingering fear, "I've never played dungeons before, but I read online that you can't touch the source of pollution with your bare hands, otherwise you'll either go crazy, die, or become a monster that's neither human nor ghost."
"I was desperate in the secret room earlier. In that life-or-death situation, I couldn't find gloves or anything, so I had to take a gamble and grab this token myself. Surprisingly, nothing happened after I touched it; instead, all the monsters in the room disappeared."
As she spoke, a worried expression appeared on her face, and she said cautiously:
"Sister Su, you're more experienced. Could you check if there's anything unusual on my body? I'm afraid I've already been contaminated without even realizing it."
Su Jin looked her up and down, then smiled and said:
"It's nothing, you're perfectly normal."
Zhou Ya breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and happily moved closer to Su Jin, saying, "It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright."
Su Jin avoided her approach, saying, "However, there's one thing about you that's different from before."
Zhou Ya blinked her eyes, asking expectantly:
"What's different? Am I braver than before, and no longer a burden to you guys?"
Su Jin's gaze suddenly turned cold as she looked at her:
"No, the difference I'm referring to is that your identity has changed."
"My identity has changed? What are you talking about?"
Zhou Ya was confused at first, then a little angry, and said, "Sister Su, you don't suspect that I'm a red-clothed NPC, do you? But look at my dress, it's clearly white. And I also got the pass token. Compare mine with yours, and you'll know I'm not lying to you."
Su Jin's smile deepened.
Her voice was slightly cool, "How do you know that the tokens for entering each secret room are the same?"
Zhou Ya paused, her expression instantly turning cold.
Just then, they arrived at the door of the "Lust" secret room.
Just then, Xiao Qinian pushed open the door and came out.
Seeing the two women glaring at each other hostilely, Xiao Qinian paused for a moment. Zhou Ya suddenly pointed at Su Jin in horror and said:
"Teacher Xiao, she has turned into a red-clad NPC! She's trying to kill me and steal my pass token! Teacher Xiao, please save me!"
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Xiao Qinian looked at Su Jin. Her embroidered tweed dress was stained with several bloodstains, like a blooming red poppy, strikingly beautiful.
Viewers of the live stream knew that these were the stains Su Jin got when she beat up the restaurant owner.
In the dungeon, Zhou Ya used this as evidence and loudly accused Su Jin:
"No wonder I saw Su Jin as soon as I came out of the secret room. It turns out she had already left the secret room and was wandering in the corridor looking for players who had cleared the level. I was so stupid to follow her for so long. If I hadn't run into you, she probably would have already made her move on me!"
Zhou Ya tried to hide behind Xiao Qinian, but Xiao Qinian avoided her without making a sound.
She froze for a moment, looking at Xiao Qinian in disbelief. "Teacher Xiao, have you forgotten what the broadcast said?"
Xiao Qinian said indifferently, "I remember, but that doesn't affect my judgment."
Without hesitation, he walked to Su Jin's side, then took out a fragment of divine essence from his pocket and showed it to Su Jin, "This should prove my player identity, you can trust me."
Su Jin stared at the fragment in his hand. Although the shape of this piece was not quite the same as hers, the cold, transparent material that gave people a strange feeling was exactly the same as hers.
After confirming that there was no trickery involved, Su Jin smiled and said, "Teacher Xiao, even without this, I believe you."
Xiao Qinian smiled and, seeing that Su Jin didn't intend to take the token from his hand, carefully put it away himself. "You're an experienced player, so I'll listen to what you say next."
Su Jin's smile deepened.
She likes men who are good-looking, have a gentle temperament, and listen to her.
Zhou Ya was left standing there, and her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
She stared at Xiao Qinian and suddenly said, "Teacher Xiao, I originally thought you weren't such a shallow person, but I didn't expect you to be just like those ordinary men, also deceived by beauty."
As she spoke, she gave a sarcastic laugh, "No wonder you went into the Lust Chamber, this instance is really good at judging people."
Xiao Qinian's face remained expressionless as he looked at her calmly and said, "According to your logic, there must be a reason why you entered the Jealousy Chamber."
