Fang Yue still seemed a bit worried, but after Bai Xiaoya said a few words, she went back first.

Ah Ming quickly started making calls to handle the aftermath. He seemed to have a powerful force behind him, and quickly disposed of the body and covered up the traces, without causing any waves.

It wasn't until the boss called that Ah Ming was silent for a moment before saying, "Boss, I can't talk about this. If I do, the young lady will die immediately! Don't investigate it, don't ask about it. In short... the young lady has a master protecting her, and she's safe!"

Hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, as if acquiescing to the matter.

...

Everything seemed to calm down. The commotion in Qingshui Park was silently covered up, and no one knew about it.

However, the fluctuations in Jianghai City were detected.

The dark conference room suddenly lit up.

Ten mirrors circled the room, each one lighting up.

In each mirror, a figure appeared.

"...Speak, what exactly is going on? It's rare for so many of us from the [Joint Council] to be here."

"It's possible that someone used a high-risk [Cursed Object]!"

"It's also possible that... a [Cursed Spirit] has slipped through!"

"Hasn't the loophole been fixed yet?"

"The big ones have been patched, but there are too many. The small ones haven't been taken care of. If a [Cursed Spirit] slips through, its strength will be greatly weakened and not worth worrying about."

"Indeed... then what's going on with today's [Curse Level Line]? The fluctuations are too great! It's risen by a full 0.4%!"

"0.4%?! How could it rise so high!"

"Have someone investigate and find out what's going on!"

"Understood."

"Also, regarding the [Curse Level Line]... the [Bounty Association] on my side will bleed a little and destroy a few [Cursed Objects] to push the [Curse Level Line] back down."

"Ah, that's a big loss for you. By the way, what did the [Cheaters] say?"

"They haven't responded to us... Anyway, judging by the time, none of them should have awakened yet, so we don't need to worry about them for now."

"Alright, then let's ignore them. Also, the great calamity is approaching, so everyone should hurry up and increase their strength."

"Okay."

"Preparing to."

"I have to wait for the third batch of game watches to arrive..."

...

Fang Yue returned to the residential complex. Sister Yuan still thought they were joking, and only reluctantly came to open the door when she saw the two of them standing at the entrance.

She seemed to want to play matchmaker and bring the two of them together.

But after so many things happened tonight, neither of them had the energy to discuss this.

Bai Xiaoya had many things she wanted to ask Fang Yue, but Fang Yue didn't respond, which made her very distressed.

However, she revealed a lot herself, such as that she was living here to avoid trouble, and she guaranteed that there would be no more trouble in the future!

In her opinion, now that something like this had happened once, her father should do everything he could to protect her.

Seeing her guarantee, Fang Yue didn't say anything about chasing her away.

Unless the parchment said someone was going to kill her again next time, then Fang Yue would definitely take Sister Yuan and run away—he couldn't stand so much trouble.

Once he returned to his room, Fang Yue immediately pressed the parchment about the strange occurrences.

[I am very confused. Why would a Cursed Spirit appear in reality and try to kill Bai Xiaoya?]

[But I don't know that in reality, some kind of silent change is taking place.]

[A crisis is coming. I need more power, so I'm entering the game to increase my strength.]

Silent change? What does that mean?

Fang Yue asked again, but the parchment didn't respond.

Fang Yue thought for a while but couldn't figure it out.

Looking at the time, it was already 9:30 PM.

In game time, that would be the hai hour.

That time had long passed his agreed-upon time with Lin Ling.

Thinking of how he had been cool for three seconds tonight, wasting three days of his life, Fang Yue felt a pang of heartache.

No way!

He had to get into the game quickly!

After signing the contract with the parchment, and after what happened tonight, Fang Yue understood the importance of this game even more.

At the same time, the stronger the character, the stronger the power in reality. How could Fang Yue not take it seriously!

Returning to his room, putting away the parchment, Fang Yue lay on the bed and entered the game.

At the same time, words began to appear on the parchment.

[Finally... finally entering the game!!!]

[If I don't enter the game, I'm going to starve to death!]

[Weak parchment, in order to survive, signs an insulting contract online, bears grudges, holds them very strongly!]

As the lines of text disappeared, the parchment also slowly dissipated and became virtual, like fragments...

...

Gu Yue Village.

Fang Yue's soulless eyes suddenly became lively, as if his soul had returned to his body.

With a jolt, Fang Yue returned to the game.

However, just as Fang Yue got out of bed, he suddenly froze, his pupils shrinking violently.

Because he discovered that his right hand had an extra piece of paper at some point.

A somewhat familiar... parchment!

At the same time, words actually began to appear on the parchment!

"My name is Fang Yue, and I have returned to the game."

"Looking at the decreasing lifespan and thinking about the various wonders of the game, my body is full of motivation."

"I will kill more Cursed Spirits, I will get more Black Embers, and provide the most delicious food for the great and powerful Parchment Lord!"

"Life is finally becoming better!"

Fang Yue: ??!

What the hell?!

Better my ass! How did you get in here?!

Aren't you something from reality? Why can you get into the game!

Fang Yue's scalp tingled. For a moment, he couldn't distinguish between reality and the game.

At this time, the parchment floated out another line of text.

"I am confused about why I have an extra piece of parchment in my hand when I returned to the game."

"I tried to call Lord Parchment and agreed to revise the unfair contract. The great and noble Lord Parchment reluctantly agreed to tell me the reason."

Dream on!

Fang Yue's face darkened.

So this guy was still thinking about turning the tables.

But it was very strange. If it had the ability to enter the game, it should have entered the game on the first day of the server launch.

So... the parchment must have been able to enter the game because of the contract!

This game... things in reality can actually affect things in the game? Could it be that... the two are actually connected?

Fang Yue couldn't figure it out. He only felt that the game had changed from a refreshing and unmatched game to a strange and unpredictable horror game.

As Fang Yue was thinking, the parchment popped up another sentence.

"I am Fang Yue, my Lord Parchment is very hungry, I took out [Black Embers] and fed them to Lord Parchment."

"Afterwards, Lord Parchment provided an opportunity to answer a question."