Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 332

The Endgame Begins

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Zhong Xueran could find no evidence, but if she followed Qin Manjiang's line of reasoning, this was the only possible way to turn things around.

This was not a random murder case, but a horror game that had been set up in advance.

From the hint in the name "Wedding Dress," to Shen Hong appearing inside the tree trunk, to Liu Junyan being used to keep killing people.

There was a reason for everything that existed. Why was it specifically Shen Hong inside the tree trunk?

Why was the one who had died for good Shen Hong's father, Shen Yi, rather than Liu Junyan?

Now it seemed... Shen Yi's death was more like a hint, suggesting that Liu Junyan had not simply been spared.

Rather, he had his own place in this ritual.

Then the only way to reverse this ritual was to switch Shen Hong's and Liu Junyan's positions.

But Liu Junyan was already dead!

His body was in Wenshui District. Just transporting him here would take at least half an hour, even if they sped the whole way without any traffic jams or traffic lights.

Setting out from Old Town now, she would need an hour for the round trip.

A whole hour. Although Nie Yunzhen had said she would not die, once the wedding dress realized that, it might switch targets.

What if that really happened?

Besides, Qin Manjiang's reasoning was not guaranteed to work. After all, the real path to survival was to subdue "Mr. Yan" while he was still human.

Yet through a series of mishaps, Mr. Yan had died.

They themselves had already cut off this ghost story's true path to survival.

The path to survival Qin Manjiang had now deduced was only theoretically feasible. There were no guarantees whatsoever as to how they

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