Slowly, Yang Xiao noticed that the environnt inside the bedroom had changed. The furnishings themselves hadn’t changed, but the variety of colors on them was dissipating in a bizarre way.
No, more precisely, it was as if they were being stripped away by an incomprehensible force. In the end, all that was left to see was a bare gray-white color, pallid as the skin on a long-deceased body.
Yang Xiao knew it was the Source Ghost appearing, and imdiately the nursery rhy ca to mind, "Sky so gray, dare not peep, stay very still, sleep till it’s bright."
This was the only clue left by the sole survivor of the horror incident, and this so-called "sky so gray" clearly referred to what was happening now.
Yang Xiao imdiately closed his eyes and remained motionless. He could sense sothing watching him from all around, yet he couldn’t pinpoint the origin of these mysterious, terrifying gazes.
It was indeed the Source Ghost, and he was certain that this particular ghost had awakened from the body of a dead child.
Fortunately, Yang Xiao had entered this hidden Room 85’s bedroom the correct way, with his back to the mirror, and so he had escaped detection.
He had no idea how much ti had passed until finally, the cold feeling that clung to him began to fade, and the entity left.
It left the bedroom.
Right through the mirror in front of him.
...
As soon as Mo Daidai noticed the bloody writing, she was aware that sothing was off with the mirror. From Li Qingxuan’s prior explanation, she ought to have been able to see Yang Xiao clearly reflected in the mirror, but this ti, the mirror seed shrouded in a layer of mist.
"Sothing’s not right," Mo Daidai said, pulling Li Qingxuan, "let’s get out of here."
Not long after the two had left, a huge, vague ghostly shadow appeared in Mo Daidai’s room. The fog-like, gray, bloated mass nearly filled the space of the half-house, and any object touched by the fog was stripped of its color.
Even the ghost tenant, gravely injured and crouched in a corner, was no exception. She desperately crawled, hoping to escape the grasp of the gray fog, but it was in vain. In the mont the fog touched her, her skin rapidly peeled and crumbled away. In an instant, she dissipated like ashes.
Then, the swollen ghostly shadow oozed slowly through the narrow door into the hallway and paused briefly before spreading rapidly to one side.
In room 3028, Mo Daidai kicked at the door fiercely, but the seemingly flimsy door wouldn’t budge, "No use, we need to find Fu Xuechang to get this door open."
"No need, I can do it, there’s so wire in my room."
Li Qingxuan said and was about to run back to get it when suddenly, a strange banging sound ca from the distance.
"Thud."
"Thud, thud, thud."
The sound was swift and quickly burst through the safety corridor door, charging towards them. Because of the dim lighting, it wasn’t until it got closer that they saw it was a person, upside down, bouncing forward on their head.
"An Shouji!"
Mo Daidai turned pale with shock, but Li Qingxuan didn’t seem to flinch. He wound up his fist ready to teach him a lesson, but Mo Daidai slapped him on the back of his head, "Run! Run now!"
Li Qingxuan was also confused by Mo Daidai, but out of trust, he still ran with him. An Shouji, upside down, pursued relentlessly, the distance closing bit by bit.
"Split up and run!" Mo Daidai said loudly, "I’ll lead this thing away, you go find the key to open the door!"
"Okay!" Li Qingxuan knew this was not the ti to dawdle, and the two quickly split up in the safety corridor. Li Qingxuan headed upstairs, while Mo Daidai waited for An Shouji to get a bit closer before leaving him a view of his back and running downstairs at full speed.
Li Qingxuan rushed back to his room and took off a short piece of iron wire that was tying up the mirror in the bathroom, but before he could leave, the image of Tong Han appeared in the mirror. Tong Han was in a sorry state, with her hair ssily draped over her shoulders, and her cheek covered in blood.
"How’s the situation over there?" Tong Han sounded like she was being chased by sothing, her voice tense and fluctuating.
Li Qingxuan didn’t want to waste ti talking to her, delivering the key was the priority, but Tong Han’s next words made him freeze in place, "Don’t go, Yang Xiao is dead, give the key to , I’m the only one who still has a chance!" Tong Han urged with desperation.
