Two days later.
The time for the Game to officially begin had arrived, yet even after midnight, nothing unusual happened.
The wedding dress was still there, and so was the ghost story, but... it could no longer stir up any trouble.
Just as "Mr. Yan" had sensed, the wedding dress had no intelligence. It had no resentment, no suffering, no malice... from beginning to end, the wedding dress had only one emotion-a craving for human flesh and blood.
That craving drove it to attack humans. Once that craving disappeared, it completely lost its "motivation" to act.
The wedding dress still existed and still possessed uncanny powers, but... it had now become a truly ordinary piece of clothing, without any "emotions" of its own.
It no longer moved.
At six in the morning, the surviving Players heard the words "Game cleared" inside their minds.
Another pupil lit up. They were not far from lighting up all ten.
But this time, Xu Yi had died, Fan Cheng had died, Yu Qinghuan had died, and Qin Manjiang had suffered severe injuries and was still receiving treatment.
Nie Yunzhen also publicly announced that the side effects of her Permanent Item had reached their limit, and she could no longer use it.
Zhong Xueran seemed like a completely different person. She refused to answer anyone's questions and left. No one knew where she had gone.
A single [Wedding Dress] had made the atmosphere in Fu City's [Eye Realm] even more oppressive.
After the ghost story ended, the Players began contacting one another and discussing what had gone wrong this time.
Then someone asked, "Huh? Doesn't that mean... the wedding dress is just like a Permanent Item now? It has uncanny powers but no intelligence. Maybe we can use it?"
Those words gave everyone a reminder.