Two Tasks

"What's going on?"

Tong Guan and Chang Nian didn't know much about Shop No. 7's situation, so they asked while running.

Ji Li didn't turn around, just replied softly:

"There are four ghosts in the hotel now. Two days ago, we discovered external ghosts trying to collude with internal ghosts. Only recently have we intensified surveillance on the second floor."

Tong Guan was a bit startled after hearing this. He hadn't experienced a situation where internal and external ghosts were connected, nor had he even seen ghosts outside of hotel missions.

The current situation was beyond his expectations.

When Ji Li arrived at the second floor, the dimly lit long corridor was deathly silent, with ghost residents moving about soundlessly.

Due to the iron plates blocking the way, the shattered glass fragments were scattered outside. At least on the surface, the second floor of the hotel looked as if nothing had happened.

After several observations, Ji Li couldn't find anything unusual. He could only look up and ask the air:

"Hotel, did you see anything happen?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ji Li.

There's nothing special within the hotel. The situation just now came from the outside, and I have no authority or ability to observe it."

The sweet female voice represented the hotel's will, and its words would not lie.

But Ji Li vaguely felt something strange, a peculiar feeling that was from the inside out.

It was as if something had been changed invisibly, but he had no way to find out and could only let it be.

And with his powerlessness, when that conspiracy surfaced, he would face several times the tragic price!

"Why haven't the new missions arrived yet?"

Tong Guan was also getting a bit anxious. He felt that ever since arriving at Shop No. 7, his previous experience had become useless.

First, although three newcomers reported, Li Xing arrived two minutes later than him.

Then, the missions were delayed, which went against his previous experience of six missions.

Just now, he learned that at Shop No. 7, there were actually external ghosts lurking at the hotel windows, colluding with internal residents at all times.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the silent Ji Li.

His eyes, as bright as stars, stared at Ji Li's pale, cold face, and he said softly:

"I think this mission is not right..."

Ji Li looked up and met his gaze, then looked around: "Where is Li Xing?"

Yu Guo poked his head out from behind, "Downstairs!"

When the group arrived downstairs, Li Xing was holding a magnifying glass, hunched over the portraits, doing strange things.

Tong Guan held Chang Nian's hand and quietly asked, "Do you see anything special about this Li Xing?"

Chang Nian shook her ponytail and had a solemn expression on her delicate face. After a moment of thought, she said:

"Extremely ordinary, not special at all.

I know what you're suspecting, but at least from now on, he hasn't done anything unreasonable."

Tong Guan didn't say anything more after hearing Chang Nian's words, just murmured softly:

"Li Xing's arrival was delayed, and the hotel's emails were delayed. There might be a connection between the two.

That possibility is very, very low, but it's not entirely impossible!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ji Li was also whispering with Fang Shenyan.

"Li Xing arrived nearly three minutes later than Tong Guan and the other. He should have some unique characteristic, but I can't see through it."

Fang Shenyan habitually pushed his glasses up, and the reflective lenses made it impossible to read the emotions in his eyes.

Ji Li nodded:

"The mission emails should have been sent two hours ago, but they are delayed now.

I suspect the hotel is waiting for something."

Ji Li and Tong Guan were far apart, but the direction of their speculations converged on one point.

Li Xing and the delay in the mission emails might be related!

However, Ji Li leaned more towards the hotel's side, while Tong Guan's attention was on Li Xing's peculiarity!

"In that case..." Yu Guo leaned back in his chair, muttering to himself.

Ji Li turned around and picked up the hotel phone on the table, then froze.

He glanced at his right hand holding the phone. This time, his habit was to extend his right hand, but his left pinky finger twitched for no reason.

Ji Li looked at his left hand suspiciously. It was behaving normally.

He shook his head, looking at the six phones belonging to the six staff members placed on the table, and quickly walked towards Tong Guan.

Tong Guan, along with Chang Nian, was just returning to the solid wood table.

At the same time the two met, they spoke in unison:

"No need to wait!"

Ji Li nodded, not surprised, as he had long felt Tong Guan was extraordinary.

Being able to upgrade the staff to a two-star hotel without a scratch, his abilities were only second to Ji Li's.

Tong Guan spoke softly, "We can only wait and see what happens!"

Ji Li turned to Fang Shenyan and Yu Guo, saying, "Let's each return to our rooms and rest first, to prepare for the upcoming mission."

The entire afternoon, all the staff stayed in their rooms, ready for the new mission at any moment.

Ji Li was currently communicating with his other two personalities about the current bizarre changes;

Fang Shenyan pulled up a chair and sat directly in front of his room door, closing his eyes to rest;

Yu Guo was still holding his live-streaming phone, arguing with the platform management to see if there was any possibility of lifting the ban;

Tong Guan and Chang Nian's situation was more complicated; they were arguing...

Chang Nian had an extremely fiery temper, completely opposite to her delicate appearance, and was currently yelling at Tong Guan.

While Tong Guan, though clear-headed and calm, was also very straightforward and quick to anger.

This couple bickered almost every day.

Everyone was very busy, and so was Li Xing in the room at the very end of the third floor.

The curtains were drawn in the room, but the lights were not on.

Li Xing sat at the desk, his face illuminated by the cool tone of the computer screen, flickering on and off.

His once lively face appeared extremely stiff and rigid, but his fingers were exceptionally nimble as he held the phone provided by the hotel, typing line after line of black text.

"It's coming... it's coming..."

Li Xing's expression was like that of a madman, and as his fingertips tapped, the strange light in his eyes grew brighter.

At one point, his pupils turned crimson!

After typing the last word, Li Xing slumped backward as if all his strength had been drained.

His head lolled on the back of the chair, half-asleep, half-awake, but he didn't move again.

"Ding dong!"

The mobile phone, emitting a faint glow, lit up with an email as he stopped moving:

"Recipient: Tianhai Hotel, Shop No. 7 Staff Li Xing.

Starting from 10:00 PM on October 26, 2015, for a duration of 12 hours.

Discover this real mission content, and..."

But...

The email content disappeared immediately before it could be fully displayed!

It was replaced by new content that covered it!

"Recipient: Tianhai Hotel, Shop No. 7 Staff Li Xing.

Please arrive at Bogu Commercial Building in this city at 10:00 PM on October 26, 2015.

Do your best to protect the 43 existing staff members within the building from dying at the hands of ghosts.

The time limit is six hours, during which you must not leave the building.

If the protection mission is not completed within six hours, the hotel will release the ghost restrictions, and everyone will be killed without a cure!"