The little girl leaning against the pillow had fallen soundly asleep with her arms wrapped around her shoulders.
She slept restlessly, frowning or pouting from time to time, looking utterly adorable.
Ji Li had not noticed when Nong Yueke had fallen asleep.
At that moment, both his hands rested on the table. In the distance lay a Calendar marked "December 18," while three Number Cards sat closer by.
The first: Deng Yiwen, half of the number 1;
The second: Wen Yongxin, half of the number 1;
The third: Shao Yong'an, half of the number 2;
More than half of the first day of this mission had already passed. Five clerks had died, yet he only held three cards.
That number was clearly not even half.
As for Niu Luo and Guo Liang's two cards, one had fallen into ghostly hands, while the other had yet to arrive.
The three cards were arranged from left to right.
Other than the first card, which had been flipped over to reveal the name "Deng Yiwen," the other two still showed their numbers.
A very, very long time had passed since the first Spirit Communication.
During that time, Ji Li had been sorting through the tangled information and numerous doubts in his mind.
Beginning on December 14, Nong Yueke had started acting to kill—continuing from December 15 until now.
How exactly had Nong Yueke's family become part of the rules? And what were the functions of the Number Cards and the Calendar?
As the one left behind in Qingyuan Residential Community, and especially the only one who had not entered the Ash World,
Ji Li's communications had been blocked. Without sufficient sources of information, there was very little he could do.
By this point, half the clerks had already died, yet he still believed