Plot Disappears

"Congratulations, the Hidden Plot has reached a perfect ending.

Additional reward obtained: a Gold Key.

A: Accept;

B: Decline;"

Location: Game Room.

Confusion filled Ji Li's eyes as he silently stared at the words on the screen, saying nothing for a long while.

This hidden exorcism plot had come urgently and ended abruptly.

The image of Gu Xingjian before his death still lingered in his mind, leaving him unable to pull himself away from it.

Ji Li had successfully killed Gu Xingjian. Although he had only taken one of Gu Xingjian's Revival Coins, it was still a genuine victory.

In their first direct confrontation, he had clearly won completely.

Of course, this victory did not belong to him alone. The other five store managers had all contributed to some extent.

But they had won in the end.

Yet he remained immersed in that inexplicable worry.

This was not needless anxiety. Ji Li truly realized that he had overlooked something.

But after thinking for a long time, he still could not figure out what it was.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep..."

Perhaps he had been lost in thought for too long, because the Game Console had begun issuing an urgent countdown.

This was a page unrelated to any major choice, so it presumably had a time limit.

Ji Li promptly cast those thoughts aside and carefully read the contents on the screen.

The Hidden Plot stage had effectively ended here.

Although the third and fourth steps of the ritual had not been carried out, there was no longer any need to perform them.

The third step: Slay Evil.

Fang Shenyan had become the one who created the Vermilion Wood Carving and had determined the origin of the Evil Spirit, so there was naturally no reason for Ji Li to perform