Zhou Junjie shouted with his eyes closed, "Monster! Prepare to die!!"
He slammed the yellow talisman at those eyes, but his wrist was grabbed.
"I'm not a monster, you two come out now."
"Huh?" Zhou Junjie slowly opened his eyes. "Xia Xiangjun, I'll go out and take a look first."
"Together..."
The two crawled out from under the bed and stood in front of them a very tall man with exceptionally beautiful phoenix eyes that shone like glass.
Zhou Junjie scratched his head, staring at him warily. "Who are you?"
The man scoffed, "You don't recognize me? Haven't you heard of me at school?"
With that arrogant tone and disdainful expression, if the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, Zhou Junjie would have immediately retorted.
Who do you think you are? Haven't you heard of Brother Jie's name?
However, now that he was in such a strange place, with a girl by his side, Zhou Junjie couldn't act recklessly.
He said curtly, "I don't know you. Are you a human or a ghost?"
The man squinted, his tone languid and casual, "Guess."
You're kidding me!
Why don't you go find someone to play "Guess What" with ghosts?
Zhou Junjie cursed inwardly, "What kind of idiot is this who can still joke around in this situation?"
Xia Xiangjun tugged at his hand, "Senior Zhou, I remember now."
She shrank back in fear. "He is... Jiang Chi."
Zhou Junjie blurted out, "That troublemaker from the Jiang family!"
Jiang Chi smiled and said, "Demon King, that's a good title, better than those other ridiculous ones."
"Hehehe!" Zhou Junjie swallowed hard, feeling nervous in front of Jiang Chi.
Jiang Chi, a well-known name, is familiar to everyone in the upper echelons of the capital; he is extremely famous.
It's not a good reputation, but a bad one.
Jiang Chi, nicknamed by many, is known as the cold-faced school heartthrob, the genius student, the arrogant school bully, and the troublesome young master...
Whether at home or at school, Zhou Junjie's deeds are always heard.
Jiang Chi has won another award.
Jiang Chi hit someone again.
Jiang Chi skipped class again...
He's arrogant, extremely arrogant, but he has the right to be arrogant.
Jiang Chi is a computer genius. He became proficient in computers at the age of four, learned programming at the age of five, completed his undergraduate coursework at the age of seven, created his own games at the age of ten, hacked into his own company at the age of twelve, and found it too boring at the age of fifteen, so he switched to studying chemistry.
He is not only intelligent and capable, but also handsome, captivating countless young men and women.
Jiang Chi is a true academic genius and a cool, aloof campus heartthrob.
This guy is more handsome, smarter, and more arrogant than him.
Zhou Junjie took a step back, nervously swallowing, "What are you doing here?"
"This question is meaningless." Jiang Chi glanced at the two of them indifferently. "What we need to figure out now is how to get out, not how to get in."
Zhou Junjie chuckled twice. "What do you suggest we do?"
Jiang Chi analyzed, "I just took a walk outside and found something strange. It had no skin, was covered in blood, couldn't breathe, and walked very slowly..."
"Wait a minute." Zhou Junjie exclaimed in surprise, "How do you know so much?"
He suspected that Jiang Chi was possessed by a ghost and was crying wolf here.
Jiang Chi raised an eyebrow. "Since we've suddenly entered a strange place, we naturally need to figure it out. I've tried many methods to deal with that thing, but I couldn't touch it with sticks, knives, or ropes. My initial assessment is that it's an unknown, abnormal species."
Zhou Junjie quickly grasped the key point: "Holy crap! You fought a monster!"
What a ruthless guy! Ordinary people would be terrified, but this guy just rushed up and started a fight. He truly deserves to be called a devil incarnate.
Jiang Chi stroked his chin. "Monster, that's a good word. Let's call the things outside this for now."
"Heh, you still have the nerve to care about how we address each other." Zhou Junjie said, enunciating each word clearly, "There are ghosts outside! Ghosts, do you understand?!"
