Room Swap

Chapter 19: Swapping Rooms

The one screaming was Su Huijin.

She was slumped by the door of 405, hands covering her mouth, her face deathly pale from fright.

Qi Zhiyong asked angrily, "What is it now?"

"The bodies... the bodies are gone!"

Everyone was shocked and rushed over.

There were two bodies in room 405: Lu Yuzhu, who had turned into a statue, and Fang Zhi, who had been decapitated.

The survivors, not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble, hadn't moved the bodies and had kept them in room 405 for temporary storage.

Wen Chao's room was piled high with miscellaneous items, making it impossible to even find a place to stand. To have turned the room into this state in just two or three days was terrifying.

But now, both bodies had vanished.

Shi Ji watched Wu Xian silently packing his things and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This bastard's acting is really good."

It was obvious that both bodies had been eaten.

Qi Zhiyong nodded. "That makes sense. Then I'll move somewhere else tonight!"

With the room swap settled.

The Breaking Door Wraith, the Calling Door Wraith, and the Child Wraith that appeared last night were not the end of it. Now there was something that ate corpses. How could they feel at ease?

Wu Xian's lips twitched. "Look on the bright side, at least we don't have to worry about these two bodies rotting and causing a plague."

"A man and a woman shouldn't share a room. Forget it."

"Big shot, welcome!"

"Look, there are traces of cement palm prints here, but they've been wiped away. I'm afraid..."

Su Huijin's face flushed, her voice soft and sweet, her underlying meaning quite obvious.

The ground was covered in bloodstains and fragments of clothing. The cement statue had been completely smashed. Inside, Lu Yuzhu's body was reduced to mere bone fragments. Fang Zhi's condition was similar.

Everyone dispersed to search for supplies and divine statues nearby.

But Wu Xian stopped him.

"Also, I have one more thing I need your help with."

Shi Ji grabbed Wu Xian's arm, tears welling up in his eyes.

Wen Chao shook his head and refused, "You'd better not live with me..."

But no one stood up for Wu Xian. After these past few days, everyone had tacitly accepted Wu Xian as Qi Zhiyong's punching bag.

"Yesterday, several little ghosts entered our room. If we don't have a man to bolster our courage, we might scare ourselves to death."

At this point, Qi Zhiyong's initial attempts at concealment had completely failed. Even Shi Ji knew the importance of the divine statues, let alone Professor Fu, Wen Chao, and the others who had known about them for a long time.

"Stop the nonsense. Let me move in, and I'll protect you."

Seeing everyone else leave, Shi Ji also hurried to get out.

Her reminder made everyone recall Yue Mei's strange behavior yesterday morning. It was indeed suspicious.

Everyone felt a little parched.

Qi Zhiyong pondered.

"I remember now. Yesterday morning, I heard noises outside. It must have been Yue Mei when she discovered she was marked. So she wiped away her mark. Otherwise, why wouldn't she dare to come back to sleep tonight?"

Qi Zhiyong's initially relaxed expression tensed up again.

Then he looked at Wen Chao.

"You give me your room. You can take my room, or go bolster the Su Sisters, or go keep Old Man Wen or Shi Ji company."

His body had started acting strangely after worshipping the gods yesterday. He had barely managed to save his life by spreading filth in his room. This problem had to be resolved today.

Qi Zhiyong refused without hesitation.

If that were the case, then he would definitely be attacked tonight. He had been on guard all night, and half of his courage and resolve had drained away. He didn't want to wait for a duel with the Greater Wraith again.

There was more to these sisters than met the eye!

He Qiong, a suspected chosen one, was dead, yet how had they survived? Last night, a child wraith had entered their room, yet how had they come away without a single bruise?

Thus, only Wu Xian's room was left.

Wu Xian, carrying his luggage, first looked pleadingly at the Su Sisters, only to receive a pair of glares. Wen Chao also refused to let anyone live with him.

Through their cooperation yesterday, Shi Ji realized that Wu Xian was a hidden master playing the fool. He had something he wanted to ask Wu Xian for, and unexpectedly, Wu Xian had come to him.

"It's Yue Mei!"

Wu Xian's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't let them figure it out. So he immediately interjected, "Do you guys remember the first morning?"

Su Huijin raised her hand.

Wu Xian chuckled, "Because the one whose room will be attacked tonight is yours."

He walked to Yue Mei's door and, mimicking Wu Xian's actions from yesterday, restored the room's door.

He told Shi Ji about his actions of drawing palm prints, and Shi Ji's mouth gradually widened, his gaze towards Wu Xian becoming somewhat horrified.

Shi Ji paused, "Why?"

"Well... maybe we don't need to overcomplicate things. Since the Greater Wraith only attacks marked rooms, as long as we all stay in unmarked rooms, won't everyone be safe?"

This scene made everyone frown.

Shi Ji's eyes widened, and he slapped his hand hard, "I get it! Two palm prints can exist simultaneously, and the Greater Wraith attacks in the order the palm prints were made!"

Among the crowd, Wen Chao was the most composed.

So Wu Xian could only find Shi Ji.

His words of comfort didn't relax everyone; instead, they cast a shadow over them.

"Wait a moment, let's move first. Tonight, we'll stay in Qi Zhiyong's room, 402."

During this, Wu Xian refused twice, but Qi Zhiyong ignored him. His eyes turned red with anger, almost to the point of tears. His pitiful, wronged expression was truly heartbreaking.

"Since she was marked yesterday, does that mean my palm print..."

Su Huilan suddenly understood.

A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea...

Qi Zhiyong was never a gentleman. If the Su sisters were truly as they appeared, he wouldn't mind living with them. Not only were the sisters quite attractive, but if something really happened, he could use them as scapegoats.

But the problem was.

He scanned the remaining rooms. As of now, there were a total of five rooms not yet destroyed by the Greater Wraith.

Su Huijin looked at Qi Zhiyong, "You can stay with us tonight. We're not worried about you acting like a hooligan."

Qi Zhiyong had already thoroughly offended Wu Xian and had no intention of sharing a room with him. So, he forcibly took Wu Xian's key and threw his own room key to Wu Xian.

From Qi Zhiyong's perspective, his room 402 and Shi Ji's room 403 had both been marked. This left Wu Xian's 406, Wen Chao's 401, and the Su sisters' 404 as the only remaining safe rooms.

It was called a discussion, but in reality, it was a command.

On the first morning, there was a palm print in front of Lu Yuzhu's door, and another palm print was on Fang Zhi's door.

Wu Xian took out two wires and a screwdriver.

"What is it?"

The Su Huilan sisters, with their big eyes blinking, looked at Qi Zhiyong. They proposed this idea precisely because they wanted Qi Zhiyong to stay with them.

"While no one is upstairs now, let's go swap your and my room doors. I still want to verify if it's the room or the door that gets marked."

Shi Ji opened his mouth, but in the end, said nothing.