"He encountered the Source Ghost, I saw his body!" Tong Han’s expression was frantic, not seeming like she was lying.
"How do you know his na is Yang Xiao?" Li Qingxuan imdiately spotted the problem.
Tong Han’s expression obviously stiffened, but the next second, she quickly explained, "I’m his friend, he also told you his real na, right? It was him who asked to find you before he died. Quick, did you find the key? Give it to , only I can save you! Hurry!"
Li Qingxuan turned around, swung up the folding chair behind the bathroom door, and smashed the mirror. He then quickly ran out towards room 3028.
Yang Xiao had once told him that a foe of his had infiltrated their group, and Li Qingxuan was now certain that this person was Tong Han. He needed to notify Yang Xiao of this as soon as possible.
As for Tong Han’s claim that Yang Xiao was dead, Li Qingxuan didn’t believe it at all, his reasoning was solid: if Teacher Yang, protected by divine skills, was dead, how could Tong Han still be alive? What, did she also know the Five Thunderous Heart Decree? Li Qingxuan didn’t believe it.
At the sa ti, Tong Han was in dire straits. Shortly after leaving the False-Teeth Old Lady’s room, she thought about sneaking into room No. 85 to find an opportunity, but was unfortunately discovered. An Shouji inside the room imdiately gave chase, and after a pursuit, she barely managed to shake him off.
After An Shouji had rushed into the safety corridor, the sound of his movents had instantly disappeared. Tong Han cald down and judged that the safety corridor was special for An Shouji, as it was the place where he died. Connecting this to the fact that Zuo Qiu Shude could use the elevator to return to the real apartnt, she deduced that An Shouji’s teleportation spot was the safety corridor.
But the current problem was, Zuo Qiu Shude, having sensed her presence, was guarding the place, making it impossible for her to enter. More troubling was that Zuo Qiu Shude seed to have realized soone had entered the bedroom. Just before, when Tong Han had sneaked into room No. 85, she saw Zuo Qiu Shude and An Shouji guarding outside the bedroom door, anxiously pacing around.
Now with Cheng Ya dead, Fu Xuechang missing, and Li Qingxuan’s attitude towards her hostile for reasons unknown, and as for Mo Daidai, that man was even harder to deceive. Thus, Tong Han was completely cut off from any rescue and beca a lone soldier.
With no other choice, she decided to offer her help to Yang Xiao, needing to finish the mission tonight, or else even if she managed to survive, the teammates tomorrow wouldn’t let her off.
Having realized this, Tong Han decided to use herself as bait to draw away Zuo Qiu Shude, who was guarding outside the bedroom door, ready to rush in at any mont, in order to eliminate the last threat for Yang Xiao.
"Miss Zuo Qiu." Tong Han stepped out from her hiding place, cupped her hands around her mouth like a gaphone, and shouted towards room No. 85 not far away, "I forgot to tell you sothing earlier. I may not have children, but even if I do in the future, I wouldn’t give birth to sothing useless like you did."
The effect of this malicious taunt was instantaneous; as soon as the words were spoken, a figure so fast it nearly left afterimages burst out from the room. Zuo Qiu Shude moved so quickly that she nearly threw off the upper half of her body that was barely held together, her intestines and greenish innards falling out, a truly horrifying sight. The mont Tong Han saw the figure, she turned and ran.
At the sa ti, around the corner on the ninth floor of the apartnt, Fu Xuechang hid and held his breath. He could sense danger approaching, but he couldn’t see what it was.
It was just a feeling, an intense alarm for crisis ingrained in his bones. He fiercely rolled up his sleeve to see that all the hairs on his arm were standing up.
The lighting on the ninth floor was poor, but thankfully, he had a flashlight on him. Thinking of the carnage in the security room, Fu Changxue’s eyes bulged with fury. That bitch Tong Han had actually let out ghosts to harm them; it was unforgivable. Fortunately, he was cautious, first using Cheng Ya to buy ti, then making a snap decision, fooling Li Qingxuan into opening the door to catch the bullets for him.
"Don’t bla , you two. I had no other option. If you want to bla soone, bla yourselves for being foolish," Fu Xuechang silently paid his respects in his mind.
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