Life Has Its Destiny

Yu Guo's right shinbone was completely crushed. His head trembled uncontrollably, and threads of bloody agony were squeezed through his clenched teeth.

The female ghost lying on the ground had its hands creeping up from his lower leg, about to destroy the living man's last remaining mobility!

No matter how special Yu Guo was, he was just an ordinary person with slightly more courage than most. Under the dual torment of psychological pressure and physical pain, he was even experiencing hallucinations.

Having lost a leg, he had no ability to escape!

Fang Shenyan, on the other side, took the brief head start Yu Guo had bought with his own body and shoved the key into the lock of Room 702 at top speed!

Ji Li, on the other hand, became the idle one. He looked down at Yu Guo, only a dozen steps away, his teammate suffering immensely, and gritted his teeth in silence.

He glanced at Fang Shenyan beside him, then, without a word, after a moment of struggle, he leaped directly from the seventh floor!

The target was right beside Yu Guo!

The female ghost's attention was entirely on Yu Guo, so it didn't immediately notice Ji Li scrambling to save him.

Ji Li leaped down, grabbed Yu Guo's arm, and then, veins bulging, dragged him upward with all his might!

Yu Guo finally couldn't hold on any longer, collapsing powerlessly onto the steps, his consciousness gradually fading.

The female ghost's pitch-black eyes swirled with an eerie glow in the night, pinning Yu Guo's right leg tightly.

On Ji Li's side, he felt his arms were on the verge of dislocating. He used all his strength just to prevent Yu Guo from being dragged further down by the female ghost!

A stalemate had formed.

"Creak!"

The door to Room 702 finally opened, the lock of the escape route turning, just one step away.

Fang Shenyan didn't immediately enter the room. Instead, he turned around and looked at the two struggling below, a hint of doubt on his face.

"Yu Guo can't die, and Ji Li definitely can't die..."

Fang Shenyan sighed. Although he no longer valued human life after experiencing that incident, he couldn't deny that after arriving at this hotel, which could be described as hell, especially when facing ghosts and the brink of death, he had become somewhat engrossed in it.

Everything happening now was the only ripple in his numb existence.

He didn't want it to end so quickly.

After a few thoughts flashed through his mind, Fang Shenyan abandoned the escape route that was within his grasp and leaped down the stairs, grabbing Ji Li by the shoulder!

Ji Li's arms were already sore and swollen, on the verge of dislocating, but when he felt a pair of sturdy hands, a smile spread across his lips.

He knew Fang Shenyan would help!

From a purely rational perspective, although Fang Shenyan was cold-hearted, he was undoubtedly intelligent.

If he wanted to survive, he needed Ji Li, and he needed Yu Guo.

Just like Ji Li had chosen to risk saving Yu Guo earlier, they were both acting to save someone with their own objectives.

With Fang Shenyan's participation, the balance of power began to shift.

Yu Guo's legs had gone completely limp, and his consciousness was about to dissipate. If not for the breath of life in his chest, he would have already fainted.

"Crack!"

Ji Li's arm joints suddenly made a crisp cracking sound!

His arms had completely dislocated due to a force he couldn't resist, but they had become ropes binding Yu Guo's life.

At that very moment, Fang Shenyan roared and yanked upwards fiercely!

Yu Guo's legs were torn off by the immense pressure, amplified by the ghost!

"Go, go, go!"

Ji Li had reached his limit. Now, the weight of both of them fell entirely on Fang Shenyan.

Fang Shenyan's pale face had turned completely red. He had expended too much strength and was starting to falter.

But the hope of escape had appeared, and his fading strength surged once more in his desperation.

One step, one step, eight steps.

Fang Shenyan dragged the bodies of Ji Li and Yu Guo, two adult men, and in the ghost's one-second interval of weakened power, he forcefully pulled these two lives to the door of Room 702!

At this moment, Fang Shenyan had fully entered Room 702, and Ji Li's upper body was also inside, but Yu Guo only had one hand on the threshold.

And the ghost had already closed in on the three of them.

Ji Li looked at it silently. Everyone was exhausted, having struggled to their absolute limit.

Their current position was the furthest they could manage. Theoretically, all three of them were to some extent within Room 702.

But this judgment standard was not easy to determine.

Ji Li wanted to struggle another inch backward, but he had no strength left in his body. He could only watch the ghost, which was right in front of him, scrutinize him.

After a long while, the ghost's foul-smelling body, stepping on half of Yu Guo's body, still hesitated to act.

With a faint, ethereal sigh, its figure completely dissipated.

Then, it transformed into a black shadow and directly barged into Room 702, heading straight for Fang Shenyan, who was by the wall!

Fang Shenyan was facing this situation for the first time. He jolted in fright, and then saw the black shadow land on the back of his hand.

It became a tattoo shaped like a black eyeball.

Seeing this, Ji Li let out a long sigh. He glanced at Yu Guo, who had completely fainted beside him, and said softly:

"We've completed this mission. The ghost has been successfully received.

Perhaps because you're the first to complete the escape route, it's being carried by you. It will disappear once we enter the hotel.

But it's estimated that we still won't be able to leave Room 702 until 8 AM, otherwise the ghost will revive again."

Fang Shenyan painstakingly took out his cigarette case from his pocket, lit one, and offered it to Ji Li's lips, then lit one for himself.

Ji Li's arms hung limply on the ground. He gritted his teeth and smoked, alleviating the fatigue from the latter half of the midnight.

"It's almost dawn now. In another two hours, we can return to the hotel, and it will heal all our injuries."

After what had just happened, Ji Li's opinion of Fang and Yu had further improved.

He glanced at Fang Shenyan's somewhat torn clothes, and saw several knife scar marks under his arm. He took a long drag from his cigarette and asked:

"Tried to commit suicide?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Shenyan's gaze didn't waver. He gently avoided Ji Li's line of sight.

"I've tried to commit suicide many times, but I never died.

Perhaps, people are meant to follow their destiny. The reason I didn't die before was because I was destined to come here."

Hearing this, Ji Li's mind went blank. He looked again at the unconscious Yu Guo.

Everyone has their own hidden secrets, and these secrets shape a person's destiny.

Under the pain in his arms and the numbing effect of nicotine, Ji Li's thoughts drifted.

He thought of himself.

"If people truly have fate, then where does my destiny lie..."