[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world":3,"chapter-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-291":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Survival Guide in a Mysterious World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2299260,4497,"Chapter 291: Received Some Challenges","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-291",291,"\u003Cp>The group exchanged a few words at the door of the interrogation room, but naturally gained no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a rustling of footsteps came from the darkness inside the iron door; everyone turned to see Su Xi emerge, looking puzzled: “What’s going on? Weren’t we supposed to act together? Why aren’t you coming over?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dejin Hansa and his three team members exchanged a glance, silently gripping their guns tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no evidence proving Su Xi was a ghost, but they unconditionally trusted Princess Pulumelia’s judgment—if the Princess said Su Xi was a ghost, then she was, and although Chief Ebnek might still struggle to accept this, they would never doubt the Princess’s judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhe, crouched over the cabinet, gave a slight nod: “These people’s professional competence is indeed solid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The several investigators were all seasoned veterans who had handled numerous strange incidents alongside the Ascended Ones, long familiar with the ways of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on with you all?” Su Xi frowned, staring at the gun subtly aimed at her by Dejin Hansa: “Sir, this isn’t funny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Raise your hands. Let us check your fingers,” Dejin Hansa said without changing expression, unmoved: “I’m not joking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xi froze, about to speak, but was silenced by the four sharp glares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you already check that? Why check again?” Su Xi rolled her eyes, lifting her right hand toward them, deliberately flipping it palm-up and palm-down several times for clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough?” Su Xi said, expressionless: “If you’re done, let’s go. My younger brother is still missing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chief Ebnek added: “Yeah, finding people is the priority right now...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Dejin Hansa’s earpiece crackled with the voice of Mei Lin the housekeeper: “Check his left hand. Immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In English, “he” and “she” sound different; Dejin Hansa instantly recognized the shift in Mei Lin’s wording. Without hesitation, he raised his gun and pointed it at Su Xi’s expressionless face: “Extend your left hand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining three investigators reacted instantly, all aiming their guns squarely at Su Xi’s chest, asking no questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?” Su Xi blinked, frowning: “Isn’t it left for men, right for women? You already checked my right hand, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dejin Hansa’s expression remained cold; in his earpiece, Mei Lin’s voice continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just contacted the county police department and retrieved Su Xi and Su Nake’s birth and family records. They weren’t siblings to begin with—they were brothers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Xi’s original name was Su Boer. In second year of middle school, he was diagnosed with gender dysphoria, believing himself to be a woman trapped in a man’s body. With family support, he underwent full gender-affirming surgery at eighteen, changed his name to Su Xi, and had his ID gender officially updated to female.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But his original biological sex remains male.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what the ID says, no matter how colleagues or friends address him—a man is a man, a woman is a woman. Ghosts don’t care about your politics or labels. Ghosts are rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rules are rigid. Rules are absolute. Rules never care about political correctness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Dejin Hansa switched his earpiece to speaker mode, the team members and Chief Ebnek all heard Mei Lin’s original words. The air, already thick, froze into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Lin’s voice, calm and soft, reached Ning Zhe’s ears, leaving the pure, straight-A student from school utterly stunned. He felt his English listening skills and biological cognition being challenged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes turned to Su Xi’s left hand, pressed against her side—during the downstairs inspection, her left hand had been deliberately tucked into her sleeve, and after the check, she’d put her gloves back on; but since she was considered a “woman,” no one had paid it much attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry, Miss Su Xi, but I now need to see your left hand,” Dejin Hansa maintained his standard shooting stance, shoulders unmoving: “I’ll repeat this one last time—extend your hand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the tense silence, Su Xi’s expression slowly vanished: confusion, disbelief, shock, indignation—all human emotions sank like stone statues into water, disappearing, leaving only a pale, expressionless corpse-face, eyes filled with venomous hatred fixed on everyone before the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xi stepped back slowly, expressionless, retreating into the darkness behind the door, leaving only a narrow corridor emitting the stench of decay, like the gaze of a chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, why didn’t you shoot just now?” one investigator asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pointless,” Dejin Hansa shook his head. “Unless we lock onto the necromancer’s true body, all our attacks are useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xi was merely a servant of the “necromancer.” Killing her would inflict no harm on the necromancer and only invite unnecessary complications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what do we do next?” the investigator asked: “Should we go after her? It seems dangerous inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no memory of entering the interrogation room the first time, but since the Princess had reversed her move, it meant they had encountered danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No mistake. One word. One shot. One detail. One look!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t go in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Mei Lin’s voice finally emerged from the speaker on Dejin Hansa’s neck:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“New findings have arrived. ‘Europa Telecom’ cooperated with us to retrieve Su Xi and Su Nake’s call logs. They spoke on the phone one hour ago. I’ll now play the recording for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she finished, a noisy ambient sound filled the air—the caller had apparently been walking during the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recording was short, only a few minutes: Su Nake had called his sister Su Xi on the third floor of Zhong Lou, asking her to come up because he’d found some clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xi wanted to report the discovery to the chief, but Su Nake stopped her, insisting only that she come quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trusting her brother, Su Xi excused herself to use the restroom, left the group alone, and returned about fifteen minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to physiological differences, women naturally take longer in restrooms, so Su Xi’s teammates noticed nothing unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems Su Xi was already killed and turned into a spirit servant the moment Su Nake tricked her onto the third floor,” Ning Zhe murmured, folding his wings slightly, identifying two points:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. How did Officer John become a spirit servant? Why was he the only one killed while his partner, Officer Kamak, survived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Known spirit servants: Su Xi, Su Nake, John... What common events occurred before their deaths?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-20T06:29:22.815Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0685b845047e400d0ec47fee1a2248f2183472f4ebd98da49ad6c6ffd6bffe18","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-292","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-290",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurvival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-cover.jpg"]