It's not too much to say that a beauty is a little bit stronger

The office was crowded with people and noisy sounds filled every corner.

The hall was crowded with panicked people, trembling with helplessness and fear in their eyes.

Some people even huddled together and hid in groups, as if doing so could bring them a moment of safety.

"Is it really safe here?" A trembling voice came from the crowd.

The front desk staff maintained a professional smile, their tone gentle yet unsettlingly distant: "Please rest assured, this is the office, it's absolutely safe."

The staff's reassurance didn't really work.

People in the crowd kept pushing their way to the front, asking hurriedly, "Can we reincarnate now? While the token is still in our hands, I'm willing to pay any price!"

The staff member's smile remained flawless, and his eyes swept calmly over the flustered faces:

"I'm sorry, the reincarnation channel is temporarily closed. Please wait patiently for the celebration to end."

These words hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer, and fear spread in the air.

Some people knelt on the ground in despair, some roared and wanted to destroy everything in front of them, but they were bound by the invisible rules of the office. They could only grit their teeth and clench their hands, but were powerless to resist.

From the window on the third floor, Xiao Huai looked down at all this quietly.

His figure was hidden in the shadows, his red eyes were as cold as ice.

Chaos and fear spread among the crowd, but he remained unmoved.

Just then, a light sound of footsteps came from behind, almost silently.

But Xiao Huai didn't need to look back, he could already feel the breath of the person coming.

Louis.

He was as elegant and casual as ever, his gold-framed glasses gleaming in the dim light, and there was an ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was looking at or observing.

"I thought you were going to fight for the token."

Xiao Huai did not respond to Louis' words, and did not even look at him.

His eyes fell on a corner of the first floor, and through the crowded crowd in the hall, he kept staring at one person.

The man had a strange smile on his face, which was crooked and full of morbid satisfaction, as if he was immersed in an indescribable pleasure.

Louis followed Xiao Huai's gaze, and just one glance, his eyes became deep, and his pupils hidden behind the gold-framed glasses shrank slightly.

He knew who that person was.

That is the embodiment of the highest level of revenge.

He was actually there...

Louis looked at Xiao Huai again, and a guess emerged in his mind: "Did you come to the firm because of him?"

Xiao Huai's voice sounded slowly at this moment, with a tone neither light nor heavy. He did not answer Louis' question, but mentioned another thing.

"You knew from the beginning that I would collect these desires."

That wasn't a question, but a firm statement.

Xiao Huai turned his head and looked at Louis.

Louis's gaze returned to Xiao Huai. After looking into those red eyes for a moment, he smiled softly and nodded.

"Of course, otherwise why would I give you the easiest job?" His tone was a little nonchalant, as if he was teasing.

Journalists are the most convenient choice to approach the embodiment of desire.

"Have we met before?"

This time, it was Louis who spoke.

Xiao Huai's eyes deepened a little, but his tone remained calm: "I don't remember."

Louis heard this and leaned against the guardrail, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the glaring lights in the hall:

"That's right. You're just an ordinary person. How could I possibly have met you before? But..." He changed the subject, his voice adding a hint of frivolity, "I do find you quite pleasing to the eye."

"But you don't have much time left, do you?" Louis casually said, seemingly not caring about Xiao Huai's reaction.

Xiao Huai raised his head slightly, his eyes fixed on the distance.

The outside world is in chaos.

The time limit for special tasks is less than ten days.

If the main task is completed ahead of schedule but the special task is not completed, can he leave?

Or maybe you can't complete the game whether you complete the main quest or not.

The people in the office have always said that it is safe here, but from the moment Xiao Huai entered the office, he had already noticed something.

Here.

Not safe.

Just look at the eyes of those Shuras and you will understand everything.

Safe place?

No matter how these people asked whether it was safe or not, they never got any substantive answers.

As for those Shuras, they stood quietly in various hidden places on the floor, with the eyes that Xiao Huai was most familiar with -

A smile hides a knife.

This is a celebration.

But it is also a celebration that belongs to just one person.

This game follows Yan Ming's rules.

The Lord of the Hungry Ghost Realm can play however he wants.

His gaze passed over the chaos of the hall and fell on the colorful hourglass hanging in the night sky.

The color of the hourglass becomes brighter and brighter.

What happens when it's full?

So what happens when the hourglass is full? Is it time to run out, or is there something else going on?

Xiao Huai's eyes dropped to his palms, and his fingertips tightened, as if he was feeling something, or as if he was suppressing some emotion.

He was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, his voice low and calm:

"No, I still have time, and plenty of it."

He raised his head and looked directly at Louis, saying calmly, "For some things, I don't know how the outcome will be, but I will give it a try."

Before Xiao Huai finished speaking, Louis's gaze was drawn to his palm, and his pupils shrank instantly.

It was a strange black energy that coiled around his fingers like a poisonous snake, getting tighter and tighter, as if it wanted to devour everything.

"What are you doing?!" Louis couldn't help but scold in a low voice, a rare look of shock appearing on his face.

The black gas spread faster and faster, and covered the entire office in just two seconds.

Louis watched all this and could hardly believe his eyes.

This madman... is he going to drag the entire Hungry Ghost City, which is currently in the midst of a celebration, into a nightmare world?!

"You're crazy!" Louis stepped forward and tried to stop him.

However, Xiao Huai just tilted his head slightly, with a smile on his face, a bit of arrogance and self-mockery.

Blood began to seep from his ears, but he remained motionless, as if he didn't care at all.

"Yeah, I'm crazy." Xiao Huai laughed, his voice revealing a terrifying calmness. "I'm so crazy that I think this celebration should be defined by me."

Desire for revenge.

How intense can the desire for revenge burn during a celebration?