His tone was perfectly normal, without any hint of sarcasm, but Zhou Ya's face flushed instantly. "What do you mean? Are you implying that I'm jealous of Su Jin's beauty and her ability to deceive men?"
Compared to her agitation, Xiao Qinian remained calm. "I just think your methods of sowing discord are very low-level."
Zhou Ya sneered, "Me, sowing discord? You're clearly blind, only knowing how to fawn over pretty girls, not even caring about your own life! If you're not stupid, don't go with her. I don't want you to turn into a red-clad NPC and steal my player identity in a little while."
Xiao Qinian chuckled upon hearing this:
"If I don't go with her, am I supposed to go with you? In my opinion, you are far less trustworthy than she is."
"How am I untrustworthy?" Zhou Ya pointed to herself, "There's not a single red mark on my body!"
Xiao Qinian looked at her and said calmly:
"You don't appear to be wearing red, but there are many ways to disguise red as white, and it's not difficult to achieve a visually deceptive effect. The most crucial point is that your description of your encounter with Su Jin in the corridor is illogical."
Zhou Ya put one hand into her pocket and said defiantly, "Then please, Teacher Xiao, analyze where my words are illogical?"
Xiao Qinian's tone was gentle and soothing, just like when he was lecturing to students in a classroom:
"The first illogical thing is that Su Jin did not try to cover up the bloodstains on her body at all. Such an obvious detail that you could see at a glance, yet you did not notice it the moment you met her alone. You claim that you were kept in the dark the whole time and walked with her for so long, only accusing her of being a red-clothed NPC after meeting me. But based on my previous observations of you, you shouldn't be such a slow-witted and insensitive person."
The second illogical point is that if Su Jin is truly the red-clad NPC, then according to your statement, you spent a considerable amount of time alone with her. Given her skills, she wouldn't need to find any opportunity to kill you. Because once she made a move, you would definitely not escape. Why would she let you live until a third person appeared?
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[Teacher Xiao's analysis is excellent!]
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Based on this analytical ability alone, I believe he has the skill to clear the escape room.
So, Zhou Ya is the red-clad NPC who's trying to harm people?
In the corridor, Zhou Ya retorted excitedly:
"That's not how it is. I don't know what she used to refute it, but there was clearly no blood on her clothes just now! I really didn't lie. If you don't believe me, touch my clothes. I am a player!"
As she spoke, she moved closer to Xiao Qinian, as if she really wanted him to touch her clothes to judge their authenticity. But just as she was about to touch him, Xiao Qinian suddenly dodged to the right.
A dagger gleaming red light stabbed towards the spot where he had been standing.
Zhou Ya's right hand, gripping the dagger, trembled. Seeing that her attack had missed, her face contorted with malice as she lunged at Xiao Qinian again.
This time, her arm movements were so fast they left afterimages, clearly exceeding the limits of human speed, yet Su Jin struck her wrist with an even faster palm strike.
With a clang, the red dagger fell to the ground, turning into a sticky, slippery shadow that began to writhe on the ground.
Zhou Ya's white floral dress is also changing.
The clothes, which originally appeared to be made of normal fabric, suddenly revealed the texture and structure of human skin after a layer of white dust inexplicably fell off, gradually growing together with Zhou Ya's fair and slender body.
The originally beautiful and delicate floral pattern also came to life on Zhou Ya's body.
They crawled back and forth, increasingly resembling miniature versions of human facial features, some like eyes, some like ears, and some like mouths.
Bright red blood seeped from these facial features, while Zhou Ya's facial features became flat and blurred.
But Su Jin and Xiao Qinian could see a hint of pain in the remaining human features on her face.
She let out a horrible howl and lunged at them with her hands and feet, but Su Jin, who was prepared, seized the opportunity and set it ablaze with the sacred flame.
Soon, Zhou Ya's distorted and twisted body turned to ashes.
As the ashes dissipated, Zhou Ya's soul, which had not yet been assimilated by Kakaya, slowly detached from the body that no longer belonged to her.
