The actual situation coincided with the information provided by Copernicus; there was indeed a building less than a kilometer ahead, and it occupied a large area.

It was a large and solemn mansion with a garden outside the front door. The gate of the garden was about two meters away from the road. Like the wilderness by the road, this mansion was dark even when viewed from more than ten meters away, as if the streetlights and moonlight were blocked by some kind of hazy barrier, making it difficult to shine into this territory.

Arriving at the front of the courtyard, Feng Bujue took out a flashlight from his bag and turned it on. Others also took out lighting equipment, mostly flashlights. Only Meng Jingchan raised a kerosene lighter, yes, the one he used to light cigarettes.

"Hey, Brother Chan, aren't you afraid of taking too big a step and having the flame blow sideways and burn your hand?" Feng Bujue asked when he saw this.

"Not afraid..." Meng Jingchan replied, and judging from his tone, he was about to add an explanation for why he wasn't afraid. However, after saying the first two words, his expression changed slightly, as if he had suddenly realized that Feng Bujue's words made a lot of sense. But since the first half of the sentence had already come out, he had to finish it, so after about three seconds, Meng Jingchan stammered, "Uh... not afraid!"

"I see..." Feng Bujue smiled. He found this Brother Chan quite interesting, so he made a rather malicious joke, "Then I have a suggestion. At the appropriate time, you can take a sip of wine and spray it at the flame, which can increase the lighting range and cause a certain amount of damage."

"Hey! Good idea!" Meng Jingchan replied.

"You should put away the lighter and follow us... Anyway, there are many people, and we don't need your little spark of light," Galileo said.

"Well... alright." Meng Jingchan took the opportunity to step down and put away the lighter.

"There doesn't seem to be a doorbell or anything here..." Ye Zhi had already arrived at the iron fence gate of the garden at this time. As she spoke, she gently pushed it with her hand, and with a creak, the door actually opened.

Everyone looked inside, and when the scenery inside the gate came into view, they realized that it was more of a wasteland surrounded by a fence than a garden.

There was a dry pool in the yard, and in the middle of the pool was a dilapidated fountain; around it were a few unevenly spaced fruit trees that had not been pruned; weeds had spread out of the flowerbeds, and a strange, unpleasant smell permeated the garden.

Perhaps... this place used to be a pleasant, shady retreat, full of the fragrance of fruit trees and flowers, and the soft, pleasant sound of water. But now, just like the haunted mansions that appear in every horror game, when the players enter the door, the only atmosphere that hits them is decay, depression, and darkness.

"I think... let Invincible go in first," Copernicus said. "With a protagonist's halo leading the way, nothing will happen even if we encounter any unexpected dangers."

"Listening to this tone, it seems you know there will be danger soon after entering the door..." Feng Bujue muttered in his heart.

"Ah, that's exactly what I was thinking." Brave Invincible walked forward, looking quite relaxed. "But with the current situation, at most there will be a few wandering ghosts of trash-fish level. I don't think there will be any instant-death dangers."

[Protagonist's Halo Transferred]

[The current player with the Protagonist's Halo is - Ye Zhi.]

As soon as Brave Invincible finished speaking, a system prompt sounded in everyone's ears.

"Eh? What's going on?" Brave Invincible was stunned.

"So that's how it is. Speaking purely foolish words from the heart will make you lose the halo..." Feng Bujue muttered, stroking his chin.

"Hey... you should know that I can hear every word you say, right? Can you not be so sharp with your words..." Brave Invincible said to Feng Bujue with an embarrassed expression.

"So, that's the condition for the transfer of the protagonist's halo?" Ye Zhi said thoughtfully.

"I think... there should be two transfer mechanisms," Feng Bujue replied. "Like just now, Brother Invincible lost the halo due to his own actions. That's one type." He licked his lips, "There's also a way for players without the halo to actively strive for the protagonist's halo through some kind of action."

"How to strive for it? Are you saying to say some insincere, not-so-pure foolish words?" Brave Invincible was obviously arguing with Feng Bujue.

Feng Bujue was stunned when he heard this: "Eh~ You make a good point. Let me try." He suddenly walked to the front of the group and put on a serious expression. "Let me take on the mission of exploring the way..." He straightened his body, in a "I'm about to transform" posture, and said in an extremely embarrassing and pretentious tone, "Even if I become an enemy of everything in the world and end up alone, I will stand in front of my companions without hesitation!"

The other five were so thunderstruck by his impassioned dialogue that they didn't know where to start complaining, and were stunned on the spot, unable to speak. Meng Jingchan even took a sip of wine to calm his nerves.

