The coffin fell silent.
Only the sound of breathing remained.
One human.
One ghost.
Both staring at each other in darkness.
The ghost bride’s expression twisted slightly.
For the first ti since the dungeon began, hesitation appeared in her dead eyes.
"You..."
Her voice was low and distorted.
"...want to die?"
Shen Yu smiled brightly.
"Very much."
The bride’s fingers twitched.
A normal player begged for rcy.
Cried.
Scread.
Promised offerings.
But this man?
He looked excited.
Like a gambler waiting for the next jackpot.
The air grew colder.
"You’re insane."
"Probably."
Shen Yu shrugged as much as the cramped coffin allowed.
"But you killing helps both of us."
The bride narrowed her eyes.
"How?"
"You get emotional satisfaction."
Shen Yu pointed at himself.
"I get stronger."
Silence.
Then—
The ghost bride attacked again.
Her black hair exploded outward violently.
This ti, Shen Yu didn’t resist.
Instead—
He activated Grave Robber.
A faint silver glow flickered around his fingers just before the hair pierced his chest.
Pain surged through him.
Blood splashed across the coffin walls.
Then—
[Fatal Contact Established.]
[Grave Robber Activated.]
A burst of crimson light flashed from the bride’s body.
Sothing vanished from her feet.
The ghost bride froze.
"...My shoes?"
Shen Yu grinned weakly while dying.
"Thanks."
Then darkness consud him.
[Death Confird.]
[Revival Consud.]
[Remaining Revivals: 999 ]
Shen Yu revived instantly.
And resting beside him—
A pair of embroidered red shoes floated quietly in the air.
The ghost bride stared at her bare feet.
Her expression slowly cracked.
Then she looked at Shen Yu.
Then at the shoes.
Then back at Shen Yu.
"...You stole from ?"
"Borrowed."
The bride’s face beca terrifying.
The coffin shook violently.
"THIEF!"
The scream nearly ruptured Shen Yu’s eardrums.
Hair filled the coffin like a tidal wave.
He died instantly.
[Death Confird.]
[Emotional Death Bonus Triggered.]
[Card Draw Available x2]
Shen Yu revived laughing.
"She’s farming herself for now."
The ghost bride looked horrified.
"You ENJOY this?!"
"Honestly?"
Shen Yu checked the floating system cards.
"A little."
The first card flipped over.
[Obtained: HP 20]
The second card glowed silver.
[Obtained: Ghost Equipnt — Crimson Bride Shoes]
Shen Yu’s eyes widened.
The floating shoes transford into streams of red light and attached themselves to his feet.
Imdiately—
Cold energy flooded his body.
[Crimson Bride Shoes Equipped.]
[Effect 1: Silent Movent]
[Effect 2: Short-Range Blink]
[Effect 3: Attraction to Yin Entities Increased]
"Oh, this is amazing."
The bride looked like she wanted to kill him twice.
"Give them back."
"Can’t. System says they’re soul-bound now."
"That’s MY dowry!"
"Then technically we’re engaged."
The ghost bride froze.
The coffin beca deathly silent.
A vein bulged on her forehead.
"You..."
The next second—
She completely lost control.
Hair erupted from every direction.
The coffin exploded apart.
BOOM!!
Wood fragnts scattered across a gray-black world outside.
Shen Yu rolled across the ground before getting impaled by dozens of black spikes.
He died instantly. Then next instant he was back grinning from ear to ear.
The bride looked deeply offended.
"I am a Silver-rank Horror Bride."
"And I appreciate your hard work."
"THAT IS NOT A COMPLINT!"
Shen Yu suddenly beca thoughtful.
"...Actually, there’s sothing weird."
The bride narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"You’re finally thinking seriously?"
"The coffin."
"...The coffin?"
"Yeah." Shen Yu knocked gently against the wall of the grave. "This place is too small."
"That’s generally how graves work."
"No, think about it. Horror realms always reflect reality sohow."
The bride blinked.
He continued.
"If the challenge was just surviving beside you, then the dungeon wouldn’t have a zero percent clear rate."
The bride went silent.
Shen Yu noticed imdiately.
"Aha."
"...You humans aren’t supposed to figure things out that quickly."
"There’s more to this place than the ghost bride."
