"Is it quiet now?"
Zhang Zhiyong held his breath, silently chanting "you can't see me" for a long time, and suddenly realized there was no movement outside.
"The treasure chest is at the door, come and get it yourself."
This was the last sentence the Anomaly said.
The treasure chest is at the door?
Why do I find that so hard to believe?
Clutching his protective talisman, Zhang Zhiyong crept to the window, tilted his head, and squinted toward the door.
Where is the Anomaly?
There seemed to be only a golden treasure chest left there.
Zhang Zhiyong's face lit up with joy.
He carefully pondered the line in the Eerie Rule: "If you don't open the door, do you think you'll be fine?"
Nothing wrong with that; if you don't open the door, you'll be fine!
"Ha! The Anomaly is gone, the treasure chest is mine!"
He ran happily toward the door. Through the crack in the door, he still only saw a golden treasure chest, with no sign of any Anomaly.
But the moment he went to open the door, he hesitated.
"What if it's still there? No, I'll see what others are saying."
Zhang Zhiyong ran back into the room, opened the Survival Handbook, and flipped to the World Chat Channel.
"Is it gone?"
"Yeah!"
"Did the Eerie Delivery person leave?"
"I don't know, he said the treasure chest was at the door and to come get it myself, so hasn't he left?"
"You believe Ghostly Talk?"
"That's true!"
"But I can only see the treasure chest through the door crack."
"Right, me too!"
"But that's a treasure chest!"
"What could be inside?"
"An anti-ghost Magic Tool?"
"Possibly!"
"I want it so bad!"
"Me too!"
Zhang Zhiyong was tempted too—no, the whole world was tempted.
A treasure chest, a nighttime benefit.
But at this stage, who would dare to go out and look for a treasure chest?
Yet now, a treasure chest had been delivered to the door!
What kind of temptation is this?
It was like Pandora's box; even though everyone knew it might be a trap, they couldn't help but want to take it and open it.
Until someone in the chat channel suddenly said: Look! Great God Su Yuan has released a Strategy Guide!
That's right, Su Yuan released a Strategy Guide.
Just a moment ago,
as the treasure chest rolled over and opened,
a rotting human head rolled out from inside.
Su Yuan was stunned on the spot.
That Ghost Human Head, baring its rotting mouth and glaring with two rotting eyeballs, let out a Strange Cry and lunged at him.
Su Yuan had long been prepared.
The Spirit Fire Talisman in his hand was unleashed instantly!
Whoosh!
The Samadhi True Fire that erupted from the Spirit Fire Talisman instantly engulfed the head, and with a boom, it began to burn.
"Ah! So hot! It hurts, damn it, damn it! I'm going to bite your neck off! Ah!"
The head let out a shrill, miserable scream.
Hearing its voice, Su Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.
The one calling at the door earlier was indeed this thing.
Damn!
He had almost been fooled by the Anomaly's Illusionary Technique!
He broke out in a cold sweat.
Even if one has many lives,
the fear of the unknown and death is very real.
Su Yuan took out a Clarity Talisman.
"Hoo!"
He used the Clarity Talisman on himself. A Green Light emerged from the talisman and burrowed into his body through his forehead.
Only then did Su Yuan gradually calm down.
Little Coal Ball trotted over happily.
Woof!
Master, am I amazing?
I helped you identify the Anomaly!
"Thanks to you!"
Su Yuan reached out and patted Little Coal Ball's head.
Woof woof!
Little Coal Ball looked blissful,
Intimacy +2
Master, should I get two hams as a reward?
Tonight, it was indeed thanks to Little Coal Ball.
If not for its warning,
he would likely have lost a point of Life without being prepared.
Awoo,
Little Coal Ball enjoyed Su Yuan's petting and lay on the ground, rolling around.
After the incident, Su Yuan didn't dare lower his guard. He quickly opened the Survival Handbook to check, and fortunately, the Eerie Rule inside had changed.
