Who says vengeful ghosts can't go on blind dates?

cinema.

Private room.

Hearing the rustling sound of the lock being opened, Jiang Xiaowei's heart was instantly gripped by an indescribable fear.

Is something unlocking the door?

Jiang Xiaowei was startled and quickly turned off the old radio.

"Zzz... Please pay for a fresh heart weighing over 293 grams within one week."

heart?

No, there's no time to worry about heart problems now.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaowei was so frightened that she dared not move an inch.

What's outside? A vengeful ghost?

Why would there be a key?

Are you a cinema employee?

Or is it that the evil spirits outside are simply picking the lock?

The vengeful spirit outside seemed to want to open the door directly. However, Jiang Xiaowei had already locked the carved wooden door from the inside, so the thing gave up after trying for a while.

have they gone?

Jiang Xiaowei stretched her neck outwards, which she had been keeping tucked in.

She hadn't heard any sound since then.

They must have left, right?

She relaxed for a moment. But it wasn't long before she realized the problem.

There was no sound... not even footsteps.

If that vengeful ghost wasn't completely silent when it walked... then does that mean the vengeful ghost is still outside the door?

Could it be that someone is peering at me through the door?

Jiang Xiaowei felt a chill run down her spine.

She stiffly turned her neck, trying to see if there was a peephole in the door to the private room. But because the lights in the room were off, she couldn't see anything.

Does this door have a peephole?

She tried hard to recall for a while, but still had no recollection whatsoever.

Ren Zhizhe always led her through the door. At the time, her attention was entirely on Ren Zhizhe, and she didn't even notice what the door actually looked like.

Even when she locked the door, because it was so dark, her attention was entirely focused on the keyhole. As for the rest of the door... she really had no recollection of it at all.

"Knock knock!"

The vengeful ghost hadn't left after all. It looked like the thing outside was banging on the door!

"Knock knock!"

The banging on the door grew louder.

When she banged on the door a few times, Jiang Xiaowei was too scared to move.

But after that, she calmed down a bit.

That vengeful ghost probably... can't break down the door, right?

This is, after all, the door to the private room.

It should be quite sturdy, right?

"Bang!"

Just as I thought that, the pounding on the door grew even louder. At the same time, the carved wooden door let out a piercing scream.

Seriously? This door can't hold up anymore?

Jiang Xiaowei was startled and quickly pushed the furniture in the private room toward the door, trying to block it.

"Hmm..."

She was panting as she placed the sturdy sofa across the doorway.

"Oh, right..."

Because she was right next to the door, she reached out and touched it. After feeling a distinct round bump, she instinctively held her breath.

Oh no. Is there really a peephole in the door?

No wonder they were banging on the door; they were confirming there were people inside the private room.

What should I do next? Am I just supposed to wait for the anthropomorphic vengeful ghost to come back and save me?

Jiang Xiaowei's mind was in complete turmoil.

She knew she had to calm down as quickly as possible in this situation.

However, knowing is one thing, being able to do it is another.

Looking back on everything that has happened, she realizes that she actually has quite a few opportunities.

If you can hide in a blind spot where the peephole can't see you the moment you hear the lock being unlocked...

If you notice that there are no footsteps of a vengeful ghost leaving through the doorway...

The only noteworthy thing she did was probably locking the door from the inside.

"What should I do now...right?"

Jiang Xiaowei quickly took out her phone with trembling hands.

Does she seem to have that anthropomorphic vengeful ghost's phone number?

That's right. She had Ren Zhizhe's phone number in her phone; she had written it down back in the coffee shop!

Jiang Xiaowei's eyes lit up.

If all goes well, she can get out of this predicament with just one phone call!

"Where...here!"

She pressed the contact number that read "Ren Zhizhe".

"Beep beep..."

Jiang Xiaowei hurriedly held the phone to her ear. She held her breath, gripping it tightly as if it were a lifeline.

Unfortunately, this lifeline eventually broke.

"The call failed?"

"Why... is this out of service area?"

This is a bizarre world, so of course there can't be any service areas.

Realizing she had done something stupid again, her expression instantly became quite interesting.

The phone is out of service area. In this case, the phone cannot access the mobile network, and calls will not be able to be made.

She was in such a rush just now, focused only on finding a phone to contact someone, that she completely forgot about this. Her phone was displaying a message saying it couldn't access mobile data, but she hadn't noticed it at all.

