The first lamp, now stripped of the rag beneath it, could never be lit again.
Ji Li had taken the first step toward destroying the forbidden zone. He had made it "permanently" lose one female ghost, but he could not fully resolve this supernatural incident.
After all, the female ghost still existed: A Chun, who was in the "ghost transformation stage." She could serve as the female ghost just as well.
Thus, under the forbidden zone's normal rules, the number of ghosts had not actually decreased.
At the same time, a more crucial question lingered in Ji Li's mind.
Who exactly sealed A Chun's ghost inside the electric lamp?
Presumably, once he figured that out, this forbidden zone would unravel on its own, and the true path to survival would emerge.
After all, A Chun's circumstances and Kun Sheng's could be treated alike.
The only uncertainty was the utterly exceptional Red Skirt Girl, who played the role of the "daughter" in this supernatural incident.
Ji Li was waiting for her to return, too. This time, once she appeared again, she would not be leaving.
Cheng Ming, who had gained a new lease on life, finally recognized Manager Ji's strength at that moment.
His former dissatisfaction and defiance had turned into willing acceptance after Ji Li's actions.
An employee of Branch No. 10 who qualified to participate in a manager mission, calmly assessed the situation through repeated life-and-death crises, and successfully survived had already proven his ability.
But Cheng Ming also truly realized that a certain gap still existed between himself and Ji Li.
When it came to the fundamentals of assessing problems and reasoning things out, he could only grasp half of it. He could not truly save himself, much less do so with such decisiveness and efficiency.
Now, he