Holy Crap, There's a Ghost!

By a twist of fate, she achieved a different effect, Yu Xing felt like she had gotten stuck in a bugged part of Yugi.

Carlos's body showed no reaction, indicating that he was unaware of Yu Xing's presence.

Although Yu Xing originally intended to have his consciousness travel into the little paper doll so that he could move freely or ask Carlos questions when necessary, the current situation is more discreet, making it easier for him to observe from the sidelines.

Yu Xing simply calmed down from this strange perspective and began to perceive everything that Carlos was experiencing.

His first feeling was... cold.

The temperature inside the base was just right, definitely no worse than in the city where there was no protection, but Yu Xing still felt a chill emanating from her body.

This chill carried a dark, malevolent undertone, almost ghostly, negative emotion.

If it's not a ghost, then it's either some kind of exceptionally powerful infected individual, or these deducers connected to ghosts are harboring ill intentions towards Carlos.

Based on all the previous speculations, Yu Xing concluded that the chill must have come from the Lingren.

As more and more time passed while Carlos taught that girl how to play Yugi, Yu Xing collected more and more chilling sensations, which became increasingly pronounced.

He was even certain that the source of the cold was very close to Carlo, so close that...

As Yu Xing was trying to narrow down the search area, Xiao Yao, who had finally won a Yugi, suddenly looked back. Her beautiful face was staring straight at "Yu Xing," and Yu Xing, who should have been in a void, looked up to meet her gaze.

Xiao Yao's gaze was somewhat unfocused, as if she were a little lost.

Yu Xing heard Carlos ask, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly looking at me?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Although you are indeed very handsome, just now... for a moment..." Xiao Yao frowned slightly, as if considering the right words, "I felt like someone saw me."

Carlos asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by 'saw you'?"

With so many people in the entertainment hall, it's easy to spot Xiao Yao with just a glance; she wouldn't attract much attention.

Moreover, Carlos had guessed that the Lingren was spying on him from the shadows, but he hadn't sensed the source of the gaze. How could Xiao Yao have sensed it?

Xiao Yao shook her head, shifting her gaze from Carlos's face, which was now Yu Xing's. "I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining things."

Yu Xing: "..." Although, he felt that when the girl said "saw", she meant that he saw her.

He had just pinpointed the source of the chill, discovering it was emanating from this girl, but before he could begin to observe her more closely, she noticed.

Because he now shares a perspective with Carlos, his gaze no longer attracts Carlos's attention.

However, one thing has been confirmed: the girl whom Carlos calls Xiao Yao is currently infected by a strange aura and could pose a threat to Carlos at any time!

Yu Xing instantly realized, could this girl be a means for the Lingren to get close to Carlos?

Without the Lingren themselves playing the roles of the girls, all that's needed is to plant a seed of suggestion in the original girl's mind to create a huge hidden danger at a crucial moment. For example, the girl could suddenly lose control and stab Carlos with a knife before regaining her senses, or she could say things that are detrimental to Carlos in a critical situation... The closer someone is to Carlos, the more credible their bad words are.

Other powers may not be able to do this, but the power system of the Lingren is a curse, a curse that originates from the same source as Yu Xing.

They excel at creating flashy and fancy things.

This hidden danger must be eliminated first. Tsk tsk, if he were there, he might be able to test whether his control over the power of the curse could break the spell cast by the Lingren.

Yu Xing thought to himself, but he was currently just a consciousness, and apart from sharing his five senses, he had no special ability to contact the outside world.

He wasn't sure if it was because he was now in a conscious state, free from the constraints of his physical body, that he was actually more adept at sensing things. In any case, Yu Xing could tell that Carlos didn't seem to be aware of the cold around him, and he had to remind Carlos.

Carlos was cautiously communicating with Xiao Yao while observing his surroundings when he suddenly felt his body slip out of his control and take a step to the side.

Carlos: "?"

That step was so tiny that he almost thought it was his imagination. Just as he was about to wait quietly, he watched as his cheeks puffed up, making him look like a hamster.

Holy crap, a ghost story.

The Magician, who had never seen anything like it before, was genuinely startled. Cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes. He quickly composed himself, realizing that he still had perfect control over his emotions. But what had just happened?

He didn't sense any external controlling force or any mental intrusion. If he hadn't been careful when he ate the potato chips and hadn't checked them, he would have suspected that the Lingren was using the cursed potato chips to control him.

Then, he noticed that his body had a tendency to leave the cubicle and head towards the toilet.

Carlos: "..."

Xiao Yao noticed his sudden silence and tilted her head to ask, "What's wrong, A'Luo? Why aren't you saying anything?"

"I... I need to use the restroom first." Carlos managed to say, then smiled calmly at Xiao Yao.

After informing Xiao Yao, Carlos strode quickly toward the restroom at the end of the corridor.

Although being out of sight of others would give the Lingren a better chance to attack him directly, no matter how you look at it, the fact that his body suddenly became out of control is still more terrifying!

Carlos needed to find a secluded spot to examine himself properly, and his body seemed to be heading towards the toilet; he was going with the flow of that feeling, hoping it would help him figure out what was going on.

There was no one in the restroom.

Some survivors were in the entertainment hall, while others were washing up on their own dormitory floors. Carlos went into the toilet and finally shivered from the cold.

He touched the goosebumps on his arm, took a pair of scissors from his Persona Mask, and then a paper figure, muttering, "Begin the magic show. All potential injuries shown to the audience will be taken by the safety double."

As he spoke, he casually scratched the pad of his left middle finger with one fingernail, and a bead of blood seeped out.

Carlos smeared the drop of blood on the little paper figure's forehead.

Yu Xing observed from inside Carlos's body, and when he saw the paper figure emerge, his expression slightly hardened.

As expected, the paper figure Carlos presented this time had perfectly drawn features and required a drop of blood to activate.