There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

Before entering the Script World, Xu Shuo entered his own Script Space.

This was the result of the negotiation with Hong Rao last time, and Xu Shuo himself wanted to be more stable during this period, so he did not refuse her arrangement.

As he came out of the Light Gate, Hong Rao was holding a small teacup, her smile bright and charming, looking quite in a good mood this time.

"The information has been sent to your Player's Handbook, take a look," Hong Rao said, sipping her tea.

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo curiously opened the information list, only to see that Hong Rao had sent him a player's business card.

The business card's photo showed a woman with brown hair and green eyes, name: Xia Migia.

Hong Rao spoke leisurely, "You don't have to worry about this person anymore, I've found her and had a chat, this woman really has some abilities, she even guessed the BUG about you running wild with characters, I'm just glad I was quick on the uptake."

At this point, Hong Rao seemed to remember something and a schadenfreude smile curved her lips; she chuckled twice as she sipped her tea, looking down.

The reason—actually, Hong Rao had left the Star Guild and discovered that Helian Mian had also gone to the Star Guild, intending to investigate her student.

But Hong Rao was one step ahead; after getting Xia Migia's information, considering the particularity of her student, she also specially instructed her friends at the Star Guild about keeping secrets.

The Star Guild was akin to the intelligence operatives of the Script Space, managing to maintain good relations with the various major guilds, thanks to their information gathering abilities and their strictness in keeping secrets.

After taking on such a task, they would definitely not double cross!

So, upon discovering Helian Mian's actions, Hong Rao was absolutely delighted, clapping her hands in glee!

Seeing Helian Mian thwarted made her incredibly happy!

Furthermore, after enjoying her moment, she went the extra mile and condemned Helian Mian's audacious actions of targeting a comrade with her buddies and even convened a group to denounce Helian Mian!

In the end, the denouncement was successful, and Helian Mian was temporarily restricted from receiving guild mission rewards.

"You're very happy?" Helian Mian still had no expression on his face as he looked at her.

"Mmm-hmm~" Hong Rao hummed a little tune and left.

"Why would you mess with her for no reason, even aiming at her precious student; now you've been retaliated against," Mo Nuo remarked beside him, clicking his tongue.

"But it seems like you're the one who betrayed me," Helian Mian said, his face expressionless as he turned to look at Mo Nuo.

"Cough..." Mo Nuo looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

When Helian Mian went to the Star Guild, Mo Nuo was present, providing crucial evidence of time, place, and persons involved, making a significant contribution to the denunciation!

The reasons for this were inconvenient to disclose.

...

Hong Rao laughed, "Anyway, after this, you won't have to worry about someone using the Star Guild to investigate you; I've already insured your personal information!"

Xu Shuo was stunned for a moment, "Thanks."

"No need for too many thanks, just don't keep courting death, so about that script I prepared for you quite some time ago..." Hong Rao hinted.

"..." Xu Shuo's gaze drifted elsewhere.

"You just have to swagger through worlds with monsters, huh?" Hong Rao sighed helplessly.

"Not necessarily, but the rewards in those worlds are usually quite substantial and likewise help me grow in strength," Xu Shuo said, reservedly.

Hong Rao clicked her tongue.

Long ago, she had prepared an emotional script set in a Low Martial World for Xu Shuo, with a long time cycle suitable for training; since it was an emotional script, it did not require a large consumption of manpower and resources to advance the investigation.

It was a very suitable script for a newcomer's growth.

However, this guy always promised "next time for sure," but that "sure" has still not happened to this day.

Hong Rao felt tired, but she had no solution.

After all, they were just a teacher and student on the surface, in reality, it was a transactional relationship; and even if she genuinely considered him as a student... it was probably one-sided.

So, she had no say over Xu Shuo's decisions and expected this response, but she couldn't help wanting to try for it one more time.

In fact, she was already prepared for this script.

Hong Rao scrolled through the script interface.

The script's name, "Double Happiness."

