The moment the white light burst forth completely, Cen Yao did not lose consciousness immediately.
She felt as if she had been thrown into an endless white tunnel with no walls and no floor around her, only blood-red symbols flashing past continuously.
In the next second, a cold electronic voice rang in her ear.
【System Prompt: Welcome, Player, to the Horror Game.】
【Please create your nickname now.】
【Nicknames are unique. Once confirmed, they cannot be changed except with special items.】
A translucent screen popped up in front of Cen Yao.
There was only a blank input box in the middle of the screen.
Cen Yao stared at the input box for two seconds and entered her current profession in a very straightforward manner.
Witch.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Cen Yao: "?"
She fell silent for a moment, then typed again.
Little Witch.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Cen Yao refused to believe her bad luck.
Number One Witch in the Universe.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Cen Yao's brow twitched.
Magical Girl.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Don't Want to Die Today.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Dog Bro Bless Me.
【This nickname is already taken. Please enter a different one.】
Cen Yao: "..."
Seriously?
What kind of people are participating in this Horror Game?
Why would someone even snatch a nickname like Dog Bro Bless Me?
She stared at the screen, falling into a brief moment of self-doubt.
Detecting that she hadn't made a move for a while, the orb floated out in confusion.
“Host, what are you doing? Why haven't you started yet?”
“I'm...”
Cen Yao didn't even raise her head. She was about to answer when a phrase flashed uncontrollably through her mind.
Her fingers moved faster than her brain, typing out four characters in the input box.
Bling Bling.
By the time she realized what she was doing, her fingertip had already tapped confirm.
The screen lit up slightly.
【Congratulations to Player "Bling Bling" on successfully creating your nickname.】
Cen Yao: "..."
That was... so sloppy.
But since things had already come to this, she could only comfort herself.
At least this nickname sounded like it had a touch of light magic to it.
Very shiny and bright.
It was very fitting for her future persona as a great witch.
The orb stared at those words, opening its mouth to speak but stopping, stopping but wanting to speak, before finally choosing silence with great difficulty.
Whatever.
As long as the Host was happy.
After the nickname was confirmed, the prompt from the Horror Game rang out again.
【Here, you will face all kinds of unknown dangers.】
【Death in the game means death in reality.】
【Please make every effort to explore the plot, follow the identity rules, and complete the main quest until you clear the dungeon.】
【Player's initial rank: F-rank.】
【Now beginning to draw the Player's Talent.】
Blood-red points of light spun rapidly in front of Cen Yao.
A few seconds later, the prompt concluded.
【Congratulations to Player "Bling Bling" for drawing the Talent: Medium.】
【Talent Rating: S-rank.】
Cen Yao's eyes flickered slightly.
Medium?
As a witch, drawing "Medium" was practically a match made in heaven if she rounded it up.
Before she could think further, the Horror Game proceeded to the next step.
【Now beginning to draw the novice dungeon.】
The blood-red symbols on the translucent screen flickered frantically, finally stopping on a line of words.
【Ding—】
【Congratulations to Player "Bling Bling" for drawing the fairy tale dungeon: The Little Princess's Full Moon Feast.】
【We wish Player "Bling Bling" a pleasant play experience in the dungeon.】
As the final word fell, the originally emotionless electronic voice suddenly dragged out, its trailing tone mixed with a trace of bizarre laughter.
It sounded like a child hiding behind a door, giggling with their hand over their mouth.
It also felt like something was leaning close to her ear, gently blowing a breath of air.
Goosebumps instantly erupted all over Cen Yao's back.
In the next second, a white light flashed once more.
By the time she came to her senses, she was already standing in an unfamiliar room.
【Welcome, Player "Bling Bling," to the fairy tale dungeon: The Little Princess's Full Moon Feast.】
【In this dungeon, the player's identity is: The Witch Living in the High Tower.】
【Please act in accordance with the Witch's setting.】
【Main Quest: Retrieve the Witch's treasure within seven days and bring it back to the high tower.】
【If the player severely deviates from their identity setting, it will trigger a dungeon pursuit.】
【We wish you a pleasant game.】
After the broadcast ended, the surroundings fell completely silent.
Cen Yao stood in place, not moving immediately.
First, she looked down at herself.
Her purple witch's robe was still on, and her black wand was still gripped in her hand.
Excellent.
Her greatest source of security had come in with her.
Only after confirming her equipment was still there did Cen Yao slowly raise her head to observe her surroundings.
This was a very large room.
The walls were built of dark gray stones, with dark green moss crawling all over the crevices.
The ceiling was very high, with thick cobwebs hanging in the corners, from which several shriveled bird corpses dangled.
In the center of the room stood a long table piled with jars and bottles of bizarre colors.
Some bottles contained blue eyeballs soaked in liquid, some jars held black vines that were still squirming, and a transparent glass bottle contained half a tail of an unknown creature that would occasionally twitch slightly.
Against the wall was a bookshelf stacked with yellowed parchment scrolls and heavy, old books.
Several dried magic arrays were drawn on the floor, their dark red lines resembling coagulated blood.
The most conspicuous feature was the giant window at the far end of the room.
The window was easily four or five square meters, taking up nearly half the wall.
Strangely, even though the sun was shining brightly outside, the vast sheets of golden light seemed to be blocked by something, halting right at the edge of the window, unable to shine in.
The entire room remained cold, damp, and gloomy, like a coffin that had been forgotten for years.
Cen Yao rubbed her arms.
The living conditions of this high tower witch really lacked any sense of quality of life.
Based on the experience she had accumulated from watching horror livestreams for an entire year, identity clues were usually hidden near the player's spawn point.
Therefore, the immediate priority was to search the room.
But before searching the room, Cen Yao raised her wand first.
A clear, resonant cry rang out.
An exquisite and beautiful light phoenix spread its wings and soared out from behind her.
Its entire body was formed of light elements, with golden flames flowing along the edges of its wings, and its long tail feathers resembling a shattered river of stars. As it swept through the air, even the musty smell in the room was partially burned away.
The phoenix flew in a circle around the room.
Wherever the light swept across the walls, the moss withered rapidly.
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