She didn't choose to fall to the floor and join those evil red shadows, which were her greatest fear in life. Now that she had finally been freed, she didn't want to become a hideous monster again, so she decided to be brave for once.
"I looked in the mirror in the secret room, and then my body was out of my control."
Zhou Ya's voice returned to the quiet and shy tone that Su Jin was familiar with. She said cautiously, "But I heard that voice say that only by collecting all seven tokens can we pass the dungeon. The token in my secret room is still in its original place. You must find it."
Su Jin paused for a moment and asked, "Do you have any last words?"
The luster in Zhou Ya's soul grew dimmer, and her voice became weaker and weaker.
"You've all been so good to me before, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you. If you can return to the real world, could you please help me see my mother and sister? They live in..."
Before she could even reveal her relatives' addresses, her soul completely dissipated.
Although most people in the live stream felt that the girl had a somewhat weak personality, most viewers lit candles in the chat to mourn her.
The death of a fellow countryman is always the most shocking.
Zhou Ya's choice before her soul dissipated is also worthy of respect.
Su Jin frowned and communicated with Kakaya, who was attached to the fragment of divinity, using her consciousness:
"Answer me, how do I enter a secret room that doesn't align with my crime?"
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Kakaya let out a strange, smug laugh and said triumphantly, "Call me a goddess, and I'll tell you."
Su Jin remained expressionless as she touched the lighter containing the sacred flame with her right hand.
Kakaya shrieked, "You've burned my divine essence, so you'll never leave this place!"
Su Jin said in a sinister tone:
"I still have a high-level teleportation scroll that I redeemed from the system shop. After using it, I can leave any dungeon below S-rank and return to the Nightingale Inn without any conditions."
I originally wanted to cherish this one-time trial opportunity, but if you exhaust my patience, I'll feel that exchanging an item and the rest of my teammates for your divine essence that will never be complete is a very worthwhile trade.
Kakaya remained silent for a moment.
The biggest difference between evil gods and humans is that evil gods do not have human emotions.
They consider themselves to be intelligent beings of a higher dimension, capable of seeing through people's hearts and exploiting human nature, yet they are incapable of and disdainful of empathizing with humans.
Even if Kakya might be the most interested in humans of all the evil gods, its interest in humans only extends to the level of toying with them.
Therefore, after hearing Su Jin's threat, all it did was calculate whether it was more important to Su Jin to have that high-level item that could teleport her out of the instance at will, or to have her divine essence destroyed so that she could never regain her true form.
As for her saying she wanted to abandon the rest of her teammates, that was completely outside her consideration.
It felt that Su Jin was a very powerful being among humans, so powerful that she was almost inhuman. Such a smart person wouldn't care about the lives of a few teammates.
They not only have no use for Su Jin, but may also become competitors.
Even if she did have some liking for the human male's appearance, given her looks and strength, finding other handsome men wouldn't be difficult for her once she returned to the real world.
Su Jin had accurately predicted its thought process. Even though her fans in the live stream could tell that she was just bluffing Kakaya, her threat actually worked.
Kakaya said reluctantly:
"The seven sins correspond to seven weaknesses of human nature. Everyone has weaknesses, just to varying degrees. If you want to enter a certain secret room, amplify the negative emotions of that aspect of yourself, and the secret room will be deceived by you."
Su Jin put away the lighter and glanced at Xiao Qinian, whose expression was also somewhat gloomy:
"Let's go find Dai Qiu and that aunt first. If we confirm that they also failed the challenge, then we'll have to go into the remaining secret rooms ourselves to get the other five tokens."
Xiao Qinian nodded and followed behind her.
The order of the rooms on both sides of the corridor has been scrambled, so the original method of counting to seven is no longer feasible. We can only patiently search one by one.
Su Jin originally wanted to find the "Greed" secret room first, because compared to that lazy and unremarkable middle-aged aunt, Dai Qiu, who was smart, meticulous and had some courage, had a much higher chance of passing the room.
But to her surprise, she and Xiao Qinian first found a middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman looked disheveled, and her red dress, stained with blood and resembling internal organs, was particularly eye-catching.
