Zhou Xiao's inner thoughts were incredibly complex at that moment; should he still trust the people in front of him?
Are these people all ghosts now?
"I…"
Shi Jinzhe stood up from the sofa. "Is there any other news? If not, go back early and don't let anyone see you."
"Alright!" Zhou Xiao followed the steps, grabbed his buzz cut, and walked out.
Shi Jinzhe opened the door for him and patted Zhou Xiao on the shoulder.
A tiny seed slipped from his fingertip and stuck to Zhou Xiao's clothes.
"Don't get your hopes up about that high-level player yet. If you have time, look into what happened with 605..."
The man with the buzz cut suddenly interrupted, saying, "But I was the one checking the sixth floor."
"You two switch places. You're more wary than him. Go find Ye Zhan on the third floor."
Shi Jinzhe said softly, "I don't really trust his abilities."
Zhou Xiao: "I heard you..."
"I was just saying this for you." Shi Jinzhe showed no embarrassment at being exposed. "Go ahead, come find me if you need anything, we're in this together."
Zhou Xiao agreed: "Then... okay."
The man with the buzz cut hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
He walked to the top of the stairs, and as if possessed, he turned around and saw Shi Jinzhe leaning against the door with his arms crossed, staring at his back.
He gave a perfectly standard smile, as if he had carefully measured it with a ruler.
In the dimly lit corridor, Shi Jinzhe stood in front of a square black door frame, a pale white light shining behind him. His exquisitely handsome face wore a smile that inexplicably sent chills down one's spine.
Is there anything else you want to tell me?
Suddenly panicked, the man with the buzz cut ran up to the third floor without saying a word.
After watching the two leave 402, Shi Jinzhe closed the door, turned around, and the fake smile on his face vanished in a second.
"We've been discovered."
Linlang looked over, "What do you mean?"
“You’ve been in the room the whole time, so you should know that there was a ghost guarding the door to our room on Tuesday.”
Xiao Huang, Huang Zhuoqiu, is very close to Wu Yu. These are the only people in the building. His best friend disappeared for two days, and he hasn't shown up at all. This is very unusual.
It wasn't until he heard Zhou Xiao say those things that Shi Jinzhe finally realized this.
Xiao Huang knew there were players in the building. He and his teacher also lived on the sixth floor, while Ban Cun spent the whole afternoon staking out room 603...
Even the fact that Xiao Huang subconsciously touched his neck was because he habitually wore headphones…
He's not as easily fooled as Zhou Xiao. In this instance, if you're not strong enough and are too cautious, you're more likely to make mistakes.
I myself almost fell for their tricks and jumped off a building, let alone ordinary players.
One wrong step and you're dead.
It's likely that when Ban Cun was guarding 603 yesterday, he was replaced by Xiao Huang.
Shi Jin sat back down on the sofa and began to ponder the scepter in his hand.
Ghosts are so deceptive when they enter the bodies of the living that yellow talismans are useless and scepters fail to detect them. The bodies of the living are their best protection.
However, Xiao Huang infiltrated the group as a player and did not immediately expose the matter, probably because he did not want to alert the enemy.
He also wanted to get more information about the players.
His ambiguous explanation earlier wouldn't fool Xiao Huang, but as long as Xiao Huang wanted to remain hidden among the players, he wouldn't do anything to expose his identity.
The fact that Ye Zhan on the third floor could tell Zhou Xiao not to believe what he was seeing suggests that he might have also discovered something.
Since that's the case, let these two face off first.
Shi Jinzhe told the two his guesses, and Sheh was silent for a moment before saying, "We have to act tonight, we can't wait any longer."
The locks on both floors were broken. Even if Lao Zhao was too preoccupied with his daughter and son-in-law to take charge, what about the other tenants? They didn't cause any trouble.
She and Shi Jinzhe knew that they couldn't go out at 11 p.m. because Wu Yu had told them. If someone who didn't know this clue went out at night, how many of them could escape the ambush of illusions and ghosts?
There must be other players in this building who have been replaced. Perhaps many ghosts and monsters already know that there are outsiders in the building, and they are all secretly watching, thinking about how to take over their bodies.
Sheh glanced at Linlang, who immediately made a gesture of surrender: "I'm a genuine player. I've been hiding these past few days and haven't gone out much, so I haven't had a chance to come into contact with ghosts."
Shi Jinzhe said, "Don't panic. There are seeds I left at your door. I know you haven't been out much."
Shekh dismissed his doubts: "What about the flower seeds you left on the other floors? Is there something going on?"
“They all go out and come home normally, and there are no people behaving strangely. These ghosts are very patient, otherwise I would have discovered them.”
Shi Jinzhe thought about it and realized that they were all good at lying in wait after so many repeated seven-day periods. He should learn from them.
“After being possessed by a ghost, it can see our true appearance through appearances. We won’t go out during the day, but 402 is not safe now either, so let’s find another place to stay.”
Shekh: "Room 206, that room is empty."
The two didn't try to hide it from Linlang, but they also didn't say they would take her with them.
Seeing this, Linlang took out her own things: "I can help you guard the house. Can I go to room 206 and find a place to stay?"
She straightened up: "I won't bother you. Besides, if I really were a ghost, having you watching over me would actually make it safer for you not to worry about me telling on you."
If a ghost comes, you don't need to worry about me. I'll take care of my own life and death.
Shekh walked past her and said, "This isn't my house, do as you please."
"Thanks."
Shi Jinzhe packed some things from the master bedroom into his spatial ring, then came out and saw Linlang following behind him. He whispered to Shehe, "Did you agree to let her come along?"
"Um."
She found Linlang, a player who would first show goodwill and explain her usefulness when she needed something, rather than trying to manipulate others into doing her a favor, to be quite agreeable.
Since you don't dislike them, there's no need to send your own players to the enemy team to get killed.
The three of them tiptoed away from all the noise and moved to the uninhabited room 206.
The dusty floor was covered with many footprints, so Shi Jinzhe bought a large iron chain from the prop store and tied it inside the door.
He took out his scepter and activated a magic array on the floor of the living room in room 206 to purify the impurities in the crystal.
Linlang: "Are you going to conserve your energy for tonight's operation? I can stay in the living room."
"No need yet, sit down and listen to me for a moment." Shi Jinzhe expanded the array's range to the entire 206. "When I was locking the door just now, I thought of another possibility."
Shekh then added, "A trap."
Shi Jinzhe smiled at her, "We really are on the same wavelength."
They had just guessed that more than one person in the building knew about the player's existence, so the large group of people heading towards 602 that morning were essentially announcing their presence.
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