When Xie Zheng saw that back turn around, he finally understood why the previous four people, regardless of their abilities, had all met such gruesome deaths.
"So Xiao Qian Duyue was right after all..."
Xiao Qian Duyue had not stated it outright. It had merely been a guess—everyone had died at their own hands, including Pei Chuan.
Xie Zheng had once voiced particularly firm objections, but upon seeing the truth now, he admitted that he had been wrong. Xiao Qian Duyue had been right.
More precisely, Xiao Qian Duyue's conclusion had been correct, though her reasoning had been wrong.
Indeed, everyone had died by their own hands.
They had even willingly embarked on this path, carrying out a false route to survival.
For example, at this very moment, Xie Zheng's reasoning had seemed absolutely correct to him.
Whether that ghost was Ruru or something else, the figure before him was searching for something. To search for something, it needed eyes.
Therefore, after Xie Zheng used the Paper, Pen, and Ink Sin Item to force it into "death," he could completely uncover the secret of this figure. He could either find the eyes in advance or directly locate the object, thereby breaking this predicament.
That was the route to survival he had deduced in this area.
Yet this route to survival, seemingly flawless in theory, was declared false the moment the figure turned around.
Because after the figure turned to face him, a face identical to Xie Zheng's gradually grew from its back before his eyes!
It had not been born that way. It truly was a "freak" whose front and back were both backs.
But as it actively turned toward Xie Zheng, it grew a proper face from one of those backs at an extremely fast speed. Its features were