The Corpse Opens Its Eyes

Why did Ji Li becoming one of the rules mean that the memories of those involved had to be altered?

Looking at it another way, if those memories were retained, how would they affect the rest of the mission...

Time ticked away, and only this one question remained circling in Chang Nian's mind.

But with the information she currently had, she would never find an answer.

And Chang Nian, one of the spirit bodies, finally reached the night of December 13.

During the two days she had smuggled herself into, she had spent the first gathering information, and she had already made some discoveries.

At the same time, the path to survival was looking increasingly viable.

It was now 11:58 p.m. on December 13, with only two minutes left until December 14.

Chang Nian straightened up in the room steeped in the stench of death and took one last, long look toward the guest room.

She could sense a ghost inside, quietly waiting, breathing.

Two padlocks tangled together kept her locked inside and stood guard over her.

And the moment midnight arrived on December 14—

Snores rose from the master bedroom, mingling with the stillness of the night and the wind outside the window, announcing the resurrection of the dead.

Nong Guohao, Wen He, and Nong Yueke came back to life in succession, their injuries completely gone.

Being killed by a ghost could leave all three of them dead for an entire day, suspending the rules while time continued into the next day.

That was the way to survive.

As long as Chang Nian revealed this to the others, they could repeat the process.

They could use the ghost in the guest room to kill Nong Yueke's family over and over, dragging things out until December 18, when the mission