Chapter 204 [(*^▽^*)]
Lin Leyou carefully observed his surroundings and, seeing no one around, deactivated his ethereal talent, intending to touch the wisp of black mist. However, he soon discovered that the relatively large black mist, which had been hidden in the distance, was gradually approaching.
It was floating not far away, as if observing him, or as if it was grieving. Lin Leyou seemed to sense some sadness, but soon, the black mist suddenly rushed over.
Lin Leyou did not sense any hostility, so he remained floating in place. As expected, the black mist did not attack him. It simply slowed down after getting close to him, gently brushed past him, and took away the wisp of black mist that was trapped by the prop. Then it disappeared from his sight once again.
"Sigh..." Lin Leyou sighed and once again blurred and concealed his figure.
Zhang Jian and his companions, who were trapped in the "ghost wall," had some tricks up their sleeves. After walking around several times, they realized that it was a "ghost wall."
Ji Yan was puzzled. "How could it be a ghost wall? Doesn't a ghost wall mean you walk into it without realizing it? How come it suddenly appears and traps us?"
Zhang Jian: "It's like someone suddenly used a prop. Could it be Xue Rui and the others?"
Kong Shubai was shocked. "Impossible, right? How could such a good tool be used on us? Could it be just to steal this bit of black mist?"
Zhang Jian said, "I was just saying. After all, they haven't shown up since they disappeared. Who knows, they might be waiting for us to find the vengeful ghost and then steal the monster."
Ji Yan: "Actually, I had the same thought."
Zhang Jian said, "This 'ghost wall' seems to be just a simple ghost wall; there are no ghosts appearing."
Qi Miaofan felt a chill. "Are we just going to wait like this? Will this ghost wall disappear on its own? Should we use some props to get out?"
The others' eyes flickered. In fact, they had already used some items, and they also needed to make sure they didn't lose points if they failed to pass this level.
After all, none of them are very wealthy. To escape the maze, no matter what they do, even the cheapest props will cost several hundred points, which they are unwilling to spend.
Ji Yan said, "It's okay. Let's wait a few hours and see. If the evil spirit appears on its own, we can kill it here and save Xue Rui and the others from stealing our monsters."
"But wasn't this done by Xue Rui and his group?"
"This is just speculation. Maybe it's a vengeful ghost? It saw that we were about to destroy that wisp of black mist, so it got anxious, trapped us, and then took the black mist back."
"Oh right, that's another possibility."
That being said, isn't this possibility more realistic?
It was said earlier that Xue Rui and his group did it. While that's possible, it's unrealistic. Such a good tool would probably cost hundreds or thousands of points. How could they possibly use it like that?
Everyone had considered this point, so they fell silent and stood there quietly waiting for the vengeful ghost to appear or for the ghost wall to disappear.
Lin Leyou watched with great interest from outside, but he didn't plan to go in and do anything to them. After all, if he showed up to deal with four relatively strong players, it would be suicide.
As for what they just said about Xue Rui using props, Lin Leyou was secretly delighted.
He drifted away slowly and soon found Xue Rui and the others still near the main courtyard. It wasn't wrong for them to stay here, but Gu Wenya wouldn't come here now.
She was currently in another part of the Lin residence, especially the courtyard where the servants lived. From his vantage point, he could see billowing black mist in one of the courtyards, which looked like surging black flames.
Lin Leyou sighed. It seemed that all the servants over there were going to die. But they deserved it; they must have been bribed by Zhao Anxue to poison Gu Wenya.
He stopped paying attention to that side and turned to look at Xue Rui, suddenly finding himself somewhat bored.
He drifted around looking for things to do, and finally lay on the roof looking at the dark sky. He felt that the sky was not covered by dark clouds, but by Gu Wenya's black mist.
Huh?
That seems like a plausible explanation?
Time passed quickly, and Zhang Jian and the others emerged from the ghost wall. Sure enough, the wisp of black mist disappeared.
"It seems that it was indeed the vengeful ghost that trapped us and rescued the black mist."
"Let's go, I have a feeling something's wrong."
Lin Leyou saw Zhang Jian and the others heading straight for the servants' quarters, and after blinking, he noticed the props they were carrying.
As expected, they used props to determine the location.
He first floated to the backyard and found that Gu Wenya's black mist had disappeared. He looked around the courtyards and found that some servants had turned into mummies, but the rest were still fine, just sleeping soundly, and probably wouldn't wake up until daytime.
This Gu Wenya, after becoming a vengeful ghost, surprisingly didn't indiscriminately kill innocent people; instead, she killed people she genuinely had a grudge against.
Just then, Zhang Jian and his group arrived and kicked the door open. They saw living people and mummies lying together on the large communal bed, and all four of them gasped in shock.
Kong Shubai strode into the room and began shouting at the sleeping people to get up, even patting them a few times, but he couldn't wake a single one of them.
