Xia Nan did not dare run.
His body kept splitting open, long, narrow wounds slicing right through his skin, but the sensation lagged behind.
But... Qin Manjiang was waiting for him outside.
When Qin Manjiang saw Xia Nan covered in blood, he was startled too.
He looked far more wretched than Qiao Ziruo had when she first entered the Ghost Story World.
While waiting for Xia Nan, Qin Manjiang had also analyzed the [Opening Lines] of Xia Nan's Game on his own.
This ghost story, called [Out of Control], was actually one of the rare Games without a distance restriction.
This was very different from how Games usually worked. After all, every Player had grown used to encountering Vengeful Ghosts only after entering a specific area, within the boundaries "designated" by the Game.
That arrangement gave everyone a kind of hope, while also allowing them to distinguish the "Game" from "reality."
However... a ghost story without geographical limits meant that it could appear anywhere in the real world, at any time!
In that respect, it surpassed even the vast majority of Ultimate Games.
After all, although Ultimate Games were extremely bizarre, they were "confined to one corner." As long as people stayed away from those cursed places, their lives would generally not be in danger.
But... [Out of Control] was different.
Its Opening Lines were-
[Now, you feel that your body sometimes suddenly slips out of your control.]
[Perhaps a finger will suddenly move on its own, perhaps a knee will suddenly jerk on its own, perhaps your neck... will suddenly twist on its own.]
[Find the cause as soon as possible, or else... your neck will twist farther than you could imagine.]
[Until it is completely out of control.]
Judging solely by the Opening Lines, the distinctive feature of