Casting Stones to Find the Way, Breaking Them All

The pitch-black night wrapped itself around greedy malice, silently closing in like a sword hidden up a sleeve. The instant you noticed it, the warmth at your throat had already been swallowed by a cold gleam—a single strike sealing your throat.

7:00 p.m.

Ji Yan withdrew his gaze from the full moon obscured by dark clouds and muttered.

"The offensive and defensive battle is about to begin."

"What card will the White Chess Player play?"

He turned to look at Timid Ghoul beside him and found it trembling badly, its face full of fear.

"Brother Dan, what's wrong?"

Timid Ghoul hugged its arms, its teeth chattering. "Little brother, this haunted house really isn't safe. We should leave quickly."

"They're all closing in this way..."

"They?" Ji Yan's expression shifted. "You mean all the House Guardians have set their sights on the Xiao Family Haunted House?"

"Mhm, mhm. They're all coming here."

Ji Yan fell into thought.

The White Chess Player could alter players' quest panels.

That fellow had most likely revealed the Hidden Main Quest to every player.

Obtaining that batch of Curse copper coins was equivalent to getting an unbeatable hand.

Taking down the Grave Mound Ghoul Prison Dungeon would practically be a done deal.

Once those players learned that, they would surely invade the Xiao Family Haunted House at any cost!

But what puzzled Ji Yan was that the Dungeon explicitly stated that during daylight hours, all Haunted House Eerie were forbidden from crossing through the Dungeon.

Not even Greedy Money Eerie had that privilege.

He himself had only been able to cross through one Xiao Family Haunted House with Timid Ghoul's help.

How had that person crossed through all the other haunted houses and spread the Main Quest information?

"Could this be an exclusive privilege of his