Where is the Opportunity

The instant Fang Shenyan realized his position was compromised, he stepped away from the wall and rushed towards the little girl's location!

He had too little information right now. If the girl truly had the clue Ji Li obtained, then he had to take a gamble no matter what.

Li Xing's head was like a screw without a nut; his neck and head had lost their restraint. As Fang Shenyan passed him, he saw Li Xing twisting his own head to adjust its facing direction.

This situation made him even more certain that Li Xing was completely dead.

Fang Shenyan's actions were swift and decisive. Tong Guan and the other person on the other side of the corridor only saw an afterimage as Fang Shenyan instantly scooped up the little girl and disappeared up the stairs!

What truly allowed Tong Guan to get a clear look at the person who arrived was the figure that followed Fang Shenyan.

It was Yu Guo!

He closely followed Fang Shenyan, taking the same escape route. But as he passed Li Xing, he made an incredibly bold move!

Yu Guo moved quickly in Fang Shenyan's direction, but his eyes remained fixed on Li Xing.

He watched Li Xing's head spinning furiously, and then Yu Guo did something very strange.

While running, he actually swung his fist and smashed it hard into Li Xing's rotating left cheek!

Just as Li Xing was about to turn his head towards them, Yu Guo's powerful punch landed squarely!

Then, an even more bizarre scene unfolded...

From close proximity, Yu Guo heard a crisp bone-cracking sound. He watched as Li Xing's head was actually smashed off by his punch!

Yu Guo looked at Li Xing's headless body, which was still fumbling around searching for its head, and his scalp tingled.

He then looked at Tong Guan and the other person, who had been watching the whole thing from a distance, and shouted loudly, "What are you two standing around for? Run!"

After saying this, he followed Fang Shenyan's footsteps and fled rapidly towards the rooftop.

On the other side, Tong Guan, who had seen everything clearly, frowned. He grabbed Chang Nian's hand and led her, sprinting up another staircase.

"Six hours! We've reached the six-hour mark! Li Xing, who was possessed, delayed us for the final time."

Chang Nian heard this, shook off Tong Guan's hand, and said in a deep voice, "What if he wasn't possessed?"

Tong Guan's brow twitched, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, but he remained silent.

Chang Nian continued, "Li Xing was already very unique. He reported three minutes late, and the mission started delayed. It seems the hotel deliberately allowed it. What was this time reserved for? We still don't know. But could it have been to create a fake mission for that ghost?"

Tong Guan's eyes darted around, and he followed this theory, saying in a low voice, "You think Li Xing himself is that ghost. During the hours the mission was delayed, he fabricated the fake mission and found a way to spread the curse to us!"

Chang Nian was startled. She looked at Tong Guan's profile, remaining silent. But she thought of something Tong Guan had said before...

"The way to spread the curse is..."

Tong Guan looked at Chang Nian with determination, reading her thoughts. He nodded heavily, then took out the hotel phone and opened the mission email. The mission content on it was still the same as before; it hadn't changed.

"Regardless of whether the ghost's true form is Li Xing or not, we have an eighty percent certainty! The remaining twenty percent will be confirmed in a little while."

Chang Nian, with her sharp mind, immediately picked up, "As long as Li Xing can track our location, it will confirm that the curse is on us! And the possibility of it being that thing will be unprecedentedly high..."

"What did Ji Li tell you?"

Fang Shenyan held the little girl in one arm. Even as he fled in a panic, he tried to extract clues from her.

"Ji... Xiao Qi doesn't know this person."

The little girl was a little scared of the scent Fang Shenyan carried. She had felt a similar smell when she was in contact with Ji Li just moments ago. But she had remained very calm and hadn't struggled.

Fang Shenyan didn't have much patience. He grumbled irritably and changed his question: "Tell me about your meeting with that long-haired uncle."

Gradually, he began to communicate with Xiao Qi. Yu Guo, who had followed behind, also caught up.

"How is it? Did you find anything out?"

Yu Guo immediately pinched Xiao Qi's chubby little cheek, but it wasn't out of affection. He seemed to be testing if it was alive.

Xiao Qi shrunk back with all its might, making Fang Shenyan even more displeased.

"So, after Ji Li separated from you, he should have gone upstairs."

Xiao Qi nodded timidly, "That's all I know."

Fang Shenyan didn't say anything more, turning to look at Yu Guo. "Did you do something?"

Yu Guo looked guilty. Fang Shenyan knew his methods well. He chuckled sheepishly and said, "I just knocked off Li Xing's head. When I left, he was still looking for it. That should buy us some time."

Fang Shenyan nodded calmly.

"It won't be for long. We need to go upstairs and find Ji Li, or at least rendezvous with Tong Guan. We're too passive in this mission!"

Yu Guo looked a bit awkward. As he ran, he pulled out his phone and dialed Tong Guan.

The call connected, but it went to voicemail.

"Voicemail again..."

Fang Shenyan looked at the hotel phone in Yu Guo's hand and said in a deep voice, "Just like Ji Li's situation earlier?"

Yu Guo nodded. "Right. I don't know if there's a problem with them, or with us."

Then, Fang Shenyan seemed to realize something and ordered Yu Guo to call his own phone as well.

Yu Guo's phone also went to voicemail, and Fang Shenyan's phone in his pocket remained silent.

"It seems the hotel-issued phones are malfunctioning. In that case, Ji Li might not be in trouble..."

Yu Guo shot Fang Shenyan a look. "The priority isn't Ji Li anymore. Li Xing, who's like a ghost, is chasing us. And we still don't know the real mission objective, or the way out!"

Fang Shenyan's expression was grim. Although he didn't show panic, his heart was pounding.

"I have a feeling the ghost is right beside us, and the true mission objective is just beyond our grasp. All we need now is a trigger to break through!"

Yu Guo seemed to understand, and subconsciously asked, "Then, where is the trigger?"

The 18th floor was approaching, right in front of them.

Fang Shenyan looked up at the end of the stairs, where a man and a woman stood, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

He replied without looking back, "It's right in front of us!"