She stood with her back against the door of "laziness," her eyes closed.
At first glance, Su Jin thought she was resting with her eyes closed, like a mad butcher taking a short break after killing too many people.
Then I heard her faint snoring.
Su Jin: "..."
Xiao Qinian reminded her from beside her, "Auntie seems to have fallen asleep."
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[Auntie is amazing! She can fall asleep at this hour. No wonder she's so lazy she can commit the sin of laziness.]
[Shocking! Our Sister Su has met her match!]
Does the red-clad NPC also need rest?
[The aunt might just be red, like Sister Su who got monster NPC blood on her when she cleared the game, and it might not necessarily be a red-clothed NPC.]
[Yes, the broadcaster who liked to play with words only said that the NPC in red had red on them, but didn't say that anyone with red on them was necessarily the NPC in red.]
Su Jin lit a lighter, stepped forward, and pointed the flame at the middle-aged woman.
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The middle-aged woman nearly burned her nose before slowly waking up.
Upon seeing Su Jin and Xiao Qinian, she rubbed her eyes and uttered her first words in the dungeon, "What time is it? How long have I been asleep?"
Su Jin: "..."
Xiao Qinian said amicably, "I don't know, the time seems to be uncertain in the instance."
The middle-aged woman was still a little confused. She nodded weakly, then took out a fragment of divine essence from her pocket and stuffed it directly into Su Jin's hand.
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[This fragment of divine essence must be fake. Auntie hasn't even verified Sister Su's identity, how could she hand over something so important so readily?]
[This must be a trick used by the red-clad NPC to ambush our Sister Su.]
[But Sister Su didn't refuse; she even picked it up and took a bite!]
After taking a bite, Su Jin nodded, "Yes, it's true."
Kakaya screamed wildly in her mind:
"Aaaaah, you crazy woman! How dare you bite my incomparably noble divine essence! You will definitely suffer retribution. Once I regain my true form and power, I will slaughter your entire family!"
Su Jin calmly replied:
"I am the only child in my family."
"Then this goddess will kill all your lovers!"
Ignoring the distraught Kakaya, Su Jin placed the divine fragment she had received from her aunt alongside her own, observed them for a while, and then asked Kakaya:
"Isn't it said that anything touched by an evil god becomes a very powerful source of pollution? How come your divine essence isn't polluted? Ordinary people can touch it without any problems. It seems your power has really weakened to the point that you can befriend low-level evil creatures."
Kakaya, having been hit where it hurt, fell silent and sulked to herself.
Three humans embark on a journey to find their teammates.
The middle-aged woman was panting heavily after walking for a while. She muttered, "This dungeon is really tiring. There's fighting and killing, solving mysteries, and now I have to walk around looking for people. I'm so tired. I want to go home and sleep."
Su Jin turned to look at her and smiled, "Auntie, you killed a lot of monsters in the secret room, didn't you?"
The middle-aged woman said lazily, "Actually, it wasn't me who did it. It's just that I have a skill that whenever I get sleepy, the evil spirit closest to me will suffer a bloody disaster."
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[I've never heard of such a cool skill before]
Auntie's skills are amazing, I want them too!
So this instance features the undeniably powerful Sister Su, the seemingly unassuming but secretly lecherous Teacher Xiao, and even the most unassuming auntie is a cheat code with special abilities. With this setup, I can only offer a reluctant sympathy to the pitiful, useless goddess Kakaya; her path to reclaiming her true form has become even more difficult.
[Goddess Kakaya: Am I an evil god, or are you?]
[Don't use evil gods as a meme; don't forget how cruelly they killed those humans before them.]
Xiao Qinian then asked the middle-aged woman, "Then why did you so readily give the divine status to Miss Su? Aren't you afraid that we are disguised red-clad NPCs?"
The middle-aged woman gave him a weak smile:
"The red-clad NPC is also an evil being, while I'm constantly feeling sleepy. Since my skills haven't countered you, it means you aren't."
