At some point, Lower River Village had become known far and wide throughout Fu City as Ghost Story Village.
A few days earlier, the [Eye Realm] phone had even reacted to it, issuing Qin Manjiang a stern warning.
"If you're asking about the Paleontology Research Association's goal, I think... they want to manufacture an [Eye Realm], or rather, create controllable ghost stories."
Lian Yan smiled. "Of course, that's only my guess. I don't care about their goal. Tonight, my goal is to hunt down the player hiding among the guests. But that fellow seems to have reached his limit. Look at the terrified expressions on those people's faces."
Lian Yan handed the binoculars to Qin Manjiang again and said, "There's no point in killing ordinary people. He's already out of control. When the light vanished just now, he activated his hunting rules. Either he kills everyone who was enveloped in that darkness until only three remain, or... someone figures out how to counter his Permanent Item's ability. That would let us kill him."
Qin Manjiang took the binoculars and looked down without a word.
From Lian Yan's tone, he didn't seem to know who the "out-of-control" player at tonight's banquet actually was either.
But he knew very well what hunting rules took effect once the other man activated his "Permanent Item."
Perhaps a notification appeared at that moment, like those from Fu City's [Eye Realm]? Unfortunately, he couldn't hear it.
Outside the hotel, people from the Paleontology Research Association had sealed off the roads, letting no one leave.
Inside the hotel, an out-of-control player was letting his Permanent Item unleash its ability.
The men gnawing on their female companions had clearly been affected by that out-of-control player's "Permanent Item."
For it to affect people on such a large scale, it