The bride slowly turned her head toward the grave opening above them.
And for the first ti since they t—
she looked afraid too.
Shen’s smile faded slightly.
Interesting.
"There’s sothing outside this grave, isn’t there?"
The bride said nothing.
Shen Yu checked the rules again.
Do not make loud noises.
Do not touch the bride.
Survive until midnight.
Simple.
Too simple.
And horror dungeons never gave simple rules without hidden aning.
Shen Yu closed his eyes and began thinking carefully.
The world around them was black-and-white.
Frozen.
Silent.
No sound existed outside the grave.
No clocks moved.
No wind.
No life.
As if ti itself had stopped.
"Hm..."
The bride nervously watched him think.
Honestly, she preferred when he was killing himself.
At least that made sense.
"You figured sothing out, didn’t you?" she asked cautiously.
"Maybe."
"What?"
"The answer isn’t inside the grave."
The bride froze.
Shen Yu slowly looked upward.
"This dungeon wants players to believe the ghost bride is the danger."
Shen Yu suddenly shoved upward.
CRACK.
He started climbing upwards.
The bride gasped.
"You can’t leave!"
"Why not?"
"Because—"
She stopped herself too late.
Shen’s eyes narrowed.
"There really is sothing outside."
The bride looked genuinely panicked now.
"No! Wait! Don’t go out there!"
"Interesting." Shen Yu pushed harder against the grave wall. "You were begging to leave earlier."
"That was before you started thinking!"
He climbed out
Dust drifted downward.
A freezing wind entered the coffin.
Shen climbed out carefully.
The mont his feet touched the floor—
his pupils contracted.
The grave wasn’t inside a funeral hall.
Or a cetery.
It was inside a tiny apartnt room.
He was no longer inside the grave.
He now stood in a dim hallway lit by white funeral candles.
The ghost bride floated several ters away, trembling with rage.
Her carefully maintained horror persona had completely collapsed.
"You ruined everything..."
Her voice shook.
"My wedding shoes..."
"My coffin..."
"My dignity..."
Shen Yu looked around curiously.
So this was the Horror Realm.
The world resembled a decayed apartnt floor trapped in black-and-white static.
The walls were cracked.
The clocks had stopped moving.
And beyond the windows existed only endless darkness.
The bride suddenly pointed at him furiously.
"YOU ARE THE WORST HUMAN I’VE EVER T!"
Shen Yu blinked.
"That hurts."
"I SHOULD HAVE TORTURED YOU SLOWLY!"
"You still can."
"SHUT UP!"
The hallway lights exploded.
A terrifying aura surged from the bride’s body.
At that mont—
A new system notification appeared before Shen Yu.
[Dungeon Exploration Expanded.]
[Hidden Objective Detected.]
[Find the true survival condition.]
Shen Yu’s expression shifted imdiately.
His playful attitude faded.
A hidden objective.
That ant the dungeon had more than one ending.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
The ghost bride noticed the sudden change in his eyes.
"...What are you thinking now?"
Shen Yu looked toward the dark hallway.
Then back at her.
"You know..."
He smiled calmly.
"I think everyone cleared this dungeon the wrong way."
The bride frowned.
"What?"
"Survive until midnight."
Shen Yu repeated the system condition slowly.
"That sounds simple."
He glanced at the grave.
"But hidden objectives usually an the obvious answer is fake."
The ghost bride stared silently.
This human...
Even after dying dozens of tis...
Was still analyzing the dungeon?
Worse—
He looked excited.
Shen Yu began walking through the hallway.
The crimson shoes made no sound at all.
The bride instinctively floated after him.
"...Where are you going?"
"To solve the dungeon."
"You already survived the coffin."
"Not enough."
Shen Yu’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully.
"If this dungeon has a hidden route..."
He looked at her directly.
"Then there’s probably a hidden reward too."
The bride suddenly felt uneasy.
A dangerous feeling crept into her chest.
This man...
Was no longer trying to survive the dungeon.
He was trying to conquer it.
Then Shen Yu suddenly stopped in front of a locked exist door.
Number 404.
A faint scratching sound ca from inside.
The bride’s expression changed instantly.
"Don’t open that."
Shen Yu looked at her.
"Oh?"
For the first ti—
The ghost bride sounded nervous.
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