Chapter 161: The Little Paper Packet

Lü Yang went over to his old, broken-down computer and searched online again…

The results from the real-world internet and the Eerie Computer were exactly the same. There was indeed no information about the Death Killer online, and Han Cheng’s blog had no content about it either.

Lü Yang closed his eyes again and sank into thought…

The Death Killer had been erased, and the memories that needed to be simultaneously wiped and altered in this world—how massive and complex a project that must be…

For instance, that day, Liu Yin and Zhou Ling had not come to see him… Han Cheng also had not come to Guishe City…

What exactly happened with Han Cheng’s face-changing into Liu Yin?

Was it designed by Zhou Ling? Then told to Lü Yang through Ji Zhen’s mouth to divert his attention from the Death Killer?

What really happened during the period between the Eerie Domain of Lutou Mountain and the Jinda Hotel Eerie Domain? Was it really as Zhou Ling said, that she had voluntarily confessed everything to Lü Yang? Or did Lü Yang recognize something in Zhou Ling’s eyes?

Did Liu Yin join voluntarily, or was he forcibly dragged in?

Was Liu Yin actually dead or not?

The memories from the time between the two eerie domains still hadn’t returned after the eerie domain ended…

Could it be… that he was still inside an eerie domain? That’s why he couldn’t remember what happened between the two eerie domains?

Stop, stop it! The paranoia was acting up again!

Going back—Han Cheng wasn’t dead, but was Liu Yin actually dead? Was there any way to check?

Hack into the national security department’s computer system?

Forget it! None of that mattered anymore. Without the Death Killer, Han Cheng and Liu Yin naturally wouldn’t have any further intersection with Lü Yang’s life, so there was no need to worry about it.

“Are people erased by the eerie domain always erased so thoroughly?” Lü Yang couldn’t help but shake his head.

To be loved by Zhou Ling, such an evil and twisted woman—did he and she really have similarities in some ways?

Being loved by a woman like that was truly a disaster! Han Cheng had suffered, Liu Yin had suffered, and Lü Yang had almost been doomed forever.

Fortunately, she was dead, killed by him.

Setting aside other factors, in terms of intelligence and cunning, she really was a respectable opponent.

Was she dead? Was she really dead? Was the current Yi Ya really Yi Ya herself?

The feeling of kissing her in the women’s restroom at Jinda Hotel was exactly the same as the feeling at the entrance of Jing’an Residential Area on that stormy night—it was unmistakably the same.

But…

Her behavior was indeed very strange. In such a frightening environment, she didn’t seem scared at all. Her deliberate concealment didn’t seem like she was hiding her fear, but more like she was deliberately hiding the fact that she wasn’t afraid!

That was a bit odd.

“Did I lose? Hahahaha… You killed me, but did you know… in this eerie domain… there is a type of eerie card called the Curse Card… With the Curse Card… the person who kills you… within one day after your death… will suffer… the most vicious curse in the world! Hahahaha… You dared to kill me… Then… wait for… the most vicious… curse I left for you!”

Zhou Ling’s last words before dying suddenly echoed in Lü Yang’s ears, sending a chill down his spine…

What was the curse? What would the most vicious curse from a woman filled with resentment and hatred be?

Was she just trying to scare him?

Within one day—did that mean within 24 hours?

Hmph! She must have just been trying to scare him…

Even though Lü Yang thought this, the intense unease and ominous premonition wouldn’t go away.

He decided to check his account balance and also take a look at the eerie cards he had obtained…

The reward for the black task was real.

After deducting the Eerie Points and Eerie Stones that Lü Yang had used to create the Jinda Hotel Eerie Domain, he now had a total of 37 Eerie Points, 11 Eerie Stones, 2 Gui Pearls, and 1 Gui Amber in his account.

Additionally, there was a pile of cards.

Some were cards that Lü Yang, as an Intermediate Gui User, could exchange for in the Phantom System; others were ones he couldn’t obtain.

For example, the Soul Attach Card and the Curse Card, as well as the Fate Card and the Engineering Spectralist certification card, were cards that Lü Yang couldn’t obtain through the Phantom System.

Lü Yang had already learned how to use the Soul Attach Card from Zhou Ling. To use it, he needed at least the rank of Intermediate Gui User, along with one Gui Amber, two Gui Pearls, and four Eerie Stones. The resources Lü Yang currently possessed just met the threshold for using this card, but the soul attachment couldn’t last very long—only about three minutes at most.

To make it last longer, he would need a higher rank and more Eerie Stones, Gui Pearls, and Gui Amber for continuous consumption.

