Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

Li Ming was shocked by Ye Cheng's unusual behavior.

Instead of immediately popping out and startling everyone, it didn't get out in time.

They even knew that Ye Cheng had finished playing with the skull and then reassembled it again.

Lin Shi and his group left calmly, and Li Ming did not appear.

Lin Shi's footsteps had just disappeared around the corner.

"Sizzle—"

The scarred man's roar came through Li Ming's earpiece:

"Li Ming! What were you standing there for?! Why didn't you go out?"

"Sorry, boss."

"One of the women seemed rather unusual."

While wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Li Ming quickly began to explain:

"Nonsense! Who would put a bounty on her head if she were just an ordinary person?"

"And how outrageous can this unusualness be?"

"Stop making excuses! Get to the next location right away."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Li Ming dared not waste any more words, picked up the axe, and pushed open the hidden door in the wall.

He sprinted straight through the narrow employee passageway, determined to get his revenge at the next checkpoint.

Lin Shi and his group, unaware of the mental journey the assassin had just gone through, continued forward.

We passed through a heavy iron gate.

The scene changed abruptly.

There are no modern lights here, and it's pitch black all around, so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face.

The room's smell seemed to have been treated accordingly, exuding an old, bookish aroma and a faint musty odor.

In the front right corner of the room, a faint candlelight was flickering slowly.

"hiss........"

"It's so dark here."

Xia Ye was genuinely scared, and instinctively moved closer to Lin Shi, tightly gripping Lin Shi's left arm with both hands.

Although Liu Ruyan was not afraid, how could she let go of such a golden opportunity?

She immediately put on a weak and vulnerable act and hugged Lin Shi's right arm.

Just now.

The red light in front of us suddenly moved.

A female NPC dressed in a blue school uniform from the Republican era, with extremely heavy pale makeup on her face and bright red lips.

She slowly emerged from the darkness, holding a red candle in her hand.

By the dim and eerie candlelight, Lin Shi could barely make out his surroundings.

This is an old classroom from the Republican era.

The old wooden desks and chairs were neatly arranged, and messy mathematical formulas were written on the blackboard with red chalk. Several blurry portraits of great figures hung on the wall.

The female student stopped a few meters away from the group, tilted her head, and stared at them blankly.

"Excuse me, are you here to report for duty too?"

As she spoke, she stretched out her pale hand and kept rubbing the strand of long hair that hung over her shoulder, her movements mechanical and eerie.

Ye Cheng seemed to have spotted something rare.

He quickly ran forward, circling around the female student to observe her carefully.

The girl's lips twitched involuntarily as she watched Ye Cheng's unusual actions.

Is that right?!

She had just listened to the radio and heard about her outrageous actions.

Fearing he might completely lose control, he continued mechanically without waiting for Lin Shi and the others' reply:

"That's great. I just started working here too."

"But my friend is missing, can you help me find her?"

As she spoke, she slowly backed away.

As she retreated, the last glimmer of red candlelight was gradually swallowed by darkness.

The entire room returned to complete darkness and deathly silence.

While Lin Shi and the others were still on guard against the haunted house's next move.

Xia Ye suddenly stiffened, his voice trembling slightly with discomfort, and said:

"Like smoke..."

"Could you please stop playing with my hair?"

"Um?"

Liu Ruyan, who was holding Lin Shi tightly with both hands, was somewhat puzzled:

Why would I play with your hair for no reason?

Upon hearing this...

By the faint sliver of light filtering in from outside the corridor.

Natsuno turned around abruptly in a panic to look behind him.

Behind.

No one is empty.

In that instant, Xia Ye's scalp felt like it was about to explode.

She had definitely felt a cold hand gently stroking her hair, even circling it twice in an extremely suggestive manner.

The sensation was terrifyingly real.

A tremendous psychological fear instantly swept over my entire body.

"ah!!!"

Xia Ye let out a short gasp, clinging even more tightly to Lin Shi like an octopus.

Meanwhile, on the other side was Liu Ruyan.

Although he wasn't really upset, as a staunch materialist, he didn't believe in the existence of ghosts at all, and even complained in his mind that the female ghost's foundation wasn't applied evenly.

but.

This is a perfect spot to easily showcase a girl's fragility and arouse a man's protective instincts.

Now that Natsuno is taking the initiative, how could I possibly let this opportunity slip by?

So she also let out an affected "humph".

Then, he used his most prized weapon to firmly press against Lin Shi's right arm without leaving any gaps.

Lin Shi instantly felt his arms sink into a completely different soft embrace.

On the left is a shivering, soft warmth, and on the right is a resilient, oppressive force.

Just then.

The retro headlamp on the wall suddenly lit up, its dim light guiding Lin Shi and the others to continue down the path.

In the next room, the scene changes again.

This is a girls' dormitory.

Two rows of iron bunk beds were arranged on the left and right, each bed hidden by a dirty white curtain, making it impossible to see what was inside.

On the white curtain, there were still some dried dark red bloodstains.

The atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Logically speaking, in this situation, one would definitely walk quickly along the wall.

But Ye Cheng is no ordinary person.

She walked to the first bed and looked at the blood-stained curtain.

Without any hesitation, with a "whoosh," the curtain was lifted directly.

"ah!!!"

Caught completely off guard, Xia Ye and Liu Ruyan screamed as they looked at the object on the bed.

A doll dressed in pajamas was lying on the bed, its long, black hair messily covering its entire face.

Screams echoed through the dormitory.

However, Ye Cheng, the instigator of all this, still showed no fear.

She even reached out her hand and said hello.

Seeing that the doll did not respond, he withdrew his hand, somewhat losing interest.

Lin Shi watched Ye Cheng's actions, completely numb.

I genuinely feel that coming to a haunted house was a complete mistake.

The four people continued walking downhill.

In the monitoring room, Scarface was watching the four people's movements with utmost seriousness.

Are you still writing and drawing on paper?

I already had a vague answer in my heart.

And on the road ahead of them.

Panting heavily, Li Ming finally reached the next NPC chase point.

At this moment, two fully armed NPCs were already waiting in this place.

After a brief greeting, he hid in his hiding spot and waited for Lin Shi to arrive.