After being dragged to the podium in a huge ballroom with a red curtain in which Edge, Daito, and Ah Xiu were pulled, Anne soon spotted a crowd of strange dancers dancing on the dance floor like a cliff 'void' following some classical music.

Obviously, like the evil spirits, changing zombies, and the young ladies of a certain super healing 'black long straight' young lady she encountered outside, these dancers in front of her were all zombies who were completely rotten, festering, full of pus, maggots, and exuding a disgusting stench!

For the first time, this was the first time that Anne felt a little disgusted at why this backward VR game had to be so realistic...... Of course, maybe it's no wonder that she shouldn't have used a full range of haptics, olfactory and feedback gaming equipment that is many times more advanced than the 'X1 Haptic Suit'.

"Is this it?"

(￢д￢。 )

"But what about the key? Where is it? Could it be that you're going to fight those zombies again?! ”

？ (?? Д?? ≡?? д??)!?

Anne asked with some wonder as she glanced at the strange dance floor where all the zombies were dancing on the strange dance floor where all the zombies were floating in the air, emitting strange green smoke and shimmers.

"I don't know the key yet, but the key person has been found!"

"That's her!"

"Did you see that? The only normal 'woman' among those zombies - Kira! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the Zombie Circle from Mayhem Mansion, one of the first games Halliday ever developed! And the 'Shining' is only a small part of this place, but don't be fooled! ”

"Therefore, I can basically determine that the key to unlocking the second clue must be in the body of the only woman who seems to be normal!!"

Artemis stared at Kira, an NPC dancing up and down on the dance floor, and one of the NPCs dancing with the zombies, before making her judgment with certainty.

They came to the library to find the curator before, and it was indeed true that they entered "The Shining"!

This is not?

They found the 'ex-girlfriend' who Halliday clearly liked the most but didn't dare to confess, and that Halliday specially arranged this scene and left that plausible clue, which is nothing more than wanting others to know his story, knowing that he is not an old bachelor who wants to beat a bachelor to death, but a dedicated lover who really has a woman he likes but does not dare to confess or accept?

Anyway, Artemis thinks that's probably what happened! As for whether it was like that, she couldn't be sure, after all, what kind of idea a dead widowed old man had, a young girl like her must not be able to guess too much.

To be honest, if it weren't for the easter eggs left by the other party related to the actual control of those stocks and the 'Oasis' game, and those things have a huge effect on their careers, and even related to whether they can defeat the sixth person of IOI and defeat the online creative company, presumably, she will definitely not easily speculate and guess what perverted thoughts a disgusting old man has, right?

“！！”

"It's a zombie ...... again"

"But how are we going to get to her? I can't fly, and I don't have any flying equipment or vehicles with me! ”

Truth be told, if it weren't for Ashur pulling himself, Aitch would have wanted to run out a long time ago, where would he stay in this dungeon full of resentful spirits and terrifying zombies?

"Maybe we can jump over there!"

"Look! Go through those zombies, use them as pedals and climbing props, and then try to get to the 'Kira' in the middle and try to crack the clue? ”

Artemis was a little eager to take the plunge.

Because she can now be sure, sure, and sure, the second key and the second important clue must be on the body of the only normal female NPC with countless zombies around, it must be like that!

"Jump over? From the zombies?! ”

"No, no, no!"

"Forget it, Artemis, I'm going to go to you, I'm definitely not going to go over anyway, I think it's almost time for me to quit this bad copy!"

Edge hurriedly waved his hand and took two steps back, now that he could face those terrible rotten zombies here, it was already difficult for him to be able to face those terrible rotten zombies here, if he had to jump from those terrible zombies to the woman's side, then spare him, he might rather not ask for the second key?

Anyway, he didn't think he could be the first lucky person to get the three keys and capture Halliday's easter egg in the presence of so many competitors who were stronger than him, these friends in front of him, and those IOI sixth people!

"No way!"

"We have to jump over, you guys let me go, I think I can try......"