Unexpectedly, a few seconds later...

[Protagonist's Halo Transferred]

[The current player with the Protagonist's Halo is - Feng Bujue.]

"Pfft—" Meng Jingchan spat out a mouthful of wine he had just taken.

Feng Bujue turned around, with a smug look on his face: "Hmph... a piece of cake."

"It works like that!" Brave Invincible shouted, "Then if I just shout 'Coach, I want to play basketball,' can I do it too!"

"Of course not. You have to kneel in front of someone with tears in your eyes and hoarsely shout that sentence, with tears streaming down your face at the appropriate time, to meet the requirements," Feng Bujue said.

"How did you figure out these requirements..."

"I'm just stating my own opinion, and it may not be right," Feng Bujue spread out his hands. "Oh, also, that line of yours is for a supporting character. It's estimated that it will fail."

"Tch... might as well call it the Chuunibyou Halo," Ye Zhi said from the side. "In that case, I don't have any chance, and of course, I'm not interested in striving for the halo..."

"Actually, you can try it," Feng Bujue said. "For example... in the name of the moon, I'll punish..."

"I'm warning you not to say any nonsense and expect me to repeat it," Ye Zhi interrupted Feng Bujue directly.

Feng Bujue smiled: "Then... Brother Chan, um... and the two astronomy pioneers, are you interested?"

"Don't look at me like this now... I used to be a person who cared about face..." Meng Jingchan replied.

"Hehe... I'll pass," Copernicus replied.

Galileo sighed: "Uh... Brother Feng, I think... only you can control this protagonist's halo."

"Actually, I think it's quite simple," Feng Bujue said. "For example, if I don't want it now, I can..." He suddenly revealed a very wretched expression and said with a lewd smile, "I'm not a pervert, even if I am, I'm just a gentleman with the name of a pervert."

[Protagonist's Halo Transferred]

[The current player with the Protagonist's Halo is - Brave Invincible.]

"As long as you say this kind of line..." Feng Bujue instantly returned to his calm and composed look, "You'll definitely lose the halo, but I'm actively setting a flag to transfer it, so the transfer mechanism is naturally still random."

"Big Brother... don't do this..." Brave Invincible said.

Feng Bujue completely ignored him and continued, "If you want to get it back..." He suddenly put on an exhausted expression, but a trace of firmness still shone in his lazy eyes, "Wigs, instead of thinking about how to die gloriously, think about how to live gloriously!"

[Protagonist's Halo Transferred]

[The current player with the Protagonist's Halo is - Feng Bujue.]

"Have you had enough..." Ye Zhi supported her forehead with one hand and shook her head. As the saying goes, women will never understand the world of otaku.

"You're going to break the protagonist's halo!" Brave Invincible said, "Stop it! Just keep being the protagonist! No one wants to compete with you!"

"Oh, then I'll reluctantly... temporarily take on the heavy responsibility of the protagonist." Feng Bujue changed his face faster than flipping a book. He only took a second to return to normal, and stepped into the courtyard.

"In a sense... this guy is amazing..." Meng Jingchan exhaled a smoke ring and said in a low voice to Brave Invincible and Ye Zhi.

Soon, six figures passed through the garden gate one after another and entered this deserted mansion...

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At the same time, in the mountains, inside the shrine.

In a corner of a certain room, there was a jar. It was an old brown pottery jar, covered with several layers of cobwebs, and looked inconspicuous in the dark environment.

Suddenly, a human hand stretched out from the jar.

Before passing through the cobwebs and dust, the hand was quite clean, unlike something that originally existed in the jar.

After the hand came out, naturally an arm followed, but the part above the shoulder was stuck inside, unable to probe out further. It was as if the mouth of the jar was a passage connecting to another dimension, and because the entrance was too small, the owner of the arm couldn't come over completely.

"Tch... what a pain." A low male voice sounded in the dark room.

Against the wall of this room, there was also a shrine, and next to the shrine, there was actually a huge cocoon-shaped object emitting a faint light. The cocoon was more than a meter tall, and the circumference of the widest part in the middle was also more than a meter. At this moment, above the cocoon, the outline of a human face had already protruded, and the one who spoke just now was this face.

"The conversion speed of data fragments is actually being hindered to this extent..." Another voice sounded in the room, also a male voice, but it came from the rafters. "Are you a level three Derivative?"

"You level four guys really like to ask boring questions." The man in the cocoon replied, "Hmph... you don't even understand what 'boring' means."

"Is there anything I can help with?" the level four Derivative on the rafters asked.

"Of course there is," he replied. "You can try to achieve the clearance conditions before the players arrive here and teleport them away."