It was right behind the load-bearing pillar!
Qiao Ziruo clamped her hand over her mouth, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Why had it... stopped? Had it found me?
Qiao Ziruo pressed herself tightly against the load-bearing wall, not daring to move a muscle.
The moonlight could not reach where she was, but it could reach the ghost.
This made Qiao Ziruo especially afraid. If the darkness on the Ninth Floor had been deeper, she would not have let her thoughts wander so much.
The more hazy things looked under moonlight like this, the easier it was to imagine things. Complete darkness concealed every outline of an object, whereas in this hazy darkness, the brain could fill in even a piece of clothing hanging on a wall to make it look like a human figure.
That was exactly what was happening to Qiao Ziruo. She hid on the side of the cylindrical load-bearing pillar that the moonlight could not reach, but moonlight shone unobstructed past the side of the thick pillar. The various unfinished stone pillars deep inside the Ninth Floor looked bizarre in the dim light. The longer she looked... the more they seemed like abnormally tall people standing motionless.
What should I do...
How could I escape now?
Would circling the pillar work?
It would make noise, wouldn't it... Even if it was only the faintest sound, it was so quiet here that the ghost would hear even that.
Besides, the load-bearing pillar was cylindrical. Although it was thick enough, if she acted rashly without first determining which way the vengeful ghost was moving, she could very well come face-to-face with it!
It would definitely kill me...
Qiao Ziruo squeezed her eyes shut. Everything around her was silent. She desperately tried to think of a way out,