Ji Yan looked terrible. "Stop calling him. He's probably been tampered with by a vengeful ghost and can't be woken up."
The group hurriedly checked the other courtyards, but the result was the same. After checking the last courtyard where the servants lived, their faces turned even paler, because only one servant in the last courtyard was still alive, lying between a pair of mummified corpses.
He was still fast asleep, completely unaware of what was happening. I wonder if he'll be terrified when he wakes up tomorrow and sees this.
Zhang Jian said, "Let's go to the main courtyard to find Lin Zhoushan."
When they arrived at the main courtyard, they found Xue Rui and the other three there.
When they met, they were both stunned to see each other.
Xue Rui, "What's going on with you guys?"
Zhang Jian took a deep breath. "Shouldn't I be asking you guys? Didn't we agree to go together? Why did you leave halfway through?"
Xue Rui said, "We seemed to have discovered something along the way, but we didn't have time to tell you before we went over. When we went to look for you later, we only saw desiccated corpses with their heads separated from their bodies. We didn't see you or find you, so we came to the main courtyard to keep watch and see if the vengeful ghost would come looking for us."
"I'll wait for you here, since the vengeful ghost's ultimate target is definitely the master of this Lin family mansion, and you'll surely come here too."
Zhang Jian nodded, "I see."
Xue Rui: "And what about you guys? How did you get in from behind?"
Ji Yan sighed, "We detected traces of a vengeful ghost in the back, so we went to look for it. We searched all the courtyards but didn't find the ghost. However, we found that most of the servants in the Lin family had turned into mummies. Only a small number of people survived, but even those who survived couldn't be woken up."
Xue Rui was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why are there survivors? Don't vengeful ghosts kill innocent people?"
Zhang Jian and the others clearly hadn't considered this possibility. "So, according to you..."
Kong Shubai: "Something feels off. Isn't this vengeful ghost supposed to be completely irrational? Would it spare innocent people?"
Ji Yan: "That's interesting, but so what? A vengeful ghost is a vengeful ghost, and it still needs to be killed."
Xue Rui nodded, "That's right, that's right..."
He had previously taken the opportunity to read the message Lin Leyou had sent him, which concerned Zhang Jian and the others' actions at the graveyard in the back mountain. No wonder Gu Wenya had chased after them and killed them earlier.
This is practically certain death. Even if Gu Wenya really dies, she'll probably drag them down with her. I should stay away from them.
Seeing that Zhang Jian and his men had stopped moving around them, he asked, "Aren't you going to tell Lin Zhoushan about this?"
Zhang Jian realized, "Yes, we should say it."
They came here specifically for this matter, but they were so excited to see Xue Rui and the others that they forgot about it.
Zhang Jian immediately led his men to find Lin Zhoushan. They thought Lin Zhoushan had some good ideas after learning about this, but then they thought, this Lin Zhoushan is just an ordinary merchant, how could he possibly have any way to deal with evil spirits?
Lin Zhoushan was indeed somewhat panicked at first, but he quickly recovered and entrusted them to bring Lin Yangxu to him.
"I only have one son. Please, distinguished guests, spare his life..."
Zhang Jian and the others agreed. After all, they were going to snatch someone from the mouth of a vengeful ghost, and even if Lin Yangxu was not a good person, they still needed to save him.
Fortunately, nothing happened in Lin Yangxu's courtyard, so they took Lin Yangxu to the main courtyard, along with several servants from Lin Yangxu's courtyard.
The Lin family of three, plus the seven servants sleeping in the two courtyards, now only these ten people in the entire Lin mansion are still able to move around.
Not to mention players like Zhang Jian and Xue Rui, even Lin Leyou found it unbelievable.
The servants in the backyard who had fallen into a deep sleep and could not be woken up were probably put to rest by Gu Wenya so that she would not harm innocent people in the ensuing chaos.
Lin Leyou sighed. Gu Wenya was truly kind; even after becoming a vengeful ghost, she still retained her kind side. But Lin Zhoushan, Zhao Anxue, and Lin Yangxu—this family of three…
Lin Zhoushan looked at Zhao Anxue and Lin Yangxu, who were trembling with fear beside him, and the servants around them who were shaking like sieves. His face was very pale.
"Distinguished guests, we don't know... about that vengeful ghost..."
Zhang Jian's expression was also grim. "One of our friends was just killed by a vengeful ghost. This ghost is extremely vicious; it went on a killing spree in the back courtyard, and most of the servants have already fallen victim to it."
Ji Yan: "The vengeful ghost has drained so many people dry, it must be incredibly powerful now, right? I wonder if we can still defeat it."
Kong Shubai said, "Even if we can't beat them, we have to fight. Now the vengeful ghosts must also consider us...as one of their own."
Lin Zhoushan was stunned for a moment, wondering what kind of group they were in.
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