The Eve of Upheaval

Not long after arriving at the hospital, Yu Xing and his adoptive older brother hurried straight to Fang Mansion.

When they left the hospital, the same rickshaw that had brought them there was still waiting, so they climbed aboard and swayed along toward the quieter outskirts.

Behind them...

Bzzzt--

Bzzzt--bzzzzzt--

The players in Nanshui Town still couldn't see anything too unusual.

But viewers, who could freely choose which livestream to watch, quickly noticed that this space seemed... to be breaking down.

The snow fell harder and harder, seeming to smother the signals from both the instance and the livestream. The screen flickered now and then, emitting a harsh buzz.

The players searching for clues and irregularities during the Snow Festival were talking when their faces and voices suddenly warped for an instant along with the signal.

[What's going on?]

[I was just trying to watch a livestream. How did it turn into a horror movie?]

[The person above—weren't we watching a horror movie to begin with?]

[What's scary? What's scary? What's scary?]

[...Last time this happened, it was because some high-ranking beings in the livestream's environment had started making moves, and the signal connection got completely wrecked ╮(￣⊿￣)╭]

With so many top-tier players involved in the Nanshui Town livestream, it had drawn all kinds of experts after days of hype.

Some people had been in the middle of an investigation and hadn't had time to watch, but now that they were out, they'd joined the livestream too.

Seeing this disturbance, a number of theory-minded players began analyzing it.

[There are quite a few high-ranking beings in this investigation, aren't there? Never mind Yan Li, Medusa, and "Flower," who's so mysterious that they haven't left a trace. Even within the instance, we've already seen—]

[The Doctor, the Snake Woman?]

[Don't forget