Chapter 114

Listening to Fang Yue's confident rambling, Mu Zi looked utterly bewildered.

"Deputy Captain Yese, what exactly are you talking about? I don't understand any of this."

"Still refusing to admit it, huh? Fine. Kill you, and there'll be no more traitor in Gu Yue Cun—the matter will still end the same way. I'm certain Lord Han trusts me enough to believe my words. If Lord Han himself acts, I don't think you'll have any room left to hide your identity."

At these words, Mu Zi finally fell completely silent.

She could die denying it, but once she was dead, the traitor would be gone, and the truth would inevitably come to light.

Not to mention… if Lord Han acted, every secret she possessed would be unearthed.

If the traitor were anyone from Gu Yue Cun, Lord Han might not find out who it was.

But once the target was locked, and only one person needed to be searched, no one could hide any secret from Lord Han!

As Mu Zi pondered this, a Guard Team member suddenly rushed toward them from outside.

"Deputy Captain Yese! Captain Lin! Found it! Found it!"

Found it?

Mu Zi's heart lurched; she turned toward the voice and instantly narrowed her pupils.

In the soldier's hand was unmistakably the Human Skin Mask she had buried beneath the soil of her courtyard.

"Oh? You're quite agitated."

Fang Yue smiled faintly, took the Human Skin Mask from the panting Guard Team member, and instantly narrowed his pupils.

"Ghost… object?!"

Fang Yue stared blankly at the Human Skin Mask in his hand as his Analysis Pupil activated.

"Name: Human Skin Mask."

"Level: Mortal Grade Superior."

"Type: Ghost Object."

"Description: Crafted by a Ghost Art Master using the skin of a primordial powerhouse, infused with peculiar ghostly energy and rare materials."

"Effect: Swap Face 【Yese Liming】."

"Swap Face: Carry this object, burn your yang lifespan, and lock onto a target. If the power gap is too great, the target will sense this locking aura."

After locking the target, you must remain within a one-kilometer radius for a cumulative total of twelve hours to allow the Human Skin Mask to complete facial mimicry."

Thereafter, the mask's face becomes the target's face. When worn, it continuously burns your yang lifespan and completes the face swap!"

"Note: Am I handsome? Bought with my life!"

Ghost object?

It's the same kind of Ghost Object as the parchment!

So Ghost Objects are items crafted by Ghost Art Masters?

Was the parchment also made this way? By whom? And why did it appear in the real world?

For a moment, Fang Yue's thoughts churned.

At this moment, Lin Ling snatched the Human Skin Mask, stared at the face on it, and his expression darkened visibly.

"So… it really was you!"

After learning Mu Zi was the killer, Fang Yue, using Lin Ling's name, coordinated a series of actions—including searching Mu Zi's home for the Human Skin Mask.

Fang Yue had thought it was a fifty-fifty chance whether the Human Skin Mask was on Mu Zi's person or hidden elsewhere—he hadn't expected to guess right.

Watching Lin Ling hold the Human Skin Mask, Mu Zi fell utterly silent.

She lowered her head, her hair falling to obscure her face, then suddenly let out a shrill, cackling laugh.

"Hehehe… hehehehehehe!"

"That's right! I killed Hua Wuye's entire family!"

"Before the 【Bladeless Ghost】, 【Force-Drive Ghost】, and 【Trapped-Ball Ghost】 invaded the village, the 【Parasitic Ghost Stone】 I carried into the village and placed inside Chen Fu was mine."

"Even the refugee body of Yese Liming—I traded with the 【Shi Zhi Gui】 and pushed it off the cliff!"

"And these past days, the disappearances of children in Gu Yue Cun—I've been stoking them from behind!"

"You don't understand… you understand nothing!"

"Lin Ling? Chen Mu? Hua Wuye? You're all just pawns in my hands! Aside from lacking strength, what do I lack compared to you worthless Captains?"

"In intelligence, ten of you combined can't match one me!"

"Why do you get to lord it over me? Why can't I climb higher and see a different view?"

"So I chose another path…"

"Do you know the principle behind humans turning into Ghosts after consuming 【Black Ember】? You certainly don't—you don't understand at all! You haven't even studied it!"

"But the 【Shi Zhi Gui】 studied it! It used its own body to research—even as it weakened from Black Grade Mid to Black Grade Low, it kept studying. Too bad, its grand ambition remained unfinished, killed by someone's hand."

At this, Mu Zi raised her head, fixing Fang Yue with a deadly stare.

"Yese Liming, from the very first night you entered the village, I wanted to kill you!"

"But Lord Han protected you, Chen Mu protected you, and worst of all, the Ghost Lord above also protected you!"

"Only after the 【Bladeless Ghost】's death and Lord Han's return did the Ghost Lord above change its mind—from greedy 【protection】 to helpless 【surrender】. Only then did I finally get the chance to act secretly, without the Ghost Lord's knowledge. I lacked the strength to kill you myself, but using someone else's blade? That I could do!"

"If not for that last-minute refugee appearing, you'd have been killed by Lin Ling—or by Hua Wuye! She hated you with every fiber of her being; I only needed to deliver the final gift to push you over the edge!"

"But now, it's all meaningless… Lin Ling, Yese Liming, do you know? In my entire long career as Guard Team leader, I've learned only one thing…"

As Mu Zi spoke these words, Fang Yue's mind echoed the text from the parchment—【One day later, I killed the Ghost-transformed Hua Wuye, and three days later was expelled from the village by Lin Ling, dying in the wild!】

Ghost-transformed… Ghost-transformed…

Fang Yue savored those three words, then suddenly paled.

"Wait—she's going to…"

"…That humans have limits!"

Fang Yue's voice and Mu Zi's voice rang out almost simultaneously.

The next moment, the whites of Mu Zi's eyes were dyed black at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

That speed of blackening was swifter and faster than any previous Weird Transformation phenomenon, as if completed in one breath!

"Everyone of Gu Yue Cun, I'm done being human!!"

The instant the whites of her eyes were completely dyed black, black blood flowed down directly from both corners of her eyes.

Mu Zi, Weird Transformation!

"Weird Transformation?!"

"She turned into a Weird!"

"Completing the transformation in broad daylight?!"

"Why is her transformation speed so fast!"

"The probability of a human turning into a Weird is extremely low, why is she so confident!"

The crowd screamed one after another, and chaos spread.

The villagers scattered, while the players curiously and excitedly crowded around.

"Holy crap! A monster spawned in the village!"

"A mini-BOSS has appeared! Brothers, the chance to level up is here!"

"Lifespan, what I'm looking at is the Lifespan gift pack!"

"Charge! I am the kill-stealer, I am the kill-stealer!"

"Everyone, I am the president of the Red Hair Guild, give me some face, let me kill this boss!"

Only 1 update today, 10 updates tomorrow, as compensation!

Went out for a bit, came back exhausted like a dog.

Dozed off for a while before getting up to type, no energy left today, will definitely make up with 10 updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)