Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

Having confirmed this, Chen Shi began to consider his next step.

"Where do we come from, and where do we go?"

He repeated the sentence.

The reason why a malevolent spirit died in life determines its fate after it transforms into a malevolent spirit; only by using the same method can it be exorcised.

According to the senior student, the deceased entered the swimming pool in the middle of the night and was found dead in the pool the next day.

Based on this, it appears to be an accidental drowning. The most likely causes are that no one was supervising at night, the water was too cold, and no one had warmed up beforehand.

Spirits are born from people, so this evil spirit must have been born from the dead.

This malevolent spirit is a drowning spirit.

To solve it, we have to find a way to drown it again.

Having clarified his thoughts, Chen Shi took a big step forward.

Behind him, a face was immediately imprinted on the plastic sheet, and water footprints began to approach him.

"pat...pat..."

Chen Shi took a deep breath, his gaze resolute, and began to approach the pool.

Of the three rules, violating only the third rule will prevent the drowned spirit from revealing its true form; he must start with the first two rules.

He risked his life and broke the rules to bring out the drowning spirit.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Chen Shi quickened his pace to the edge of the pool and mustered up his courage to look at the water.

The footsteps behind me suddenly disappeared the next second.

"The footsteps stopped?"

Chen remained vigilant, his gaze peering through the shimmering water towards the deeper water.

The surface of the water was bright, but as you went deeper, the water became murky and gray, as if covered by a thin film of old film, preventing even a sliver of light from penetrating the depths. It was more like gazing into the deep sea than being a pool of water.

Chen Shi held his breath and mustered his courage to continue looking into the deep water.

He remembered that the deep end of the school swimming pool was at most 2 meters deep, but now he could not see the bottom at all, only a chilling abyss.

"Wait... what's in the water?"

Suddenly, a dark figure slowly emerged from the murky water.

Chen Shi squinted and saw a figure vaguely floating in the murky water. The shadow was blurry, distorted, and its outline was indistinct.

With the confidence gained from the ability to rewind time, Chen Shi remained calm, but still instinctively felt a chill run down his spine.

He suppressed the chill, his eyes fixed on the pool. His immediate priority was to use the rules to lure out the drowning spirit's true form.

In the water, a figure slowly floated up, its limbs motionless, its head tilted back as if looking at him through a layer of water.

"Come on, it's time to show up."

The figure in the water remained motionless, suspended silently at the bottom of the dark water, with its hair scattered and floating in the water, and its limbs hanging stiffly.

In the instant the water rippled, Chen Shi could even see its pale, bloodless face, its black, empty eye sockets with no whites, staring straight upwards.

Even so, he did not act rashly.

To kill a drowning spirit, it must be drowned in water. In other words, water is the drowning spirit's weakness, so the figure in the pool is definitely not its true form.

The true nature of the body is still hidden; one must remain calm.

The icy chill of the pool water seeped upwards along with my gaze. The surroundings were deathly silent, with only the muffled sound of the water rippling gently. Although it was still water, it felt as if countless hidden eyes were watching from the bottom, chilling and bone-deep, making one's skin crawl.

Suddenly, just as Chen Shi was staring intently at the figure in the pool, a pale face suddenly appeared behind him in the reflection on the water!

The face was blurry, with bluish-purple eyes and skin that was white with a purplish tinge, revealing protruding veins.

"found it!"

Chen Shi's eyes sharpened, and he turned around abruptly. His gaze met the pale face instantly. The face was blurry and distorted, like the features of a clay sculpture that had been smeared.

Undeterred, he instantly reached out and grabbed the drowning spirit by the neck, intending to shove him into the water.

However, the moment he turned around and his back was exposed to the pool, a figure suddenly rushed out of the water!

The pale body burst out of the water quickly, but without splashing any water.

Chen Shi was attacked from both sides and before he could break free, he felt his feet being grabbed by a tremendous force.

"not good……"

The next second, his vision spun around, and a tremendous force dragged him into the water. The icy, stagnant water instantly filled his mouth and nose, and the foul-smelling cold water choked him, causing a feeling of suffocation to surge up instantly.

Chen Shi couldn't breathe, feeling himself sinking deeper and deeper into the water. The school pool was only two meters deep, but it felt like he had fallen into a deep sea, being dragged down endlessly.

His vision was blurred, all external sounds were cut off, and he could clearly feel death continuing to approach.

In the darkness, a red figure rushed into the swimming pool, like a candle suddenly lit in the dead of night.

A slender, fair arm reached into the water and grabbed his arm.

The next second, Chen Shi felt himself being lifted out of the water, splashing water everywhere. He coughed a few times, choking out the stagnant water from his lungs, before taking a few deep breaths.

