Qin Manjiang looked in the direction Liu Jingqing pointed, but saw nothing.
Still, he had already figured out what the hell the Second Stage was about.
So there was more to the way people froze in place after being found in the first stage...
That made sense. When the others were caught, their freezing in place could still be explained by the Game Rules. But when Qin Manjiang found the last person, that person still froze for a moment, which was strange.
Because, logically speaking, the first stage of the Game should already have ended by then.
Now it seemed that "freezing" was a necessary step... because at that very moment, the ghost was using the person currently "frozen" as a template to create the puzzle for the Second Stage.
Qin Manjiang and Liu Jingqing stood up in the pool. After the female corpse and Liu Jingqing merged into one, the pool had returned to a completely normal depth, reaching only the bends of their knees.
"Mr... Mr. Qin..."
Liu Jingqing trembled all over as she recalled what had happened.
The instant her paralysis broke, a ghost, eerily white from head to toe, had suddenly seized her throat from behind!
Only then did Liu Jingqing realize that the paralysis she felt had not been caused by any "Game Rules." A ghost had been holding her from behind the entire time!
She was terrified beyond measure, but before she could scream, the hand gripping her throat suddenly moved up, thrust into her mouth, and tore hard...
Before she lost consciousness completely, Liu Jingqing saw only another version of herself fall to the ground.
When she woke again, she remembered nothing. After glancing at the Second Stage's task, she continued running toward the Shopping Mall entrance, oblivious.
Her memories of the Vengeful