At this moment, inside a building closest to Ghost Lake.
It was pitch-dark here. All the lights had vanished, and even when one occasionally flickered on, the paranormal influence immediately snuffed it out. Yet this building was one line of defense against ghosts entering Dahai City. The team stationed here consisted of Li Yang, Tong Qian, Su Fan, Zhang Lei, and others.
Suddenly.
With the sound of the main doors being violently smashed open, a painful scream rang out.
The next moment.
Lin Long collapsed to the ground. His face was ashen, and his life force was rapidly fading. Some terrifying paranormal force had attacked him, inflicting severe damage in an instant.
"How is this possible?" Li Yang's eyes widened in disbelief.
Just before this, a ghost had emerged from Ghost Lake and entered the building under their watch. Their team had decided to join forces to deal with it. Li Yang had just used Su Fan's precognitive ability to determine the ghost's location and successfully shut it inside a room, only for this to happen moments later.
Blocking Door had failed. The ghost had forcibly smashed the door open. Whether because he had been too close or simply unlucky, Lin Long had been attacked the instant the door was broken open.
"Use a substitute death doll, quickly. We might still be able to save him," Su Fan reminded them.
Everything had happened too suddenly. Even though Lin Long had a substitute death doll and a red ghost candle, he had not had time to use them.
"I'll do it." Without another word, Zhang Lei quickly risked approaching with a substitute death doll in hand. He needed to get it stained with Lin Long's blood.
Only a substitute death doll stained with Lin Long's blood could die in his place.