Qin Manjiang had figured everything out, including... the requirements for this round of the Ghost Story Game that followed the Opening Lines.
[Tomorrow afternoon at five.] [Arrive at White Dew Bay on time and head to Butterfly Island.] [No game time limit. You may not leave the island until you solve the ghost story of Butterfly Island.] [Late arrivals will be deemed to have failed the game.] [Those who leave the island will be deemed to have failed the game.] [Those who die will be deemed to have failed the game.] [Game failure: elimination.]
They had all been deceived, right from the start.
Since arriving late meant elimination, the fact that they hadn't been eliminated seemed to mean they had indeed arrived at Butterfly Island.
But the game requirements said to arrive at White Dew Bay on time and head to Butterfly Island.
There was no trick to that sentence at all. They simply hadn't realized...
Only their arrival at White Dew Bay had a time limit, while the requirement concerning Butterfly Island... was to head there.
The Vengeful Ghost boatman's wooden boat had stopped when the boatman himself disappeared.
And at that moment, whether it was Qin Manjiang, Yan Xiao, or the other four who had arrived earlier, they had all instinctively assumed that the boat stopping and an unfamiliar place appearing meant they had reached Butterfly Island.
They were wrong...
Qin Manjiang turned and shouted quickly to Yan Xiao, "Get to the water! Find that wooden boat! Leave this place! This isn't Butterfly Island! Reaching Butterfly Island is our way out!"
He had barely finished speaking when a gigantic arm descended from the sky and seized him.
The immense squeezing pressure instantly suffocated Qin Manjiang. Bloody foam flowed from his mouth; beneath that tremendous pressure, his