Second Clap Game

Second Clap Game

The First Floor Hall of Ping'an Hostel.

It had become the survivors' dining room. A fire burned in the middle, with a pot of steaming food bubbling over it.

If Wu Xian's plan succeeded, tonight might be their last night in the blessed land.

If it failed, they might never get another chance to eat a hot meal.

Since this meal meant so much, at Su Huijin's strong insistence, Shi Ji hadn't made intestines today.

Using the ingredients he'd just found, he'd cooked everyone a pot of Lu Zhu...

For the two great wraiths to weaken each other, one essential prerequisite was that they meet. But wherever the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother was, all the other evil spirits kept their distance.

Wu Xian had planned everything carefully in advance, so the preparations went smoothly. Time passed little by little, until it was finally 2:40 a.m.

Only by masking the Ghost Mother's aura would the Breaking Door Wraith enter Ping'an Hostel at precisely three in the morning.

She stood there for a long while before turning back. Stamping her feet, she stormed over to Wu Xian, the clatter of her chains louder than before.

Getting rid of Yu Yinghua was the second necessary condition for carrying out the plan.

Shi Ji began clapping. Following the sound, Wu Xian felt his way through the dark corridor, slowly making his way from Room 401 to Room 404, where he completed the handoff with Shi Ji.

The time was almost right.

Before nightfall, he'd taken special care to brush his teeth with the "Eighteen-Layer Strong Mint" toothpaste he'd found in the convenience store, making sure that all anyone could smell on his breath was a fresh minty scent.

The moment the Concealing Breath Technique took effect, Wu Xian no longer felt the Copper Coin Sword burning. It could no longer sense the Ghost Mother's threat, and Wu Xian and the other three survivors all felt the tension leave their bodies.

They would use the Clap Game to lure the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother into a fight with the other great wraith, so the two would battle each other and kill the Breaking Door Wraith!

It sounded simple.

Room 404.

She strongly suspected that the big-bottomed guy had deliberately chosen ingredients like this to cook for everyone. She glared at Shi Ji as she ate.

The phones placed in the two rooms vibrated and rang at the same time. That was the signal that the operation had officially begun.

Night fell.

Bzz, bzz!

Wu Xian was blowing into her eyes when Zhao Juan's phone, which had been left in the room, suddenly rang.

As for this round of the Clap Game...

Then Shi Ji passed the seeker to Wen Chao, who passed it to Su Huijin.

Clatter, clatter...

But making it happen required extremely exacting conditions.

When it was Su Huijin's turn, she didn't go to Wu Xian. Instead, she left the room and went to Room 401 to pass the seeker to the Ghost Mother. After breathing a faintly fragrant breath in the Ghost Mother's face, she took a step back and immediately began clapping.

But that wasn't actually a good thing.

Fortunately, thanks to yesterday's experience, Wu Xian managed to stay calm.

The Child-Seeking Ghost Mother soon found him. Her cold hand touched Wu Xian's face, and waves of negative emotions poured into his mind.

In that atmosphere, Wu Xian felt that the "family" in the blessed land had become more harmonious.

That was the core of his plan.

This was the third key point in the plan: they couldn't let the Ghost Mother leave Room 401.

One wrong move, and they wouldn't be the ones profiting from the conflict. They'd become the cicada caught between the mantis and the oriole.

After the clapping stopped, all was silent.

Each full cycle of the Clap Game had to include the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother at least once. So, to keep her in Room 401, someone had to stay there and interact with her twice in a row.

Then she seized Wu Xian's head with her Sharp Claw. Her pitch-black lips parted, and she let out a resentful, furious roar into his eye sockets.

At that moment, he clearly felt the Ghost Mother's expression twist beneath his hand. Luckily, the alarm wasn't very loud, and it only sounded twice. The Ghost Mother didn't fly into a rage.

Although she reacted rather intensely, they still managed to complete the handoff.

The atmosphere at dinner was pleasant. They no longer had to pretend, and nobody was too frightened to eat. Everyone did their best to relax and prepare to face tonight's Final Battle in the best possible condition.

Wu Xian began fiddling with Zhao Juan's phone, then placed it somewhere safe. He set an alarm on it and specially recorded a peculiar audio clip to use as its ringtone.

But if Yu Yinghua were still alive, the concealed aura of the Ghost Mother might have brought her into the corridor in search of a Living Person. If they ran into Yu Yinghua with their eyes closed, they'd die.

Su Huijin was at a loss for words.

They still had to play the Clap Game tonight, and Wu Xian's plan was built around it.

This meant the Ghost Mother was growing displeased at having to stay in one place. If the rules hadn't restrained her, she would have gone on a killing spree already.

As the Clap Game went on, the images transmitted from the Ghost Mother grew increasingly distorted and frenzied. The intensity of the mental assault had risen by more than a notch.

The Ghost Mother stood in the doorway, her hair hanging loose and her body trembling slightly. The sight sent a chill through them.

Wu Xian's lips curled up slightly.

Wu Xian waited alone in the darkness for the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother to arrive. Without Shi Ji beside him, the silence around him felt even more desolate and bleak.

Wu Xian fought down his madness and flicked a finger at the Child-Seeking Ghost Mother.

Under the moonlight.

He had just activated a talisman.

When Shi Ji noticed her, he gave her a shy smile in return.

This kind of contact caused too much mental damage, so the four of them had to take turns.

After the seeker was passed on, the Ghost Mother immediately strode out, the chains on her body clattering. Wu Xian hurriedly clapped again, drawing her attention.

To avoid being impolite...

The other three waited in Room 404.

Wu Xian stayed alone in Room 401.

Wu Xian took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and clapped his hands hard.

It was the Concealing Breath Technique!

The Ghost Mother, who had just been about to leave the room, turned around and came back to find Su Huijin.

Only two vibrations, yet Wu Xian's heart lurched.

"The first condition is met."

This hadn't happened yesterday.

A cold, eerie aura swept over them, and all four survivors shuddered at once.

Everything was ready.

Wu Xian was in the Ghost Mother's room. He was holding her head, his fingers positioned at her eyes.

An invisible ripple washed over the Ghost Mother.

Wu Xian cautiously left the room, not daring to do anything out of line that might anger her. Once outside, he felt cold sweat running down his back, and his legs were weak.

"Good grief, this loophole really isn't easy to exploit."