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Gu Mian suspected that the thing that had knocked on the door earlier might be invisible and had most likely already come out of the door.

Although he had only opened the door a crack, and the ghost was blocking the gap, it would have to break him open to get out. But the greenhouse door was very high, and there was no guarantee that the ghost hadn't crawled out through the crack above his head.

So he thought he could use Coco's wealth to lure out the possibly invisible ghost.

“I’ll take it with me,” Coco replied. “Are we going to use it now?”

"use."

Coco nodded, then took out a huge millstone from her inventory.

The millstone fell to the ground with a heavy thud, shaking the ground and knocking over several ghost models nearby.

The moment Coco took out the "Money Makes the World Go Round" item, her game currency balance quickly dropped to zero, which made her feel a little pained. Fortunately, she didn't have much game currency left before entering this dungeon.

After the phrase "Money can make the devil turn the millstone" was taken out, there was no movement in the hall.

“If the ghost is far away, it will take some time to get to the millstone and start grinding,” Coco explained. As she spoke, she glanced at the second floor. If the ghost had really come out, it might have gone up to the second floor.

After all, Gu Mian is on the first floor, so it's quite possible that a ghost saw him going up to the second floor for emergency refuge.

If the ghost is really on the second floor, it will take time for it to come down from the second floor. Coco doesn't know if the game coins she has spent will be enough to last until the ghost comes down from the second floor.

"If it's an invisible ghost, we wouldn't be able to see it when it gets close to the millstone, right?" At this moment, the fat man was no longer hiding behind the models of the big and small ghosts, but came to Gu Mian's side.

He felt that he was safest with a doctor by his side.

“Once the millstone starts to move, it means that the invisible ghost has already started to push it onto the millstone,” Gu Mian said.

Just as he was speaking, footsteps came from the second-floor staircase, as if someone was coming down.

The four of them looked together toward the stairs.

Actually, it's not necessarily a ghost that came down from upstairs. There are still two people on the second floor. One is the rating officer who was tied up by Gu Mian and thrown at the warehouse entrance, and the other is Xie Bi'an.

Xie Bi'an didn't like being with them, and had barely spoken a few words since arriving in this instance. He was currently alone in his bedroom on the second floor.

The footsteps coming from the stairs grew closer and closer, and everyone stared intently, waiting for the person to appear.

Finally, the newcomer came into their sight.

Because people are walking down from above, the first thing they see in the hall is the other person's shoes and the hem of their clothes.

The person coming downstairs was wearing a pair of high-top black leather boots that completely covered his ankles. The black hem of his coat swayed as he went down the stairs, with part of the hem falling onto the staircase behind him.

It was Xie Bi'an, Xie Bi'an, who was wrapped up tightly.

Is Xie Ping'an actually a ghost? How come the saying "money can make the devil turn the millstone" actually summoned him down?

At this moment, Xie Bi'an, who was going downstairs, suddenly stopped and turned his head towards Gu Mian, looking straight at them.

Gu Mian felt that he seemed strange.

But then he realized that not only Xie Bi'an, but also the three fat men had turned their heads toward him.

The three of them had strange expressions. They stared at Gu Mian with wide eyes, as if Gu Mian had turned into a ghost.

"I didn't even push the millstone, so why are they all looking at me like I'm a ghost?" Gu Mian thought to herself as she looked towards the millstone.

At this point, the "money makes the world go round" mechanic had exhausted all the game coins invested and disappeared.

Just as Gu Mian was wondering about the surprised looks from everyone, she suddenly felt a heat on her head, as if something cool was covering the top of her head.

Then he heard a deep, hoarse voice above him: "Bigger or smaller?"

Gu Mian silently turned around and saw a large expanse of flesh-colored "curtains" in her vision.

The curtain was as thin as a piece of paper, and it peeked out from the gap in the greenhouse door behind him, covering his head like a veil. He felt a chill on his head because of this thing.

This is a ghost, a ghost that has just matured in a greenhouse.

Gu Mian reached out and lifted the human skin draped over her head, then looked up at the ghost in front of her.

The ghost resembled a person who had been compressed very flat; its body area had increased due to the flattening, but its sides were thin. Gu Mian recognized it.

