In the original work "Phasmophobia" from Lu Ze's previous life, ghosts had behaviors beyond hunting—actions that didn't involve direct attacks, collectively referred to as "interactions."
For example, knocking things over, causing lights to flicker, suddenly manifesting in a flash, or breathing cold air into someone's ear...
In the illusionary realm, Lu Ze expanded the ghost interaction system, making it richer and far more terrifying.
Actions like forcing someone to wear embroidered shoes, trapping them in a "ghost wall," or making them hallucinate...
All were methods of ghostly interaction.
These methods wouldn’t kill the player.
But if mishandled, they could drastically drain sanity, eventually triggering the ghost's hunt.
Of course, these interactions weren’t unsolvable puzzles.
Take the "ghost wall" as an example.
The true exit could actually be identified using certain tools.
For instance, using glowstones to trace ghostly footprints and follow them to find a way out;
Or pulling out a cold-detecting needle to locate the source of piercing chill;
Or even using a Yin-Yang compass to pinpoint areas with Level 5 ghostly energy...
All these methods aligned with the ghost's traits.
Still, considering not all players carried the right tools, Lu Ze thoughtfully added alternative solutions in interaction scenarios like the "ghost wall"—ways to escape without relying on items.
For example, the bronze mirror Zhong Yi now saw.
The moment he picked it up, a vision appeared before him.
"Still the west gate?"
Zhong Yi opened his eyes, deep in thought.
"So... the exit changes every time?"
His mind suddenly cleared.
Unless someone had Zhou Qiaoling’s absurd luck, escaping this place through sheer chance was nearly impossible.
At that moment, the ghostly hands above him were mere inches from his scalp.
A chill ran down Zhong Yi’s spine as he dashed to the west gate and stepped through.
Yet the next second, he was back where he started.
The ghostly hands from all four directions...
Had now descended to chest height, clawing wildly to grab him.
Zhong Yi’s face turned deathly pale—his sanity dropped another 10 points!
Now...
His sanity stood at a mere 51!
Since he was livestreaming the entire ordeal, the chat erupted at the sight.
[What tier is this ghost wall? It’s trapping a Nascent Soul cultivator?!]
[Bro, you must not play many illusions—Old Demon Lu’s realms seal off cultivation!]
[Is this illusion scary? Why does Senior Brother Zhong look so shaken...]
[Doesn’t seem scary. Is he just hamming it up for the stream?]
[Doesn’t... look like acting.]
[Pfft, just an illusion trying to scare people? Don’t underestimate a Nascent Soul cultivator!]
...
Right now, Zhong Yi had no mind to spare for the chat.
The ghostly hands on the ceiling were practically itching to tear him apart!
"Was I misled? No, illusions always have a solution..."
"Then maybe... huh?"
"I get it! The mirror world is inverted!"
Zhong Yi’s eyes lit up with realization.
Without hesitation, he steeled himself and looked into the bronze mirror again.
Another vision appeared, guiding him with eerie hints to the correct door.
"This time... the north gate!"
The moment he spoke, a shiver ran through him.
The mirror wasn’t free to use.
Every vision cost him 10% of his sanity.
Now, his sanity had fallen below 50, leaving only 46 points!
His vision twisted—everything took on a grotesque hue.
At times, he even heard faint, indistinct whispers.
His lips turned an unnatural purple, trembling uncontrollably.
"This sanity drain... it’s not normal!"
Gritting his teeth, Zhong Yi fought to suppress his rising terror.
"No..."
"I have to get out..."
"Back to the light..."
Dropping to his knees, he began crawling under the sea of ghostly hands, inching toward the north gate...
...
What should’ve been a mere dozen meters felt longer than any journey.
Every step risked a brush with the hands.
Each touch cost him 1 sanity point.
By the time Zhong Yi—enduring relentless psychological torment—finally pushed open the north gate,
The nightmarish room vanished.
He found himself back on the dilapidated staircase leading to the basement, right where he’d first gotten separated.
Exhausted from crawling, he collapsed onto the steps, too drained to speak.
Below, three familiar figures approached...
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
