Zhong Xueran's breath caught.
Just as she had thought... both she and the ghost knew exactly what was going on.
The ghost knew she was stalling, and it was also waiting for her to take the wrong way.
Aside from that, she had learned one more thing.
There was actually a time limit for finding Meat Slope.
She had only three minutes left...
Zhong Xueran stopped pretending. She immediately scrambled up from the ground, rushed to the top of the slope, and looked around.
I just need to find a grave with no signs of anyone visiting to pay their respects...
But at that glance, a chill instantly ran through Zhong Xueran.
She shook her head in disbelief and walked down the slope, step by step.
True... this ghost's grave might have no one paying respects at it, but what Zhong Xueran had never expected was that there were a whole lot of other graves with no visitors either!
Looking over the grave-covered slopes by moonlight, she saw that graves with signs of offerings and those without actually numbered about half each...
This is bad...
This is really bad.
"Crack-"
"Crack, crack-"
What was that sound?
At first, the sound was so faint that Zhong Xueran thought she had misheard, but when she listened closely, she realized it was coming from right behind her!
It was unmistakably the sharp cracking of bones. The ghost behind her was moving!
She dared not turn to look, but from the sound alone, she could picture the scene behind her. The ghost's skeleton was expanding... as though it were revealing its true form.
A sickening chill swept through Zhong Xueran. She forced herself to calm down. It was not time to wait for death yet. As long as there was still time, she must