I changed the world.

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In her heart, she had already subconsciously made up her mind, but An Huiling still had to go and see for herself.

The villa's main door uses a fingerprint lock. With a soft click, An Huiling pushed open the door, revealing an empty hall.

Several leather armchairs and small tables were placed in the hall for people to gather. There was a bar counter by the window on one side of the hall, with several high-backed swivel chairs with black leather cushions scattered there. In one corner of the hall, there was a sofa and a television, which was on but had no picture.

An Huiling frowned. Normally, even when her parents weren't home, servants would be there to clean the place regularly. But right now, her first impression of the living room was that it felt as if someone had been sitting on the sofa watching TV just a moment ago…

Where have my family members gone?!

An Huiling's heart sank even further. She hurried through the living room and almost ran upstairs to her parents' bedroom. The villa had three floors; her parents' and her own bedrooms were on the second floor, while her two stepmothers lived on the third.

But soon, An Huiling was disappointed. Neither her parents' room nor her stepmother's room was empty.

In her room, An Huiling grabbed a light sun-protective shirt and put it on. Then she quickly went downstairs again and ran towards the two adjacent villas.

After quickly searching the two-story building where the bodyguards lived, she still couldn't find anyone.

The door to the small building where the servants lived was ajar, and An Huiling, holding a long sword, carefully pushed it open and entered. It was still empty, but she could vaguely hear some kind of sound. Then, there was a strong smell of burning.

Following the sound, they found themselves in the kitchen, where the exhaust system was on and something was simmering on the stove. The water had boiled away and the food was burnt.

An Huiling went over to take a look, and a horrifying scene unfolded before her eyes. She was horrified to discover that what was stewing in the middle of the road was a human head...

By this time, the head had been boiled to a pulp, making it impossible to tell whose head it was, or even if it belonged to someone she knew...

An Huiling subconsciously took a step back, her stomach churning. After turning off the stove, she covered her nose and left the kitchen.

Despite her discomfort, An Huiling went upstairs to check the bedroom again, but still found no one.

Although she had expected it, An Hui was still extremely frustrated by the result.

Besides frustration, she was also worried. She didn't know where her family members had gone, or where everyone else in the resort had gone!

An Huiling sat blankly in the living room of the small building for a while. Suddenly, she felt a little unreal. Wasn't this supposed to be a vacation?! How did it suddenly feel like she had stepped into a horror story...?

An Huiling suddenly realized that she should consider her future plans.

Stay calm, stay calm... She warned herself. Whether it was the novels and TV series she had read or the strange events her senior brother had talked to her about, they all told her one key point: she must stay calm!

We need to take things back and rethink them...

An Huiling found an unopened bottle of mineral water in a corner of the living room, twisted it open, and took a small sip.

The water was normal, so she gulped down a few more mouthfuls.

Then, An Huiling sat down on a small sofa in the living room and began to recall what had happened to her that day…

Chapter 238 A Hellish Start

From the moment she felt uneasy upon seeing the mask... all the way to entering the restaurant... and then seeing the dead body hanging from the streetlight...

Suddenly, An Huiling noticed a detail; she recalled a sentence the hanged man had once said:

"You will die a horrible death, and your friends and family will also die here..."

It says, "Your family will also die here..."

Since he is "about to" die, that means he is not dead yet!

Thinking of this, An Huiling's worries and even somewhat depressed feelings immediately eased. She took another sip of water and then screwed the cap back on.

The words spoken by the hanged man, and the fragments he had seen in that forbidden book, though insane and bizarre, were filled with language such as "sin," "god," "punishment," "contract," and "sacrifice."

In addition to the poem about Argonne that the restaurant waiter recited at the beginning, An Huiling could roughly confirm that she was probably involved in an event related to "gods" or "cults".

According to what the senior brother once said, this should be one of the most troublesome events ever...

An Huiling frowned in thought, and suddenly remembered a detail: the first words the hanged man said when he first saw her.

"Welcome to God's Game."

