Under the pitch-black sky, three people, three corpses, and a guitar case were gathered in silence.
It was a bizarre scene; if a police officer happened to pass by, they would undoubtedly haul the three of them off to the station without hesitation.
Guo Jii hesitated before stepping forward to approach the three corpses. Their faces looked particularly eerie in the darkness, but Guo Jii mustered her courage for a closer look.
It was Yuan Qinghua, Pan Yue, and Zhang Pingfan.
At this point, Keke also stepped forward, positioning herself in front of Guo Jii and looking down. "I didn’t expect Zhang Pingfan to be here too..."
As she spoke, she looked up at Gu Mian. "When you arrived, were they all already dead?"
Gu Mian crouched down, looking at Zhang Pingfan’s body. Not long ago, Xu Xingcheng lay here, but now Xu Xingcheng was lying sowhere else.
He looked up at Keke. "When I arrived, only Yuan Qinghua and Pan Yue were here, and they were already dead. Zhang Pingfan’s body was in a room in the adjacent building. It was pitch-black inside, so I dragged him out."
As Gu Mian spoke, he pointed towards the tallest nearby building.
Hearing this, Guo Jii looked at the ground. Although it was dark, under the flashlight’s glow, she could still see drag marks on the dirt road.
Guo Jii took a step back. "So... Zhang Pingfan was also killed. Now it’s just the three of us and iren Chu left!"
"Although I don’t know why Yuan Qinghua would do this..." Guo Jii looked at Yuan Qinghua’s corpse and took a deep breath. "I’ll use my Decisive Vote on iren Chu this round. If we vote out iren Chu, the ga will end!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand to look at her watch. A pen fell from her pocket, making a clear sound.
Keke crouched beside the corpses, listening to Guo Jii’s voice from behind her. "It’s two fifty-five now. Just five more minutes, and we’ll win!"
"Yes, we’ve finally survived," Keke responded happily. She heard Guo Jii behind her apparently bending down to pick up the pen, followed by a RUSTLING sound.
Keke stared at the three corpses on the ground. "But iren Chu wouldn’t suddenly appear to take one of us down with him, right?"
But then, a long silence followed.
No one answered her.
Neither Gu Mian in front of her nor Guo Jii behind her.
The atmosphere suddenly grew sowhat eerie.
Keke paused, then looked up at Gu Mian in front of her.
Gu Mian wasn’t paying attention to her; instead, he was looking at Guo Jii behind her.
"What’s wrong?" Keke frowned and looked back. The first things she saw were a pen and a palm-sized notebook—the Prophecy Book.
Guo Jii held these two items, apparently having just used them.
She stood in the dark, her bangs obscuring her eyes, revealing only the lower half of her face, which was expressionless.
Gu Mian slowly stood up, looking at Guo Jii, who stood motionless in the darkness. "What’s wrong?"
Guo Jii stared intently at the Prophecy Book in her hands.
Gu Mian saw her right hand go limp, and the pen dropped to the ground.
Imdiately after, Guo Jii suddenly raised her head. Her eyes were wide as she stared wildly at Gu Mian, her voice eerie. "Gu Mian, iren Chu isn’t the ghost, is he?"
"Although I don’t understand the first part... it clearly says ’Commoner’ at the end of his identity."
As she spoke, she abruptly thrust the Prophecy Book in her hand forward.
Gu Mian then saw the words on it:
[Na: iren Chu]
[Identity: Experint, Chu Changge, Guardian, Student, Commoner]
"See? iren Chu isn’t the ghost at all!" Guo Jii said, a sowhat twisted smile spreading across her face. "It’s you, isn’t it? You’re a master deceiver. We’ve all been completely fooled by you."
"Keke, this round, let’s... No, actually, it’s not necessary. I have the Decisive Vote. Whoever I vote for this round will be eliminated," Guo Jii said, raising her hand and looking at Gu Mian. "So, this round, I’ll vote for you directly. Look, it’s less than two minutes until three o’clock. You’re about to be out."
Seeing Guo Jii’s sowhat crazed expression, Gu Mian reached out and touched the guitar case beside him.
Just then, Keke, who was crouching on the ground, suddenly stood up and looked towards the nearby building. "iren Chu is over there! I’ll go get him!"
Guo Jii looked over in surprise. Sure enough, Chu Changge was standing there in the darkness. But then he retreated a few steps and was completely swallowed by the shadows.
"Wait!" Guo Jii tried to call out to Keke.
But Keke seed not to hear her at all and quickly vanished into the sa patch of darkness where Chu Changge had disappeared.
"Keke..." Guo Jii stared at Keke’s disappearing figure, stunned for several seconds.
But before she could look away, a scream pierced the air from the adjacent building.
It was Keke’s scream.
Guo Jii stared in that direction, shocked. "What’s going on?!"
Imdiately after, she saw a staggering figure run out from the darkness. It was Keke.