As she spoke, Artemis began to take a few steps back, intending to accelerate from here, then jump onto the pair of dancing zombie girls and zombie gentlemen closest to them, and then get closer and closer to the middle of the dangerous dance floor?

“！！”

"Huh? Anne, what are you doing here? ”

But unfortunately, Artemis didn't have time to speed up when she was grabbed by a little guy who grabbed her trouser legs, which made her look down a little anxious and puzzled.

Because, time is running out, and they must hurry up to try to crack it and get the key and find the clue. If that woman isn't the key to the clue, then they'll have to quit and try again!

"No need to jump, he's a mage......"

ε=(?? ο'*))) Alas

"So, someone else went over and took a look for you, right? At the very least, they're definitely a little bit faster than all of you combined! ”

?? (?? ｀▽′)????

After saying that, regardless of what Aitch and the little sister Artemis thought, Anne flashed directly, easily reached the sky above the woman also called 'Kira', and with a wave of her wand, she scooped the zombie who was dancing with each other and beat her into the bottomless abyss.

Then, with another spell, she pulled the woman together and slowly slid down the suspended rock in the middle of the dance floor.

"And then?"

ヾ(^▽^*)))

"Is there anything else people have to do?!"

(??????.??????)????????

After landing on the suspended rock in the middle of the dance floor with the Obasan, who was called Kira, Annie turned to the people at the entrance to the dance floor on the other side.

‘！！ ’

'It turns out that the mage is so convenient, not because of Halliday's own son...... No, I'm going to learn spells and become an archmage another day! ’

'Huh? ’

'You'd better forget it! Edge, you definitely can't learn them, those spells may be more difficult than the advanced mathematics and analytic geometry in college, you better save it! ’

'Wouldn't it?' But Dadong, you are not a master, how do you know? ’

'Because I've learned!' ’

And then what? ’

'No more! Do you know why there are so few mages in the game? Why is it even rarer to get the title of arcane mage? ’

‘？？ ’

'Why?' ’

Because the arcane is harder than the 'arcane!' With that Arcane Archmage title, I've only seen Anne alone in all these years! ’

‘！！ ’

'Is it really that powerful?' ’

'Of course it's amazing, otherwise why could she, the Daughter of Darkness, get away with it for so long, and even the people of IOI and the Fan Alliance Guild couldn't help her?! ’

'When you say that, it's really ...... when you think about it.'

'Then Dadong, I really can't learn spells?!" ’

'It's not impossible, it's really difficult, but maybe you can go to the Bachelor's Spell or the Priest's?' ’

'Does it make a difference?' ’

'Those two professions are different from the Master, it is said that you don't need to learn too many things, one only needs to be ruthless to yourself, and the other only needs to be ruthless to others (ruthlessly fooling)? However, those two professions require some prerequisites, and they are not so easy to learn......

'Huh? ’

Edgy, Ashu and Daito ignored the impatient little girl on the dance floor, and just talked loudly about the differences and opinions between the mage and the warlock and the priest.

“……”

(lll￢▽￢)

"Hey! Tell me what to do next?! ”

o(*｀ー??) o

Seeing that the guys were actually talking on the side, Anne finally got a little impatient, and longed for a flash to teleport over and kick them alone!

'I see!!! ’

'Annie!! ’

'Quick! Invite her to dance or kiss her! And then......!! ’

At this time, Artemis had just told what she knew, but in an instant, a powerful suction force appeared in the direction of the stage gate, and then the five of them were sucked out in an instant, and disappeared directly, and had been teleported to the entrance of the 'Shining'.

Obviously, the five-minute time limit has been reached, and players who have not completed certain conditions for completing the quest will be teleported directly by the system as a matter of course.

“！！”

! (;?? o??) o

“……”

(ー`?? ー)

Seeing that Miss Artemis and the others were teleported out before they finished speaking, and that they could not use friend communication at all, Anne had no choice but to frown and stare back at the Obasan, who was smiling at her with suspicion. In the current situation, I'm afraid she can only decide what to do by herself, and those guys definitely can't count on it.

"Invite her to dance or kiss her?!"

