"It's 9:42 p.m. We've given Ji Li's side enough time. For the remaining eighteen minutes, we need to look out for ourselves."
The area outside the security office was already packed with "people." Countless transparent figures wearing hard hats crowded around the entrance, blocking it completely.
Chang Sheng could wait no longer. He kicked the door hard and shouted.
The situation seemed to have settled into a strange stalemate, with several unexpected developments.
For some reason, Gao Zhihua still had not appeared. It was as though Li Guanqi's Bone Spike had affected him last time, leaving him reluctant to show himself.
The one surrounding them now was the Transparent Ghost, one of the three anomalous ghosts. It could create duplicates and had replaced the charred ghost as the new ghost tide.
It had encircled the security office more than ten minutes ago, but seemed wary of something and had yet to break in.
The group suspected that the results of the previous round had brought about certain changes.
There should have been nothing special about the security office itself. Perhaps some variable among the eight people present had caused the anomalous ghosts to behave so strangely.
But after several rounds of analysis, they still had no concrete answer, so they set the matter aside for now.
Taking advantage of this, the eight of them waited in the security office until 9:42 p.m.
Their wait served two purposes: to buy time for the group at Orange Lake Castle and to work out a practical plan of action.
By now, everyone present had grown restless and anxious, especially as the number of Transparent Ghost duplicates outside the door continued to rise.
Chang Sheng could not wait anymore. Staying here would only mean waiting to die. They might as well act now.
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