A sensation of toug the ground came from beh his feet, and Qin Nuo appeared in a void space.

  Qin Nuo looked around; this time, he was the only one in the space.

  Or rather, the other pyers had been pced in different spaces.

  "Wele back to the Hame. This time's game instance is—Bloodstained Apartment."

  "Number of pyers: 7."

  "Pyers will cheto the apartment as tenants. The length of your stay will directly affect your exit rating."

  "Instaask: As a tenant, politeness is important. Build good retionships with your neighbors to gain favorability and earra points!"

  "here is a serial killer hidden in the apartment who has cimed 23 lives. Find the killer before the game ends to receive the highest reward!"

  "Note: Since you're renting, rent must be paid. If your wallet is empty, you earn tips by fulfilling other tenants' needs!"

  "Of course, if you mess up, tenants might take something from you, like a limb, heart, eyeball, etc..."

  "Proteeism: Each pyer receives ara life token in the game. Die once, and you will be revived. Die a sed time, and you'll really lose your life."

  "Note: After dying once, pyers choose to tinue or exit the game. Once chosen, the decision ot be ged."

  "Game duration: 10 days."

  "he game time to real-world time ratio is 10:1."

  "This instance seems much more plex," Qin Nuo murmured.

  However, the proteeism is quite nice, essentially giving each person two lives, greatly enhang the game's safety.

  But Qin Nuo thought carefully and remembered that he was also rewarded with two substitute scarecrows after pleting the st instance.

  He wondered if they could stack with the proteeism's life token. If they could...

  Damn, he'd have four lives to py with!

  Tsk, it feels like pay-to-win.

  "The perfect score task is to find the serial killer in the apartment. The time is 10 days. Even if you don't find the killer, you still exit the instance."

  "However, there's no guarahe killer won't target them..."

  As Qin Nuo pohe instance rules, a panel appeared before him.

  "Preparation time is over. The pyer has not set a game name. Please set it and firm to ehe instance."

  "Game name..." Qin Nuo thought for a moment and typed two characters.

  "Let's call it 'Phantom.'"

  "Pyer Phantistered successfully, about to ehe game!"

  As soon as the words fell, a strong pull enveloped his body, and the se before him quickly blurred.

  The sed, Qin Nuo found himself in a dimly lit hall.

  Boom!

  Outside, thunder roared, and rain poured down!

  The atmosphere ihe hall felt chilly and eerie.

  Besides him, six other pyers were also transported in one by one.

  Four men and three women.

  Some wsses and looked schorly, while others wore vests and appeared muscur, each with distinctive features.

  Qin Nuo noticed that their faces had a kind of anime-like blur.

  Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Qin Nuo saw that his face had also ged.

  Identity anonymized.

  Appearance blurred.

  "Perhaps it's also a kind of proteeism to increase pyer privacy," Qin Nuo thought.

  After all, if flicts arose between pyers in the game, there would iably be trouble in the real world.

  The other pyers were clearly not newbies. After getting familiar with the surroundings, the man with gsses, anonymously named "Cobra," said, "You all probably aren't newbies. I don't o expin the game information and rules."

  "Good luck to everyone. Let's hope there are no flicts between us pyers."

  "Of course, if is csh, it's up to eae's skills!"

  "You're wrong. There's actually a newbie among us."

  The burly man anonymously named "Bck Bear" spoke, then looked at Qin Nuo in the er.

  Qin Nuo suddenly noticed that above their heads was a level information bar.

  Among the six, the highest was level 6, and the lowest was level 2.

  And Qin Nuo was a level 1 newbie.

  In the hame uhe proteeism, pyer information is recorded by the national system. pleting an instancreases your level, but forced entries don't t.

  So, Qin Nuo was cssified as an inexperienewbie!

  In an instant, six pairs of eyes focused on Qin Nuo.

  Some were disdainful, others sympathetic.

  The female pyer anonymously named "Bck Rose" g Qin Nuo, "Ceous."

  The twin-tailed female pyer anonymously named "Princess Yao Yao" gave a sympathetic look and kindly advised, "If you die once, choose to exit the game, or you'll really be gone!"

  Qin Nuo smiled slightly, "That won't do. That would be to."

  "You ever dissuade an idiot c death," Bck Bear snorted.

  "You guys keep chatting; I'm going in first." Cobra didn't want to waste time on a level 1 guy and withdrew his gaze, heading towards the light inside.

  The other pyers followed suit.

  The light bulb seemed poorly maintained, flickering on and off.

  Cobra approached the front desk and asked the apartment boss, "Boss, are there any rooms left?"

  The boss at the front desk was an old man, crouched uhe drawer doing something.

  Hearing the voice, he sat upright, and in the light, half of his face's decayed flesh was clearly visible.

  It was like a pockmarked tofu skiremely uling!

  The pyers present all had some experieh hames, and only Princess Yao Yao shivered slightly, while the others were unfazed.

  "How do you seven want to stay?"

  The apartment boss g the seven, expressionless.

  "All single rooms, seven of them."

  "You're in luck; there are exactly seven rooms left."

  "Rent is 20 Ghost Currency per day, with a 30 Ghost Currency deposit. Water aricity may cut off occasionally. The apartment has no servers, so manage your own rooms. Apply at the froo repce living supplies."

  "At eleven o'clock at night, the apartment will lose power. Solve toilet clogs and bathroom hygiene issues yourself."

  Qin Nuo and the others twitched their mouths.

  Goodness.

  With these ditions, it still charges 20 Ghost Currency a day.

  It's a miracle it hasn't gone bankrupt!

  A, business is so good there are only seven rooms left!

  Cobra didn't think mud paid the rent and deposit proactively, and the others followed suit.

  Then, each person received a key.

  Whether by ce or not.

  Qin Nuo's key was for room number 404!

  What an unluumber.

  Qin Nuo smiled wryly.

  Soon, the seven of them went upstairs oer another.

  The apartment boss at the front desk added, "Also, some tenants in the apartment have bad tempers. Don't wander around randomly. If something happens, we're not responsible."

  Qin Nuo heard this and shook his head slightly.

  A familiar feeling...