Chapter 8

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Maron covered his head, waved his hand and said, “It’s okay.” 

After a while, the bus stopped. Maron looked up and then got off the bus. 

This was a school, and it was the beginning of the school season, but there were no students. 

Mary stood behind Maron and looked at the empty school. She felt an inexplicable fear. 

The bustling street had become dead silent. 

“Are we going in?” Mary took a few steps forward and stood in a row with Maron. 

“Yes.” 

Maron replied and then looked at the school building in the distance. 

Being stared at by a disaster-level deadly ghost on the bus just now made him realize the danger he was in. 

He couldn’t keep the Deadly Spectre Puzzle anymore. He had to control the deadly ghost to have some confidence. 

Some deadly ghosts could be destroyed with absolute strength, but if it was like this disaster-level one, it would be impossible to defeat it with just physical strength. 

Maron thought as he walked towards the direction of the school building. 

There was a high possibility that there were deadly ghosts here. 

However, it was daytime now. The power of the Deadly Spectre Puzzle would be weakened relatively. 

[One minute later, you entered the school. You found an empty classroom and obtained the Deadly Spectre Puzzle.] 

The blood red notification in his eyes lit up. 

Maron turned to look at Mary and said, “Let’s go in.” 

Mary nodded and said, “Okay.” 

Then Maron turned back and walked towards the dark teaching building. 

After a few minutes, Maron came to the teaching building. 

The first floor was not a teaching area. It was basically a laboratory. 

Maron did not stay long. He found a staircase and walked to the second floor. 

When he came to the second floor, everything here was very strange. 

Because there were people in the classroom. 

To be precise, those were not people. They were just corpses. 

They sat quietly in their seats. There was no noise, and no one moved. 

Everyone’s expression was the same. Their mouths were wide open, their eyeballs were protruding, and even their tongues were hanging out. 

The teacher on the podium was the same. He held a pointer in his hand and pointed it at the blackboard. His other hand was supporting his glasses. 

However, they were already dead. 

Maron did not know what these people had experienced. It was possible that after the game world was activated, no one could react before they were killed by the malicious ghosts. 

It was also possible that this was just the game’s settings. These people were just ghosts. 

But in Maron’s eyes, these people did not have the characteristics of a deadly ghost, and did not have the ability to mutate. 

But in Mary’s eyes, these were different, it was as if all the people inside were deadly ghosts, and could mutate at any time and attack the two of them. 

Thinking of this, Mary moved closer to Maron. 

Maron also noticed Mary’s strange behavior, and only glanced at her without saying anything. 

Then, the two slowly walked down the stairs. 

During the process, Maron’s eyes were on the classroom. 

It was the same situation in every classroom. There were people in there, but none of them were alive. 

The time of death was not very long, and the bodies had not rotted, so there was no unpleasant smell of corpses. 

When they reached the last classroom, Maron stopped for a while. 

This classroom was very abrupt. There was no one in it, and there were no corpses. 

It was very empty. 

“Go in.” Maron pushed the classroom door open and walked in. 

As soon as he walked in, a gust of cold air assaulted his face, which was a strong contrast to the temperature outside. 

It was as if the weather outside was summer, but inside was winter. 

After entering, Maron closed the door and took out his phone. 

He found the equipment column and saw the Deadly Spectre Puzzle, Ghost Fingernails. 

After opening the Deadly Spectre Puzzle, there was a ‘use’ button. 

Maron clicked it. 

Immediately after, the phone suddenly became cold, and a chill spread from the phone to Maron’s hand. 

Maron’s hand was cold, but cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead. 

Mary, who was beside him, did not know what Maron was doing. She only saw that Maron seemed to be very uncomfortable. 

After a few minutes, Maron put away his phone. 

[You have successfully controlled the Ghost Fingernails.] 

[Description: When a malicious ghost appears, you can use the Ghost Fingernails to cut its belly and eat its internal organs. What a delicious dish! Your stomach longs for it.] 

As the blood-red notification lit up, Maron felt that there was something inside each of his fingers. 

Psst! 

As the sound of flesh being cut rang out, eight-inch-long nails appeared on each of his fingers. 

The nails were exuding a horrifying black color, and there was black gas coming out of them. 

Mary was stunned when she saw this scene, and then she took a few steps back. 

‘This is… This is a nail! Could Maron really be a ghost?!’ She was more and more worried about this problem. 

Maron noticed Mary’s change in mood and didn’t explain much. 

He only said one sentence, “If you want to live, you have to control the Deadly Spectre Puzzle.” 

After saying that, Maron put away the Ghost Fingernails. He had successfully controlled the Ghost Fingernails. 

After controlling the Ghost Fingernails, he felt more confident. 

“What is a Deadly Spectre Puzzle?” Mary was like a headless chicken. She only knew that there were ghosts in this world, but she didn’t know the settings of the game world. 

Maron found a seat and sat down. Then, he took out a cigarette and lit it up. 

Then, he explained, “A Deadly Spectre Puzzle, in layman’s terms, is like currency. Using it, you can buy things in the mobile phone store or, conversely it can be used as a weapon, where you can use it as a means to strengthen yourself where you can merge them with your body. After merging them, you will gain some of the abilities of ghosts. But my suggestion is not to use the Deadly Spectre Puzzles to buy and sell things. It is best to merge them yourself.” 

Maron’s explanation was very simple and easy to understand. Any normal person would be able to understand it. 

“Do Deadly Spectre Puzzles require missions to obtain?” Mary asked again. 

Maron said, “Yes, you can see it when you open your phone. What are these Deadly Spectre Puzzles for? All the answers are in your phone.” 

Mary was stunned. Then, she took out her phone and opened it to take a look. 

The picture on her phone was the same as Maron’s. 

After looking at Maron, she opened every icon on her phone. 

After five minutes, she understood. 

The Deadly Spectre Puzzles were really important. 

Only twenty people on the list had obtained some Deadly Spectre Puzzles so far. 

There were even people in the chat room who used five years of their lifespan in exchange for a Deadly Spectre Puzzle. 

One could imagine the importance of a Deadly Spectre Puzzle. 

But thinking about it in the future, she was currently powerless. To obtain a Deadly Spectre Puzzle was simply an extremely difficult task. It was basically impossible. 

And she wanted to stay by Maron’s side, but without some strength, it was impossible and sooner or later, she would be a burden. 

“I also want to obtain a Deadly Spectre Puzzle,” Mary said with a determined look in her eyes. 

Hearing this, Maron smiled. It was not so easy to get the Deadly Spectre Puzzle. 

Not only did it require strength, but it also required a certain amount of luck.