Master of Kaidan-Chapter 507: Mysterious Game, Begins Now

Watching the popup that suddenly appeared in front of her, Feng Xue’s mouth twitched slightly. Although she had some understanding of the situation in this world, the sudden appearance of this thing was still somewhat unexpected.

"Originally thought it was a more retro mode, didn’t expect a void popup. Well, what else to do but choose ’yes’? Otherwise, how could an ordinary person like me deal with a Pen Immortal?"

Feng Xue muttered to herself and immediately selected ’yes’. Thus, the officials who had already entered the forced program intending to control Feng Xue to prevent self-harm, suddenly discovered that Feng Xue, who had been practicing calligraphy on the wall, had vanished without a trace.

"Quick, go and report to the captain, the target has become a player! Hmm, it’s also possible that she was transferred by a Spiritual Body or directly eliminated..."

...

Feng Xue was unaware of the chaos at the Public Security Bureau. She just felt her body twist, and then a mechanical voice rang in her ears—

"Congratulations on entering the Mysterious Game, but to prove your qualification to join the game, we have prepared a small test for you."

As the voice ended, Feng Xue’s vision restored, but at this moment, she was sitting at a round table surrounded by nine seats. Including herself, six were already occupied, with three still vacant.

Everyone’s complexion didn’t look great: some were pale, some were purplish, and even one looked as red as if they had been scalded in boiling water. Based on the previous popup, Feng Xue inferred that these people were probably possessed by a Spiritual Body.

However, Feng Xue soon noticed an exception—not because he didn’t look underworldly enough, but rather because his backdrop was different from the others.

Behind each seat was a door. Although there were subtle differences in their construction, all were wooden doors. But this man’s door was a security door.

As Feng Xue was lost in thought, people began to appear in the remaining three seats. Once all the chairs were filled, the man behind the security door clapped his hands to gather everyone’s attention and then said,

"Welcome to the Mysterious Game. I am the host of this game; you can call me KP. Your first game, this newbie test, is very simple—survival."

"Let’s put the game aside for a moment. I’m being haunted by a ghost, and I’m about to die. Can you help me out first?"

Suddenly, a man with an ashen face in pain interrupted KP. KP heard this but showed an innocuous smile,

"Please rest assured, during the explanation phase before the game starts, your ’partners’ are in a calm state and won’t harm you. Of course, once the game starts, that’s another story."

As he spoke, the smile on his face became increasingly exaggerated, so much so that it was horrifying. But just as his smiling face seemed ready to open his jaws and bite off someone’s head at any moment, it returned to its harmless state and he softly continued,

"So, continuing our earlier topic, your objective in this game is to survive here for three days. Behind each chair, there’s a door leading to the room you’ll live in for these days. Inside, there’s plenty of water and food, as well as various entertainment facilities. In terms of supply reserves, they are enough for an adult to survive for more than a month."

Having said this, he scanned the room and, seeing no one interrupt, showed a slightly disappointed expression, but he continued to explain,

"Regarding your ’partners,’ there are also methods for dealing with them in these rooms. However, it’s unfortunate that those methods are intended to deal with other people’s partners. So if you want to survive safely, you’ll either need to work together to suppress everyone’s partners, or, help your partner move to another room. Well, that’s pretty much all I have to say, so, I wish you all, happy playing."

With that, the man stood up gracefully, his steps evenly measured as he walked over to the security door, turned to bow to the eight people at the round table, and then left behind only the crisp sound of the door closing.

A brief silence lingered for about three or four seconds before a woman in her thirties, with a rope around her neck, stood up and hurried into the room behind her.

The others didn’t react as violently but got up from their seats in sequence.

Feng Xue could clearly see that three people looked somewhat bewildered, as if they wanted to communicate, ask questions, but didn’t know how to start. However, she had no intention of staying and instead walked curiously toward her own door.

The door had no key but seemed to have some kind of recognition function. It automatically opened as it detected Feng Xue approaching.

She walked into the room, looking at the not-too-large but well-appointed studio apartment with an amused expression.

"Interesting, I thought this was another Infinite City scenario, but it turns out to be a Black Ball thing."

She muttered to herself in a voice no one could understand, starting to search the room as the host had mentioned. The facilities here were very complete, full of instant meals and various fresh ingredients in the fridge, kitchenware of all kinds, entertainment room, and gymnasium. The only drawback was the lack of a computer.

As for the "methods to deal with the partner" mentioned by the host, Feng Xue had found them too. But they weren’t techniques for eliminating ghosts; rather, they were rituals to detach the ghosts from their possessed state.

And...

"This one I have, is it for a drowned ghost?" She looked at the ritual written in beautiful handwriting, realizing most of the materials could be found within this suite. This made her begin to doubt the true nature of the game.

Perhaps because she had read too many supernatural detective novels in her previous life, faced with this situation, her first thought wasn’t to follow the host’s plan, but rather to consider whether there might be hidden traps or criteria for passing the game.

"Firstly, the host didn’t refer to the Spiritual Body as a Spiritual Body or ghost but called it a ’partner’. Does this imply that the game requires cooperation between humans and ghosts?"

With that in mind, Feng Xue also recalled the conditions for entering the game, which seemed to be having a "Spiritual Body" and a "possessed object". This meant that the Spiritual Body in this "game" was probably not just a danger but also a necessary element.

So, what did the possessed object imply?

Feng Xue reached for the Expensive Steel Pen. This phantom pen, even after rough usage, showed no signs of wear, and even the cap, which should have been discarded, was back in its place.

However, she could clearly feel a peculiar sensation that became restless the moment she uncapped the pen.

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