Horror Game: What to Do If You're Too Handsome

Was I pushing her too hard?

Another wooden table flew right after.

An Xinghe was already level 7, his physique far beyond ordinary, and with the help of a Fine Grade weapon, such a table couldn't even touch him.

But the Female Ghost seemed dead set on playing the long-range game, hurling tables at him one after another.

Livestream Room.

[Are ghosts starting to play dirty now?]

[I think she's been forced into a corner.]

[What turns a berserker meant for close combat into a petty table-thrower? Society? No! It's An Xinghe!]

[This ghost is pretty clever.]

[If she weren't clever, An Xinghe would've driven her clever anyway.]

[Go, ghostie! Keep it up!]

But the tables in the prop room eventually ran out.

After slicing through another table, a mass of shadows charged at him.

An Xinghe eyed the six hands in the shadow and sneered.

So you finally decided to come out!

This time, he didn't use the scissors. He pulled out the spotlight!

But instead of aiming it at the Female Ghost, he chose... to aim it at his own face!

Under the light, the Female Ghost saw An Xinghe's face for the first time!

Chapter 23: Hello, I'm Patrick Star!

Under the light, the Female Ghost saw An Xinghe's face for the first time.

In that instant, she froze.

Her two hands, aimed at his neck, stopped mid-air.

This man... he's way too good-looking!

Humanity's love and admiration for beautiful things are universal. Even though Chen Lingyi was now a ghost, her mind hazy and chaotic, she still couldn't bring herself to harm the An Xinghe before her.

Livestream Room.

[Dammit! An Xinghe's showing off again!]

[An Xinghe's charm range is way too broad!]

[Can't learn this, really can't.]

[Other players' trump cards are good weapons and skills. An Xinghe's trump card is his face.]

[Look, the ghost is backing off! She's backing off!]

[First time I've seen a monster voluntarily retreat in a Horror Game, and not because she was forced—but because she was charmed back.]

But every step the Female Ghost took back, An Xinghe took one forward.

He had the attitude of "you're not leaving unless you kill me today!"

In the end, it was the Female Ghost who couldn't take it anymore. She turned and scurried away with a "whoosh."

An Xinghe wasn't about to let her escape that easily. He gave chase immediately.

But the Female Ghost was a six-armed creature, able to climb walls and run across ceilings.

Though An Xinghe was fast, after a few rooms, he still lost her.

He wasn't worried, though. He knew the game's plot direction. Finding the Female Ghost Chen Lingyi wouldn't be hard.

Then he touched the Peach Wood Hairpin in his pocket.

What exactly is this hairpin for?

"Ring-ring-ring! Ring-ring-ring!"

A sharp old-fashioned phone ring interrupted An Xinghe's thoughts. He followed the sound, picked up the receiver:

"Hello, I'm Patrick Star."

"..."

The voice on the other end was stunned by his nonsensical opening.

Did I dial the wrong number? Should I ask if this is the Krabby Patty?

"Ahem!" The female voice on the phone coughed twice and said:

"An Xinghe, you're trapped inside the Videotape right now, aren't you?"

An Xinghe grinned eerily and played along.

"That's right—to be precise, it was the original site of the Hong Kong Mingyue Cantonese Opera Troupe."

"Did you run into a Spider Ghost in there?!"

"Yeah, I was so scared!"

The other party picked up on something off in An Xinghe's tone.

Shouldn't an ordinary person be terrified out of their wits when meeting a ghost? Why did An Xinghe sound like he was having a great time playing with it...

The other party shook their head, banishing that unrealistic thought, and said:

"I'll tell you how to get out of the videotape. You need to kill that Female Ghost!"

"The Female Ghost's lair is in the troupe's Main Theater, where there's also an Eight Trigrams Formation."

"All you have to do is activate the formation through the mechanism, and the whole troupe will burn to ashes! The Female Ghost will die in it too! Then you'll be free."

An Xinghe pretended to have a sudden realization:

"Oh, so it's that simple! Thanks for your help, Sister! By the way, Sister, what's your name? I'd like to repay you later."

There was a pause on the other end of the line:

"My name... you'll find out naturally someday."

"Oh~ So Sister is so mysterious! I was even thinking of offering myself in marriage later!"

The other party didn't bother listening to An Xinghe's nonsense and hung up directly.

A cold sneer instantly spread across An Xinghe's face as he muttered to himself:

"Trying to screw me over? Then get ready to be screwed so hard you won't even have your underwear left!"

An Xinghe put down the phone and headed to the Main Theater.

The place was already in shambles, with tables and chairs covered in cobwebs.

Following his memory, An Xinghe found the mechanism to activate the Eight Trigrams Formation and called out into the dark theater:

"Miss Chen, come on out—unless you want to be burned alive in the dark."

After a rustling sound, the ghost formed by Chen Lingyi appeared before An Xinghe.

She couldn't understand why this man would call her out if he planned to kill her.

Then An Xinghe pulled a Peach Wood Hairpin from his pocket:

"Miss Chen, this hairpin is yours, isn't it?"

The Female Ghost froze, her face now a Huadan mask, staring fixedly at the hairpin.

After a long moment, she reached out and took the hairpin, trying to put it in her hair.

But her hands, replaced by Puppet Limbs, couldn't manage to fix it properly.

Finally, she placed the hairpin back in An Xinghe's hands and lowered her head before him.

An Xinghe understood. He took the hairpin and gently placed it in the Female Ghost's hair.

Just then, the system's voice suddenly rang out!

[Ding! Player An Xinghe has completed the Hidden Quest Lost Peach Wood Hairpin!]

[Reward Item: White Jade Ringing Bell Hairpin!]

Chapter 24: Have You Been Eating Well?

[Ding! Player An Xinghe has completed the Hidden Quest Lost Peach Wood Hairpin!]

[Reward Item: White Jade Ringing Bell Hairpin!]

An Xinghe hadn't expected that simply putting a hairpin on a ghost would complete a Hidden Quest!

[Name: White Jade Ringing Bell Hairpin]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Fine Grade]

[Effect: This hairpin can break through any barrier or shield. Disappears after one use.]

[Note: White hair, too short to hold; the hairpin can barely stay.]

When the panel for the White Jade Ringing Bell Hairpin appeared in the Livestream Room, it immediately sparked a frenzy:

[Fine Grade! Another Fine Grade! And a Fine Grade consumable!]

[This hairpin's effect is insane! It can break through any barrier!]

[Too bad it's only one use—if it were unlimited, it'd be at least Perfect Grade!]

[Putting on a hairpin gets you a Fine Grade item? This quest is way too easy!]

[Anyone saying it's easy must have a bad brain! That's putting a hairpin on a Female Ghost!]

[For any other player, they'd just kill the Female Ghost Chen Lingyi—putting on a hairpin would be impossible!]

[It's all thanks to An Xinghe's Astonishingly Handsome looks boosting the Female Ghost's favorability!]