"This is... my evil thoughts?"

Gu Shen looked at the sea of blood that continuously opened before his eyes.

After the flame in the oil-paper lantern went out, the entire dream world seemed to be filled with his "evil thoughts"...

Did he really have such powerful evil thoughts hidden deep within his heart?

"Yes."

"But that doesn't mean you're a bad person. Evil thoughts are like shadows in the water. The seemingly clear sea surface may hide a black tide powerful enough to engulf the world."

Chu Ling softly said, "Good and evil are judged by actions, not intentions. Although your evil thoughts seem big enough to destroy the world... in the end, it's just a dream."

"Now..."

The girl said slowly, "Shatter it."

Chu Ling's tone was very light, as if saying "shatter it" was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables or tearing a piece of paper, or rather, it was only natural.

"Shatter it..."

But Gu Shen saw the overwhelming black tide and sea of blood, and his scalp tingled.

He felt like a newbie who had just left the beginner's village, without even a rusty kitchen knife, challenging the world-devouring boss alone, and also performing a skill of defeating the opponent with a single blow.

How is this possible?

Gu Shen asked with a brave face, "How do I shatter it?"

Chu Ling looked at Gu Shen and slowly raised her arm, closing her two fingers together.

"However you want to shatter it." She smiled and said, "Like this... or like this?"

She made a horizontal cut.

Then she made a vertical cut.

Chu Ling smiled, "Either way... whichever you prefer."

Gu Shen stood still in a daze.

He instinctively made the exact same movement, and then his finger lightly swiped horizontally.

"Crack."

It felt like tearing a fragile piece of paper.

A dazzling light appeared in the distant sky, passing by with Gu Shen's finger, and "slowly" cut through the entire world.

The sea of blood in the sky was all shattered, and that extreme brilliance destroyed everything like a blazing flame projected by the scorching sun. It cut all the evil spirits surging from hell, the black tide that made ghosts cry and wolves howl, and the continuously opening vertical pupils, all in half.

All the crying and roaring, the deafening rumble.

Under his distant swing.

Instantly shattered!

The entire heavy and dark world was torn apart by the radiant holy light, and countless brightness rushed towards him. The dark tide was like being hit by a heavy bomb, and the tens of thousands of tons of black tide were blown up and evaporated into vapor in the air.

It turns out that the world in the nightmare is so fragile.

Made of paper.

Poke it and it breaks.

Tear it and it shatters.

"Congratulations."

"It took one minute." Chu Ling casually said, "Refreshed the dream record of the Ghost Cage."

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It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".

In the classroom.

The core flame of the Ghost Cage roared and rose, like the tide beating against the cage wall, giving people a feeling that it could burst and explode at any moment. There were too many evil spirits depicted on the oil-paper, densely overlapping, as if they were going to break through the entire lantern.

"What's going on?"

Wu Mengbai was shocked. This was the first time so many fierce ghosts appeared in the dream of the Ghost Cage.

Just by looking at the lantern scroll, one could imagine how much of a purgatory the current dream world was.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The Chief Judge was the calmest one, staring at Gu Shen.

Sure enough, Gu Shen was not as simple as recorded in the files.

"This guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes doesn't look like a person with antisocial personality..." Lin Beizhu frowned and murmured, "His evil thoughts are also too terrifying."

"Does this mean... there is a high risk of losing control?" a member of the review team quickly asked.

"No."

Tang Qingquan spoke up, and at this time, he was the calmest person.

"The evil spirits depicted in the Ghost Cage have nothing to do with the risk of losing control. The most important thing is whether he can overcome his own evil thoughts... Even if the evil thoughts are small, even if there is only one small ghost, a person with weak willpower still has a high possibility of being greatly interrupted. And Gu Shen's evil thoughts, in terms of scale, are unheard of. It's like opening the gates of hell. He should be trapped in hell now, right?" The Chief Judge said softly, "Now, I am starting to look forward to it. How strong is the will of a person who can venture into hell alone?"

