A group of lead-gray dark clouds gathered above the white doll house. The cloud was not very large and could only cover part of the house and its surroundings.
However, the dark clouds that blocked the sunlight provided the best environment for these ghosts. They were like a group of hyenas that smelled blood. Their lifeless eyes stared at the players in the house. Their bloated and huge bodies slowly seeped in through the windows. Their bodies were squeezed and deformed, and even their pale faces, like those of the eliminated players, were distorted beyond recognition.
They don't feel any pain, nor do they feel tired. Even if the players near the window try their best to stop them and hit them desperately, they cannot stop their progress.
Zhou Zhou blocked the door with his back, feeling the strong impact from outside, his eyes fixed on the stairs.
Sure enough, before the ghosts on the first floor could break through the defense line, other ghosts that slipped in through the windows upstairs appeared at the stairs.
Due to the height limitation of the floor, the ghosts could not become as huge as those outside the house, but inside the house they all reached the ceiling, and were still larger than the ghosts Zhou Zhou had seen in his previous two copies.
At this time, everyone in the house also saw the ghosts coming down the stairs. Each of these ghosts was about three meters tall and slowly floated towards the players present. However, everyone was still resisting the ghosts from outside the house and had no time to deal with the gluttons who were about to reach behind them.
Especially the two players closest to the stairs, one is the boy from the Sharp family, and the other is Heya.
Heya's face was tense. Even though he was still not used to these strange-looking ghosts, he could still endure them as long as they did not appear suddenly. After punching the ghost that was crowding at the window, Heya immediately turned around and faced a ghost that was taller than him. This ghost looked like one of the strong men and was more muscular than the other ghosts.
The burly ghost looked down at Heya, then slowly opened his mouth, which became wider and wider, looking like his mouth was torn apart, forming a huge crack on his face, and then leaned over to approach Heya.
It actually wanted to swallow him in one bite. Heya looked at the ghost and punched it hard. The ghost's translucent body instantly sank. But this did not affect its movements. The crack was getting closer and closer to Heya, and the dent on its body slowly returned to normal.
As a last resort, Heya could only dodge, but this gave the ghost outside the window an opportunity to take advantage. When no one tried to stop it, it slid in through the window like a loach.
After that, no matter how Heya attacked, the two ghosts could not be killed, nor could their actions be stopped. Heya is very strong and has good skills, but facing two ghosts, he feels like he has no idea where to start.
Both ghosts rushed towards him with their huge mouths opened. Heya picked up a chair and stuffed it into the mouth of one of the ghosts, but he didn't expect that the ghost would chew the chair a few times and eat it.
The translucent body could clearly see that the remains of the chair slowly shrank and disappeared as it flowed through the ghost's body, just like when it ate people before.
It was already very difficult for Heya to deal with two ghosts, not to mention the others.
Another boy from the Sharp family who was near the stairs, when he encountered a ghost attacking him with its mouth wide open from behind, also imitated Heya's actions and threw the things at hand into the ghost's mouth to buy himself time. However, he did not have Heya's strength, nor his alertness when facing two ghosts at the same time. He could only resist while running to other places.
There were more and more ghosts outside the window and floating down the stairs. The huge ghosts suddenly occupied most of the first floor. The players didn't know where to run when they escaped.
Keli had experience in catching ghosts in the previous copy. Seeing a few ghosts floating near him, he wanted to learn the movements he used to help Zhou Zhou catch ghosts in the Love Academy last time and catch these ghosts.
Quietly ran behind a ghost, then dragged it on the ground with both hands to hug it, and shouted loudly: "Haha, I caught you."
The ghost slowly twisted the upper part of its body over, staring expressionlessly at the player who was holding its legs, and regardless of the fact that the middle part of its body was twisted into a dough twist, it opened its huge mouth like the abyss and leaned over to swallow the player.
It doesn't work at all!
Different from last time!
Keli was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly let go of the other person's hands and ran away. He didn't even think about the fact that last time in the Love Academy, the ghosts were about the same size as ordinary people, and they were always floating in the air, and they wouldn't eat people, so as long as they were caught by their hands, they could only be held in the player's hands like balloons and couldn't run away at all.
But the ghosts in the dollhouse are completely different. They are very tall, and even though they shrink a little after entering the house, their heads still touch the ceiling.
Although the moving postures make them look like they are floating, in reality they cannot float at all. They can only move around with their heads touching the ceiling and their feet dragging on the ground.
Not to mention that they will eat players. No matter where you grab them or which part you hit them hard, they will open their mouths wide and swallow the players without being affected.
There is no place to start.