"No, that doesn't make sense. Shouldn't calling a vengeful ghost be possible without accessing a mobile network?"

The only response she received was a crack in the door.

It seems that the vengeful ghost outside the door has found a handy tool from somewhere in order to break down the door as soon as possible.

"Bang!"

The gap widened. A dull, yellowish light seeped in through the gap, illuminating a small area around it.

"Light?"

Jiang Xiaowei was a little surprised.

She assumed the hallway outside would be dark, just like before. But to her surprise, the lights were on!

After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly shook her head.

Now is not the time to worry about whether the lights are on or off. We need to figure out how to keep the door open... Hmm?

The light seeping through the crack in the door seems to be decreasing?

Jiang Xiaowei turned on her phone's built-in flashlight. Under the flashlight, she could clearly see several thread-like things sticking out of the door.

The nematodes were gnawing at the sofa she had pushed over. As the nematodes ate, the cracks in the door were gradually repaired.

Therefore, less and less light will seep in.

"Ah... I understand."

Just feed the other furniture to the door, right?

Jiang Xiaowei glanced around the private room.

Looking at the numerous pieces of furniture in the private room, she suddenly felt... that she wasn't so nervous anymore?

"Bang!"

Another crack appeared in the door. But the greater the damage to the door, the more vigorously the nematodes ate, and the faster it repaired itself.

Basically, carved wooden doors can always be repaired to about 70-80% before the next attack.

Jiang Xiaowei grabbed a new piece of furniture from nearby. She planned to replace the sofa once it was finished eating, and just keep it like this until Ren Zhizhe returned.

"Bang!"

Another gap appeared.

But since learning that the door could repair itself, Jiang Xiaowei has become much calmer.

She looked at the furniture around her, then at the speed at which the nematodes were eating, and estimated in her mind... maybe it could last for half an hour?

"Thank goodness. We're saved..."

"Bang!!"

A piece of debris flew in through the door.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Xiaowei's relaxed expression instantly froze.

Through the hole in the carved wooden door, she could see the appearance of the vengeful ghost outside.

It was a rather bloated and vengeful ghost. The ghost held a brand-new fire axe in its hand, its body and face were covered in rotting flesh, and its eyes were crooked to the left and right.

The moment the door panel shattered, the carved wooden door immediately put up a fight.

Numerous nematodes emerged from the hole. Like seawater, these nematodes rapidly climbed onto the ghost's body.

They began to devour the vengeful ghost, burrowing into its body.

In the blink of an eye, the vengeful ghost outside the door was overwhelmed by layers upon layers of nematodes.

"Bang!"

Another door panel flew out horizontally.

The axe-wielding demon ignored the nematodes and continued banging on the door.

Jiang Xiaowei's eyelids twitched violently.

This is truly a sudden turn of events!

Why did this vengeful ghost suddenly become so fierce? Has it been activated?

Seeing that the carved wooden door might not be reliable, she quickly took out a boning knife and held it tightly in her hand.

But the moment she gripped the knife handle, all her tension and fear vanished.

A sense of madness instantly filled her mind.

Her vision was completely red.

The darkness vanished, replaced by patches of red blood mist. Within this blood mist, the figure of the vengeful ghost was particularly clear—the ghost outside the door was almost highlighted in the field of vision.

Even with the carved wooden door separating them, the gleaming ghost was still clearly visible.

Jiang Xiaowei felt her breathing gradually quickening.

Her hand was gripping the knife hilt tightly. Even with excessive force, even with the veins bulging on her arm, she seemed oblivious, completely unaware of anything amiss.

Only one absurd thought occupied her mind—dismemberment.

Dismember the thing in front of you along the bones!

Cut the bones out... completely separate the bones from the flesh!

"Bang!"

Another door panel was chopped off.

The door panel grazed Jiang Xiaowei's face. If it had been just a little off course, Jiang Xiaowei might have been seriously injured.

If she were lucid, she would have stopped right then and there. But she was now completely bewitched.

Because the boning knife's killing rules had been triggered, Jiang Xiaowei, gripping the handle, was unable to suppress the urge.

Therefore, she felt no fear at all, and instead rushed to the door with her knife without hesitation.

"laugh!"

He peered out from the doorway and thrust fiercely at the vengeful ghost!

