The scene fell silent again.
Jiang Qiao had no idea what Yan Mo was thinking. He assumed Yan Mo had stopped talking because he was afraid and wary of the sounds outside.
So he turned and said to Long Peiyun:
"What does the character 'ugly' on those lanterns mean?"
"Does it mean we're ugly?"
Of course they had to ask a ghost about this. No one understood ghosts better than ghosts themselves.
Sure enough.
Long Peiyun quickly answered, "The Opera Troupe is choosing performers. They should be picking someone to play the clown role now. As long as the people here don't go outside, they shouldn't be targeted."
"But this isn't a solution."
"Ghosts can keep this up because they have no concept of time. They can repeat the same thing forever."
"This is their behavioral pattern."
"It's as natural as breathing is to humans."
"But humans can't hide here forever. Sooner or later, they'll have to go out."
The stage, the audience, the roles.
The performance, the repetition, the casting.
This was the cycle of the evil spirits outside. If no one interrupted it, it might never stop.
"Heh."
"This is actually a bit like a folktale."
"After a person dies."
"They keep repeating the final moment of their life in the same place. For example, if they committed suicide by jumping from a building, they would keep repeating the jump. If they hanged themselves, they would remain suspended from the ceiling forever."
"It's a Scene Recreation of a bound ghost."
Jiang Qiao smiled.
"It is somewhat similar." Long Peiyun nodded in agreement.
"So, what do you think we should do?" Jiang Qiao continued asking.
"Me?"
"I think we should fight our way out."
Long Peiyun answered decisively, "The Vicious Ghost's cycle can be broken, and its repeated behavior