frightfiction Chapter 444 The Coin Retrieval Plan
Chapter 444 The Coin Retrieval Plan
Lu Youyou went out with the contract branding iron and first branded Zhang Wei's bare arm.
She didn't feel any resistance, and a flesh-colored circle appeared on Zhang Wei's arm. This should be the contract signal mentioned in the details.
The contract was successful.
The raised circle suddenly became smooth, and the skin returned to its previous state.
Immediately afterwards, the blue light emanating from Zhang Wei became even purer, changing from dark blue to light blue.
Zhang Wei turned his head in confusion: "Boss, what are you doing?"
"Nothing."
Lu Youyou coughed twice to cover up her embarrassment at the sneak attack, and then pressed the branding iron onto Zhang Wei's five friends one by one.
The five friends were going through a low point and had no intention of resisting. They were all successfully contracted and turned into a row of light blue puppets.
Zhang Wei finally understood and exclaimed, "Isn't this just stamping the pork? Once it's stamped, it's considered one of our own?"
As Lu Youyou distributed the fragments of the illusion to everyone, she asked, "Pork stamped? Do you really have to say that about yourself?"
Before Zhang Wei could reply, Lu Youyou asked.
"You are all my monsters now, so I won't hide anything anymore. I came to this instance to find the Master. Do you have any information about the Master?"
Wang Fushui looked up: "Is the master in this instance?"
Xu Qing shook her head: "I don't know, I've never seen it before."
Sun Long scratched his head thoughtfully and then voiced his guess.
“Boss, if the lord is in this instance, he certainly won’t be in the middle of nowhere, otherwise everyone would have found him long ago. He must have been hidden by Wei Tianning in a place that no one can get into.”
Zhang Wei chimed in, "It's the Ghost Mansion! Boss, Wei Tianning must have hidden the Master in the Ghost Mansion!"
Lu Youyou asked again, "What is a ghost mansion?"
"The Ghost Mansion was originally the residence of the dungeon boss, Ghost King. Later, Ghost King got bored and turned the mansion into an entertainment venue. Except for the top floor, which is inaccessible, all other floors can be entered by spending Ghost Coins."
It seems that the Lord is being imprisoned by King You on the top floor of the Ghost Mansion.
Lu Youyou sighed. Didn't the product details say that Illusion Fragments were the common currency? How come there's a Ghost Coin here?
Seeing Lu Youyou's confusion, Zhang Wei explained.
"Ghost coins are the name for buying and selling illusion fragments. When you say you're selling illusion fragments, no one will pay attention to you because they are the energy source that Wei Tianning distributed to everyone to create illusions."
"But if you say Ghost Coins, people will dare to trade with you, since what Wei Tianning distributed were Illusion Fragments, not Ghost Coins."
Lu Youyou: ...What a clever charade.
She genuinely thought Ghost Coins were some kind of special currency, but it turns out they're just slang for buying and selling fragments of the Illusion Realm.
Suddenly, she realized something was wrong.
"Doesn't Wei Tianning have control over the entire Ten Thousand Graves instance? Does Wei Tianning know that King You is doing this?"
Zhang Wei shook his head: "No, King You was only forced to pledge allegiance after being fed puppet worms by Wei Tianning. As for the control of the instance, it is still in King You's hands."
"Furthermore, control of a copy cannot be transferred privately. It must be witnessed by something approved by an adult, such as the assistant in the watch, Robot Number One, or a bet with humans."
“Wei Tianning fed everyone the puppet worms behind the adults’ backs. If we force King You to transfer control to him, wouldn’t the adults have found out before?”
Hearing Zhang Wei's words, Lu Youyou realized that she had been thinking wrong all along; Wei Tianning was different from her.
She has control over the Secret Forest instance, while Wei Tianning does not have control over the Ten Thousand Graves.
He was able to summon the monsters from the mass graves simply because the monsters were afraid of death.
Was King You powerful?
Lu Youyou still prefers a simple and straightforward approach. If the Ghost King's strength is average, she will lead her people to force their way into the Ghost Mansion and bring out the adult hiding on the top floor.
Unfortunately, her plan failed before it could even be announced.
"The name of the 'Ten Thousand Graves' instance comes from the sins committed by King You when he was a human. These people are not ordinary people, but candidates for the throne! Boss, don't be so quick to court death, okay?"
Lu Youyou: "Thank you for your concern? But if King You is so strong, how could he have eaten the puppet worm that Wei Tianning gave him?"
"When King You was still human, he was Wei Tianning's boyfriend. Even when he was suppressed in the Ten Thousand Graves instance by the Lord, he still thought about Wei Tianning. Unfortunately, Wei Tianning didn't like him. She even tricked him into eating the puppet worm by taking advantage of King You's affection, which led to their complete breakup."
Lu Youyou: !!!
What a shocking revelation!
However, it seems that she will not be able to force her way into the Ghost Mansion.
We can only follow the rules of the Ghost Mansion, enter with Ghost Coins, and then find a way to get to the top floor to find the adults.
If the adult dies by then…
With the help of Robot One, she will obtain the identity stamp, and then have Robot One detonate Bomb Number One, killing all those who are disloyal to her.
If the adult is not dead, that would be even better. He can detonate the bomb himself and kill Wei Tianning, who intends to usurp the throne, and King You, who is protecting Wei Tianning.
Thinking about this, Lu Youyou realized that accumulating Ghost Coins was her most important task right now; everything else was secondary.
"You six, now release the illusion or command other ghosts to come over. The more ghosts there are, the more grave ghosts there will be. I need the ghost coins in the grave ghosts' hands."
Zhang Wei replied loudly, "Okay, no problem! We'll get off the bus right away to attract the ghosts."
Wang Fushui, being cautious by nature, gave Lu Youyou a heads-up beforehand.
“Boss, the puppet can attract ghosts, but because ghosts have no brains, Wei Tianning doesn’t believe they will betray him, so he sends fewer grave ghosts to guard them, and he can only attract a few grave ghosts.”
"To attract a large number of grave ghosts, we need to attract a large number of puppets, but the puppets are on the same level as us, so we can't summon them. They simply don't listen to us."
Lu Youyou nodded: "I understand. You guys do it this way for now, and I'll think of other ways."
The six people outside unleashed their skills, attracting more and more ghostly figures.
Little Crow and Little Black stood guard in front of the carriage, just in case.
Lu Youyou took out paper and pen and started writing and drawing.
When she's feeling down, she likes to write things down on paper, which brings her a lot of inspiration.
She first wrote down words like "puppet man," "puppet worm," and "likes candy," and as she looked at this information, the plan in her mind continued to improve.
Because sugar can attract puppet worms, sugar is not allowed in the Ten Thousand Graves instance.
She could easily have mentioned in the chat that she makes handmade cotton candy and other desserts, hoping everyone would buy them.
Humans might suspect she's up to something, and they can't come because the teleportation card is unusable.
But the puppeteer will definitely come looking for it, guided by the puppet worm!
Even if the puppeteer doesn't come, Wei Tianning won't let him sell candy in the dungeon; he'll definitely send someone he can contact to cause trouble for him.
Lu Youyou knew Wei Tianning's phone contacts, which included many grave ghosts.
If he sends a grave ghost, it will be even easier for her to kill the ghost and take the money!