The first floor was in complete chaos. The players could no longer resist these ghosts. When the Sharp family members were escaping, they would secretly lead the ghosts to the vicinity of the players of the other team. The ghosts would not just target one person, but would chase whoever was closer to it. Because there were too many ghosts present, blurring the line of sight, and everyone was running away in panic, no one noticed the little movements of Sharp's team.
Elvia saw it. As expected of the Sharp family, they were masters at this trick. There was no threat before, so the two teams seemed to get along well and seemed to have formed an alliance. However, as soon as they encountered danger, they would prioritize protecting themselves and would not take any allies seriously.
After escaping from the encirclement of several ghosts, Alvia seemed to be running around on the first floor, but in fact she kicked back the ghosts that the Sharp family led to Shirley and others from time to time.
The ghosts got up from the ground and began to chase the players who were closer to them. Several people from the Sharp family had to continue to deal with these ghosts.
There was only one person standing there quietly.
Zhou Zhou leaned against the door and continued to resist the ghost outside. This ghost was indeed persistent, even though several windows had become empty. Both the ghost that wanted to climb in through the window and the player who was blocking the window were no longer there, but it still wanted to come in through the door. Maybe it was because Zhou Zhou was closer to it, only separated by a wall, so the ghost was determined to come in through this door.
Looking at the chaos in the room, Zhou Zhou felt like something was wrong. Why didn't these ghosts come to chase him?
He had clearly been standing here, but the dozen or so ghosts in the room were just chasing after other people without even looking over here.
He felt as if he were being ignored by these ghosts.
"I'm here, come and catch me." Zhou Zhou leaned against the door and shouted at the ghost.
Except for the ghost outside the door's resentful cries and persistent banging sounds, no ghost in the room paid any attention to him.
Zhou Zhou: “…”
Alvia noticed Zhou Zhou's voice, walked through the crowded ghosts and came to Zhou Zhou's side.
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia, then at the lively scene of people chasing each other in the room, and asked eagerly: "Al, why are there no ghosts chasing me? Can't they see me?"
There was even a hint of resentment and grievance in his tone.
It is obvious that other people are exhausted when facing ghosts, but for Zhou Zhou, being chased by ghosts has become an unattainable thing.
Alvia touched Zhou Zhou's head and found it was indeed very nice to touch. His hair was slightly curly and soft, just like him.
One ghost suddenly turned around while chasing the others and rushed towards the door.
Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up, thinking it was coming for him, but the ghost opened its crack and rushed straight towards Elvia.
Then he kicked it away and it crashed into another ghost. The two ghosts lay on top of each other for a long time without getting up.
Alvia watched coldly as the two ghosts collided with each other, and when she turned around, she met Zhou Zhou's resentful eyes.
Alvia suppressed her laughter and said, "Haven't you noticed yet? There are no ghosts coming now."
There were clearly ghosts close by now, but they seemed unable to see the two people at the door and kept chasing after the other people in the room.
Zhou Zhou looked at the scene in the room, then looked at himself and Alvia, and suddenly realized: "As long as we don't move, they won't chase us?"
Zhou Zhou had been guarding the door here, so he leaned against the door without moving, and the ghost seemed unable to see him. When faced with ghosts, other players were terrified and either ran around or fought hard. It was impossible for them to remain motionless.
"If I run now, will they chase me?" Zhou Zhou looked at the ghosts eager to try.
Elvia could tell from the previous copy that Zhou Zhou seemed to like these ghosts very much.
"Um."
I thought he would run out immediately, but Zhou Zhou frowned and hesitated: "The one outside the door will only come in."
If he left the door, the ghost outside would naturally come in without any resistance.
"It doesn't matter. There are already so many here. One more won't matter." Elvia did not admonish Zhou Zhou, but let him play by himself.
That’s right, Zhou Zhou nodded, then left the door and ran into the house.
Sure enough, this time the ghosts discovered him and rushed towards Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou ran to his companions and shouted at them: "Don't move, otherwise the ghost won't be able to see us."
Shirley's escape suddenly stopped, and the ghost that had been chasing her with a crack open seemed to have suddenly lost its target. After circling around Shirley for a few times, it turned around to chase other people.
When the others heard Zhou Zhou's voice, they also stopped.
The person was clearly right in front of him, and the crack that was bigger than the ghost's face was only a few centimeters away from Eddie, but he could still see the pitch-black inside the crack and the fishy smell emanating from it.
Even his breathing slowed down, and Eddie stared at the crack with only his eyes. He only breathed a sigh of relief when the crack slowly retreated and the ghost turned around to chase Zhou Zhou who was running around.
The people from the Sharp family did not listen to Zhou Zhou at first. After all, the ghost was chasing them very closely, and they would be eaten if they paused for even a moment.