Keke was clutching sothing in one hand, while her other hand was pressed tightly against her neck, blood spraying from between her fingers.
Guo Jii quickly ran over. "Keke! What happened to you?"
Keke, stumbling badly, suddenly collapsed. Even so, she desperately clawed her way towards Guo Jii.
Guo Jii quickly knelt beside Keke, her eyes wide with shock. "What’s going on?!"
Keke released her grip on her neck and grabbed Guo Jii’s clothes with a blood-soaked hand, gasping, "It was... iren Chu... He killed !"
Guo Jii saw the blood gushing continuously.
"Impossible!" She stared wide-eyed at the Prophecy Book in her hand. "iren Chu is clearly not the ghost! It can’t be him!"
"It... is him..." Keke suddenly struggled to sit up, extending her other hand—the one protecting the object she had run out with.
Guo Jii looked. It was a phone.
She had no ti to wonder where the phone ca from. She had to check its contents imdiately. It was another video.
The background was a pitch-black room, illuminated only by a small flashlight. Two people were in the fra.
It was a living Zhang Pingfan and iren Chu, standing face to face.
Guo Jii quickly turned her head in shock to look at Zhang Pingfan’s corpse. Zhang Pingfan had contact with iren Chu before he died?
Just then, a voice suddenly blared from a nearby loudspeaker:
"The third night has ended. Voting will begin shortly. All players must select their voting target within one minute."
The video had started playing automatically and was only about ten seconds long.
Guo Jii watched the video: iren Chu drew a knife on Zhang Pingfan...
So, iren Chu killed Zhang Pingfan first? Is that why Yuan Qinghua and Pan Yue died together when Yuan Qinghua killed Pan Yue?
Guo Jii’s eyes widened, then she shook her head. "No, iren Chu is not the ghost! The Prophecy Book said he’s not the ghost!"
But Commoners can’t kill!
Yet the video clearly recorded him killing Zhang Pingfan, and he just attacked Keke!
If he attacked Keke, he should have been punished by now, right? Guo Jii felt dazed, her mind in chaos, not knowing who to believe.
Just then, footsteps approached from ahead.
Guo Jii stiffly raised her head to see Chu Changge erging from the darkness, a blood-stained knife in his hand.
Keke looked at Chu Changge in terror, weakly struggling a few more tis. "It’s him... It’s him!"
But after a few more words, she closed her eyes and died.
Keke was dead, yet the man who had erged from the darkness remained completely unhard.
Guo Jii’s mouth fell open, her mind barely able to process anything.
Why! He’s not supposed to be the ghost!
As Chu Changge drew closer, Guo Jii subconsciously wanted to flee.
But as soon as she moved, she found her clothes firmly clutched by Keke’s dead hand.
She looked down. The video on the phone was replaying from the beginning, once again showing iren Chu drawing his knife on Zhang Pingfan.
The sight of Keke’s corpse and Zhang Pingfan dying in the video assaulted her vision.
The second hand on her wristwatch ticked relentlessly. The minute was almost up—less than ten seconds remaining.
The man with the knife drew nearer and nearer.
The approaching knife glinted, dazzling Guo Jii’s eyes. As she dazedly watched Zhang Pingfan fall in the video, for a fleeting mont, Zhang Pingfan’s face seed to morph into her own!
"I vote for iren Chu!" Guo Jii finally clenched the Decisive Vote in her hand and cried out, her eyes squeezed shut.
The world fell silent for a mont.
But it wasn’t long before the anticipated announcent rang out.
This was the final verdict that would determine their fate.
"The third round of voting has ended. Two votes were cast this round, with one player abstaining. The player receiving the most votes in the third round is—"
"iren Chu, two votes. Due to a player’s use of the Decisive Vote, iren Chu is eliminated."
Gu Mian took a few steps forward to stand beside Guo Jii.
Guo Jii looked up at him blankly. "It’s over."
She then looked at Chu Changge in front of them.
Gu Mian saw Chu Changge freeze the instant Guo Jii cast her vote. Then, a crisp CRACKING sound ca from his body.
It was the sa sound as when Li Wentao had died. Chu Changge’s body began to distort, and finally, he collapsed to the ground.
Guo Jii stared blankly at the collapsed iren Chu as the distant voice began to announce the final results:
"The third round of the ga has ended. Two players were killed, two players committed suicide, one player died due to a rule violation, and one player was voted out..."
What?! Upon hearing this, Guo Jii’s eyes shot wide open.
Wasn’t Li Yibai the only one who committed suicide?
Keke, Pan Yue, and Zhang Pingfan were clearly killed by the ghost! Why did it say only two players were killed by the ghost?!
And then, a chilling voice continued, echoing in her ears:
"The fourth round of the ga begins. Two players remain: one Commoner and one ghost."
Then, she saw Gu Mian, who was beside her, look down and offer an apologetic smile. "Sorry, it’s not over yet."
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