Qin Manjiang no longer had the presence of mind to think about the person he had just seen who resembled Li Xijiu. He was panicking too.
No way...
We only just got out. Surely they wouldn't send us straight back into another Ghost Story Game without even letting us catch our breath?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. At least give us a few days to rest... This will literally work us to death.
The other players found it equally unimaginable. Wasn't this far too soon?
Or was something else changing?
But what happened next immediately shattered everyone's hopes.
Under everyone's startled, uncertain gazes, the third of the ten dark spots beneath the enormous spiral pupil lit up completely, its Spirit Pupil shining scarlet.
The third Ultimate Game had been cleared!
But immediately afterward, the fourth Spirit Pupil began to glow faintly.
Red light outlined it, but unlike the first three Spirit Pupils that had already lit up, its interior remained pitch-black.
Then a cluster of scarlet light burst from within the fourth dark Spirit Pupil, twisting and spreading through the dark void. In the blink of an eye, it arranged itself into four lines of scarlet text!
[Ghost Story: Death as Scheduled.] [Life and death are fated; the length of one's days is predetermined.] [Seven days from now, at midnight, each shall receive their allotted fate and die as scheduled.] [Time limit: none.]
Was this... a new Ghost Story?
Was it an Ultimate Game?
Perhaps, but none of them had ever heard of this Ultimate Game.
Or was this one of the special Ghost Stories Nie Yunzhen had mentioned, one with the potential to become an Ultimate Game?
The name of this Ghost Story sent a powerful sense of unease rising in