Lian Xiangyu glanced down at the note, his brow deeply furrowed. The information on it sounded like delirious ramblings from another world-old injuries on his body, the abilities of those with Beastification, another version of himself in the Real World, the absurd "Nightmare World"... He narrowed his eyes at Huo Lang, his tone cold and mocking. "Steward Huo, what exactly are you after? How long have you been spying on us? You even know every detail of my old injuries? Are you planning to hold us hostage with these ridiculous lies? What do you stand to gain?"
"What?" Huo Lang looked just as bewildered, as though he had no idea what Lian Xiangyu was talking about.
Lian Xiangyu even shared his note with Ning Yi and the others, while Steward Huo also discovered the note in his own hand.
The notes presumably contained information about the Nightmare World, the nightmare game, and Players. All four read through every note with furrowed brows.
Lian Xiangyu scoffed, his lips curling into a mocking smile. "Ha... If this is true, we might as well be characters in a play. At least we wouldn't have to be some pitiful Players."
"..." Su Bai and Feng Ling both fell silent. To their surprise, they could not argue with that.
Huo Lang's ability had collapsed the moment he lost control of his consciousness, so the plants tightly entwined around the entrance drooped like deflated balloons. Lian Xiangyu, Ning Yi, and the others gave them a casual tug, and the vines tore apart with ease, as flimsy as toys.
"What utter nonsense," Lian Xiangyu said coldly. He pushed open the villa's front doors and walked into the hall with Ning Yi and Shen Dong'er.
After all their efforts, Huo Lang and the others had failed to overcome