Inside the secret room, the "activated" Plaster Eeries awakened from their slumber.
Lacking self-awareness, they mercilessly slaughtered the intruders who had entered the room—
But the instant the "Puppet Eerie" was shattered, Ji Yan successfully activated [Thousand Machine Soul], switching the consciousness of a fellow Eerie and narrowly avoiding the terrible outcome of being killed and "reborn."
Crash—
In an unknown room with no number on its door, a mess of goods fell to the floor.
Another battered "Puppet Eerie" emerged from the wreckage. It was Ji Yan, who had switched his [Eerie Disguise].
"Though they're all 'Puppet Eeries,' the kind of Eerie housed within each puppet shell is different..."
"If I'm right, the one I'm playing should be... a type of Corpse Death Eerie—a 'Pustule Ghoul.'" Ji Yan could clearly feel the swollen pain in the flesh beneath the puppet, every pustule oozing blood and pus.
[Thousand Machine Soul] could automatically identify the types and numbers of [Nightmares] within its current area.
There were only three Pustule Ghouls in this Opera House, so [Thousand Machine Soul] had a limited range.
"[I] died once. Will the 'Eerie consciousness' invade his brain?"
Ji Yan moved with stiff steps toward the door.
"Though I got away from [I], I don't know how many 'privileges' he has. He might find me again any moment."
"I need to meet up with Miss Luo as soon as possible and figure out what exactly is going on with this District 15 [Nightmare]!"
Ji Yan stepped outside and looked down both sides of the passageway. But without the Yin Yuan Red String, how was he supposed to find her?
Tap, tap—
Faint footsteps drifted over.
When Ji Yan turned his head, he saw an Eerie figure at the far end of the deserted corridor, walking toward