As he spoke, it was as if he had guessed something. The old ndlord's body trembled, emitting a terrifying Ghost Aura.

  Cobra and Jiang Xiaobai's expressions ged, and they instantly retreated teers away, wearing expressions that said they didn't know him.

  Qin Nuo felt as if a massive weight ressing down on him, unbearably heavy.

  Cold sweat seeped from his forehead in yers!

  He had messed up!

  "What are you afraid of? Don't you have two lives? Just py with ohe Blood-Eyed Ghost taunted.

  Just as Qin Nuo was about to retort, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

  "Eye of Hell: You have gained +8e Meter from the apartment ndlord, rewarded with the skill—Top-tier Chess Mastery!"

  What the—!

  Damn, this is a huimes warmer than coal in a snowstorm!

  System, you're like my own father!

  "I ask, what were you looking at on your phohe old ndlord's aura grew even more terrifying, the whites of his eyes fading to a pitch-bck, as if possessed.

  Suppressing his fear, Qin Nuo calmly said, "I was just pying a little game to pass the time."

  As he spoke, he turhe s to show a game of dy Crush.

  "Alright then, turn off your phone and tinue pying chess with me. If you lose, I'll decide what to take from you!" the old ndlord said coldly, retrag the terrifying Ghost Aura.

  "Smartass, really thinks the ghosts in the game are fools," Cobra adjusted his gsses and said bndly.

  "If you don't court death, how you be called Xiaobai?" Jiang Xiaobai smirked. Losing a petitor was no bad thing for them.

  However, for a moment there, they really thought they could bluff their way through!

  Seeing Qin Nuo put down his phohe old ndlained his fidence, shifting his chess strategy from defeo offense.

  Qin Nuo's gaze returo the chessboard, feeliirely different.

  It was like a graduate student suddenly fag a fifth-grade exam paper.

  Familiar, thh!

  After the old ndlord made a move, dozens of ter-moves instantly appeared in Qin Nuo's mind.

  In fact, after the first move, Qin Nuo could even deduce the six or seven moves!

  Masterful.

  Qin Nuo smiled slightly, "Old man, now I'll get serious."

  This sentence made the old man's face darken again.

  The insult felt like a fuse, igniting him even more.

  However, ten moves ter, the old ndlord fell silent.

  After a long pause, he slowly spoke, "You won."

  The hostility that had been emanating from him quickly dissipated, as he accepted his loss wholeheartedly.

  Cobra and Jiang Xiaobai, who had been waiting for the ndlord to explode, were stunned, suddenly notig the situation on the chessboard.

  The red side had only one general left!

  All the guards had been wiped out!

  The two exged gnces.

  This guy is s, why was he fiddling with his pho the start?

  Qin Nuo smiled slightly, "Old man, I've learned a lot."

  Hearing "learned a lot" twice, the old ndlord took it as aaunt and asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to redeem that item?"

  Qin Nuo poio something in the cardboard box.

  "Liu Ze's heart, huh..."

  The old ndlord flicked his finger, and the beati nded in Qin Nuo's hand.

  It throbbed vigorously, full of life. Qin Nuo was curious, if he crushed this heart, would Liu Ze die?

  Qin Nuo thanked him, and the old ndlord waved him off, no longer paying attention, fog on the chessboard.

  This crushi was clearly a huge blow to him!

  On the way back, Cobra and Jiang Xiaobai, empty-handed, looked at Qin Nuo, feeling somewhat unfortable.

  They hesitated, wanting to ask Qin Nuo to py a game for them, but couldn't bring themselves to do it.

  Two veteran pyers asking a newbie for help was too embarrassing!

  Qin Nuo didn't care what they thought. Returning to room 401, he hahe heart to it.

  Pig up the heart, Liu Ze was both surprised aed.

  As he gently pced the heart into the cavity in his left chest, in the blink of an eye, Qin Nuo saw it had fully healed, without a single scar.

  After pressing the heart bato his body, Liu Ze was silent for a long moment before saying, "If you ever have any trouble, you e to me."

  His tone was very calm, but Qin Nuo could tell Liu Ze was genuinely grateful.

  "Not at all, neighbors should help each other," Qin Nuo replied politely.

  "Ding, gratutions to the Host faining +60 Favorability from the 401 tenant, rewarded with 100 Ghost Power!"

  "Ding, gratutions to the Host for pleting a D-level character, receiving ara rating, to be settled after exiting the game!"

  "Ding, pleted 'Minor Task ×1,' obtained a 'Mai' clue—there seems to be a secret in the rooftop water tank of the Bloodstained Apartment, why not take a look?"

  "The rooftop water tank?" Qin Nuo frowned slightly.

  The mai basically referred to the serial killer.

  So the clue must also be about finding the serial killer.

  But what clue could be ier tank?

  Hiding a body there?

  Qin Nuo thought about finding a time to go to the rooftop, but he remembered the door to the rooftop was locked, so he'd have to get permission from the old ndlord.

  "Do you have any trouble?" Liu Ze asked, seeing Qin Nuo standing still, thinking he had some trouble.

  "No, Liu, I'll be going now."

  After leaving room 401, Qin Nuo his steps when he saw a little girl dressed in a JK uniform carrying a basket of food up the stairs.

  She looked scared, gng behind her from time to time, and actally bumped into Qin Nuo.

  "Are you okay?" Qin Nuo asked, realizing how silly the question was.

  Could he really hurt a ghost?

  Qin Nuo, who also had Ghost Power, immediately saw that the little girl wasn't humaher.

  "There's a bad person following me..."

  Following the girl's gaze, Qin Nuo saw a shadow at the stairway, with a pair of bloodthirsty eyes staring ily at the little girl, filled with insane greed.

  Qin Nuo silently took out the Grave Ghost Stone.

  Perhaps sensing the threat of the Grave Ghost Stohe shadow retreated into the hallway.

  Qin Nuo suddenly realized, "Could that guy be the serial killer?"

  He quickly chased after it, seeing the shadow disappear into the corridor ohird floor.

  "He's a tenant ohird floor," Qin Nuo squinted his eyes.

  "Thank you, brother." Seeing the bad person chased away by Qin Nuo, the little girl came over and bowed in thanks.

  "Do you knoerson?" Qin Nuo asked.

  The little girl shook her head, "Every time I go upstairs, as soon as he smells me, he follows me..."

  "But once I reach the fourth floor, he doesn't dare follow anymore."

  Qin Nuo pondered, "Don't you have any adults at home?"

  The little girl opehe door to room 402, smiling, "My mom and dad are at home, but they don't like going out."

  "Brother, would you like to e in and sit?"

  Qin Nuo looked ihe door.

  He didn't see anyone.

  However, there were two chairs in the living room, rog bad forth.

  Invisible ghosts!

  Qin Nuo shook his head, "No, just be careful when you e upstairs. If you need anything, kno the door of room 404. I'm in that room."

  The little girl nodded obediently and carried the food into the room.

  On his way back, passing room 403 this time, there were no horrifying sounds of fighting ing from inside.

  Qin Nuo no longer wao interfere irange disputes of this family of three, avoiding them if possible.

  However, as he passed by, the door to room 403 suddenly opened, and a hand reached out to grab Qin Nuo!