Meng Le froze, clearly not expecting that answer.
"Why?" she asked in bewilderment.
She thought her reasoning made perfect sense.
But Gong Yan did not answer her. Instead, he turned back to look in that direction, seemingly speaking to Xia Lan.
Gong Yan looked vicious in a way she had never seen before, leaving Meng Le a little uneasy.
She looked toward Xia Lan, trying to read their lips, but the Instance had cleverly pixelated the faces of every player except Gong Yan.
Meng Le could glean nothing at all.
Fortunately, when Gong Yan turned back to her, he had already regained his usual calm, gentlemanly demeanor.
Meng Le immediately asked, "Why can't I choose A?"
Gong Yan said steadily, "The ghost has already appeared. Do you think you can outrun it by running forward?"
Meng Le frowned. "By that logic, B won't work either, since that also means running away. As for C, I can't even escape, so how am I supposed to kill her instead? And pretending to be a ghost, like option D says-I think that woman is already a ghost. There's no way she'd be scared."
Meng Le had not noticed just how much she had changed since entering this Escape Q&A.
Before, she would have done whatever Gong Yan told her to do.
Now, however, she could think for herself and argue against him.
Yet Meng Le's objections only made Gong Yan's presence more forceful and oppressive.
"Choose C. Trust me! Think about it. Why did they show you that knife earlier? It must have a purpose, right? If you don't kill her now, she'll catch up and kill you. You can't even use 'Save and Retry.' Do you really want to take that risk?"
Every word Gong Yan spoke told Meng Le that her