"Ouch, that thing down there is really strong, my hand is about to break..."

A crisp sound rang in my ears, and a few flamboyant red streaks fluttered, standing out conspicuously in the cold-colored swimming pool.

It's Su Yining.

Chapter 4 First Collaboration

At the same time, Su Yining also saw clearly the person she had saved.

"Younger student with a thing for older men, what are you doing here!?"

She was somewhat surprised.

What do you call a junior who's into older men? Didn't you already ask me my name? And let me say it again, that's narrow-minded. I'm into more than just older men.

Chen Shi mentally complained, coughed a few more times, and felt a little better.

I thought I was going to die again.

But why is Su Yining here?

Chen Shi glanced at his soaked clothes, and his oxygen-deprived brain immediately began to think.

Didn't he enter the Spirit Cage?

Could it be that Su Yining is a very special spirit, which is why she can freely enter and exit the spirit cage?

Without a second thought, Chen Shi cut straight to the point and asked:

"Senior, where did that drowned spirit go?"

“A drowned spirit? When I arrived, I saw you struggling in the water. There was nothing by the pool.”

Su Yining caught the key information and asked:

"You also want to get rid of that spirit?"

"Correct."

"Indeed, you can see not only me, but also other spirits."

Su Yining leaned closer, a faint fragrance brushing past her nose, her bright red eyes sparkling like two dazzling rubies.

"So, senior, you really are dead, right?" Chen Shi asked while remaining alert to his surroundings.

“Yes, I am a ghost.” Su Yining put her hands on her slender waist.

Senior, is dying something to be proud of? What's with that proud look on your face...?

Chen Shi couldn't help but think to himself, "This hot senior is too optimistic."

"Actually, I've been following this spirit for a long time."

Su Yining looked around, glanced at the pool water, and said:

“I have a sense of spirits, and I can sense their approximate location when they appear, but this time it seems to have created something like a domain? So it took a while to get in.”

Clearly, Su Yining didn't know about the Spirit Cage, nor did she have as deep an understanding of spirits as Jiang Liu.

Although he could roughly determine that Su Yining was currently on the same side as him, Chen Shi still asked a question:

"Senior, why are you so focused on this spirit? Aren't you a spirit too? It shouldn't be harmful to you, right?"

"correct."

Su Yining pouted, tossed her long hair, and said:

"Because it has been causing trouble all over the school. NTU is the place where my youth was buried, so of course it has to be dealt with."

To be honest, senior, what you just said sounds like you're hiding some other purpose.

Before I could think any further, another series of footsteps sounded:

"pat...pat..."

With the sound of splashing in the water, several footprints immediately appeared behind them.

Without hesitation, Chen Shi turned around immediately, and the footprints disappeared instantly.

“This spirit is very cunning; it always hides itself very well.” Su Yining looked around.

"I have a way to find it out, and maybe I can solve it completely."

Chen Shi's gaze was firm as he said:

"But I need your help, senior."

Upon hearing this, Su Yining narrowed her beautiful eyes, her willow-leaf eyes filled with a smile:

"Oh? Tell me about it."

With his back against the wall, Chen Shi leaned close to Su Yining's ear and told her all the information, speculations, and plans he had at the moment.

After listening, the sexy senior student put one hand on her hip, spread her long legs, and asked:

"I'm fine, but are you okay? You might die."

"It doesn't matter, I take life and death lightly."

Chen Shi appeared fearless in the face of death, but even if he were to die, he could still obtain more information and rewind time.

It's just that there are pain points.

"Ambitious."

Su Yining giggled, her eyes crinkling into crescents.

The two hit it off immediately. Su Yining retreated to a corner, while Chen Shi strode forward and returned to the poolside.

The surface of the pool shimmered, but the water was murky; it was more like a stagnant pool than still water.

Chen Shi took a deep breath, his body soaking wet, and stood by the pool again, then squatted down.

His face was reflected in the shimmering water, but his gaze continued to sink below, where the water was murky and bottomless.

According to the information Jiang Liu left him, the target cannot easily escape from the spirit cage, just like prey trapped in a snare.

However, the fierce spirit that acts as the hunter must also act according to the rules of the cage.

Swimming is prohibited in the swimming pool; do not look directly underwater.

He just broke this rule, which led to the true form of the drowning spirit.

But as he turned around, he violated the rule of "don't turn your back to the pool" and was pulled into the pool by the figure.

If it weren't for Su Yining, he would probably have already started a new round of regression.

But it was this experience that led him to immediately develop a new response plan.

Chen Shi glanced to the side and saw that Su Yining was still standing in the shadows, one foot braced against the wall, her long legs gathering strength, looking ready to sprint at any moment.

They exchanged a glance, then he turned his gaze back to the water.