"Something is very wrong around us."
Zhang Han, who was at the front, abruptly stopped.
Listening to the footsteps coming from above the stairwell, it sounded as though a group of people was coming down the stairs. At the same time, footsteps ascending came from the floors below.
The sounds were dull, completely lacking the lightness and variation of normal human footsteps. There was only a mechanical stiffness to them.
Everyone present had dealt with supernatural incidents before. The moment they heard those footsteps, they understood perfectly well what was happening around them.
"It's more than just wrong. We're practically surrounded. Could that group of ghosts have already woken up?" Sun Yi began to panic.
"We can't go forward, and we can't go back. What do we do now? Isn't this a dead end? Are these things trying to force us to jump from this dozen-story building?"
"I wouldn't mind jumping, but Professor Wang wouldn't survive it."
Wang Xiaoming's expression kept shifting, but he remained calm. "There's no need to panic. Our first direct confrontation was bound to happen sooner or later. As long as you endure this wave of attacks, the situation will reverse and everything will change. If you can't endure it, then prepare to die here together."
It sounded like they had no intention of running. They were going to face it head-on.
"Professor Wang, are you joking? From those footsteps, it's clearly more than just one or two of them. Can we really withstand that many?" Someone stared in disbelief.
"No, you're wrong. There is only one real ghost. What we're about to face are merely Ghost Infants that were born afterward. I believe these derivative ghosts are incomplete ghosts and cannot possess all the characteristics of a true ghost. That Ghost Child we encountered earlier