To Harm the Righteous Path, I Had No Choice But to Make Games

Another person died!
The originally joyful game atmosphere instantly turned cold and quiet.
Along with it, everyone else's sanity values began to drop.
"Old Zhou's life cannot be sacrificed in vain!"
Zhong Yi, having learned from the pain, gathered his spirits and led the way to the basement.
The basement was an Abandoned House.
This was information Zhou Yue had exchanged with his life.
Soon after, those familiar with the Illusion Realm's mechanics would realize how cheap this information was.
The three of them picked up various Magic Treasures and tools that looked very shabby and began to explore the basement.
"The Finger-Cold Needle moved… Wow!!! The drop here is so severe!!!"
Zhou Qiaoling stared wide-eyed at the rapidly spinning Finger-Cold Needle in her hand.
On the Finger-Cold Needle, besides the dense markings, there were a few conspicuous small characters.
On the left was 【Flame】, at the bottom was 【Cold】, and on the right was 【Bone-Chilling Cold】.
Between 【Flame】 and 【Cold】 was the normal temperature range.
Further to the right of 【Cold】 was the abnormally low-temperature zone.
This zone was very likely to be an Abandoned House.
Further up from 【Bone-Chilling Cold】…
Was a prominent black character: 【Death】.
At this moment, the Finger-Cold Needle was trembling madly, almost overlapping with the character 【Death】!
In other words, not only was the temperature extremely low here, but the Death Qi was also unusually dense!
Clearly, it was a very troublesome great demon!
"Calm down, calm down!"
Zhong Yi clapped his hands, breaking the strange atmosphere.
"Bone-chilling cold is a characteristic of ghosts… Now we still need two more, come on, as long as we find the characteristics, Old Zhou wouldn't have died in vain!"
Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling nodded, picked up the tools in their hands, and continued to measure.
Each type of ghost would have its own three characteristics that could be detected by Magic Treasures.
The core gameplay of "Ghost Town Horror" was to use the tools at hand and the traces left by ghosts to determine the type of evil creature.
Zhong Yi placed an Exorcism Copper Coin on the ground.
The Exorcism Copper Coin could block one ghost hunt, but unfortunately, they only had one.

His gaze was fixed on the Soul-Severing Silk tied at the staircase entrance.
This thing was a special kind of silk thread; whether a person or a ghost passed through it, it would glow.
After waiting for a long time, no ghost had passed through.
Zhong Yi glanced at the salt blocks sprinkled in the four directions; likewise, no footprints had appeared.
He sighed, looking at the other two:
"What about your side? How's the situation?"
"I've been turning the Yin and Yang Compass for a long time, and it keeps showing level two, no level five Yin Qi…"
"The Spirit-Shadow Meter can't see anything either…"
"The Death Pen is completely still!"
"I don't know how to use this 【Manifestation Spirit Array】…"
Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling shook their heads; the process of finding evidence was not going smoothly.
"How could this be…"
Zhong Yi pinched his chin, falling into contemplation.
As for the tools inside, whether it was because Lu Ze's design was too novel or because they were inherently low-grade, Zhong Yi had no idea how to use them.
He looked at the brightly lit lanterns in the basement and suddenly muttered to himself:
"You guys, do you think it might be because of the light?"
As soon as he finished speaking.
The candlelight in the lanterns suddenly extinguished.
"Wow, Senior Brother Zhong, don't…"
"Huh? There's something in the Spirit-Shadow Meter!!! There are small flames floating!!!"
Mu Yawen suddenly said in surprise.
Zhong Yi quickly took the Spirit-Shadow Meter from Mu Yawen's hand.
In the ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ darkness, the Spirit-Shadow Meter still displayed a faint green light.
Under the green light, one could vaguely see small flames floating in the air, flickering.
"Good, now we've found the second piece of evidence… Ghost fire!"
Zhong Yi's eyes lit up, his heart extremely excited.
This was the closest they had ever been to the truth!
"Let's go! We need to hurry back and get the Exorcism Incense! And other tools!"
Zhong Yi didn't doubt him and quickly commanded.
There were still two tools that could determine ghost characteristics left in the carriage.
They were the Seer Jade Slip and the Fluorescent Stone.
The three of them picked up the only Exorcism Copper Coin from the ground and quickly left the basement.
"Two pieces of evidence, one 【Ghost Fire】, one 【Bone-Chilling Cold】…"
In the dimly lit corridor, Zhong Yi walked and opened the evil creature data, analyzing the situation.
"There are only four options…"
"Grudge Spirit, Vengeful Ghost, Wandering Soul, and Water Ghost."
"The Death Pen didn't move earlier, and the Manifestation Spirit Array didn't show any anomalies… Let's rule out two more options."
"What's left are only Grudge Spirit and Water Ghost!"
"We have a happy fifty-fifty chance, we should be able to clear it, hahaha!"
The more Zhong Yi spoke, the more he felt like a Genius.
"Ah, I think I brought the Seer Jade Slip!"
Zhou Qiaoling suddenly remembered something and pulled out a black and white Jade Slip from her person.
"Oh? Then wouldn't we be able to directly determine the evil creature?"
Zhong Yi's eyes lit up.
Although he enjoyed outsmarting the Illusion Realm, he really didn't want to stay in this oppressive Abandoned House any longer.
"Let me see how to use it…"
Zhou Qiaoling brought the Seer Jade Slip to her mouth and cleared her throat.
"Hello? Can you hear me?"
"…"
"Are you a human or a ghost?"
"…"
"Are you mute?"
"…"
"Are you deaf?"
"…"
"Are you playing the Illusion Realm?"
"…"
Several consecutive questions received no response.
Zhou Qiaoling looked at Zhong Yi curiously: "Senior Brother Zhong, this ghost doesn't seem to be able to talk, huh?"
Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen were trembling at this moment, only able to lament that high sanity meant strong words.
"Perhaps, like that ghost fire, it has to be dark for it to…"
Zhong Yi's words were halfway through when the candlelight in the corridor extinguished.
"Oh, Junior Brother Mu is quite clever, you thought of blowing out the candle before me?"
"Huh? Wasn't I just next to you?"
At these words, the air fell into a deathly silence.