"Nonsense!"
The Ghost Madam, who had been trying to pass herself off as Su Bai all along, continued mimicking his earlier voice. She sounded furious but offered little rebuttal, as though Su Bai's "trickery" had left her too angry to speak.
Su Bai had no intention of playing along with this charade any longer. Instead, he continued speaking toward the Dense Fog directly ahead, which cut them off from everything-
"I've never met Master Wang, and I don't know where the real East Courtyard Bride went. I don't know what questions would expose that Ghost Madam, either. But there is at least one thing I know very well: why I'm not your enemy."
"Mr. Sha Linghai, once you return to the Real World... say hello to Mr. Qin Ge for me." Su Bai remembered Zhang Yibu mentioning, during his earlier rambling in Su Bai's ear, that Qin Ge now held a pivotal position in the Nightmare World team established by the Relevant Authorities. "Tell him Number 888 sends his regards."
On the other side of the Dense Fog, Sha Linghai froze the moment he heard his name. First came the familiar name "Qin Ge," followed by "Number 888," a phrase he knew he had heard somewhere before.
Only after the voice on the other side of the Dense Fog fell silent did Sha Linghai let out an involuntary "Ah!" He quickly realized that "Qin Ge" was Captain Qin, who had hosted the opening ceremony when their training began.
As for "Number 888," Sha Linghai remembered their instructor mentioning the importance of items in the Nightmare World during their very first training class. At the time, that veteran had also marveled at a mysterious player who sold "large quantities" of items on a special forum. That mysterious player's forum number was