No new candidates appeared.
Professor, Nie Yunzhen, Pond Fish, Chen Zhiyuan, Player, Mayfly-the six blood-red names flew into the air, melted into a mass of blood, then condensed into new, eerie characters-
[This round of the game has three stages. Stage instructions will be released in real time.] [The game officially begins at midnight tonight in Snake Mouth District.] [Don't get found...]
Under every player's gaze, the bloody text silently dispersed.
Qin Manjiang breathed a sigh of relief too. Thank goodness... thankfully, this ghost story wasn't the kind that teleported them straight to a location and began immediately.
Just then, a tremendous repulsive force came from every part of their bodies. They were soon squeezed out of the [Eye Realm] space and returned to the real world.
The moment they came to, Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai looked at each other in the tearoom.
After all, just a moment earlier, Shen Hai had been demanding to see Yi Yu, ready for a confrontation.
"You really are unlucky," Zhong Xueran couldn't help saying as she glanced at Qin Manjiang.
Qin Manjiang couldn't explain his misery. This wasn't bad luck at all. He was being targeted.
"Put everything else aside for now. Let's talk after you survive tonight's ghost story," Yan Xiao said as well. Although he hadn't been selected, his expression was far from relaxed. "This ghost story is strange. The instructions afterward mentioned that your hide-and-seek game will have three stages, with instructions released in real time for each stage. That's crucial."
Qin Manjiang nodded. He too had sensed something unusual.
"Has the [Eye Realm] ever explicitly used the word 'game' before?" Qin Manjiang asked.
His sudden question startled everyone. Then all their expressions shifted slightly, and Zhong Xueran immediately shook her head. "No. The bloody text used