More importantly, I'm tired. I'll leave the divine power to you. You're responsible for finding a way out, and I'll take care of resting. This way, it's easier for the team to divide up the tasks.
As the three talked, they finally found the entrance to the "Greed" secret room, but they didn't see Dai Qiu.
The door to the secret chamber was tightly closed, yet the cries of various wild animals could be heard coming from inside.
Faintly, Su Jin heard Dai Qiu's voice:
"I'm not human, I'm a red-eyed rabbit! I'm a red-eyed rabbit! Red-eyed rabbits only eat human heads, they don't eat grass!"
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The viewers in the live stream felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing Dai Qiu's eerie words:
Is her perception distorted by mental pollution, making her think she's a real rabbit, or is it in a physical sense?
[What's strange about this statement isn't just that she thinks she's a rabbit; the second half is even more frightening—what does it mean that rabbits only gnaw on people's heads and don't eat grass?]
Whose rabbit is so ferocious? Rabbits shouldn't eat just anything!
[Sister Su, hurry into the Greed Chamber! I want to know what's inside. Did that pretty lady named Dai Qiu really turn into an animal?]
Su Jin and the last netizen who posted the comment had the exact same thought.
Because of Kakaya's mischievous nature, the secret room is full of highly deceptive mechanisms, all designed to exploit human weaknesses.
This makes it extremely easy for ordinary people who have no prior dungeon experience to fall victim to this.
Therefore, the chances of Dai Qiu escaping on her own are slim; it's more likely that they will succeed if they go in to find her.
"Quickly think of something you desire most, but which is very difficult to obtain, or something that you could obtain from a certain person. The deeper this desire, the more effective it will be."
Su Jin finished speaking quickly, then closed her eyes and began to visualize a huge barbecue grill in her mind.
The stove was filled with many different kinds of meat skewers, as well as a golden charcoal-grilled "evil god leg" that looked like a roasted lamb leg.
As she was thinking about it, saliva involuntarily dripped down the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Qinian smiled slightly upon seeing this scene.
His interested gaze was caught by the viewers in the live stream:
Even though Sister Su was drooling, Teacher Xiao still looked at her with deep affection; it was such a touching scene.
[What Teacher Xiao? That's our brother-in-law.]
[But what's Sister Su thinking about? She's actually drooling! She's a powerful expert, can't she at least be a little more composed?]
[Sister Su previously entered the gluttony escape room, so she must have been thinking about some kind of delicious food.]
[Judging from Sister Su's longing expression, what she's thinking about must be incredibly delicious! What could it be? Hot pot, barbecue, spicy hot pot, or a mix of Cantonese, Hunan, and Northeastern cuisine?]
What's the meaning of the comment upstairs? Why are we Zhejiang cuisine left out?
Shandong cuisine, Shaanxi cuisine, and Anhui cuisine—bring it on!
[Waaaa, I'm hungry. *quirks* I silently open a certain food delivery app.]
[+1 I never expected I could have such a strong urge to eat during a horror livestream]
Players who were still trying to stimulate their desires in the dungeon were unaware that the live stream room had become a paradise for food lovers.
The middle-aged woman closed her eyes, mimicking Su Jin. She frowned and pondered deeply, but as everyone knows, lazy people's desires are lazier than others'.
She first thought of the idols she had admired when she was young, and then she thought of winning the lottery, but neither of those ideas worked.
Finally, she thought that once the dungeon was over, she would definitely buy the best bed in the world and how comfortable it would be to sleep on it.
Her idea had strayed to this point unintentionally, but unexpectedly it worked this time.
The door to greed opened for her, and as if bewitched by an invisible force, she walked in with a blank stare.
At this moment, Su Jin also opened her eyes.
She saw that her aunt had already entered the secret room, then turned to look at Xiao Qinian, "Teacher Xiao, you're not done yet..."
Seeing the deep look in Xiao Qinian's eyes as he gazed at her, she abruptly stopped talking.
The way this man looked at her was as if she were the most precious being in the world, and that for a mere mortal like him to even slightly fantasize about what it would be like to possess her was the greatest disrespect and desecration to her.