【You discovered the Anomaly hidden in the Ghost Chest, and you also found the real treasure chest】
Ghost Chest?
So the golden, shining chest from earlier wasn't a treasure chest; no wonder it opened on its own.
The real treasure chest must be this black one that dropped from the Headless Ghost's body.
Little Coal Ball ran to the corner to chase its own tail, while Su Yuan's gaze fell on the pitch-black treasure chest on the table.
"I hope this one doesn't contain another Anomaly."
Thinking of that Ghost Human Head from earlier made his scalp tingle!
The room was still filled with the charred, burnt smell.
At this moment, Su Yuan saw a message sent to him by Liu Yiyi.
"Daoist Priest, that Anomaly left a treasure chest at the door. What should I do? Can I take it?"
"I'm posting a Strategy Guide, see for yourself."
Su Yuan replied casually and went to edit the guide. This was already his third guide; he wondered if he would receive a reward.
《Night 4: Eerie Delivery Survival Guide》
1. The one delivering the package is a Headless Ghost. If I'm not mistaken, if you open the door, it will give you the treasure chest; if you don't open the door, it will eventually leave the treasure chest at the door.
2. The treasure chest it delivers contains a rotting human head; it is presumed to be the Headless Ghost's own head, and it is the one that truly possesses attack power.
3. The real treasure chest is inside the body of the Headless Ghost delivering the package. If you can kill it, the treasure chest will appear. As for what the treasure chest contains, it is unknown.
Just then, someone on the World Channel mentioned that he had uploaded a guide.
"The treasure chest at the door is fake?"
"That's what Great God Su Yuan's guide says."
"Is it really fake?"
With the treasure chest right in front of them, no one wanted to give it up, but Su Yuan's guide clearly mentioned it contained a Ghost Human Head.
But some still held onto a glimmer of hope.
"This treasure chest is golden and shiny, it doesn't look fake, does it?"
"I think so too."
"Then what should we do?"
"Do you dare to take it?"
"It will disappear after dawn."
Silence.
The whole world fell silent.
Zhang Zhiyong's heart was also struggling, even though he wanted to believe Great God Su Yuan's words.
But a voice kept telling him: The Eerie Rule tonight is just to scare people. Go take it, it'll be fine. Open the treasure chest and you'll get unexpected benefits!
"What could be in the treasure chest?"
Zhang Zhiyong's eyes flickered!
He walked toward the door.
His hand was already on the doorknob.
To open, or not to open,
it was all in a single thought,
and this thought was greed!
Zhang Zhiyong was sweating profusely, his whole body trembling, and the protective talisman in his hand was soaked with sweat.
"Forget it."
He let go, his body went limp, and he leaned back against the door, sliding down to the floor.
After a long while, he stood up, walked to the table, and opened the Survival Handbook.
The World Chat Channel had already exploded.
"Help!"
"A Ghost Human Head jumped out of the treasure chest! It's chasing me, what do I do?!"
"Me too! Help! Ah!"
"We should have listened to Great God Su Yuan!"
"Ah! Help!"
Countless cries for help flooded the chat channel.
In the face of temptation, there are always those who cannot control their greed. Even if someone says it contains a devil, people will still open Pandora's box; this stems from the deepest greed in human nature.
"Luckily, luckily I believed in Great God Su Yuan, thank goodness, thank goodness!"
Zhang Zhiyong breathed a sigh of relief, his heart filled with gratitude toward Great God Su Yuan.
Su Yuan could do nothing about the cries for help in the chat channel; the guide had already been uploaded, and whether to listen or not was up to others.
He was currently pondering whether to open the black treasure chest on the table.
Little Coal Ball could detect Anomalies, so he might as well have it check it out.
"Little Coal Ball, come here."
Woof!
Hearing Su Yuan's call, Little Coal Ball rushed over excitedly.
Little Coal Ball is standing by!
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