Black night descended, and the entire room transformed. Blood began to seep from the walls, and the temperature plummeted, as if entering a freezer, threatening to freeze even one's blood.

From the tape recorder, a series of sounds emerged. Immediately after, a crimson figure appeared. It was a young boy, tears welling in his eyes. Slowly raising his head, his expression spiraled out of control, and blood began to flow from all over his body.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much!"

His entire face twisted violently, his features misaligned, and he was drenched in blood. A狂暴 (kuang bao - violent/raging) aura filled the entire room in an instant.

"Ghost!"

On the other side, the boss and his two companions huddled together, their minds seemingly frozen as they watched the violent figure enveloped in endless blood.

A Red Specter (hong yi ji li gui) represented the deepest despair in a person's heart. To become a Red Specter, one had to experience the most profound despair in the human world. They were beings who had crawled out of that abyss of despair, their hearts stained with blood, transformed from the most extreme and purest hatred.

Even their aura was unbearable for ordinary people. A fully unleashed Red Specter could cause the deaths of countless people.

"Xu Yin, that's enough."

Chen Ge chuckled softly. With Xu Yin around, he finally had some self-preservation in the dream.

Xu Yin was a top-tier Red Specter. Unless they encountered a Fiend God (xiong shen), how many ghosts could stand against him?

"Xu Yin, do you know where the other employees are?" Chen Ge asked. The other employees were still somewhere in this city, and he naturally wanted to bring them back to his side.

Of course, more importantly, with only Xu Yin as a Red Specter, he felt somewhat uneasy facing the deep dream. Moreover, as the president of the Red Specter Society and the chairman of the 怪谈 (guai tan - strange tales) Association, how could he have only one Red Specter by his side?

Not to mention the one in his shadow that he hadn't found yet. Naturally, he couldn't go directly to the deep dream.

Xu Yin remained silent for a moment before slowly nodding. However, he pointed to Chen Ge's shadow, as if to say: She is not in this city.

"Zhang Ya is not in this city?" Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat. This was not good news. Although he wasn't worried about Zhang Ya's strength at all, the dream world was too strange, and no one could predict whether she was trapped somewhere.

"Could she be in the deep dream?!"

Chen Ge suddenly thought of a possibility. Red Specters already appeared in large numbers in the middle layer dream, and the places called "forbidden zones" were all created by beings above Red Specters.

But according to Jiang Xuan, Fiend Gods rarely appeared in this city. They were more like the 怪谈 (guai tan - strange tales) of this 怪谈 (guai tan - strange tales) city, like legends and stories in the real world.

So, where would those Fiend Gods above Red Specters be?

The most likely place was the deep dream. If it was really as Chen Ge thought, then things would be serious.

Even if he could find Zhang Ya in the deep dream, she was just one Fiend God. But there were at least five forbidden zones in this city, which meant there were five Fiend Gods!

Moreover, he couldn't be sure that the city in the middle layer dream was unique, because he had talked to the boss and his companions, and these three claimed to be "game players," and what they were currently in was just one of the hidden maps.

And they also regarded Chen Ge as a player. During the probing, Chen Ge learned an extremely terrifying fact.

The people in front of him didn't seem to be from his era. They seemed to be from a world decades later. Terms like "virtual reality," "eternal life," and "deep space" shocked even Chen Ge.

If what these three people said was true, it would mean that the middle layer dream had already crossed the barrier of time. But Chen Ge couldn't believe it at all. That was time, one of the most fundamental rules in the universe. How could it be surpassed by a dream?

He was more inclined to believe that the three people in front of him were sent to confuse him. The words they spoke must have a deeper meaning.

"After dawn, you and I will go find everyone." Although Xu Yin couldn't appear during the day, he could give Chen Ge hints through the tape recorder, allowing him to find the other employees in this city.

As for the boss and his companions, although he didn't know their true identities, they were still useful now. Chen Ge wanted to get more useful information from them, so he simply kept them by his side.

Anyway, according to Xu Yin, the three of them were just weaklings. Even if they were ghosts, Xu Yin could tear them apart in an instant.

...

The peaceful night quickly passed. Perhaps because Xu Yin "resided" here, the ghosts in the city didn't attack this house. Even ghosts couldn't escape the nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Chen Ge and the others rested well and prepared to explore the city early in the morning, ready to welcome back their lost family members.

However, to Chen Ge's surprise, the first person they encountered after leaving the room was still Jiang Xuan, and he was carrying a knapsack on his back and holding that baseball bat in his hand.

"What is this?" Chen Ge had a vague guess in his mind, but it had only been one night. Wasn't this too quick of a change of heart?

Jiang Xuan smiled, spread his hands, and showed them, "As you can see, I want to go with you."

"Brother Jiang Xuan, you've thought it through? You're willing to give it a shot?" Shen Luo said in surprise. Jiang Xuan had taken them in on the first night and told them many taboos, which allowed them to survive until now. He was still very grateful to Jiang Xuan.

Although in their opinion, Jiang Xuan was just an NPC in the game, given the level of the game "Perfect Life," even an NPC was not much different from a human being.

"I always have to give it a shot." Jiang Xuan said with a smile. He always seemed to be like this, able to look at everything calmly.

Chen Ge was silent for a moment, then extended a hand to Jiang Xuan, "Welcome to join."

He was curious and wary of Jiang Xuan's identity, but it was undeniable that in this city, Jiang Xuan was simply a living map. Having him along would definitely help them avoid many dangers.

Of course, the premise was that he didn't want to deliberately harm them. But there was no need to worry too much about this, after all, Xu Yin was not to be trifled with. And as the employees continued to gather, even if Jiang Xuan had any tricks, he might not be able to deal with them.

"Okay." Jiang Xuan shook his hand, and at the same time sensed what Chen Ge was thinking. He didn't care about this, after all, even if Chen Ge was the Monkey King, how could he escape his palm?

This vast world, time and space, was already in his control!

After Jiang Xuan joined, the speed of Chen Ge and the others' exploration naturally did not slow down. One by one, the employees were found by him. Looking at the constantly filling knapsack, Chen Ge's confidence also grew stronger and stronger.

Now, even if a Red Specter stood in front of him, he would dare to slap it in the face. There was nothing he could do. With the employees backing him up, he, the owner of the haunted house, could finally stand tall.

Three days later in the dream world, Chen Ge and his group finally gathered all the employees. With increased confidence, Chen Ge directly chose to go to No-Lantern Road. He was ready to take a good look at what the forbidden zone in the middle layer dream would be like.