Overwhelming evil thoughts!

How to shatter the ghosts?

They thought they would once again face a long wait.

But at the moment when the Chief Judge's words fell...

There was a slight crackling sound from the lantern!

The Chief Judge's face changed drastically. With his excellent eyesight, he clearly saw that the scroll depicting the countless ghosts walking at night on the outer surface of the oil-paper lantern actually cracked open.

This... the lantern was affected by external forces in the dream and was then destroyed?!

How is this possible!

The Ghost Cage was once a complete S-level seal, but it was taken by a very powerful figure to measure their "own evil thoughts". In the end, that figure obtained the desired result, but the lantern was shattered.

So it fell from the S-level seal rating, but even so, it was still an extremely terrifying dream seal.

In the ten years since he took charge of the "Ghost Cage," Tang Qingquan had seen hundreds of different pairs of dream images of evil spirits.

He had seen hellish scrolls with overwhelming evil thoughts many times.

But all of this was in the Transcendent Court, where the extremely powerful criminals who were sentenced to death were cold-blooded, indifferent, murderous, and did all sorts of evil... Hell was their best destination.It was laughable that these people, upon truly encountering the evil thoughts in their hearts, turned out to be the most fearful and terrified.

They couldn't even withstand it for a quarter of an hour, let alone conquer it.

By the time the image of the evil spirit on the lantern was formed, their spirits were on the verge of collapse... These people were accustomed to being treated as real-life evil spirits, feared and avoided by all. But when they truly encountered the evil spirits that existed in purgatory, they became as timid and cowardly as a mouse.

However, the image on Gu Shen's lantern was the first one Tang Qingquan had seen in ten years.

He had thought that the story of the big shot breaking the lantern with his own evil thoughts was just a legend.

But he never expected... it was true!

Gu Shen's evil thoughts were too powerful, the lantern couldn't bear it... The sight was truly terrifying.

He couldn't imagine how the host in the dream would deal with it?

And the next moment.

Gu Shen gave the answer—

After a crisp sizzling sound, a circular crack appeared on the edge of the oil-paper umbrella, as if it had been cut by a knife.

At the same time, the flame in the core of the Ghost Cage twisted and let out a mournful wail!

The countless hideous ghosts depicted on the oil-paper skin of the lantern were all cut in half.

"What?"

Tang Qingquan's eyes widened.

The rest of the people looked at each other in disbelief.

One moment ago, they were wondering how Gu Shen would slay the ghosts?

The next moment, the ghost slaying was over!

The scene was absurd and dramatic.

Countless evil spirits surged like a tide, threatening to engulf the world... But the next moment, dawn broke.

All the evil spirits were cut off.

Simply... like tearing paper.

Indeed, it was like tearing paper. The skin of the oil-paper lantern burst open in the flickering fire just now. This former S-class seal was even more severely damaged.

"Huh..."

The classroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Only one person's soft exhalation could be heard.

Gu Shen, holding the lantern, emerged from the dream of the "Ghost Cage". He slowly opened his eyes.

After resolving the third dream, his face was no longer pale, but rather flushed. After unlocking the Ghost Cage... he felt his whole being refreshed, as if something that had been blocking his chest was now much lighter.

Gu Shen noticed the shocked expressions of the five members of the audit team.

Did he slay the ghosts too quickly?

But... that was not something he could control.

With a sizzle, it was over.

Chu Ling was right, it was like... tearing paper?

Gu Shen noticed the damage to the Ghost Cage. The commotion in the dream just now was too great, had the lantern been damaged?

He hoped they wouldn't blame him.

He silently prayed in his heart, then returned the lantern with both hands, bowing slightly in apology.

The room was silent, no one spoke.

Gu Shen coughed lightly, attracting the attention of the examiners. He cautiously asked, "So, is the audit... over now?"