The Fate Card was a very strange card. After using it, anything could happen to Lü Yang—for example, his Gui User rank could increase or decrease, all the resources in his account could double or be reset to zero, he could obtain any eerie card or resource, gain powerful items like the Interstitial Space, lose all his memories, undergo permanent gender change, escape from an eerie domain, be pulled into an eerie domain… or even die directly and be erased…

Seeing the positive, good rewards listed above made Lü Yang quite tempted, but the negative, bad outcomes also made him extremely nervous.

In the end, Lü Yang concluded that the Fate Card was a useless card and decided to set it aside for now. Only if he were ever in a desperate situation, at death’s door with no way out, could he take it out for a big gamble.

However, if he could get some Luck Cards to temporarily boost his luck, then the Fate Card would have a higher chance of yielding a good result.

The Engineering Spectralist certification card was somewhat similar to a class-change card in online games. The certification card Lü Yang obtained would allow him to change his class to a Level 5 Engineering Spectralist. Above Level 5 was Level 4, and so on—Level 3, Level 2, Level 1. These five levels belonged to the elementary stage, after which one could advance to intermediate, advanced, special, and finally, divine level.

Using the certification card required consuming Eerie Points, Eerie Stones, and other resources. Moreover, once a specific specialized profession was chosen, one couldn’t pick another profession to specialize in unless some very special cards were obtained to clear the original specialization, allowing a new specialization direction to be started from scratch.

The conditions for Level 5 Engineering Spectralist certification were: Intermediate Gui User rank, a corresponding certification card, 20 Eerie Points, and 10 Eerie Stones. Lü Yang met all these conditions, but he didn’t want to use it yet. He still knew too little about the eerie domain, so such a major decision should be made carefully.

Besides, his Eerie Points were needed to rescue Yi Yi. 20 Eerie Points were no small amount for Lü Yang, who currently had only 37 Eerie Points in his account.

Lü Yang wasn’t very focused on these eerie cards; what he paid the most attention to was that Curse Card.

Only by understanding how the Curse Card worked could he possibly think of a way to avoid being cursed or to remove the curse.

The method for using the Curse Card was very simple.

The owner needed to write a curse targeting the person who killed them, and then write a method to lift the curse. The curse removal method was mandatory, required by the eerie domain; otherwise, the curse would be invalid.

Of course, the cursed target also had to be at least a Junior Paranormal Master; otherwise, it would also be invalid.

The eerie domain would automatically compare and verify the written curse and the curse removal method. If they conformed to the eerie domain’s logic, the Curse Card would officially take effect. A Gui User could only possess one Curse Card before death, and once it was filled out and recognized by the eerie domain, it could no longer be modified.

The cursed person would only receive a Curse Removal Card as a reward from the eerie domain when the conditions for lifting the curse were met. There was no other way.

Lü Yang’s heart sank immediately…

From the way the Curse Card worked, what Zhou Ling said about the Curse Card was indeed true.

And he had already been cursed by her…

The curse would take effect or activate within twenty-four hours…

If the curse took effect and Lü Yang couldn’t figure out the curse removal method she had set, he would be troubled by this curse forever.

What a terrifying woman, what a terrifying curse!

What if she cursed him to be trapped in the eerie domain forever, unable to escape?

The thought alone made him shudder.

That scheming woman—the curse she set definitely wouldn’t be easy to lift. And who knew if she had included any traps or the like in the curse?

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.

“Zhou Ling, damn your mother! Damn your ancestors for eighteen generations! Damn your asshole…” Lü Yang started cursing loudly.

That twisted woman, that utterly despicable woman—encountering her brought misfortune, touching her was like being cursed, and now he was actually cursed by her. How malicious must a person be to make others feel such anger and fearful unease even after her death!

“I really had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to meet such a piece of work!” Lü Yang stood up angrily and walked toward the bathroom.

After relieving himself, Lü Yang accidentally noticed a small white paper packet in the new trash bin in the corner of the bathroom, which Yi Ya had just replaced the plastic bag in.

These past few days, Yi Ya’s presence in Lü Yang’s rented room had brought back some of the liveliness that used to be there when Yi Yi was around. For instance, the new trash bin in the bathroom and the pink plastic trash bag inside—with his careless nature, Lü Yang would never have bothered with such things before.

Curious, Lü Yang picked the small white paper packet out of the trash bag. It was a neatly folded little square packet. Lü Yang guessed it must be something Yi Ya had just thrown away in the bathroom, but he didn’t really understand what it could be or why she would throw it away.

Could she be Zhou Ling in disguise? Was this little packet containing something like a listening device?

Why would she plant a listening device here?

Holding the small paper packet, Lü Yang felt a chill run down his back…

Zhou Ling was dead, but Lü Yang couldn’t be sure of it. To him, she was like a nightmare, everywhere. In his eyes, anyone could be Zhou Ling, anything could be Zhou Ling—including this small paper packet in his hand.