Partners and Houses

"Disdain? Why? Is it disdain for the Red Face, balding man's actions, or disdain for his words?" Feng Xue pondered inwardly, but did not show it. Although he could break the deadlock with force, as she said before, it was unnecessary.

Rather than simply destroying the game, he wanted to study the core of this senior's strategy more thoroughly so that he could create one for himself in the future.

The woman with the noose around her neck didn't answer the balding man's question, nor did the beer-bellied Student Kid interrupt. In the brief silence, distrust was growing. Just then, the man who had knocked on the door earlier to call Feng Xue out suddenly spoke:

"You say she's either stupid or wicked, but you're not much better yourself, are you? Have you forgotten what the KP calls the demon? Partner! That word isn't used to describe enemies. You know, in this game, the person you can trust isn't the player in the same game, but the demon within yourself!"

"Nonsense! Who didn't enter this game almost to their death from the ghosts within them?" The balding man was clearly flustered, and he forced himself to speak, but apart from the Green Face man, no one responded to him.

Seeing this, the balding man's face turned red, but he still forced himself to speak:

"I'm doing this for your own good. Even if the ghost really is a player's weapon, there still needs to be a corresponding method to use it. Can you convince your own ghost? Can you make it stop harming you? If you can't even do that, you're still thinking about partners? You should find a way to get them somewhere to go and make sure you survive first!"

The balding man's words once again swayed the few fence-sitters. Feng Xue could clearly sense the chaotic emotions of everyone around the round table, but if she had to say, the only ones who were truly experiencing intense fluctuations were the frail fat man, the Green Face man, and the woman who was wrapped up tightly.

"In other words, these three are genuine newbies, while the remaining four include a cunning old fox, a guy who knows a little bit but is just acting like a know-it-all, and the other two, it seems, are most likely the unlucky ones who have already been turned on, or perhaps it's the effect of a special spirit."

Thinking this to herself, Feng Xue felt the atmosphere was just right. Seeing that the Student Kid still didn't intend to speak, she took the initiative and said:

"The three of you each have your own reasons, and we newcomers are inexperienced and can't see clearly. You three haven't been able to come up with a solution either, so even if we were to choose, there's nothing to discuss. So why don't you all just explain your solutions clearly so everyone can see them?"

Upon hearing Feng Xue's words, even the Student Kid began to nod in agreement. The balding, Red Face- faced man looked somewhat displeased, but still nodded and said:

"My idea is simple: the information won't be made public. Everyone will only reveal the types of ghosts they possess. Players with the corresponding information can trade privately. This way, everyone will only have information about the ghosts that are specific to them and the information they have about how to counter those ghosts. After that, it's all about individual skill."

Upon hearing this, the woman with the noose around her neck immediately retorted, "He's clearly trying to form cliques to fight each other. I think we should make the information public and put everything out in the open. That way, everyone will know who did it when something happens, and we can all gang up on them. That would be a deterrent."

After the two finished speaking, the male office worker who had knocked on the door pondered for a moment before speaking:

"I support keeping information confidential, but I oppose small groups forming cliques, and I also oppose the idea of changing houses for ghosts. I don't want to become someone else's ghost's house, nor do I intend to abandon my partner."

"So, according to you, you're just waiting for a ghost to kill you, right?" the Red Face, balding man immediately mocked, but the office worker knocking on the door showed no intention of responding, only adding:

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, spirits can devour each other and grow together."

At this point, the office worker who had been knocking on the door shut his mouth, but Feng Xue clearly sensed a hint of anger emanating from the Student Kid.

"So that's how it is, raising poisonous insects?"

Feng Xue had a clear idea of what was going on and understood the core interests of these people.

The woman with the noose around her neck wanted all the exorcism materials, but she might also just want her own copy.

The Red Face, balding man wanted information about the ghosts and monsters on everyone's body. Considering the issue of raising Gu poison, he probably wanted to choose the first target for the ghosts on his body to devour.

The beer-bellied Student Kid knew about the ghost-raising scheme, but he just watched the spectacle. He showed disdain for the Red Face, balding man's attempts to extract information from him, which suggests that he may have already identified the characteristics of other ghosts through their external features and was planning to take action secretly.

The attitude of the office worker who knocked on the door seemed very strange, and he was the person Feng Xue couldn't understand the most at the moment.

Regardless, apart from those three newbies, everyone seems to have the means to control their own ghosts, otherwise they wouldn't be calmly discussing it here.

But speaking of which... I wonder how long those three newbies can hold out.

Feng Xue turned her gaze to the Green Face man, because from the beginning he had appeared extremely anxious, and if anyone on the scene was most likely to die, it was clearly him.

This glance confirmed Feng Xue's guess, because the handprint on his neck seemed to be a few degrees deeper than when she had seen it before.

Seemingly noticing Feng Xue's gaze, the Green Face man, who clearly didn't want to believe any of the three versions of the story, immediately stood up and looked at Feng Xue with pleading eyes, saying:

"You seem so normal, you must have a way to deal with ghosts, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to him, and their expressions became strange.

No one had considered this possibility before, but now it seems that Feng Xue had always seemed so inconspicuous, was indeed a very strange presence. Especially that beer-bellied Student Kid, who seemed to have suddenly discovered a huge secret, even showing a hint of fear in his expression. Feng Xue, unaware of what he was thinking, simply shrugged calmly and said:

"Don't overthink it. I don't know anything about this game. As for why I'm so calm, well, it's because my ghost is special. I definitely won't die for at least three days, so you can do whatever you want, just don't interfere with me."

"That's impossible! Only those who are certain to die and possessed by ghosts enter the Supernatural Game! That's an absolute rule! You must be lying!"

The Red Face, red-faced man suddenly stood up and said in an unquestionable tone:

"I Think you're possessed by any ghosts at all. I was wondering why every 'house' in the newbie game was full when it said you were supposed to change 'houses'. Turns out you were the Empty House!"