Screams rang out from underground. Even though every floor of the Haunted House was well soundproofed, Big Ghost and Old Zhou could still hear them loud and clear.
"Little Ghost!" Big Ghost frantically mashed the elevator buttons, but it remained stuck on basement level four.
Only after the screams stopped did the elevator start moving up.
"I heard those two students screaming just now, too. They didn't sound like they were faking it." Old Zhou's voice was laced with worry and fear. "Did we misunderstand them?"
"Don't say that. Those two might have lured us here on purpose." Big Ghost was in a bad way. Ghost Sister had disappeared, and now Little Ghost was in trouble. He was the only one left of their trio. "Once the elevator comes up, if they're not inside, we'll all go down together! This place isn't that complicated. They can't have gotten far with Little Ghost!"
"I don't think we should bother looking for Little Ghost. Did any of you notice something?" Bai Buhui pointed to the display outside the elevator. "When it went down just now, it stopped on every floor. Those two students are pretty crafty. They were obviously trying to trick us into exploring each floor."
The elevator rose one floor at a time. As Bai Buhui explained, its silver-gray doors slowly slid open, but the three visitors inside had vanished.
"Don't go in. The elevator's completely enclosed. The worst thing you can do in a Haunted House is enter a place like that." Bai Buhui warned them again, but Big Ghost stubbornly stepped inside.
"If you're willing to come with me, then come. If nobody else is there, I'll go down alone."
Hearing Big Ghost, Bai Buhui shook his head and stayed where he was.
Old Zhou and Duan Yue,