Gray Pupils

"The fifth floor is an extremely important location.

Xiao Qi and Lao Xue should have been in adjacent positions when the incident occurred; the Text Message Man is still unclear.

Remember the sound of the door being slammed that we heard back then?

There was only impact, no footsteps. We guessed it was caused by a Ghost, but now it seems more likely that Xiao Qi's actions were the cause."

Ji Li was already hurrying down the other staircase towards the fifth floor.

The Third Personality's voice spoke rapidly in his mind. Everything had now returned to the abnormal situation on the fifth floor at that time.

After sending Li Xing away, Ji Li didn't understand why he had agreed so readily, but at least he had one less threat around, allowing him to search for clues to his survival more freely.

Hearing this, he took out Lao Xue's phone from his pocket. Without a password, he couldn't unlock it, so he could only look at the missed call on the illuminated screen.

"Xiao Qi, didn't she know Lao Xue is dead…"

Ji Li couldn't quite figure it out. According to the Third Personality, the one who slammed the door back then should have been Xiao Qi. But for what purpose did she slam the door, and why were there no footsteps? He still couldn't understand this point.

If Xiao Qi was still on the fifth floor, then she couldn't possibly not have seen Lao Xue's corpse.

How could she have called Lao Xue's phone? This already violated the thought process of a normal person…

"Perhaps we'll only know the specifics once we find Xiao Qi."

Ji Li tried his best to conceal his movements, still uneasy about Li Xing's abnormality.

He always felt that this man's aura had changed starting from a certain moment. This feeling was very vague, almost like intuition.

Pushing Li Xing towards Tong Guan's side also carried a hint of testing.

If things didn't go smoothly on his end, at least Tong Guan could help him test Li Xing's strangeness.

Up to this point, he was completely unaware of the true mission content. Li Xing was indeed suspicious, but perhaps he could still be useful until the final moment.

"The fifth floor is very quiet. The previous opera singing has stopped, so clearly, someone is there."

Ji Li had already entered the fifth floor when the Third Personality warned him at the right time.

Listening to the footsteps, Ji Li stood with his back to the light source, watching his shadow stretch out, and in a daze, he saw three shadows on the ground.

It was then that Ji Li remembered the Second Personality hadn't spoken for a long time.

Even when the mission was announced, he had spoken in a very tired manner.

Ji Li frowned. He remained clueless about his own physical attributes. If the Second Personality had any abnormalities, he didn't know if it was good or bad.

"Second, why have you been so quiet lately?"

Ji Li asked, but he still didn't get a reply from the Second Personality. This situation had never happened before, making him feel a vague sense of dread.

Especially when he looked up at the deep corridor, where the dimness at the end seemed to hold some extremely evil power waiting for him.

The uncanny familiarity with Ghosts, a premonition from the depths of his being, surfaced once again in his heart, and his footsteps immediately stopped.

"Second?"

The Third Personality also realized something was wrong and began to call out to the Second Personality in his mind.

"Disappeared? Or asleep?"

Ji Li didn't know what was about to happen, but a major change was occurring within him.

His left pinky finger began to twitch uncontrollably, very similar to the situation in the hotel lobby before the mission began.

Suddenly, a tragic, piercing roar echoed in Ji Li's mind. He had never heard this voice before, yet it felt strangely familiar.

"I… something has entered my body!"

Ji Li was accustomed to enduring pain, but this time the sensation of soul division was too intense.

He truly felt as if his head had been split open by a giant axe, and something was desperately trying to burrow into his brain!

At the same time, deep within his body, something hidden in the furthest recesses was resisting that external force!

The two forces began a fierce struggle, using Ji Li's body and soul as their battlefield.

He fell to his knees with a thud, clutching his head tightly with both hands, his face pale and bloodless!

"Ji Li! Ji Li! I saw a figure…"

"Who?!"

"He looks very much like you… but also not…

Is he… us?"

Ji Li, enduring the pain of soul division, listened unconsciously to the Third Personality's words and slightly raised his head.

The corridor in front of him was empty, filled only with endless darkness.

But through his blurry vision, he heard footsteps…

The crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground. Something was approaching him!

Ji Li didn't notice that as his head tilted back, his lifeless eyes, under the Third Personality's words, were actually beginning to change color!

From pure black at first, a hint of gray slowly emerged…

The color of solitude and indifference, revived in his pupils!

But!

The next second, a hand landed on Ji Li's shoulder!

"Boom!"

Ji Li's world fell silent. The struggle within his skull seemed to have retreated the moment that hand arrived, or perhaps it had already ended!

The Third Personality in his ears was deathly silent, having stopped speaking long ago.

But the Second Personality, filled with exhaustion yet carrying his unique, irritable voice, quietly arrived:

"Damn it, how did I fall asleep again? What's the situation with the Main Personality and the Third?

Huh? Who's this little girl?"

Ji Li recovered from his struggle, but he clearly felt the weakness in his body. His Blood Essence seemed to have collapsed during that recent, seemingly illusory, event.

He listlessly raised his head, his long hair falling over his forehead, and saw the person standing before him, one hand resting on his shoulder.

It was a pretty little girl, holding a gray plush bear, only about 1.3 to 1.4 meters tall.

She looked about seven or eight years old, her hand touching Ji Li's shoulder.

The scene made it seem as though she were the steady adult, using her palm to comfort Ji Li, the child kneeling on the ground, lost to himself.

"Uncle, have you seen my dad?"

The girl's voice was like a clear spring, echoing down the corridor like a refreshing flower bud. Her innocent face was reflected in Ji Li's eyes.

But after she spoke, she fearfully took half a step back. She saw Ji Li's eyes...

A flash of red light!

"Was everything that just happened an illusion?

I feel like besides the two of you, there's another soul hidden inside me!

It was fighting with another force just now!"

Ji Li narrowed his eyes as he looked at the retreating girl. He didn't address her first, but quietly asked the Third Personality.

"I don't know. Regarding what's inside, perhaps as mere subordinate personalities, we don't have such deep insight.

I only saw a man, wearing a black robe, looking almost identical to you.

Except, his eyes were gray!"

"Uncle, have you seen my dad?"

The little girl, who looked around ten years old, clutched the plush bear tighter. She was very afraid of Ji Li.

But she still spoke timidly, as if Ji Li was the only one she could ask.

Ji Li then carefully examined the little girl before him. He had some realization in his heart, but was still somewhat surprised.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Xue Qi... Uncle can call me Xiao Qi..."