"Yesterday, iest round of the Hame, the pyer 'Gin' pleted 10 D-level tasks and 2 C-level tasks, perf exceptionally well and finishing the game. He obtaihree 'Horror Level' ghost creatures and was immediately recruited by the state to bee a Ghost troller."

  "Sihe Global Hame desded, it has been two years. This is the 13th Ghost troller in Dragon try to be directly recruited by the state after pleting the game..."

  Ihe stuffy school bus, Qin Nuo sat with his eyes closed, listening to the news broadcast on the radio, feeling a bit impatient. " you turn it off?"

  No one paid him any attention.

  The students in the bus were chatting and ughing, their versations mostly revolving around this piece of news.

  "I really envy those people. How do they plete tasks in such terrifying enviros? If it were me, just standing up with weak knees would be a problem."

  "They must have incredibly strong minds, risking their lives for the rewards. How we pare?"

  "We're almost there, right? Once we tureen, we all have to ehe Hame at least once. Just thinking about it scares me."

  "What's there to be afraid of? Last year, a newbie who just tureen pleted three F-level tasks and got rewards. After ing out, wealthy people were scrambling to buy his rewards. I heard he sold them for a hundred million, and now he doesn't have to worry for the rest of his life!"

  "If we work hard, maybe we won't have to worry in our life either," oudent said excitedly.

  "Idiot, if you think like that, don't expee back alive!"

  "In that Hame, over fifty students went in, and only about twenty came back alive. Plus, more than ten were scared into havi attacks."

  "The only one who got a reward was just incredibly lucky and drew the simplest task."

  "For those going in for the first time,"

  "Don't think about anything else. Just ing back alive is the best!" said a boy with a middle parting, leaning against the window coldly.

  His words frightened quite a few students.

  The selor quickly reassured them, "Don't be afraid, everyohe mortality rate in the Hame was indeed quite high a year ago, but now, with national involvement, the difficulty of the Hame has decreased.

  Especially for first-time pyers, there is a proteeism. As long as you reach that meism, even if you die in the game, you safely return to the real world."

  These words reassured everyone a bit.

  Indeed.

  Last month, two groups of newbies ehe game for the first time, and most of them came back alive.

  Moreover, a few even pleted tasks!

  However, some still died.

  "Qin Nuo, after this trip, let's find a time to sign up,"

  "Otherwise, if we're forced into the Hame, it'll be too te," said a bespectacled, schorly-looking boy.

  Tang Ming, one could say, was the only close friend of Qin Nuo, who had a very low presen the css.

  Signing up online for the Hame and being forced into it are different.

  The former allows for a proteeism under national intervention. As long as you reach the meism, if you're killed by a ghost in the game, you'll return to reality alive.

  It's equivalent to just being eliminated.

  The tter, being forced, says it all.

  Pyers forced into the game have no national proteeism, and whether you're a newbie or a veteran, you're treated the same.

  Simply put, as a Bronze Pyer, you might get matched into a Challeier Match!

  "Why panic? I'll sign up with you once I finish my business," Qin Nuo yawned.

  "You mean looking for your parents? Any leads?" Tang Ming asked.

  Qin Nuo nodded.

  A year ago, his parents mysteriously disappeared.

  Qin Nuo suspected his parents were forced into the Hame.

  But after polivestigation, no traces of his pareering the Hame were found.

  This year, Qin Nuo had ed his studies to iigate his parents' whereabouts.

  If not for his sister's insistence, Qin Nuo would have dropped out long ago.

  A year without any clues left Qin Nuo disheartened.

  Even if his pareered the Hame, not ing out for a year meant they were likely...

  Tang Ming worried that Qin Nuo's tinued iigation would lead to problems, so he signed him up for a troup to take a break.

  Qin Nuo, lost in thought,

  Didn't notice Tang Ming's strange expression after speaking...

  Screech!!

  At that moment, the school bus suddenly veered off course, nearly crashing into the roadside barrier, but fortunately, the driver corrected the steering in time.

  Everyone was startled, and two students were thrown to the floor.

  "Driver, what's going on?"

  The students were terrified.

  The driver clutched his heart, f a smile. "It's nothing, just felt a sudden pain in my heart."

  Just as he finished speaking, the driver suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and colpsed onto the steering wheel.

  Before anyone could react, the coach bus veered off course again, broke through the crete barrier, and plunged off the overpass into the river below...

  On the overpass, everyone was stunned.

  "Hello, is this 110? There's been an act on Jinzhe, a coach bus fell into the river!"

  Many people gathered at the bridgehead and riverbank, stantly making phone calls.

  There were dozens of lives on that bus!

  Rescue teams quickly arrived, diving into the river to save people arieve the bus.

  The bus was soon lifted out of the water by a e, but eerily, it was empty.

  Rescue boats searched the river for a long time, eventually rec the bodies of the driver and the selor.

  All 45 students on the bus had vanished!

  ***

  At that moment.

  In another world.

  The air was filled with a foul stench of blood and decay.

  Qin Nuo and his cssmates groggily awoke to find themselves in a sealed room.

  "Wele, pyers, to your first entry into the Hame. Let me briefly introduce the rules."

  "Based on the game's theme, you'll be transported to the corresponding location. Acc to your roles, you'll provide services to the guests."

  he er is always right. Do not show a bad attitude to the guests, or they might take something from you, like your eyeballs, tongue, or even your life~

  "The game sts for seven days. During this time, it's crucial to coexist peacefully with the guests. While pleting tasks, please also strive to survive."

  "After the game ends, rewards will be evaluated based on pleted tasks and performance during the role."

  "This Hame's theme is—her Springs Restaurant."

  A mysterious voice echoed in the room.

  It rattled the nerves of all the students.

  In an instant, everyone was stunned.

  Qin Nuo's expression froze as well.

  They had been forced into the Hame...