But Zhou Zhou's teammates all stopped and found that if they really stopped moving they would not be chased by the ghost, so they also stopped.
The whole room suddenly went from being noisy to being quiet. Actually, it wasn’t very quiet, after all, there was still Zhou Zhou running around.
As if to make up for the ghosts' earlier neglect of him, he ran around the house, followed by a large group of ghosts.
Zhou Zhou even paid attention to avoiding his companions who had remained motionless, and sneaked around the house alone.
The ghosts' mouths opened wider and wider, and their heads even looked like they were about to split in the middle, and they looked more and more terrifying.
Zhou Zhou knew that he couldn't catch these ghosts. After all, Keli had tried it before.
So he ghosted around the house while looking toward the door.
Elvia was standing at the door, so the ghost outside still didn't come in. He noticed that Zhou Zhou was looking over here frequently, and somehow he suddenly understood what the other party meant.
He turned around and opened the door. The ghost outside immediately stuck itself in the doorway and slid in like a puddle of mud.
Alvia's actions also attracted some ghosts that were chasing Zhou Zhou, but they were closer to Zhou Zhou, so they gave up Alvia and continued to chase Zhou Zhou.
The ghost at the door slowly slid in, but at this time Elvia had stopped moving, so the ghost also went towards Zhou Zhou.
The ghost behind Zhou Zhou clanged and knocked over everything nearby, using all his strength to try to catch up with the player in front.
At this moment, Zhou Zhou made a sharp turn and ran out of the door.
The ghosts also ran towards the door, and then a large group of ghosts crowded at the door.
As if knowing how to get out, the ghost behind floated towards the window and squeezed out.
After the last ghost went out, Xia Yan suddenly moved. He took out a pen and paper and started calculating quickly on them.
Eddie also ran to the window and found that the ghosts had become bigger when they went outside. Moreover, the area outside was too wide, so it was very easy for more than a dozen of them to catch Zhou Zhou.
"Let's go out and rescue Zhou Zhou." Eddie shouted hurriedly.
Shirley also hurried to the window and saw Zhou Zhou trying to run back into the house, but the way ahead was blocked by the ghost's huge body.
"Zhou Zhou is about to be caught!"
Heya strode towards the door, but was stopped by someone from the Sharp family: "I advise you not to go out. His sacrifice is worth it if it can help other team members pass the level. If you go out, you will be wiped out."
"If it weren't for Zhou Zhou, how could you be so leisurely here and make sarcastic remarks?" Keli said angrily.
"As long as he delays a little longer, we will find the location of the children's playground and successfully pass the level. After he dies, we will give him some points as compensation. Not only can he buy resurrection items, but maybe even more points than he can get after clearing the level." Another boy from the Sharp family said.
They looked very calm, and by doing this Zhou Zhou might really be able to get a lot of points, but their attitude made others feel uncomfortable.
"Let's go." Alvia had already opened the door and was the first to walk out.
Before in the room, because of the limited space, the quick-witted Zhou Zhou could easily make a group of ghosts move around.
But now outside, he saw Zhou Zhou trying to run towards the sun, but was stopped by a ghost. He wanted to return to the house, but was also stopped by a huge ghost on the other side.
If you don't rescue him now, he might really be caught by the ghost.
Seeing that Elvia was the first to go out, Heya followed closely behind, Shirley and Cole also hurriedly followed out. Eddie walked up to Sharp and the other four, snorted harshly, and followed everyone out.
Someone from the Sharp family frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xia Yan who was calculating with his head down.
"Let them be, don't meddle in other people's business. We just need to do our own thing. Time is running out now."
When they walked outside, they were immediately discovered by the ghosts, who then dispersed and stretched out their big hands towards everyone.
Elvia was able to successfully dodge the ghost's big hand every time, moving forward and dodging at the same time, looking very easy.
Seeing how relaxed Elvia was, Keli wanted to imitate him, but he was caught by a big hand.
Keli:?
“Help!”
Seeing that he was about to be eaten, he quickly shouted for help below, but Shirley couldn't reach him at all; he was too high.
Thinking he was about to die, Keli closed his eyes tightly, praying that it wouldn't hurt too much when he was eaten, and then he flew up.
It was Eddie. He had used up one of the flying talismans he bought and now had one left, which was just right for him.
Flying Eddie rescues Cole from the ghost and flies him around in the sky.
Two players like flies were flying around the big ghost, making them very annoyed. They stretched out their hands to catch the two small players.
It's just that Eddie flew too fast, and the ghosts' movements became too slow due to their large numbers, so they couldn't catch them at all.
Facing the huge hand that was blocking him, Heya chose to resist with his fist. The translucent huge hand, which was bigger than him, was grabbed by him and could not move.
