I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 55

Ghost Bride?!

Xiao Gui'an took ten seconds to accept this current situation.

No wonder his scalp felt so tight—could it be that he had all those hair accessories on his head? He felt like his eyes were about to become upturned.

Because it was "dilapidated from years of disrepair," this so-called "Ghost Bride" body was truly an empty shell. After breaking free from the system's control, it had reverted to a featureless wooden sculpture without gender characteristics, having nothing at all.

Compared to inexplicably becoming some ghostly thing with an apparent gender of 'female,' Xiao Gui'an accepted it quite well.

He was more concerned about what exactly was happening now, where they had landed, and whether they could still go back to complete their mission?

"Plop—"

The brown furry ball, still unaware of the major trouble it had caused, bounced and landed on Xiao Gui'an's shoulder, now appearing quite well-behaved.

"This situation is really a bit tricky." The Little Light Sphere's expression turned serious.

"But that's not the main point. The main point is that those bastards who should be dismantled actually dared to reach into high-level worlds!?"

"I suspect the previous few worlds were just decoys they released. What they truly want to change behind the scenes is the fate of the Chosen Ones of Fate in high-level worlds!!"

"If we hadn't accidentally traveled to this timeline node, they might have really found an opening! This is actually a fortunate accident!"

While listening, Xiao Gui'an carefully climbed out of the coffin. He straightened his red dress, feeling somewhat unaccustomed to walking in the high-heeled embroidered shoes with back support.

He stumbled through a few tentative steps, nearly falling flat on his face.

In the remote back mountain graves, a slender crimson figure stood out like the most beautiful color accent in the desolate scenery.

A chilly wind blew past, lightly lifting the red wedding veil to reveal the pale, delicate dead skin beneath.

Broken white bones were scattered everywhere, and crows landed on grave mounds one after another, staring lifelessly at Xiao Gui'an.

Xiao Gui'an readjusted the red veil properly—out of sight, out of mind.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid—we're all dead people here, what's there to fear? He laboriously loosened his tightly bound hair, slowly exhaling as his eyes seemed to come back to life.

"So where are we now?"

"The world we're in now is the third option among the worlds I previously gave you!"

"The Taoist Temple one?"

"Exactly!!—"

"So what do we do now?" Xiao Gui'an still felt somewhat uncomfortable with this voice—it felt like air was leaking through, no different from an ordinary woman's voice.

"Those scheming bastards! They're trying to target this world's Chosen One of Fate! We need to hurry and stop them, protect the Chosen One of Fate!"

"Alright then—" Xiao Gui'an didn't think the Taoist Temple would be a good place for a Ghost Bride like him. If he caused trouble there, he'd probably end up with his soul scattered to the winds.

"So where do we find the Chosen One of Fate now? The Taoist Temple?"

"No, we need to go to Zhang Family Village! It's very close—just over this mountain, only two or three kilometers away. We'll get there quickly!"

"Zhang Family Village, oh, the village is haunted, right? The protagonist specifically came here to exorcise ghosts? These deep mountains are always prone to supernatural occurrences—"

"No, in this timeline we're currently in, the Chosen One of Fate has just been born.

And he's facing the death calamity among the three difficulties and nine disasters—this is his most vulnerable time. His original guardian was probably harmed by those guys."

"If he can't survive this, something major will happen!!"

"Let's go, let's go! Time waits for no one!!"

Following the route provided by the system, Xiao Gui'an tried running a few steps but felt completely uncoordinated, directly losing strength and falling hard to the ground.

This corpse seemed even worse than the "Gui Yi" one—Xiao Gui'an's soul consciousness hadn't fused successfully with this temporarily acquired bride corpse.

"Wait a moment, your soul consciousness is a bit unstable. Let me find something good for you."

Xiao Gui'an watched in his consciousness space as the Little Light Sphere reached into its round body, rummaging around.

Finally, like a certain anime Doraemon, it pulled out a pale blue object resembling a jade pendant gemstone.

"Jade Soul Ice Essence!—"

"Hold this in your mouth—it can stabilize your soul consciousness and also generate yin energy, slowing the decay of this corpse. This should help you adapt better to this Ghost Bride body."

