Wuwa!

The wailing of ghosts persisted.

The entire ancient mansion was the domain of the other party, and once the master of the mansion harbored a murderous intent towards Chu He and the others, even deceitful magic became ineffective.

"Old sir..."

Han Bingjie looked at Jiang Hua with an expression filled with sorrow.

The other party had been chanting and casting deceitful magic constantly to fight against the curse of the baby's cries.

However, it was visibly noticeable that the red gemstone in Jiang Hua's hand was growing brighter!

This indicated that the other party's sanity had reached an extremely dangerous level, and perhaps he was already insane!

This was the "price" a Deceit Master must pay to combat deceit!

Chu He pushed his glasses up, feeling as if his life were a flickering candle in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.

But at that moment,

The wailing of the ghosts abruptly ceased!

Jiang Hua was startled, stopped his incantation, and suddenly collapsed to the ground, falling into unconsciousness.

"It must be Brother Gui, he must have handled it!"

Han Bingjie, overwhelmed with joy, pulled open the door, only to freeze in his tracks.

He saw... Hell!

One after another, infant-like heads, all hideous and malformed, their skin covered in a thick, viscid liquid, were rapidly multiplying and swelling... nearly piling up into a small mountain!

Standing before this small hill, a figure in a security guard's uniform stood tall and striking...

"Kid, you're pretty arrogant!"

Looking at the mutated Deceit Babies, Zhong Shenxiu swung open his 'Inauspicious Umbrella's clasp: "No... in my presence, no one is allowed to be more arrogant than me!"

As the 'Inauspicious Umbrella' opened, a profound darkness emerged.

It silently enveloped the entire ancient mansion.

Those pieces of tiles and structures... as if they had been eroded by millions of years, turned to flying ash and completely vanished!

Atop the grotesquely growing hill of deceit, thousands of heads seemed as if their throats were being clutched, unable to emit the slightest sound.

Terror recedes before an even greater terror!

For some reason, as Chu He watched this scene, only one phrase came to mind.

Zhong Shenxiu, holding his umbrella, steadily advanced.

The profound darkness continuously spread with his steps.

The massive and terrifying hill of heads disintegrated in an instant, turning to dust and smoke.

Finally, he approached Yue Shan and Yue Qin again and saw the malformed infant that had torn through the amniotic sac.

"Punching Nanshan Kindergarten, kicking Beihai Nursing Home, that's me!"

Zhong Shenxiu raised his huge fist: "Bratty kids need a beating!"

Snap!

His punch landed, squashing the Deceit Baby flat on the ground.

The blue-black flesh still writhed continuously.

Deceit cannot die!

This is a law concluded by the foundation over many years.

Nothing can completely destroy a deceit, which is why humanity despairs!

But now, this law was about to be broken!

Zhong Shenxiu directly plunged the tip of his umbrella into the flesh.

Puh!

The entire space seemed to freeze at that moment.

Boom!

The next instant, that mass of blue-black flesh exploded, turning into a cloud of black vapor and completely dissipating.

Amidst the black vapor, specks of light emerged like fireflies.

They seemed as if they would disappear the next moment, the radiance gradually dimmed, but there was an indescribable allure.

Zhong Shenxiu paused briefly and suddenly opened his mouth to inhale, swallowing these specks of light entirely.

"Ah... this damn sweetness!"

He murmured involuntarily, feeling as though a stream of clear spring water was pouring down into his soul.

His own tendencies toward madness were greatly diminished, and his loss of control was restrained.

'I can't believe it...'

Zhong Shenxiu put away his big black umbrella, and while cutting open his palm and smearing the blood, he felt a guilty conscience: 'How could I have said such embarrassingly cringey words? This is completely out of character for me... Damn it, I must master the Ghost Immortal Reincarnation Skill quickly, at least the first three stages, otherwise being influenced by my true self like this, I'll really go mad!'

At that moment, he stared at his attribute panel, and his eyes twitched:

[Ghost Immortal Reincarnation Skill: Second Stage]

"I've broken through!"

"I really broke through, no wonder I felt an advancement in the Ghost Immortal Reincarnation Skill when I dismembered the Deceit earlier..."

"Are they really devouring the rationality of ordinary people? And... can it be utilized to reduce madness?"

"This technique... is worth researching."

"The Ghost Immortal Reincarnation Skill involves merely accumulating rationality, which is very difficult... If I could obtain this method from the Deceit, wouldn't I be able to accelerate my improvement and quickly master it?"

"This feeling, it seems related to the later stages of collecting wishes and anchors in the Ghost Immortal Reincarnation Skill..."

"Wait a minute... Although this idea is sinister, I always feel like I might be on the wrong side..."

"I was born... to be on the side of the Deceit?"

Zhong Shenxiu rubbed his temples.

At this time, he saw that Yue Shan and Yue Qin had fainted.

"Brother Gui, are you alright?"

Han Bingjie had run over and gazed at the two with wariness in his eyes.

"The master of the old house has already been killed..."

Zhong Shenxiu looked at the blood seeping into the big black umbrella, absorbed completely by the fabric, and continued to use the 'Ominous Umbrella' as a walking stick: "A Deceit Slave can only exist with the power of the Deceit. With the death of the master of the old house, Yue Xue and Aqing, perhaps some other Deceit Slaves as well, naturally dispersed..."

"Yue Shan and Yue Qin should be fine now, just each missing an arm... Well, that's not too severe a price to pay."

Chu He also approached, checking the siblings and found that the places where their arms were amputated had no wounds, rather they were covered with smooth skin, as if they were born with disabilities, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, merely losing so much blood in this remote wilderness could have been fatal.

"What about the people from the foundation who died, leaving only Jiang Hua, what should we do?"

Murong Hong asked gloomily.

"Cold treatment!"

Zhong Shenxiu was noncommittal, then looked around and saw that, unbeknownst to him, the old house had returned to its original state.

In the eastern sky, a hint of sunlight rose, illuminating the black tiles.

"The old house from the different space has disappeared, we have returned to reality...and the Deceit from a deeper level has also been eradicated..."

Chu He adjusted his glasses, looking at this scene, and finally revealed a slight smile.

Only now was he certain that he really had completed the company's task.

Surviving a team-building task was indeed a cause for celebration.

"There should still be people from the foundation outside, and that Jiang Hua, you can deal with them as you wish..."

Zhong Shenxiu looked at the rising sun, his expression suddenly a bit melancholic: "The life of idly waiting for death as a security guard, seems to be coming to an end..."

As he spoke, he chose another direction and walked away.

"Director?"

Murong Hong looked towards Chu He.

"I'll carry Jiang Hua; you carry Yue Shan and Yue Qin. Let's go out together... The foundation? We might make contact."

Chu He made a quick decision.

Three people carrying three others, headed towards the mansion's main gate.

Moments later, Han Bingjie's voice of despair rang out: "Damn it, who locked the door from the outside?!"

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