"A Level 2 narrative-changing script, no need to focus on investigation. I've prepared the related props for you; use them when you meet the bride to trigger effects on the Character Card and gain the bride's favor," she explained.

Xu Shuo glanced at the script synopsis and asked directly, "What role does the bride play here, and is her favor important?"

Hong Rao replied, "The bride is the major boss inside, and after death, she holds immense Resentment Energy, yet she is not bloodthirsty, just fond of torture."

Xu Shuo: "..." What's the difference between the two?

Hong Rao continued: "By gaining her favor, she'll abuse you less and provide plot clues. This time, performance alone won't get you Acting Points. They're distributed based on how thoroughly players explore the plot. Also, the bride may randomly drop items... That doesn't sound quite right. Anyway, there are many items to obtain from the bride."

At this, Xu Shuo's eyes lit up: "Do you have to increase her favorability and receive them as gifts, or can you just snatch them?"

Hong Rao: "..." You need to increase her favorability.

In fact, it was possible to snatch them, but Hong Rao did not want to reveal this point, because the premise was that you had to be strong enough to do so.

She had no doubts about this person's ability to court death.

Seeing that Xu Shuo was aiming for high risk and high reward, Hong Rao spared no effort in selecting suitable scripts for him.

She had originally intended to let him try the perilous script "Double Happiness" when he was almost ready for the level three assessment.

But now... this guy had already completed his level three assessment.

When he took the level two assessment last time, this guy exploited a BUG and entered the level three assessment script "Green-skin Train"—and he even lost.

After that, he entered two more level three scripts.

So it could be said that he barely passed the level three assessment.

Go then, although "Double Happiness" is an Abyss Script, at least the big boss inside isn't so vicious.

At this point, Xu Shuo raised his hand and asked a question: "Is the bride an Abyss Creature, or has she been contaminated by the Abyss?"

Hong Rao shook her head: "If the big boss was an Abyss Creature, I wouldn't let you go in. You have to understand, the bride's resentment energy is enormous; how enormous? It's even more profound and intense than the fear brought by the Abyss."

Resentment energy is also a type of emotion, and her resentment-filled self-emotion is so overwhelming that it suppresses the influence of the Abyss!

From this, one can see just how terrifying a big boss she is!

Luckily, she's not bloodthirsty, she just enjoys tormenting others.

As long as you're not tortured to death, you'll come out still a valiant hero striding through scripts!

Xu Shuo nodded upon hearing this, indicating he understood.

As long as it's not an Abyss Creature or something influenced by the Abyss, it probably won't lose its mind and pounce on him upon sight.

He then looked at the items Hong Rao provided and found, to his surprise, a plate of... Osmanthus Cake??

He expected something with special effects, but it turned out to be food?

Curious, Xu Shuo took it out for inspection, then bit into it to confirm that it really was just ordinary food.

Hong Rao raised an eyebrow: "Don't just gobble it up because you're greedy; it's for the bride."

Xu Shuo put the bitten Osmanthus Cake back.

"Then I'm off."

He flipped to the last page of the Player's Handbook and clicked to enter the script.

——"Double Happiness".

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After Xu Shuo entered the script, Hong Rao, who did not leave, still sat in his personal space drinking tea and watching movies, planning to look after her student until he finished this script.

At this time, Hong Rao received a message inquiry.

It was from someone who played a major role in the recent campaign against Helian Mian, someone whom Hong Rao now felt a special fondness for!

Hence, her attitude was especially friendly!

Hong Rao: [What's up?]

Mo Nuo: [I saw you picking out a script earlier, and you're not around today. Did your student go into a script?]

Hong Rao: [He did. I won't participate in the guild's cleaning tasks for the next couple of days. I need to keep an eye on him.]

Mo Nuo: [Which script did he go to that has you so worried?]

Hong Rao: [Double Happiness.]

Mo Nuo: [Oh oh, that indeed requires extra attention. I've applied for your leave.]

Hong Rao: [OK.jpg.]

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