"A game?" An Huiling pondered. Literally, "game" here could have two interpretations. One interpretation was that this event was viewed as a game by a certain deity…

Another explanation is... perhaps one has been drawn into a "game".

If it is the latter, then the strange encounters and disappearances along the way can be explained.

Regardless of the interpretation, if it's a "game," then there should be a way to complete it, right?

Although she knew her thinking might have many flaws, An Huiling still tried her best to think in a positive direction. Otherwise, she would break down in this gloomy, eerie, and deserted world!

However, if this is a "game", then unfortunately, as of now, she knows almost nothing about the game's genre, plot, how to complete it, or anything else.

Based on the information gathered so far, it is impossible to make any further judgments...

Based on her previous experience playing games, An Huiling felt that what she could do now was to collect as much information as possible for reference so that she could make a decision on how to proceed.

In addition, she needed to collect some food, medicine, drinking water and daily necessities, because she did not know how long she would stay here and had to prepare for the long-term war of resistance that followed.

An Huiling wasn't one to procrastinate, so she started collecting things. She quickly found a first-aid kit in a room, which contained some bandages and basic medicines.

After that, she collected a few more bottles of mineral water. Then, she opened the refrigerator in the kitchen. What she found inside was an unprocessed human body, cut into pieces, covered in blood, and it appeared to be a male torso.

This horrifying discovery made An Huiling hurriedly close the refrigerator. She didn't even dare to look at what else was inside. In fact, even if there were other foods inside, she wouldn't dare to eat them.

However, apart from that, she only found some snacks and nothing else in terms of food.

An Huiling searched the other two small buildings and found two more boxes of mineral water and three first-aid kits. However, in terms of food, apart from some snacks, tea, and desserts, she found nothing else.

In extreme cases, desserts may provide some calories, and tea may provide some vitamins, but it is still far from enough.

Not having enough staple food makes one feel uneasy, and An Huiling felt that she needed to go and collect more food.

An Huiling took out her phone and opened the map navigation software. At this point, the satellite positioning signal that the software relied on had been completely lost, and she could only rely on some map information remaining in the cache to judge the surrounding environment.

An Huiling felt that in addition to food, she also needed to find a more detailed map of the Ammani Resort Area, so that she could more easily locate her destination.

Using navigation software, An Huiling discovered a convenience store about 600 meters away from the villa where she was currently located. If nothing unexpected happened, there should be more food there, and maybe even some other things.

She found a crossbody backpack and slung it over her shoulder, carrying some bandages, medicine, tissues, small tools, and other emergency supplies. Then, she changed into a pair of more comfortable sneakers and headed out again, towards the convenience store…

It didn't take long for her to find the convenience store by the roadside. Like other places in the resort area, the owner was nowhere to be seen, but the store was still stocked. An Huiling found some bread, instant noodles, and even some biscuits, which she estimated would be enough for her food needs for at least a week.

In addition, An Huiling also found a beautifully bound "Amani Resort Tour Guide" in a prominent position next to the cashier, which included a fairly detailed map.

She quickly browsed through the information and discovered that there was actually a police station in the resort area. This sparked some anticipation in her, and she decided to go check it out. Perhaps the police station would have better communication equipment, and she could try to make contact. At the very least, there should be some weapons and other equipment.

After moving the collected items back to the seaside villa, An Huiling set off again, heading towards the police station marked on the map.

However, this time, she had just left home and hadn't gone far when she saw the sky begin to darken. When An Huiling looked up, she could only see thick fog, and nothing in the sky was visible.

The sky darkened almost visibly, a speed that seemed unusually rapid. However, with so many abnormal things happening these days, An Huiling couldn't quite grasp the situation. But this also confirmed a fact for her once again: time hadn't truly stopped; it seemed that day and night still existed.

Just then, the jade pendant on her chest suddenly felt warm. An Huiling felt a chill run down her spine and a vague unease crept in. She quickly looked around, but apart from the local wooden houses with thatched roofs typical of resort areas and some ornamental plants planted everywhere, she didn't find anything else.

