Right behind the load-bearing pillar!
Qiao Ziruo clamped a hand over her mouth, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Why did it... stop? Did it find me?
Qiao Ziruo pressed herself tightly against the load-bearing wall, not daring to move a muscle.
The moonlight could not reach her here, but it could reach the ghost.
This made Qiao Ziruo particularly afraid. If the darkness on the Ninth Floor had been deeper, she would actually have imagined less.
The more indistinct things looked in this moonlight, the easier it was for the imagination to run wild. Complete darkness concealed every outline, but in this hazy darkness, the brain could fill in even a piece of clothing hanging on a wall as a human figure.
That was exactly what Qiao Ziruo was experiencing. She hid on the side of the cylindrical load-bearing pillar that the moonlight could not reach, but the light shone unobstructed past its thick sides. Deep within the ninth floor, the various unfinished stone pillars looked bizarre in the dim light. The longer she looked... the more they resembled abnormally tall people standing motionless.
What should I do...
How can I escape now?
Would moving around the pillar work?
It would make noise... Even if it was only the faintest sound, it was so quiet here that the ghost would hear anything.
Besides, this load-bearing pillar is cylindrical. Thick as it is, if I move rashly without figuring out which way the Vengeful Ghost is going, I could end up face-to-face with it!
It would definitely kill me...
Qiao Ziruo squeezed her eyes shut. Everything around her was silent as she desperately tried to think of a way out. Just then, the sound of the Vengeful Ghost moving finally came again!
"Tap-"
"Scrape-"
The sound was right beside