(￢д￢。 )

"Forget that kind of thing...... People think it might be easier to just burn her?! ”

?? (ψ｀▽′)o ??

After speaking, without waiting for the other party's reaction, Anne directly raised her hand to be a flame impact, causing a flame tongue to sweep and lick directly towards the other party, and instantly burned the other party into a ball of flying ash in a miserable scream.

（…… ）

ε=(???? '●))) Alas

Followed by!

Before Anne could start burning the surrounding zombies again, she saw that as the woman was burned to ashes by her, the surrounding zombies also instantly shattered into pieces like ashes, and then quickly gathered in front of her, and finally formed the image of a bad old man wearing a hood and pretending to be a prophet that she said was very familiar.

Anne undoubtedly cracked the second clue and found Halliday, the other party's game avatar, the bad old man she hated so badly - the prophet Arnoke!

"Aha! I've got you!! ”

(??????)

"Look at the move!!"

?? (ψ｀▽′)o????

Finding that the bad old man Halliday appeared, Anne couldn't wait to smash her long-planned calm and idle fire technique directly at the other party!!

！！

“？？”

Halliday was a little caught off guard, he didn't know what the hell was going on with this little girl in front of him, she was like crazy, and she would do that kind of thing to him as soon as they met?

"Wait?!"

"You ......"

??

Rumble~!!!

In the next moment, a certain hapless Halliday had just appeared and was pleased to take out a green jade key, and was about to hand it to the other party to open the treasure chest of the second clue, when he was shocked to find that a huge fireball of flame explosion had smashed into his hood, and instantly incinerated his whole body in a huge explosion, turning into pieces of fly ash in an instant......

"Humph!"

ε=(?? ˇεˇ????))) Bah!!

"If you don't learn well, do you dare to encourage those bad guys to cheat during the game in the future?!"

(??????????) Hey!

A fire burned the other party, and then got the jade key, and Anne, who suddenly felt refreshed and comfortable, no longer looked at the ashes of the other party, and directly teleported, back to the entrance of the big house in the 'Shining' theater, and successfully saw Edge, Miss Artemis and others who were already waiting impatiently outside.

‘！！ ’

'How's it going, Annie?' ’

'Great! This is the second key, the jade key, right? ’

Tell us what the second key is talking about?! ’

‘？？ ’

'Annie? ’

Seeing a little girl come out and see what the other party was holding, Artemis, Edge, Dadong and others surrounded him, intending to hear what the other party was talking about.

"Ahh

━(?? Δ?? ∥)━ン

"The ......"

(′～`●)

"People just forgot to open the box, and they just came out......"

(^～^; )ゞ

Anne, who had no heart and no heart at all about such trivial matters, seemed to come back to her senses at this time, and felt that she was in too happy mood for a while after 'burning' the clone of the bad old man of Arnoke, so she accidentally forgot something important?

‘！！ ’

'Looks like we're right, it's the woman Kira!' Artemis, quick, let's split up the team and go into the dungeon one by one, trying to get the keys and clues as soon as possible, but don't be robbed of the spot by the IOI people! ’

'Huh? Good, good! ’

‘？？ ’

'Edge? Aren't you going?! ’

'No! I'm not going! You can go on your own, leave me alone, I'm right here! ’

'Are you scared? ’

'I'm not afraid!! ’

You're just scared! We've just figured it out, Anne has got the key, and now we just need to run to the dance floor and find the woman as fast as we can, what are you worried about? ’

‘……’

'Leave me alone, anyway!' Artemis and Parsifal are already inside, so you two better hurry up and get in! ’

'You ......'

In the end, Edge, who seemed to be a little timid, or didn't have much resistance to those evil spirits or something, stubbornly didn't choose to go in, and just watched as his four companions left the group and ran in through the entrance...... Then, he waited patiently at the exit with a bad little girl who had gotten the key, but didn't remember to look for the clue.

"Annie!"

"You've seen Halliday again, haven't you? What did he say this time? ”

Although he didn't plan to go in, it didn't prevent Edgey from asking a little girl next to him about the things he was more concerned about.

