Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 731

A near-death deduction and Li Xijiu (four thousand words, one chapter)

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We were already dead...

The thought was so bold that even Su Yu froze completely.

He thought of someone: Xu Tingfang.

Xu Tingfang was one of his few good friends in the Ghost Story World. Once, Xu Tingfang had experienced a ghost story called [Close Your Eyes]. That ghost story had seemed almost impossible to solve, yet in the end, she and Du Bi'an had survived to the very last.

Xu Tingfang and Du Bi'an were still among the surviving players. Su Yu had also heard Xu Tingfang mention that the ghost story had been a trap starting with its name, and what they had needed to do in the end was open their eyes instead.

And this time, if this ghost story called [Death as Scheduled] also hid a trap in its name, then things really might be just as Xia Nan had said!

"If we're already dead, what do the light and the number of people mean?" Su Yu asked.

Xia Nan paused for a moment, then said, "I haven't figured that out yet, either, but... if we're already dead, that would explain how this curse works."

"Only we can witness any of the strange changes, because we aren't living people."

"If we start with the premise that we're already dead, what conclusion can we draw? Where's the path to survival?" Su Yu still found this line of thinking rather inconceivable. "Does that mean what we need to do now is bring ourselves back to life?"

Su Yu's words caught Xia Nan off guard. He thought of Liu Jingqing, who had just cleared the ghost story. Had something brought her back to life?

Or had something she had done brought her "back to life"?

"I'm not sure, either. I'll contact Yue Qiuchi. There are clues to clearing this

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