In the guesthouse, Qin Manjiang put down his phone. A thunderclap exploded outside the window.
Fan Cheng was in danger.
He had suddenly broken off contact while they were exchanging messages. That was far too abnormal.
If Qin Manjiang's deductions were correct, the ghost wanted to kill Fan Cheng, while Liu Junyan wanted to protect him for some purpose. In that case, there were only two possible reasons Fan Cheng still had not responded.
Either the ghost had killed him, which would mean Liu Junyan could not fully "command" the ghost, and the ghost itself could also harm Liu Junyan.
Or... Liu Junyan had given up on protecting him. Something unexpected had happened.
Going over the whole chain of logic again, the game would officially begin when the ritual Liu Junyan had prepared ended. Without a doubt, the period before that was when the ritual was taking place.
The players wiped out in the previous round had left little information behind, but one thing was certain: they had all been veterans and had prepared all sorts of lifesaving items. Yet without exception, none of those items had saved their lives.
Within thirty minutes, everyone had died, leaving behind the clue "no solution."
This game could not have no solution. Even a one-percent chance would count as a way to survive.
But the veteran players had concluded there was "no solution." They would not have told such a meaningless lie in the final moments of their lives.
Then there was only one possibility.
Once the ritual reached its final stage-the game's "official start"-nothing could be undone.
At that moment, the players' survival rate would also drop to absolute zero.
Wait...
Did that mean this was actually a race against time?
*With a three-day limit, did every bit of time that passed