"What did you say?"

∑(°ー°〃)？！

"I didn't say anything, as soon as he said 'wait', he was burned by a fireball!!"

???? (???? ｀??)??????

“！！”

"You attacked Halliday?!!"

Unconsciously, Edge's voice became a little sharper, and he stared at a terrible little girl with an exaggerated gesture and a half-arched body, with an exaggerated gesture.

"What's so strange about that!"

(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut ~~

"People wanted to burn it last time, if he hadn't run fast...... Forget it, people won't wait here with you, it's a little weird and boring, wait until they crack the third clue! ”

(*?????? `??)

After saying that, after making a big grimace at Edge, Anne directly put away the jade key that seemed to be useless, and then with a wave of her hand, she opened an oval mage portal, and jumped inside, and soon disappeared.

At this time, on the scoreboard of the Easter egg game of finding Halliday, the name of a little girl, a certain Fa Anne Hasta, who was known as the "Dark Daughter", and her score that was already ranked first, skyrocketed again, increasing by 100,000, and pulling Parsifar and Artemis, who were in second and third place respectively, apart.

……

'Report! ’

'Sir, I think, you have to look at this first?' ’

Then, at the same time, a small executive of IOI Online Creative, the second largest company in the world by 2045, hurriedly called out to the company's manager, Nolan Sorrento, and respectfully handed an electronic panel showing the scoreboard of the Halliday's Easter egg game to the local place under the impatient eyes of the other party.

‘！！ ’

'The Dark Lady again!!' ’

'Huh?! ’

'How can there be that Parsifal?' What the hell is going on, isn't he already ......'

If seeing on the board Anne Hasta, the Dark Lady who has repeatedly fought against their IOI company in the game, and who had just caused them heavy casualties just two days ago, made Nolan Sorrento feel a little frightened to see that Parsifal's score change again.

Because, he obviously sent someone to blow up the residence of the dead otaku who lived in the slums...... But now, why can the other party's points still change?

‘！！ ’

Tell me what the hell is going on?! ’

Nolan Sorrento, who had resisted not saying anything that few people knew about at the critical moment, first stopped talking, and waited for a while before he forced some nameless anger to ask the director.

'That's ......'

'One of our Easter egg hunters saw these guys at the top of the leaderboard enter that library a while back! ’

He snuck over and heard them unravel the clue......

Now, as long as we win the Shining Festival, we'll be able to get our hands on that second Emerald Key!" ’

However, that challenge seems to be a bit difficult, and I don't know if those people have found any loopholes or bugs...... In short, we have lost hundreds of people at the moment, and we still haven't found a way.......

'So at least six people are ahead of us......

Pointing to the scoreboard and gesturing to the boss to look at their miserable and screaming staff, the supervisor said helplessly.

Obviously, their IOI points are now seriously behind those few casual players who are making rapid progress, so if they continue to follow those people to solve puzzles, then, there is no doubt that in the end, Halliday's easter egg will definitely be out of their company.

'That's it! ’

'I know this, you go and get busy first!' Remember, tell them to clear that Shining level and get that last clue as soon as possible! ’

'If they fall behind others this time, this year, they won't even want to take the prize money of their puzzle-solving team!!' ’

After waving impatiently and telling the supervisor to keep an eye on the useless employees at work and try to find Easter eggs, Nolan Sorrento quickly walked to a place where no one was around, and then quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

That's right! It's me! ’

'Zander ......'

'The boy, he's still alive!! ’

And he might be with that hateful little girl, with that dark girl right now! So, I hope that you can find them for me in the shortest possible time, regardless of the cost! ’

That's right, I'm talking about the real world! I need to find them in the real world and catch them! It's all for the company, do you understand? ’

'Very good! I hope you can bring me good news soon......'

'So be it!!' ’

After giving a stern time-limited order to a female field supervisor in the company's security department, Nolan Sorrento, the manager of IOI Online Creatives, hung up the communication on his mobile phone with a 'snap', and then viciously squeezed it in his palm.

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