This emotion, so calm yet so wild, surprised even Su Jin.
She watched Xiao Qinian without showing any emotion, wondering what kind of heart lay hidden beneath his gentle and flawless exterior.
Xiao Qinian looked at her for a while, and then, like the aunt, he showed an expression of being bewitched by the secret room, and slowly walked into the darkness inside the door.
Su Jin followed.
Kakaa whispered in her ear:
"My erotic chamber can discern the object of human desire most, and then create a dummy that looks exactly like that object, making it make various seductive and flattering gestures towards the player."
Did you know that the dummy I commissioned for that man named Xiao Qinian is modeled after you?
From the first hair to the last toe, not a single detail was missed.
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I was waiting for him to make you take your clothes off, but he's a strange guy. Unlike other men who want to see the woman they desire making all sorts of lewd and submissive gestures, what he wanted to see was you sitting in the sunlight playing the piano.
Upon hearing this, Su Jin paused slightly in her forward steps.
She can indeed play the piano, but how did Xiao Qinian know that?
It's also possible that he didn't know she could play the piano; he just enjoyed seeing his fantasy object play it.
But she couldn't suppress the growing doubts she had about him.
Is that really all there is to it?
"Your human desires, when examined closely, are all complex and contradictory things."
What people think they want is often different from what they actually want.
This is especially true of lust, which is a human reproductive instinct.
Some people think they want true love, but I can clearly read from the depths of their hearts that all they want is a perfect vessel to vent their desires, without even needing that object to have its own consciousness.
Moreover, once I satisfy them and make their desired image a reality, they often quickly become bored after venting and soon develop new desires, while the objects of their previous venting are ruthlessly discarded.
This cycle repeated itself until, through countless ignorant wishes, their souls were completely devoured by me.
But Xiao Qinian was different.
From beginning to end, all he wanted was you.
Moreover, what he wants is a soul that is vibrant and alive, not controlled or driven by him, and who doesn't even reciprocate his affections.
"Don't you think that's strange?"
Kakaya's words in Su Jin's consciousness were blocked by the system, so the viewers in the live stream didn't hear them.
They only saw that Su Jin, who had been expressionless, revealed an indescribable expression on her face.
What happened to Sister Su? Did she twist her ankle in her high heels?
It looks like someone has a fishbone stuck in their throat.
Why don't you guys say that Sister Su was bitten on the butt by a monster lurking in the darkness?
[Are all the people upstairs devils? Su Jie is such an elegant person, I think she's just itchy but too embarrassed to scratch.]
Su Jin took a deep breath, her expression returning to normal.
She slapped the fragment of divine essence with a loud thud. "You brat, do you think your sister is so easily fooled? Trying to bewitch me? Wait until you find your true form!"
Kakaa had finally spoken the truth once, only to suffer such a cruel injustice; it felt utterly wronged.
"I'm not lying to you, that man is really strange! I have a feeling that his desire for you is dangerous, you must be careful of him!"
The more it said that, the more Su Jin scoffed at it:
"I think the most dangerous thing here is you."
Kakaya took the insult as a compliment and said smugly:
"Yes, could he be more dangerous than me? As long as you promise to hand over the seven fragments of divinity intact before leaving the instance, this goddess will curse him to death and prevent that strange man from ever coveting you again!"
Su Jin's lips twitched. She felt that Kakaya, that unlucky kid, had not only lost his true form, but also his brain.
She's not a pervert, so why would she kill someone who liked her so much?
Kakaya, not receiving a reply, patiently guided her further:
"If you can't bear to see him die, then leave him in the instance for me to study. Come back and see him when you miss him."
"No."
Su Jin sneered and replied with her mind, "I don't trust your intelligence. This person is so interesting, I want to study him myself."
Kakaya was sullen after being rejected by her.
Su Jin also emerged from the darkness.
She found herself standing in a strange place.
Looking around, it seemed like she was in a giant circus tent, with various cages placed all around her.
Some cages were empty, while others contained animals.
Those animals all had human eyes and were looking at her.
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