Behind them.

The raging flames, devouring everything, surged wildly toward their direction.

Suspended in the fire was that ferocious, shrieking Vengeful Ghost, as if it would swallow everything here in the next moment.

The Pig-Headed Butcher said calmly, "Fine, drink this bowl of soup, and I'll make the exchange with you."

Without any hesitation.

Lynn calmly took the bowl of soup and drank it all in one gulp.

A rich fragrance churned endlessly in his mouth, and the System's prompt immediately sounded in his ears.

[Ding! You have obtained a piece of knowledge: Mechanical Modification]

[Ding! You have obtained a curse: Crying Clown]

At this moment.

Lynn didn't hesitate at all, quickly reaching out to grab the heart from the pot, gritting his teeth as he used his tentacles to instantly propel himself into the entrance leading to the freezer.

Behind him, flames rolled in like tidal waves.

The Evil Spirit's shrieks surged forth violently.

He heard the Pig-Headed Butcher's calm voice.

"You need an extremely evil heart to trade with me. I'll come find you in half an hour. If you break the agreement, then use your own heart as exchange."

And almost the moment he finished speaking, his figure vanished into thin air on the spot.

No one knew why he had come here.

No one knew what his true identity was.

And Lynn couldn't concern himself with any of that anymore.

The Evil Spirit pursued him relentlessly from behind.

Lynn charged fiercely into the freezer, then immediately thrust his hand into his own mouth, forcing himself to vomit out all the soup he had just drunk.

But even after vomiting it out.

The effects of both the knowledge and the curse had already taken root in his body.

Yet he knew now wasn't the time to worry about these things!

Gritting his teeth, he dared not stop.

He quickly stood up, slammed the door shut with force, took out large quantities of Evil Spirit Manifestation Potion from his System space, and smashed them violently against the surrounding door and walls.

Smack—

Although this likely wouldn't achieve much in terms of restraining that Evil Spirit.

It could still produce some effect.

"Zuo Zuo!" Lynn gasped through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with madness:

"Can you use Mental Pollution one more time?!"

Zuo Zuo's condition was clearly somewhat weakened, but she still forced herself to raise her hand, struggling to say:

"You'll... have to... compensate me..."

And almost the moment she finished speaking, an intensely hot tongue of flame slammed heavily against the door. The potions on the walls and door instantly lit up, preventing the Vengeful Ghost from directly invading.

A piercing roar echoed in all directions.

Seeing this.

Zuo Zuo finally gritted her teeth as well, transforming with a splash once more into that multitude of viscous black liquid.

Infants struggled to take form one by one, emitting sharp, wailing cries.

The entire freezer echoed with that maddening mental pollution.

But it was effective.

The powerful curse fluctuations restrained the Evil Spirit's assault outside the door.

"I can't hold on for long! You need to hurry!"

Zuo Zuo's voice screamed in his mind.

Lynn didn't waste any time, quickly regaining his composure, taking out all the corpse fragments he had collected from his System space.

At this moment.

He maintained focus like never before.

Every puzzle piece should be in its original proper place!

He took out needle and thread.

Gritting his teeth.

With the fastest speed, he stitched together the dismembered, severed fragments, one needle after another.

Outside the door was the Evil Spirit's shrieks, inside the door was the mournful cries of mental pollution.

This was practically a scene straight from hell!

Bit by bit!

The corpse before him quickly took shape, rapidly restoring her original appearance.

The scenes he had witnessed in Echoes of the Past once again surfaced in his mind.

"I have a stern yet gentle father."

"I have a mother who likes to nag but never lets Alice go hungry."

"I have a brother who often gives Alice gifts and never bullies Alice."

"I have all my family, all the people who love Alice."

"That is Alice's Happy Home."

In the mental image, that girl gently closed the diary, hugging it to her chest, her eyes filled with happiness.

Because her Birth Mother had passed away when she was very young.

Though she missed her occasionally.

Her memory had gradually become somewhat distant and blurred over time.

Because both her father and stepmother treated Alice very well, she really wanted to care for them properly after growing up.

And she definitely wanted her father to tell her the location of her mother's gravesite, so she could pay respects to that blurred mother who had given birth to Alice.

Although her father always refused, unwilling to tell Alice the reason for her mother's death.

But I think Alice will always find out eventually.

I will tell Mother that Alice lives very happily, that Alice is very grateful.

In the mental image, that golden-haired girl closed her eyes, seemingly filled with longing and hope, her face full of innocence and yearning for the future.

Whoosh—

The moment the mental pollution ended, the freezer door was instantly blasted open by a tongue of flame.

That ferocious, burning little girl appeared shrieking before the freezer entrance, her overwhelming hatred causing the entire freezer to burst into raging flames.

"Head!!" Zuo Zuo screamed.

"Finished!"

Lynn gritted his teeth.

And precisely at that moment, clutching the broken girl's corpse, he glared fiercely and madly toward the overwhelming flames and that Evil Spirit sweeping toward him.

He didn't retreat.

Instead, he strode forward boldly against the rolling flames, dazzling halos of light swirling in his pupils and palms.

The curse on his revolver rapidly returned, and the Limited-Time Curse Removal Ability almost simultaneously transformed into halos of light in his palms.

Wearing his fireproof face covering, he fearlessly charged toward that Vengeful Ghost.

"Curse Removal! Activate!"

Lynn shouted.

At the instant the flames were about to consume him, blinding light also enveloped the entire space.

He needed to reach the real Alice!

Bringing this body that belonged to her!

Using his own soul!

To tell her everything!