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  Ding-a-ling!

  The m, Qin Nuo was awakened by the sound of his arm clock.

  Opening his eyes, the warm sunlight streamed through the curtains, casting a glow on his face.

  There was no gray sky, no filthy dorm enviro, and no st of blood or decay in the air.

  Having grown aced to the Horror World, Qin Nuo couldn't help but marvel.

  In parison, the se before him was like paradise!

  After washing up, Qin Nuo went to the living room. His sister had left early, leaving breakfast oable and a message on his phone.

  "Visiting a friend's house, will be back soon, don't wander off."

  The way she put it, it felt like he was being treated as a pet.

  But Qin Nuo uood his sister well.

  She rotective sister to the core.

  Ever siheir parents disappeared, she had taken on the role of a mother, meticulously arranging everything in Qin Nuo's academid personal life.

  Tossing his phone aside, Qin Nuo started eating breakfast, but halfway through, there was a sudden kno the door.

  "Who is it?"

  Qin Nuo asked, biting into a fried dough stick as he went to open the door.

  Outside stood two men in suits, wearing sungsses, dressed like bck-clothed individuals, as if afraid people wouldn't know they were special.

  "Who are you looking for?"

  "Are you Qin Nuo?"

  Qin Nuo paused before replying, "What's the matter?"

  "Do you have time now? e with us," one of them said expressionlessly.

  "I'm a bit busy now, still having breakfast."

  "Besides, I don't go with strangers, and you don't look like police."

  Qin Nuo returo the table, tinuing his breakfast with a calm demeanor.

  Internally, however, he was filled with suspi.

  Could it be that his identity as the Phantom had been discovered?

  The two men gnced inside and asked, "Are you alone? we e in?"

  "Not really, my floor is very , and I don't want it dirtied," Qin Nuo said while sipping his pe.

  The two men in suits: "..."

  "You don't have to worry, we're not bad people, we're also part of the police, and we're here to expin some things to you," one of them expined, seeing Qin Nuo's resistance.

  "Expin some things?"

  They entered, pg their IDs oable, and said, "e with us and you'll find out. Your cssmates are almost all there."

  Qin Nuo thought for a moment and nodded.

  With the Blood-Eyed Ghost around, he wasn't worried about danger.

  After all, this wasn't the Horror World, and dealing with two ordinary adults was more than manageable.

  About twenty mier.

  A jeep stopped in front of a building, and Qin Nuo got out, following the two men inside.

  In the halleople dressed as officers came a, which reassured Qin Nuo a bit.

  The Blood-Eyed Ghost muttered, "There's a familiar st."

  "What?" Qin Nuo asked.

  "Same kind."

  Qin Nuo's expression ged slightly, but he said nothing and tinued walking.

  Soon, they arrived at a meeting room.

  Tang Ming, Liu Jiaqi, and other familiar cssmates were all present.

  "Old Qin, you're finally here, we were just waiting for you!" Tang Ming had saved a seat for Qin Nuo.

  "I don't quite uand the situation," Qin Nuo said as he sat down.

  What did they want by gathering all the cssmates who were forcibly sent into the Hame for the first time?

  "Don't worry, it's just to expin some things."

  "You look so tense, like you've done something guilty!" Tang Ming joked.

  "Qin Nuo, how have you been these past few days?" Liu Jiaqi asked.

  She was sitting behind Qin Nuo, having saved a seat for him, but as soon as Qin Nuo came in, Tang Ming pulled him over.

  Qin Nuo knew she was referring to the Hame and shrugged, "Pretty good."

  "You have a good mi. Every time I y eyes, I dream of those days at the her Springs Restaurant, waking up in the middle of the night," Liu Jiaqi muttered.

  Besides Liu Jiaqi, the other cssmates were the same, some with dark circles uheir eyes, some looking haggard, some appearing overindulgent...

  Clearly, the Hame had bee an indelible shadow in their lives.

  At that moment, the door opened, and a man with gsses walked in.

  "Hello, cssmates, let me introduce myself. I'm Ye Ming. You don't o guess my identity. For the time being, sider me your substitute teacher."

  "Substitute for what?" Xiao Yuexin and others were puzzled.

  "Substitute for some things about the Hame," Ye Ming said with a slight smile.

  As soon as they heard those four words, all the cssmates shrank back.

  Oudent immediately stood up and said, "No need, I won't have anything to do with that for the rest of my life."

  "If this is what you're here for, then goodbye, I o go back!" Several cssmates stood up, ready to leave.

  "I uand that you don't want to hear about the Hame again."

  "But wanting to never have anything to do with it again, that's not something you choose," Ye Ming said.

  "What do you mean?"

  "Wasn't there only one forced entry?"

  Hearing this, many cssmates became uneasy.

  Qin Nuo, however, remained calm.

  He already knew what was i.

  "Being forced into the Hame at eighteen is iable."

  "But that doesn't mean it's over. It just ges from iable to occasional, or rather, unfortunate."

  "Acc to our statistics starting this year, about 300 to 400 people each month in Dragon try will have a straem appear on them."

  "The appearance of a totem is a warning, indig that in 5 to 10 days, or even lohey will be sent into the Hame."

  "We call this totem the Horror Curse."

  "In other words, you may still be sent into the Hame again!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the meeting room erupted into chaos.

  Fear was evident on the faces of all the cssmates.

  "Old Qin, did you hear that? We might go back! It's terrifying!" Tang Ming grabbed Qin Nuo's arm.

  "I heard, it's terrifying," Qin Nuo said, nontly pig his ear.

  Seeing the students' reas, a satisfied look appeared in Ye Ming's eyes as he tinued.

  "Of course, you don't have to be as scared as the first time."

  "When the Horror Curse appears, there's a preparation period, giving the try a ce to intervene."

  With that, Ye Ming took out a device the size of a pocket watd said, "A repcer."

  "It trahe curse from your body. If the Horror Curse appears on you, using the repcer, you have someone else ehe Hame in your pce."

  "Each city has a dedicated team of pyers to repce those cursed, specifically to solve this predit."

  Ye Ming said with a smile.

  Hearing this, many people showed expressions of joy.

  The try really is reliable!

  "And the cost is reasonable, varying based on individual eic situations."

  The cssmates were stunned.

  "This... isn't it free?"

  Ye Ming chuckled.

  "Cssmates, this is a life-risking job. If it were free, who would willingly risk their lives for strangers?"

  "The establishment of a meism to reptry into the Hame by the try is already not easy. It's impossible to take care of everyone..."

  "Of course, you also choose to enter yourself."

  "After all, with the proteeism, the mortality rate is greatly reduced. However, if you fail the instahe Horror Curse will remain!"

  "You must plete a set of instao erase the curse!"

  Ye Ming said with a smile, "I'm just expining this to prepare you mentally, as a precaution."

  "If you are truly cursed, how you choose is up to you."

  "You only have one life, and money is endless. I'm sure you all uand."

  With that, Ye Ming had his assistant distribute a stack of cards to everyone.

  "This is our team, a team fighting against the Hame."

  "If one day, a straem appears on you, I hope you call this number."

  "You also face the challenge yourself, but expertise is needed, and it should be handled by professionals."

  "No one wants to gamble with their life, right?"

  Qin Nuo rolled his eyes.

  He finally uood.

  After all that talk, this was a sales pitch!

  JOSOLUNA