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Inside a room in the underground palace, an explorer's corpse lay fallen.

Above the corpse floated a swelling "cloud" of vengeful spirits, their former human identities only discernible from the few faces contorted in agony on the "cloud".

"Kill, kill, kill..."

Evil and tyrannical!

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After dealing with the spirits, writing was discovered carved into the wall, seemingly left by the explorer:

"Dominating this labyrinth is an existence known as 'the Emperor.' To stop the calamity, he must be defeated!

But this labyrinth is filled with the 'Emperor's' curse. Those who fall here will become vengeful spirits, eating the flesh of their former companions, continuing to exist in the space between life and death.

To avoid this, one must end their own life, as I have done."

Another Emperor?

Mu Jinxia pondered for a moment, then shared her reasoning with her viewers: "The Emperor has appeared many times.

Initially, when we were exploring the cave, we found a traveler's notebook, which stated, 'Finally, I've found the legendary 'Agdiu'.' This news must be brought back, and my companions must be warned not to let people see it or touch it.

Later, Agdiu and the Emperor were also mentioned on the black pyramid's inscription. 'Please protect our capital and the glory of the Emperor, Agdiu, may you prosper for eternity.'

In the dirge sung during our first encounter with the Harbinger, there was a line, 'Listen to this distant melody, the Emperor who slumbers in the ancient temple, rises to sing a song of triumph.'

The legend of the demon general Namris mentioned that the Emperor's name was Ditos, referring to an emperor.

The protagonist often dreams of terrifying undead and a familiar sense of bloodline, likely being a descendant of this Emperor.

I speculate that an ancient emperor named Ditos, who wielded powerful magic, was unwilling to grow old and die, and sought to use an evil magic to maintain his life.

This magic turned him into an immortal undead, and the entire dynasty was cursed as a result of the evil magic.

Subsequently, the dynasty rapidly declined, becoming a sealed history. Only this underground palace still maintains its original appearance under the power of magic.

Those ugly Nightspawn may have been transformed from the innocent citizens of the cursed Emperor!"

"No way, the Nightspawn are so ugly; it might really be because of a curse!"

"6666! If I were playing, I would have forgotten the previous clues long ago."

...

Upon entering a spacious hall surrounded by pillars, a cutscene appeared.

It seemed to be the scene of a grand banquet. Bright, crystalline chandeliers hung from the ceiling, beautiful patterned carpets covered the floor, and dancers in ancient-style costumes danced gracefully hand-in-hand in the center of the magnificent hall, their smiles and gestures captivating.

Velvet curtains hung down, and portly dignitaries reclined along the walls, attended by servants who served them food.

The lights blazed, a scene of extravagant pleasure.

The melodious and cheerful sound of flutes filled the air, like bright sunshine or splashing water, making people feel relaxed and unable to resist tapping their feet to the rhythm, swaying their bodies, and feeling a strong urge to dance.

The dancers, clad in thin纱, seemed to notice the new "guests", approaching them with smiles, taking their hands, and whispering seductively, "Come on, dance with us~"

Guided by the dancers hand-in-hand, the team members involuntarily began to dance slowly.

They seemed to be controlled by the magical, inexplicable music, unable to stop once they started dancing.

Dance, dance...

Dance, dance...

Even when exhausted, they couldn't stop!

The magical music echoed, making it impossible to stop. The dancers refused to let go, maintaining their beautiful smiles.

A spine-chilling scene unfolded...

In the psychedelic light, the dancers began to turn ugly, gradually becoming emaciated, with only skin covering their bones.

Even so, the cheerful and melodious tune continued to play, and the dancers' dance seemed to never stop.

The dignitaries watching the dance were no exception, each turning into a skeleton, still clapping their hands and tapping their feet.

Despite these bizarre changes, the team members, as if possessed, still didn't stop dancing...

The light gradually faded, and when they regained consciousness, the group was lying at the entrance of the hall.

Narration: "If you cannot resist the magic of that inexplicable music, you cannot proceed."

The hall's plot was strange and dreamlike, almost like a fairy tale.

"Giligili love! Let's jump together!"

"Pure Land of Bliss! Carnival tonight!"

The viewers chuckled.

"I feel like this plot is an adaptation of the fairy tale 'The Red Shoes'!"

"I know this fairy tale! It's about a little girl who puts on red shoes and dances non-stop, unable to take them off. Later, she seems to have found an executioner to cut off her feet, but the shoes continued to dance, still attached to the severed feet."

Entering the ballroom again, an option to resist the music appeared. Mu Jinxia tried each team member, but all failed.

It seemed they could only switch teammates.

Mu Jinxia thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "I remember Kiria being a bard; I wonder if she can help?"

Returning to the Lark Pavilion, Paris was replaced with Kiria in the team, and they tried again.

Inside the ballroom, the dancers were already dancing gracefully, welcoming the team members with smiles.

While twisting her body, Niru said anxiously, "Someone quickly think of a way to interrupt this strange music!"

"Playing a different tune to disrupt their music's rhythm might dispel the strange magic."

Kiria said, taking a delicate, light-purple flute from her backpack, a look of nostalgia on her face. "Let me try singing a song. I once trained as a bard under the sorcerers of my hometown..."

Putting the flute to her lips, she closed her eyes and played with complete devotion.

The melodious and gentle flute sounded, seemingly revealing a hint of sadness and a longing for loved ones.

In this faint, sorrowful flute sound, one could almost see white petals falling in the sky, a blurred figure waving desperately as they sailed away on a ferry.

Kiria was playing a peaceful border song.

It was a prayer for the dead to find peace in the afterlife.

The dancers gradually stopped dancing, and the nobles stopped clapping. They gazed at Kiria with pure eyes, quietly listening to the prayer.

The gentle flute sound, filled with longing, seemed to bring a moment of peace to these undead who had been living under the curse.

A gentle breeze, bringing a sense of intimacy, swirled and lightly covered the fallen leaves on the ground...

In Kiria's melodious playing, the magical, strange music gradually weakened.

The dancers bowed hand-in-hand, and the nobles also nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

The dancing dead began to dissipate, one by one.

The hall's ornate chandeliers gradually dimmed, and the velvet curtains and beautiful patterned carpets slowly turned to dust.

When the light faded, the hall was empty.

In the hall, stripped of color and shrouded in darkness once more, only a cloud of stirred-up dust remained.

The ball was finally over.

Mu Jinxia's eyes were a little watery: "Ahhh, why do I feel like crying a little?"

The melodious and gentle flute sound, coupled with the dancers' sincere faces as they bowed in thanks, did indeed move her.

In fact, besides Kiria, there are other characters who can break the inexplicable music, although the forms of breaking it are different.

For example, if Labang were to go, he would start the Death Songster mode with a broken gong, and the dancers would flee in the face of the noise, and the magic of the inexplicable music would naturally be broken.

But then the scene would not be touching, but funny.