It is not a rare type of ghost; there is an information plaque about it in the lobby on the first floor.

"Big and small ghosts, doctor, these are big and small ghosts." The fat man had a deep memory of this ghost because he had just been hiding behind a model of this ghost.

He ran over to the information board for the big and small ghosts, shouting as he went, and began to browse through the contents, reading them aloud as he went.

[Big and Little Ghosts]

[Description: A demon that can freely increase or decrease its size. When its size is maximized, it compresses into a thin human skin; when its size is minimized, its form is like that of a ten-year-old child.]

Once mature, they will engage in a size-comparison game with their breeder. The breeder chooses whether to compare size or size. If the breeder chooses to compare size, they must expand their body area to be larger than the ghost; if they choose to compare size, they must shrink their body area to be smaller than the ghost. If the breeder wins the size-comparison game, the ghosts will voluntarily come to the stage. If the breeder loses the game, the ghosts will begin to attack.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people cannot control the increase or decrease of their body size.

However, it is permissible under special circumstances.

007 suddenly remembered something and said, "Skinning can increase a person's body surface area."

Perhaps because he himself had his arm skin peeled off, 007 is particularly sensitive to this.

If you peel off the skin, that's one layer; and the flesh underneath is another. If you peel off all the skin, the body area will be twice the original size. If you peel it all off, the body area is still smaller than the ghost, so you have to peel off the flesh underneath again.

If you peel away layer by layer like this, the area will always be larger than the ghost.

Reducing the area is even simpler; just reduce the number of limbs. If reducing the number of limbs isn't enough, you can cut off the body segment by segment from bottom to top until the area of ​​the body is smaller than the ghost.

Whether it's comparing size or size, the breeder will suffer, and even if they win the competition, they probably won't live long.

If the big and small ghosts are the last ghosts before a perfect score, it's okay. Although the death protection mechanism of the dungeon is closed, the injury protection mechanism is still there. As long as you leave the dungeon alive in time, all your injuries will be healed.

If the Big Demon and Small Demon are the first demons bred by the breeder, then there is really no hope for them, and they can't keep delaying the choice between comparing size.

The fat man continued looking down.

If the breeder does not choose to compare the size within ten minutes, then the two ghosts will choose to compare the size.

[Easy to cultivate, only requires timely watering]

[The level of danger is high; even if the breeder wins the game, they usually pay a heavy price.]

[The exhibition scores 101 points. Losing means death, winning also might mean death. The exhibition is extremely difficult, hence the extremely high score.]

"Oh no, doctor!" the fat man shouted as he looked at the introductions of the two ghosts. "You have ten minutes to make a choice, or the power will be in the ghosts' hands."

"How much time has passed now?" the fat man asked, pulling out an electronic timer from his pocket. "What time did it keep track of?"

“It should have been almost ten minutes,” Coco said from the side.

The two ghosts were clearly getting impatient; they had pulled their entire bodies out of the crack in the door and draped half of them over Gu Mian's shoulder.

Although it was flattened, the faces of the two demons were still there. However, the face was now as big as a washbasin, and the eyes were as big as apples. When its head moved, almost the entire upper body moved along with it.

It was slowly moving its body, looking down at its breeder, its voice tinged with impatience: "Choose between bigger or... uh..."

When its two apple-sized eyes saw Gu Mian's face, it was clearly stunned, and its slowly moving body suddenly stopped.

After several seconds, its face, as big as a washbasin, suddenly slammed down close to Gu Mian, as if trying to confirm whether it had seen wrong.

The scene was somewhat comical.

Just moments ago, this terrifying and bizarre giant human skin was slowly writhing like some indescribable thing, exuding an eerie aura. Now, its posture is bent like a cooked shrimp, its entire face almost touching Gu Mian's face.

After confirming who the person in front of them was, the two demons suddenly straightened up.

It stood ramrod straight, almost like a roadside telephone pole. The pole's eyes seemed vacant, perhaps contemplating its own future.

"This visual is like something out of a horror comic strip turned into a children's cartoon," the fat man commented. (End of Chapter)