"Don't be afraid. Stay calm!" Jiang Cheng could only do his best to comfort Huai Yi.
He quickly assessed the situation. There were probably three possibilities. First, and most straightforwardly, the person who had messaged him wasn't Huai Yi at all, but a ghost trying to lure him into opening the door. Huai Yi was perfectly safe.
Second, it really was Huai Yi messaging him, but everything Huai Yi was experiencing was fake—a hallucination the ghost had inflicted on him to make him call for help, so it could ambush anyone who came to his rescue.
Third, and the possibility Jiang Cheng feared most, everything Huai Yi was experiencing was real. Their earlier assumptions had been wrong, and Huai Yi was the ghost's target.
But whichever of the three possibilities it was, one thing was certain: the ghost that had appeared this time was the same Knocking Ghost the wealthy businessman had encountered.
Before Jiang Cheng could think further, something else happened with Huai Yi. "That ghost moved. It's moving—I can hear the knocking moving!"
Jiang Cheng tensed up too. "Which way is it going?"
"Along the wall. It started at the door and is moving along the wall, but I can't see it. There's nothing by the wall!" From Huai Yi's description, Jiang Cheng could understand how terrified he must be.
This was the first time the Knocking Ghost had appeared, and they had no idea how it killed. Jiang Cheng had originally thought that as long as they didn't open the door, it wouldn't kill anyone. But clearly, that wasn't the case. He couldn't figure out why.
"The knocking stopped," Huai Yi messaged again.
Jiang Cheng's brow furrowed as he read the message. He had a terrible feeling, and even his fingers stiffened as he typed. "Where did