Shirley imitated Zhou Zhou's behavior the night before, waving her arms at the door and shouting loudly to attract the ghost's attention.
With the dispersion like this, Zhou Zhou finally felt less pressure, but he still couldn't escape. The ghost was so big that one hand could stop him.
Elvia dodged the outstretched hand and came to Zhou Zhou smoothly. She saw that he was frowning in distress, as if he was thinking about what to do next.
"How was it? Was it fun?"
Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia and suddenly smiled: "You come to save me again?"
A ghost that was blocking Zhou Zhou stretched out its big hand. Before Elvia could say anything, he grabbed Zhou Zhou by the waist and dodged the ghost's hand.
Then he picked up Zhou Zhou and ran towards the house.
"If we go back, the ghost will follow us in." Zhou Zhou was dragged along and could only raise his head as much as possible and said to Elvia.
He had come out before just to buy time for everyone, but after coming out he found that the ghosts had become so big that he couldn't outrun them at all.
"It's okay. And you see, after you came out, everyone else followed you out. It's almost the same inside and outside."
Moreover, the ghosts outside the house do not have the rule that the players cannot see them if they do not move, so it is better to be safer inside the house.
Seeing that Elvia rescued Zhou Zhou, Heya immediately led the way and pierced through the ghost's hands one after another.
It was fun to watch Eddie and Coli fly in the air to attract the ghosts' attention, and watch them roar the line, but they couldn't catch them.
However, one time when he was flying, he almost fell into the ghost's mouth, so Eddie flew back in disappointment.
"Wow!" Zhou Zhou couldn't help but exclaimed as he looked at Eddie flying in the sky. It feels so interesting, he wants to try it next time.
The six people returned to the house smoothly, and the ghosts poured in again.
Xia Yan had not yet figured out where the children's playground was, and the three people around him looked at Zhou Zhou and others who had brought the ghost back again, their eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
Alvia ignored them and took Zhou Zhou upstairs while the ghost was still trying to squeeze in the window.
"Go up to the third floor," he said.
Everyone immediately followed and went to the third floor.
Only a few people on the first floor were left to face the ghosts that were about to pour in.
"What should we do? Should we go with them?" asked a young man.
Xia Yan also figured it out by now, and put away the paper and pen: "Go to the third floor."
Finally, at the moment when the ghosts rushed in, all four of them ran up the stairs.
Elvia walked towards the third floor with a clear goal, and everyone followed her. At this time, ghosts had already come in through the windows of the rooms on the second, third, fourth, and fifth floors.
Listening to the shrill cries coming from everywhere, Eddie was in no mood to laugh at the ghosts' funny lines. He asked Alvia anxiously, "Have you figured it out? Have you figured out the location of the children's park?"
Alvia didn't say anything, just put Zhou Zhou down, and then led the way. When they passed the second floor, a ghost happened to open the door and looked at them.
When I reached the third floor, I saw a ghost wandering in the corridor.
After kicking the ghost that was rushing towards him away, Elvia walked to the door of a room on the third floor with a clear purpose. He tried the room and found it was locked.
At this time, the ghosts downstairs and upstairs seemed to smell the scent and came towards the third floor.
The ghost that was kicked away by Elvia also climbed up from not far away and floated towards the crowd.
Everyone immediately fell silent and stood still, leaving only Elvia who was still trying to kick the door open again. However, he failed this time. The door seemed to be made of cement and was extremely hard. It could not be kicked open like the previous bedroom doors.
His continuous movements also attracted several other ghosts to enter the corridor on the third floor.
"Heya, come here." Alvia shouted.
There is no time now, they can only break the door by force. With his strength and Hea's, they should be able to break the door open no matter it is solid or made of steel.
The two men tried to find a way to open the door, and Shirley and the others couldn't just stand there and watch the two men being eaten by ghosts, so they could only attract ghosts themselves to buy them time.
But the corridor was too narrow. Unlike the first floor where they could run around, they had no place to run and were trapped by the ghosts on both sides.
The ghosts almost filled the entire corridor. It was not just a matter of numbers. Each of them could block the corridor from top to bottom and from left to right.
Eddie doesn’t have the flying talisman anymore, otherwise he could just push these ghosts out while flying.
Zhou Zhou was also very anxious. He wondered how he could catch these ghosts and make them unable to move.
Seeing that Keli's punch could only make the ghost's body slightly concave, but then the ghost would return to its original shape, Zhou Zhou suddenly remembered.
He remembered the first time he saw ghosts, he rolled them into a ball and put it in his pocket.
Although these ghosts are very large, they can shrink or enlarge their bodies, or even lengthen or shorten them.
So, is it possible to gather the ghosts together? If they bunch up into a ball, will they be unable to move?
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