What exactly was the connection between ghosts and players?
Qin Manjiang had yet to figure it out.
But Liu Jingqing was growing more and more terrified. Something was very wrong with her expression. She did not look merely frightened, but more as though she had truly encountered something she could not put into words.
Liu Jingqing was trembling all over. It looked as though she was simply shaking, but in fact, her trembling did not come entirely from fear. There was also... the cold.
It was so cold all around... like being immersed in ice water...
Soon, Qin Manjiang and Nie Yunzhen noticed that Liu Jingqing's face had turned an abnormal shade of blue.
"What's wrong with you?"
Nie Yunzhen took a step back as she asked.
Liu Jingqing looked as though she was about to turn into a Vengeful Ghost at any moment. Just looking at her sent fear welling up inside Nie Yunzhen.
"I... I'm... so cold..."
Liu Jingqing crouched down and curled into a ball, trembling violently.
Her expression was blank, as though she had already lost all sensation. She was soaking wet from head to toe, and water kept dripping from her onto the steps.
Then, Liu Jingqing suddenly broke into motion... and rushed toward the fountain pool!
Qin Manjiang had still been thinking, but when he caught the movement out of the corner of his eye, he immediately dashed over and grabbed her.
Yet Liu Jingqing possessed an immense, almost irresistible strength! She dragged Qin Manjiang along with her, and they fell into the pool again!
Qin Manjiang had been calm, but the moment he fell into the water, he began struggling violently.
Having grown up by the river, he knew how to swim, but he did not like water.
He would always remember... how