It Is Knocking at the Door

"Transverse flute or vertical flute?"

Fang Shenyan's voice came through clearly. He ignored the first question and instead focused on the second.

Ji Li gave it a brief inspection, turning it over in his hands before quietly saying:

"It should be a transverse flute."

Silence fell on the other end of the headphones, until even the last traces of sound vanished.

Ji Li gripped the flute in his hand and did not dare turn around, silently watching the shadow before him.

About five minutes after making his choice, his shadow split apart for the third time.

This time, he could clearly see that it had been divided into three separate parts.

Ji Li could not make sense of it.

So far, the "attacks" he had encountered involved hearing and shadows.

Losing his hearing was not a problem.

Following the trail of footprints, he had arrived at the Thirteenth Floor, where Teacher Liu, the Key Figure he sought, was located.

Key Figure was merely a codename. There was no definite conclusion as to whether he was harmful or harmless.

Teacher Liu taught music, so starting with sound made perfect sense.

Then what did this severed shadow mean?

Up to this point, Ji Li's shadow had been divided into three parts, yet he felt no discomfort whatsoever.

That was the biggest doubt, but it was not the most important one.

What truly baffled Ji Li was that, according to the mission overview, the plot would pause whenever a choice appeared.

Yet within the game, Ji Li's shadow had not stopped splitting because of that.

Though its speed had slowed by countless times.

Wasn't the shadow-cutting caused by the ghost?

But if it was not the ghost, then who else could it be...

A name surfaced in Ji Li's mind: a man who