"Should Chang Nian be here?"
"Was the one I saw really her?"
"Was she dead or alive, human or ghost?"
Those three questions flashed through her mind.
In truth, none of those questions mattered most to Mei Sheng, because Old Ghost 101 beside her had already made its move.
Just as she had suspected, Old Ghost 101 tore off its disguise the moment it arrived before the Giant Furnace in Room 1818.
It really had killed Lan Yu and taken his place.
But it was not satisfied with that. At this crucial stage of the Re-smelting Incident, it turned its head, utterly disproportionate to its body, toward Mei Sheng.
In that instant, Mei Sheng did not even look back at it before she immediately felt an unbearably icy force seep in through the crown of her head.
At first, the force did not surge in with much intensity, but once it entered her body, it became like a breached riverbank, rapidly washing through her original shell.
It was a terrifying ability that the living could never imagine, much less resist.
It struck through the crown of her head, swiftly seized her mind, and then struck directly at her soul.
In what seemed like an instant, Mei Sheng became a dull-witted person stripped of all will. As her mind was invaded, she completely lost consciousness, her body left to the ghost's control.
Her right hand dropped limply from before her chest. Her entire posture slumped, and a listless air appeared around her.
From behind, her silhouette resembled a beautifully crafted robot whose power had just been cut off, radiating a deathly stillness.
But that deathly stillness did not last long. Mei Sheng's limbs suddenly twitched, then she straightened her spine and was once again filled with renewed vitality.
However, anyone observant