The eerie voice amplified in the silent stairwell, and the man's bones cracked and popped as he moved.

He was holding a spotted dog in his arms, walking silently, stepping over the soundproofing barrier and almost touching Zhou Xiao's face.

What are you all doing here?

Being so close, Zhou Xiao could see that there were real cracks on the bloodshot whites of his eyes. As his eyes moved, those red cracks were stretched and deformed, making the viewer's nerves twitch, as if a tightly stretched string in his brain had been pulled and snapped. It hurt him more than a ghost.

"Why have you all stopped talking? Is it because I'm here?"

A chill swept over him, and Zhou Xiao held his breath, gradually loosening his grip on the hand at his side, where he held the exorcism talisman he had prepared when he encountered Jin Zhe.

Although a single exorcism talisman cannot kill the ghost in this instance, it should be enough to buy some time for it to escape.

But Zhou Xiao's composure was immediately shattered.

The ghost took his hand, its thin fingers digging into his palm, and took the exorcism talisman.

Zhou Xiao clenched his fists tightly. How could this be…

A ghost-repelling talisman is supposed to get hot when it encounters a ghost, but when this ghost took it away, it didn't get hot at all, let alone react in the slightest.

Fear began to creep into his heart. He wasn't afraid of ghosts because he had a weapon that could deal with them, but when the weapon failed, he became agitated and started to panic.

The ghost held the brand-new yellow talisman in his hand and played with it, saying jokingly, "You have one of these too."

Zhou Xiao broke out in a cold sweat. The player who was trying to escape had no items, and this ghost must have seen the yellow talisman on other players before!

He dared not look directly into those eyes again, nor did he dare turn his head. He could only shift his gaze to look down, and what he saw nearly caused Zhou Xiao's heart to stop.

The dog in the ghost's arms wasn't a real Dalmatian at all; those black spots were actually black eyes, all of which were now raised and staring intently at him!

Zhou Xiao tried his best to control his trembling body, but his gaze was firmly locked on, and he could only stand there in terror, completely unable to break free.

Zhou Xiao's face turned pale, and his mental state rapidly declined, as if something inside his body was being rapidly absorbed.

"clatter."

Just then, a soft tapping of wood on the ground broke the silence, and the spotted dog's eyes all turned to look back.

Zhou Xiao broke free of control and gasped for breath, only then remembering that there were still three people behind him.

His stiff body trembled with excitement. "That's not a dog, it can control people!"

The goblin holding the dog disappeared with a fake smile, throwing the spotted dog on the ground.

The sound of countless marbles hitting the tiles filled the air, and the rolling eyes seemed to have a purpose. Two withered fingers rapidly magnified in Zhou Xiao's eyes.

Suddenly, a thin, black-gold thorn grazed Zhou Xiao's face and passed through the ghost's fingertip!

The black-gold corrosive liquid that passed through the palm deformed, covering the man's face like a wide-open black spider web, and then accelerated instantly, slamming the entire ghost against the wall behind him.

Zhou Xiao was quickly pulled aside by the crew cut guy, and he blurted out "Damn it!" with the last syllable twitching.

Once out of control, he immediately turned around and saw countless rolling eyeballs scattering everywhere, trying to avoid the black and gold ink dots falling from the sky.

Shech flicked his thumb and middle finger outwards, and with each movement, several eyeballs emitted white vapor that turned into mist.

The movements were fluid and unhurried, so elegant that they rivaled even the way Guanyin Bodhisattva sprinkled pure water.

"Hey! There's one missing underfoot..."

Zhou Xiao hurriedly gave a warning, but before he could finish speaking, the black eyeball at his feet was pressed down by the base of the scepter.

The black eyeball collapsed into a cloud of mist and was absorbed into the crystal at the top. Zhou Xiao looked around and found that the other eyeballs were the same, all turning into smoke and rushing into the purple crystal.

...

Zhou Xiao and Ban Cun met eyes, and they now believed that these two had truly come to the rescue.

After calming down, Zhou Xiao thanked Shi Jinzhe and Shehe: "Thank you. I don't know why, but my yellow talisman suddenly stopped working."

Shi Jinzhe: "He entered the body of a living person."

Zhou Xiao: ...

Okay, I got it.

He still hasn't seen enough ghosts.

He asked, "...Um, we also inquired about some information about the residents in this building. Would you like to hear it?"

"Let's talk about it later." Shi Jinzhe left the soundproof barrier and came to the ghost that was plastering the wall.

"Who are you? What are you outsiders up to?"

With a single move, the ghost on the wall was completely dumbfounded.

"I am Wu Yu! You are the outsider... um, um!"

Just as he was about to curse, the corrosive liquid smeared on his face flowed into his mouth. Shekh controlled the corrosive liquid, ensuring that the ghost remained in a half-dead state and would not be melted.

"You're not Wu Yu, so who are you?"

"Why did you stop talking? Is it because you couldn't say it anymore? Why did you take his place?"

"Why are you just shaking your head and not saying anything? Have you joined forces with those people?"

"Is it because you told him I was replaced that he was guarding my door and watching me?"

Shi Jinzhe did not reveal Huang Zhuoqiu's name, but simply referred to him as such.

If this is a fake name, then we'll be exposed.

Don't speak definitively; leaving room for maneuver makes it easier to navigate situations.

Humans and ghosts cannot coexist here. The sound of the eyeball falling to the ground was quite loud; it's impossible that no one noticed. It's safest to put on a show first.

Wu Yu, standing on the wall, nearly popped his eyes out. "Um...it's just..."

Shi Jinzhe continued to press, "Why did you want to harm me?"

"Traitor, have you betrayed us?"

This action left Zhou Xiao and Ban Cun, who were standing nearby, completely stunned.

If Shi Jinzhe hadn't just saved someone, his righteous and righteous demeanor would really resemble the person on the other side.

"Time is running out, something is coming."

The faint sound of the door opening was hidden in the question. Shekh looked upstairs and whispered, "It's on the sixth floor."

The footsteps coming from upstairs gradually became more real, and a woman with short hair came down from upstairs.

She had a ring of blue handprints around her neck, and was wearing a black off-shoulder dress. Her overly pale skin made her look like a person without a body floating in the darkness.

Upon witnessing the four men interrogating their neighbor, Zheng Jingjing stopped in her tracks and asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"

Shi Jinzhe said in a serious tone: "It's just like what you see. He's an oddball among us."

Zheng Jingjing went down two more steps and saw the person on the wall clearly: "Is this Wu Yu?"

Shi Jinzhe felt the yellow talisman on his body burning hot, confirming that the original ghost on the wall was indeed named Wu Yu, and the woman next to him was the same as him.

"It's not Wu Yu. He's been replaced. He can't even call out the name of that spotted dog. It must be fake."