The blade is relatively short. In a head-on confrontation, Jiang Xiaowei would definitely have her skull split open by the axe before she even got close.

But the door is still there.

Jiang Xiaowei launched her attack through the hole in the door. Using the door as cover, she successfully stabbed the thing outside!

After being slashed, her mental state became even more chaotic.

Because she couldn't dismember the body through the doorway, she took a few steps to the side, placed her hand on the doorknob, and prepared to open the door.

"Bang!"

The vengeful ghost swung its axe again, sending a large fragment flying.

The shards flew towards the spot where Jiang Xiaowei had stabbed her. However, because Jiang Xiaowei was being forcibly restrained and preparing to open the door, the attack only grazed the hem of her clothes.

However, the nematodes that crawled out of the door went completely mad.

At this point, the door was already more than half damaged.

The killing rules of these nematodes appear to be related to the integrity of the door. The lower the integrity of the door, the faster the nematodes bite.

Jiang Xiaowei gave up on opening the door.

The hole in the door was enough for her to swing a knife.

In her frenzied state, her thinking seemed extremely simple; she would subconsciously choose the fastest way to kill. So, she returned to her original position and swung her knife again at the vengeful ghost through the hole.

"Clang!"

Thanks to the nematodes, her strike precisely severed the ghost's wrist, dismembering both the fire axe and the ghost's hand.

The weapon landed, but the vengeful ghost didn't pick it up; instead, it immediately retreated.

But would those nematodes let him leave so easily?

Jiang Xiaowei swung her knife again!

Pulled by the nematodes, the vengeful ghost was unable to escape.

The blade struck precisely at the neck. In a single stroke, the demon's head was severed.

The nematodes began to feed rapidly along the wound.

In the blink of an eye, the head and injured neck of the vengeful ghost that had fallen to the ground were gnawed away, leaving only piles of white bones.

Slash horizontally again.

After several consecutive slashes, the vengeful ghost was cut in half at the waist, its upper and lower parts dismembered.

The vengeful spirit's body was still moving. But the nematodes kept pulling at it, severely restricting the dismembered spirit's movements.

"Snap!"

With a soft crack, a poster in the hallway split in two.

The vengeful ghost blocking the door vanished. All that remained was a pile of scraps of paper.

With no target to dismember, Jiang Xiaowei's mental state gradually returned to normal.

Although she still saw red in her field of vision, she had indeed broken free from her frenzied state.

"What am I doing...?"

She looked toward the door as she recalled what had just happened.

Did that vengeful ghost come out of the poster?

She killed a vengeful ghost? No, only a vengeful ghost can kill another vengeful ghost.

So, it wasn't a vengeful ghost, but a poster whose murder rules had been triggered?

The nematodes moved quickly. Before Jiang Xiaowei could recover, they had already devoured the pile of paper scraps.

So, by the time Jiang Xiaowei decided to take a closer look, the scraps of paper on the ground had long since disappeared.

With no target that had triggered the rules, the nematode retreated back inside the wooden door. Even moving other furniture around didn't make the nematode inside move.

What's going on? Does it only eat the sofa?

Because she didn't understand the rules of this door, she didn't dare to do anything else.

Jiang Xiaowei inspected it carefully. Although the hole in the wooden door was being slowly repaired, it seemed unlikely that the door would be functional anytime soon.

Through the hole, she peered into the hallway outside.

Because of the limited field of vision, she could only see two posters on the wall opposite the door.

One poster was torn. The other stared blankly at her, offering no other action.

Is it safe for now?

Jiang Xiaowei loosened her grip and carefully placed it away.

She breathed a sigh of relief as the red in her field of vision gradually faded.

This knife is a bit strange; it's best to be cautious.

As for weapons... Jiang Xiaowei's gaze fell on the fire axe at the door.

This axe can split open a carved wooden door, so it should also be able to harm vengeful ghosts, right?

Although it's not appropriate to directly take items from ghosts whose rules are unclear, she does need a weapon for self-defense right now.

Since the vengeful ghost was unharmed while holding this axe, the killing rule of the fire axe should not instantly kill the holder, right?

It should be fine for her to hold it, right?

She didn't open the door, but instead reached through the hole to try and hook the fire axe over. But then, the hallway lights suddenly went out, plunging the area outside the hole back into darkness.