67: Chapter 67 Ace of Hearts

Chen Mo flicked his palm, and five black cards were wedged between his fingertips.

The sharp edges, emitting a cold metallic light, were aimed at his wife's head.

"You must be the one controlling the ghost, right? Who exactly are you?"

Faced with Chen Mo's questioning, the response from within the hair remained a sinister laugh.

And this time, it was laced with mockery.

It was as if the moves Chen Mo used were nothing more than children's games in the other party's eyes.

"I like toying with human nature, and I like watching those who think they are clever fall into self-doubt even more."

"Sam, I remember you aren't a Magician, but rather more like a detective."

"So... what exactly is the answer?"

"Let me see that so-called wisdom of yours. Time is limited. If you can't guess it..."

"Then I will personally split your head open, mince your brains, and feed them to stray cats!"

Before the other party finished speaking, Chen Mo's arm had already swung.

The man hiding in his wife's hair in front of him was likely the dungeon BOSS.

If not now, when?

Even if Chen Mo couldn't defeat the opponent, at least he could test the opponent's strength.

This wasn't the man's true body, so the opponent couldn't possibly have the ability to kill him.

The five black cards turned into pitch-black afterimages, shooting rapidly toward his wife's head.

And just at this moment!

A pair of ghost hands emerged from both sides of his wife's temples, parting her hair.

Then, Chen Mo saw a completely rotted face.

At this moment, his wife's pupils were entirely white and rolling up and down.

Fresh blood flowed from her eye sockets, streaming down her chin.

Her sharp-toothed mouth opened, and veins grew crazily from the corners of her mouth across her entire face.

A sound wave carrying energy erupted from it.

The five black cards instantly bent, trembling up and down in the air.

It wasn't just the cards; the entire room was experiencing an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

The surrounding window glass couldn't withstand such powerful Ghost Power at all.

"Bang, bang, bang!" They shattered one after another, the glass crystals exploding into circular ripples in the air, covering the floor with white particles.

Chen Mo was lifted into the air, as if a giant's hand were grabbing him.

It treated his body like a toy, tossing him around in the air.

The strength controlling his whole body suddenly vanished.

Chen Mo's head slammed into the wall, and a huge human-shaped crater appeared.

Yet, Chen Mo's body didn't fall down.

His neck seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, pressing him firmly against the wall.

"Damn it! Peter! Alice!" Chen Mo roared.

His son and daughter were spinning in the air just like him, then thrown against the wall.

One on his left, one on his right, both also unable to move with their backs against the wall.

Small strangle marks appeared on both his son's and daughter's necks.

"Hahaha! Sam, go find it quickly, let me see your ability! I'll take your family's souls."

"You need to hurry up..."

"Don't be like that useless teacher of yours!"

After leaving these words, a pitch-black shadow instantly drilled out from his wife's mouth and into the wall.

Just like a fish leaping into a pond, it darted quickly inside the wall and soon disappeared without a trace.

The ripples rippling on the wall also returned to a flat surface.

The force restricting Chen Mo suddenly lifted.

Chen Mo fell from the air, immediately taking his two children into his arms and laying them flat on the bed while they were unconscious.

Then, he walked unsteadily on the floor for a few steps.

Finally, his body couldn't take it anymore and he collapsed to the ground.

"Huff... huff..."

His abdomen rose and fell; cold sweat seeped from Chen Mo's forehead, and he felt completely drained.

He covered his forehead with one hand, his whole body burning hot.

[Many Children Many Blessings: HP -500, 400 / 900]

[Many Children Many Blessings: Mental Value -400, 50 / 450]

[Many Children Many Blessings: Stamina -400, 30 / 900]

"Is this really something I, a Level 9, can beat?"

Chen Mo felt speechless, not even having the energy to complain.

Just now, the opponent had just roared, and he had been tortured by all sorts of strange things.

And according to the stats above, if the opponent roared again, he would be seeing little men with wings.

Chen Mo wanted to get up, but after the rapid drop in various stats, he had reached his limit.

He closed his eyes and entered a dormant state.

When he woke up the next day.

Chen Mo climbed up again and checked on his family's condition.

[Anna Catherine: Mental Value 0]

[Peter Ricardo: Mental Value 0]

[Alice Ricardo: Mental Value 0]

His family members were all staring with wide eyes, still breathing, but unable to speak.

It was as if they had turned into living Puppets.

Sadi had been barking non-stop at the upstairs bedroom since early morning.

It was facing his neighbor's bedroom, his Sister-in-law's room.

Chen Mo clutched a coin in his hand, wanting to quickly activate his ability to get some clues from Amy's mouth.

However... after pushing open the door.

A foul, fishy smell rushed into his nostrils.

Amy Seeger was lying quietly on the bed, with a black card stuck in the center of her forehead.

Chen Mo's chest felt extremely stuffy, and he was agitated.

The originally white bed sheet was now stained red with blood.

Chen Mo walked to the bedside and saw that the black card was [Ace of Hearts].

He called the police, who took away Amy's body.

He also called an ambulance to take his wife and the others to the Hospital.

Now only Chen Mo and the dog were left in the Villa.

The sky, which had been clear and sunny, suddenly became overcast, matching Chen Mo's mood perfectly.

A thunderclap sounded in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

"What should I do next? The clues are all broken. Just wait for death?"

Chen Mo lit a cigarette and rubbed his temples repeatedly with his fingers.

"Calm down, Chen Mo, although you have no relatives left in this world."

"But there are still those children at Pingan Orphanage waiting for you to give them math problems."

"So, until the very last step, you absolutely cannot give up on survival."

"At least spend all the money in the bank card before dying, although there isn't much."

The last sentence was actually Chen Mo's most sincere thought.

The saddest thing in a person's life is this:

The person dies, but the money isn't spent.

This dungeon has a rule: at 3:15 AM, one person will die on time.

And after death, they will leave behind a black card.

One is a Jack of Spades, one is an Ace of Hearts—are they something like a password?

No, that's not right, a password can't be that short.

A foreigner's name abbreviation?

But two English letters can't form a first or last name.

I am Chinese, how could I be familiar with such long foreign names?

[What exactly is the hidden plot? Can Group Leader share it?]

[The last time I saw Longevity Like Southern Mountain clear the hidden plot was 10 years ago. From the moment the toy bear is killed, the player must complete the plot.]

[This is also the most difficult part of this dungeon. Either just follow the main story, protect the family safely, and get a C-grade rating to get out.]

[Or clear the hidden plot, otherwise it's a dead end.]

The Group Leader did not answer everyone's questions; he entered that library of data torrents again and unpacked the clearance record that had been sealed for 10 years.

This time, fortunately, it could be viewed.

Two blue beams of light shot from Group Leader's eyes, and after shooting into the book in front of him, the entire clearance process was imprinted into his mind.

A smile of enlightenment appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He closed the book in front of him and laughed: "So that's how it is."