The faint glow of ghostly green flames shone through the thin paper lantern shade, its dim motes gathering into a stream that swayed as it pointed in a certain direction.
The green lamp guided the way; wandering souls returned home.
Qi Si straightened up, lantern in hand, and descended the steps, followed by Qiu Xin, silent as a ghost.
The two reached the first-floor hall, left the residence, and joined up with the dazed Lin Chen.
In a seven-person puzzle-solving Instance, having three survivors was considered a fairly good survival rate.
If not for Luo Haihua and her husband's baffling actions, along with Qi Si killing someone as an experiment on the first night, more people should have survived.
"Brother, Teacher Luo and the others don't have green lamps. Does that mean they can't leave?" Lin Chen asked hoarsely.
Qi Si's seemingly convincing plan of sacrificing one person to save the majority had been built on the premise that Luo Haihua and her husband could leave the Instance.
Qi Si, Qiu Xin, and Luo Haihua's couple made four people against Lin Chen and Tang Yu's two—an absolute majority. There was a solid case to be made for Tang Yu's side being sacrificed.
But if Luo Haihua and her husband were not counted, the Tiger's Thrall camp and the human camp had exactly equal numbers. Which side should be sacrificed became debatable.
Qi Si nodded. "Based on the hint text, that's how it is. But it's no loss. They worked with the ghosts to deceive people and provided false clues. They deserved to die."
He told Lin Chen about what he had just confirmed at the residence in the east of town, earning a stunned expression from the latter.
Lin Chen had never imagined that Luo Haihua and her husband would