A Phone Call

Bai Yang said softly, "There is indeed Rules suppressing it; the Little Bear's strength has been weakened by at least half."

"Who are you! Get out of here!" the Male Specter roared gruffly. "Lin Yi, you get over here right now, stop hiding behind others and pretending to be dead!"

"Come over!"

"Don't go over there." Bai Yang pulled Lin Yi back, who was about to walk over.

"If I don't go, you will all die," Lin Yi said.

"No, Lin Nieran said he has a way." Bai Yang blinked and mouthed the words.

Lin Yi froze. He glanced at the couple in the room. The strange creatures were becoming increasingly bizarre, and the room, which had originally seemed normal, was gradually filled with a thick layer of blood.

Everyone simultaneously felt an extremely uncomfortable, suppressed Rules. An Ying tried to mobilize her energy, but the flow of energy was very slow.

The Female Specter up, and the wound on her face from the knife cut was no longer flowing with blood, but with some kind of soft, living thing. That thing slowly crawled down the Female Specter's body and flew over at an extremely fast speed.

With a single slash under the Moonlit Night, the slime broke into several pieces. The splattering droplets of slime were blocked by An Ying raising her umbrella, which made a sizzling, corrosive sound the moment it touched the slime.

Qin Rang had just used the Evil Ghost Mask and couldn't use it easily now. Tao Yuan's weapon was still being forged, so the two of them could only try their best to avoid it with Lin Yi.

Wang Ding and An Ying protected them, while Ji Fengbai did not intervene, only watching from the sidelines. The two strange creatures ignored him, as if they did not even see him.

The Male Specter behind, and as he raised his arm, the wine bottle in his hand was covered with dense, sharp spikes, instantly ripping open Bai Yang's Doll.

The Little Bear struggled to its feet, but the Little Cat swung its sharp claws down from behind, and the bottle exploded with a bang.

The blade flashed, Male Specter raised arm was swallowed by the light. But soon a new arm grew out again. Without pausing, it picked up a wine bottle and smashed it down.

Bai Yang, An Ying, and Wang Ding worked together to deal with the Female Specter and the ever-increasing amount of slime. Moonlit Night was also fighting against the Male Specter, but her fighting strength was suppressed by most of her, so she couldn't help Wang Ding and the others for the time being.

Qin Rang was about to put on his mask to help, Lin Yi, who was beside him, somehow found a kitchen knife on the ground and took a few steps forward.

Some of the slime in front of them bypassed An Ying's Bamboo Umbrella. Tao Yuan and Qin Rang both drew their spare short blades and used the backs of their blades to knock the slime away, while Lin Yi almost instinctively raised his sword and slashed.

The slime quickly split into smaller pieces under his blade. Qin Rang hurriedly grabbed his arm to stop him, but before he could speak, he was met with Lin Yi's cleaver.

Qin Rang a step back to dodge his attack, while Tao Yuan beside him used a short blade in one hand to block the cleaver's swing. The heavy blow made her arm go numb.

While astonished by his immense strength, Tao Yuan didn't forget to shout coldly, "What are you doing! We're helping you!"

Seeing that Tao Yuan was alright, Qin Rang quickly took out his phone and dialed the number.

After a few rings, the call was quickly answered.

Lin Nieran's voice came from inside; he seemed to know what had happened on their end and got straight to the point.

"Get closer to those two eerie creatures and play a loudspeaker."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Lin Yi was startled, and his grip loosened.

"Good."

The slime left on the Female Specter's body was increasing, and as those things crawled onto her, they caused a burning pain. At first glance, the corrosive wounds looked very similar to the healed scars on Lin Yi's face.

Qin Rang stepped over the broken pieces on the ground and walked to Moonlit Night's side, holding his phone high in front of the eerie figure.

"Hello, is this Uncle Lin?"

"Some classmates from school just came to visit, and they left the survey forms at my house. I heard they went to my uncle's house. Could you please call them over?"

In an instant, the bloody scene around them spread out like ripples on water, and the familiar, empty living room reappeared. The two eerie figures gradually shrank back, eventually turning into two normal-sized monsters.

There was no slime on the ground, nor any deformed bottles; there was just a lot of blood splattered around, and empty bottles lay scattered haphazardly on the ground.

"Ah, yes, at our house."

The Male Specter voice instantly softened, and he smiled at Qin Rang on the phone.

"That's good. I'll go give them the watch now. By the way, is Lin Yi home? My neighbor's sister doesn't know how to do a math problem and wants to ask him."

"He's at home. He just got up."

"My mom made some steamed buns this morning for me to bring to my uncle and aunt to try."

"No need, your aunt and I have to go out for a bit. You can eat by yourself."

After hanging up the phone, the Male Specter acted as if nothing had happened, smiling like a patriarch as he invited the group to sit down. He then went to buy groceries with the Female Specter, asking them to stay for dinner and instructing Lin Yi to treat his classmates well.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nieran skillfully pulled a bag of frozen buns from the refrigerator and was about to slip away.

His mother found out and said in an annoyed tone, "Did you go and bring food to Lin Yi again?"

"No!"

"You said you didn't have any? You brought so much, enough to feed that kid for several days, right?"

Lin Nieran replied, "My classmates are all at his house, and they haven't had breakfast yet. I'll bring them extra."

I'm leaving now!

"Huh? Why did you bring the Little Dumpling along? Wait, didn't the Little Dumpling go home?"

007 returned from his scrambled meals and eagerly asked, "[Host, is your alternate personality also sick?]"

Lin Nieran: "Your program needs an upgrade."

[Right, even if you're not sick, you can't have a secondary personality.]

007 looked at the information he Lin Nieran with confusion and said, "[I just scanned Lin Yi, he's the one with the psychotic disorder, but why did a bunch of symptoms appear when I scanned you?]"

[But host, you don't seem like a sick person at all; you're perfectly normal.]

"Lin Yi now has Instance identity; your scan must be wrong," Lin Nieran said.

[Impossible. It might be inaccurate, but it definitely won't go wrong] 007 said confidently.

Lin Nieran didn't say anything more, but 007 took it to heart.

How about requesting a more advanced detection device from the main system? Try submitting a report.

Upon arriving at Lin Yi's house, Lin Nieran subconsciously raised his hand to knock on the door, but before he could even raise his hand, he saw that the door was leaning crookedly against the wall.

As he entered the room, he saw Lin Yi sitting on the sofa with a fresh bloodstain on his face. Everyone else was busy sweeping and cleaning, and even Ji Fengbai was carrying a garbage bag and acting as a portable trash can.

"You've arrived," Qin Rang said as he walked over. "His parents have already passed away."

"Looks like you're all alright?" Lin Nieran said. "You called just in time. I thought you'd try to fight them to the death, but you chose to call me in the end."

Why make things difficult for yourself when there's an easier way?

"That's true."

Lin Nieran pushed the little girl behind him towards the dazed Lin Yi and said with a smile, "I'll give you something to do, help her with her homework."