Where did Shekh go?
Shi Jinzhe could barely lie still; he clenched his fists, trying to sort out what had happened that night.
If this is truly an illusion, then going out now would be like walking into a trap set by ghosts.
Perhaps he should open his eyes and take a look; maybe if he does, all these illusions will be shattered.
The thought was impossible to suppress. Shi Jinzhe's eyelids trembled, and he was about to open his eyes, but in the next instant, he restrained himself and closed them tightly again.
He recalled Wu Yu's exact words before he left.
Don't go out after 11 PM. It's dangerous at night. Sleeping is the safest way to spend the night. Don't overthink before bed.
Oh, and don't overthink things.
It must be the things he said to Shekh before he went to sleep that made him overthink. He was afraid that Shekh would leave him, so Shekh disappeared.
The world is making fear concrete; it sees the things it least wants to happen and uses them as a trap to deceive itself.
Once he understood this, Shi Jinzhe's panicked heart calmed down.
Yes, Shekh is still by his side, he hasn't left, so he doesn't need to think too much.
As the oppressive atmosphere dissipated, Shi Jinzhe, having calmed down, heard the second steady breath in the room.
"You're squeezing me too hard..."
"Feel sorry."
Sher's voice came from above, and Shi Jinzhe slowly opened his eyes.
She was lying on top of him, looking helpless, and shook his tightly clenched hand.
Shi Jinzhe loosened his grip: "I just had a dream, did I hurt you?"
"No, go to sleep, I'm a little cold."
Shi Jinzhe kept his eyes glued to Shehe's movements, afraid that she would disappear.
Hearing Shekh's cold voice, he propped up one elbow and turned the blanket over to cover Shekh properly.
His movements were very light and slow, trying not to make any noise: "Tell me if you're still cold."
"Um."
In the dark room, Shi Jinzhe precisely straightened Shehe's messy hair.
He stared at Shekh’s face, and just as he was about to remove his hand, he caught a glimpse of a fluttering curtain out of the corner of his eye.
The corners of his mouth remained raised, but Shi Jinzhe's hand, which had been resting on Shehe's side, slid down to her neck and suddenly grabbed her by the neck!
There was no trace of the warmth he had shown moments before on his face: "What are you?"
"I...I am..."
Shi Jinzhe tightened his grip, forcing the ghost under his hand to open its mouth wide to feel any relief in its jaw.
"Where did you take her?"
The restrained ghost struggled and shook its head, "No...it wasn't me..."
It was just taking advantage of the situation, wanting to deceive the man and then take over his body.
He was asking himself something he couldn't understand at all!
The ghost, its neck being tightly gripped, struggled to break free, but Shi Jinzhe tightened its grip even more. In its wide eyes, its face was cold and devoid of any emotion.
"Last chance."
Shi Jinzhe suppressed his patience and asked about the ghost Shehe one last time.
Seeing that it still claimed not to know, a golden array appeared in its palm, absorbing all of the ghost's power.
After staring at the face for a few seconds, Shi Jinzhe hardened his heart, pushed up with his thumb, and snapped its neck with a twist of his hand.
He sat up in bed, his face grim, grabbed the ghost's arm, and dragged it down.
The disguise vanished, and beneath the illusion, it reverted to its original form.
It was a thin piece, like a flattened person.
Shi Jin tore the thing to shreds in a few quick movements, tossed it aside, and stood amidst the falling fragments, staring blankly at his own hand.
No matter how much you guard against it, you can't guard against the reality within the illusion.
He still fell for it.
Or rather, whether he wakes up or not, he won't have a good night.
If you don't wake up, your body might be taken over by a ghost.
Once you're awake, you're about to walk into this trap.
Shi Jinzhe went to the window, which was still open, with a layer of snow accumulated on the windowsill, indicating that it had been open for a while.
This ghost doesn't seem to have come in through the window; its body looks more like it squeezed in through the crack in the door.
He stretched out a hand and touched the transparent air wall.
"It seems that even if the monsters open the doors and windows to the outside, the players still can't go out."
Before closing the window, Shi Jinzhe took a deep breath of the cold winter air. The chill penetrated his internal organs, stimulating him and revitalizing his spirit.
Now that I'm awake, there's no need to waste time; I need to find Shekh as soon as possible.
She would never leave without saying goodbye; something must have happened.
Shi Jinzhe retrieved the skill card "Reduce Self-Presence" from his system inventory and replaced the "See the Essence" skill card equipped in the second skill card slot.
[Reduce Your Own Presence] is a skill card I picked up in the bomb dungeon. It's the card with the lowest attack power, but it's perfect for this situation.
Activating the protective array, Shi Jinzhe maximized all attributes, then pressed the doorknob and left the room.
His excellent night vision allowed him to see clearly anything in the dark. He paused for a few seconds at the door of the girl who rarely went out, and after hearing nothing unusual, he walked out of room 402.
The corridor was pitch black and completely silent, except for the sound of Shi Jinzhe's own footsteps, but this sound was almost completely mute thanks to the skill card.
In the deep stairwell, he calmed himself down, stopped thinking about anything, and went straight to the sixth floor.
The air was very cold, and a faint smell of blood lingered in the air. Shi Jinzhe stopped at the entrance of the sixth-floor corridor and saw the scene inside.
Unshaved bones were embedded in the wall, covered with bits of flesh, a mixture of red and white, making the entire corridor walls a wall of human bones.
The skeletons were arranged in the shape of people. As Shi Jinzhe approached, each one was in a painful posture. Even though the skulls could not convey emotions, one could read their howling in pain from their twisted limbs.
After observing the corridor, Shi Jinzhe spotted a golden spot in the corner of the wall—his own golden vine.
He picked up the golden vine and examined it. A small section of it had been left behind, as if it had been forcibly cut off.
After carefully storing the golden vine, Shi Jinzhe used his life force to sense the entire sixth floor. He immediately sensed something different in room 603. At the same time, the "Order Reconstruction" also provided some feedback.
Shi Jinzhe lifted his leg and walked into the corridor, pausing slightly as he passed 602.
A faint sound of a man and woman arguing could be heard coming from inside the room; more precisely, it was the woman, Xiao Zhao, venting her frustrations.
The artsy young man was like a toothpaste being squeezed out; he was pressed several times before he finally managed to respond with a single sentence.
"I really didn't hear the phone ring. Go to sleep, can you please keep it down?"
"But I almost got into trouble, I was really scared."
The artsy young man suppressed his voice: "I'm scared when you speak so loudly!"
Next, the two whispered something to each other, but their voices were so soft that Shi Jinzhe couldn't hear them.
He stopped listening, walked forward to the door of 603, took out the corrosive liquid he bought from the mall, and dripped it into the keyhole of the metal door lock.
Fearing the door lock would make too much noise when it was released, he used a metal insert to slowly push it into the door gap to prevent the lock from suddenly popping out.
Shi Jinzhe's movements were steady and fast. Just as he was focused on unlocking the device, he suddenly felt a pair of spying eyes gathering behind him.
Looking back at the human bones on the wall, he noticed that the bones closest to 602 were now closer to the door of 602.
Shi Jinzhe squinted, making sure he wasn't seeing things.
He paused for a few moments, and seeing that the things had stopped moving, he turned back and continued unlocking.
However, when Shi Jinzhe looked at the metal plate again, he noticed that four charred fingerprints had appeared on the metal plate that had previously only contained his own fingerprints.
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