New Card, Joker?

Qin Rang tugged at his arm, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. However, Lin Yi, who had been silent since his parents left, glanced at him and obediently led the girl towards his room.

Lin Nieran lowered his voice. "Don't worry, I have experience dealing with kids like this."

"Lin Yi, my mom made some steamed buns for you. I'll go steam a few for you."

Lin Nieran started the fire with practiced ease, and when it was almost done, he brought a few steamed buns to Lin Yi's room and casually closed the door.

Tao Yuan put down what she was doing and walked over to Qin Rang, who was frowning. "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking..." Qin Rang didn't know where that strange feeling in his heart came from. He wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, so he could only shake his head. "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I feel this Instance is a bit too realistic."

"It's really strange that two crazed monsters could break the Rules with just one phone call."

Tao Yuan, however, misunderstood his worries and said, "Our family here is helpful to us, and the neighbors here interact with each other just like humans. That's the real reason they stopped fighting."

"Perhaps the Lin Nieran and Lin Yi families are on good terms, and adults wouldn't hit a child in front of others, so his parents stopped."

Qin Rang nodded. "Yes, Lin Nieran probably thought the same thing, which is why he brought food over—to cover up his lie."

Tao Yuan nodded in agreement. "This boss is really amazing."

Bai Yang suddenly leaned over. "Who are you praising as amazing? Me?"

"You're even better." Qin Rang smiled, a smirk playing on his lips.

"Your smile looks so fake." Bai Yang looked at his Little Bear with heartache. "Oh, what a pity, it has a few holes in its belly, and some cotton is leaking out."

"So weak." A gentle yet venomous voice came from under the Moonlit Night.

Qin Rang grabbed Bai Yang, who was about to make a move, while Tao Yuan stepped forward to block Bai Yang's view.

An Ying, who was passing by, said in unison, "Moonlit Night, Ji Fengbai, have you had breakfast? I saw that there are still a lot of extra buns heating up in the kitchen."

Ji Fengbai shook his head.

Moonlit Night smiled and said, "No need. Speaking of which, I wonder what Lin Nieran and Lin Yi were talking about inside."

"Let's wait for him to come out and ask him."

On Bai Yang's side, Wang Ding had already found the needle and thread from Lin Yi's house and handed them to him to help him mend the Doll.

[It looks like I'm witnessing a fight being broken up]

[Silky smooth, so incredibly smooth]

The people in this organization really don't get along with each other.

[As expected, it's an S-Rank Instance. It's now certain that there's something wrong with this day, right?]

[Why is the Moonlit Night so unpredictable? It startled me when they killed Wen Keke.]

[Yes, those people were also bewitched by Wen Keke, yet he killed them all. It's too cruel.]

[Um... Should we not kill him, and wait for them to come and kill him?]

[Look how well Bai Yang did it! He just threw it out, didn't he?]

That's why he's the weakest!

"Elder Ju, public opinion seems to be turning sour," the Head of the Tao Family said to the old man standing in front of the live broadcast room. "The murder on Moonlit Night has aroused suspicion and resentment towards the organization among many people, which may affect our plans to contact them."

Elder Ju took a few steps forward, leaning on his cane, then stopped and turned to look at her. "Have they done too many bad things and are afraid, or have they truly had a change of heart and are thinking of the world?"

"Since the disintegration of the Worship God, every district has been restless. How many private forces have emerged behind the backs of the Authorities over the years? How many open and covert struggles have occurred? How many people have died?"

"If they had worked together, would the strange phenomenon have spread so quickly? Would it have gotten to this point?"

At this point, Elder Ju added, "How many of these Weird Zone are naturally formed, and how many are man -Weird Zone made? Do you really think the Authorities haven't noticed?"

Tao Yun lowered her eyes; she knew that Elder Ju's words were actually a dig at their Peach Family.

Human infighting will never end. When the Worship God are around, people can unite against external forces. But once the Worship God fall, people will naturally think about their own interests, how to seize the resources and Weird Objects left behind by the Worship God, and how to win over the hearts of the people.

Ten years ago, the world suddenly went into a bizarre state, with communications and transportation paralyzed.

There are many things that the Authorities cannot control, and private forces have grown rapidly to a considerable size, so much so that the Authorities cannot easily take action against them for the sake of world stability.

The Peach Family was no exception, but they didn't do much and remained under the Authorities's tolerance. Later, because Tao Yuan joined the Authorities team, the Peach Family also became closer to the Authorities, so now they can be considered as half- Authorities insiders.

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two, Director Chen deliberately changed the subject. "Recently, the Authorities media in Yangcheng reported that a mysterious powerful figure has appeared in their area. They sent a video, saying he is suspected to be a member of an organization."

"Elder Ju, Head of the Tao Family, would you like to take a look?"

Upon opening the video, the first thing that appears in the frame is a string of colorful balloons painted with smiley faces. The balloons meticulously depict human facial features, down to the fine details of the skin texture.

"Ha ha--!"

A piercing and manic laugh came from the video, making everyone who heard it twitch their lips.

The balloon was removed, and what was in the frame was a Clown with thick paint. The Clown's face was painted with an exaggerated smile in red paint, the bright red stretching wildly to the back of his ears, and laughter kept coming from his mouth.

Between the Clown's exaggerated gestures, you can see an Instance of an Amusement Park behind him. The various rides in the Instance are decorated with colorful balloons and ribbons, creating a lively and festive atmosphere.

If you ignored the half-corpses hanging on the roller coaster, the bizarre targets made into scarecrows, and the spurting red and purple blood on the Clown, you would really think this was a promotional video for an Amusement Park filmed in peacetime.

Meanwhile, the survivors and the eerie creatures who participated in this bloody yet whimsical Amusement Park Instance were all sitting neatly on the largest ride Merry-Go-Round.

Colorful lights shone above the Merry-Go-Round, and cheerful, melodious music played intermittently, while Clown hummed along in a neurotic manner.

Everyone smiled as they hummed along, singing, dancing, and cheering with the Clown, forgetting all their troubles.

The Clown mechanically raises his hands and feet, his joints moving stiffly. Sometimes, when the movements are too large, he accidentally breaks the balloons in his hands, causing a strange creature or a person to randomly explode on the Merry-Go-Round.

The moment the blood splattered was like a celebratory firework, brief yet beautiful.

"Welcome to the Clown's stage performance!" The Clown raised his hands, his eyes, painted with red and blue makeup, widened, his pupils constricted in excitement.

"These people... are from the Cui Family." Tao Yun recognized them at a glance. "This Instance should be the A-Rank Instance' Amusement Park' in their Weird Zone, a PvP Instance no one has ever cleared."

"This video was sent by the Cui Family," Director Chen said.

In the video, the crazed Clown kills everyone and the eerie creature, leaving no one alive.