"You're insane!"
Fang Shenyan and Yu Guo, who had discussed this plan, had not voiced the slightest objection. Instead, Cao Yuan, who had remained in the rear watching the battle and had been completely useless, suddenly rushed forward.
At the same time, he tried to snatch the knife from Yu Guo's hand!
Cao Yuan's once somewhat youthful face had been entirely drained into an iron-blue shade by terror!
"Have you lost your minds?! What's next door? A ghost!
"I endured it when you wanted to provoke it just now, but now you want to go even further? You're gambling with everyone's lives!"
Yu Guo frowned toward the opening. The ghost was about to reach it, and he could already see those straight legs.
He placed a hand on Cao Yuan's shoulder and sneered.
"Brother, didn't you hear Ji Li's deduction? Relax. It may be a ghost, but it can't hurt us right now!"
Cao Yuan's previously timid nature abruptly reversed in an instant. He violently shook off Yu Guo's hand and roared through gritted teeth.
"Ji Li? Why should I trust his deduction?!
"At the very least, we're still alive. We haven't been attacked yet!
"If the death trap fully erupts because of your reckless decisions, who will take responsibility?!"
Fang Shenyan's expression grew colder and colder, his gaze behind his lenses utterly devoid of pity.
"If we're wrong, we're wrong. We're going to die anyway."
"Fuck you, Fang Shenyan! Maybe you've lived long enough, but I haven't! I'm only seventeen!"
Cao Yuan's eyes had reddened. He was cowardly, and he was foolish.
But his words were not entirely without reason.
Fang Shenyan and Yu Guo had not completely believed Ji Li's proposed killing pattern either. That was why they had to conduct test after test, working out whether it was accurate.
Such actions would inevitably create extreme situations. It was perfectly normal for Cao Yuan to be afraid.
"Enough! The arrow's on the string—we have no choice but to loose it!"
Yu Guo no longer had the energy to argue with Cao Yuan. All his attention was fixed on the opening.
The footsteps on the other side had stopped. He could sense that the ghost was gradually bending down!
Fang Shenyan watched Cao Yuan, who was still caught in a frenzy, and curled his lips slightly.
Then he raised his leg and kicked Cao Yuan squarely in the chest!
The kick was heavy and powerful, coming far too suddenly. Cao Yuan had still been trying to stop Yu Guo and had never expected Fang Shenyan, his companion, to attack him!
Cao Yuan felt a suffocating pain in his chest, as though he had been hit by a truck. His entire body flew backward, sliding several meters across the smooth tiles.
He did not stop until his spine struck the bedframe.
"Pfft!"
Blood spurted from his nose and mouth. Fang Shenyan had shown no mercy with that kick, as if he truly intended to kill Cao Yuan!
Cao Yuan's breathing became increasingly rapid. His head rested weakly against the bedframe as he groaned a name. "Fang... Shenyan..."
Fang Shenyan slowly approached Cao Yuan, who was already on the verge of passing out, and habitually pushed up his glasses again.
"Whether our guess about the path to survival will work or not...
"I'm sorry, Cao Yuan.
"Having lost your ability to move, you may become the ghost's priority target, buying more time for those of us who are useful.
"Your life isn't worth much, but that depends on how it's used."
Yu Guo, standing nearby, frowned. He wanted to say something, but after gritting his teeth, he offered no objection.
He was now certain that Fang Shenyan was far more than a mere teacher.
He was a cold-blooded madman. Yet there was one thing that Yu Guo, having now seen ghosts for himself, was gradually coming to agree with.
"Human lives really aren't worth much here!"
"Stop it! Stop the ghost from killing..."
Ji Li's toes were still braced against Room 701's windowsill. In just two short minutes, they had begun to go numb, but his mind was still calculating how to stop the ghost from killing!
He knew nothing of Fang Shenyan's situation, yet he had already reached Room 702's window.
But when he looked inside, he could not help but freeze.
He actually saw the raincoat-clad ghost rushing straight toward the corner. It seemed Fang Shenyan's group had found a way to stop it.
"What did they do?"
"How the fuck should I know? Who are you asking?" The Second Personality had clearly been driven out of his mind by the chaotic information and situation.
Only the Third Personality continued to mutter his analysis.
"Judging from the ghost's behavior, it seems to have been drawn in and provoked by Fang Shenyan and the others, causing it to abandon killing that woman..."
"But something feels wrong..."
"It is wrong!"
Ji Li had far more Mission Experience than Fang Shenyan and the others. He had once considered actively provoking ghosts and drawing their attention toward the staff members.
But he had immediately dismissed the idea.
Because every time he faced a ghost, he had felt the same thing: ghosts possessed no emotions, no complex temperament.
They only killed!
Perhaps more powerful ghosts possessed intelligence enough to scheme against living people.
But they would never be enraged by ordinary words or actions...
Such complicated behavior represented humanity. It was absolutely not something a ghost should possess!
Ji Li's gaze shifted uncertainly as he watched the increasingly incomprehensible situation in Room 702. He forcefully shook his head and refocused on the bedroom in Room 702.
This bedroom was far less tidy than Room 701's. At the very least, it was obvious at a glance that someone lived here.
Numerous objects lay scattered haphazardly in every corner of the apartment, making the place look extremely messy.
Ji Li merely gave it a cursory glance and did not investigate further. Aside from the raincoat-wearing ghost, his attention was also on the woman lying motionless on the bed!
This was the second person in this mission who was deeply involved and possessed a special identity!
The owner of Room 702, the woman who had been watched!
From Ji Li's position, the woman's hair hung loose and disheveled, completely covering her face. She wore a simple dress and lay flat on the bed.
If her chest had not still been rising slightly, Ji Li would have assumed she was dead!
But as he continued watching, Ji Li began to feel that something was deeply wrong with this woman as well.
There was no particular reason. Simply seeing her body lying there filled him with discomfort and aversion!
And at that very moment!
He suddenly saw the Raincoat Ghost, who had bent down and crouched toward the corner, abruptly let out an earth-shattering scream!
Even through the thick pane of glass, Ji Li felt as if his eardrums were tearing apart!
When he looked again, he discovered that the Raincoat Ghost was retreating wildly as blood splashed across the floor!
The ghost's right eye socket looked like a burst lychee, blood and filth streaming down his deathly pale cheek!
After several bouts of agonized struggling and howling, that "ghost" actually fled in panic beneath Ji Li's gaze!
At that moment, Ji Li seemed to notice something. His eyes immediately narrowed into slits.
He extended his sleeve and vigorously wiped the window. At the spot where the Raincoat Man had fled, a phone had been left behind...
The phone was utterly ordinary, but as it lay face-down, Ji Li clearly saw a comical, adorable cartoon image on its case.
A Pink Plush Bear!
Ji Li's mind roared. He froze completely in place, as though he had been struck by lightning!
"Raincoat Man...
"This perverted man, this man who should have been a ghost, had that Pink Plush Bear on his phone case!"
Just as Ji Li fell into a storm of confused thoughts, the woman who had been lying on the bed all this time suddenly moved...
Her head slowly rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, twisting to the limit in a posture no human could possibly achieve!
Layers of messy black hair fell away, revealing that terrifying face, already bloated in decomposition.
She gave Ji Li a sinister smile that seized his very soul!
Ji Li felt his scalp about to explode. Only at this very moment did he finally realize.
Room 701, Room 702...
What kind of earth-shattering truth lay behind this ghost mission born from voyeurism!
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