Jiang Qiao sat in the main hall.
He remained silent.
After who knew how long, he vaguely heard someone calling his name.
It was not very clear.
Everything was hazy.
It sounded like a baby.
"Is someone calling me?" Jiang Qiao walked out of the main hall and saw two female ghosts dressed as maids at the entrance.
"No."
The female ghost replied expressionlessly.
"Then did you hear any sound?" Jiang Qiao asked again.
"No."
She was still terse.
"All right."
Jiang Qiao stopped asking.
These ghosts looked no different from robots. They seemed to have self-awareness, but either their emotions were monotonous and repetitive, or they were simply mute.
Their only advantage was probably that they were not aggressive.
At least, they were not aggressive toward him.
At least, they were not aggressive toward him for now.
Hmm.
He had added a few qualifiers.
That way, he would not get caught off guard later.
"There really was a strange sound, like it was calling my name. But when I listened carefully, it felt more like the sound of wind blowing."
"That isn't normal."
In a place like this, if you heard something calling you, you had basically heard it correctly.
Something was definitely calling you.
Even if it felt like an illusion, it definitely was not one.
"This is Hungry Ghost Hell."
"As a living person staying here, I could indeed trigger something unknown. But it's also possible these vicious ghosts are playing tricks. There's always something evil about this place."
Jiang Qiao returned to the main hall.
He ignored the faint, buzzing call and treated it as background noise in this place.
But not long afterward.
All of a sudden.
That intermittent voice abruptly became clear. "Come on, come catch me... Hee hee hee..."
Then.
The voice faded