Excessive ferocity due to caution

With the door closed, the rooms inside the tower were plunged into absolute darkness.

No one screamed.

Because in that instant, immense fear descended along with the darkness!

They were swallowed up.

His body was cold and stiff, like a corpse.

Unable to move.

Like lambs to the slaughter.

In the darkness, only the heavy breathing of the crowd could be heard.

A moment later, Zhao Yi touched the light switch, but after a few clicks, nothing happened.

"Don't panic, didn't you bring your phones?"

"Take it out quickly."

The terrified group then remembered their phones. Fang Detong quickly shut down the live stream and turned on his phone's flashlight!

Swish!

The pitch-black room was instantly illuminated by five bright cell phones!

They quickly waved their phones around, carefully checking their surroundings. A short while later, Yu Congyi's horrific scream rang out:

"The...the president?!"

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing.

Jing Qingdong had somehow collapsed to the ground.

His head had been severed by something sharp, and blood was still gushing out.

The body seemed to have suffered a horrific attack, with its chest and abdomen torn apart, and internal organs and flesh scattered all over the ground.

His face, like Guan Kaixian's, had his eyes and mouth sewn shut with needle and thread.

It resembles a terrifying doll.

Upon witnessing such a horrific scene, Yu Congyi finally couldn't hold back any longer. After screaming hysterically a few times, he turned and ran out the door without looking back, heading towards the heavy rain outside!

Tang Yiwei instinctively wanted to chase after her, but Zhao Yi grabbed him!

"He has suffered a mental breakdown."

"If you go out now, not only will you not be able to save him, but you might also get caught up in the crossfire!"

"Trust the rules; after the ghost has killed someone, we have a safe period of time!"

"Cherish this safe time, find the ghost's true form, and only then can we survive!"

Zhao Yi's words immediately snapped Tang Yiwei out of her daze!

He took a deep breath, thanked Zhao Yidao, and slowly calmed his negative emotions.

In the past, he would not have been so terrified.

But now his innate abilities have been completely stripped away, and he has become nothing more than a fish on a chopping board!

Crouching down, the group carefully examined Jing Qingdong's body, their hearts filled with complex emotions.

No one expected that the second person to die would be the company president, who was very experienced in this area!

Tang Yiwei stared at Jing Qingdong's eyes and mouth, which were sewn shut with needle and thread, and fell into deep thought.

That feeling is back again.

He always felt that Jing Qingdong's face resembled something...

It's similar to... but not entirely similar.

It seems like something is missing.

This is why he could never remember it.

"The ghosts in the manor wouldn't be so bored as to do this kind of thing to corpses' faces..."

Zhao Yi carefully touched the corpse's cheek.

"This must be some clue that the 'rules' are leaving us..."

Tang Yiwei nodded:

"That's right."

"That's what I think too... I always feel like this stitched-up face looks like something..."

Zhao Yi was surprised:

"Those plaster statues in the hall?"

Tang Yiwei shook his head.

"no."

He looked at Shen Youyu, who had been silent all along, and asked:

"Does Youyu have anything in mind?"

Shen Youyu stared at Zhao Yi's fingers, which had previously been wrapped in a bandage, and shook her head without saying a word.

Fang Detong, who had been standing to the side looking pale, only remembered their important task after the barrage of reminders in the live stream chat. He hurriedly said to the others:

"Let's find the entrance to the basement right now!"

"Come on, Young Master Wu, let me help you up!"

Fang Detong and Wu Dading, whose legs had completely gone limp with fear, helped each other to their feet.

The group tried to calm their fear and began to search the corners of the room. Before long, Fang Detong found the mechanism and opened the door to the basement.

A downward staircase appeared before them.

Holding a candle for light, Zhao Yi walked at the front, carefully descending the stairs step by step.

There was a slight stench of decay in the basement.

The smell wasn't strong, but you could tell it was the smell of a corpse.

The group looked around and found a body wearing pajamas that had almost completely decomposed into bones.

It slumped down beside the cracked red brick wall, its head bowed, holding a book in its hands.

The group cautiously approached, and Zhao Yi took the book from its hand. Because the book emitted a strong stench and there were many yellow stains between the pages that looked like they had been corroded by corpse oil, the others couldn't help but keep their distance.

After opening it, Zhao Yi brought the candle closer, looked at the words on it, and said to Fang Detong:

"Please provide me with light."

Fang Detong looked miserable, but he still endured the stench and came over to help Zhao Yi with lighting.

I also glanced at the contents of the book.

They're all just boring everyday things.

But after turning to a certain page, a piece of paper suddenly fell out.

Zhao Yi took the paper door in his hand and his eyes lit up:

"Found it."

He returned the book to the skeleton.

Using the bright light from their phones, everyone could see the bloodstains on the paper door that had completely dried and oxidized.

...

Stranger, if you're lucky enough to find this place, then congratulations... you now have a 50% chance of surviving the manor's curse...

My name is Barrett, and I'm the second owner of the estate. My grandfather was the first... but that doesn't matter anymore.

The fact that you've gotten this far means you already have a basic understanding of the manor.

[In room 514 of the main building, there are my grandfather's belongings.]

He left behind clues that could lead to the true form of the ghost, but it required a bit of comprehension.

[Ha... My comprehension is too poor; I'm destined to remain in this ominous place forever.]

But I would never let it have its way, so I poisoned myself...

Good luck, stranger...

...

After everyone finished reading the contents, they looked at each other in bewilderment, and then Zhao Yi led the way and quickly walked outside!

"quick!"

"Now is a safe time!"

"Let's get to room 514 right away!"

"If we're lucky, we can all get out of here alive!"

Zhao Yi said.

The group followed behind Zhao Yi, but just as Shen Youyu was about to come out, the mechanism in the basement suddenly closed!

Everyone was startled.

Fang Detong quickly ran to the location of the mechanism and forcefully pried open the lever.

However, it was impossible to bend it!

"Push harder!"

Zhao Yi said loudly.

Fang Detong's face turned bright red, and he shouted:

"ah!!!"

Snapped!

To everyone's astonishment, the lever... snapped!

"Grass!"

Fang Detong stared at the lever in his hand, completely dumbfounded.

Tang Yiwei bent down and pressed himself against the ground, shouting loudly to those below:

"Youyu, can you hear me?"

A faint, trembling voice came from beneath the ground:

"Can……"

Tang Yiwei said:

"Find a place to hide downstairs. We're going to room 514 right now to solve the clues!"

"Give us some time!"

Shen Youyu:

"good……"

Tang Yiwei stood up, his previously calm expression turning somewhat anxious. The group quickly opened the door and left the smoke tower, heading towards the main building...

The wind and rain continued as before, pouring down like a knife.

After they disappeared into the distance, in the absolute darkness of the basement, Shen Youyu carefully shone her phone light on the decaying skeleton, as if afraid it might suddenly stand up or disappear...

Fueled by fear, the doubts in her mind deepened.

After a long silence, she opened WeChat and sent a message to Tang Yiwei.

"careful……"

however--

The signal was too weak; she tried sending the message from many different locations, but none of them worked.

PS: Second update.

That's all.

No matter who comes, it won't work.

I'm really scared again!!

It feels like the room is full of people!

Goodnight, my darlings!!