Bai Wan yanked the steering wheel hard to the left.
Boom!!
The ghost ship, which had been cruising in a straight line, began veering to the left.
“Nice!” Bai Wan exclaid. He had always wanted to pilot a ship. He never expected to fulfill that dream in this dungeon of all places.
Onward—faster and faster!
The most amusing part was the main quest progress bar displayed in his mind.
It had originally shown that the ship would reach Four Seasons Island in three days—72:59, indicating seventy-two hours and fifty-nine minutes remaining.
Now, however, the tir was doing sothing bizarre. It ticked up from 72:59 to 73:59… then to 90 hours… and finally, absurdly, it displayed a single symbol: ∞.
The tir was now infinite. They would never reach their destination. Because Bai Wan had completely left the intended route, turning the ship into unknown waters.
The system's voice finally kicked in, a step too late.
[Player Bai Wan, stop piloting the Ghost Cruise imdiately! Exit the ga! Exit now!!!]
Bai Wan averted his gaze, whistling as he stared innocently at the ceiling.
[Player Bai Wan, you are instructed to exit the ga at once! Imdiately!]
A hint of fear crossed Bai Wan’s face as he muttered, “Huh? Did sothing just speak? Creepy… Don’t tell the ghost’s co back to life again…”
Then, in a whisper, he added, “Don’t make a sound, don’t make a sound. Pretend the room is empty… empty…”
[System: …]
The ship sped up. No intention of stopping.
[Stop imdiately or your rewards and final score will be affected!]
It seed that the ga system was helpless now. All it could do was threaten to dock his score.
But Bai Wan simply grinned.
“Score? Rewards? You think I care? Listen up, system…”
“A man’s dreams never end!!”
With that, he slamd the throttle to full speed, determined to see just how far the sea stretched. The more flustered the system beca, the more amused he was.
Eventually, an answer ca into view.
“…Huh.”
Staring out the window, Bai Wan’s expression froze… then cracked into laughter.
“Pfft—!”
Far ahead, plastered across the sea like a stage backdrop… was an enormous painted mural of the ocean.
Turns out, the entire map had been fake. Just a big animated wallpaper.
“You’ve gotta be kidding ,” Bai Wan said, expression blank. “So this ultra-mysterious ghost ga is actually this half-assed?”
But thinking it over further, he understood why. After all, in the intended plotline, the ship was supposed to follow a straight course. No player would ever veer this far off course to see this.
So then… What was behind the painting?
A rare spark of genuine curiosity flared in Bai Wan’s chest. He steered the ship straight toward it. He half-expected to hit so invisible wall—but to his surprise, the ship passed through it without resistance.
And beyond it…
Even the ocean vanished. The ship drifted into a vast black void.
Seeing this, Bai Wan burst out laughing.
Are you serious? A flying ghost ship? The ship is flying now?
Does your mom know how ssed up you are, buddy?
The whole scene had gone completely off the rails. In the pitch-black void, the ghost ship soared like a jet through space.
“Unreal…” Bai Wan muttered, taking in the utter darkness. It didn’t take him long to realize—he had reached the outer boundary of the ga’s map. This place had never been programd.
He had clipped out of the dungeon world.
As he drifted through the void, a glint caught his eye.
Floating in the blackness… was the Guanyin statue. The terrifying one from before, glowing faintly in the dark.
“Wait, isn’t that the creepy statue from the ship earlier?” Bai Wan stared, stunned. “What the hell is it doing here? Did the devs just leave it floating out here because they haven’t cleaned the props up yet?”
[Player Bai Wan, exit imdiately or your rating will be reduced to the lowest tier!!!]
Bai Wan scoffed.
More score threats. This system’s really got nothing else.
Like hell I’m passing up a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity like this.
He cracked open the ship’s windshield and, as they zipped past the statue, reached out—
Whoosh!!
Got it!!
The mory of that terrifying encounter still lingered. This cursed god-statue was no ordinary item. Now that it was in hand and the ship had co this far, Bai Wan figured it was ti to leave.
But then, the blackness ahead of him stirred. A glow shimred into view. The ship shot forward—and pierced through the darkness. Suddenly, the night sky lit up with graceful, silvery moonlight.
Before Bai Wan could take in the scenery—BAM!
The ship slamd into sothing solid.
Crash!
Brick and plaster exploded from the wall it struck, and the ship screeched to a halt.
Bai Wan stumbled out of the cabin and glanced around.
His mouth fell open in disbelief.
He recognized the shops.
The familiar concrete tiles.
“…Wait a damn minute. Isn’t this my apartnt complex?!” He spun in place, recognizing everything.
There was no doubt about it. He had driven the ghost ship straight out of the ga… and into the real world.
No way. This has got to be another bug, right?
Still stunned, he stared at the wrecked ghost ship beside him.
The system’s voice returned.
[Player Bai Wan has successfully cleared the Ghost Cruise dungeon. Beginning Final Evaluation…
Achievents unlocked:
Overall Rating: S. Reward: 300 ghost coins.]
At first, Bai Wan was pretty pleased. An S rating and 300 coins wasn’t bad at all.
But then…
[Due to an excessive number of in-ga reports against Player Bai Wan, your score has been adjusted accordingly.
Testimony from “Chen Weiyu”: Player Bai Wan violated standard procedure, used despicable tactics like impersonating a caring older brother to trap in a wall, twice, disrupting the ga’s intended flow and seriously violating won’s rights. I, Chen Weiyu, hereby file an official report.]
Rating adjustnt: (S → B)
Bai Wan’s face darkened.
You’ve got to be kidding . A ghost filing an official complaint?
You think you’re really Chen Weiyu? You got so screws loose or what?
Then things got even worse.
[Testimony from the Black Skeleton: “Ughhhhhh…Ugh Ugh..UGH”]
Rating adjustnt: (B → C)
“…”
“The hell?! Fine, I can deal with Chen Weiyu’s nonsense, but you’re telling you people can interpret that?!”
Bai Wan’s expression twisted in disbelief.
Slander. Utter slander.
And the absurdity wasn’t over yet…
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