The nineteen people in the Fourth Floor corridor consciously formed nine pairs.
For a moment, silence reigned. Everyone stared intently at the screen before them, especially at the floating Peach Blossom Forest and the White-haired Old Ghost.
On one hand, they feared missing important mission information; on the other, they tried to catch every detail of the White-haired Old Ghost.
Though the White-haired Old Ghost wore coarse cloth, it could not conceal its skeletal form. Its long white hair made it impossible to tell whether it even had a face, let alone discern its features.
"The original objective of the Manager Mission remains unchanged. Ruru's Mother, whom you must find, is inside the screen. Whoever completes this objective first will receive the Fourth Puzzle Piece Fragment.
However, the Screen World contains countless Supernatural Forbidden Grounds. Every forbidden ground is a Supernatural Incident, a ghost.
Every Supernatural Incident has a path to survival that can be deciphered for escape. Through step-by-step exploration, you must find where Ruru's Mother is hiding."
The general shape of the Sixth Manager Mission had essentially been established through those two explanations.
The White-haired Old Ghost said nothing more, maintaining its slightly bowed posture. Its thick white hair hid its face, leaving no one able to tell what it was thinking or looking at.
But the deliberate pause was clearly meant to give the managers time to digest the information.
Xiao Qian Duyue crossed her arms, her face thoughtful. After a moment, she whispered,
"It seems this Manager Mission is much like a game. Our main quest is to find Ruru's Mother.
But along the way, we'll encounter many bosses. We need to defeat them to advance step by step until we complete the main quest."
At the same time, Cheng Ming, the sole employee of Branch