The Final Operation

There were many ways for a player to be eliminated, but all of them were related to death.

Aside from certain Plot Kills and suicide, the method closest to the rules was destroying the Game Console.

Even if Ruru was special enough that her Game Console was portable, she still could not escape this rule.

Because she was merely a player after all.

Using a ghost to kill someone and thereby clear the level was indeed an ingenious method.

However, things never went as one wished.

When the Game Console fell to the ground, it vanished the moment it touched the floor, without making the slightest sound of breaking.

Fang Shenyan blanked out for an instant, only to see the Game Console return to Ruru's hands.

And at that moment, Ruru raised her head to look at him for the first time.

A strange emotion flashed through her hollow eyes before she immediately lowered her head and continued fiddling with the buttons.

On the Game Console's tiny screen was still the black-and-white scene of the house, unchanged.

"Failed again?"

Just as before, Ji Li had anticipated it after another round of probing.

There were still many clues left unused, so the matter would not be resolved so easily.

Fang Shenyan frowned and said softly,

"I don't understand games, but it shouldn't have failed."

Ruru's identity as a player had to fall within the Root Ghost's game-related attributes.

Therefore, this way out was absolutely valid from the perspective of the rules.

So what exactly was still missing...

At that moment, Ji Li suddenly asked,

"Look at the Game Console. Is something missing?"

The unexpected question drew Fang Shenyan's attention to the Game Console itself.

It was a very old model. Not only was its display monochrome, but its screen was cracked