Not just Qin Manjiang, but every player of the Ghost Story Game felt their hearts lurch at that same moment.
Even those asleep were jolted awake by the near-death sensation, then looked at their phones.
Was another round of the Game starting already?
They each opened the Ghost Story Game, but... the text that appeared this time stunned them all.
[Players, the system will shortly undergo an upgrade lasting one month.] [No games will be issued over the coming month. Please enjoy your vacation to the fullest.] [Also: do not leave the Fu City area. If you leave without authorization, you do so at your own risk.]
The tone of those three lines was completely different from before. Everyone seemed to see a "person" speaking to them from the other side of their phone screens.
Qin Manjiang read the three lines carefully. Then the screen went dark, and tapping the Ghost Story Game icon again produced no response.
He stopped dwelling on the Ghost Story Game, put down that phone, and took out the Relic Phone instead-in other words, the Pupil Realm (Fu City).
Strangely, this Permanent Item left behind by his biological father had also stopped working. It gave no response whatsoever!
Qin Manjiang was lost in thought when... Mi Qiao's voice came from the living room. "Mr. Qin! Do you want breakfast?"
She called out so casually that she was clearly certain Qin Manjiang was already up. In fact, anyone who spent even a little time around him would know that he woke up at seven thirty sharp every morning.
"Thanks!"
Qin Manjiang stood on no ceremony with her. After slipping both phones into his pockets, he opened his bedroom door.
In the living room, Nie Yunzhen was awake too, staring into space. She was always