The small jade emitting faint blue light materialized in reality. When held, it felt cool to the touch.

Without hesitation, Xiao Gui'an put it in his mouth. A shimmering blue glow seemed to envelop his entire soul, making him feel much more spirited instantly.

He looked at the red high heels he was wearing, directly broke off the heels, and tried walking—indeed, flat shoes were much more comfortable.

Without further hesitation, Xiao Gui'an agilely ran down the mountain, his movements expansive and unrestrained, extremely dashing, like a gust of wind.

As he ran, he discovered he could actually lift off the ground lightly—more precisely, float.

This could be considered one of the Ghost Bride's abilities, but if he used it for even a short while, Xiao Gui'an felt like his soul would leave his body again, so he immediately obediently used running instead.

However, the Jade Soul Ice Essence was truly a good item—he could feel power continuously filling his body.

The system explained the origin of this corpse to him: "Sometimes, for roles that don't need direct contact with Chosen Ones of Fate, to patch small world gaps, the Proxy System also creates some NPC characters to complete tasks."

"Generally, they're destroyed after use, but since this place is close to the Chosen One of Fate's deeply connected birthplace, the Proxy System at that time probably thought it might be useful later, so it kept it as a backup."

Through the mountain forests, a figure wearing bright red wedding clothes moved like a ghost, stirring up waves of chilly wind wherever it passed.

This mountain could be considered half a spiritual mountain. Over thousands of years, it had nurtured quite a few intelligent creatures.

Several white foxes hid deep in the forest, watching the red figure continuously heading toward the mountain foot. Only when it disappeared from view did they begin whispering among themselves.

The leading white fox was somewhat larger, its eyes carrying a hint of human-like shrewdness and vicissitude.

"Grandmother, grandmother, is that a female ghost from our mountain?"

"Grandmother, when did she arrive?"

The little foxes chattered noisily.

The leading white fox narrowed its eyes and spoke in a sharp voice—the words it uttered were actually sharp human speech in a female voice, hoarse and aged: "Looking at her appearance, with yin energy swirling around her that doesn't dissipate, she was clearly someone with resentment before death."

"Who knows why she ended up in our place."

"But that old blind man from the foot of the mountain collected her body and properly buried her in the back mountain. Although she's nameless, at least he erected a gravestone. She seemed like a kind person before—if some more time passed, her resentment might have dissipated, and she could have been reincarnated..."

"But hasn't something bad come to the foot of the mountain? Why is she still going there?"

The old white fox shook its head: "Probably summoned by that old blind man. That unlucky thing called forth who knows what filthy creature. In this entire mountain, she's the only one who went..."

"Dangerous, too dangerous..." the old white fox said hoarsely. "Although we received some favors from that old blind man, this kind of matter isn't something we can handle. Let's go, we shouldn't linger here any longer..."

Rustling sounds followed as many beings who had seen Xiao Gui'an's figure hesitated briefly before ultimately retreating into the depths.

This great mountain was already filled with blood-colored skies, its spiritual energy dissipated. A great disaster was about to arrive—it was no longer safe to stay.

And as Xiao Gui'an got closer to the mountain foot, the incessant murmuring voice echoing in his ears grew increasingly clear.

"Souls at ease, quickly return to your bodies..."

"Righteous gods of ten directions, dissolve evil and protect the body..."

"With blood as covenant, heed my summoning..."

"The spirit medium is formed, come quickly!..."

It sounded like an elderly man, repeating the phrases over and over. Xiao Gui'an soon reached the mountain foot.

In the distance, he could see a somewhat hunched old man standing at the entrance. Both of his eyes were cloudy, slightly whitish, as if he couldn't see clearly.

Before him stood an incense altar, and he was currently chanting incantations.

By this time, the sky had darkened considerably.

The sunset was almost completely gone, staining the horizon blood-red. Closest to the mountain, there seemed to be churning black clouds, as if some terrifying existence was staring fixedly at this place.

Xiao Gui'an immediately felt a chill run down his spine.