Since they could deduce that the ghosts' faction had only a single-digit score left, Su Bai and the others were in no hurry. Clearing a Nightmare Game was like answering reading comprehension questions: sometimes there were solutions beyond the model answers.
Although the Administrator with the strangely mocking voice had told them at the start of the game that they needed to survive in the Happiness Residential Complex for forty-eight hours, the complex had already reverted to a desolate cemetery, and the supernatural faction's score was about to reach zero. There was no reason they should fail to clear this game.
As for Lan Xingchen...
No one knew how much Fang Xiujie and Ning Yan's words could affect Lan Xingchen, but Su Bai could at least see a change in his eyes. Before Lan Xingchen's worldview collapsed, even with Ning Yan and Fang Xiujie standing before him, his eyes had held only numbness and that self-tormenting guilt.
Now, however, Lan Xingchen's eyes were lost.
"Both Fang Xiujie and Ning Yan are still too kind." Su Bai and Feng Ling had just dealt with a ghost that stubbornly tried to ambush them. They now stood at the edge of the cemetery, well away from Lan Xingchen and the others, watching Sister Yao lecture him nonstop while he quietly took the scolding.
"Hm?" Feng Ling looked over in confusion.
"Actually, rather than getting Lan Xingchen to let go on his own, they have a better way to gain their freedom." A mischievous smile appeared on Su Bai's face. "Once Lan Xingchen dies, they'll be free."
"..."
"They must know that perfectly well, and I'm sure Miss Yao would be more than happy to help. But they still chose to give Lan Xingchen another chance to live. They really are good people." Su