However, she still dared not be careless. She reached out and pressed the jade pendant, then carefully retreated to the side of a wooden house and continued to observe the surrounding environment.

Just then, darkness fell completely, and after a moment of silence in the deep night, the world began a new commotion with a strange and peculiar rustling sound.

In the darkness, only a few places in the entire resort were still lit. An Huiling had already discovered that the entire resort's power system, like a cell phone signal, had long since stopped working, with only a few buildings with backup power supplies still having electricity.

Through the thick fog, a faint, blood-red light, resembling both the aurora borealis and starlight, shone on the ground, providing a dim illumination.

With An Huiling's extraordinary perception after embarking on her cultivation journey, even though the surrounding light was dim, it was still enough for her to see part of the scene clearly. Thus, she witnessed an extremely horrifying scene.

Everything around was undergoing drastic changes, as if everything had been draped in a beautiful cloak. Now, that cloak was peeling, flaking, falling away, and disappearing...

The leaves of all the surrounding trees and plants withered and fell off rapidly, leaving only menacing, clawing branches with sharp thorns sticking out, transforming into some kind of strange thorny thicket.

Once the outer layer was removed, all that remained of the surrounding houses and buildings were broken walls, charred beams, and what looked like a huge ruin. Even some originally inconspicuous items were transformed into various grotesque instruments of torture or strange statues, covered in rust and bloodstains.

Not far from An Huiling, a street lamp had been transformed into an upright gallows, with a rotting skeleton hanging from it.

The ground beneath her feet also changed, becoming slippery and even somewhat sticky. An Huiling ran her fingers over the ground, then looked at her hand, only to find that her fingers were stained with some kind of dark liquid, which smelled of blood.

Cracks began to appear in the ground, and red light shone through them, with faint crimson flames, like molten lava, emanating from the cracks.

This blood-red light emanated from the cracks in the ground scattered throughout, making the whole world seem like a hell built on lava, filled with an eerie feeling.

The rain began to fall, not heavily, but it made the view increasingly blurry. The misty water vapor, mixed with the swaying red light, made everything around seem even more unreal.

An Huiling's heart sank further and further. What kind of game starts with a hellish difficulty level?

She instinctively wanted to scream, but then she reached out and covered her mouth tightly.

After a long while, she managed to calm herself down.

In this situation, all previous expectations are obviously invalidated. The question now is, what should we do?

Within the thick fog, some strange figures appeared indistinctly, wandering among the ruins. Even a fool could tell that they were definitely not benevolent beings.

Hide! An Huiling made up her mind almost instantly.

Chapter 239 Night Parade of a Hundred Demons

I'm not a senior cultivator like my elder brother, so a direct confrontation is definitely not an option under these circumstances.

Judging by appearances, the best hiding place should be the surrounding houses. Although these houses have also been mutated and their shapes have mostly changed, at least they look like places to hide.

As she pondered, An Huiling surveyed the building beside her. It was originally a typical island building with a steeply sloping thatched roof and walls painted with a local clay coating. But now, it had been transformed into a bizarre stone building with moss-covered walls, crumbling walls, and grotesque monster statues. What was even more troublesome was that half of the building had collapsed, making it clearly not a place to hide.

Huff! Huff! Heavy breathing accompanied by footsteps approached from afar. An Huiling quickly shrank back behind the corner of the wall. Soon, a huge and muscular figure gradually appeared from the thick fog not far away.

The figure was over three meters tall, walking upright like a human. It had four thick, muscular arms that reached below its knees, covered in clearly visible scales. Its head was ferocious and terrifying, with protruding sharp teeth, resembling a hybrid of a piranha and a human. Its bulging eyes gleamed with a scarlet light in the darkness. Its ears were like fins, and its lower jaw was covered with tentacles. In addition, large and small wriggling tentacles grew on its back and the outside of its arms, a sight that sent chills down one's spine.