The ghost story was gone, and [Seven Children] had been successfully cleared.
But when Qin Manjiang regained consciousness and appeared in the real world, he was not in a particularly good mood.
"Bro!"
Qin Manyi's cheerful voice roused him. Qin Manjiang quickly smiled and pointed his thumb at himself. "Pretty awesome, huh? Survived another day."
"Pah, pah, pah! Don't jinx it!"
Although Qin Manyi seemed cheerful, she did not ask what had happened to Qin Manjiang in this ghost story. She could tell that something was weighing on him.
"Manyi..."
Qin Manjiang called softly.
"What is it, bro?"
"I need to go back to Fu City." Qin Manjiang looked at her and spoke seriously.
Qin Manyi nodded. "Sure! If it weren't for the game's restrictions, I'd go back with you..."
Qin Manyi muttered this under her breath.
"I'll be back soon," Qin Manjiang told her.
"Okay!"
That night, Qin Manjiang lay in bed, listening to the gentle lapping of Moon Lake's waters, unable to sleep.
All this time, they had been searching for an answer: what exactly was the [Eye Realm]?
And this ghost story seemed to have revealed a corner of that answer.
Not just Qin Manjiang, but every surviving player who had taken part in this ghost story had seen that scene.
In principle, once they escaped [One]'s Spirit World, they should have cleared the ghost story.
But not only had the clearance notification failed to appear, they themselves had almost died in the giant ghost's maw.
At the last moment, Jiang Du and Li Xijiu had appeared and done something, summoning a sky full of eyes that sent them back to the real world.
That enormous vengeful ghost was utterly different from the supernatural beings they had known before.
It had even dared to confront the