Wandering Through the Woods

The woods were shrouded in darkness, but outside them, everything remained normal. The light was as bright as ever, completely unaffected. It seemed that only this patch of woods had gone wrong.

The forest enveloped in darkness looked especially sinister at that moment.

A cold wind blew through the woods, stirring the leaves with a rustling sound. Shadows flickered all around, as though figures were hiding in the darkness. Faint footsteps could also be heard, crunching over leaves as they approached.

Without anyone noticing, it seemed that something extra had appeared in the woods.

That feeling could not be wrong.

Something incomprehensibly strange had indeed slipped into the woods.

At that moment, no one was moving around recklessly. They were all standing where they were, so there was no way they could have made any noise.

"The ghost is nearby."

The man holding the pistol was named Zhou Lin. He had taken the place of the teammate who had died earlier. Ordinarily, someone of his standing would not have been able to obtain this pistol so easily.

"It's up to you, Zhou Lin. This gun should still be able to fire once more. You have to hit the ghost when it gets close to us. Only then can we drive it back temporarily and make sure it doesn't kill us." The woman beside him moved closer. Her name was Zhao Li, and she looked to be in her early thirties. Though tense and terrified, she still appeared fairly calm.

When life and death were at stake, she had no choice but to remain calm.

"I know." Zhou Lin's hands trembled with nerves. "But I have no experience driving away ghosts. And if this gun only has one shot left, there's too little room for error."

Accurately hitting a ghost with