"Ghost, ghost!"

Suddenly, the driver covered his head, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, opened the car door, and dashed into the heavy rain, disappearing under the ink-like moonlight.

Leaving the two girls in the car to exchange glances.

Thunder echoed through the empty valley, and when they blinked again, the white figure in the bushes suddenly vanished, only to reappear behind the trees on the right slope, facing away from them with disheveled hair and an unmoving head.

—An unexpected incident, a mysterious ghost figure in the valley?

[: At this late hour, so scary, huddled under the blanket.]

[: My cabinet moved, I'm not watching anymore!]

Amy clung tightly to Tang Xin beside her, her voice trembling:

"A-Ah Xin, do you see that she has two right hands?"

Upon closer look, the figure raised a hand and the hand beside it both had the back of the hand facing them, clearly showing two right hands.

"I've read those horror stories that say ghosts have two right hands..."

By the time Amy realized, Tang Xin had already got out of the car expressionlessly.

"Hey, Ah Xin, where are you going?"

At that moment, the livestream cut off.

In another instant, the ghostly white figure, acting mysterious, shrank back fearfully behind a tree as Tang Xin approached with water elements gathering in her palm, raising her hand hurriedly:

"Miss Sevia, calm down, I'm a staff member, arranged by the program team, this was just a small scripted scene to enhance the atmosphere."

Tang Xin looked unsurprised as she glanced toward the back of the car, where the earlier driver was squatting awkwardly. Upon seeing the girl look over, he scratched his head and stood up with a smile of honest simplicity.

"So, that guy is also one of your people?" Tang Xin pointed to the distance.

This made the driver and the person playing the ghost stunned; looking in the direction the girl pointed, there was nothing but a crooked old tree, no person at all.

An eerie chill climbed their spines, and the ghost player was nearly in tears, speaking with a sobbing tone:

"W-what person? There's no one, it's just the two of us this trip."

Tang Xin smiled: "Of course there's no one, I was just fooling you."

Finishing, she returned to the car, leaving the two in disarray in the rain.

After this scene, the frightened ghost actor refused to stay in the valley, and joined the others in the car, ending the brief interlude, as the jeep continued towards Mermaid Town.

Little did they know, shortly after they left, the figure covered in slime emerged from behind the tree Tang Xin had pointed at earlier. The lightning cast a somewhat sinister shadow, and the jeep moved further away in the scarlet eyes, the mouth stretched into a grin reaching the ears on the pallid face.

Lightning struck a nearby hill, creating an eye-catching white crack; another jeep had already arrived in the courtyard, and the program's vehicle also entered Mermaid Town, stopping in front of the courtyard.

Xu Xiaoyou looked out the window, where every household's doors and windows were tightly shut. The whole town sat on several tiered slopes, surrounded by mountains on three sides. The houses were all old two-story buildings with peeling and moss-covered walls.

Not far away, a telephone pole was wrapped with a child's mermaid balloon; since entering the town, she had noticed many mermaid element-related objects, Siren statues, mermaid haunted houses, from trademarks to beach supplies like swim rings and swimsuits.

It was clear that the town relied on tourism for economic development, using mermaid elements as a gimmick.

After getting out of the car, Xu Xiaoyou keenly noticed many scarlet gazes falling on her, looking up to see them coming from behind the windows on the second floors of those old buildings; the townscape blurred under the rain, the misty ground like a reflective mirror, casting bright red lights.

What puzzled her was the vigilant and even hostile looks in the residents' gazes.

As a town vigorously promoting tourism on the island, why were the residents so wary and hostile towards visitors?

Taking note of these, Xu Xiaoyou followed the program team inside the courtyard in front of her, the entire area covering over four hundred square meters. The ground was paved with bricks, containing four yards linked by corridor canopies, with a central pond of about a hundred square meters, a wide stone bridge crossing over it, perfectly capturing the entire courtyard's view.

Someone held a black umbrella for her as she paused to look at the pond. Perhaps due to the raised oxygen levels from the rain, the red carp swam up and splashed in the inky rippling surface with their tails, creating bursts of water splashes.

The courtyard's owner came out and began speaking with the program's director:

"How many people in total? I'll have them prepare the rooms."

"You might need to squeeze a bit; the rooms originally vacated aren't enough, several important guests came."

"Important guests?" Just as the director grew a little dissatisfied and was about to speak, the owner whispered something into his ear, causing a change in his expression, leaving him reluctantly agreeing.

After entering indoors and changing out of their wet clothes, the director and courtyard owner engaged in conversation in the main guest room. Xu Xiaoyou had little interest in listening, instead passing through corridor canopies, walking under swaying tree shadows towards the end of the right corridor.

Opening a window beyond, several figures sat on the ground in discussion. Xu Xiaoyou, clad in a loose bathrobe, her blonde hair draping over her fair neck and shoulders, leaned against the wall with arms folded, eavesdropping on the room's conversation.

"I mentioned that Dark Gold Rose, the one who attacked you, to the association."

Listening closely, the voice seemed to belong to Chichu Hong. Apparently, the important guests referred to by the courtyard owner were members from the Special Sixth Class.

"Bai Zhou, you're utterly useless, getting knocked out by some mysterious person and not even catching a glimpse of their appearance or recording any features?"

A girl's haughty reproach could be heard, followed by a boy's stammered explanation:

"I told you already, that person was excessively strong. I couldn't match a single move against her, getting knocked out the first moment I reached the Opera Layer, only hearing her codename just before losing consciousness, warning us not to meddle in the Abyssal White Flower affair..."

"To incapacitate a Fourth Tier Cleaner in one encounter, individuals like this are few and far between in the entire association. Apart from a few Prism Tier figures, I can't think of anyone with such capability."

A slightly hoarse voice echoed, likely an elder's voice, filled with aged resilience, deep but carrying a latent sharpness.

"I didn't expect such a figure to appear on the Star of Art."

"It's ultimately because Bai Zhou is just a weakling; if it were me, there's no way I'd be outmatched despite wielding such a powerful Mimicry," Yun Yao mocked mercilessly.

"Tch, if not for your overconfidence last time, the Abyssal White Flower wouldn't have escaped our encirclement."

"Ha? You blaming me! Why don't you blame yourself for arrogantly shouting 'I'll fight you to the death,' recklessly clashing with that person, and getting spun out like a top by her Lance, otherwise we'd be back in Chichu Heaven enjoying a vacation!"

"My reason is eroded by the Blood Monarch, I can't control that, you..."

"Enough, shut up! Do you want everyone to hear these embarrassing stories?" Chichu Hong couldn't help but erupt. "Listen up, are you all getting tougher as you grow up? Don't interrupt before I finish."

The previously quarrelsome duo ceased immediately, obediently sitting in silence.

"In any case, the association has approved that person's codename, Dark Gold Rose."

Chichu Hong sipped some hot tea, his words conveying explosive information.

"From this point forward, the fifth Light Prism Tier Cleaner officially takes the stage of history."

The room echoed with collective astonishment: "Ha!?"

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