Jiang Chi categorically denied it, saying, "There are no ghosts in the world. All unknown things are just illusions projected by your eyes onto the outside world. Your brain is deceiving itself."
"What nonsense!" Zhou Junjie couldn't understand the scholarly talk. He held up the yellow talisman in his hand. "Not only are there ghosts, but there are also Taoist priests who catch them. Don't believe me? We'll see!"
Jiang Chi's gaze lingered on the talisman for a few seconds. "Let me borrow this talisman."
"No!" Zhou Junjie pressed down hard on the yellow talisman. "If you don't believe in ghosts, why are you taking my yellow talisman?"
Jiang Chi smiled and took out a Buddhist rosary from his backpack. "The yellow talisman and the Buddhist rosary should be the same kind of thing."
The prayer beads are perfectly round, with an intricate Sanskrit inscription on them, but they are covered in cracks, as if they are about to shatter at any moment.
Zhou Junjie's eyes widened. "Holy crap, where did you come from? You said you didn't believe in ghosts?"
Jiang Chi said calmly, "It was bought for fifty million."
My second brother always goes to a temple to donate incense money. He's simple-minded and easily fooled.
Jiang Chi made a special trip to that temple and met the abbot, Master Huiming.
“Benefactor, according to my calculations, you will soon face a life-or-death calamity, a near-death experience.”
Jiang Chi didn't believe it at all, calling it "nonsense."
Master Huiming took out a Buddhist rosary, "This was left by the previous abbot. It absorbed the incense offerings in front of the Buddha statue for forty-nine days. There is only one of its kind in the world..."
Jiang Chi snorted coldly, "Second Brother has the exact same Buddhist beads. You can fool him, but you can't fool me."
Master Huiming calmly corrected himself, "Haha, I misremembered, there are only two of these in the world."
Jiang Chi pressed, "Just how much money did you swindle from Second Brother?"
Master Huiming smiled and said, "That benefactor is compassionate and has donated fifty million incense money for all sentient beings."
Jiang Chi scoffed, "A worthless bead, Second Brother is truly stupid."
Master Huiming put his hands together in prayer and said, “Amitabha. A monk does not lie. The prayer beads are definitely worth the price. If you do not believe me, come back to find me in seven years.”
Jiang Chi's curiosity was piqued, and he bought the Buddhist beads for fifty million. He wanted to see what this monk was capable of.
He studied it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Today, the prayer beads suddenly changed; they're about to break.
Jiang Chi calmly analyzed, "I fought the monster three times, and there are three cracks on the prayer beads, which means that the prayer beads can block the monster's attacks, but cannot kill it."
Zhou Junjie's lips twitched. "You're really lucky to be alive."
Awesome! To fight a ghost directly and remain so calm afterward, truly amazing!
Jiang Chi put away the prayer beads. "This bead is useless now. Assuming your yellow talisman and prayer beads have the same effect, try catching the monster again."
Zhou Junjie was shocked: "You're going to fight again!"
Jiang Chi stared at the gate. "Everyone else is gone, leaving only the three of us. The monster will find this place sooner or later, and we will eventually have to confront it."
"Instead of waiting to be killed, we should take the initiative."
Zhou Junjie quickly refused, "No, I won't go. My dad will come to save me, he will definitely come to save me."
Jiang Chi didn't understand, "We were trapped here for 26 hours, 45 minutes and 13 seconds. Your dad went from discovering you were missing to reporting it to the police station, and then searching for you."
"Even my elder brother couldn't find me, so what makes you think your father and the Zhou family can? Ha! By the time they arrive, my body will be cold."
Zhou Junjie became more and more frightened as he listened.
Jiang Chi is right. His father couldn't have guessed that he was trapped by a ghost. By the time he finished his ordeal and went to find a master to save him, he would have been dead long ago.
Zhou Junjie's voice trembled, "Then... what should we do?"
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